No, really, it's just a $5 watch battery. As long as you can tell the "+" from the "-" you should be fine.
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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.
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.
Vortex - Jan 30, 2008 9:49:37 am PST #4580 of 25501
"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 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
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 25501
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 25501
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 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
what's isquint?
§ ita § - Jan 30, 2008 6:36:52 pm PST #4585 of 25501
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 25501
"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.
§ ita § - Jan 30, 2008 7:07:26 pm PST #4587 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I could do the hack to add xvid to the Apple TV (just named her Lilith), but I'm going to go with this for now.