I had Qwest DSL at 640k/256k. Curiously, I went to Qwest's DSL Web site and put in my phone number. Now it says that I can get 1.5Mb/896Kb for the same price I am currently paying. BTW, last month Qwest lowered the cost of my DSL connection by $4. So I did Live Chat with a Qwest representative (much faster than calling) and he switched my line speed..it will be effective on 3/3.
I then called my local ISP and they told me that they would charge me $100 for a 1.5Mb connection...up from $25 for my 640Kb. So I checked with Qwest about Qwest.com. Took several calls to find out the magic words are "Qwest Choice Internet Basic"...that's the $6.99 ISP service. Once I got to a Qwest.net guy he seemed very helpful and knowledgeable. I do have to get a new modem to replace my Cisco 678, but even with the $3 rental charge my DSL should now be much faster and cheaper.
Old Service (640/256)
Qwest $28.00
Local ISP $25.00
Total $ 53.00
New Service (1.5/896)
Qwest $28.00
Qwest.net $7.00
Modem $3.00 (I can buy for $60)
Total $38.00
If I have problems I will just switch back to my old setup.
I was debating on getting either Comcast or DirecTV and between the two, the dish was a much better value. The dish and equiptment was free with a one year contract, so equiptment cost was not of concern.
For the channels that my (live-in) girlfriend and I would want (Independent Film channel, Discovery, Bravo, Cartoon Network, etc...) the necessary package with Comcast was almost $60/month, when getting the same channels with DirectTV wound up being in their $32/month package.
After some thought we decided that if we had either, we would watch much more TV than we really want to, so I went to Radio Shack and bought a good outdoor antenna and some cable (total cost $80). Now we get all the local channels (including MTV 2) with perfect reception.
With the money I saved on the monthy fees, I built a MythTV box so we can have a variety of things to watch (without commercials) whenever we do want to watch TV.
Most devices don't let the battery discharge completely, just down to a certian low voltage. This "safe" low voltage is generally the voltage at which the device will shut down at. Draining the battery to this low level of chage will not damage the battery, but letting the battery go much below this level will. Since the device will not discharge the battery below the safe level, the only way to do so would be to let the battery sit and lose charge on its own, or to manually place a load on the battery to drain it.
...ignore it. The worst thing you can do to a Lithium-ion battery is allow it to completely discharge. Allow a Lithium-ion battery completely discharge several times and it will have a signifigantly shorter life and lesser charge capacity.
A Lithium-ion battery slowly looses its charge even when no power is being drawn from it. So when your iPod indicates that the battery is low, charge it. Don't let it sit around in a low-charge state, it will only discharge itself more. And remember that when an iPod is off, it is not really off, it goes into a sleep mode where it draws a minimal current from the battery.
This won't be a problem for me since I can't go more that a couple of days without using my iPod. But if you leave your iPod sitting around (not charging) for a while, eventually the iPod will drain the battery until the battery level gets so low that the iPod actully turns fully off and then the battery will continue to loose charge because of the nature of Li-ion batteries.
Take the battery out and let the computer sit unplugged for a few hours. Then put the battery back , plug in power, and test. If this doesn't work try with the battery out overnight.
I try this after everything else fails and was very happy to find this fix.
On the contrary, 10% of the population can easily become addicted to marijuana. Trust me, it can happen. Quitting for an addict is hell. If you don't believe me, check out a few MA meetings and listen to what marijuana addicts had to go through to quit and stay quit.
That aside, I do believe marijuana should be either legalized or decrimalized. This way those who can enjoy pot can do so legally. Also, the awareness of marijuana addiction would increase, threfore treatment for those addicted would be more availible.
I have collected quite a collection of music on vinyl. In the past I quite enjoyed the entire process required to play records, but now I just want to hear the music at my convience. Obviously, vinyl doesn't play very well in the car or on a portable player that I can carry with me as I listen.
I assume I own a copy of the music so I have full right to download the save recordings in mp3 format and burn them to CD. I could spend the time to record my own records and burn them myself, but why waste my time when someone has already spent the time encoding the music to mp3?
So, if I were arrested for having mp3's that I downloaded on my computer, would I have a valid defense in stating that I already paid for the same recordings in another format (vinyl)?
Why all the hoopla about e-voting and its many flaws. Here in Oregon all elections and other ballots are ballots by mail. It is easy and simple...and it works. As an Oregonian, I receive a ballot about 3 weeks before election day. I can take my time vote carefully whenever I want in the privacy of my own home and then either mail it in or drop it off at one of the several county ballot drops. It's a wonderful thing.
BTW, Oregon has some of the highest voter turnouts in the country...I wonder why?!?!
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You went to WWDC and got your copy of the Panther Developer Preview. Now run to your hotel room, make disk images, create a.torrent, post it on Slashdot and share it with the world.
Come on....do it, do it, do it...
Props for the guy who did this. He must have had fun making it and feels great seeing it work.
But, if he was concerned about his PC being quiet why didn't he also rig the power supply so it does not need a fan? He could either put a massive heatsink on the power supply transistors or rig them to be water cooled also. How necessary is the fan on the power supply especially if it is not being used near its rated wattage?
Or just buy an iMac, they have been wisper-quiet (no fans) for a few years.
Ok, so Apple wasn't the first to sell wireless networks, but they were the first to sucessfully market it to consumers. Once the consumers got it home then those consumers realize that wireless networks also could be awesome in a business environment.
Apple make it affordable and easy enough for home users and small business owners to establish wireless networking and they deserve full credit for that.
I don't know who wants to buy a song and only get to listen to it a few times before it expires. Apple's got the right idea...99 cents buys me the song and I can listen to it as much as I want, and even burn it to CD's over and over again. It is a simple and fair system that allows everyone to profit (Apple, label, and artist).
Unless the RFID chip somehow gets cooked, high-intensity directional microwaves aren't going to do much to the RFID chip or the data stored on it. Most RFID chips operate at 13.56 MHZ. They need a signal at 13.56 MHz in order to power-up and send or receive a signal at that frequency.
The RFID tag is constructed of not much more than plastic, metal, and some silicon. None of which contain enough H2O molecules to be affected by the microwaves.
I wouldn't think that would ever happen. When Apple does release 970 based PowerMacs the motherboard will be an entirely diffrent platform, do I don't think there would be any way to make a 970 work in on a G3 motherboard.
I'm no expert, but have found fink to be an awesome addition to OS X. It brings many (I think 5000+) software packages and apps from the UNIX/LINUX/BSD world to OS X.
It can be a major selling point on OS X for UNIX/LINUX/BSD users. Now they can have the Aquaesqe goodness, along with the power and flexibility of UNIX/LINUX/BSD apps and libraries.
As noted on Starbands "who we are" site Starband and Echostar have made an agreement with Microsoft. In this agreement Microsoft gave a large investment to get the 2-way satelite system up and going. As part of the agreement, Starband was to make sure the hardware only supports Win98 and up.
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For each diffrent configuration, make a copy of the Applications and System Folder (you could burn them onto a CD).
Let the kids do whatever they want. When a system becomes unusable delete the existing Applications and/or System Folder and copy a fresh one from you backup copy.
You can just copy the folders or use Disk Copy or Stuffit to create single files out of the folders. I have know users that have had great sucess using Disk Copy and System Restore to restore custom configurations.
This is one of the many reasons I love Mac's. I can restore an OS 9.2 or newer computer to a default configuration as fast as I can copy files off a CD or over the network.
I know this has barely anything to do with the Danger device, but your message plants a valid point.
I have the relatively common male red-green color blindness. It isn't severe, and is most noticable with those red/green LED's. The color blindness I have only affects certian wavelengths and those are the wavelenths LED designers seem to have choosen. (I know there were severe limitations on the colors LED's could be, but that issue seems to no longer exist).
This drives me crazy on hubs, routers, and other equiptment that use dual-colored LED's. I have hacked into many devices and had to replace these LED's with either 2 seperate ones or using some dual colored yellow/blue LED's. Even if someone was completely color blind they would be able to tell the difference since the blue is signifigantly dimmer than the yellow.
It's about time that manufacturers make indicators that can be correctly viewed by the color-blind and not require them to perform warranty breaking hacks...or always having to ask someone "is this thingy red or green?"
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I then called my local ISP and they told me that they would charge me $100 for a 1.5Mb connection...up from $25 for my 640Kb. So I checked with Qwest about Qwest.com. Took several calls to find out the magic words are "Qwest Choice Internet Basic"...that's the $6.99 ISP service. Once I got to a Qwest.net guy he seemed very helpful and knowledgeable. I do have to get a new modem to replace my Cisco 678, but even with the $3 rental charge my DSL should now be much faster and cheaper.
Old Service (640/256)
Qwest $28.00 Local ISP $25.00
Total $ 53.00
New Service (1.5/896)
Qwest $28.00 Qwest.net $7.00 Modem $3.00 (I can buy for $60)
Total $38.00
If I have problems I will just switch back to my old setup.
For the channels that my (live-in) girlfriend and I would want (Independent Film channel, Discovery, Bravo, Cartoon Network, etc...) the necessary package with Comcast was almost $60/month, when getting the same channels with DirectTV wound up being in their $32/month package.
After some thought we decided that if we had either, we would watch much more TV than we really want to, so I went to Radio Shack and bought a good outdoor antenna and some cable (total cost $80). Now we get all the local channels (including MTV 2) with perfect reception.
With the money I saved on the monthy fees, I built a MythTV box so we can have a variety of things to watch (without commercials) whenever we do want to watch TV.
Most devices don't let the battery discharge completely, just down to a certian low voltage. This "safe" low voltage is generally the voltage at which the device will shut down at. Draining the battery to this low level of chage will not damage the battery, but letting the battery go much below this level will. Since the device will not discharge the battery below the safe level, the only way to do so would be to let the battery sit and lose charge on its own, or to manually place a load on the battery to drain it.
A Lithium-ion battery slowly looses its charge even when no power is being drawn from it. So when your iPod indicates that the battery is low, charge it. Don't let it sit around in a low-charge state, it will only discharge itself more. And remember that when an iPod is off, it is not really off, it goes into a sleep mode where it draws a minimal current from the battery.
This won't be a problem for me since I can't go more that a couple of days without using my iPod. But if you leave your iPod sitting around (not charging) for a while, eventually the iPod will drain the battery until the battery level gets so low that the iPod actully turns fully off and then the battery will continue to loose charge because of the nature of Li-ion batteries.
This is fixed with XPostFacto 3.0a10 (just released on the 20th). My beige now works great with 10.3.2.
Like anyone thought that Apple could summons the power of the Almighty and create a Lithium-ion battery that lasts forever...
Take the battery out and let the computer sit unplugged for a few hours. Then put the battery back , plug in power, and test. If this doesn't work try with the battery out overnight. I try this after everything else fails and was very happy to find this fix.
Ahhh...have you seen the movie Devil's Playground? Shows much about the Amish life. Much diffrent than anyone has imagined.
On the contrary, 10% of the population can easily become addicted to marijuana. Trust me, it can happen. Quitting for an addict is hell. If you don't believe me, check out a few MA meetings and listen to what marijuana addicts had to go through to quit and stay quit.
That aside, I do believe marijuana should be either legalized or decrimalized. This way those who can enjoy pot can do so legally. Also, the awareness of marijuana addiction would increase, threfore treatment for those addicted would be more availible.
I have collected quite a collection of music on vinyl. In the past I quite enjoyed the entire process required to play records, but now I just want to hear the music at my convience. Obviously, vinyl doesn't play very well in the car or on a portable player that I can carry with me as I listen. I assume I own a copy of the music so I have full right to download the save recordings in mp3 format and burn them to CD. I could spend the time to record my own records and burn them myself, but why waste my time when someone has already spent the time encoding the music to mp3? So, if I were arrested for having mp3's that I downloaded on my computer, would I have a valid defense in stating that I already paid for the same recordings in another format (vinyl)?
Why all the hoopla about e-voting and its many flaws. Here in Oregon all elections and other ballots are ballots by mail. It is easy and simple...and it works. As an Oregonian, I receive a ballot about 3 weeks before election day. I can take my time vote carefully whenever I want in the privacy of my own home and then either mail it in or drop it off at one of the several county ballot drops. It's a wonderful thing. BTW, Oregon has some of the highest voter turnouts in the country...I wonder why?!?!
If no one else will, I guess I'll have to do it myself. Found it on Google Groups. http://www.torrentreactor.com/download.php?file=Pa nther_WWDC_Developer_Preview.torrent
You went to WWDC and got your copy of the Panther Developer Preview. Now run to your hotel room, make disk images, create a .torrent, post it on Slashdot and share it with the world.
Come on....do it, do it, do it...
Props for the guy who did this. He must have had fun making it and feels great seeing it work. But, if he was concerned about his PC being quiet why didn't he also rig the power supply so it does not need a fan? He could either put a massive heatsink on the power supply transistors or rig them to be water cooled also. How necessary is the fan on the power supply especially if it is not being used near its rated wattage? Or just buy an iMac, they have been wisper-quiet (no fans) for a few years.
Ok, so Apple wasn't the first to sell wireless networks, but they were the first to sucessfully market it to consumers. Once the consumers got it home then those consumers realize that wireless networks also could be awesome in a business environment. Apple make it affordable and easy enough for home users and small business owners to establish wireless networking and they deserve full credit for that.
I don't know who wants to buy a song and only get to listen to it a few times before it expires. Apple's got the right idea...99 cents buys me the song and I can listen to it as much as I want, and even burn it to CD's over and over again. It is a simple and fair system that allows everyone to profit (Apple, label, and artist).
Mozilla??? I just got a Flowzilla 1.4b and I can't wait to try it next shower.
NTLM = New Technology (just) Like Microsoft.
Unless the RFID chip somehow gets cooked, high-intensity directional microwaves aren't going to do much to the RFID chip or the data stored on it. Most RFID chips operate at 13.56 MHZ. They need a signal at 13.56 MHz in order to power-up and send or receive a signal at that frequency.
The RFID tag is constructed of not much more than plastic, metal, and some silicon. None of which contain enough H2O molecules to be affected by the microwaves.
I wouldn't think that would ever happen. When Apple does release 970 based PowerMacs the motherboard will be an entirely diffrent platform, do I don't think there would be any way to make a 970 work in on a G3 motherboard.
I'm no expert, but have found fink to be an awesome addition to OS X. It brings many (I think 5000+) software packages and apps from the UNIX/LINUX/BSD world to OS X. It can be a major selling point on OS X for UNIX/LINUX/BSD users. Now they can have the Aquaesqe goodness, along with the power and flexibility of UNIX/LINUX/BSD apps and libraries.
As noted on Starbands "who we are" site Starband and Echostar have made an agreement with Microsoft. In this agreement Microsoft gave a large investment to get the 2-way satelite system up and going. As part of the agreement, Starband was to make sure the hardware only supports Win98 and up.
For each diffrent configuration, make a copy of the Applications and System Folder (you could burn them onto a CD).
Let the kids do whatever they want. When a system becomes unusable delete the existing Applications and/or System Folder and copy a fresh one from you backup copy.
You can just copy the folders or use Disk Copy or Stuffit to create single files out of the folders. I have know users that have had great sucess using Disk Copy and System Restore to restore custom configurations.
This is one of the many reasons I love Mac's. I can restore an OS 9.2 or newer computer to a default configuration as fast as I can copy files off a CD or over the network.
Samba is included in 10.2.
Go to Sharing Prefrences and enable "Windows File Sharing."
Jaguar is a wonderful thing.
I know this has barely anything to do with the Danger device, but your message plants a valid point.
I have the relatively common male red-green color blindness. It isn't severe, and is most noticable with those red/green LED's. The color blindness I have only affects certian wavelengths and those are the wavelenths LED designers seem to have choosen. (I know there were severe limitations on the colors LED's could be, but that issue seems to no longer exist).
This drives me crazy on hubs, routers, and other equiptment that use dual-colored LED's. I have hacked into many devices and had to replace these LED's with either 2 seperate ones or using some dual colored yellow/blue LED's. Even if someone was completely color blind they would be able to tell the difference since the blue is signifigantly dimmer than the yellow.
It's about time that manufacturers make indicators that can be correctly viewed by the color-blind and not require them to perform warranty breaking hacks...or always having to ask someone "is this thingy red or green?"
Sorry about the rant...