I wonder how common this was. I too had AOL free for over a year before I decided it wasn't worth it, even for free.
My main gripe was that the service kept randomly disconnecting me, completely independent of whether I was active or not. And changing dial-up numbers made no difference. This was probably related to their effort to keep to their "no busy signal" pledge.
Sure, no busy signals, but randomly disconnecting is as bad or worse.
You can get OEM versions of XP Pro for as little as $125. I'd buy Pro over Home, even if I had a single CPU. Too many times I have gone to do something on a Home box (which I was able to do all day long on Pro), only to find out, "What do you mean I can't do that?!?!"
or something like it. I find that I locate frequently used buttons on the remote by feel. The reason is that I typically watch TV in a mostly darkened room.
It would be helpful if certain buttons had tactile cues, such as texture, shape, or patterns of raised bumps.
Amber Alert, for instance. Have the license tag of the car you're looking for?
Just check all your tag detectors. It's good to know where the bad guys are. Problem is, what happens when the definition of "bad guy" gets too inclusive?
All the states I have ever lived in, the stores have typically had 30 day (some 14) return policies. I don't know if that was by law, or custom. Some used to ask for reasons for return, but I haven't had to say why recently.
Anyhow, you buy it, don't like it, for whatever reason, then just take it back.
Just watch out for re-stocking fees on the big ticket stuff like laptops. And hang on to that receipt!
(An aside, but I learned that some stores, if you can't produce a receipt, will refund you only the purchase price (if they give you a refund at all), but not the sales tax, even if all you want is an even swap. And past a few months, say 6, they charge you sales tax, even if you have the receipt, and just want an even swap.)
Re:Hardware Hacking warning.
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Inside the PSP
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· Score: 1
...One small slip and your PSP will be a $200 paper weight...
Bah. Cheap for a paperweight. And probably prettier than this one.
...Maybe the kid down the street, or the guy next door who hooked up his own router.
It seems that many people have the expectation that you should do this for free, possibly because so many times they can find somebody who will do it for free, because he's just a nice guy.
Nobody (not many at least) have this expectation from people who are auto mechanics. Nobody would think to have you come over on a Saturday to tune up his ride, or replace his brake pads.
America is getting old - erosion of freedom will continue until the next big uprising (e.g. French Revolution).
Perhaps there is a socio-political corollary to the Malthusian Catastrophe? That those in power, will inevitably seek more power, until they get the ultimate beat-down. The tragedy is that none of these regimes ever realize that what has happened to other powers, can happen to them too.
At the heart of it, is the grubby greedy primate instinct to grab as many peanuts out of the jar as is possible, whether this leads to ruin or not.
Ladies and gentlemen of the supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider: (pulling down a diagram of Chewie) this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. That does not make sense! (jury looks shocked)
Why would a Wookiee -- an eight foot tall Wookiee -- want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense!
But more importantly, you have to ask yourself: what does that have to do with this case? (calmly) Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense!
Look at me, I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca. Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense. None of this makes sense.
And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberating and conjugating the Emancipation Proclamation... does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense.
If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.
if this had been a REAL black hole, you would have heard: "OH FUCK! Turn it off! Turn it off! Dear God what HAVE WE DONE?!?!?!", soon followed by gloom, despair, and agony on you.
Fortunately, you wouldn't have had much time for the deep dark depression.
So they could perform your AIM chat session in Times Square, or maybe even... Your AIM Chat Session! On Ice!
Hey, how about getting that guy, whathisname, the one did that thing in Central Park, to interpret your chat session in plastic sheeting or whatever, like a big condom over the Empire State.
Slashdot Mirror
Uh, your Honor, the dog ate it. Would we lieeeeeee??
Look it up. Build it just outside the orbit of Earth. Only problem is finding the funding, and probably some stability issues, but...
Imagine the fun to be had with $17 bills, if they existed.
I first skimmed that as "large dead tree mammal".
Well, I too, would prefer the large dead tree mammal over Steam.
My main gripe was that the service kept randomly disconnecting me, completely independent of whether I was active or not. And changing dial-up numbers made no difference. This was probably related to their effort to keep to their "no busy signal" pledge.
Sure, no busy signals, but randomly disconnecting is as bad or worse.
Sometimes just the opposite. Proving there is intelligence life elsewhere in the universe, takes only one verified example.
OTOH, proving that no other intelligence exists, would involve a very exhaustive process.
It's just irritating.
It would be helpful if certain buttons had tactile cues, such as texture, shape, or patterns of raised bumps.
Amber Alert, for instance. Have the license tag of the car you're looking for?
Just check all your tag detectors. It's good to know where the bad guys are. Problem is, what happens when the definition of "bad guy" gets too inclusive?
Maybe.
Yeah. 50 foot tall women get lots of stares.
All the states I have ever lived in, the stores have typically had 30 day (some 14) return policies. I don't know if that was by law, or custom. Some used to ask for reasons for return, but I haven't had to say why recently.
Anyhow, you buy it, don't like it, for whatever reason, then just take it back.
Just watch out for re-stocking fees on the big ticket stuff like laptops. And hang on to that receipt!
(An aside, but I learned that some stores, if you can't produce a receipt, will refund you only the purchase price (if they give you a refund at all), but not the sales tax, even if all you want is an even swap. And past a few months, say 6, they charge you sales tax, even if you have the receipt, and just want an even swap.)
Bah. Cheap for a paperweight. And probably prettier than this one.
At that price, you could get several.
Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom! --Marvin the Martian
Aw, come on. Either you're for the douche bag, or you're for the turd sandwich. Take a side!
I'm cancelling both DirecTV and Tivo. And when the nice folks at DirecTV ask why, I'll say because of Tivo's shennanigans. That's why.
Here you go. Random number generator.
It seems that many people have the expectation that you should do this for free, possibly because so many times they can find somebody who will do it for free, because he's just a nice guy.
Nobody (not many at least) have this expectation from people who are auto mechanics. Nobody would think to have you come over on a Saturday to tune up his ride, or replace his brake pads.
How bout we just have him hum it on a kazoo? My ears bleed in anticipation...
Perhaps there is a socio-political corollary to the Malthusian Catastrophe? That those in power, will inevitably seek more power, until they get the ultimate beat-down. The tragedy is that none of these regimes ever realize that what has happened to other powers, can happen to them too.
At the heart of it, is the grubby greedy primate instinct to grab as many peanuts out of the jar as is possible, whether this leads to ruin or not.
Why would a Wookiee -- an eight foot tall Wookiee -- want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense!
But more importantly, you have to ask yourself: what does that have to do with this case? (calmly) Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense!
Look at me, I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca. Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense. None of this makes sense.
And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberating and conjugating the Emancipation Proclamation... does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense.
If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.
--South Park
Get your bits, on Route Two-Fifty-Six.
Fortunately, you wouldn't have had much time for the deep dark depression.
Eliminate the keyboard.
Hey, how about getting that guy, whathisname, the one did that thing in Central Park, to interpret your chat session in plastic sheeting or whatever, like a big condom over the Empire State.
Free association really sometimes scares me...