How did your brain even learn human speech? I'm just so curious.

Wash ,'Objects In Space'


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

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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?


Tom Scola - Jul 26, 2007 11:51:29 am PDT #2236 of 25496
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

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

There's no event scheduled, but there are lots of rumors that Apple will update the iPod soon (they haven't updated it in a couple of years). And if they're going to update it, they would have to do it soon (say, by the end of September) if they're going to have something ready for Christmas.