I'm actually considering going back through my current DVD archives and switching them over to hard drives. Right now it's a filing cabinet drawer that is pretty full of DVD's and CD backups. I need to go through at least a third of them because I used Retrospect as a backup program for a few years and I don't use it any longer and I'm paranoid about it going off the market at some point or losing compatibility.
You never know if a girl's gonna say 'yes', or if she's gonna laugh in your face and pull out your still-beating heart and crush it into the ground with her heel.
Xander ,'Help'
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NoiseDesign - Jul 23, 2007 2:11:40 pm PDT #2218 of 25496
Our wings are not tired
omnis_audis - Jul 23, 2007 8:53:48 pm PDT #2219 of 25496
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I wonder how much of the annoying punch card mini-confetti there would be.
What about the hanging chads?!?
meara - Jul 24, 2007 5:15:47 am PDT #2220 of 25496
Random question re: cellphone contracts. So, my contract is up on Thursday. If I try to port my number ON Thursday, is that too soon? Do I have to wait until Friday, so they don't claim I'm cancelling service early? (Can you tell I am desperate to get a new phone??)
le nubian - Jul 24, 2007 9:39:26 am PDT #2221 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Good question. I think you need to contact your new service place and ask how long it takes to port numbers.
Kevin - Jul 24, 2007 11:04:06 am PDT #2222 of 25496
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Porting mobile numbers in the UK takes something crazy like 3 weeks.
meara - Jul 24, 2007 2:09:12 pm PDT #2223 of 25496
Oh, I'm told it used to take a few days, but now only takes a few hours...can anyone confirm?
NoiseDesign - Jul 24, 2007 5:32:31 pm PDT #2224 of 25496
Our wings are not tired
I porter my number the first day you were allowed to a few years ago and it was done in 24 hours.
§ ita § - Jul 24, 2007 8:22:12 pm PDT #2225 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Grr. Can't work out if I should settle for a DVI-VGA adapter for the cheap Linux box, or if I want to not make it that cheap a box and upgrade the card.
What I really really want is a second flatscreen monitor, either to be the monitor for that one (DVI switch boxes are too expensive) or a dual for my primary machine.
If when I go into Display Settings it shows me a greyed out secondary monitor, does it mean my card's capable? I only have the one DVI port on the back. Or does XP just do that now?
eta: wait-if my LCD monitor has a DVI and a d-sub port, does that mean I can connect two computers to it and switch back and forth using the input selector on the monitor? I'd lose out on using audio from the secondary machine, but that's no biggie. Of course I need to track down a d-sub cable, but still...
vw bug - Jul 25, 2007 4:08:51 am PDT #2226 of 25496
Mostly lurking...
Is there some freeware that can break audio files into pieces? Or, could someone suggest one to buy that's not terribly expensive. I need this for my senior thesis/oral history project.
Jessica - Jul 25, 2007 4:39:09 am PDT #2227 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The last time I ported my cell #, it was done before I left the store. I was very impressed!