Can I rant about Apple for a second? Why do they have all different kinds of connectors for different models?? A coworker just had to borrow my "dongle," so I can't use my external monitor, even though I have a spare dongle in my desk, because it's from an older computer and doesn't work with this kind. Annoying. Also, why do we call them dongles?
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jun 10, 2011 7:42:08 am PDT #12224 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Jun 10, 2011 7:44:04 am PDT #12225 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Also, why do we call them dongles?
What do you want to call them?
Jesse - Jun 10, 2011 7:47:06 am PDT #12226 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't know -- connector thingies? Apparently I never had a need to call them anything before I started working here.
tommyrot - Jun 10, 2011 7:57:00 am PDT #12227 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Well, as Apple laptops got smaller, they had to come out with smaller and smaller video connectors.
§ ita § - Jun 10, 2011 8:00:02 am PDT #12228 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't know -- connector thingies?
How is that an improvement on dongles?
Looks like the tech that worked on my computer the other day shut down the wireframe program without saving my document. Fuck. Back to drawing board.
Jesse - Jun 10, 2011 8:01:51 am PDT #12229 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
How is that an improvement on dongles?
Hardly at all! Slightly less dirty-sounding?
Well, as Apple laptops got smaller, they had to come out with smaller and smaller video connectors.
Don't they know how inconvenient this is for me? And everyone else in my office, every time we are running all over the damn place looking for the right dongle?
Sophia Brooks - Jun 10, 2011 8:02:40 am PDT #12230 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
The word "dongle" makes me giggle. Especially since the director at the theatre refers to some sort of jump drive he wears around his neck as his "dongle".
Toddson - Jun 10, 2011 8:04:18 am PDT #12231 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Years ago, one evening I was working late with our tech support person and we were both getting tired and more than a little punchy. He was reading the documentation that came with an old-style mouse, including instructions and information about the mouse balls. Yes, we both turned twelve and were giggling hysterically over them.
Ginger - Jun 10, 2011 8:08:34 am PDT #12232 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The grad school admissions office I temped at had a whole Underrepresented Minorities program
There never seemed to be any programs for Czech-surnamed students.
She said "mouse balls!" *giggles*
Sophia Brooks - Jun 10, 2011 8:10:38 am PDT #12233 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
My theatre director is British, and I swear his says "my dongle" just like Mrs. Slocombe says "my pussy"