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Macworld included an iMac 2.66 in a bake off between different MBP models and an eight core Mac Pro and I was surprised how well the iMac held it's own. The Mac Pro was the winner of course, but the results went a long way towards soothing my fears about going from a G5 tower to an iMac instead of an Intel tower.
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Still watching and enjoying here.
Same here. It seems to me there's a lot more fuss going on than is even remotely necessary.
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im not even sure where to start, going to go like this:
jdc: so what browser are you using, Internet Explorer?
them: no, i use yahoo and mark uses MSN
jdc: those are just where you get your emails, thats not your browser
them: (silence)
jdc: you know, when you start the surfing the web, do you hit the blue "e"
them: oh, that. no. we use windows, we hit the "start&q
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It has been so long, I have forgotten what Lost was about. Not that I understood it when I was watching it anyway.
Oceanic 6 off the island. Jack going nutso about leaving the island being a mistake. Kate has Aaron. Sayid's wife, dead. Sayid is Ben's assassin. Hurleyn in (and out, thanks to Sayid) of the boobyhatch. Hurley visions of Charlie. Jack finds you-know-who in the coffin.
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House followed by 24? Is there such a thing as POTSLVHLG? Peeing On My Toe Squealing Like a Very Happy Little Girl? Because, that's what I just did.
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QuoteArticle AcceleratorIs there something wrong with "At this moment" or "At this time" or simply "Now"?
Nope. Those are just fine also.
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QuoteYoyodyne ArtWorksOne instance of verbal chicanery that has always struck me is the move from "anti-abortion" and "pro-abortion" to "pro-life" and "pro-choice." Marketing people know that "anti" is too negative and that the word "abortion" makes people uncomfortable, hence the new terms. After all, who ISN'T in favor of life and choi
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1 - At the end of the day
Pass - Lends at least some context to what follows. Much better than "bottomline".
2 - Fairly unique
FAIL - Idjitspeak
3 - I personally
FAIL - Redundancy in the service of bloated self-importance
4 - At this moment in time
Pass - Perfectly good phrase for pointing out how fairly unique a situation might be. It can be overused, true, but that's the
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I'm tempted to say it's a damn shame, but if there's anything on the other side of this life he's just found a whole new beat to cover and is no doubt happier than a pig in sht. So I'll just say "Thanks, Studs." and leave it at that.
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I have a friend who checks in on my beasts when I'm away, but there have been times when they couldn't make it over. They're fine for three or even almost four days. I have a water bowl with a tank on it so they have about a week's worth of water, I leave them enough dry food for about four days each and two full, clean litterboxes. The lights are on a timer so they get a dark room to sleep in. A
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No Firewire on new refreshed iMacs!! Oh nose!
*edit* dang.. forgot the smiley.
No Firewire on the refreshed iMacs is one of the few rumors in a couple of decades of Mac watching that I would bet money on. The way I read it, Apple has declared Firewire is a pro machine only feature. I'm still hoping to scrape together the money for new machines by mid-Spring, but it looks like "
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I saw the preview for "The Spirit" yesterday. I generally like Miller's stuff, but the movie looks like way too much Miller and not nearly enough Eisner. Too bad.
Miller is too much in love with Miller. I had heard that the new trailer was less Sin Citycentric, but after seeing it, that's being very generous. I heard someone say that the trailer gives a few "nod
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I'm waiting for that remote surgery technology to really get nailed down.
"Citizen Surgery". What a day it will be. Finally empowered by Web 2.0 to shake off the stodgy old boundaries of knowing what you're doing. Get to the tar pits you old fossils with your "degrees" and "learning" and "experience"! Lung replacement surgery, unedited and unfiltered.
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I do hope they investigate this. A similar thing happened several years ago with Emulex, and the FBI tracked down the source, and he was sentenced to 44 months in prison.
The beauty of linking to wikipedia while discussing how easy it is to propagate false information on the internet is so exquisite it makes my heart flutter.
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If it was working right up until it didn't start up; I would suspect the power supply.
The location of the power supply in the G5s pretty much meant that it was going to suck a ton of crap into the fans. Also, why no access to the power supply through the bottom of the case? You have to disassemble a good part of the computer just to get to the power supply.
I purchased a G5
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It looks like the power supply in my G5 DP Power Mac (The 1.8Ghz model that supports 4GB of RAM. Late 2004?) has croaked. I did all the usual; replaced the battery, reset the SMU and the PMU, blew out every last spec of dust I could get to, reseated the memory and the video card. Nothing. Not even so much as a flicker of the light when I press the power button.
Looking on line, used power supp
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QuoteestnycImagine asking Sculley if she'd been "safe" the last time she had sex...
Okay, that made me laugh. Partially because I imagine the scene ending with Scully having her weapon jammed against Skinner's temple shouting, "What have you done with the real Walter Skinner!??!"
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This experiment has failed as far as I'm concerned. Out of respect to Abrams and all the brilliant work he's done in the past I'll tune in to the next episode, but no promises at all that I'll stick with it past even the first commercial break. After that, barring a BIG miracle, I'm probably an ex-viewer.
Speaking of commercials, they seemed to be a bit light on sponsorship last night. I wonde
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Given how I would read his temperament and outlook on life from what I've read and seen, I have a feeling ultimately his concern would fall on his family's welfare and benefit over and above anything else, even if their actions are not ones he would have taken himself. The original works will remain to be read and enjoyed for their own merits, whatever watered down progeny may spring from the loi
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Attributing a movie's success or failure solely to one actor? Maybe Actor X kept a bad movie from taking an even bigger bath than if might have otherwise. Maybe that big hit was an ensemble cast and Actor X was only a small part of that. Heck maybe it was the script that was amazing/crap.
It sounds like this was an amusing exercise, but pretty meaningless overall.
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Stink. Stank. Stunk.
ONLY because its Abrams, I'll give it another shot next week. If this had come from anybody else, I would label it stupid, hack, badly acted bad television and would never tune in again.
Too bad, I was hoping for another winner. Oh well, there's still Dollhouse to look forward to.
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QuoteZoidbergFunniest lines? The family at the window:
"Is that the Conquistador?"
"They run a little tight".
It's gold, Jerry! It's GOLD!
Also, you have to look at it from the "Pepsi vs Coke" perspective; Microsoft is the market share leader in the OS market. They don't have to address the Mac OS at all. They already have the market share. Apple addresses
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QuotetimgI heard the opposite - before the husband wanted the divorce, she had planned to retire.
Now, with the divorce, she's continuing to work.
That's the right sequence of events. Her husband left her for an ex-employee somewhere back in April of last year, I believe.
This is really not anything shocking. It's been in the planning stages for months, could be as much as a year, and she's
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QuotepapercupIf "Seam Carving®" makes it into CS4, that one feature will be well worth the upgrade.
Adobe aquired the technology/engineers a year ago, amazing stuff if you haven't seen it in action:
Man, some of the that stuff looks like the 'Hey, presto! It's magic!' computer tricks that normally show up in movies like Mission Impossible and shows like Criminal Minds.
Jack Baue
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It looks like vendors are working hard to clear inventory and that means new stuff can't be too far off. And that's a very good thing.
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QuoteGreg the dogsitterWent to a store yesterday, and needed to use the restroom. Given the store's circumstances, there are two ways they could have responded:
One, in a cheerful/helpful voice: "I'm sorry, but we don't have insurance that covers our customers using the restroom. However, there's a place right next door that will let you."
Two, in a gruff voice: "We don't hav
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QuoteZoidbergDon LaFontaine, the voiceover king whose "In a world ..." phrase on movie trailers was much copied -- and much parodied -- has died...l
The big dog may have gone to a better world, but he left a more than able band of compadres behind. 5 Men in a Limo
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Looks like they're playing hardball. I still have the order in my shopping cart, with the discount already applied, but now the site won't let me into the shopping cart to complete the transaction. It just brings up a page with with no items listed. I tried adding a new item, but then it puts up an error message saying "this feature" isn't currently available.
Dirty pool, Borders. Di
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It was a good hunt. The scent of deal was thick in the air. Sinews were stiffened. The blood raced. Fingers flew like the wind across keyboards. The clicking of mice was heard like the heavy footsteps of a legion of Spartans.
Aye, it was a good hunt.
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Quotedecocritterfirefox - I got one book i n cart, but the site can't even handle a search.
What worked for me was getting the ISBN number from Amazon, then searching by ISBN number on Borders.
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