in all about me news, my big boss has decided that he really should spend more on the Holiday gift so now wants to add an apple gift card to the Nike+ fuel band. A gift card that would have cover mac's gift from me. hrrmmpph. I guess I get to figure out something to get from apple that I really do not need. Diamond shoes and all, but an amazon gift card would be much more useful.
Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.
Cordelia ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
msbelle - Dec 03, 2012 7:19:05 am PST #3013 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
brenda m - Dec 03, 2012 7:23:52 am PST #3014 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Can you return it, or is it already in mac's hands?
msbelle - Dec 03, 2012 7:25:30 am PST #3015 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
already in mac's hands of course and was refurbished, so not sure how long I would have to return anyway. stupid boss not thinking about me at all times.
brenda m - Dec 03, 2012 7:28:12 am PST #3016 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Ah.
You know there's every chance someone around here has an Apple purchase in mind. I'll bet a swap could be arranged.
msbelle - Dec 03, 2012 7:36:56 am PST #3017 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
true fact. Once it is in my grubby hands I will let you all know.
Jessica - Dec 03, 2012 7:50:58 am PST #3018 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Is there no tactful way to say you would rather have an Amazon gift card?
msbelle - Dec 03, 2012 8:04:17 am PST #3019 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am going to try and suggest that, but he is often unswayable.
Jessica - Dec 03, 2012 8:05:06 am PST #3020 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Or, hell, an Amex or Visa "like cash" gift card!
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2012 8:22:14 am PST #3021 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Speaking of cards--I got a $5 rebate on an Amex gift card. This is way more convenient for me in that I don't have to deposit anything, but Amex gift cards can be picky about how they're run (apparently if you try and spend the first $5 of a bigger bill that way, the card will be rejected. Order counts.
But I'm surprised at the idea this is cheaper than a cheque some people are going to forget to cash anyway. Hmm.
tommyrot - Dec 03, 2012 8:27:00 am PST #3022 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.
So, the Mars thing.
Curiosity Rover Finds Organic Signal on Mars, But Not Definitive: NASA
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has discovered complex chemistry on the Red Planet, as well as hints of long-sought organic compounds that could aid primitive life, scientists announced today (Dec. 3).
The Curiosity rover found evidence of chlorine, sulfur and water in Mars dirt studied by its onboard laboratory, as well as organic compounds (chemicals containing carbon) inside its Sample Analysis at Mars instrument. However, the science team can't yet be sure whether these compounds truly come from Mars, or arise from contamination transported to the Red Planet onboard Curiosity.
"SAM has no definitive detection to report of organic compounds," Paul Mahaffy, SAM principal investigator at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., said during a press conference at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.
"Even though [Mahaffy's] instrument detected organic compounds, first of all we have to determine whether they're indigenous to Mars," said John Grotzinger, Curiosity's project scientist.