Devices like these don't utilize wireless HDMI, it's just wireless control of the HDMI device. I like my Chromecast because it does the simple things I want and I don't have to fund a new PC and deal with the cables (TV mounted on the wall). Control is also easy from my phone or tablet, without ever needing a physical keyboard for typing.
None of my accounts are listed, and I've had two of them since it was invite-only as well. I also used the same simple password for both of them and dozens of other sites for many years because, honestly, I just don't care that much. Whether you're on the list or not doesn't seem to be related to your password.
Even if it continued to work for years despite changed CC companies make to their cards, I'd be worried that it would break in my wallet or that regular use would eventually degrade it. My normal credit cards always look pretty haggard after a few years, and I don't have to pay almost $100 for those. This is a nice idea, but just seems to have too many problems.
The surgery costs far more than many years worth of glasses, and my eyes are still changing slightly year-to-year. I'm not getting a surgery knowing that my vision will still deteriorate afterwards.
Maybe I'm just imagining the cost is higher than it is. Call me when it's $300 and I'll start looking into it.
The reporters will have a field day, the poor interns they get to convert this into a digital form and then read over them in their entirety to try to find something interesting are most likely not very excited...
Why not just fullscreen your browser? I believe F11 is generally the hotkey for most browsers. I do that from time to time to get the most out of my screen. You've still got access to everything, it's just auto-hidden must like the Windows taskbar can be.
I really don't appreciate the thought by Mozilla that I don't understand URL bars or don't know how to use them. It's insulting to think that by now the vast majority of computer users don't understand almost everything about them. It shows where you are; if you type something and hit enter it tries to go there; some URL bars act as search bars as well; it's not that difficult to wrap your mind around. Besides, I would much rather spare those 50 pixels or so for easier access to it.
I'm not fond of Ubiquity so far, either. It's all personal preference, and I'll prefer using a more traditional-looking browser if I can't eventually undo all these design changes Mozilla wants to implement. The moment I have to use a third-party add-on to restore the look and feel I want is the moment I change browsers. I'm only sticking with Firefox now because of Ad-Block and one or two other plugins.
I was thinking more along the lines of the function of sending a soda to a random stranger, though. The friend-to-friend one would be glaringly obvious. From TFA:
If a consumer is feeling particularly generous, it can even buy a soda for a complete stranger through its "Random Acts of Refreshment" service. This sends a Pepsi to any other social vending system.
That kinda sounds like I was thinking out loud to myself. It was supposed to be one of those: "If you're going to do this you should also consider this" type of comments.
AP Isolation is a nice DD-WRT option that prevents wireless clients from communicating with each other. Best to disable wireless GUI access to the router, as well. I've had a DD-WRT router for years and I've never looked through all these settings until now.
Their "Random Acts of Refreshment" is a neat idea and I'd like to take part in it, but not only do I seriously doubt I'll ever see one of these in my town but how would I know Pepsi isn't just keeping the money I give them to get some stranger a free soda?
I'm definitely getting one, on release day if possible (I'm such a shameless Asus fanboy). If I can eventually boot Linux off the SD card I think that would be ideal. It saves precious space on internal storage and would only operate with the keyboard attached, which I think is what I would like. There's a MicroSD slot on the tablet itself, though, so some people may prefer that.
I got Bioshock and Mass Effect for $5 each during the year-end sale before last. I was really hoping to get Mass Effect 2 or Bioshock 2 (personally wouldn't buy this one for more than $5) for the same price this last sale, but it looks like I'll have to wait for the mid-year or year-end sale this year.
It's been that way since the first bundle, IIRC. Pretty much the same each time. I gave $40 this time (marked myself for Windows and Linux) but it went all to charity because I already own the games on Steam anyway.
I just paid 40 dollars (almost 28 euros if Google is to be trusted) for the Humble Bundle. The money went mostly to the charities with some to the humble bundle itself to cover their costs (I always download everything for Windows and Linux). I already own Trine and both Shadowgrounds games on Steam so Frozenbyte already got some money from me. ^_^
I don't remember when I bought them on Steam but it would have been during a really nice sale so I got them on a discount to begin with. I'm okay with the DRM in Steam because it makes keeping track of my games easier and more convenient, even if I do now have an entire hard drive dedicated to nothing but the 147 games I have on Steam. That's fine with me, though, because it's a gaming machine to begin with.
I already own Trine and both Shadowgrounds games on Steam, so I'll just use this as a donation to EFF and Child's Play and so I can play Splot when it comes out. I always love the Humble Bundles whenever they come out.
If you can root the Kindle and remove the Ads then this may be worth it. If not, or if you don't want to, it'll have to go more than $25 off...
Really, Amazon will be making much more than $25 per Kindle over the life of the devices showing ads, so they should make the devices cheaper than that. It's not like they're going to be losing money.
There's no actual accusation of it being from a movie in either article. One commenter posted this which is dated a few months ago (picture, not the comment). It seems plausible that this photo could be a stock photo from something, but the article sure does a very poor job of reporting that.
$20 for a GPS jammer? $25 for a cell phone jammer? I wish I would've caught these when they were on sale at Meritline - I would've got one of each. They're cheap enough that the range probably isn't that great (the GPS jammer claimed 10-15M and probably isn't even that) but for that price I wouldn't care.
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Maybe they finalized their webpages about it.
Devices like these don't utilize wireless HDMI, it's just wireless control of the HDMI device. I like my Chromecast because it does the simple things I want and I don't have to fund a new PC and deal with the cables (TV mounted on the wall). Control is also easy from my phone or tablet, without ever needing a physical keyboard for typing.
None of my accounts are listed, and I've had two of them since it was invite-only as well. I also used the same simple password for both of them and dozens of other sites for many years because, honestly, I just don't care that much. Whether you're on the list or not doesn't seem to be related to your password.
Even if it continued to work for years despite changed CC companies make to their cards, I'd be worried that it would break in my wallet or that regular use would eventually degrade it. My normal credit cards always look pretty haggard after a few years, and I don't have to pay almost $100 for those. This is a nice idea, but just seems to have too many problems.
The surgery costs far more than many years worth of glasses, and my eyes are still changing slightly year-to-year. I'm not getting a surgery knowing that my vision will still deteriorate afterwards. Maybe I'm just imagining the cost is higher than it is. Call me when it's $300 and I'll start looking into it.
The reporters will have a field day, the poor interns they get to convert this into a digital form and then read over them in their entirety to try to find something interesting are most likely not very excited...
Wonderflonium and Unobtanium.
Why not just fullscreen your browser? I believe F11 is generally the hotkey for most browsers. I do that from time to time to get the most out of my screen. You've still got access to everything, it's just auto-hidden must like the Windows taskbar can be.
I really don't appreciate the thought by Mozilla that I don't understand URL bars or don't know how to use them. It's insulting to think that by now the vast majority of computer users don't understand almost everything about them. It shows where you are; if you type something and hit enter it tries to go there; some URL bars act as search bars as well; it's not that difficult to wrap your mind around. Besides, I would much rather spare those 50 pixels or so for easier access to it.
I'm not fond of Ubiquity so far, either. It's all personal preference, and I'll prefer using a more traditional-looking browser if I can't eventually undo all these design changes Mozilla wants to implement. The moment I have to use a third-party add-on to restore the look and feel I want is the moment I change browsers. I'm only sticking with Firefox now because of Ad-Block and one or two other plugins.
Little Susie was a girl
but now she is no more
for what she thought was dihydrogen monoxide
was dihydrogen sulfuric tetroxide.
If a consumer is feeling particularly generous, it can even buy a soda for a complete stranger through its "Random Acts of Refreshment" service. This sends a Pepsi to any other social vending system.
That kinda sounds like I was thinking out loud to myself. It was supposed to be one of those: "If you're going to do this you should also consider this" type of comments.
AP Isolation is a nice DD-WRT option that prevents wireless clients from communicating with each other. Best to disable wireless GUI access to the router, as well. I've had a DD-WRT router for years and I've never looked through all these settings until now.
Their "Random Acts of Refreshment" is a neat idea and I'd like to take part in it, but not only do I seriously doubt I'll ever see one of these in my town but how would I know Pepsi isn't just keeping the money I give them to get some stranger a free soda?
I'm definitely getting one, on release day if possible (I'm such a shameless Asus fanboy). If I can eventually boot Linux off the SD card I think that would be ideal. It saves precious space on internal storage and would only operate with the keyboard attached, which I think is what I would like. There's a MicroSD slot on the tablet itself, though, so some people may prefer that.
They may as well be suing them because "their thing has stuff, and our thing already has stuff."
I got Bioshock and Mass Effect for $5 each during the year-end sale before last. I was really hoping to get Mass Effect 2 or Bioshock 2 (personally wouldn't buy this one for more than $5) for the same price this last sale, but it looks like I'll have to wait for the mid-year or year-end sale this year.
It's been that way since the first bundle, IIRC. Pretty much the same each time. I gave $40 this time (marked myself for Windows and Linux) but it went all to charity because I already own the games on Steam anyway.
I just paid 40 dollars (almost 28 euros if Google is to be trusted) for the Humble Bundle. The money went mostly to the charities with some to the humble bundle itself to cover their costs (I always download everything for Windows and Linux). I already own Trine and both Shadowgrounds games on Steam so Frozenbyte already got some money from me. ^_^
I don't remember when I bought them on Steam but it would have been during a really nice sale so I got them on a discount to begin with. I'm okay with the DRM in Steam because it makes keeping track of my games easier and more convenient, even if I do now have an entire hard drive dedicated to nothing but the 147 games I have on Steam. That's fine with me, though, because it's a gaming machine to begin with.
I already own Trine and both Shadowgrounds games on Steam, so I'll just use this as a donation to EFF and Child's Play and so I can play Splot when it comes out. I always love the Humble Bundles whenever they come out.
If you can root the Kindle and remove the Ads then this may be worth it. If not, or if you don't want to, it'll have to go more than $25 off...
Really, Amazon will be making much more than $25 per Kindle over the life of the devices showing ads, so they should make the devices cheaper than that. It's not like they're going to be losing money.
I'm technically signed in to Facebook 24 hours a day - I connect to FB chat via Pidgin.
There's no actual accusation of it being from a movie in either article. One commenter posted this which is dated a few months ago (picture, not the comment). It seems plausible that this photo could be a stock photo from something, but the article sure does a very poor job of reporting that.
his laptop
Not somebody else's.
If you are using a laptop that's not yours I can understand some paranoia, but that's not what I said.
He's the kinda guy that puts a Post-It note over his laptop's webcam because he doesn't like it staring at him.
$20 for a GPS jammer? $25 for a cell phone jammer? I wish I would've caught these when they were on sale at Meritline - I would've got one of each. They're cheap enough that the range probably isn't that great (the GPS jammer claimed 10-15M and probably isn't even that) but for that price I wouldn't care.