Wash: Little River just gets more colorful by the moment. What'll she do next? Zoe: Either blow us all up or rub soup in our hair. It's a toss-up. Wash: I hope she does the soup thing. It's always a hoot, and we don't all die from it.

'Objects In Space'


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Jessica - Jan 30, 2008 5:10:14 am PST #4577 of 25505
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 25505
hwæt

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 25505
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.


Vortex - Jan 30, 2008 9:49:37 am PST #4580 of 25505
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

So, the other day, I was on a random website when I just closed my laptop. when I opened it the next day, the screen was all wierd and pixilated. I restarted, it seemed fine. I ran a virus check with Symantec, and it found an "unknown detection [device]" (can't remember if it was device or software), but it didn't flag it as dangerous. "detection" strikes me a spyware, but Symantec let it go. Should I be worried?


Tom Scola - Jan 30, 2008 9:58:52 am PST #4581 of 25505
hwæt

Is Laura in this thread? She and her colleagues might get a kick out of this: [link]


Laura - Jan 30, 2008 11:31:54 am PST #4582 of 25505
Our wings are not tired.

Thank you, Tom. I feel much better about my issues now. I'll save that for the next time my people think they suck.


§ ita § - Jan 30, 2008 6:24:06 pm PST #4583 of 25505
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Okay, you know the bit where I can torrent something, throw it at iSquint, add it to iTunes, and then watch it through Apple TV?

FUCKING GREAT.


Vortex - Jan 30, 2008 6:31:15 pm PST #4584 of 25505
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

what's isquint?


§ ita § - Jan 30, 2008 6:36:52 pm PST #4585 of 25505
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It converts the xvid format of the torrent into mp4, which is iTunes-friendly.


Vortex - Jan 30, 2008 6:54:11 pm PST #4586 of 25505
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

oh, right. I have a program that does that for tivo files. I will keep isquint in mind for torrents.