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" And you begin your tech support for your friends and family if you've got a question about tech the best brownies in the Bay Area. We've got an answer for it."

" If we double tracked down someone who does these big announcement this morning. Not the brownies the the FCC XX he dropped an official big announcement early Monday morning that it would expand the -- that it shall be principles. Which sort of delicate comfy pillow thing from my python laid out 2005 and set the stage for the principal become formal rules."

" Yes that's two additional principles governing net neutrality are broadband providers cannot discriminate against services or applications by slowing them down. And two broadband providers must tell customers how its engineers -- network when he gets congestion."

" another 66 principles. And a comfy chair the original four principles to encourage broadband deployment preserve and promote the open and interconnected nature of the public Internet catchy he basically said customers are entitled how mobile content running the applications or services. Subject the needs of law enforcement. When any hardware that doesn't harm the network and promote competition among Internet content providers. And service providers and application the idea they wanna open festive nor the Internet. Comcast -- like. Yes. Yes those principles are currently the subject of a Comcast lawsuit that questions the FCC's right to enforce net neutrality."

" At October FCC meeting chairman genachowski will be pushing notice of proposed rule making. You can expect a lot of debate there."

" Yeah mostly expect hysterics on the part of the carriers. You can expect people -- got some pretty serious technical issues about tracking and enforcing this. Carriers are gonna -- disclosure of network management practices in the fact this is really being pushed across all platforms. You know DSL cable satellite lamp is. Is every means of distributing Internet access and parties like excited about this because I like the concept net neutrality. Part of a little terrified because anytime regulations starts things seem to get. We years on the flip side you know Comcast certainly loves probably whatever it wants whenever ones and interpreting its own version of the bandwidth. I think I'm paying."

" You'll be interesting to watch this when she damn yes and I think I said Bennett I think it's shall not count -- just tank -- ski please don't hurt."

" After -- rumor has appeared looking to build another 500 dollar PC I think it's time to time for another -- these really taboo to you he's a hundred dollar Quad Core announcement in Intel's new Celeron. Yeah it doesn't sound on usually equal piece of sun -- that's a really good you're right I'm just fan but yeah it's your doctor Richard improperly Celeron."

" It's like it's a good processor if you have to settle for but it's really interesting that you -- to 200 -- A really interesting we're not talking courts have performance or even 200 dollar or five performance. We're talking 65 bucks for it overclocking friendly 65 watt dual core CPU with a megabits of L two cache. That's pretty -- due course to course 65%. Like you can't get over -- hundred dollar you'd be reading anything 4054. Exit ramp for fifty bucks eighty bucks for one terabyte hard drive if you shop around carefully. The other eighty bucks for motherboard a decent power supply. You can over clocked the snot out of it and were probably not even 400 dollars at this point this is a nice clean upgrade for an older system."

" So speaking of clean out I'm not sure the deal with this stuff is considering you're usually the kind of brings not be toddler viruses but this little bit like. Flu season styles tonight Japanese banks here yeah its its --"

" Called cyber claim was -- you wanna check this out. Don't rip the drawer right off your keyboard right and the Germans write off of your -- those are those who might work out there. Edit and it's very critical that you did you're not crested on Kurt should you press it on you don't rub it because it's a sign that you. Sort of squeezed into the nooks and crannies on your keyboard or your cell phones or any other place that -- manifest. The yes that would birth resemblance to certain children's toys. So be it could get ideas that impressive on there and it's going to you. Kind of encapsulate the dirt and kill the viruses if you were basically this forms and I would like the -- this enhanced testing yet -- produces I spoke rubbing alcohol us. So definitely -- to your toddler. To the idea is that simply by splitting it are there you're going to you actually. That and that's the size but this sterilize your keyboard it before anybody starts snickering. About keyboard -- he's gonna for disease control has actually seen keyboards -- spread virus outbreaks and that swine flu can't live on a hard surface for up to eight hours. -- what's that yeah I think yeah. Probably it is episodes probably overkill CDC suggests routine cleaning with the usual stuff like -- so inclined there's. For stuff like door knob here keyboards desk the thing candles these -- surfaces it the idea. That additional disinfection it probably is not necessary I couldn't actually consistent chance before -- after testify Berkeley. I noticed that you're getting more and more intense than that keyboard you're thinking about swine finally giant."

" I'm -- another and then crud out from in between much hang on exposed to do that now I'm having too much fun."

" Well go you get that all talk whether I was actually did some people don't. -- is it of people over industrial test systems. What this to us and it's actually designed for bacteria tests in water so. We've been trying to moderate to sense the bacteria. In our keyboard. So we were actually -- the social kind of experimenting to get the results we -- because normally you would you would fill this with water. If you don't like these when deceive you you know -- water tanks or the -- your house -- Terrible horrible infested. You put the water here you that it sit with the region there that you put the tester in there. And I'm almost positive that he'd have a one and 824 file bacteria it detected so currently. According to our our sample here. Since we only have a line into an on line at the Q and the one of I'm convinced I can see if faint line there in the keyboard was not."

" Tested with particular bacteria. So it's pretty interesting news it's about twenty minutes to test it on call -- bacteria. Needed to use he would use -- him now. -- Yeah. So you'll blog that thoughts and coming up next people might fix -- the greatest how to fix your iPod MacBook iPhone site ever are here. And well -- my test files which word -- that later in the show with thank one of our sponsor. Halo 3 people it's an entirely new addition -- the universe injury -- theologian experience hail from a whole point. As -- yet recon mission your job discover the truth about what happened and be -- Thirty years the company's offices of civilization and -- university's class of planets these games now it ends with you. Volunteer for service and fight side by side with the fiercest warriors the human -- ever -- Leo yes jumping to healthy first prepared drop. Three odious he delivers the ultimate -- multiplayer experience an entirely new co -- the firefight. It also includes a separate standalone multiplayer this which includes three in the multiplayer maps and all reasonable killer -- for a total of 24. Previously available now you can go to Xbox dot com slash -- for more information people this what is. Definitely check it out."

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" Recently in our website we just can't get another segment I mentioned the guys over at ice extent have been -- work empowering you with the know how to repair and maintain your gadgets. Today we cannot fix it CEO Kyle lines here to break down to the gadget does most talked about here. The iPod touch and iPhone but those who. So explain to us how I think."

" It works so we have about thousand -- leverage they had to take apart tonight other phones or room."

" Can't take it apart and -- yourself. Not to go along there manuals we have couple thousand parts so let's make it easy for you to do any kind of repairs yourself a couple thousand part."

" We we sell say that hit this year is. All the parts and iPhone and we sellers are easy."

" Everything apart has primarily format products. Yes yeah -- nothing else. Right we are starting to expand some of the -- easily done to it on Mac gadgets to -- as -- HD in the day. Are focused right on the president things is on Apple hardware and tools. -- mentioned breakdowns to deal it does what it gives them. Tweet in the ten pounds primarily because we're curious because we're geeks and we wanna see what is inside the new hardware whether Apple did differently in the iPhone three GS committed to the the iPhone three G. Or when the palm releases something like the palm pre how that they do that was unique and different how can compare that to the hard -- that one mother -- to me. Is really curiosity and get -- the first to see it. C had a did it reverse engineer opener of the hardware and who with the design tradeoffs that they've made our."

" Now once you break them down to typically put them back together again on earth and offered showed that can stand it broke down. Parts for the rest of eternity now we almost always put them back together and -- and that work. Without that lets you hot glued to until last week license plus all these parts that would help these models that were actually damaged parts. Excellence to waste -- on we try to be very definitely. So what these guys here."

" So here we have is original I found -- and this is. Going all the way down so at the top we have -- that display and then me communications board and logic board battery. The headphone cable and then the metal back plate of -- life is at the very -- Excellent how want to take a break down these gadgets. What it depends on whether it is the new iPhone -- you can take apart and maybe 1520 minutes."

" That I found the original one was one of the most difficult devices to work we've ever come across and so that made it well --"

" A approximately how many different parts does the iPhone. Have -- I mean you said that this is everything but that's probably. Little tiny circuit that that you haven't it really -- that's pretty much does have put it I was selling parts it's it is about letters that are. And every -- is a different part that we would so. Right and then we name. It's just it took the touch. This -- telling you I'll break it broke apart like best. And this is the aperture and yeah that's the original. Now what did you learn about the newest iPod touch there are some little secrets hidden in her work there."

" The new iPod touch had two interesting secrets the first was. There all the rumors have been that was going have a cameras that Apple announces more on this planet because it does the camera well it turns out that. Apple -- in the way six millimeter by six millimeter by three millimeters tall spot that they could put the camera and but they didn't. Do you have any theories about why it didn't this time around. I think they totally would have if they had been able to there was some rumors about manufacturing issues -- cameras. There's some issues with making a camera that and three millimeters is -- and her camera with all the optics the camera that is on the iPhone is substantially. Thicker than that the cameras right here. And so this camera is more like six or seven millimeters thick. -- of getting it. Half as -- is going to require they get rid of some of the auto focus signature do something really fancy new my guess is Apple was trying to do something fancy new that just didn't make the cut. So how many components and -- user actually replace I mean is that every single bit inside the iPhoto is just the ones you offer or how did they even know which part is broken. What so we have troubleshooting -- that I hope you because sometimes if you're a situation where my iPhone just doesn't turn on what could it be and sometimes there's three or four different reasonable solutions and you can have to try them and or their probability."

" Or you plug it into if it looks like it's not turning on and you plug and iTunes and it starts to sink in you know maybe have a problem the display and the rest --"

" generic them."

" Speaking on display that is definitely the most common issues that people have with Derek touches or their iphones and you have a irreplaceable this fighting they don't as well."

" So what we sell a display repair kit for the about the iPhone three G and three yes and it's 5995. So for sixty bucks you can repair the glass screen now what what that it doesn't you're not replacing you'll see the itself your place in the glass and the touch screen didn't hazard which is -- senses your fingers. Move on the screen and that is 95% of the time when outbreaks of those things are selling like hotcakes and sixty bucks as far cheaper than any other solution her."

" What happened what look at the time you know times -- have to get to -- Apple repair in order to get your iPhone back. Apple or repair them for 200 dollars if you're lucky that will do on site for you. With some repairs if you have to mail them Apple then it's a couple weeks with an iPod -- and iPod that Apple replaced the battery. They should be back eight different iPod. Without -- on and it takes a couple weeks and then all your data is on an Apple -- unless you had the forethought to actually totally wipe it. So do you get it off but that's suction --"

" Yes so to open. A suction cup on the screen and then there's two speakers you have to remove that I can I can do here. The original iPhone was was quite challenging to take open because -- back -- and it was actually medal. Caused a number of issues with this one. Your -- excuse -- and and so the suction cup action is actually it's it's a fair amount of force to get I'm always so a little bit surprised. But that's what -- sports."

" I think your hands if you -- can have a a -- I was wondered how much effort would actually go into taking this apart and putting them back together they have the where adults know how to fix it."

" It really varies by device and that's that's the kicker with this one. It's really not an area. Okay say up a second cup and now I can just flip this off and have it and yeah be careful because there's some cables and there but that's that's pretty much the hard part."

" Getting open and then."

" Now you've got the whole display assembly this is the LCD in on the bus on the other side to the glasses would deal CDC is here today -- the the adhesive so you can free the glass -- and it's actually easier when the glasses broken and actually usually your replacing a broken glass."

" An engine inherent chart be the one thing that you can't find this site actually extra legal -- But I think are your listeners are. Resourceful lot and the media cricket adhesive strips to say the tape. To look at them off Atlantic super -- this is one -- the most accessible repairs. To a common person."

" Who is an average hardware repair before."

" Now what's it what's -- the technical skill that someone would really need to do -- mean that obviously especially on the easy side of things but for something a little more advanced. What kinds of things do you do you teach people that meeting would take a little bit more time to learn."

" That the most important thing is following directions carefully and closely it's really not as much technical thing is that as a dexterity people with smaller fingers and -- better. And people with a big hands and perfect my -- So -- really. As long as they're willing to take over the timing and follow our instructions closely that the key thing in the instructions is that you really lower the -- entry and where if you didn't have instructions show you everything you do and how much force is required to do this. You would be very hesitant to guide van where we put the instructions out -- people are calling and asking us. Is this something that's each county can do it myself with that we'll look through the step by step follows online. Tell me what your comfort level is looking at that you feel like those instructions you can follow them and do you feel like it's too complex. Uses. The threat comes from -- recycled from other products or irony new from the factory. We. So two major types of products some new things we can get from the factory things like the glass screens batteries hard drives. LCDs for laptops. It's a lot of parts that we sell hard usable by computers people take them apart and and so parts and that's where we'll get parts that you just can't re manufacture light on the boards and Apple uses them."

" And outlook appointees -- throw up your hands in the parents say you -- probably just be cheaper to buy new iPod turn your life."

" So the number one case where you probably just wanna give up as -- watch your iPod in -- washing machine opted into the pool."

" Because lot of damage can her PL CE can turn the logic board that can hurt some of the cables inside and that -- you've got a situation where you know there's probably multiple parts Batman. It's very hard to diagnose very hard to know what the -- Parts of my hands that you're here million a difficult place."

" So the junk and dropping the iPhone in the toilet is probably situation where it's just it's. To move on well thank you so much and people are you online I fix it dot com we have we're posing new repairman -- all the time. And with every penny against it that was apparent holes of the parts here. Available along -- with all the tools and everything else -- your page so."

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" The proposed mass about emergency power options for your tech -- what you can do when the main power goes out or what you used to run a land party out but what's if you. For think about it that way. If you're gonna -- like. The power goes out tips X the -- pretty good this year."

" Yeah it's been good to see we haven't had too many brownouts or anything so far doesn't get too hot out here it's not -- for an air conditioners with a wonder the thunderstorm. Gonna go out. For about I came home one day and -- and the clocks were -- flashing icon on there to a picture of me with the BB with a flashlight reading like 5:30 in the morning that's I'm not as -- as it actually. -- It was a it was a family but the bonding moment."

" It was when that dog woke up my son who is terrified because configure with a dog with howling at -- that was kind of scary anyhow there are -- actually can view from the enormously inefficient like running your car to -- alternate are seeking power and emperor. The enormously green. Solar cells actually -- of particular interest to a lot of you I love solar power especially if you're living off the grid. But beyond the mower won't just the most modest power requirements -- does not -- emergency source of energy. We're talking 300 bucks for sixty watt panel and burger that's enough to charge your phone to me be -- clear notebook. Think 1700 bucks for 250 -- review panels and a proper charge controller for your batteries. And that's not even enough to power typical refrigerator because of anything including batteries -- Yeah that looks likes it like you get most of these things -- you know matters are mostly let's heavy you know what but those in the kids' abilities better batteries. So like 300 boxes typically for like sixty maybe hundred watts you're really lucky. 300 watcher -- and over 1700 dollars but you feel like you get a nice controller that will monitor your batteries you're gonna just had a few hundred dollars on batteries right."

" Then that means. We live in a place like San Francisco or Seattle basically brains are freaking winter here -- and you're gonna -- It. Not so hot that your Palm Springs it's Korean."

" Whoa that's really crazy is is one of the best things are for more case actually get a whole series going solar and selling back electricity the power company right he basically has his route covered with solar cells and now. The peninsula what was really interesting -- like he was he was he took his power bill from like 300 bucks to like eleven box during the summer. But in the winter that charging -- it's much shorter and the amount of -- hitting the surface of the earth gets a little investors so we'd becomes exe basically winter is a bad time to -- older based emergency."

" like generator generators are awesome actually I love generators in fact. -- love the standard outlook good generator people this thing actually is hot day's meal tonight and that not enough I'm not gonna third."

" This -- that you 2000 highway strategic that it -- that 2000 watts max. Running at the rated load of 1600 want to get around for hours -- a single tank. If you drop it down to something you know like basically just your refrigerator 400 watts you're talking about fifteen hours that's a quarter load basically quarter looked like -- hours. The Mac slowed it basically the reasoning they they do sort of a recommended load Maxwell on generators is because a lot of things she emerged when they start for example motors the motors site refrigerator motors inside of power tools. That would be the gas fuel that. An event -- this is the best can yeah. The -- how well my -- recovers. From what of those things but obviously full sine wave and murder built into it so a lot of it basically a lot of -- murders built into less expensive generators basically you've stepped to wave which means some power supplies freak out especially electronic power supplies. Kind of -- with a plug in that. The really nice thing about these though and there's couple competitors out there -- it's it's familiar with is it's fifty decimals at seven meters twenty feet away it's fifty DB. Which is considerably softer than human conversation -- if -- for human conversation forty to use a typical quiet office. -- He's insanely quiet for generators so for comparison a typical contractors -- like the one I have is around eighty you're 85 decimals which is like standing next to a food blender. -- yes yes the really loud for better or tractor trailer going by 45 miles an hour. The flip side is that it's well but it costs about half as much to delivers twice the -- to figure like 5000 watts for. The freedom 500 bucks for a really loud generator. The thing is for free anything like these need to figure out what load you need to support right so. This is about about three quarterback is basically 1516 and that's gonna be typical to. Single -- in your house pretty much. So you could probably put some kind of power strip and still continue to view to marriage you would be careful with that it could blow first Hollywood victory use big heavy cords is because I've seen people using like really cheap land court style. Power you like cables and you grab the power cable -- themselves because it's the -- if you know anything you. To be -- a whole lot of emperor to over a little chunk of wire. Look it equals 120 volts her aunt says 120 evil equals the wanted so you know the wattage of a device. War effort of inviting me to figure out how much of the power on this thing or any of the generators going to. Consume. And that's critical -- is a microwave is -- thousand watts hair dryers easy 700 watts if you're not careful -- you can run like what microwave. I happen air conditioners. To hair dryers. If you really like you said they. You know several notebooks. PC a monitor and a couple lamps so. You kind of got to pick and Q the really cool guy version of this. Is a standby generator pastor house runs off a liquid propane and natural gas you're gonna have to have it professionally installed. With a tray its first switch that basically the power goes out you flip the switch -- generator or does it automatically. And it swaps the house power to -- And they've been it's easy to pick up like thousands and thousands and thousands of -- and figure on spending thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars. Is it that you were under well yes. Party eight depends on how cool let artists maybe if you wanna spend tens of thousands of dollars on your partner mr. leopard will be gladly do it if you leave it behind. Yeah not real practical for the city -- coming up next. Flaming marsupials. Know we get your questions coming up but first let's think one of our sponsors Veronica."

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" The -- from a -- Coverage you gave the Zune HD was a little bit of the validity exists and you didn't even have a hands on to demonstrate it come is the show on them. -- you guys do you parent department said it was going to be an aide to nation because America is working indicate used in that market -- that's a reason and show after. Today they were taping wasn't working with agrees to do."

" Yeah pretty much. Hate when they started the new version of the hardware that music store to go -- and there's nothing we can do so for hold it up and go -- in retrospect we should have waited until this week to -- before that OpenId met today. But we did that thing you rebuke -- pick up."

" Ladies and we can be. I'm mad at us so don't."

" The basic edit it cost to order putting box for the sixty gigabyte version 290 bucks to 32 gigabyte version. And it is actually an amazing interface and experience oh -- school green that is awesome built -- radio. Really actually -- quality audio playback some people have some issues with it but you know what -- of the year but -- pieces and headphones and you'll be really happy to multi touch screen. And actually I gotta say I really like using software release sensitivity of what is in store looks great."

" And gotten to connect tiered TV well now let's talk about the dock and and -- I don't knock it comes to the analysts HDMI cable comes the fabulous component cable into is being -- no -- and I love the dock. But the jockeys 980 dollars on top of the cost of losing -- So you want the incredible cool guy remote control and he played back from the Zune you're going to need to spend the next -- you accuses him. --"

" Look I want thing that's kind of -- it's not really -- an issue of a new release kind of thing it's been that way forever but it does he is the stupid annoying point system. Stupid stupid point system -- he -- point systems yes fifty dollars for 1200 points and HD movie to bias like 1440 points each episode of BS -- example 240 points. Point."

" What does his money back home now. Just isn't money is yeah. The answer to your -- it's annoying it's frustrating and Microsoft this is a free piece of hardware but the point system is annoying. So videos. Not particularly cheap on this but it is a very high quality we actually use the 720. Quite solid."

" Excellent yeah I'm just candidacy and you know I've I've said time and time again that if they had Mac software would definitely be a device that would look at. On I have enough and music on on my system now that is -- to freeze it would really make a difference. Just on the Mac software I don't understand why they haven't -- that's what she and I mean it."

" I guess it was too busy putting Internet access in the news and work it does why does -- a great integration I haven't played around with those yet his Facebook's here I certainly our FaceBook and tools though it can't Palestinian are now on the Internet this line you know like it's out there okay now well you why the sudden people earlier days as he's gonna be big and fast and --"

" That's why that's not expressing comes from Matthew with a sound question he writes I know from watching that show that you two got your music some hoping you guys can help me out. I new iMac recently I'm loving the sound quality from the built in speakers it's a bit disappointing I was warning if he has some recommendations on some sun 250 dollars speakers -- my machine. You well at that price -- actually get some pretty decent sat some I think using the same ones are probably four years now are so. And they'd just blew out a month ago like literally like a month ago I'm actually did by blasting out to that and are afraid -- blew out my speakers which is kind of embarrassing. But never let us beside the point I'm trying to say it at the Logitech Z 2302 point one system are really nice that in the -- and 130 dollars. I'm if you want something a little bit slimmer check out the Logitech Z five which doesn't come with a separate subwoofer that it's taking a little bit of space if you've got space crunch. I admit it little light on the basis but the price is right at sixteen dollars and they're pretty sexy continue. I got asked. I didn't nominate typical. Mac compatible speaker systems that."

" There's actually I've I've owned I've -- I agree like six sound good on the big fan -- speakers and I bought for my. Original iPod several thousand years ago but my personal thing for desktop speakers is used bookshelf speakers and a full receiver."

" That's a great idea all the time it -- limited desk space going to be an issue -- you don't have to necessarily uses a bookshelf speaker this big and there are a lot of options out there are a lot of options and and I was joking when I said that's not -- good -- setup but it's been a sound quality yeah it's just a matter of having the right and -- space and -- them up -- and put the amplifier onto your monitor which puts that the right -- got the speaker is not recycle it's it just it just it does have an accident it can't. He -- speakers and a receiver in around the subwoofer AdAware nobody. Here's the Altec Lansing expression is based FX 3022 have some buffers to break into them. And I actually pretty sweet look at as well on does it run you about 240 dollars or less depending on where you shop. I would suggest either going to your local Apple store that's fine. Give those options to listen to the pre order something online but there should send me an anti out of it from the -- JB Logitech I law who have lots of little speakers they can put on your desk. Well under 250 bucks but -- hundreds -- probably my favorite yeah it lasted a really long time to you."

" I gotta say if you happen having unlimited budget that are that the folks over -- the headroom folks but I can't. Actually came up with an ultimate desktop system so really yes actually the best part of -- actually be the speaker stands but the speaker -- you know if you got five. Seven came in around when dropping year."

" computers speaker system. I have to say I'm in the process of trying to reorganize my office space I have a kind of crappy desk that's actually pulled up off the street there -- home. Those before I had like you know real worker -- so yeah."

" Home was was it was it was like in mid century modern high for the people left that way I've I've found it. Furniture worth several hundreds or pinnacles without an -- to."

" This would not be ads and I mean it but it like an ice modular system and it's I've had it for five years or so now. And I'm -- frogs -- space a little more. Little more storage is not really any drawers or anything on it -- discourse fine until one day here's -- went through Lifehacker dot com would you like public that's both doctor workspace of -- I Hackwear patient IKEA hacker. Yes I have seen amazing image that the website next week we -- carried -- anyway. Our final question comes from data to -- if that's a good attitude or bad debt and he reminds me in the process of working with a group audio files and at that form and a piece of software that can perform a specific task. To be able to take a folder. Of files. Tech point 25 seconds it's on to the end of them and then save all files and it -- any audacity. But I'm really looking for it on meet the process and you can do this in Mac OS-X I have access to windows XP machine it's completely necessary to go back wrapped. -- in Pennsylvania."

" Okay I do exactly this question here is it's like 50%. What is he doing 50% only got this is actually really hard to do. So."

" I spent like two hours yesterday or the day before trying to come up with an answer. I mean audacity has its chain processes really batch edit a bunch of audio files that only sold the on export and I couldn't find a way attack on that corner -- second silence at the end of them he can't like a few files cut them together than export. One you you can do handling of nights and on a chain batch thing that'll do that -- mean they have preset. Gene functions. Apple script was an expense -- actually went -- Automator and tried until Automator plug ins for audacity -- any view -- crazy or what details but there were no preset Automator. Plug -- I could find any media is looking in the wrong place I haven't done a lot of work with Automator so maybe I just haven't found the right kind of library that kind of stuff I was looking for a sound studio one's able look for pro tools a little bit. Obviously out of your price range from trying to do you but it's out of my Apple -- ability so I mean. Automator is like you know Apple scripting for total news. But I would like to learn more about it but in the U time then you -- audience land that big of a way to do this. Please write into us at Tekzilla revision3.com. Either shell script turn Apple script I guess or if they've heard of application can already do those kind of batch operations. Probably be helpful as well. Who helped the attitude out and help the data to."

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" If we double tracked down someone who does these big announcement this morning. Not the brownies the the FCC XX he dropped an official big announcement early Monday morning that it would expand the -- that it shall be principles. Which sort of delicate comfy pillow thing from my python laid out 2005 and set the stage for the principal become formal rules."

" Yes that's two additional principles governing net neutrality are broadband providers cannot discriminate against services or applications by slowing them down. And two broadband providers must tell customers how its engineers -- network when he gets congestion."

" another 66 principles. And a comfy chair the original four principles to encourage broadband deployment preserve and promote the open and interconnected nature of the public Internet catchy he basically said customers are entitled how mobile content running the applications or services. Subject the needs of law enforcement. When any hardware that doesn't harm the network and promote competition among Internet content providers. And service providers and application the idea they wanna open festive nor the Internet. Comcast -- like. Yes. Yes those principles are currently the subject of a Comcast lawsuit that questions the FCC's right to enforce net neutrality."

" At October FCC meeting chairman genachowski will be pushing notice of proposed rule making. You can expect a lot of debate there."

" Yeah mostly expect hysterics on the part of the carriers. You can expect people -- got some pretty serious technical issues about tracking and enforcing this. Carriers are gonna -- disclosure of network management practices in the fact this is really being pushed across all platforms. You know DSL cable satellite lamp is. Is every means of distributing Internet access and parties like excited about this because I like the concept net neutrality. Part of a little terrified because anytime regulations starts things seem to get. We years on the flip side you know Comcast certainly loves probably whatever it wants whenever ones and interpreting its own version of the bandwidth. I think I'm paying."

" You'll be interesting to watch this when she damn yes and I think I said Bennett I think it's shall not count -- just tank -- ski please don't hurt."

" After -- rumor has appeared looking to build another 500 dollar PC I think it's time to time for another -- these really taboo to you he's a hundred dollar Quad Core announcement in Intel's new Celeron. Yeah it doesn't sound on usually equal piece of sun -- that's a really good you're right I'm just fan but yeah it's your doctor Richard improperly Celeron."

" It's like it's a good processor if you have to settle for but it's really interesting that you -- to 200 -- A really interesting we're not talking courts have performance or even 200 dollar or five performance. We're talking 65 bucks for it overclocking friendly 65 watt dual core CPU with a megabits of L two cache. That's pretty -- due course to course 65%. Like you can't get over -- hundred dollar you'd be reading anything 4054. Exit ramp for fifty bucks eighty bucks for one terabyte hard drive if you shop around carefully. The other eighty bucks for motherboard a decent power supply. You can over clocked the snot out of it and were probably not even 400 dollars at this point this is a nice clean upgrade for an older system."

" So speaking of clean out I'm not sure the deal with this stuff is considering you're usually the kind of brings not be toddler viruses but this little bit like. Flu season styles tonight Japanese banks here yeah its its --"

" Called cyber claim was -- you wanna check this out. Don't rip the drawer right off your keyboard right and the Germans write off of your -- those are those who might work out there. Edit and it's very critical that you did you're not crested on Kurt should you press it on you don't rub it because it's a sign that you. Sort of squeezed into the nooks and crannies on your keyboard or your cell phones or any other place that -- manifest. The yes that would birth resemblance to certain children's toys. So be it could get ideas that impressive on there and it's going to you. Kind of encapsulate the dirt and kill the viruses if you were basically this forms and I would like the -- this enhanced testing yet -- produces I spoke rubbing alcohol us. So definitely -- to your toddler. To the idea is that simply by splitting it are there you're going to you actually. That and that's the size but this sterilize your keyboard it before anybody starts snickering. About keyboard -- he's gonna for disease control has actually seen keyboards -- spread virus outbreaks and that swine flu can't live on a hard surface for up to eight hours. -- what's that yeah I think yeah. Probably it is episodes probably overkill CDC suggests routine cleaning with the usual stuff like -- so inclined there's. For stuff like door knob here keyboards desk the thing candles these -- surfaces it the idea. That additional disinfection it probably is not necessary I couldn't actually consistent chance before -- after testify Berkeley. I noticed that you're getting more and more intense than that keyboard you're thinking about swine finally giant."

" I'm -- another and then crud out from in between much hang on exposed to do that now I'm having too much fun."

" Well go you get that all talk whether I was actually did some people don't. -- is it of people over industrial test systems. What this to us and it's actually designed for bacteria tests in water so. We've been trying to moderate to sense the bacteria. In our keyboard. So we were actually -- the social kind of experimenting to get the results we -- because normally you would you would fill this with water. If you don't like these when deceive you you know -- water tanks or the -- your house -- Terrible horrible infested. You put the water here you that it sit with the region there that you put the tester in there. And I'm almost positive that he'd have a one and 824 file bacteria it detected so currently. According to our our sample here. Since we only have a line into an on line at the Q and the one of I'm convinced I can see if faint line there in the keyboard was not."

" Tested with particular bacteria. So it's pretty interesting news it's about twenty minutes to test it on call -- bacteria. Needed to use he would use -- him now. -- Yeah. So you'll blog that thoughts and coming up next people might fix -- the greatest how to fix your iPod MacBook iPhone site ever are here. And well -- my test files which word -- that later in the show with thank one of our sponsor. Halo 3 people it's an entirely new addition -- the universe injury -- theologian experience hail from a whole point. As -- yet recon mission your job discover the truth about what happened and be -- Thirty years the company's offices of civilization and -- university's class of planets these games now it ends with you. Volunteer for service and fight side by side with the fiercest warriors the human -- ever -- Leo yes jumping to healthy first prepared drop. Three odious he delivers the ultimate -- multiplayer experience an entirely new co -- the firefight. It also includes a separate standalone multiplayer this which includes three in the multiplayer maps and all reasonable killer -- for a total of 24. Previously available now you can go to Xbox dot com slash -- for more information people this what is. Definitely check it out."

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" Recently in our website we just can't get another segment I mentioned the guys over at ice extent have been -- work empowering you with the know how to repair and maintain your gadgets. Today we cannot fix it CEO Kyle lines here to break down to the gadget does most talked about here. The iPod touch and iPhone but those who. So explain to us how I think."

" It works so we have about thousand -- leverage they had to take apart tonight other phones or room."

" Can't take it apart and -- yourself. Not to go along there manuals we have couple thousand parts so let's make it easy for you to do any kind of repairs yourself a couple thousand part."

" We we sell say that hit this year is. All the parts and iPhone and we sellers are easy."

" Everything apart has primarily format products. Yes yeah -- nothing else. Right we are starting to expand some of the -- easily done to it on Mac gadgets to -- as -- HD in the day. Are focused right on the president things is on Apple hardware and tools. -- mentioned breakdowns to deal it does what it gives them. Tweet in the ten pounds primarily because we're curious because we're geeks and we wanna see what is inside the new hardware whether Apple did differently in the iPhone three GS committed to the the iPhone three G. Or when the palm releases something like the palm pre how that they do that was unique and different how can compare that to the hard -- that one mother -- to me. Is really curiosity and get -- the first to see it. C had a did it reverse engineer opener of the hardware and who with the design tradeoffs that they've made our."

" Now once you break them down to typically put them back together again on earth and offered showed that can stand it broke down. Parts for the rest of eternity now we almost always put them back together and -- and that work. Without that lets you hot glued to until last week license plus all these parts that would help these models that were actually damaged parts. Excellence to waste -- on we try to be very definitely. So what these guys here."

" So here we have is original I found -- and this is. Going all the way down so at the top we have -- that display and then me communications board and logic board battery. The headphone cable and then the metal back plate of -- life is at the very -- Excellent how want to take a break down these gadgets. What it depends on whether it is the new iPhone -- you can take apart and maybe 1520 minutes."

" That I found the original one was one of the most difficult devices to work we've ever come across and so that made it well --"

" A approximately how many different parts does the iPhone. Have -- I mean you said that this is everything but that's probably. Little tiny circuit that that you haven't it really -- that's pretty much does have put it I was selling parts it's it is about letters that are. And every -- is a different part that we would so. Right and then we name. It's just it took the touch. This -- telling you I'll break it broke apart like best. And this is the aperture and yeah that's the original. Now what did you learn about the newest iPod touch there are some little secrets hidden in her work there."

" The new iPod touch had two interesting secrets the first was. There all the rumors have been that was going have a cameras that Apple announces more on this planet because it does the camera well it turns out that. Apple -- in the way six millimeter by six millimeter by three millimeters tall spot that they could put the camera and but they didn't. Do you have any theories about why it didn't this time around. I think they totally would have if they had been able to there was some rumors about manufacturing issues -- cameras. There's some issues with making a camera that and three millimeters is -- and her camera with all the optics the camera that is on the iPhone is substantially. Thicker than that the cameras right here. And so this camera is more like six or seven millimeters thick. -- of getting it. Half as -- is going to require they get rid of some of the auto focus signature do something really fancy new my guess is Apple was trying to do something fancy new that just didn't make the cut. So how many components and -- user actually replace I mean is that every single bit inside the iPhoto is just the ones you offer or how did they even know which part is broken. What so we have troubleshooting -- that I hope you because sometimes if you're a situation where my iPhone just doesn't turn on what could it be and sometimes there's three or four different reasonable solutions and you can have to try them and or their probability."

" Or you plug it into if it looks like it's not turning on and you plug and iTunes and it starts to sink in you know maybe have a problem the display and the rest --"

" generic them."

" Speaking on display that is definitely the most common issues that people have with Derek touches or their iphones and you have a irreplaceable this fighting they don't as well."

" So what we sell a display repair kit for the about the iPhone three G and three yes and it's 5995. So for sixty bucks you can repair the glass screen now what what that it doesn't you're not replacing you'll see the itself your place in the glass and the touch screen didn't hazard which is -- senses your fingers. Move on the screen and that is 95% of the time when outbreaks of those things are selling like hotcakes and sixty bucks as far cheaper than any other solution her."

" What happened what look at the time you know times -- have to get to -- Apple repair in order to get your iPhone back. Apple or repair them for 200 dollars if you're lucky that will do on site for you. With some repairs if you have to mail them Apple then it's a couple weeks with an iPod -- and iPod that Apple replaced the battery. They should be back eight different iPod. Without -- on and it takes a couple weeks and then all your data is on an Apple -- unless you had the forethought to actually totally wipe it. So do you get it off but that's suction --"

" Yes so to open. A suction cup on the screen and then there's two speakers you have to remove that I can I can do here. The original iPhone was was quite challenging to take open because -- back -- and it was actually medal. Caused a number of issues with this one. Your -- excuse -- and and so the suction cup action is actually it's it's a fair amount of force to get I'm always so a little bit surprised. But that's what -- sports."

" I think your hands if you -- can have a a -- I was wondered how much effort would actually go into taking this apart and putting them back together they have the where adults know how to fix it."

" It really varies by device and that's that's the kicker with this one. It's really not an area. Okay say up a second cup and now I can just flip this off and have it and yeah be careful because there's some cables and there but that's that's pretty much the hard part."

" Getting open and then."

" Now you've got the whole display assembly this is the LCD in on the bus on the other side to the glasses would deal CDC is here today -- the the adhesive so you can free the glass -- and it's actually easier when the glasses broken and actually usually your replacing a broken glass."

" An engine inherent chart be the one thing that you can't find this site actually extra legal -- But I think are your listeners are. Resourceful lot and the media cricket adhesive strips to say the tape. To look at them off Atlantic super -- this is one -- the most accessible repairs. To a common person."

" Who is an average hardware repair before."

" Now what's it what's -- the technical skill that someone would really need to do -- mean that obviously especially on the easy side of things but for something a little more advanced. What kinds of things do you do you teach people that meeting would take a little bit more time to learn."

" That the most important thing is following directions carefully and closely it's really not as much technical thing is that as a dexterity people with smaller fingers and -- better. And people with a big hands and perfect my -- So -- really. As long as they're willing to take over the timing and follow our instructions closely that the key thing in the instructions is that you really lower the -- entry and where if you didn't have instructions show you everything you do and how much force is required to do this. You would be very hesitant to guide van where we put the instructions out -- people are calling and asking us. Is this something that's each county can do it myself with that we'll look through the step by step follows online. Tell me what your comfort level is looking at that you feel like those instructions you can follow them and do you feel like it's too complex. Uses. The threat comes from -- recycled from other products or irony new from the factory. We. So two major types of products some new things we can get from the factory things like the glass screens batteries hard drives. LCDs for laptops. It's a lot of parts that we sell hard usable by computers people take them apart and and so parts and that's where we'll get parts that you just can't re manufacture light on the boards and Apple uses them."

" And outlook appointees -- throw up your hands in the parents say you -- probably just be cheaper to buy new iPod turn your life."

" So the number one case where you probably just wanna give up as -- watch your iPod in -- washing machine opted into the pool."

" Because lot of damage can her PL CE can turn the logic board that can hurt some of the cables inside and that -- you've got a situation where you know there's probably multiple parts Batman. It's very hard to diagnose very hard to know what the -- Parts of my hands that you're here million a difficult place."

" So the junk and dropping the iPhone in the toilet is probably situation where it's just it's. To move on well thank you so much and people are you online I fix it dot com we have we're posing new repairman -- all the time. And with every penny against it that was apparent holes of the parts here. Available along -- with all the tools and everything else -- your page so."

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" The proposed mass about emergency power options for your tech -- what you can do when the main power goes out or what you used to run a land party out but what's if you. For think about it that way. If you're gonna -- like. The power goes out tips X the -- pretty good this year."

" Yeah it's been good to see we haven't had too many brownouts or anything so far doesn't get too hot out here it's not -- for an air conditioners with a wonder the thunderstorm. Gonna go out. For about I came home one day and -- and the clocks were -- flashing icon on there to a picture of me with the BB with a flashlight reading like 5:30 in the morning that's I'm not as -- as it actually. -- It was a it was a family but the bonding moment."

" It was when that dog woke up my son who is terrified because configure with a dog with howling at -- that was kind of scary anyhow there are -- actually can view from the enormously inefficient like running your car to -- alternate are seeking power and emperor. The enormously green. Solar cells actually -- of particular interest to a lot of you I love solar power especially if you're living off the grid. But beyond the mower won't just the most modest power requirements -- does not -- emergency source of energy. We're talking 300 bucks for sixty watt panel and burger that's enough to charge your phone to me be -- clear notebook. Think 1700 bucks for 250 -- review panels and a proper charge controller for your batteries. And that's not even enough to power typical refrigerator because of anything including batteries -- Yeah that looks likes it like you get most of these things -- you know matters are mostly let's heavy you know what but those in the kids' abilities better batteries. So like 300 boxes typically for like sixty maybe hundred watts you're really lucky. 300 watcher -- and over 1700 dollars but you feel like you get a nice controller that will monitor your batteries you're gonna just had a few hundred dollars on batteries right."

" Then that means. We live in a place like San Francisco or Seattle basically brains are freaking winter here -- and you're gonna -- It. Not so hot that your Palm Springs it's Korean."

" Whoa that's really crazy is is one of the best things are for more case actually get a whole series going solar and selling back electricity the power company right he basically has his route covered with solar cells and now. The peninsula what was really interesting -- like he was he was he took his power bill from like 300 bucks to like eleven box during the summer. But in the winter that charging -- it's much shorter and the amount of -- hitting the surface of the earth gets a little investors so we'd becomes exe basically winter is a bad time to -- older based emergency."

" like generator generators are awesome actually I love generators in fact. -- love the standard outlook good generator people this thing actually is hot day's meal tonight and that not enough I'm not gonna third."

" This -- that you 2000 highway strategic that it -- that 2000 watts max. Running at the rated load of 1600 want to get around for hours -- a single tank. If you drop it down to something you know like basically just your refrigerator 400 watts you're talking about fifteen hours that's a quarter load basically quarter looked like -- hours. The Mac slowed it basically the reasoning they they do sort of a recommended load Maxwell on generators is because a lot of things she emerged when they start for example motors the motors site refrigerator motors inside of power tools. That would be the gas fuel that. An event -- this is the best can yeah. The -- how well my -- recovers. From what of those things but obviously full sine wave and murder built into it so a lot of it basically a lot of -- murders built into less expensive generators basically you've stepped to wave which means some power supplies freak out especially electronic power supplies. Kind of -- with a plug in that. The really nice thing about these though and there's couple competitors out there -- it's it's familiar with is it's fifty decimals at seven meters twenty feet away it's fifty DB. Which is considerably softer than human conversation -- if -- for human conversation forty to use a typical quiet office. -- He's insanely quiet for generators so for comparison a typical contractors -- like the one I have is around eighty you're 85 decimals which is like standing next to a food blender. -- yes yes the really loud for better or tractor trailer going by 45 miles an hour. The flip side is that it's well but it costs about half as much to delivers twice the -- to figure like 5000 watts for. The freedom 500 bucks for a really loud generator. The thing is for free anything like these need to figure out what load you need to support right so. This is about about three quarterback is basically 1516 and that's gonna be typical to. Single -- in your house pretty much. So you could probably put some kind of power strip and still continue to view to marriage you would be careful with that it could blow first Hollywood victory use big heavy cords is because I've seen people using like really cheap land court style. Power you like cables and you grab the power cable -- themselves because it's the -- if you know anything you. To be -- a whole lot of emperor to over a little chunk of wire. Look it equals 120 volts her aunt says 120 evil equals the wanted so you know the wattage of a device. War effort of inviting me to figure out how much of the power on this thing or any of the generators going to. Consume. And that's critical -- is a microwave is -- thousand watts hair dryers easy 700 watts if you're not careful -- you can run like what microwave. I happen air conditioners. To hair dryers. If you really like you said they. You know several notebooks. PC a monitor and a couple lamps so. You kind of got to pick and Q the really cool guy version of this. Is a standby generator pastor house runs off a liquid propane and natural gas you're gonna have to have it professionally installed. With a tray its first switch that basically the power goes out you flip the switch -- generator or does it automatically. And it swaps the house power to -- And they've been it's easy to pick up like thousands and thousands and thousands of -- and figure on spending thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars. Is it that you were under well yes. Party eight depends on how cool let artists maybe if you wanna spend tens of thousands of dollars on your partner mr. leopard will be gladly do it if you leave it behind. Yeah not real practical for the city -- coming up next. Flaming marsupials. Know we get your questions coming up but first let's think one of our sponsors Veronica."

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" The -- from a -- Coverage you gave the Zune HD was a little bit of the validity exists and you didn't even have a hands on to demonstrate it come is the show on them. -- you guys do you parent department said it was going to be an aide to nation because America is working indicate used in that market -- that's a reason and show after. Today they were taping wasn't working with agrees to do."

" Yeah pretty much. Hate when they started the new version of the hardware that music store to go -- and there's nothing we can do so for hold it up and go -- in retrospect we should have waited until this week to -- before that OpenId met today. But we did that thing you rebuke -- pick up."

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" The basic edit it cost to order putting box for the sixty gigabyte version 290 bucks to 32 gigabyte version. And it is actually an amazing interface and experience oh -- school green that is awesome built -- radio. Really actually -- quality audio playback some people have some issues with it but you know what -- of the year but -- pieces and headphones and you'll be really happy to multi touch screen. And actually I gotta say I really like using software release sensitivity of what is in store looks great."

" And gotten to connect tiered TV well now let's talk about the dock and and -- I don't knock it comes to the analysts HDMI cable comes the fabulous component cable into is being -- no -- and I love the dock. But the jockeys 980 dollars on top of the cost of losing -- So you want the incredible cool guy remote control and he played back from the Zune you're going to need to spend the next -- you accuses him. --"

" Look I want thing that's kind of -- it's not really -- an issue of a new release kind of thing it's been that way forever but it does he is the stupid annoying point system. Stupid stupid point system -- he -- point systems yes fifty dollars for 1200 points and HD movie to bias like 1440 points each episode of BS -- example 240 points. Point."

" What does his money back home now. Just isn't money is yeah. The answer to your -- it's annoying it's frustrating and Microsoft this is a free piece of hardware but the point system is annoying. So videos. Not particularly cheap on this but it is a very high quality we actually use the 720. Quite solid."

" Excellent yeah I'm just candidacy and you know I've I've said time and time again that if they had Mac software would definitely be a device that would look at. On I have enough and music on on my system now that is -- to freeze it would really make a difference. Just on the Mac software I don't understand why they haven't -- that's what she and I mean it."

" I guess it was too busy putting Internet access in the news and work it does why does -- a great integration I haven't played around with those yet his Facebook's here I certainly our FaceBook and tools though it can't Palestinian are now on the Internet this line you know like it's out there okay now well you why the sudden people earlier days as he's gonna be big and fast and --"

" That's why that's not expressing comes from Matthew with a sound question he writes I know from watching that show that you two got your music some hoping you guys can help me out. I new iMac recently I'm loving the sound quality from the built in speakers it's a bit disappointing I was warning if he has some recommendations on some sun 250 dollars speakers -- my machine. You well at that price -- actually get some pretty decent sat some I think using the same ones are probably four years now are so. And they'd just blew out a month ago like literally like a month ago I'm actually did by blasting out to that and are afraid -- blew out my speakers which is kind of embarrassing. But never let us beside the point I'm trying to say it at the Logitech Z 2302 point one system are really nice that in the -- and 130 dollars. I'm if you want something a little bit slimmer check out the Logitech Z five which doesn't come with a separate subwoofer that it's taking a little bit of space if you've got space crunch. I admit it little light on the basis but the price is right at sixteen dollars and they're pretty sexy continue. I got asked. I didn't nominate typical. Mac compatible speaker systems that."

" There's actually I've I've owned I've -- I agree like six sound good on the big fan -- speakers and I bought for my. Original iPod several thousand years ago but my personal thing for desktop speakers is used bookshelf speakers and a full receiver."

" That's a great idea all the time it -- limited desk space going to be an issue -- you don't have to necessarily uses a bookshelf speaker this big and there are a lot of options out there are a lot of options and and I was joking when I said that's not -- good -- setup but it's been a sound quality yeah it's just a matter of having the right and -- space and -- them up -- and put the amplifier onto your monitor which puts that the right -- got the speaker is not recycle it's it just it just it does have an accident it can't. He -- speakers and a receiver in around the subwoofer AdAware nobody. Here's the Altec Lansing expression is based FX 3022 have some buffers to break into them. And I actually pretty sweet look at as well on does it run you about 240 dollars or less depending on where you shop. I would suggest either going to your local Apple store that's fine. Give those options to listen to the pre order something online but there should send me an anti out of it from the -- JB Logitech I law who have lots of little speakers they can put on your desk. Well under 250 bucks but -- hundreds -- probably my favorite yeah it lasted a really long time to you."

" I gotta say if you happen having unlimited budget that are that the folks over -- the headroom folks but I can't. Actually came up with an ultimate desktop system so really yes actually the best part of -- actually be the speaker stands but the speaker -- you know if you got five. Seven came in around when dropping year."

" computers speaker system. I have to say I'm in the process of trying to reorganize my office space I have a kind of crappy desk that's actually pulled up off the street there -- home. Those before I had like you know real worker -- so yeah."

" Home was was it was it was like in mid century modern high for the people left that way I've I've found it. Furniture worth several hundreds or pinnacles without an -- to."

" This would not be ads and I mean it but it like an ice modular system and it's I've had it for five years or so now. And I'm -- frogs -- space a little more. Little more storage is not really any drawers or anything on it -- discourse fine until one day here's -- went through Lifehacker dot com would you like public that's both doctor workspace of -- I Hackwear patient IKEA hacker. Yes I have seen amazing image that the website next week we -- carried -- anyway. Our final question comes from data to -- if that's a good attitude or bad debt and he reminds me in the process of working with a group audio files and at that form and a piece of software that can perform a specific task. To be able to take a folder. Of files. Tech point 25 seconds it's on to the end of them and then save all files and it -- any audacity. But I'm really looking for it on meet the process and you can do this in Mac OS-X I have access to windows XP machine it's completely necessary to go back wrapped. -- in Pennsylvania."

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" I spent like two hours yesterday or the day before trying to come up with an answer. I mean audacity has its chain processes really batch edit a bunch of audio files that only sold the on export and I couldn't find a way attack on that corner -- second silence at the end of them he can't like a few files cut them together than export. One you you can do handling of nights and on a chain batch thing that'll do that -- mean they have preset. Gene functions. Apple script was an expense -- actually went -- Automator and tried until Automator plug ins for audacity -- any view -- crazy or what details but there were no preset Automator. Plug -- I could find any media is looking in the wrong place I haven't done a lot of work with Automator so maybe I just haven't found the right kind of library that kind of stuff I was looking for a sound studio one's able look for pro tools a little bit. Obviously out of your price range from trying to do you but it's out of my Apple -- ability so I mean. Automator is like you know Apple scripting for total news. But I would like to learn more about it but in the U time then you -- audience land that big of a way to do this. Please write into us at Tekzilla revision3.com. Either shell script turn Apple script I guess or if they've heard of application can already do those kind of batch operations. Probably be helpful as well. Who helped the attitude out and help the data to."

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