NoiseDesign, Insent.
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'
Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."
Got a question about technology? Ask it here. Discussion of hardware, software, TiVos, multi-region DVDs, Windows, Macs, LINUX, hand-helds, iPods, anything tech related. Better than any helpdesk!
DCJensen - Oct 12, 2007 6:50:41 pm PDT #3037 of 25497
All is well that ends in pizza.
Polter-Cow - Oct 16, 2007 1:53:51 pm PDT #3038 of 25497
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
This is a silly, stupid question, but USB ports on laptops are the same size they are on desktops, right? That is, I can plug an external desktop HD into a laptop with a USB cable?
omnis_audis - Oct 16, 2007 2:28:22 pm PDT #3039 of 25497
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Well, there is USB A and USB B types of ends. Plus, there are a couple flavors of really tiny USB that are on camera's and phones. [link]
![[link]](http://www.totalphase.com/support/articles/article20/usb-cable.png){kind=link}
amych - Oct 16, 2007 2:29:35 pm PDT #3040 of 25497
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
P-C, all that Omnis says is true, but the short answer is yes.
Sean K - Oct 16, 2007 2:31:38 pm PDT #3041 of 25497
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
This is a silly, stupid question, but USB ports on laptops are the same size they are on desktops, right? That is, I can plug an external desktop HD into a laptop with a USB cable?
What amych and omnis said. The flat end of your USB cable will plug into any other flat USB port on any computer. It's the other end that's a little device dependant.
Sean K - Oct 16, 2007 2:32:34 pm PDT #3042 of 25497
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Oh, and since I'm here....
I was looking at downloading OpenOffice for my new (well, new to me) Mac Mini, and now I'm very confused as to what "Aqua" is.
omnis_audis - Oct 16, 2007 2:35:13 pm PDT #3043 of 25497
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Aqua is the name of the interface that mac uses (I think that's a good way of describing it). For the mac, look into NeoOffice. It's built on the OpenOffice platform, but it's a standalone app, rather than using X-11.
More on Aqua here: [link]
amych - Oct 16, 2007 2:35:34 pm PDT #3044 of 25497
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Sean, It's the mac native user interface standard -- earlier versions of OO for the mac were (oops, X11), which meant that all the menus and dialogs took forever to load; the one you're looking at has the same functionality but with more mac-like rendering of the obvious-to-look-at stuff.
(Although I still like NeoOffice better)
(eta: awesome nerdy x-post)
Sean K - Oct 16, 2007 2:42:37 pm PDT #3045 of 25497
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Right, I'll be checking out Neo Office, then!
le nubian - Oct 17, 2007 6:48:46 am PDT #3046 of 25497
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
P-C, the only I would warn you about is that some hard drives require more power than a USB port can give. So you might have to get an external power source.
I am not sure how common this is, but just an FYI in case you encounter problems.