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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.


Gris - Sep 05, 2007 1:54:22 pm PDT #2657 of 25496
Hey. New board.

I am torn between getting a 160GB iPod (because i really *do* need the space, just for music even) and the iPod touch

Wr0d. But I'll almost certainly end up going with the touch. I can handle taking half my music (10 GB) and one season of TV (instead of all of my Buffy) around with me.

Or I might just wait for the next generation, which will have 32 GB, which is my sweet spot anyway. But I probably won't.

If I do it, I'll probably bite the bullet and add T-Mobile WiFi to my cell phone bill. That way Starbucks is paid for for me.


§ ita § - Sep 05, 2007 2:21:04 pm PDT #2658 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hmm. I already added T-Mobile WiFi to my service...

But that was because I wasam getting an E70, dammit.

No iTouch for me. Nope. Already have three iPods.

Tangentially, no Foleo.


§ ita § - Sep 05, 2007 4:43:23 pm PDT #2659 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hey--when is the new OS X coming out? And how long in advance can you buy a new machine and get a cheap/free upgrade?


Tom Scola - Sep 05, 2007 4:55:18 pm PDT #2660 of 25496
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

when is the new OS X coming out?

Some time in October.

And how long in advance can you buy a new machine and get a cheap/free upgrade?

You'll have to wait for Apple to officially announce something.


NoiseDesign - Sep 05, 2007 5:05:31 pm PDT #2661 of 25496
Our wings are not tired

Seeing as I've purchased 4 Macs in the past 4 days hopefully they will have some kind of deal.


Tom Scola - Sep 05, 2007 5:13:55 pm PDT #2662 of 25496
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

On 4/12/2005, Apple officially announced that the release date for Tiger would be on 4/29, and then only Macs purchased after 4/12 were eligible for a $9.95 upgrade.

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NoiseDesign - Sep 05, 2007 5:22:09 pm PDT #2663 of 25496
Our wings are not tired

True. They've been bad in that regard in the past. At least I'll probably be able to buy a family pack license and do 5 machines for $199.


tommyrot - Sep 05, 2007 5:30:56 pm PDT #2664 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 would happen, if one were to buy a single copy and install it in multiple machines. I mean, hypothetically. Not that I would ever do that. Not that I ever did that once and nothing bad happened...