I know. It was scary! I thought it could fail since I don't trust computers and electronic (I do software testings). I am glad it was good! I watched it on http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/mars/curiosity_news3.html live at about 10:08 PM PDT. Awesome 64x64 images at first: https://twitter.com/NASA/status/232350219700932608/photo/1 ... I can't wait for more. I will go to sleep soon after I calm down!

Did anyone watch Spirit and Opportunity in 2004? I watched it live with one of the twin rovers back in 2004 on my 15" Apple PowerBook G4 1 Ghz with its wireless in RealPlayer in Mac OS X 10.2.x. I still have it in packed somewhere.

I chuckled when the control room was partying and not really working. [grin]

Dag: Can you send Siftbot to Mars in the future trips?

>> ^lucky760:

There was no laptop, just cellular telephones.
http://videosift.com/talk/SoCal-LA-OC-SiftUp-July-2011


Ah. Did they not have wifi there? Bummer. I would have brought a very old lappy (PowerBook G4) and do my VS stuff (e.g., submission) there.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

I always tell my wife how lucky she is she married a nerd too - and all the IT computer hassles she's avoided - it never seems to get me much credit.

Good luck.>> ^JiggaJonson:

Thanks to all the replies!
I'm popping the hard drive out now and throwing in a new drive to get an OS installed whilst I wait on the freezer trick. Wish me luck! I'll keep you posted.
My wife is lucky i'm such a nerd. Those fuckin powerbooks are expensive as hell! I've been a Mac hater for a while, now I remember why...

Thanks to all the replies!

I'm popping the hard drive out now and throwing in a new drive to get an OS installed whilst I wait on the freezer trick. Wish me luck! I'll keep you posted.

My wife is lucky i'm such a nerd. Those fuckin powerbooks are expensive as hell! I've been a Mac hater for a while, now I remember why...

Same experience here-mate's Macs crashed, 2 powerbooks within' a week of one another-estimate from an independent data recover firm, $4-5 K

Advice in future with MAC-pay for the mondo "all-inclusive warranty, back up data online.

I don't know if it would work on a Powerbook, but there are some Linux programs that run straight from the CD/DVD that would at least (might) let you pull the files from the HD to a USB stick. SLAX is pretty good at running on almost any computer, but I don't know about Apple.

I think there are some other ones, too. I'll see what I can find.

I used BartPE (http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/) to get some of my stuff off an HD when that happened to me a few years ago.

wooot! Thanks for this times 1000!

In reply to this comment by laura:
*celtic

wow, this is stunning. I can only imagine what it looks like in HD (i'm on my G4 powerbook). Gotta wait till I get home. good find bornto2p

ps. This'll make it into top 15 so I'm going to piggyback and get my video some exposure. I know, I'm a whore, but people really need to see it.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Actual-Footage-of-Pastor-Beaten-Tazed-By-Border-Patrol
You know what, mine'll make it on it's own. just being a whore in the end.

Stupid.

It has a small crack in it so he destroys it? Jesus christ. My G4 powerbook is over 7 years old now and still rocks.

I don't think you would necessarily want to play in HD if SD is available. Different users have different bandwidth and processor capabilities. For instance, I'm still using my old powerbook g4, and it really can't handle HD embeds. Perhaps a widget to switch between the two options before opening the thumbnail? or a link below the thumbnail to open it in HD?

i lol'd. and i wrote this on a powerbook because i am oldskool.

I have both, but use my self-build desktop PC and my brand-name laptop PC (edit: Running XP on both, tried Vista on both and hated it). I have an original G4 Powerbook, used it extensively with OS X for years, and then used linux on it for quite a while to extend its usable lifespan. I have to say that I don't think I'll ever buy an Apple computer again.

Ubuntu is immune to the spyware/viri Windows machines get. Hopefully you didn't lose apps/data. If most of your work (or "work", like videosift) is web based, it's probably all you need.

My wife's powerbook has eaten two hard drives- total loss- in a year. She was in a deep funk the second time. So we signed up for Mozy... online automatic backup. The $5/month is worth it, as I know I don't have the discipline to do regular backups.

i used "mac vs pc" in the title to go with the whole retarded theme of the post.

and you call macs expensive but then you need to double your ram and get a new processor just to run the os and antivirus on your windows rig. whereas i am using a powerbook from 2004 and it still works fine. so i guess i saved myself about $3000 there, by not having to buy a new laptop. It doesn't even matter that I'm not on Intel. I guess i'll upgrade when that finally becomes a problem. maybe next year. or the year after.

and i can still surf porn without being turned into a spambot.

Here I am in all my hyperallergenic middle class vegetarian stereotypical glory.


1. What do you do when you are not on the computer?

eat vegetarian food, fuck a vegetarian, buy vegetables, that sort of thing.
And make music, but that's on a computer... so.... but I play trumpet... Into a computer.


2. Approximate the percentage of time you work and you play on a computer.

like all the freaking time. since i was 5. asthma (see hatred of cars below)
but mostly design or chatting to people back home, i am not a hardcore leet geek hacker or something.
i like any sport that's wet, but i don't live near a lake or sea, so i don't do much sport.
I DJ, with proper records, dnb, dubstep, triphop... no computer. Then i upload the mix into a computer.


3. If you had a time machine would you travel to an era in the past or future? Explain.

depends if you can guarantee my safety, if so, i would like to see the future. but not my own future.


4. What is your ratio of pairs of shoes to undergarments?

1 to 20


5. Do you wear boxers or briefs?

i think you call them trunks.


6. Do you have a Mac, PC or Linux?

mac, but honestly it's only half as annoying as a pc.


7. Would you prefer death by firing squad or salmonella poisoning?

yo firing squad for real. what kind of idiot says anything else? i turned vegetarian after bad food poisoning so, no thanks, not again.


8. Do is you add sprinkles, gravy, nuts or a cherry on top?

gravy? on top of what?


9. Are you a tits, ass, or legs man?

yes.


10. What kind of pet(s) do you have? Include name(s).

none, i would have a cat if i wasn't allergic and i liked the smell of cat piss, i would call it tony blair. no, i would call it whatever my girl wants to call it (see previous question)


11. What is your favorite kind of taco?

those things that break when you bite them and spill meat all over you which (did i mention) i don't eat?


12. What is your favorite source for news?

videosift


13. What is your beer preference? Or other beverage (poison) of choice?

beeeeeer. anything english from a local brewery. Or Svyturys in Lithuania if i want lager, or a real lithuanian live beer, preferably dark. I feel old just typing this. I even like whisky now.


14. Have you ever been arrested?

No. Searched, but they didn't find it hahahahah.


15. Which is your Cheetos preference: Crunchy Cheese or Puffs?

Yikes. You eat that shit?


16. How would you describe your coif: bangs, balding or rug?

bangs wtf?
it's just off the collar, and a bit girly.


17. Is your face clean-shaven or do you have a beard, a goatee or a mustache?

smooth skin: kiss.
scabby red itchy hairy prickly skin: no kiss.


18. List your five most cherished possessions.

any video or audio recording i ever made.
banksy print, powerbook, trumpet, erm... i haven't got much else.


19. What religion did you practice as a child?

anglican christianity, but i didn't get it.


20. What is your favorite childhood memory?

yikes.
can't choose a favourite. i get vivid flashbacks though, normally embarassment or mundanity.
probably best feeling was sailing, in the sun, in a one man boat.
what i didn't like was the time i fell off waterskiing and forgot to clench my buttocks and about 30 litres of water raped me.


21. What was your favorite childhood television show?

terrahawks (gerry anderson... i think i have a sift somewhere)
things that fly out of buildings into space are awwwwweeeeeesssssssommmmeee.

22. What is your most sacred personal rant?

people should fucking create their own shit, and the government should invest more in creativity and education, capitalism alone doesn't work for art.

also cars and outdoor advertising should be banned. especially outdoor advertising of cars.


23. What is a reason not to go to Burning Man?

it's thousands of miles away and the water's expensive?


24. Who is your favorite Sift Hero?

choggie for insisting on creativity, literally with every word he writes.


25. How would your characterize SiftBot: slave, servant or secret overlord?

fiction


26. Do you have any image(s) of yourself online that you're willing to share?

if the roast is fun i am willing to unmask myself a bit. maybe some music. but i post as MINK, not myself, so my face is not relevant to the roast.


27. What is your quest?

to make 100% of my money from creativity and to spread that around. sounds lofty, but so does the word "quest". I do hope that after i die, someone enjoys something I made, and they say "hey, that guy made cool shit, shame he's dead". That's all.


28. What is your favorite color?

red. aries. what can i do.

Let the record show that I resent the male meat eating american bias in these questions but i'm like cool with it, you know, you can't help being a freaking yank.