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  • MS doesn't really have that much work to do either. After all, they already did most of the work when they came out with DOS
  • Lived in Skopje, Macedonia for two years and a rural village in Macedonia for a few months, all with the Peace Corps. Travelled to Greece a lot, Cyprus, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, and flew to England once and then visited Cardiff, Wales. Calling…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by ei8htyfi5e I'm trying to sell a loaded Mac Pro and a 30" Monitor for about $5500 and can't for the life of me find where to sell it. MacRumors requires 100 posts to sell in the market place and only have like 50 some…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by dmz Too often Christians define themselves by what they don't do, not what they are busy doing. i liked reading this. i think this is a problem with people in general, defining themselves by what they don't do. "I…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Frank777 While I agree many Christians have a sense of self-righteousness over the issue, the reason for abstaining is not to be holier than thou, it is in keeping with biblical injunctions to protect those who are w…
  • i like drinking several light beers on weekend afternoons and then several more on weekend nights. the dark stuff kills my stomach or makes me feel like i just had thanksgiving dinner after like two bottles. lately though, i've been sitting at hom…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland Computers don't last several years anymore... Don't tell that to the snow iMac G3 (600mhz) i'm posting this from. Or my wife's 1ghz g4 ibook.
  • I think since you got the computer used and apparently without a fresh install, you'll have to either re-install the OS with the (hopefully) supplied restore disks, or do a few simple maintenance things. check out this page: http://www.macattorney.…
  • is it really hard to get a prius? is there a long waiting list and dealers charging over MSRP? and isn't the argument "it'll take 23189k miles to make up the difference in price over Car X" moot because of the ridiculous resale value of these th…
  • My work computer on XP crashes, but it's because of bad RAM that hasn't been replaced. Can't really blame windows. OS X never crashes of course.
  • Quote: Originally Posted by sunilraman Gone to fuel to keep the plane in the air... Actually, maybe they should power the engines with Liquor. i wish they would at least sell us drinks at cost, so then it isn't like they are giving them awa…
  • i'm not opposed to these EDU prices $899.00 17-inch widescreen LCD 1440x900 resolution 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor1 2MB shared L2 cache 512MB memory (2x256MB SO-DIMM) 160GB Serial ATA hard drive2 24x Combo Drive (DVD-ROM, CD-RW) In…
  • I was really hoping the topic would be "New Shizzle from Apple," but I guess i didn't start the thread in time. This stuff is cool, i guess.
  • Quote: Originally Posted by sunilraman Yeah, forget about cellphones and laptops on board - enjoy the inflight entertainment, or if that sucks, just get yourself massively drunk on white wine or beer or something. At 5$ a pop these days. Wher…
  • Where is the old 'post your desktop' thread?
  • i like Fetch FTP. Very apple-scriptable and free for students (though it is certainly worth $20)
  • Dude, every computer company makes a killing with their warranties. Kind of like how insurance companies make a killing selling insurance, but the margins are a bit higher.
  • i've got a recalled battery now too. this seems to basically extend their previous recall to include also the first 1ghz ibooks manufactured from march 2004 (+ some powerbooks). FYI my 12" was bought in august '04 as a refurb, battery serial ZZ419