FoxyKaye
Sep 11, 04:54 PM
I had just been hired to work at a large foundation two weeks prior to September 11. Since I was living in San Francisco at the time and the foundation was across town, I had to get up pretty early to make the two bus transfers that would get me there by 9am.
My alarm was set for 5:45am Pacific (8:45am Eastern), so I was waking up right as the first plant hit the WTC. At the time, I listened to one of those stupid morning DJ shows - "Sarah and Vinnie," and both were kind of off-the-wall almost every day. So after a song ends, Vinnie breaks in and reports that a plane just hit the WTC and makes a crack about bad piloting. A couple more songs play, and the 6am news update hits. In the meantime, I had rolled out of bed and popped on the TV to see what was happening - sure enough, there was a gaping hole in the top of the WTC on all networks.
With the 6am news droning on in the background on the radio, I turned up the volume on the TV - as I was doing so, I caught the second plane hitting the WTC live as it happened. Suddenly, from the radio I heard Vinnie (who was always kind of a numbnutz) scream "oh, *****, a second plane just hit the other tower, I just saw it on TV!" At which point both Sarah and Vinnie stopped talking for a second, and one of them said, "This is a lot more serious than it looks, that was no coincidence. I think all bets are off for today."
I got up and turned on CNN in the main room of our apartment and it really looked like all hell broke loose. I couldn't take myself away from the TV, but did call a good friend to tell him to, "wake the hell up and turn on your TV now!"
About 7:30 (when I was still in my bathrobe and should have been leaving to catch my first bus), my mother rang in on the telephone - apparently, my cousin, who was a NYC Firefighter was called from off shift to help with rescue efforts and my aunt was terrified. Got another phone call from work saying "don't come in today!" and stayed watching the tele until about 4pm.
Incidentally, my cousin couldn't be reached the entire day, so when the buildings collapsed the family feared the worst. He finally rang in sometime in the early morning Sept. 12 to say he was OK.
One of those days you remember every detail, that's for sure. Kind of like Challenger disaster when I was in 8th grade in NH and no-one knew what was going on.
[Edit]:
We'd just been in New York two years prior to 9/11. I'd recored the whole trip with my video camera. A short bit of it included the Trade Centre ... standing right at the bottom looking straight up.
I was living in NYC until Jan 1999 - went to three meetings and one government reception in the WTC buildings. The reception was at Windows on the World, the restaurant at the top of one of the towers. The views were spectacular...
My alarm was set for 5:45am Pacific (8:45am Eastern), so I was waking up right as the first plant hit the WTC. At the time, I listened to one of those stupid morning DJ shows - "Sarah and Vinnie," and both were kind of off-the-wall almost every day. So after a song ends, Vinnie breaks in and reports that a plane just hit the WTC and makes a crack about bad piloting. A couple more songs play, and the 6am news update hits. In the meantime, I had rolled out of bed and popped on the TV to see what was happening - sure enough, there was a gaping hole in the top of the WTC on all networks.
With the 6am news droning on in the background on the radio, I turned up the volume on the TV - as I was doing so, I caught the second plane hitting the WTC live as it happened. Suddenly, from the radio I heard Vinnie (who was always kind of a numbnutz) scream "oh, *****, a second plane just hit the other tower, I just saw it on TV!" At which point both Sarah and Vinnie stopped talking for a second, and one of them said, "This is a lot more serious than it looks, that was no coincidence. I think all bets are off for today."
I got up and turned on CNN in the main room of our apartment and it really looked like all hell broke loose. I couldn't take myself away from the TV, but did call a good friend to tell him to, "wake the hell up and turn on your TV now!"
About 7:30 (when I was still in my bathrobe and should have been leaving to catch my first bus), my mother rang in on the telephone - apparently, my cousin, who was a NYC Firefighter was called from off shift to help with rescue efforts and my aunt was terrified. Got another phone call from work saying "don't come in today!" and stayed watching the tele until about 4pm.
Incidentally, my cousin couldn't be reached the entire day, so when the buildings collapsed the family feared the worst. He finally rang in sometime in the early morning Sept. 12 to say he was OK.
One of those days you remember every detail, that's for sure. Kind of like Challenger disaster when I was in 8th grade in NH and no-one knew what was going on.
[Edit]:
We'd just been in New York two years prior to 9/11. I'd recored the whole trip with my video camera. A short bit of it included the Trade Centre ... standing right at the bottom looking straight up.
I was living in NYC until Jan 1999 - went to three meetings and one government reception in the WTC buildings. The reception was at Windows on the World, the restaurant at the top of one of the towers. The views were spectacular...
elppa
Mar 14, 06:15 PM
Thanks for a good laugh.
This (http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2011/02/08/zune-ate-apples-movie-sales-market-share-in-2010/) won't have Apple laughing.
This (http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2011/02/08/zune-ate-apples-movie-sales-market-share-in-2010/) won't have Apple laughing.
Hos1234
May 2, 05:49 PM
Ok, quick facts and will answer questions if I miss anything. In Laws asked me to look at their Macbook, I work on PC's mainly so took into apple to have them look it over. Told it needed to be sent off to the depot. Had them pop the case and verify no water damage, the girl came back told me there was no sign of water damage and that it would be a flat rate of 280. So I gave them the go ahead to send it off. Get a call 6 days later that they found microscopic corrosion and that this shows water/liquid damage, but there were no signs of water/liquid damage on the case or metal inside the laptop, I asked for a pic to be sent to see what they are talking about. So tell me, do you see any corrosion in this pic, and how should I go from here, the price told to me was 755, I so far have them down to 430, and they are holding firm there.
mxpiazza
Jun 5, 06:39 AM
payment sent!
SOLD to alecxx!
SOLD to alecxx!
TheSlush
Mar 16, 10:07 AM
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/6849/imageeffectsabovedroppe.png (http://img130.imageshack.us/i/imageeffectsabovedroppe.png/)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/04/Web_browser_usage_share.svg/630px-Web_browser_usage_share.svg.png
I think Linux might have a higher install base than Mac....
I always laugh at these charts... it's like comparing the install base of Bentley to the install base of Toyota. Doesn't exactly tell the story, does it?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/04/Web_browser_usage_share.svg/630px-Web_browser_usage_share.svg.png
I think Linux might have a higher install base than Mac....
I always laugh at these charts... it's like comparing the install base of Bentley to the install base of Toyota. Doesn't exactly tell the story, does it?
tizzl10
Sep 9, 09:24 PM
would have been better if it were a picture of you...coming out of one.
lamonsas
May 5, 07:27 PM
they should be great because they are quad core unlike last years dual cores.
Wongers
Feb 20, 03:24 PM
There are threads here that talk about what PITA it is to replace the hard drive in a 2010 mini. Considering it myself. I might just wait to see if apple puts a sandy bridge 4 core in the next update. The current hard drive is slow. If I do any upgrades, will put a 7200 hard drive and replace the optical with a ssd drive. I already maxed my ram to 8GB.
When will be the next update??
When will be the next update??
interlaced
Dec 18, 07:31 PM
$15 shipped? Fine with me :)
thanks, i'll send it out tomorrow. :D happy holidays.
thanks, i'll send it out tomorrow. :D happy holidays.
jamied95
May 6, 11:58 AM
It's saying it on both iTunes & the phone, so would this be some sort of horrific software coincidence or a hardware fault do you reckon?
upsguy27
Jun 20, 04:44 PM
Do you accept trades? I would trade you my 16GB iPod Touch for it.
Lacero
Dec 18, 07:43 PM
Dropping the dope down on 2 million MR posts baby!
Yeah, yeah, I know, pretty uncreative. But it was a real bitch to get it down to 24KB. [edit: 20KB now] :) I was gonna go with a g**tse-themed avatar, but unfortunately came to my senses. Lucky for you guys.
Here's to the Crazy Ones http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=37113 (http://www.uriah.com/apple-qt/movies/think-different.mov)
Yeah, yeah, I know, pretty uncreative. But it was a real bitch to get it down to 24KB. [edit: 20KB now] :) I was gonna go with a g**tse-themed avatar, but unfortunately came to my senses. Lucky for you guys.
Here's to the Crazy Ones http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=37113 (http://www.uriah.com/apple-qt/movies/think-different.mov)
phpmaven
May 4, 07:37 PM
You need to add Joe Smith to your address book and then you will be able to pull him up by name. What it's doing now is pulling up previously used email addresses. You can right click on the email address in the "To:" field and add to address book.
SD-B
Apr 5, 04:09 PM
Hi, I am trying to help someone that is a newbie on a G5 Tower 10.5.8 who wants to watch some avi films.
I only started with a MBP when I bought my recent one 1.5 years ago.
Before that i was on windows and could fix most things but i am unfamiliar with Macs of that age.
I was telling him to download VLC assuming he had a newer one until he told me the error message, that his architecture wasnt right, at which point i asked him for his OS number and discovered how old it was.
Bearing in mind i am dealing with someone who has very little tech experience, I dont want him to get frustrated which he will easily do so I want to check my facts before passing them on to him.
I understand VLC had an issue with 10.5.8 if I read this page and do another quick search on Google.
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=82230
So I may have to tell him to download a compatible VLC and hopefully at worst lead him through he fix on this page to get it working.
If anyone is familiar with this and can offer advice beforehand, I would be grateful.
Otherwise, is there another program that plays .avi formats on an earlier Mac, such as 10.5.8, preferably one that doesn't have to download codecs.
I want to make this as easy as possible for him.
If any other such programs can be used, please let me know what they might be
TIA
I only started with a MBP when I bought my recent one 1.5 years ago.
Before that i was on windows and could fix most things but i am unfamiliar with Macs of that age.
I was telling him to download VLC assuming he had a newer one until he told me the error message, that his architecture wasnt right, at which point i asked him for his OS number and discovered how old it was.
Bearing in mind i am dealing with someone who has very little tech experience, I dont want him to get frustrated which he will easily do so I want to check my facts before passing them on to him.
I understand VLC had an issue with 10.5.8 if I read this page and do another quick search on Google.
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=82230
So I may have to tell him to download a compatible VLC and hopefully at worst lead him through he fix on this page to get it working.
If anyone is familiar with this and can offer advice beforehand, I would be grateful.
Otherwise, is there another program that plays .avi formats on an earlier Mac, such as 10.5.8, preferably one that doesn't have to download codecs.
I want to make this as easy as possible for him.
If any other such programs can be used, please let me know what they might be
TIA
Yojiirill
Nov 5, 08:45 PM
I loved the Blue Album, but the other album I tried from them, the Green Album, I didn't really like. Still, this is half the price, so I downloaded it anyway :p
Man, I have no self-control when it comes to music :rolleyes:
Man, I have no self-control when it comes to music :rolleyes:
Coolestdude
May 5, 07:44 PM
What is the current utilization?
Typically phones are placed in their own VLAN.
What speed is the Internet connection?
Any connections to remote sites?
What type of loads are the various computers placing on the network?
What type of wiring is in place?
Do the switches/routers have UPS's?
Are there any bottlenecks that devices are currently experiencing?
Typically phones are placed in their own VLAN.
What speed is the Internet connection?
Any connections to remote sites?
What type of loads are the various computers placing on the network?
What type of wiring is in place?
Do the switches/routers have UPS's?
Are there any bottlenecks that devices are currently experiencing?
reh
Dec 8, 02:24 PM
Is your sound volume muted or low?
- or -
System Preferences -> Network -> Show: Internal Modem -> Modem tab -> Sound: On
- or -
System Preferences -> Network -> Show: Internal Modem -> Modem tab -> Sound: On
wordoflife
Nov 17, 05:15 AM
Quite disturbing, i almost started to cry ;(
:rolleyes:
Could be worst. Much worst.
:rolleyes:
Could be worst. Much worst.
amacgenius
Dec 12, 07:44 PM
Mind if I ask why you're selling?
rkmac
Nov 2, 05:11 AM
wallpaper from - powerpigs flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerpig/)
kcdude
May 1, 08:35 PM
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DeaconGraves
May 6, 09:53 AM
Sounds like you've already done a full restore, but I would try the Network Settings refresh suggested above too.
If that doesn't work, time to take it into the Apple Store. If you don't have Apple Care, see how much a repair will cost. Depending on how desparately you need wifi, it might be worth waiting for an iPhone 5 (September hopefully).
If that doesn't work, time to take it into the Apple Store. If you don't have Apple Care, see how much a repair will cost. Depending on how desparately you need wifi, it might be worth waiting for an iPhone 5 (September hopefully).
MacSedgley
Aug 8, 01:29 PM
Next step: Microsoft announces they've acquired Parallels, Inc.
Good point - however, a 'top secret' virtual machine inside leopard would mean they have wasted their money.
Does anyone really give a toss about Virtual PC being dead? It was pretty crap anyway.
Good point - however, a 'top secret' virtual machine inside leopard would mean they have wasted their money.
Does anyone really give a toss about Virtual PC being dead? It was pretty crap anyway.
dc52nv
Apr 5, 11:21 PM
YOU can't, but if you click the little http://images.macrumors.com/vb/images/buttons/report.gif that is in your first post, you can message a moderator to delete it for you.
Enjoy your stay! :cool:
lol thanks for the help.
Enjoy your stay! :cool:
lol thanks for the help.
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