Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.

'Serenity'


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

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tommyrot - Aug 09, 2007 7:21:51 am PDT #2381 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.

I totally don't need this, but this is the awesomest CD player evah: [link]

Tiny enough to fit in your pocket.


§ ita § - Aug 09, 2007 7:23:46 am PDT #2382 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If you could rip with that thing, it'd be a huge explosion of cool.

What's wrong with Cafepress? Not that I know much about alternatives, just that knowing what's wrong can help with better suggestions.

Now I need to work out how to google that SIM thing and get useful results.


Laga - Aug 09, 2007 9:22:05 am PDT #2383 of 25496
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

What I don't like about Cafe Press is that it took them three tries to get my order right. I have heard similar things from others. Also I'm told they don't have girlie t-s in black.


Liese S. - Aug 13, 2007 6:44:34 am PDT #2384 of 25496
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Awesome Batmobile case mod: [link]


Juliebird - Aug 13, 2007 3:59:18 pm PDT #2385 of 25496
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

All right, asking here because I don't know who to ask short of taking my ahemmed -filled laptop to the Geek Squad, but iTunes won't play the legally obtained eps on my HP Pavillion. The video keeps skipping and then iTunes encounters an error that says Windows encountered a problem and Windows does not know how to fix the problem, ta.

The help function is crappy, I can't figure out how to get in touch with anyone at Apple/iTunes, and I don't even know where to begin to look to see if the laptop is capable of playing iTunes video, which it should be, because video playing and editing was one of the sticking points when I bought it.

So, if anyone can either tell me how to get in touch with decent official support staff to address my problem, or where to look on my computer to know for sure that it is meeting the requirements of iTunes for playing video (RAM, processor, etc.) and if and how I can improve my laptop to meet those requirements.

I'm sorry for asking this here, but I can't even find where the heck actual support is for iTunes. I bought the damned eps, I wanna be able to play them! Who can I complain to?!!!


Theodosia - Aug 14, 2007 3:24:19 am PDT #2386 of 25496
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Juliebird, FWIW, I'd try backing up everything that iTunes touches (all your library files and the catalog) then using Add/Delete Programs in the Control Panel to delete the program, then reinstall with a new copy of the iTunes program from the Apple website. It's probably some codec or some contributing program that hasn't been updated.

Apple might well have some supporting FAQs for iTunes under Windows. I've never had occasion to check for those (never played videos on my Windows iTunes, because that was at work!) but I feel certain they must exist. You're surely not the only one who's had trouble!


Glamcookie - Aug 14, 2007 9:19:20 am PDT #2387 of 25496
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Can someone point me to a definition (from a known, trusted source) of XML profiling? Doing a !@#$##@$ slide show and my Google-foo is weak on this one.


§ ita § - Aug 14, 2007 1:03:53 pm PDT #2388 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Can one device be on more than one VLAN?


Tom Scola - Aug 14, 2007 1:21:43 pm PDT #2389 of 25496
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

It depends on what you mean by "device" and "VLAN".


§ ita § - Aug 14, 2007 1:27:54 pm PDT #2390 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

By device I mean an edge device such as a computer with just the one NIC. I'm not sure how to expand on VLAN--these are configured to map to IP subnets, if that helps.