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

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Daisy Jane - Oct 29, 2007 12:56:47 pm PDT #3305 of 25497
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Are they cheap-ish?


le nubian - Oct 29, 2007 5:14:39 pm PDT #3306 of 25497
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

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The above is a link showing a graph of Tivo's net new subscribers over the years. I had no idea they were losing subscribers recently...


§ ita § - Oct 29, 2007 5:21:11 pm PDT #3307 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

They were close to losing me and I don't see how they won't lose others--the switch to both HD TiVo and the per month (as opposed to lifetime) service were not working for me.

But if I can squeeze in under the wire and go HD and lifetime (assuming they stick around long enough...) then it's okay. Pricey, but okay. I wouldn't be surprised if they lost people by asking them to pay for the lifetime subscription all over again.

eta: And that's with me thinking they're the best thing since sliced bread.


meara - Oct 29, 2007 8:16:34 pm PDT #3308 of 25497

Huh, I assumed most people used a left-side dock (um, that's left as you're looking at it, correct?). I always thought my right-side one was some sort of odd "hi, I am left-handed and thus crazy backwards all the time" thing


§ ita § - Oct 29, 2007 8:33:56 pm PDT #3309 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I use a bottom of the screen dock, just like the default. It's small and it's hidey. I can't imagine Leopard's increased space usage would bother me.


NoiseDesign - Oct 29, 2007 10:45:01 pm PDT #3310 of 25497
Our wings are not tired

I keep my dock on the bottom of the screen but I also run big monitors at high resolution so that I have extra room. Even my laptop screen runs at 1920x1200.


Jessica - Oct 30, 2007 5:34:30 am PDT #3311 of 25497
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I have my dock on the bottom, but now I'm going to try it on the left just to see what all the fuss is about. I predict it will feel weird and I will switch back before the end of the day because I am a creature of habit.

(I also don't like the new Gmail features. I'll probably like them soon, but right now they are strange and offputting.)


Tom Scola - Oct 30, 2007 5:38:03 am PDT #3312 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I keep my dock on the right side, because of the arrangement of my monitors.


tommyrot - Oct 30, 2007 5:46:05 am PDT #3313 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

OK, I'm switching the dock from the right to the left (still with auto-hide). Stand by for sound of head exploding.

IORandomQuestionN, Window buttons - graphite; or red, yellow and green? I've used graphite from day one, as the three color ones bug me.


Tom Scola - Oct 30, 2007 5:46:37 am PDT #3314 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I've never used anything but graphite.