I've been spammed for paypal. Also about my non-existent account at Bank of America.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Fred Pete - Dec 12, 2005 4:31:03 pm PST #5966 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
DebetEsse - Dec 13, 2005 6:16:29 am PST #5967 of 10003
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I'm trying to figure out what model my old laptop (which lives in another time zone) is.
I know it's a Dell from 1999. Anybody have any ideas of sites where I could find a history of the Inspiron line or somesuch?
§ ita § - Dec 13, 2005 10:29:43 am PST #5968 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Has anyone here ever unlocked their phone? What are the risks?
Wolfram - Dec 13, 2005 11:28:02 am PST #5969 of 10003
Visilurking
Are you unlocking it yourself, or is your cell phone provider doing it? Cingular informed me this week that I can have my phone unlocked for free just by filling out a form with them. I'm not aware of any risks other than losing money in unlocking scams on the internet.
§ ita § - Dec 13, 2005 11:31:55 am PST #5970 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Cingular informed me this week that I can have my phone unlocked for free just by filling out a form with them.
Really? Then I guess the risk is minimal, or at least documented.
I wish I'd had the phone unlocked in Kenya. Or even known it was locked -- I didn't even find out until I tried a purchased SIM.
I want mine unlocked on principle. I paid enough for this bitch.
NoiseDesign - Dec 13, 2005 11:50:32 am PST #5971 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
It's an unofficial release, but folks might be interested in Google Earth For OS X.
tommyrot - Dec 13, 2005 11:55:07 am PST #5972 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Also, NASA has something similar.
I want a Google Solar System. Just type the planet or moon's name, and you fly there.
Or Google Galaxy, while I'm at it.
There actually is a program like this, but I didn't like the interface much. Then the PC that I installed the demo on died.
Gudanov - Dec 13, 2005 12:05:30 pm PST #5973 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
Consuela - Dec 13, 2005 12:07:01 pm PST #5974 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I can't run Google Earth on my work computer; it keeps crashing. So sad.
tommyrot - Dec 13, 2005 12:12:11 pm PST #5975 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
There's Celestia:
Oh cool - I didn't know about that one.
Open source too, so if there's something about it that sucks I have an alternative to whining about it.