Home schooling? You know, it's not just for scary religious people anymore.

Buffy ,'Beneath You'


Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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javachik - Apr 09, 2012 8:45:28 am PDT #19844 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.

For a BILLION DOLLARS. There are like 6 people in that company!


omnis_audis - Apr 09, 2012 9:03:40 am PDT #19845 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Makes you wonder how much marketing info they are pulling from your pictures to pay that much money for a photo sharing app.


§ ita § - Apr 09, 2012 9:12:37 am PDT #19846 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Is there any way FB could get the tiniest extra peek into their competitors' backyard by not limiting Instagram's posting functionality to just them? I guess it depends on many things, including how many rights they ask for when you install it.

I've never used it, because I'm way too old school hipstery for it.

As if.


Tom Scola - Apr 09, 2012 11:16:45 am PDT #19847 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Here is why Facebook bought Instagram.


Strix - Apr 09, 2012 5:04:23 pm PDT #19848 of 25501
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

ita ! thanks for the info on Skyflame or Cloudfyre or whatever the hell it is. I updated my Dreamhost account with it...and ooh, I need to re-up my domain name in 16 days!

Onerous task!


Strix - Apr 10, 2012 7:04:58 am PDT #19849 of 25501
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

A friend of mine is looking for recs for a Mac laptop. "Easy to use, lots o' memory, willing to pay whatever it takes ... "

Thoughts?

(Xpost with Natter)


Tom Scola - Apr 10, 2012 7:07:41 am PDT #19850 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Your friend should wait 3–4 weeks, because new Intel CPUs are coming out, and a Mac hardware refresh in imminent.

Edit: [link]


tommyrot - Apr 10, 2012 7:54:37 am PDT #19851 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Erin, ask her if she wants/needs an optical drive. If not, a MacBook Air might be the way to go.

I forget--are there rumors some MacBook Pro models will go optical-less?

eta: from Tom's link:

Apple is believed to be releasing a slimmer 15" MacBook Pro sans optical drive on or around April 29, while a slimmed-down 13" model will come around June 3. The 17" MacBook Pro may not be updated until later in the year.


brenda m - Apr 10, 2012 2:16:55 pm PDT #19852 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

iPad question: the Safari browser on my iPad seems to be at least partially disabled. I can type in an address and it loads, but the actual page is greyed out and won't respond to touches on the screen. The bookmarks and tabs buttons also don't respond. This cropped up over the weekend when I was trying to log in to a pay-for-wireless-access network in Toronto, but not a sketchy one. Any ideas?

ETA: googling, which I should have done first, produced a fix.


-t - Apr 10, 2012 2:23:24 pm PDT #19853 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That is not a problem I've seen. All I can think to do is reboot Safari, or reinstall it.