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― am0n, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
just went 2 months on my new lappy w/o noticing i didnt have office installed B-)
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
http://grab.by/8Qb3
lol wtf is this crap
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
just got an ipad for my wife, bought her a velocity cruz ereader for christmas...what a piece of shit and a horrible waste. Returned it for the full price. WEEEE.
― OLD MAN YELLS AT SHOUT RAP (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
MS Doc Connection? No idea. I got it with Office 2011, haven't touched it.
I'm getting an ipad (2) but I have a v specific need for it so
― Dakota Yasi Boganpants (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean I think most people get one before they have a use for it, and for some of those people everything looks like a nail until they get fed up and go back to their laptop.
― Dakota Yasi Boganpants (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Wait, you said the e-reader is the horrible piece of shit? Sorry.
― Dakota Yasi Boganpants (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, February 8, 2011 1:18 PM
http://www.openoffice.org/
― am0n, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I had Neo Office for ages, a version of Open Office. But then through my job was able to get Microsoft Office for 70 bucks. I did it. I don't like it. I don't like all the crap it installed, but I like to know I have the real thing if I need it. I've been doing all my non-adobe work in google docs anyway lately.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Mac Office 2011 means I can work from home sometimes, and it was cheap so eh. I prefer it to iwork, probably out of familiarity.
― Dakota Yasi Boganpants (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
B-)
that's the "deal with it" emoticon isn't it
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 22:41 (thirteen years ago) link
haha :-) B:-) B-)
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
guise how do i shot jailbreaking now that i mistakenly upgraded to 4.2.1??? i miss pdanet
― ullr saves (gbx), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 22:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm still using a powerbook G4. I felt it was really time about a year ago, but then it sort of hit a second wind and has been running well. I don't know. might give it til like July.― sonderborg, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 11:11 (12 hours ago)
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― salsa shark, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 23:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Does anyone know if it's possible to resurrect an old mac with Linux?
― sam500, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 02:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Yellow Dog Linux runs pretty well on a PowerPC Mac. Haven't used it in years, but I recall that installation was easy enough for an intermediate-level Penguinhead. Looks like it's still being worked on too: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 02:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanks - will check.
― sam500, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 09:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Flash Player 10.2 is a revelation. This 2010 MBP no longer gets burny-hot after 12 seconds of youtube.
― Most women do not like atheism.(8)(9)(10) (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 10 February 2011 02:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm adjusting to my verizon iphone and there's something that's REALLY bothering me and the little googling I've done suggests that I'm not crazy and this is just how it is. On all dumb/feature phones I've had over the years, you would simply slide the ringer volume down...it would get quiet, then quieter, then it would turn off but would turn on vibrate, then one more click and vibrate would also turn off and it would go silent.
With this phone it seems like you either have vibrate on or off and you can't turn it off without going into settings. 90% of the time the phone is on vibrate and in my pocket with the ringer off. But I should be able to pull it out of my pocket and put it on the table and turn off vibration easily, or turn on the ringer and have the vibrate stop. It seems independent. I don't want it vibrating on the table when it rings...though that may not matter since I barely feel it vibrating in my pocket, which sucks. Verizon iPhone is supposed to have a more subtle vibration. Am I missing something?
― dan selzer, Saturday, 12 February 2011 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Why don't you want it vibrating on the table?
― Mordy, Saturday, 12 February 2011 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Because it's annoying to everyone.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 12 February 2011 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
steve jobs wants you to want it vibrating on the table dan
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 12 February 2011 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
And if it's out of my pocket, I have the ringer on and don't need it to vibrate.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 12 February 2011 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
settings - sound
silent - vibrate - on
ring - vibrate - off
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 12 February 2011 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
ah, missed that. Still don't like that I can't turn vibrate off and ringer off, or if I put it on ring and turn the volume all the way down, is that muted or just quiet?
― dan selzer, Saturday, 12 February 2011 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link
On all dumb/feature phones I've had over the years, you would simply slide the ringer volume down...it would get quiet, then quieter, then it would turn off but would turn on vibrate, then one more click and vibrate would also turn off and it would go silent.
I have never owned a phone that does that.
― Most women do not like atheism.(8)(9)(10) (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 12 February 2011 21:46 (thirteen years ago) link
You've really missed out then.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 13 February 2011 02:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i lold, for some reason
http://grab.by/917K
― ice cr?m, Friday, 18 February 2011 01:06 (thirteen years ago) link
single stupidest story ever
― na pohybel juno roxas (Schlafsack), Friday, 18 February 2011 01:08 (thirteen years ago) link
'BUSINESSMAN DISMANTLES OWN HOUSE!!!!!!!'
DESTROYED is the best
― max, Friday, 18 February 2011 04:23 (thirteen years ago) link
So, I take it there is no way to re-download music off of iTunes store, and no way to import music from an iPhone to a different computer, right?
― Super Cub, Monday, 21 February 2011 03:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah there is. If you bought it through that account you should be able to download it to another device through the same account without paying again. Also if you bought music after DRM was lifted you should just be able to copy the files.
― Head goes goes goes (Schlafsack), Monday, 21 February 2011 03:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry for being a dunce, but what is the procedure for those two maneuvers? I tried going into iTunes store and looking at my account info. Saw the records of the purchases but no way to redownload. I tried going to the track and clicking on it again, but iTunes prompted me to buy it again. Thanks.
― Super Cub, Monday, 21 February 2011 04:03 (thirteen years ago) link
itunes is garbage. It doesn't offer a simple way to re-download your purchases despite being in operation for several years. The way I have done it in the past (with apps, at least) is this:
1. Log into the same account2. Find the item you purchased3. Buy it again4. itunes flashes up a box saying 'you have already bought this item, to download it again free of charge click OK'
In other words, guess work and crossed fingers.
― Head goes goes goes (Schlafsack), Monday, 21 February 2011 04:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I dunno maybe someone else here knows of a better way.
Does that work for music/video items? It does for apps, did not used to for music.
― mh, Monday, 21 February 2011 04:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Ah, no idea. I only ever bought one album from itunes (back in the DRM days) and ended up buying the CD anyway.
― Head goes goes goes (Schlafsack), Monday, 21 February 2011 04:27 (thirteen years ago) link
If you've "lost" some purchases or somehow screw up your account, you can contact iTunes support and they'll throw certain items back in your download queue if you ask nicely.
― mh, Monday, 21 February 2011 04:27 (thirteen years ago) link
What itunes needs is one button that's all 'Download all purchased items' or something. I even have an iphone app that has such a button. Why Apple doesn't already offer that fuction is a mystery ghost.jpg.
― Head goes goes goes (Schlafsack), Monday, 21 February 2011 04:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Used Senuti to copy from iPhone to computer. Worked like a charm. Fuck you Apple.
― Super Cub, Monday, 21 February 2011 04:30 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm never using iTunes store again. Don't know why I was using it at all.
Contacting iTunes support to get them to push purchases back out seems... somewhat reasonable. Otherwise, why not just send your friends your username/password and they all click that button?
― mh, Monday, 21 February 2011 04:32 (thirteen years ago) link
If they've got you user/pass your security's compromised anyway so what difference does it make? I'd rather have a stranger play music I've already bought than buy a load of new stuff under my name, and the latter function is there.
― Head goes goes goes (Schlafsack), Monday, 21 February 2011 04:34 (thirteen years ago) link
There is some procedure about authorizing computers that could probably help with that. One computer at a time could be authorized for re-downloads and Apple could have a max number of re-downloads per year or something.
xpost
― Super Cub, Monday, 21 February 2011 04:36 (thirteen years ago) link
You can't even see what you've previously bought without sifting through a really, really horrible list of purchases that appears in blocks of 10 (date/time descending) and is completely uncustomisable. That whole procedure is dogshit and has not been improved at all ever.
― Head goes goes goes (Schlafsack), Monday, 21 February 2011 04:37 (thirteen years ago) link
You can't redownload music or movies from the store except via support. If you give a good sob story they will let you redownload everything *once* otherwise they're really hard ass about it.
You can transfer iTunes purchases back from an iPod/iPhone/iPad easily though -- just hook it up, right-click in the source pane and hit "transfer purchases".
(This even works if the i/i/i isn't synced with that machine: if the Mac is authorised for the account, "transfer purchases" is an option in the "want to sync" dialogue that appears.)
― stet, Monday, 21 February 2011 13:21 (thirteen years ago) link
let go
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/feb/28/charlie-brooker-pfroblem-with-macs
― Romford Spring (DG), Monday, 28 February 2011 13:11 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/steve-jobs/8354215/Gordon-Brown-blocked-knighthood-for-Steve-Jobs.html
guess who else hates apple
― Neu! romancer (dayo), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
[iTunes is] a hideous binary turd that transforms the sparkling world of music and entertainment into a stark, unintuitive spreadsheet
this is true
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 15:06 (thirteen years ago) link