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  1. Re:HTPC setup on What's the Best Way To Get Web Content To My TV? · · Score: 1

    So what you're saying is that you built yourself a Neuros LINK? (That's almost identical hardware)

  2. Show-room on the road... on The $8,500 Gaming Table You Want · · Score: 1

    The company regularly shows in the vendor's room at Origins in June. The tables seem to be of a quality worthy of the price tag, but I agree that it's too steep for most.

  3. Re:Asterisk? on Home Phone System That Syncs To Computer? · · Score: 1

    Looks like these would fit the bill:

    http://www.voipsupply.com/ip-phones/wi-fi

  4. Asterisk? on Home Phone System That Syncs To Computer? · · Score: 1

    I have at least one friend who set up Asterisk for their home system, and got SIP phones where hardware phones are needed, and put software phones and headsets on all the computers.

    http://www.asterisk.org/
    http://www.trixbox.org/

    I've not played with the free (as in beer) solutions, but the semi-free business versions (Trixbox, Digium) do support a shared speed-dial list. Plus you gain intercom, paging, music on hold, etc.

  5. Re:this is actually not a sign of the times on TSA Seizes Disney World Toys · · Score: 1

    Er... Sorry. It was the CA version that opened in 1967. The one in Florida was 1973.

    I always get Disneyland and Disney World backwards.

  6. Re:this is actually not a sign of the times on TSA Seizes Disney World Toys · · Score: 1

    The Florida version of the ride opened in March, 1967.

  7. Apple and Xiph on Examining the HTML 5 Video Codec Debate · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It seems like Apple has something against implementing any Xiph codec... FLAC and Vorbis support in iTunes is nonexistent, and even with the QuickTime plugin, iTunes still doesn't have proper tagging support. And now refusing to add Theora support in Safari?

    Perhaps someone on the Xiph board did something to one of Apple's Media guys when they were kids or something?

  8. Re:And? on SSN Required To Buy Palm Pre · · Score: 1

    Depends on your carrier. T-Mobile doesn't charge roaming in Hawaii, but they do in Alaska.

    And did you ever notice how many commercials say "void in Alaska and Hawaii"? Or "In the continental US only"? Lots of business treat AK and HI differently because of the separation in geography.

  9. Re:And? on SSN Required To Buy Palm Pre · · Score: 1

    I do.

    And I know that when I signed up for Alltel 8 years ago, Alaska and Hawaii were not part of their coverage area. So apparently they didn't.

  10. Re:And? on SSN Required To Buy Palm Pre · · Score: 1

    The inverted problem is when it gets reported on the wrong person because the SSN wasn't used as deliniation...

    Like when a friend of mine had his son's bad credit card debt on his credit record, because they both had the same name and address and didn't look at the middle initials.

  11. Re:And? on SSN Required To Buy Palm Pre · · Score: 1

    I presume Utilities required down payments in lieu of credit checks?

    Did you pay cash for the cars, or were they pre-shunning of giving out SSN?

    I'm honestly interested, as I would like to get to the point of the only credit I have being a mortgage and one credit card to run bills to. (The ability to use the credit card company as a mediator if you disagree with charges is appealing to me.)

  12. Re:So ... many people are irresponsible on SSN Required To Buy Palm Pre · · Score: 1

    It does seem rather inflexible on T-Mobile's part to not even allow someone to pay up front in order to skip the credit check.

    While T-Mobile requires it too, you may want to RTFA. This is about Sprint, not T-Mobile. ;)

  13. Re:Welcome to the watchlist on SSN Required To Buy Palm Pre · · Score: 1

    The problem is it still has to work with their architecture.

    Best analogy I have is that Verizon and Sprint are using Ethernet, and T-Mobile and AT&T are using 802.11g. One doesn't plug into the other, it has to be designed to use the network at hand. (Maybe 10-base-2 would be a better analogy than 802.11g?)

  14. Re:And? on SSN Required To Buy Palm Pre · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They do.

    I presume you're in the continental US.

    Go to Canada.
    Go to Mexico.
    Go to Hawaii.

    Voila. Roaming charges.

  15. Re:And? on SSN Required To Buy Palm Pre · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So you have surrendered to the erosion of personal privacy, personal rights and personal integrity; I haven't and neither has the author of the post. You may be one of those willing to trade your rights for convenience. I too would refuse my Social Security number.

    So you only use pre-paid cellular, do not use credit cards or take out loans, or any other transaction that requires interacting with a credit agency?

    How's that working out for you? Seriously. Living a life without interacting with the credit agencies in this day and age is difficult, and I'd like to know what you have to give up (like discounts on phones in exchange for contracts, etc) in order to keep your SSN completely private. (Where Completely = You, your employer, your health insurer (if you have one) and the gov't.)

  16. Re:Call and complain on Diploma Denied To Student Who Blew Kiss To Family · · Score: 1

    That's the kid's mother, not the superintendent.

  17. Re:I'm not surprised on Ubisoft CEO Says Next Gen Consoles Closer Than We Think · · Score: 1

    No. I was being serious.

    I hadn't thought of how most 1080 TV's can be upstaged by a really good 720p TV. I've seen it myself too.

  18. Re:I'm not surprised on Ubisoft CEO Says Next Gen Consoles Closer Than We Think · · Score: 1

    Good point... The TV has as much to do with it as the signal.

    I hadn't thought of that point.

  19. Re:I'm not surprised on Ubisoft CEO Says Next Gen Consoles Closer Than We Think · · Score: 1

    The Wii does rather nicely with 480p widescreen. While 1080 would be nice, I don't know that anything over 720 is really needed. Like you said, most people don't even notice when the BD is hooked up using component cables. :P

  20. Re:It's not going to happen on Buying a Domain From a Cybersquatter · · Score: 1

    It's a question most people wish the squatters would ask themselves and answer in the affirmative. :P

  21. Re:suckers buying iPhones on Apple's WWDC Unveils iPhone 3.0, OpenCL, Laptop Updates, and More · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I left before they turned of the TDMA towers.

  22. Re:BooHoo on iPhone Users Angry Over AT&T Upgrade Policy · · Score: 1

    Are you sure?

    T-Mobile has 3G, but only in a few markets, so it won't work for most users just because it's not available. (Twin Cities, Atlanta, Decatur, Chicago, etc.)

  23. Re:suckers buying iPhones on Apple's WWDC Unveils iPhone 3.0, OpenCL, Laptop Updates, and More · · Score: 1

    So AT&T has removed the requirement to register your IMEI when you change phones? That was one of the reasons I left.

  24. Re:iPhone fine print on Apple's WWDC Unveils iPhone 3.0, OpenCL, Laptop Updates, and More · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Doesn't AT&T let you sign a new contract for a discount on a phone after your 2-year is up?

    I know Alltel, Verizon, AND T-Mobile all do.

    Maybe Apple's website just isn't setup to do renewals, and you have to go to an AT&T store?

  25. Re:It's not going to happen on Buying a Domain From a Cybersquatter · · Score: 1

    Nah. Like I told the domain-er, all the "What you need, when you need it" garbage in .com is eventually going to devalue it. People will just move to .org, .net, and eventually, .bbq.

    And I have a higher pagerank than him anyway.