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Apple’s stock is really tanking today…why?

2013-04-17T17:04:32Z

Anyone of TMO’s insightful stock analysts have an idea why Apple’s stock is tanking today? It looks like it might drop below $400 anytime soon after losing over $20 per share. What gives?

Geeks & Nerds are now cool

2012-11-16T09:18:45Z

Hi Guys,

I thought we might like this from the BBC magazine website. It appears we are now “cool”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20325517

Advice on MacWorld travel

2012-11-12T18:46:25Z

Hi Guys,
I’m planning to fly over from the U.K. to visit MacWorld. As it’s such a long way to come for a short time I’d like to extend my visit to around 7 to 10 days. I’m looking for advice & suggestions on other places to visit outside SanFrancisco.
I was in SF for a week last year & have done most of the tourist sites in SF, so I’m thinking of visiting other towns/places in northern California, or even moving on to somewhere like Seattle or maybe Las Vegas & flying home from there.
Or would I be better to stay in SF & take day trips/overnight trips to towns within striking distance of SF ?
I like traveling by train & so would intend to make trips on Amtrak/local train services.
Any help would be greatly appreciated !

Cheers

Peter

How many hosting providers are there?

2012-10-27T18:32:04Z

Hi there all members.
Am a moderator at http://www.iwipo.com and am searching a list or a link with statistics how many hosting providers are today on markt. Anyone have any idea?

Thanks
Gregory Tejli

Motherboard or PSU ?

2012-08-28T04:29:52Z

The problem begin with a crash, no BSOD, no error

messages. On trying to restart the PC would power up

momentarily, shutdown, then try to powerup again

repeating this process. This sounds like an issue with

my BIOS settings. I reset the motherboard by unplugging

the power, turning the power switch to off, moving

jumper to the reset position, removing the battery etc.

Try to start the PC. Same thing happens. Now I think it

may be my graphics card. At the time there was a radeon

HIS HD6950 in the PC. I replace the card with a nvidia

GeForce 550GTX TI. The PC starts & post.

All is fine for maybe an hour. The pc once again

crashes with no errors. This time when restarted it

powers on for maybe 4-5 seconds longer than it did with

the HD6950, but will restart, power up & stay powered

up without posting.

The only way to get it to post again is to reset the

motherboard as I did above. At this point I was leaning

more towards my power supply possibly becoming weak.

Until I started to notice the USB ports on my

motherboard would stop working not long before, or

immediately after not working again until i reset the

motherboard.

And I can’t update my BIOS because AsusUpdate never

works & I’m not sure how to do it with the .rom and dos

so I’m not too comfortable with it.

Thanks for any advice, need to know if my next move

should be to try swapping the PSU or swapping to a new

mobo, thanks !

How to make Macbook screen go black when I want to…

2012-08-04T15:24:24Z

Help! I know this sounds like an odd question but is there a way to make it so I can work on my Macbook Pro with the screen being blacked out? I’m writing a first draft of a novel and need to be able to write it on my laptop WITHOUT being able to see what I’m typing. Also, would need to know how to make it so I can be able to see the screen again once I’ve blacked it out (of course).

Mail “mbox” viewer

2012-08-04T02:03:39Z

Hi, all.
Am wondering if there is an mbox viewer for Mac. Would like to be able to view and/or export mbox emails. Just viewing and maybe printing individual emails…or exporting as some sort of text, single or dump.
Anyone know of such an app. Needs to run under 10.7.
Thanks.

New screen name

2012-07-22T00:02:22Z

With many thanks to Intruder for permission….

I joined TMO in 2003 using the screen name “mrmgraphics,” as at the time I was a graphic designer, and had snagged the mrmgraphics.com URL for a website that never got built. That’s why, for years, my signature has stated “signature and website under construction.”

Due to a change in career path, from graphic design to website development, I changed my website’s URL to mrmwebmax.com, and am happy to say I’ve finally built the darned thing. The link is in my signature.

As mrmwebmax.com is now live, I am changing my online identity as well, from mrmgraphics to mrmwebmax. Everything else remains the same: I’m still the TMO foodie, cat lover, iOS-defender, etc. as always. Just a new screen name, and finally, a completed website.

Would this be considered spamming?

2012-07-20T00:13:51Z

TMO Mods:

Back in the 1990s, when I was a graphic designer, I snagged the URL “mrmgraphics.com,” and “mrmgraphics” became my online identity. For years now, my TMO signature has stated “signature and website under construction,” because my professional career was taking a turn.

I am now far more focused on website development than graphic design, and the website in my (finally updated after maybe five years) signature shows that. I would like to change my screen name to reflect this as well.

Several questions: My website is obviously for my business, a registered LLC. Is it OK to have that website in my sig? And can I change my screen name to match?

Finally, I am so proud of my site. Is there any place here that I can make a general announcement that it’s finally live?

I do NOT want to spam TMO. I have been a very happy member here since 2003, and do not want to disrespect any policies you have in place.

Thanks.

Miami Vice Scene?

2012-06-05T22:11:28Z

So am trying to remember a particular scene from the TV Show Miami Vice, Sonny Crockett is driving alone in the Ferrari at Night across a causeway in Miami. It starts out as a low angle shot of the car with the skyline of Miami in the background also I think the soundtrack may be Phil Collin’s “In The Air Tonight.” Can anyone please tell me which Show that Shot was from?