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§ ita § - Jan 29, 2008 2:32:23 pm PST #4570 of 25501

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

he also wants a phone that has profiles that you can set timers to (e.g. automatically go into silent mode in meetings, then go into normal mode at other times)

You probably don't want to go as far as the Nokia e61i if you're not sure about the full keyboard thing, but I just installed an app that has timers for the profiles--just mentioning it because it doesn't have to be something that is intrinsic to the phone, so don't look for it in the phone's specs.

Juliebird - Jan 29, 2008 4:56:58 pm PST #4571 of 25501

I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Can someone explain to me why, when I put a cd into my laptop to import the music, or even just play it straight from the CD, my laptop doesn't recognize that there's a CD in the drive? Is there some restriction on newer CDs due to increased anti-copyright-violation restrictions, or is it my laptop, and how do i get around that?

Jessica - Jan 30, 2008 3:40:32 am PST #4572 of 25501

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Every time I turn my MacPro off and on again, it resets the clock to several years in the past (I think Dec 31st 2000, but I'd have to shut it down and restart to be sure, and I'm encoding something right now). This has been happening since the automatic SMC update last week.

Anyone have any ideas before I dive into the apple.com knowledge base?

FWIW, this ONLY happens when the power is completely shut down. Restarting without shutting the power off doesn't affect the clock at all.

DXMachina - Jan 30, 2008 3:48:05 am PST #4573 of 25501

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I've had the same problem with our ancient iBook for years, and it happened on another Mac we had, too. I've always just assumed that the motherboard battery is completely dead, so the clock resets to its zero point when the power is turned off.

Tom Scola - Jan 30, 2008 3:54:07 am PST #4574 of 25501

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Yes, it's the battery on the motherboard.

Here is a pdf from Apple on how to replace it: [link]

Jessica - Jan 30, 2008 4:01:45 am PST #4575 of 25501

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Good lord...this computer has already had its graphics card and logic board replaced this year. At this point Apple should just give me a whole new machine.

DCJensen - Jan 30, 2008 4:37:32 am PST #4576 of 25501

All is well that ends in pizza.

How old is it?

Jessica - Jan 30, 2008 5:10:14 am PST #4577 of 25501

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Just over a year old.

We have Applecare, but getting it to an Apple store is a huge PITA.

And the PDF that Tom linked to above has a warning that improper installation may "cause an explosion." So I'm thinking I may just live with it until something else goes wrong.

Tom Scola - Jan 30, 2008 5:12:14 am PST #4578 of 25501

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

No, really, it's just a $5 watch battery. As long as you can tell the "+" from the "-" you should be fine.

DXMachina - Jan 30, 2008 5:17:39 am PST #4579 of 25501

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Just over a year old.

If I had a computer that had the logic board, graphics card, and battery (which was probably replaced along with the new logic board) all fail within a year, I'd be looking mighty suspiciously at the power supply.

eta: The batteries that failed on my Macs took a couple of years or more to fail.

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