...And damned near bat-shit insane. The Internet is the only way I have to communicate with the outside world that I feel somewhat comfortable in. So w/o the internet, I would come directly home after work, and watch TV for 8hrs a day to feel somewhat connected to the world. Yes, I wouldn't be able to respond like I can online, but at least I would be getting the sensation of social interaction. Prior to the internet, that's exactly what I did. I imagine I would revert back to it. I don't function correctly in meatspace, so I wouldn't even bother attempting it. Live without the internet = Lots of TV and talk radio while reading books.
Response 2: My computer is a compilation between the years 2002-2009, upgrading as I can afford it. (tax time). I overpay my taxes each year, so I get a refund. That is the one time a year I actually have a thousand dollars to blow/save. I blow most of it, but I also upgrade electronic components, and save some each year. I have no friends, so I have no travel time or exependeturares to visit them. I can't afford to date, but by god, I will always have the internet. I will be online before I eat. Immediatly after rent, elect, phone, comes internet. I would sonner drive unisured for 1m other then go 1m w/o internet access.
1. I have no car payments. I either pay cash, or work off vehicles. I will never pay a car payment for as long as I live.
2. It does. Even if it's 20/mo for gas, 30/mo for the occasional "go out", and $6 in car idling, it's stil $56/mo in unnecessary expenses. And that's not even counting the cost for lost income to feed somebody $1.56/meal at once per week interevals. And anniversery/christmas prseents. $50/yr.
So add that all up, given 2 dates a week. The end result is that dating costs ~$62.3824/wk. It't not worth it. I spend almost that much just to keep a roof over my head.
3. I refuse to live in a studio. I live in the cheapest 1bdrm place in town, and I absolutly refuse a studio. Yeah, theyre'e $10/mo, but I want seperate living quarters/sleeping quarters. I will never rent a studio or singular room. 1bsem ia minimum for "satisfactory" living conditions.
4. My car is a 1993 Ford Thunderbird, and am seriously considering a straigt-across-trade for a 1980 Jeep 4WD truck. What's your point?
5. I trust absolutly nobody, and refuse to "room" with any thierd party. I simply don't trust people at all, and wouldn't turst them with a $5 bill. Other people can get bent. I will never open my domicile to anybody but myself. I will never have a room mate. I would sooner starve on the street.
6. I wish I could get a sailboat. As it is, I dont' even turn on the heat in the winter. I use my computers to heat my apt, and if I'm cold, I put on a coat until I need to take it off due to overheating.
Hmmm. When I was a college student, I supported myself on under $1k/mo total expenses (not counting tuition).
Lots of rice and ramen and no beer, yes, but it is possible if you're willing enough to make it happen. It may involve moving if you live in California or New England, since you can't even get housing for $1k/mo, but most other places in the world are plenty cheap.
$360/mo rent
$68.74/mo auto ins, (state minimum)
$88.50/mo CATV/Internet
$45.00/mo Fuel
$94.14/mo cell phone (only phone)
$150/mo Food, (damned near starvation diet)
$58.00/mo Electricity, (budget billing)
$250/mo Smokes and beer, (minimal beer, if any)
TOTAL: $1114.38/mo
And that's just to "keep the lights on" and do absolutely nothing else. Forget about entertainment. Forget about dating, forget about leaving town at all. At this point, it's just trying to not starve to death while having some what of a "it's not prison" life. Forget $100/mo to blow, let alone a new car, or a nicer place to live. It's out of your price range. You might go hungry a couple of days a month, but you'll live, (and not well either).
All well and good, but until UDIY, (University of Do it Yourself) is as recognized as UCLA, you're SOL as far as employment is concerned. At the minimum, a degree from the YOP, (University of Pheonix), still costs $465/ credit hour. 18hrs/ft university = $2092.5/4.5mo. That equals $16740 for a 4 year degree on top of annual living expenses. I make less then $20k/year, and can barely make ends meet as it is. Yet you want me to fork over an additional $5000/yr, hold a second F/T job, and still have time to study? 2hrs/credit hour of study + 16 credit hours + 80hrs fte work = 128hrs of uptime with no relaxation/eating in a 168hr week. Add in 3hr/day to eat and wind down at the end of a day, and that adds an additional 21hrs. 149hrs of uptime. That only leaves 19hrs/wk to sleep, or appx 2.714 hrs of sleep per day. That's impossible. Get real. It's not going to happen. Ever.
Being a F/T student w/o any debits is a dream, and nothing more. Since I refuse to take out any debits, college will forever remain out of my reach.
Hack your device, and install a custom radio/ROM/SPL. XDA Developers, Howard Forums, and PPC Geeks will tell you pretty much anything you could possibly waste to know about your chosen platform. With a custom ROM, (or registry edits), you can easily identify as a desktop running Firefox if you want. (or just run SkyFire and surf the web on your phone like you would on your desktop. It has zoom, flash, and silverlight 2.0 support too, but NetFlix and Hulu arent supported. (but if you forge your UA, you can run HuLu).
To bypass the HuLu blockout, change your UID to read:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090624 Firefox/3.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Unless HuLu wants to block appx 33% of the market running WinXP, that string as your User Agent will get you through, no problem
More then 365 days = State Prison
Less then 365 days = County Jail
Jail is for pre-trial flight risks, and sentences which are less then one calander year. Less then 1 year, you stay in county lockup, more then that, and you're shipped off to the state pen. A weekend of incarceration is not prison, it's jail. It sucks, yes. But it's not prison. The bodily risk in my experience in county is very minimal, (don't start anything, and you'll be left alone). It's hours upon hours upon hours of sheer boredom, no tobacco, and no freedom, but your probably not going to end up somebody's bitch, or anything. You'll just be bored. Besides, if you behave, you can get work release, and be outside the walls for 10hrs a day. (or depending on the facility, be back before lockdown).
...And your suggestion that all of what we think about previous epochs may be similarly in doubt categorically ignores supporting evidence from archaeology and other sciences.
Mormonism exists, (despite lack of evidence to back it up, and evidence to contradict the "Book of Mormon"), doesn't it? No evidence, and contradicting evidence is a mainstay of religious belief.
I only use both earphones if I'm in a noisey environment, or running power equipment. Other then that, I only insert 1 ear bud so I can hear the surrounding environment while at work. I hope there's a way to bypass the "one ear pause" of these earbuds.
"Often enough, the lease specifies a sole TV provider. If you don't go with them, you have to move."
That's illegal, (47 C.F.R. Section 1.4000), FCC Fact Sheet on Placement of Antennas. As long as you do not alter the building in any fashion, and place the antenna/Sat dish in your renter controlled area, there isn't a damned thing they can do about it. If they try to evict you, the Landlord-Tenent act reders illegal actions, (or lock-ins), unenforceable.
Just because something is agreed to in a lease does not necessarily mean it is enforceable by the landlord. Some clauses may be illegal, such as a waiver of rights under the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act, or limitations on the landlord's liability for injury or damages.
Your lease could state that your landlord is allowed to eat as much food of yours as he wanted, rape your daughter, and hold you liable for all property damages even if it isn't your fault. However, those provisions would be illegal, and not enforceable. Legally, you cannot be locked into any utility provider for any service. If you want DishTV, Adelphia Internet, and forego a landline for ATT cellular service, you can do it, and your landlord cannot do anything about it.
Constitutional REPUBLIC. The word "Democracy" appears NOWHERE in the Declaration of Independence, or the US Constitution. WE ARE NOT A DEMOCRACY!! WE ARE A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC! Learn your history, and get it straight for Christ's sake!
US Constitution, Article IV, Section 4:
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
Do you see the word "Democracy" anywhere in there? No. BECAUSE IT'S NOWHERE TO BE FOUND IN THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT!! WE ARE NOT A DEMOCRACY!!!
There is. It's called Windows Mobile. it's fully featured enough for most uses, but it lacks tools which are "extra" on Windows, but crucial to the advanced user. By default, there is no regedit, no keyboard remapper, no task scheduling, Explorer is crippled, etc. It takes up less then 256MB, and for most users it would be sufficient. For those needing further tools, they are freely available if you know where to look. "Windows Minimum" does exist, it's just that it's commonly deployed on mobile phones, and not available for the general user environment of the desktop.
Is this the "Hope" and "Change" you voted for? No? Too bad liberals. You supported a person who was endorsed by the communist party of the United States You voted for it, and you got it. It just sucks that the rest of us independent thinking persons who value liberty got stuck with the communist also.
Even on WinXP, if you have Firefox installed and set up as your default browser, if you enter in any url into the address bar on a normal explorer window, it will launch your default browser, (firefox in the example I listed above). Not since IE6SP1 has Windows integrated seameless interaction between IE and Explorer.
cd desktop connect ftp.mozilla.org user anonymous user@example.com cd pub cd firefox cd releases cd 3.5.1 cd en-US cd win32 get "Firefox Setup 3.5.1.exe" bye exit
Congratualations, you now have the Firefox 3.5.1 installation executable saved to your desktop. It wasn't that hard, was it?
Not only can you read pdfs and surf the internet, you can easily do the following:
*Connect to networks via VNC *Stream music with Pandora *Watch flash content such as YouTube, Hulu, Youku, etc *Type up office documents *Print office documents *Listen to FM radio *Run a Bittorrent client *Calculators *Watch video *IRC *VoIP *Watch TV *Play MP3s *Read and compose email *Monitor weather *Expand storage capabilities up to 32GB *Use as a wireless modem, or WAP *War driving *GPS locator *Play games *Command prompt *Cellular network analyser *Stock monitor
Oh, and you can make phone calls too.
Why limit yoursle to one device that does specifically 1 thing? A touch pro is capable of pretty much anything you could want to do with it, all that can't be done with it is read optical media. The best part is, most of the applications are free.
That is, when you CAN get an itemized bill. After three months of complaints tech support finally broke down and told me that I need to have third party cookies enabled to see my online bill.
1. If I sent you a hand scrawled note saying "you owe me US$50, Pay up or I'll sue your ass", would you pay no questions asked, or would you ask me WTF I'm billing you for? I assume you would question the charges. Wireless companies are not any different. If you appear to be a weak target, you will get taken advantage of. You're in Wireless Prison, and you don't want to end up their bitch, so protect yourself from being raped with whatever means that you can. ALWAYS demand an itemised bill. ALWAYS. No exceptions, EVER.
2. Bullshit. I use firefox w/ adblock plus, 131,500 3rd party sites blocked via Spyware Blaster+Spybot S&D, and my hosts file. 3rd party cookies are absolutely NOT required for online bill viewing. It's only a simple PDF file.
Almost any GSM phone does. As far as the phone is concerned, you could use it as a fax machine if you want. (if it supports CSD, you actually can). However, ATT no longer supports this protocol:
ATT No Longer Provisions Accounts for Circuit Switched Data. Of couse, who knows except for the people who use it? I'm not provisioned for PAM, but I can, (and do with no surcharge), anyhow). MAYBE possible, but not supported, and don't tell ATT your doing it, or ever them for technical support regarding CSD. A perfect example is that pulse dialing is no longer officially supported by telephone makers, (no real need), but I can still place a call, (if need be), by rapidly depressing the switch to mimic a pulse telephone. Not exactly a supported method, but it works to get the call through.
File a formal grievance with the Federal Communications Commission: CLICK ME. The FCC is the "Ultimate Call Play". Only use it for legitimate grievances. If the cause is just, your complaint could cause a suspension of transmission rights on claimed frequencies. (For all intents and purposes, shutting of ATT for investigation of violating federal anti competitive statutes).
Review each line of EVERY bill. Last month they attempted to charge me data twice. I called them and told them where to look on the bill. I got $50 credited to my account because I caught it. ($35 for double charge, $15 for who the hell knows why). ALWAYS do a line item inventory of your bill, EVERY month. ALWAYS contest suspicious charges. Usually they can be cleared up with nothing more then a 20 minute phone call.
No. Win31x has drivers available for up to the TNT2 M64 video card, Intel i8x0 chipset, etc. Basically, if the hardware is older then Windows 2000, you can usually find Win31x drivers for hardware. Sound can be accomplished with soundblaster 16 emulation, (still available for most modern soundcards). Even the SoundBlaster Audigy 5.1 has Win31x drivers available. The 512MB limit for RAM can be worked around by replacing hymen.sys from a Win9x build, and putting it into the Win31x build. Of course, it only will work in 386 Enhanced mode if you take that route. You can get LFN support if you install it on DOS 7.1 out of Win98SE, or the modern FreeDOS. Win31x is still a very capable OS, and on modern hardware, it takes only a few seconds for it to boot up and be ready to use. (yes, even if you have installed Calmira). But why run Win31x, when you can run NT351 SP5? You can even install MS Office 97 SR-1 on NT351, and NewShell Beta 2 will give you the NT4 interface.
And while we're on the subject, does anyone use Num Lock or Pause anymore?
Yes. I use "pause" to pause the BIOS bootup sequence so I can copy down essential information needed prior to doing a BIOS flash, or to read an error message that does not pause the computer. I use numlock because I have a standard 104 key keyboard, and I frequently use the 10+ section of the keyboard when using calculator, or Excel. Now, "scroll lock", I have never used, and I frankly don't even know what it is for.
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I wish to patent the patenting process. I also want to patent patenting the patent process. Ad infinitum.
6 times 9 is 54.
...And damned near bat-shit insane. The Internet is the only way I have to communicate with the outside world that I feel somewhat comfortable in. So w/o the internet, I would come directly home after work, and watch TV for 8hrs a day to feel somewhat connected to the world. Yes, I wouldn't be able to respond like I can online, but at least I would be getting the sensation of social interaction. Prior to the internet, that's exactly what I did. I imagine I would revert back to it. I don't function correctly in meatspace, so I wouldn't even bother attempting it. Live without the internet = Lots of TV and talk radio while reading books.
Response 2: My computer is a compilation between the years 2002-2009, upgrading as I can afford it. (tax time). I overpay my taxes each year, so I get a refund. That is the one time a year I actually have a thousand dollars to blow/save. I blow most of it, but I also upgrade electronic components, and save some each year. I have no friends, so I have no travel time or exependeturares to visit them. I can't afford to date, but by god, I will always have the internet. I will be online before I eat. Immediatly after rent, elect, phone, comes internet. I would sonner drive unisured for 1m other then go 1m w/o internet access.
1. I have no car payments. I either pay cash, or work off vehicles. I will never pay a car payment for as long as I live.
/mo, but I want seperate living quarters/sleeping quarters. I will never rent a studio or singular room. 1bsem ia minimum for "satisfactory" living conditions.
2. It does. Even if it's 20/mo for gas, 30/mo for the occasional "go out", and $6 in car idling, it's stil $56/mo in unnecessary expenses. And that's not even counting the cost for lost income to feed somebody $1.56/meal at once per week interevals. And anniversery/christmas prseents. $50/yr.
So add that all up, given 2 dates a week. The end result is that dating costs ~$62.3824/wk. It't not worth it. I spend almost that much just to keep a roof over my head.
3. I refuse to live in a studio. I live in the cheapest 1bdrm place in town, and I absolutly refuse a studio. Yeah, theyre'e $10
4. My car is a 1993 Ford Thunderbird, and am seriously considering a straigt-across-trade for a 1980 Jeep 4WD truck. What's your point?
5. I trust absolutly nobody, and refuse to "room" with any thierd party. I simply don't trust people at all, and wouldn't turst them with a $5 bill. Other people can get bent. I will never open my domicile to anybody but myself. I will never have a room mate. I would sooner starve on the street.
6. I wish I could get a sailboat. As it is, I dont' even turn on the heat in the winter. I use my computers to heat my apt, and if I'm cold, I put on a coat until I need to take it off due to overheating.
Hmmm. When I was a college student, I supported myself on under $1k/mo total expenses (not counting tuition).
Lots of rice and ramen and no beer, yes, but it is possible if you're willing enough to make it happen. It may involve moving if you live in California or New England, since you can't even get housing for $1k/mo, but most other places in the world are plenty cheap.
$360/mo rent
$68.74/mo auto ins, (state minimum)
$88.50/mo CATV/Internet
$45.00/mo Fuel
$94.14/mo cell phone (only phone)
$150/mo Food, (damned near starvation diet)
$58.00/mo Electricity, (budget billing)
$250/mo Smokes and beer, (minimal beer, if any)
TOTAL: $1114.38/mo
And that's just to "keep the lights on" and do absolutely nothing else. Forget about entertainment. Forget about dating, forget about leaving town at all. At this point, it's just trying to not starve to death while having some what of a "it's not prison" life. Forget $100/mo to blow, let alone a new car, or a nicer place to live. It's out of your price range. You might go hungry a couple of days a month, but you'll live, (and not well either).
All well and good, but until UDIY, (University of Do it Yourself) is as recognized as UCLA, you're SOL as far as employment is concerned. At the minimum, a degree from the YOP, (University of Pheonix), still costs $465/ credit hour. 18hrs/ft university = $2092.5/4.5mo. That equals $16740 for a 4 year degree on top of annual living expenses. I make less then $20k/year, and can barely make ends meet as it is. Yet you want me to fork over an additional $5000/yr, hold a second F/T job, and still have time to study? 2hrs/credit hour of study + 16 credit hours + 80hrs fte work = 128hrs of uptime with no relaxation/eating in a 168hr week. Add in 3hr/day to eat and wind down at the end of a day, and that adds an additional 21hrs. 149hrs of uptime. That only leaves 19hrs/wk to sleep, or appx 2.714 hrs of sleep per day. That's impossible. Get real. It's not going to happen. Ever. Being a F/T student w/o any debits is a dream, and nothing more. Since I refuse to take out any debits, college will forever remain out of my reach.
Hack your device, and install a custom radio/ROM/SPL. XDA Developers, Howard Forums, and PPC Geeks will tell you pretty much anything you could possibly waste to know about your chosen platform. With a custom ROM, (or registry edits), you can easily identify as a desktop running Firefox if you want. (or just run SkyFire and surf the web on your phone like you would on your desktop. It has zoom, flash, and silverlight 2.0 support too, but NetFlix and Hulu arent supported. (but if you forge your UA, you can run HuLu).
To bypass the HuLu blockout, change your UID to read:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090624 Firefox/3.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Unless HuLu wants to block appx 33% of the market running WinXP, that string as your User Agent will get you through, no problem
...up to a year in prison...
More then 365 days = State Prison
Less then 365 days = County Jail
Jail is for pre-trial flight risks, and sentences which are less then one calander year. Less then 1 year, you stay in county lockup, more then that, and you're shipped off to the state pen. A weekend of incarceration is not prison, it's jail. It sucks, yes. But it's not prison. The bodily risk in my experience in county is very minimal, (don't start anything, and you'll be left alone). It's hours upon hours upon hours of sheer boredom, no tobacco, and no freedom, but your probably not going to end up somebody's bitch, or anything. You'll just be bored. Besides, if you behave, you can get work release, and be outside the walls for 10hrs a day. (or depending on the facility, be back before lockdown).
Jail sucks, but it's not prison.
...And your suggestion that all of what we think about previous epochs may be similarly in doubt categorically ignores supporting evidence from archaeology and other sciences. Mormonism exists, (despite lack of evidence to back it up, and evidence to contradict the "Book of Mormon"), doesn't it? No evidence, and contradicting evidence is a mainstay of religious belief.
I only use both earphones if I'm in a noisey environment, or running power equipment. Other then that, I only insert 1 ear bud so I can hear the surrounding environment while at work. I hope there's a way to bypass the "one ear pause" of these earbuds.
"Often enough, the lease specifies a sole TV provider. If you don't go with them, you have to move."
That's illegal, (47 C.F.R. Section 1.4000), FCC Fact Sheet on Placement of Antennas. As long as you do not alter the building in any fashion, and place the antenna/Sat dish in your renter controlled area, there isn't a damned thing they can do about it. If they try to evict you, the Landlord-Tenent act reders illegal actions, (or lock-ins), unenforceable.
From my own state:
Just because something is agreed to in a lease does not necessarily mean it is enforceable by the landlord. Some clauses may be illegal, such as a waiver of rights under the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act, or limitations on the landlord's liability for injury or damages.
Your lease could state that your landlord is allowed to eat as much food of yours as he wanted, rape your daughter, and hold you liable for all property damages even if it isn't your fault. However, those provisions would be illegal, and not enforceable. Legally, you cannot be locked into any utility provider for any service. If you want DishTV, Adelphia Internet, and forego a landline for ATT cellular service, you can do it, and your landlord cannot do anything about it.
Constitutional REPUBLIC. The word "Democracy" appears NOWHERE in the Declaration of Independence, or the US Constitution. WE ARE NOT A DEMOCRACY!! WE ARE A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC! Learn your history, and get it straight for Christ's sake!
US Constitution, Article IV, Section 4:
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
Do you see the word "Democracy" anywhere in there? No. BECAUSE IT'S NOWHERE TO BE FOUND IN THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT!! WE ARE NOT A DEMOCRACY!!!
There is. It's called Windows Mobile. it's fully featured enough for most uses, but it lacks tools which are "extra" on Windows, but crucial to the advanced user. By default, there is no regedit, no keyboard remapper, no task scheduling, Explorer is crippled, etc. It takes up less then 256MB, and for most users it would be sufficient. For those needing further tools, they are freely available if you know where to look. "Windows Minimum" does exist, it's just that it's commonly deployed on mobile phones, and not available for the general user environment of the desktop.
Is this the "Hope" and "Change" you voted for? No? Too bad liberals. You supported a person who was endorsed by the communist party of the United States You voted for it, and you got it. It just sucks that the rest of us independent thinking persons who value liberty got stuck with the communist also.
Even on WinXP, if you have Firefox installed and set up as your default browser, if you enter in any url into the address bar on a normal explorer window, it will launch your default browser, (firefox in the example I listed above). Not since IE6SP1 has Windows integrated seameless interaction between IE and Explorer.
Start -->Run -->CMD -->FTP
cd desktop
connect ftp.mozilla.org
user
anonymous
user@example.com
cd pub
cd firefox
cd releases
cd 3.5.1
cd en-US
cd win32
get "Firefox Setup 3.5.1.exe"
bye
exit
Congratualations, you now have the Firefox 3.5.1 installation executable saved to your desktop. It wasn't that hard, was it?
Not only can you read pdfs and surf the internet, you can easily do the following:
*Connect to networks via VNC
*Stream music with Pandora
*Watch flash content such as YouTube, Hulu, Youku, etc
*Type up office documents
*Print office documents
*Listen to FM radio
*Run a Bittorrent client
*Calculators
*Watch video
*IRC
*VoIP
*Watch TV
*Play MP3s
*Read and compose email
*Monitor weather
*Expand storage capabilities up to 32GB
*Use as a wireless modem, or WAP
*War driving
*GPS locator
*Play games
*Command prompt
*Cellular network analyser
*Stock monitor
Oh, and you can make phone calls too.
Why limit yoursle to one device that does specifically 1 thing? A touch pro is capable of pretty much anything you could want to do with it, all that can't be done with it is read optical media. The best part is, most of the applications are free.
That is, when you CAN get an itemized bill. After three months of complaints tech support finally broke down and told me that I need to have third party cookies enabled to see my online bill.
1. If I sent you a hand scrawled note saying "you owe me US$50, Pay up or I'll sue your ass", would you pay no questions asked, or would you ask me WTF I'm billing you for? I assume you would question the charges. Wireless companies are not any different. If you appear to be a weak target, you will get taken advantage of. You're in Wireless Prison, and you don't want to end up their bitch, so protect yourself from being raped with whatever means that you can. ALWAYS demand an itemised bill. ALWAYS. No exceptions, EVER.
2. Bullshit. I use firefox w/ adblock plus, 131,500 3rd party sites blocked via Spyware Blaster+Spybot S&D, and my hosts file. 3rd party cookies are absolutely NOT required for online bill viewing. It's only a simple PDF file.
Almost any GSM phone does. As far as the phone is concerned, you could use it as a fax machine if you want. (if it supports CSD, you actually can). However, ATT no longer supports this protocol:
ATT No Longer Provisions Accounts for Circuit Switched Data. Of couse, who knows except for the people who use it? I'm not provisioned for PAM, but I can, (and do with no surcharge), anyhow). MAYBE possible, but not supported, and don't tell ATT your doing it, or ever them for technical support regarding CSD. A perfect example is that pulse dialing is no longer officially supported by telephone makers, (no real need), but I can still place a call, (if need be), by rapidly depressing the switch to mimic a pulse telephone. Not exactly a supported method, but it works to get the call through.
File a formal grievance with the Federal Communications Commission: CLICK ME. The FCC is the "Ultimate Call Play". Only use it for legitimate grievances. If the cause is just, your complaint could cause a suspension of transmission rights on claimed frequencies. (For all intents and purposes, shutting of ATT for investigation of violating federal anti competitive statutes).
Review each line of EVERY bill. Last month they attempted to charge me data twice. I called them and told them where to look on the bill. I got $50 credited to my account because I caught it. ($35 for double charge, $15 for who the hell knows why). ALWAYS do a line item inventory of your bill, EVERY month. ALWAYS contest suspicious charges. Usually they can be cleared up with nothing more then a 20 minute phone call.
ATT no longer supports CSD. They haven't for quite a while now. Besides, where are you going to find an acoustic coupler for your phone?
No. Win31x has drivers available for up to the TNT2 M64 video card, Intel i8x0 chipset, etc. Basically, if the hardware is older then Windows 2000, you can usually find Win31x drivers for hardware. Sound can be accomplished with soundblaster 16 emulation, (still available for most modern soundcards). Even the SoundBlaster Audigy 5.1 has Win31x drivers available. The 512MB limit for RAM can be worked around by replacing hymen.sys from a Win9x build, and putting it into the Win31x build. Of course, it only will work in 386 Enhanced mode if you take that route. You can get LFN support if you install it on DOS 7.1 out of Win98SE, or the modern FreeDOS. Win31x is still a very capable OS, and on modern hardware, it takes only a few seconds for it to boot up and be ready to use. (yes, even if you have installed Calmira). But why run Win31x, when you can run NT351 SP5? You can even install MS Office 97 SR-1 on NT351, and NewShell Beta 2 will give you the NT4 interface.
And while we're on the subject, does anyone use Num Lock or Pause anymore?
Yes. I use "pause" to pause the BIOS bootup sequence so I can copy down essential information needed prior to doing a BIOS flash, or to read an error message that does not pause the computer. I use numlock because I have a standard 104 key keyboard, and I frequently use the 10+ section of the keyboard when using calculator, or Excel. Now, "scroll lock", I have never used, and I frankly don't even know what it is for.