It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.

Xander ,'Get It Done'


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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!


Jessica - Jul 25, 2007 4:46:54 am PDT #2228 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Okay, I have a possibly stupid question. How do I get pictures & videos off my Treo and onto my Mac?

I have Missing Sync & a USB connection. Some of the pics are on the SD memory card.

[eta: Okay, figured out how to do it with Bluetooth. So slow!]


Jon B. - Jul 25, 2007 5:57:48 am PDT #2229 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Is there some freeware that can break audio files into pieces?

Audacity is free and does all that and more. [link]


d - Jul 25, 2007 8:59:54 am PDT #2230 of 25496
It's nice to see some brave pretenders trying to make it interesting.

I second Audacity.


§ ita § - Jul 25, 2007 1:49:48 pm PDT #2231 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Gizmodo reviews the $299 HD TiVo.

Summary? Love.


§ ita § - Jul 25, 2007 10:37:57 pm PDT #2232 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Glargh.

I'm trying to install Ubuntu 7.04 on my new PC. It gets not that far and then I see:

Out of Range
Horizontal Frequency: 81.4 KHz
Vertical Frequency: 65.0 KHz

This is a monitor (Viewsonic VX2000) error, not a computer one.

I installed Ubuntu server without a hitch, but wanted to use Desktop for right now.

But the message pops up and even the buttons on my monitor stop working, so I can't switch over to digital to show my main PC's images.

Anyone have any idea how to work around it?


DCJensen - Jul 26, 2007 5:13:44 am PDT #2233 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.

Well, it is a software issue, as the server works. The resolution on the desktop mode is set outside of the parameters the monitor accepts.

I do not know ubuntu, so I found this from a ubuntu forum:

I think your xorg.conf is messed up. To reconfigure it, start up in normal mode when you get to the black screen, press CTRL + ALT + F1 to get into a login shell. Input your user/pass and press enter, you'll then get an input terminal, type this into there. :

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

and go through the options.

Once done, type:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop then sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

If that one fails, you could try :

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -foninteractive xserver-xorg

Which will try to set it up automatically by detecting the values from your hardware.

Then do the sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop/start thing again.


§ ita § - Jul 26, 2007 5:34:59 am PDT #2234 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think your xorg.conf is messed up

I don't have one--this message comes up during the installation. I'm going to try installing from the Alternate CD and jiggle the video commands there. Hopefully this 6.10 fix is still applicable.


tommyrot - Jul 26, 2007 11:42:05 am PDT #2235 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

What/when is the next big Apple event, when they might introduce new products?

I need a new iPod. There was a rumor site that had a rumor that the new iPod would have touch-screen controls like the iPhone. Apple asked them to take the story down. So maybe it's true?

Any rumors about bigger HDs in new iPods?