Getting a single tone during an iBook boot process is a Very Bad Thing, right?
Like, get it serviced bad?
Saffron: I'll die. Mal: Well, as a courtesy, you might start getting busy on that, 'cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.
'Trash'
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DebetEsse - Feb 12, 2007 8:23:37 am PST #578 of 25496
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Ailleann - Feb 12, 2007 8:31:22 am PST #579 of 25496
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
RIP, Clippy: [link]
tommyrot - Feb 12, 2007 8:34:26 am PST #580 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
RIH, Clippy.
(RIH = Rot In Hell)
Rick - Feb 12, 2007 8:55:43 am PST #581 of 25496
From the Clippy link:
Have a lot of people been asking about the death of Clippy, since the release of Office 2007?
Not so much recently. He's sort of fallen out of disfavor, so this is probably his last gasp.
I love the idea of falling out of disfavor. For instance, I look forward to the day when Bush is so insignificant that we can't be bothered to hate him anymore.
Laga - Feb 12, 2007 9:13:37 am PST #582 of 25496
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Hey y'all. We're getting my Dad an ipod for his birthday but he's worried he won't know how to work it. Any recommendations?
esse - Feb 12, 2007 9:36:11 am PST #583 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I love the idea of falling out of disfavor.
What's even more wacky is that they thought Clippy was ever *in* favour.
We're getting my Dad an ipod for his birthday but he's worried he won't know how to work it. Any recommendations?
I'd say keep it simple and just get a shuffle, since it doesn't require learning an entirely new UI.
Apply has a couple good introductory resources for the iPod [link] and iTunes [link]
iLounge is kind of the premier source for iPod information, and has a great help section: [link]
I'm not sure what kind of reccomendations you're looking for, though. Can you be more specific?
§ ita § - Feb 12, 2007 9:38:48 am PST #584 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I would recommend against a shuffle, because of the reaction I've gotten every time when explaining you couldn't really choose which songs to listen to on the fly.
esse - Feb 12, 2007 9:46:29 am PST #585 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Well, I think a nano is pretty easy to learn, but I don't know what kind of benchmark Laga is looking for. I think the shuffle would be pretty straightforward--have music in iTunes, stick the ipod in, music downloads, pull it out. But I think the sticking point would be how much control the user wants over the music s/he listens to. If the user is content to have the crapshoot of the shuffle, and a gig of music s/he ostensibly likes on the go, then shuffle. If the user wants a lot/most/all of their music at all times with the opportunity to add more, then nano or full iPod.
Sean K - Feb 12, 2007 12:57:41 pm PST #586 of 25496
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I don't know what kind of benchmark Laga is looking for.
This is kind of what I'm wondering about Laga's question, as I consider the iPod to be (arguably) the most easy to operate device I've ever seen.
It has one button and one scroll wheel. It doesn't get much more easy to operate than that.
Sean K - Feb 12, 2007 12:58:47 pm PST #587 of 25496
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Also, I have a new RAZR. I'm inordinately chuffed by this.
This also means I have a new cell phone number, and should try to disseminate it to peeps who want it.