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.

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Jessica - Aug 22, 2011 9:27:07 am PDT #17608 of 25513
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

They will charge (albeit slowly) when plugged into a Mac, because the Mac's USB ports will send more charge when required.

Yeah, but they have to be plugged in directly - I've never had any luck charging through a hub. (Maybe if I had a powered hub, but I have a cheapo one.)


§ ita § - Aug 22, 2011 9:30:12 am PDT #17609 of 25513
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The Mac won't do that for the Galaxy, unsurprisingly.


NoiseDesign - Aug 22, 2011 11:01:45 am PDT #17610 of 25513
Our wings are not tired

iPad charging on a Mac depends upon the age of the Mac. More recent Macs have USB ports capable of delivering the amount of power the iPad demands, older ones do not.


Jessica - Aug 22, 2011 4:04:55 pm PDT #17611 of 25513
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Speaking of aging Macs, I think my laptop may be dying. The screen looks like it has gaslights along the bottom of it and the number 5 on the keyboard has gone all wonky.

(I suppose I could always have the screen repaired, if it came to that. This machine is not that old!)


Sophia Brooks - Aug 23, 2011 4:01:05 am PDT #17612 of 25513
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Is there any way to make excel display freactions instead of decimals?

I am doing a patternmaking spreadsheet for my students where it calculates how long to make certain lines. It works perfectly in the metric system (but I have no metric rulers, however of course I just get freaky decimals that you have to convert in your had. Usually we try to be accurate to a 16th of an inch, so rounding doesn't help too much (unless I can get it to somehow round to 16ths and have a conversion table, rather than have it round to all sorts of odd measurements you do not find on rulers)


Tom Scola - Aug 23, 2011 4:02:44 am PDT #17613 of 25513
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.

Display numbers as fractions.


Sophia Brooks - Aug 23, 2011 4:17:05 am PDT #17614 of 25513
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

This is wonderful!!!!


Tom Scola - Aug 23, 2011 8:35:51 am PDT #17615 of 25513
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.

Samsung Cites Kubrick's '2001' Film as Prior Art Defense Against Apple's Injunction Request.


Jon B. - Aug 23, 2011 8:37:51 am PDT #17616 of 25513
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

That is hilarious and awesome.


§ ita § - Aug 23, 2011 8:38:44 am PDT #17617 of 25513
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

They seriously did that? That's so cool.