I'm looking for something else as well, but it should be mentioned that $50/year is less than $5/month. Is the service worth more to you than one fast-food lunch a month? That's about how much you're paying.
Of course, I'm a cheapskate so I'll be looking for something else, but I'm just trying to put it in perspective.
Nothing would make the MBA better than the Surface for note-taking. I have a Surface, I don't have a MacBook, so I like what I have. It takes notes and has a pretty good keyboard, plus the kickstand makes for a much more convienient upright experience than an iPad.
As for the bluetooth problems here, I have no idea why people have so much trouble. It just seems like a lot of hassle.
Really?!??!
As much as I hate Microsoft - it's sad to say - that the [very, very] few people who I know who actually had a Surface had nothing but RAVE reviews about them. The summary was: "Size/weight of an iPad - but with a real keyboard. I could take it to meetings, and actually run Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. I could actually take notes with the keyboard - and not some "add-on" iPad type keyboard which made the iPad as big and bulky as a small laptop or netbook".
So in short - it was a real "productivity" device - not like tablet, which I still don't think is really good for anything but *light* web browsing and watching movies on a screen, the size of what we used to watch them on in the 70's.
This is exactly what I love about my Surface. I take it to a meeting, drop open the cover, and tap the Word button. Boom, I'm ready to go, then save everything to Skydrive so I can look it up from anywhere. The people with iPads (everyone else, tbh) tend to have to fiddle with the bluetooth settings and figure out where Pages saves stuff. My Surface just sort of works.
YMMV, IMO, and all those other fun acronyms apply.
Though not all USB chargers are the same. I have a charger that came with a previous phone that won't charge my Galaxy Nexus, probably because it's only 600mA.
This is total horseshit on Google's part. I recently switched from a phone running Gingerbread to a Galaxy Nexus running 4.2.2 and I can pretty definitively say Android is worse for it. Bluetooth connectivity just plain doesn't work for a lot of stuff, what does work takes for-goddamn-ever to connect, the sound quality is crap, and they even took out proxy authintication for the browser. Why? Who the fuck knows?
tl, dr: Fuck Google and fuck their Android "improvements"
I seem to recall reading about how someone fell for a scam like this once - only the scammer came through with the cash. The guy invested a few hundred bucks and got paid something like ten thousand dollars. Zimbabweian dollars. So he ends up getting repaid $40 or so, but seemed to think it was a great experience.
When it comes to passwords, personally I like to made a little 'algorithm' for their construction that involves something about the website I'm visiting and seeded with various other bits n pieces.
For example, I could always use the first three digits of my old phone number, along with the first three characters of the website and then the capitalised predominant colour of the logo. For example the/. password would be 206slaGreen, but for the BBC it would be 206bbcRed. You could use anything, the number of characters in the site name, number of words, the website initials, first 3 vowels, etc. The big upside is once you've got a way of generating your password you'll never forget it, even for that random website you log into once a year.
Obviously you wouldn't do this for you bank password, but it's great for the multitude of websites which you need to log into that don't contain any sensitive info.
Well done for pointing that out. If you can't remember the previous logo, then you might just have to press that 'forgotten password' button. Ye gads, the horror!
These two posts don't sound anything alike. Are you sure it was a good idea giving away your password information?
The medical place I work at runs the level of Windows and the version of Internet Explorer because that's what the main software we use requires.
I understand you're not placing the blame on Microsoft but. . .
If you can't upgrade Windows or IE because of your business software but the fixes are there for Windows, then I'm inclined to place the blame on your business software. Still not Microsoft's fault.
Instead of making the manufacturers print a unique card for each device, how about people change their credentials and print their own cards? Complex machenery in secure locations can be well served by a laminated card with the credentials printed on it.
Generally speaking "retro gaming" covers any generation of hardware not currently sold by big-box retail. PS1 is pretty firmly retro and even the PS2 is starting to be so.
You're getting old. It sucks.
You said you gave a couple to the church? Ask the pastor. Church pastors, even if they don't know anything about technology, are very connected to the community and will know who needs them the most. In my hometown the computer giveaway charity is run through the Methodist church and the rest of the pastors know to ask there if they have a family in need.
Alternatively, if you're in Eastern WA I'll take them for the above charity.
The only reason that ended is to resell you the same games again and again. I have several game systems in my living room, if I buy a PS4 the PS3 will have to go or the cube, or the n64 or the PS2, I have no room left.
I would have bought a PS4 at launch if it included backwards compatibility and sold my PS3. Now I will not likely be buying one.
Yes, that's the only reason. It's not that the Cell processor was a non-starter and extremely difficult to code for, it's not that Sony is trying to reduce the cost of hardware manufacture and software development, and it's sure as hell not to make ports of PC or Xbox-centric games easier. It's so they can resell games.
Yes, they can emulate the PS3. I'm sure emulating a 9-core processor on an 8-core processor will work perfectly at full speed with no sync issues! Or they can include the PS3 hardware and jack the price up by another $250. That will go over well with consumers!
You have the option of buying a backwards-compatable PS4. I simply refer to it as "A PS4, PS3, and a roll of duct tape." Toe-MAY-toe, toe-MAH-toe, right?
Don't you know anything? You buy a CD of "The Orange Box" and all that's on there is an unencrypted torrent file. Valve figures, if you're gonna torrent the damn thing anyway, you'll pay them for it!
For some reason, I like being able to play on my favorite CSS clan's servers. I don't know, there's just something about playing on a ranked server that most people like, as well as the ability to play on more than one server. "Make a LAN server! Put up a dedicated box!" And watch as the school drops your internet for too much traffic. Not smart.
That's the most naive thing I have ever heard. Everyone knows that to play next gen games, you'll have to sell three to four children! They're only going for about $150,000 each these days!
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I'm looking for something else as well, but it should be mentioned that $50/year is less than $5/month. Is the service worth more to you than one fast-food lunch a month? That's about how much you're paying. Of course, I'm a cheapskate so I'll be looking for something else, but I'm just trying to put it in perspective.
Nothing would make the MBA better than the Surface for note-taking. I have a Surface, I don't have a MacBook, so I like what I have. It takes notes and has a pretty good keyboard, plus the kickstand makes for a much more convienient upright experience than an iPad. As for the bluetooth problems here, I have no idea why people have so much trouble. It just seems like a lot of hassle.
Really?!??! As much as I hate Microsoft - it's sad to say - that the [very, very] few people who I know who actually had a Surface had nothing but RAVE reviews about them. The summary was: "Size/weight of an iPad - but with a real keyboard. I could take it to meetings, and actually run Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. I could actually take notes with the keyboard - and not some "add-on" iPad type keyboard which made the iPad as big and bulky as a small laptop or netbook".
So in short - it was a real "productivity" device - not like tablet, which I still don't think is really good for anything but *light* web browsing and watching movies on a screen, the size of what we used to watch them on in the 70's.
This is exactly what I love about my Surface. I take it to a meeting, drop open the cover, and tap the Word button. Boom, I'm ready to go, then save everything to Skydrive so I can look it up from anywhere. The people with iPads (everyone else, tbh) tend to have to fiddle with the bluetooth settings and figure out where Pages saves stuff. My Surface just sort of works. YMMV, IMO, and all those other fun acronyms apply.
Though not all USB chargers are the same. I have a charger that came with a previous phone that won't charge my Galaxy Nexus, probably because it's only 600mA.
Considering I use Windows, that's unlikely!
You're missing the only group who actually care about booth babes: 14-year-old males.
The application you probably used to do this stopped working under Android 4.2. Now all I get on my Nexus 7 is "No route to host".
This is total horseshit on Google's part. I recently switched from a phone running Gingerbread to a Galaxy Nexus running 4.2.2 and I can pretty definitively say Android is worse for it. Bluetooth connectivity just plain doesn't work for a lot of stuff, what does work takes for-goddamn-ever to connect, the sound quality is crap, and they even took out proxy authintication for the browser. Why? Who the fuck knows? tl, dr: Fuck Google and fuck their Android "improvements"
Whoosh.
I seem to recall reading about how someone fell for a scam like this once - only the scammer came through with the cash. The guy invested a few hundred bucks and got paid something like ten thousand dollars. Zimbabweian dollars. So he ends up getting repaid $40 or so, but seemed to think it was a great experience.
When it comes to passwords, personally I like to made a little 'algorithm' for their construction that involves something about the website I'm visiting and seeded with various other bits n pieces. For example, I could always use the first three digits of my old phone number, along with the first three characters of the website and then the capitalised predominant colour of the logo. For example the /. password would be 206slaGreen, but for the BBC it would be 206bbcRed. You could use anything, the number of characters in the site name, number of words, the website initials, first 3 vowels, etc. The big upside is once you've got a way of generating your password you'll never forget it, even for that random website you log into once a year.
Obviously you wouldn't do this for you bank password, but it's great for the multitude of websites which you need to log into that don't contain any sensitive info.
Well done for pointing that out. If you can't remember the previous logo, then you might just have to press that 'forgotten password' button. Ye gads, the horror!
These two posts don't sound anything alike. Are you sure it was a good idea giving away your password information?
I haven't seen a comment whoosh so far over someone's head in a long time.
At some point it becomes cheaper to get off your ass and build a breeder reactor to eat it all up.
Plus you get some more electricity...
The Hanford area doesn't need more electricity, though. Between the wind turbines and the hydro power, the entire area is running on cheap power.
The medical place I work at runs the level of Windows and the version of Internet Explorer because that's what the main software we use requires.
I understand you're not placing the blame on Microsoft but. . . If you can't upgrade Windows or IE because of your business software but the fixes are there for Windows, then I'm inclined to place the blame on your business software. Still not Microsoft's fault.
People tend to switch every 2 years, as that's when the contracts expire. Other than that, you're totally right.
We have that. It's called a brain.
I tend to use 12345 as the admin password. . . to my luggage.
Instead of making the manufacturers print a unique card for each device, how about people change their credentials and print their own cards? Complex machenery in secure locations can be well served by a laminated card with the credentials printed on it.
Generally speaking "retro gaming" covers any generation of hardware not currently sold by big-box retail. PS1 is pretty firmly retro and even the PS2 is starting to be so. You're getting old. It sucks.
You said you gave a couple to the church? Ask the pastor. Church pastors, even if they don't know anything about technology, are very connected to the community and will know who needs them the most. In my hometown the computer giveaway charity is run through the Methodist church and the rest of the pastors know to ask there if they have a family in need. Alternatively, if you're in Eastern WA I'll take them for the above charity.
The only reason that ended is to resell you the same games again and again. I have several game systems in my living room, if I buy a PS4 the PS3 will have to go or the cube, or the n64 or the PS2, I have no room left.
I would have bought a PS4 at launch if it included backwards compatibility and sold my PS3. Now I will not likely be buying one.
Yes, that's the only reason. It's not that the Cell processor was a non-starter and extremely difficult to code for, it's not that Sony is trying to reduce the cost of hardware manufacture and software development, and it's sure as hell not to make ports of PC or Xbox-centric games easier. It's so they can resell games. Yes, they can emulate the PS3. I'm sure emulating a 9-core processor on an 8-core processor will work perfectly at full speed with no sync issues! Or they can include the PS3 hardware and jack the price up by another $250. That will go over well with consumers! You have the option of buying a backwards-compatable PS4. I simply refer to it as "A PS4, PS3, and a roll of duct tape." Toe-MAY-toe, toe-MAH-toe, right?
>Remember: Not even the iPod had WiFi until recently.
Therefore, Ipod = lame. QED.
Don't you know anything? You buy a CD of "The Orange Box" and all that's on there is an unencrypted torrent file. Valve figures, if you're gonna torrent the damn thing anyway, you'll pay them for it!
Only thing is that the DS doesn't start its wireless communications unless you tell it to, in which case it warns you first.
For some reason, I like being able to play on my favorite CSS clan's servers. I don't know, there's just something about playing on a ranked server that most people like, as well as the ability to play on more than one server. "Make a LAN server! Put up a dedicated box!" And watch as the school drops your internet for too much traffic. Not smart.
That's the most naive thing I have ever heard. Everyone knows that to play next gen games, you'll have to sell three to four children! They're only going for about $150,000 each these days!