Recent content by Heretic Apostate

The Apple-logo premium (i.e. the 50% markup for the same features), plus I've heard that non-Apple mp3 players tend to have more features. Hence, I want to get my cake (i.e. a more cost-effective mp3 player with better features) and eat it too (i.e. have it be compatible with the 223 (!!!)...

I've got a 1.7GB iPod, purchased four months ago. I've found out that it is way too small to run all of my songs. I want to buy an mp3 player (and, occasionally, a music video player) that's at LEAST four times as large. I want it to have more bells-n-whistles than an iPod does. But I also...

Slavers (thrintum): bipedal, needle teeth, single faceted eye, mouth seems to serve as both feeding receptacle and waste disposal (i.e., it's an anus and a mouth). Not very bright, but powerful telepaths. Read "Asteroid Queen" from Man-Kzin Wars 3. Tnuctipun: raccoon sized. That's all I can...

I paid by PayPal, but that was six months ago, or longer. The woman from the district attorney's office suggested filing mail fraud charges with the post office, as this would fall under the federal criminal laws. I've filed a claim with the US Postal Service. Sure, it's only about $50 (and...

Blast. The Denton TX district attorney website doesn't have an email address. :( However, the head of the investigative services department DOES have an email address... http://www.dentoncounty.com/email_form.htm?Sue+Wooldridge So I sent an email asking about how to file a mail fraud claim...

To update: On 9/27, he said he'd ship it out within a few days. On 10/15, he responded to my email, and said he'd ship it out within a few days. I sent him an email on 10/22, asking if he'd shipped it out yet. No reply as of today. Latest word is the books are boxed up, and only have to be...

Apparently, a Swedish porno. :)

Word from Talon (on his forum) is that he'll ship out the order tomorrow. I had to visit his local-friends portion of his forums (no longer available to the public, after my visit) to get his attention. I'll let people know when it gets here...

I don't think the BBB would work too well for me, given that I live two time zones away. :) I just want my last shipment. And I'll keep bugging him until I get it. :(

Before you envy Mystery Man, first you should ask if he can afford to go anywhere. Being forced to stay at home, while the pile of paper on your desk grows bigger (since no-one else will do your job...), and not having the cash to even be able to visit local tourist attractions, that's not the...

Isn't he from Texas? Could he have been caught up in the whole evacuation thing? I've managed to get a LOT of stuff from him, but getting emails from him is like pulling teeth, sometimes... :(

I've been waiting 10 weeks for an order, and I'm frankly getting a little worried. I ordered Castles & Crusades, the first two books, using prepaid store credit. Every month or so, I email him, and he responds to every second or third email. Is there some crisis going on at his store? Is...

No one seems to have mentioned one of my (barely remembered) favorite pirate movies: Scalawag, with Kirk Douglas as the peg-legged pirate in a Western treasure hunt. Of course, just try finding the movie. It hasn't come out on DVD yet, and there is some stupid kids' movie called Scalawag the...

Some of you may know that my father is mostly blind. His sole sources of entertainment (outside of his extensive socializing--he goes out even more than me :) ) are listening to TV, and playing audio books and audio CDs. We've had bad luck with tape players and CD players, however. We've had...

I'd post this to NTL, but it's experiencing troubles at the moment. So here goes: