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  1. Unlock your phone on eBay on How (and how well) do Wireless "Worldphones" Work? · · Score: 1
    You can buy an "unlock" for your phone on eBay. Apparently, there is software that will produce unlock codes. Not sure how legal it is, though. I can't remember the last time I gave my phone back to the "phone store" for any reason, so the chances of you being found out are slim.

    Also, from my experience, all of the the GSM phones from ATT have SIM cards that you can swap freely (if the phone is unlocked). Most U.S. carriers' phones have removable SIM cards (except some legacy types, those aren't world phones anyway...).

  2. Windows NT limitation on Recovering Secret HD Space · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Windows NT has a problem if you make the primary partition greater than 7.6 GB. With a bigger partition, the files needed to boot the machine may be moved from the beginning of the disk (be defrag or an upgrade), and NT won't be able to boot (because of the primitive NTFS driver NT uses to boot). I believe this was fixed in 2k and XP. This may be why Dell decided to make the primary partition 6 GB...

  3. Nomad Zen on Timeshifting: Cram More Into Life · · Score: 1

    I have a Nomad Zen, and it will speed up or slow down MP3 and WMA files. The speeds are 0.5, 0.75, 1.00, 1.25, 1.50 times the original speed.

  4. Private Wi-Fi networks owned by the students on Solutions for University File Sharing? · · Score: 1

    You can't catch what you don't see on the wire...

  5. Re:Most Symbian-based phones does this, don't they on Mobile Phones that Sync w/ PIM Software? · · Score: 1
    The problem is the PC Suite is a worthless piece of crap and a sorry excuse for a software package.

    I've been using PC Suite 5 for a while now, and it's been working well. It puts all my contacts from Outlook into my Nokia 6200 over IR. Then again, I only sync the numbers about once a month. I also put about a dozen ringtones and pictures on the phone with PC Suite. It may not be industrial strength, but it works sufficiently well for my purposes.

    I bought the IR controller for $10 on eBay, the software was free from Nokia.

  6. Front-loading record player on Forgotten Electronics of the 70s and 80s · · Score: 1

    I had a 1970-something front-loading record player for the 45's. It was bright-orange, D - shaped with a speaker on the back. It had two controls - a volume button, and an eject button. It used six C-type batteries that lasted for a very short time.

  7. Re:parking in very tight spots - British Invention on Toyota Offers Automatic Parallel Parking Option · · Score: 1
    It was probably a Sbarro Robur. Put the car's nose into a space, two sideways wheels drop, lift the car, and slide the rear of the car into the parking space.

    http://amkg.homeip.net/astory/old1/ecrobur.htm

  8. Re:The answer's in the question. on Why Such Unimaginative Nomenclature? · · Score: 1

    OT: it's cool to give servers women's names. Example:

    when susan went down, all hell broke loose

  9. Re:New Jersey on Broadband Pricing Across The World? · · Score: 1
    I tried your link, and the best I can come up with is 800 Kbps. However, if I go to www.mikesempire.com and go to his unofficial OOL page, I get in excess of 6500 Kbps on all the Speakeasy tests.

    When comparing with others in my area in the charts on Mike's site, I get similar results to the rest of the people.

  10. Re:New Jersey on Broadband Pricing Across The World? · · Score: 1
    I have Optimum, and I get measured 2300 Kbps by testing it here: http://webservices.cnet.com/bandwidth/

    Pro: speedy service, minimal outages, nifty email setup, webmail, decent U*SE*NE T server.

    Con: Upstream is throttled, and they are presumably watching for file sharers...

    $45 with cable service purchase.

  11. Re:HandHeld's Personal Video Players on Neat Stuff In Sin City: CES 2004 · · Score: 1
    All content and media encoded in the HHe format is doubly protected from unauthorized copying by the HHe format itself, which is both highly proprietary, carefully guarded against public release, and then further secured by using 128-bit encryption. HHe will power HandHeld?s ZVUE! personal video player, which is manufactured in cooperation with Eastern Asia Technology (?EASTECH?).

    Yipes! At least they're working on getting MPEG to play on the units.

  12. Perhaps it will be like the new Creative MuVo? on Rumors of Mini iPods · · Score: 1

    Small size (2.6" x 2.6" x 0.8"), 1.5 GB or 4 GB capacity, starting at $199?

    http://www.nomadworld.com/products/muvo_2_15/

  13. Seriously... on Getting Power to a Rack Enclosure? · · Score: 1

    At work, we have a 6-foot plug strip attached to left and right rear of each cabinet. Each of the plug strips is connected to a separate, diverse, UPS'd, circuit (usually 20 amp). A quick search for "plug strip" on eBay reveals a 16-way Tripp Lite plug strip ($55). Plug one device into each socket on the strip. If you run out of sockets, get another plug strip, 20 amp circuit, etc. Rinse. Repeat.