If you have a problem with FIOS you've never had COX cable. At least with FIOS I'm not getting random dropouts or constantly being throttled, not to mention COX has a 60gb cap (I just installed win7, steam, and impulse. I probably downloaded 60gb just last night) and so far FIOS is "unlimited".
Windows mobile has consistently allowed you to upgrade at least one version up from the version you purchased, but yes, that is a major problem with other carriers and one reason the iphone is at least somewhat attractive in that regard. It surprises me that google would choose to go the way of windows mobile instead of the iphone. My contract has been up for over a year and I'm considering the nexus one, HTC HD2, and the iphone, but I guess I should wait a little longer to see if the nexus one is going to allow OS upgrades, because the other phones will.
I tried the 30 day trial. Other than maybe EQ it was probably the buggiest MMO I've played; I had to file more bug reports in 30 days than I have in all the MMORPGs I've played combined (I was mission running, which is only slightly more horrible than mining, an activity even more boring than MMO fishing). If you invest hundreds of hours and join huge corps running PVP you can probably have a great time, but the journey there passed my tolerance of boredom. The one great thing about EVE though is that it weeds out all the morons, there is a lot to figure out in the beginning and if you can't read up on things you won't last.
Actually I'd probably describe myself as a libertarian socialist, but that is on a large scale as likely as pure communism or capitalism, so on a lot of major issues I take what I believe a to be a moderate position.
Is there even a social networking site ala/., reddit, or digg for political centrism (or not even centrism, but "open")?/. is probably the most moderate (libertarians mixed with socialists, each a little crazy), but it seems like I either have to choose hard right or hard left and I'm ready to just say screw it altogether because I'm tired of the propaganda.
Sony controllers have the worst layout, with the analog sticks in a horrible position, with a form meant for girly hands. They should just give up and use the 360 controller and replace the d-pad with the one from the NES, and there you go, the perfect console controller.
Bing actually isn't that bad, but for actually searching things you aren't sure about google is superior. What is good about bing is that if you know what you are looking for, but don't know the website, it generally will filter out the junk and just show you what you are trying to look for. However for more esoteric searches bing will spew random information but google will actually show you what you are looking for, even if it is on the 8th link.
Bing maps is clearly superior to google maps though if you are navigating to unfamiliar locations. Bing maps on printed directions will give freeway names as they appear on freeway signs and locational markers while google maps is more technical but less useful. For instance from Ventura CA to LAX google maps lists San Diego freeway while the freeway signs and Bing maps and Mapquest all say Santa Monica. San Diego is the final destination but Santa Monica is more useful given the context towards a major international airport.
I actually pay for my games but I refuse to pay for such draconian DRM. If you have machine limit activations or need constant internet access I'll just get your game via more customer friendly means.
Thanks, I was thinking of moving over to t-mobile for a particular phone but I wasn't sure as their coverage maps are much more limited compared to the competition.
You don't browse the web the way young people do. You probably go to less than a dozen familiar websites a day. The younger generations are all about social sharing, such as reddit, digg, facebook, twitter, and even 4chan. NoFlash is great but NoScript becomes a serious burden when every time you visit a new website (which is frequently for young people) you have to whitelist a bunch of shit and guess which shit to whitelist until something actually works. And most of those websites don't work with TOR (I don't think slashdot even works with TOR).
If you want to shut yourself out, you are correct, there are tools that enable you to do that. But then you'll be exactly that, shut out. I think what we need to is DoNotCall list for the internet, a government website where you press a button and everyone that collects information on you is obligated to delete it, and you can whitelist certain sites/businesses if you wish, and these businesses would need a written letter allowing them to share information with other businesses (it can't be part of a contact, ie sign up for cable allowing sharing by proxy). It probably wouldn't be enforceable though.
A hard drive failure should rarely be a big deal. Use the SSD for the main OS and your main programs, all important data on a regular hard drive, and do (at least) weekly external backups for both. In that case if your SSD dies you're out a couple of hours and a warranty return. I just tried to repair my bosses hard drive (irrecoverable; OS won't boot with it attached, tools report hardware failure) and he lost about 5 years of important documents with no backups.
I'm assuming 1 page on a PRS 300 contains far less content than 1 page of a standard novel, Mr. Pedantic, as that is the way it works on the e-readers I have tried for pocket devices. And sorry but I've played a little with a Kindle and the 505 and the refresh rate is so annoying it is the sole reason at the time I didn't purchase one. I'm sure some people would get used to it but reading for me is supposed to be a joyful experience, not a frustrating one. So no, I don't think it is that the critics don't understand the usage of the device, it is that you all are still beta testers for a new rapidly evolving technology.
In every single review of every mass produced e-ink reader I've read they have mentioned the painfully slow page turning speed of e-readers, so I'm sure I'm not the only person annoyed by it. The technology is moving so fast I'm sure we'll have nearly instantaneous page turning soon so to me it makes no sense to buy an e-reader right now.
And yes, if you have a pocket e-reader such as the Sony pocket reader it does only take a few seconds to read a page.
I agree, I'm even willing to go over to t-mobile to get it once it comes out in the US. The mobipocket reader in fullscreen works very well, even if the HD2 is winmobile hidden mostly by the Sense UI.
It really is the perfect size for me. A little big for a phone but still pocketable and the screen size is big enough to make it comparable to dedicated e-readers.
It isn't e-ink but those devices flip pages way too slow for me.
Not to mention they are so freaking slow. I can read half a page in the time it takes most e-readers to flip to the next one. I think I am going to get the HTC HD2, the screen is just a little smaller than the Sony Pocket Reader but it is still big enough to be readable and pocketable, unlike the ipad. It isn't e-ink but I can use it for everything else as well.
Eventually when e-readers come down in price, the technology improves, and it is established that e-books aren't going to rape you in the ass pricewise I may consider picking up an e-reader.
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If you have a problem with FIOS you've never had COX cable. At least with FIOS I'm not getting random dropouts or constantly being throttled, not to mention COX has a 60gb cap (I just installed win7, steam, and impulse. I probably downloaded 60gb just last night) and so far FIOS is "unlimited".
Windows mobile has consistently allowed you to upgrade at least one version up from the version you purchased, but yes, that is a major problem with other carriers and one reason the iphone is at least somewhat attractive in that regard. It surprises me that google would choose to go the way of windows mobile instead of the iphone. My contract has been up for over a year and I'm considering the nexus one, HTC HD2, and the iphone, but I guess I should wait a little longer to see if the nexus one is going to allow OS upgrades, because the other phones will.
I tried the 30 day trial. Other than maybe EQ it was probably the buggiest MMO I've played; I had to file more bug reports in 30 days than I have in all the MMORPGs I've played combined (I was mission running, which is only slightly more horrible than mining, an activity even more boring than MMO fishing). If you invest hundreds of hours and join huge corps running PVP you can probably have a great time, but the journey there passed my tolerance of boredom. The one great thing about EVE though is that it weeds out all the morons, there is a lot to figure out in the beginning and if you can't read up on things you won't last.
Actually I'd probably describe myself as a libertarian socialist, but that is on a large scale as likely as pure communism or capitalism, so on a lot of major issues I take what I believe a to be a moderate position.
Is there even a social networking site ala /., reddit, or digg for political centrism (or not even centrism, but "open")? /. is probably the most moderate (libertarians mixed with socialists, each a little crazy), but it seems like I either have to choose hard right or hard left and I'm ready to just say screw it altogether because I'm tired of the propaganda.
Sony controllers have the worst layout, with the analog sticks in a horrible position, with a form meant for girly hands. They should just give up and use the 360 controller and replace the d-pad with the one from the NES, and there you go, the perfect console controller.
Bing actually isn't that bad, but for actually searching things you aren't sure about google is superior. What is good about bing is that if you know what you are looking for, but don't know the website, it generally will filter out the junk and just show you what you are trying to look for. However for more esoteric searches bing will spew random information but google will actually show you what you are looking for, even if it is on the 8th link.
Bing maps is clearly superior to google maps though if you are navigating to unfamiliar locations. Bing maps on printed directions will give freeway names as they appear on freeway signs and locational markers while google maps is more technical but less useful. For instance from Ventura CA to LAX google maps lists San Diego freeway while the freeway signs and Bing maps and Mapquest all say Santa Monica. San Diego is the final destination but Santa Monica is more useful given the context towards a major international airport.
I actually pay for my games but I refuse to pay for such draconian DRM. If you have machine limit activations or need constant internet access I'll just get your game via more customer friendly means.
Thanks, I was thinking of moving over to t-mobile for a particular phone but I wasn't sure as their coverage maps are much more limited compared to the competition.
You don't browse the web the way young people do. You probably go to less than a dozen familiar websites a day. The younger generations are all about social sharing, such as reddit, digg, facebook, twitter, and even 4chan. NoFlash is great but NoScript becomes a serious burden when every time you visit a new website (which is frequently for young people) you have to whitelist a bunch of shit and guess which shit to whitelist until something actually works. And most of those websites don't work with TOR (I don't think slashdot even works with TOR). If you want to shut yourself out, you are correct, there are tools that enable you to do that. But then you'll be exactly that, shut out. I think what we need to is DoNotCall list for the internet, a government website where you press a button and everyone that collects information on you is obligated to delete it, and you can whitelist certain sites/businesses if you wish, and these businesses would need a written letter allowing them to share information with other businesses (it can't be part of a contact, ie sign up for cable allowing sharing by proxy). It probably wouldn't be enforceable though.
A hard drive failure should rarely be a big deal. Use the SSD for the main OS and your main programs, all important data on a regular hard drive, and do (at least) weekly external backups for both. In that case if your SSD dies you're out a couple of hours and a warranty return. I just tried to repair my bosses hard drive (irrecoverable; OS won't boot with it attached, tools report hardware failure) and he lost about 5 years of important documents with no backups.
I'm assuming 1 page on a PRS 300 contains far less content than 1 page of a standard novel, Mr. Pedantic, as that is the way it works on the e-readers I have tried for pocket devices. And sorry but I've played a little with a Kindle and the 505 and the refresh rate is so annoying it is the sole reason at the time I didn't purchase one. I'm sure some people would get used to it but reading for me is supposed to be a joyful experience, not a frustrating one. So no, I don't think it is that the critics don't understand the usage of the device, it is that you all are still beta testers for a new rapidly evolving technology.
In every single review of every mass produced e-ink reader I've read they have mentioned the painfully slow page turning speed of e-readers, so I'm sure I'm not the only person annoyed by it. The technology is moving so fast I'm sure we'll have nearly instantaneous page turning soon so to me it makes no sense to buy an e-reader right now. And yes, if you have a pocket e-reader such as the Sony pocket reader it does only take a few seconds to read a page.
I agree, I'm even willing to go over to t-mobile to get it once it comes out in the US. The mobipocket reader in fullscreen works very well, even if the HD2 is winmobile hidden mostly by the Sense UI. It really is the perfect size for me. A little big for a phone but still pocketable and the screen size is big enough to make it comparable to dedicated e-readers. It isn't e-ink but those devices flip pages way too slow for me.
Not to mention they are so freaking slow. I can read half a page in the time it takes most e-readers to flip to the next one. I think I am going to get the HTC HD2, the screen is just a little smaller than the Sony Pocket Reader but it is still big enough to be readable and pocketable, unlike the ipad. It isn't e-ink but I can use it for everything else as well. Eventually when e-readers come down in price, the technology improves, and it is established that e-books aren't going to rape you in the ass pricewise I may consider picking up an e-reader.