Well, you'd better not be thinking what I think you're thinking, because my answer is the same as always — no threesomes unless it's boy-boy-girl. Or Charlize Theron.

Harmony ,'First Date'


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le nubian - Sep 05, 2007 9:54:01 am PDT #2647 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I can't get over the price cut for the iphone. now it makes it in the realm of purchasing. shit.


Jessica - Sep 05, 2007 9:54:44 am PDT #2648 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

But that's always true.

Exactly! If you go by that logic, you'd never buy any shiny new toys.


tommyrot - Sep 05, 2007 9:59:44 am PDT #2649 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.

Did Jobs talk about the Starbucks thing?

Starbucks will let you browse the iTunes store for free. Also, your iTouch will always show the current track playing in that Starbucks (and, of course, give you the option to buy it and download immediately).


Atropa - Sep 05, 2007 10:01:21 am PDT #2650 of 25496
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Exactly! If you go by that logic, you'd never buy any shiny new toys.

I know!

But I am (kinda sorta) willing to wait and see what the next gen iPhone is like.


Daisy Jane - Sep 05, 2007 10:05:45 am PDT #2651 of 25496
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

In other news: Cutest Phone Ever? [link]

Um, not sure I'd feel real comfortable carrying it in my purse, particularly if it were on vibrate.


Jon B. - Sep 05, 2007 10:11:50 am PDT #2652 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Starbucks will let you browse the iTunes store for free.

I love that. They'll let you SHOP FOR FREE!! How generous of them!


tommyrot - Sep 05, 2007 10:34:19 am PDT #2653 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.

Well, I think the ability to instantly buy something they're playing would be cool. Otherwise... yeah.

Anyone else think 6$/hr for WiFi access is way too expensive?


Zenkitty - Sep 05, 2007 11:33:50 am PDT #2654 of 25496
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Someone tell me if I'm in danger from my apartment. I turned on a lamp, and the bulb blew out with a bright blue spark (fairly new bulb), at the same time my APC unit beeped, and my computer shut down but didn't turn off. When I tried to shut the computer off, the APC beeped again. I tried to turn on another little lamp, but it won't come on. The red light on the surge protecter it's plugged into is off. I tried pressing the switch to off and then back to reset and nothing happened. I went to turn on a different lamp (it's quite dark in here) and it too blew out with a blue spark. I don't know what that means but it probably isn't good.

I've unplugged everything on that circuit except the surge protecter and the APC, which are plugged in behind the huge metal filing cabinet and I can't easily reach them. The computer only turned off when I unplugged it from the APC.

What do I do? How serious is this?

signed, Frightened by Electricity


Daisy Jane - Sep 05, 2007 11:42:23 am PDT #2655 of 25496
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

What do I do? How serious is this?

Call your land lord. I think it's serious, but the same thing sort of happened to us on Saturday, and I still won't mess with it.


beekaytee - Sep 05, 2007 11:50:29 am PDT #2656 of 25496
Compassionately intolerant

An electrician once told me that blue sparks are not as dangerous as green sparks...which sounds very Harry Potter, I know...He said this after I'd just gotten green sparks out of my bathroom plug. He came rushing over in a way that my landlord NEVER rushes to my aid and declared amazement that the place hadn't burnt down years ago. (Landlord had done the wiring himself...'nuf said.)

The blue sparks were relatively okay in his book. I get them pretty much every day.