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

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tommyrot - Jan 10, 2013 4:31:40 pm PST #21818 of 25497

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Oh, and speaking of iTunes Match--anyone here use it? If it works well it means I can buy a MacBook Pro Retina and not worry about getting a big SSD that can hold all my crap--I'll just keep all my crap on my 17" MacBook Pro with the big HD and rely on the cloud for my tunes on the hypothetical new 'puter.

NoiseDesign - Jan 10, 2013 4:36:56 pm PST #21819 of 25497

Our wings are not tired

The TiVo HD in the bedroom died last year and we decided to not replace it and the one in the living room acts up occasionally and we will have to really do some serious looking before we decide to replace it. The lifetime subscriptions are just not that tempting now and they have stopped offering hardware upgrade to lifetime owners so you end up getting locked into outdated gear.

Jessica - Jan 11, 2013 5:08:44 am PST #21820 of 25497

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Well, Weaknees thinks it's the hard drive, which would be a $99 repair plus the cost of the drive. (I could just order a new drive and swap it out myself, but then if the problem turns out to be the power supply or something else, I'd be out of luck.)

So it'll be an expensive fix but not as much as a new lifetime service sub. Damn those are pricey. The multi-unit discounted price now is $200 more than I paid for mine the first time around.

EyeTV is tempting but I don't know if I want a whole new thing! And price-wise, it's not that much cheaper than fixing the Tivo. Hmm.

Today, I'll be stopping at Radio Shack for an OTA antenna on my way home so DH can cover the Globes for work this weekend. Fortunately he's not liveblogging this time so no need to rewind and fact-check during commercial breaks. But if we don't have a working DVR by Oscar time it's going to be a problem.

(Last resort is calling Cablevision and getting a DVR cablebox. I suppose there's a slight chance the hardware has improved since our last experience with them and it's no longer a worthless piece of crap that doesn't even work?)

Consuela - Jan 11, 2013 8:38:42 am PST #21821 of 25497

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Apparently there's some big security hole in Javascript right now, and we're all supposed to disable Java in our browsers?

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tommyrot - Jan 11, 2013 8:40:29 am PST #21822 of 25497

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Apparently there's some big security hole in Javascript right now, and we're all supposed to disable Java in our browsers?

Java and Javascript are two different languages. The issue is with Java, not Javascript.

Javascript is used on most interactive web pages. Java isn't used on many websites anymore.

Consuela - Jan 11, 2013 8:40:53 am PST #21823 of 25497

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Ah! thanks!

tommyrot - Jan 11, 2013 8:46:10 am PST #21824 of 25497

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Yeah, the name Javascript was just some marketing decision that has caused much confusion over the years.

tommyrot - Jan 11, 2013 9:24:22 am PST #21825 of 25497

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.