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  1. Not sure what Apple Watch you've used, but if mine isn't on my wrist, I'm required to enter a numeric password if I want to see anything more than the watch face.

    It's even greater than 4 numbers, too.

    If it's on my wrist, the iPhone needs to be unlocked at which point the watch is unlocked as well.

  2. Re:You need to engage with the frameworks on De Icaza Says Microsoft Has Shot .NET Ecosystem In Foot · · Score: 1

    This sounds like win-win, outside the box, strategic imperative. I think if we crunch the numbers, we'll find that, going forward, if we run this up the flagpole, most will salute. Ping me if you need me.

  3. Re:Down on The Awful Anti-Pirate System That Will Probably Work · · Score: 1

    So by your 'logic', because I browse the web, I should be perfectly fine that my word processor closes down and discards all of my work if I lose my internet connection?

    Really? WTF?

  4. Re:Atom on Apple Not Disabling OS X Atom Support After All · · Score: 4, Informative

    Because of a license agreement with Microsoft that specified a max of 1GB of RAM and an 80GB HD (most got around that with splitting it into two or more partitions) to allow them to install Windows XP.

    I'm not sure if the agreement has changed with the release of Windows 7 Starter.

  5. Re:OT - your sig on New Threats Against Pirate Bay Owners · · Score: 1
  6. Re:Why can't I just use my iPhone? on The Kindle Killer Arrives · · Score: 1

    That's funny - I've read just under 10 novels on my iPhone using the free Kindle app.

    The best part about it: the phone's always with me. That means if I'm stuck waiting somewhere, I can get some reading in. Also, since it is does have a back-lit display, I can read in bed and not keep the wife up.

    I've almost bought a Kindle multiple times, but after thinking about it, everything I like about reading using the Kindle app on the iPhone, the Kindle itself doesn't have.

  7. Re:It will work... on Vista To XP Upgrade Triples In Price, Now $150 · · Score: 1

    Go into Services and disable Windows Search. I'd rather wait to find a file, than wait all the time.

  8. Re:Bah on Photograph the Police, Get Arrested · · Score: 1

    Sounds like Tampa.

  9. Re:This is commonplace for Blizzard on Banned From WoW For WINE & Programmable Keyboard · · Score: 1
    Hmmm.

    The company denies you from using the product you bought.

    This makes you mad.

    You go give them more money.

    I'd say you did exactly what they wanted you to do.

  10. Re:Well that's nice! on Yahoo Exec Speaks Against DRM · · Score: 1
    Well, it's there -- just down a couple of links. I found it by:

    Main Page --> Privacy Policy --> Browse Tab.

    I was a member before they sold to the current owner. At that time it was a flat monthly fee for "unlimited" downloads. I received a friendly (not really) warning e-mail after hitting 2GB in the first three weeks.

  11. Re:EMusic's problem on Yahoo Exec Speaks Against DRM · · Score: 4, Informative
  12. Re:The most important part is missing on U.S. Government Wants Google Search Records · · Score: 1

    The Author's name is: John Battelle. His site is:

    http://battellemedia.com/

  13. Re:Windows on 20th Anniversary of Windows · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, Clippy would say, "It looks like you're typing a letter in French. Would you like me to apply some formating that you'll never be able to modify, making you delete the file and start over from scratch?

  14. Re:Downloading/Installing on SUSE 10.0 OSS Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ummmm...... You're wrong.

    SuSE from 9.0 has had NTFS resizing. Even mounts your NTFS windows partition as /windows/C

  15. Re:Slightly OT, but... on No Office For Linux, MS Patents Rejected · · Score: 1

    Well, I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but SuSE offers read access to NTFS partitions. If you're looking to both read and write from both OS's, maybe a network share somewhere (Samba?) Using GigE, it's pretty fast as well.

    Regards.

  16. Re:Ignore the parent; it's baseless conspiracy stu on When Hybrids Do (And Don't) Make Sense · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Actually, the Japanese make wonderful diesels.

    On a recent trip to Germany, I had the chance to drive a Mazda 6 with a turbo-diesel. A trip from Hamburg to Stuttgart averaged an equivalent 38 MPG at speeds between 130 km/h and 170 km/hr (roughly 80 - 105mph). The car was quiet and the only time you really knew it was a diesel was at idle (and just barely).

    It's beyond me why the US can't look past the GM diesel of the 80's and take a serious look at the new diesel technology.

    As a country, we could make a substantial reduction in the amount of fuel we waste with large, gasoline powered vehicles by simply switching to diesel as Europe has done (60%+ of new vehicles in Germany are diesel-powered).

  17. Re:With apologies to Sid Meier... on U.S. Deploys Orbital Communications Jammer · · Score: 0

    The B52 dropping tons of bombs in WW II didn't hit a lot of targets

    Considering the B-52 wasn't flown until 1954, I agree that it must not have hit many targets during WWII.

  18. Re:Suggestions for Linux PCI? on Graphics Card Comparison Guide · · Score: 1, Informative

    How about a nVidia FX5500 or FX5700? Roughly about $100 and easy driver installation.

    Newegg has them in stock (just search for video cards with a PCI interface).

  19. So would this be a.... on PlayStation 3 Could Support Mac OS X · · Score: 0

    McSony or a Macincell?

  20. Re:Only card holders pay the normal price. on Can a Customer Loyalty Database Change a Society? · · Score: 0

    The idea is to pay with cash and use a card registered to Benjamin Over, Richard Nibbler, Michael Hunt or any other 'favorite' name.

  21. Re:Wrong! on Desktop Linux Mass Migration · · Score: 0
  22. Re: Death of the Indie Game Store on Death of the Indie Game Store · · Score: 0
  23. Re:4GB? on PalmOne Releases 4GB PDA [updated] · · Score: 0
    Turn off System Restore or limit the amount of disk space it can use.

    By default it uses a percentage of disk space so the smaller the drive it's installed on the less space allocated.

  24. I swear....... on Apple Hires DVD Jon · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    this site is pathetic on April 1.

  25. Re:So much for TiVo on TiVo Starts Testing "Pop-up" Ads · · Score: 1

    So just how many local History, Discovery, or MTV's are there?