I've been using Root Explorer for 3 years, and I have no complaints. I believe it works on non-rooted phones (sans the root-only functions), but if not the same developer has just plain Explorer which appears to be the same w/o the root tools.
I haven't received my invite yet so I can't comment on the Galaxy experience, but I can tell you sales are certainly not a problem. If you ever pay the asking price on GOG, you have no patience, they have a minimum of one sale a week. The sales are frequently every game in a series, or every game from a publisher, and I've saved as much as 85% off the normal price.
What's also nice is that if they do a sale like save 10% if you buy this game, 45% if you buy the whole series type of sale, and you already own some of the games, you still get the full discount for completing the set.
As a kid/teen, some of my favorites were by William Sleator. A lot of sci-fi staples were introduced to me in his books (cloning, 4th/5th/nth dimensions, black holes, telepathy, time travel). My favorites were House of Stairs and Interstellar Pig.
I also enjoyed the Tripods series by John Christopher.
Also, I'm seconding the Danny Dunn and Tom Swift series. I think the series of Swift I read was the Tom Swift, Jr. from the 50's and 60's.
Don't worry, friend! Even though you "deleted" it, your Facebook account is never really deleted! For your convenience, of course! Just log back in and it's all still there, and now you're back whether or not you want to be! Hooray!
I deleted my account about a month and a half ago. Facebook said they would keep it for 15 days, then it would be truly deleted. I waited about a month before I tested it, but it now claims to have no record of my login. My brother also reports that I don't show up as an inactive friend, but I can't verify that.
Mind you, I have no doubt that all of my information is still archived for eternity on their servers, but my account is for all practical intents and purposes deleted.
I used to do this with NetHack (back in the days when it was still just Hack), by writing a batch file that would change the system time. I had a list of the times that would give the best starting rings, wands, etc. for the Wizard, making me a filthy, cheating start-scummer.
Not sure if that still works or if the RNG is better these days. Save-scumming still works, though.
Not only did I test the whole "2 opposite directions at the same time", I rewired the joysticks. The Atari family, the TI 99/4A, and the Odyssey2 all used the same DB-9 connector, but with different pinouts. As our systems aged and joysticks died, we had to shuffle them from system to system.
My father taught me to use a multimeter to map out the different pinouts when I was 10 or 11. Radio Shack sold imitation Atari joysticks for like $5; with no eBay or Google, finding a replacement joystick for a dead console was a weeks or months long proposition. My friends with less technical upbringings would be shocked to find me playing Parsec or Munch Man with a 2600 controller.
Tic-Tac-Toe and Quadra-Doodle on the Fairchild Channel F, after my father and uncle removed the candy corn my 1-year-old cousin had inserted in the cartridge slot.
Not the greatest system in the world, but the controllers were unique and wonderful (until the wires broke a month later).
My dream since I was a kid was to appear in a video game. Since I'm not in the industry, nor likely to become famous enough for someone to put me in a game, this is the next best thing. Fortunately, mostly play sports sims, so I usually have the option to customize a player. I spent 45 minutes w/ Tiger Woods 2006 making a player that resembled me (well, me minus 40 pounds).
Now they just need perfect speech technology to seamlessly inline my name in commentary (or cut-scenes, or whatever), and the illusion will be complete.
While I would never put anything illegal or embarrassing on my work laptop, the idea that I shouldn't keep personal information on it is laughable.
My employer gave it to me so that I could fix things remotely, which is mutually beneficial. I don't have to drive 2.5 hours to correct a problem if I'm at my parent's or in-laws, and their downtime is reduced accordingly. It's an imposition to me; I'd rather walk out the door at 5:30 and not have to think about work until 8:30 the next morning.
If they are going to impose their work in my private life, then surely it's fair for me to use a few MBs of my hard drive for personal files, provided I'm not a) breaking the law or company policy, or b) causing financial loss by increasing the amount of support they have to supply me.
If they don't agree, they are free to either give me a desktop which I leave behind at night, or show me the door.
They are available in a ton of places, including amazon.com, mefferts.com, and rubiks.com, just to name a few. I bought a new 3x3x3 a few weeks ago, and my new Rubik's Revenge (4x4x4 came last Friday).
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I've been using Root Explorer for 3 years, and I have no complaints. I believe it works on non-rooted phones (sans the root-only functions), but if not the same developer has just plain Explorer which appears to be the same w/o the root tools.
Root Explorer: https://play.google.com/store/...
Explorer: https://play.google.com/store/...
Note: Most of my apps are the paid version so there may be ads if you go the free route.
Forgot to mention that once every so often (maybe yearly?) I'll log in and have a free game in my account.
I haven't received my invite yet so I can't comment on the Galaxy experience, but I can tell you sales are certainly not a problem. If you ever pay the asking price on GOG, you have no patience, they have a minimum of one sale a week. The sales are frequently every game in a series, or every game from a publisher, and I've saved as much as 85% off the normal price.
What's also nice is that if they do a sale like save 10% if you buy this game, 45% if you buy the whole series type of sale, and you already own some of the games, you still get the full discount for completing the set.
As a kid/teen, some of my favorites were by William Sleator. A lot of sci-fi staples were introduced to me in his books (cloning, 4th/5th/nth dimensions, black holes, telepathy, time travel). My favorites were House of Stairs and Interstellar Pig.
I also enjoyed the Tripods series by John Christopher.
Also, I'm seconding the Danny Dunn and Tom Swift series. I think the series of Swift I read was the Tom Swift, Jr. from the 50's and 60's.
Don't worry, friend! Even though you "deleted" it, your Facebook account is never really deleted! For your convenience, of course! Just log back in and it's all still there, and now you're back whether or not you want to be! Hooray!
I deleted my account about a month and a half ago. Facebook said they would keep it for 15 days, then it would be truly deleted. I waited about a month before I tested it, but it now claims to have no record of my login. My brother also reports that I don't show up as an inactive friend, but I can't verify that.
Mind you, I have no doubt that all of my information is still archived for eternity on their servers, but my account is for all practical intents and purposes deleted.
I'd like an invite, if you still have any.
tony.jewett at gmail
White is opposite yellow. Blue is opposite green. Are you sure you hadn't just forgotten how to solve a Rubik's Cubes?
White/yellow is the Western color scheme; White/Blue was more common in Japan, but I've had one or two of them here in the States, too.
http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Japanese_Color_Scheme
I used to do this with NetHack (back in the days when it was still just Hack), by writing a batch file that would change the system time. I had a list of the times that would give the best starting rings, wands, etc. for the Wizard, making me a filthy, cheating start-scummer.
Not sure if that still works or if the RNG is better these days. Save-scumming still works, though.
Not only did I test the whole "2 opposite directions at the same time", I rewired the joysticks. The Atari family, the TI 99/4A, and the Odyssey2 all used the same DB-9 connector, but with different pinouts. As our systems aged and joysticks died, we had to shuffle them from system to system.
My father taught me to use a multimeter to map out the different pinouts when I was 10 or 11. Radio Shack sold imitation Atari joysticks for like $5; with no eBay or Google, finding a replacement joystick for a dead console was a weeks or months long proposition. My friends with less technical upbringings would be shocked to find me playing Parsec or Munch Man with a 2600 controller.
Because no one wants to play a first person SHOOTER where you have no gun, only a walkie-talkie.
You're right, better safe than sorry.
Tic-Tac-Toe and Quadra-Doodle on the Fairchild Channel F, after my father and uncle removed the candy corn my 1-year-old cousin had inserted in the cartridge slot.
Not the greatest system in the world, but the controllers were unique and wonderful (until the wires broke a month later).
My dream since I was a kid was to appear in a video game. Since I'm not in the industry, nor likely to become famous enough for someone to put me in a game, this is the next best thing. Fortunately, mostly play sports sims, so I usually have the option to customize a player. I spent 45 minutes w/ Tiger Woods 2006 making a player that resembled me (well, me minus 40 pounds).
Now they just need perfect speech technology to seamlessly inline my name in commentary (or cut-scenes, or whatever), and the illusion will be complete.
While I would never put anything illegal or embarrassing on my work laptop, the idea that I shouldn't keep personal information on it is laughable.
My employer gave it to me so that I could fix things remotely, which is mutually beneficial. I don't have to drive 2.5 hours to correct a problem if I'm at my parent's or in-laws, and their downtime is reduced accordingly. It's an imposition to me; I'd rather walk out the door at 5:30 and not have to think about work until 8:30 the next morning.
If they are going to impose their work in my private life, then surely it's fair for me to use a few MBs of my hard drive for personal files, provided I'm not a) breaking the law or company policy, or b) causing financial loss by increasing the amount of support they have to supply me.
If they don't agree, they are free to either give me a desktop which I leave behind at night, or show me the door.
You can still find them on eBaye gory=724&item=5933914701&tc=photo
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&cat
Disclaimer: This is the company my wife works for; the crane in the picture was put together by me.
They are available in a ton of places, including amazon.com, mefferts.com, and rubiks.com, just to name a few. I bought a new 3x3x3 a few weeks ago, and my new Rubik's Revenge (4x4x4 came last Friday).
Next up is the 5x5x5.