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Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

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Cass - Dec 03, 2011 1:59:13 pm PST #18725 of 25505

Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Cass, I would do a Google search on the model number of your DVR and "Firewire Capture." Especially if you have a laptop with a firewire port (most older Macs have them, and I bet your Macbook Pro might to) you can probably capture the video. It'll be real time, like a VCR recording, but it should be possible. I did it once with my old Time Warner PVR, several years ago.

Thanks, Gris! I think I finally found the software. Granted, now I don't know where I've stashed a firewire cable. But I have a possible solution. It's just five one-hour eps, so real time is fine.

amych - Dec 03, 2011 3:14:44 pm PST #18726 of 25505

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Need name suggestions! For a shiny new Lenovo ideapad u400 which will run Linux 98% of the time.

Shee-it, y'all, Lenovo went and made something pretty. That's not supposed to happen!

Tom Scola - Dec 03, 2011 3:30:04 pm PST #18727 of 25505

hwæt

Need name suggestions!

La Maupin.

Polter-Cow - Dec 04, 2011 8:41:59 am PST #18728 of 25505

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

For a shiny new Lenovo ideapad u400

Woo! I've got a Z570 named Korra!

amych - Dec 04, 2011 8:48:18 am PST #18729 of 25505

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I've got a Z570 named Korra!

Nice! This one is Batgirl on the Windows side and Oracle on the Linux side.

Steph L. - Dec 04, 2011 1:58:34 pm PST #18730 of 25505

this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

This one is Batgirl on the Windows side and Oracle on the Linux side.

Pure. Awesome.

§ ita § - Dec 04, 2011 2:17:58 pm PST #18731 of 25505

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I feel like a heathen. Cass is Batgirl. You people are just wrong.

§ ita § - Dec 04, 2011 2:54:50 pm PST #18732 of 25505

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I can't believe I've never seen this sort of phone case before. I'd like to hand test one of them. Looks like it could be great, or unwieldy.

Atropa - Dec 04, 2011 4:25:15 pm PST #18733 of 25505

The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I can't believe I've never seen this sort of phone case before. I'd like to hand test one of them. Looks like it could be great, or unwieldy.

I was all aflutter about that, but Pete wisely pointed out that, while it's a nifty idea, what it really means is that if you lose your wallet, you also lose your phone at the same time.

§ ita § - Dec 04, 2011 4:33:40 pm PST #18734 of 25505

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

And if you lose your purse, you lose everything in it--it's not much of a pitch for pockets instead.

Which is to say. maybe I don't lose my wallet enough (not in the past 15 or so years) for me to think the convenience of having everything where I can find it all at once is outweighed by the downside of having it where I can lose it all at once. It's not like I separate my money from my credit cards or my ID.

It just makes it less likely that I'll forget my wallet at home.

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