Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!

Xander ,'Lessons'


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Strix - Nov 08, 2011 7:34:43 am PST #18360 of 25513
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Nook Color has the Dropbox app available now, for free. WOO and Hoo.


Barb - Nov 08, 2011 10:10:40 am PST #18361 of 25513
“Not dead yet!”

Poking head in to ask for help in extracting video from a disc so it can be saved as a file for uploading. This isn't a commercial disc-- it's just the disc I had recorded at my ballroom dance competition. I've been trying to use VLC, but none of the streaming/saving formats are allowing me to open it. (I'm on a Mac, btw) Any suggestions?


Jessica - Nov 08, 2011 10:12:32 am PST #18362 of 25513
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Barb, download Handbrake.


Tom Scola - Nov 08, 2011 10:12:55 am PST #18363 of 25513
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.

Handbrake.


le nubian - Nov 08, 2011 10:25:28 am PST #18364 of 25513
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

If you need help with settings, we can help you out.


Barb - Nov 08, 2011 10:54:45 am PST #18365 of 25513
“Not dead yet!”

Yeah, I'm at a complete loss. I'm so non-intuitive when it comes to this stuff. I've downloaded Handbrake- I'm flailing a bit, trying to figure out what next.

::headdesk::

ETA Nebber mind. I somehow figured it out.


le nubian - Nov 08, 2011 3:27:36 pm PST #18366 of 25513
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

okay, I'm here to help if you need it.


Gudanov - Nov 09, 2011 4:34:57 am PST #18367 of 25513
Coding and Sleeping

My mom is apparently looking for one with all the bells and whistles on it--she actually thought that tablets also did phone stuff

The Motorola Xoom 2 will be out soon, and it's supposed to be upgradeable to Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) at some point. I've seen one in person and they look pretty nice.

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Disclaimer: I work for Motorola, though not in that part of the business. It does look really nice though, honestly.


§ ita § - Nov 09, 2011 4:40:06 am PST #18368 of 25513
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I can use my tablet as a phone on Wifi with a Google voice phone number. It's kind of creepy, and I don't do it much, because lots of other phone shaped things ring at the same time too.

Edit--wait, what does ICS mean about phone functions? I thought it was a blended OS for both tablets and phones, not that it would make tablets phones.


le nubian - Nov 09, 2011 4:40:15 am PST #18369 of 25513
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

apparently, adobe will stop development of mobile flash. I don't know what this means for tablets and phones, but sounds like flash is on its way out on mobile devices in general.