We got fucked by Nextel because we had to get a new phone, and they screwed up on the contract, and refused to fix it. That's why we're on Sprint now.
All this because they can't make a charge connector, and it broke on the phone. Also, we had gone through countless car cords.
Compare that to the Nokia car cords we've had. Out of four or five, ONE has died, and that was because it was dead out of the box. Two or three of the others have simply gone missing.
in fact, i believe that some cdma phones with gsm/tdma chipsets built-in for global roaming have been announced/discussed.
In fact, I can order one today from Sprint.
However, the only problem is, I can get a (subsidized) Treo 650 for less money than the cheapest (again, subsidized) CDMA/GSM hybrid phone that they sell.
I don't recall WildTangent, but someone DID install AIM on my laptop, and WeatherBug found its way on.
Not spyware, AFAICT, but it's crapware. (Then again, many would say Windows falls in the definition of crapware - software that drastically affects the performance of the system, and is hard to remove, but isn't spyware.)
Personally, I block pop-ups and Flash ads (the latter by turning off plugins, so I still get the animated GIF version on some sites).
I'm on an underclocked 700MHz processor, so Flash brings the entire system to a halt.
Another problem with Flash? Flash can spawn pop-ups, which the browser doesn't know if they're wanted (that is, spawned by a user-triggered event) or not, so they just let them through. Often, if Flash is on, I'll see about five pop-ups get blocked, and then one pop-up ad go through that was Flash-spawned.
Lexar Media - had one spontaneously up and die after losing the cap months ago Lexar Media - had one die after getting dropped in snow. It was carefully dried out before I put it in a computer, though. Kingston - Hint: it's a bad idea to put it in the back of your laptop, and then put your laptop in the bag without taking it out. It worked for a month afterward, until the connector bent to the point that it was unusable.
I've run Opera 8 (haven't run 8.5, as I've had no actual need to run a on 95 install, but there's no major changes, just bugfixes and removal of the registration features), just for kicks, FWIW...
One factor for Avant not running on 95 is that it needs IE, because it uses IE for rendering.
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1.8" maxes out at 60GB/4200RPM, and is known as the iPod form factor, because, well, the thing that made them popular was the iPod.
2.5" maxes out at 100GB/7200RPM or 120GB/5400RPM, and is the standard laptop form factor.
3.5" maxes out at 0.5TB/7200RPM, and lower capacities up to 15KRPM.
Amen to that.
We got fucked by Nextel because we had to get a new phone, and they screwed up on the contract, and refused to fix it. That's why we're on Sprint now.
All this because they can't make a charge connector, and it broke on the phone. Also, we had gone through countless car cords.
Compare that to the Nokia car cords we've had. Out of four or five, ONE has died, and that was because it was dead out of the box. Two or three of the others have simply gone missing.
in fact, i believe that some cdma phones with gsm/tdma chipsets built-in for global roaming have been announced/discussed.
In fact, I can order one today from Sprint.
However, the only problem is, I can get a (subsidized) Treo 650 for less money than the cheapest (again, subsidized) CDMA/GSM hybrid phone that they sell.
Sprint has analog service.
You just have to pay $5/mo to get "free" roaming. Otherwise, you have to pay out the nose for roaming.
(*looks at his Sprint phone, which said "Analog Roaming" not too long ago*)
Interestingly, Sprint, which is also CDMA-based, has the cheapest data access I've seen - $15/mo unlimited access.
And before I get flamed out...
/U, and a 9x is gone. Just install a Linux distro, and many will give you one click to kill Windows.
Windows, of course, is easy to remove. FORMAT C:
I was just saying that some would throw it in that category.
I don't recall WildTangent, but someone DID install AIM on my laptop, and WeatherBug found its way on.
Not spyware, AFAICT, but it's crapware. (Then again, many would say Windows falls in the definition of crapware - software that drastically affects the performance of the system, and is hard to remove, but isn't spyware.)
I can think of one...
HP.
Take an HP out of the box.
Install your anti-spyware app of choice - preferably the AdAware/Spybot one-two punch.
Run the scan.
Be amazed that there's something there.
Ditto. Newegg used to have these huge catalog-like ads in various magazines. Now, it's just "Buy from Newegg", a little blurb, and four items...
Exactly.
Personally, I block pop-ups and Flash ads (the latter by turning off plugins, so I still get the animated GIF version on some sites).
I'm on an underclocked 700MHz processor, so Flash brings the entire system to a halt.
Another problem with Flash? Flash can spawn pop-ups, which the browser doesn't know if they're wanted (that is, spawned by a user-triggered event) or not, so they just let them through. Often, if Flash is on, I'll see about five pop-ups get blocked, and then one pop-up ad go through that was Flash-spawned.
What if the BIOS is a special one that has VMWare inside the BIOS? Then what are you going to do?
They'll get all but 15% back, as they charge a 15% restocking fee.
So, Apple STILL makes money on this, as the Minis that aren't 1.5GHz could still be sold to those who don't know or care about the difference.
By checking the VRAM, which is 64MB on the new systems, instead of 32MB?
:P
Can't overclock that very easily
Find-a-Drug, then.
Besides, if you were going to run Folding@home, you would get more PPD going with Team 2630. Not those [H]ers.
Tech Report all the way.
(No, I don't fold any more. It's not because of anything with TR - it's because of problems others have had with the F@H project itself.)
I thought that username looked familiar...
(Actually, I was a Slashdotter before I was on TR...)
Ten years? Were you a beta tester?
Mine is TECHNICALLY four years old, because one time, it got both a wipe clean AND an account deletion.
However, the username bhtooefr@hotmail.com dates back to 1997. IIRC, Hotmail was started in 1996.
I keep it around because I use MSN Messenger a lot...
So? Heifer International's been around for a LOOONG time. Longer than Slashdot, by a lot, even.
Replying to myself...
Crashes in the latest JVM... "Applet crashed." is all I get.
Looks like you need whatever MS JVM shipped with Win95 OSR2...
FWIW, if you want to try it out, it's available here:
http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/pub/corelindex.htm
The past of web-based office suites...
Lexar Media - had one spontaneously up and die after losing the cap months ago
Lexar Media - had one die after getting dropped in snow. It was carefully dried out before I put it in a computer, though.
Kingston - Hint: it's a bad idea to put it in the back of your laptop, and then put your laptop in the bag without taking it out. It worked for a month afterward, until the connector bent to the point that it was unusable.
Please note: these laptops are supposedly going to be sold to John Q. Public in the US for $200.
Try "requiring signed code if it's going to run at all".
This thing is DRM-ed out the ass.
Go down to $250 WITH a 15" CRT, and that's what third-world countries pay.
I've seen that Lowes appears to run Linux all over... or at least it's XFree86 or a derivative running there...
Most places do run 95, 98, Embedded NT4, or Embedded XP, though...
I've run Opera 8 (haven't run 8.5, as I've had no actual need to run a on 95 install, but there's no major changes, just bugfixes and removal of the registration features), just for kicks, FWIW...
One factor for Avant not running on 95 is that it needs IE, because it uses IE for rendering.