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  1. Re:Google Maps works on CDMA on Verizon Might Deliver Google Phone · · Score: 1

    Ditto, I have the HTC Mogul with Sprint. I just wish I had built-in GPS receiver to take full advantage of Google Maps, but I still use it a lot regardless.

  2. Re:User Site on Review of Asus Linux-Based Eee PC 701 · · Score: 2, Informative

    According to that site, the 4G will launch in US on 11/1/07. I wonder when the 8G will be available, and the prices for each model ($245 for 2G / $440 for 4G?).

  3. Re:No Conspiracy Theories on Microsoft Forces Desktop Search On Windows Update · · Score: 1

    I haven't installed Quick Time in forever because of QuickTime Alternative (codec download), but from what I remember even if you hide the icon from your tray, it does just that. The program still resides in memory and is still loaded through HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.

  4. Re:Old fashioned way to get IMAP on Free IMAP On Gmail · · Score: 1

    Yeah I understand. One of my accounts gets quite a bit of spam that makes it way past SpamAssassin but Thunderbird's Bayesian filters will usually pick it up. However it's quite annoying to get spam e-mail notifications on my PDA phone all the time.

    The primary reason I like IMAP is that it gives me a central location in which to backup all my e-mail, as opposed to having random e-mails spread across all my computers / devices as it is with POP3. I still archive using POP3 with gmail, but if I'm forced to log in to the web interface to check mail then why bother with POP3 to begin with?

  5. Old fashioned way to get IMAP on Free IMAP On Gmail · · Score: 2, Informative

    *requires own domain

    1) Create an e-mail account on your domain dedicated for this one purpose.
    2) Forward your gmail account to above account.
    3) Access above account via IMAP.

    I hate POP3 as I routinely check my e-mail across multiple devices / computers daily. POP3 with server copy just doesn't cut it.

  6. Re:Pricing, What About SLI/CrossFire? on New Password Recovery Technique Uses CPU and GPU Together · · Score: 1

    To disable LM and use NTLM only, read MSKB #147706. Ophcrack only offers LM hash tables for free, NTLM hash tables are $240.

  7. Re:Low UID? on Slashdot 10-Year Anniversary Charity Auction for the EFF · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oh yeah? Well you *bought* yours!

  8. About time . . . on Mozilla to Develop Mobile Firefox · · Score: 1

    For my Windows Mobile 6 based phone I've used Picsel, Pocket IE, Opera Mobile, Opera Mini, and Minimo. My favorite for reading RSS feeds is probably Pocket IE (not saying much), but Picsel is by far the most useful as it mimics rendering the whole page (closest to Safari UI). The only drawback is Picsel uses a lot of RAM and sometimes my phone runs out of memory.

    Picsel is supposedly only for Samsung phones, but there are a few ported copies floating around on the internet.

  9. Re:Darwin for the Modern Era on Another Man Dies After Marathon Gaming Session · · Score: 1

    12 hours is not a considerably long gaming session, and students here in the CS department have been known to go for days without sleeping a few times during the semester (including myself).

  10. Re:You know what I want? on New Bill to Clarify Cellphone Contracts · · Score: 1
    Old billing system:

    Monthly charge 39.95
    x fee 2.00
    y fee 1.00
    Subtotal 42.95


    New billing system:

    Monthly charge 42.95
    Subtotal 42.95


    Yup, much better.
  11. Re:Sony did not invent Li-Ion on What's Wrong With Lithium Ion Batteries? · · Score: 1
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-Ion

    Lithium-ion batteries, first proposed in the 1960s, came into reality once Bell Labs developed a workable graphite anode[3] to provide an alternative to lithium metal, the lithium battery. Following groundbreaking cathode research by a team led by John Goodenough[4] (then at Oxford University, now at the University of Texas, Austin), the first commercial lithium ion battery was released by Sony in 1991. Used in numerous commercial applications these batteries revolutionized consumer electronics.
  12. Re:Google wireless on Google Ready to Bid on 700 MHz · · Score: 1

    Close but not exact, this is what I get for 30/month:
    -500 anytime minutes
    -unlimited weekend/night starting from 7
    -unlimited calls to Sprint numbers
    -unlimited data
    -unlimited text

    Google SERO and Fatwallet for details. /posted from my Smartphone

  13. Re:Inevitable conclusion... on Chinese Pirates Copy iPhone, Make Improvements · · Score: 1
    From the FTA:

    The Next iClones
    Copies of the iPhone are now dividing into two categories: the inspired-bys and the wholesale duplicates. The first category includes work-alikes manufactured by well-known cellphone makers, like HTC--one of the largest manufacturers of smartphones--and Sun Microsystems. HTC announced that it will be bringing its "Touch" model to the U.S. this fall. In May, Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz followed in the footsteps of Steve Jobs (and Meizu's Jack Wong) by displaying his own one-off version of a touchscreen prototype at a software-developers convention. Sun's chairman, Scott McNealy, had no qualms about making the iPhone comparison: "We have our own shirtsleeve version of Steve Jobs announcing a phone," he told the audience.
  14. Re:Cool! on Chinese Pirates Copy iPhone, Make Improvements · · Score: 1

    Hi, China here. I'd like to collect the 2000+ years of interest on paper, gunpowder, and noodles please.

    But seriously, the upstart of any developing nation is to to copy the leading nations. It doesn't make sense to re-invent the wheel. China's doing this now and pissing Americans off. Korea and Japan did the same thing in previous generations. And during the 19th century the US copied off the UK (most noticeably factories) among other things.

    This is simply a cycle that repeats itself for any developing / leading country. Americans just aren't used to holding the short straw.

  15. Re:Meh on FCC Commish - US Playing 'Russian Roulette' with Broadband · · Score: 1
  16. Re:So naive ... on Google Shows Off Ad-Supported Cell Phone · · Score: 1

    I feel the same way, and is one of the main reasons why I don't use Gmail.

    This is person independent, but I never really have phone conversation. The only thing I ever do is use my phone for is to arrange meeting times/locations, and in this case I wouldn't care if my conversation is recorded.

  17. Re:Another excellent point about OO.o on Does ODF Have a Future? · · Score: 1

    While I think we should promote OO.o adoption as much as possible (it's what I use daily), there are PDF exporters out there that are more transparent.

    For Windows: PDF Creator
    For Linux you can add a generic PS printer to print to PDF: Ubuntu instructions

  18. Re:Why do people still print? on Office Printers May Pose Health Risks · · Score: 1

    Seconded, there's a significant decrease in productivity switching between windows when I'm on my laptop (1920x1200) compared to my desktop (2 monitors of 1600x1200).

    I'm not sure if there's much of a productivity increase going from two monitors to three monitors, but it's noticeable going from one to two.

  19. Re:Stupidest lawsuit ever on Apple Sued Over iPhone Non-Replaceable Batteries · · Score: 2, Informative

    Lithium-ion batteries (and all lithium-based batteries) will degrade 20% in storage capacity from the manufacturing date when stored at 77F regardless of use (1). Different storage temperatures result in different storage capacity degradation. Charging or discharging will not reduce the storage capacity unless it significantly raises the battery temperature, i.e. quick chargers.

    I have searched everywhere to find manufacturing dates for my laptop batteries, but everyone seems reluctant to list that information. Lithium-based batteries really need a "born on" date.

    1

  20. Re:I was just looking at this yesterday... on Higher Tuition For an Engineering Degree · · Score: 1
    I attend University of Texas at Austin with a flat-rate tuition (for full time students). I hate it because those who have part-time jobs don't have the time to take much more than 12 hours per semester (myself included).

    Undergrad, full time resident semester rates (pdf):
    • Architecture: 3945
    • Business: 4454
    • Communication: 4019
    • Education: 4020
    • Engineering: 4292
    • Fine Arts: 4154
    • Geosciences: 4068
    • Liberal Arts: 3835
    • Natural Sciences: 4030
    • Nursing: 4127
    • Pharmacy: 5127
    • Social Work: 4000

    UT Austin MBA and Law school rates (pdf).

    Computer Science is in the Natural Science college, MIS is in the Business college. There are no software engineer, computer programming, informational technology, or computer graphic majors offered.
  21. Re:Exactly what America needs! on Higher Tuition For an Engineering Degree · · Score: 1

    I define engineers as those who creatively apply science to their environment. Without science there isn't engineering.

  22. Re:Education as a business on Higher Tuition For an Engineering Degree · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I have a few acquaintances that are professors and there's a few reasons why they love their job.

    For many professors in non-business/engineering/science fields their market value is not grossly higher than their academic salary. I also know a few professors who gave up a highly successful career and took a pay cut to work as a professor. Some of the perks they noted was less stress, a lot more flexibility, and low work load (~20 hrs of lectures/office hours/wk, TAs do all the work, they get summer off).

  23. Re:Ah, don't underestimate MS on Microsoft Claims a Billion Windows Installs by End of 2008 · · Score: 1

    a) but linux has ssh, which is far easier than having to remote desktop in to do most tasks. Forcing users to run a full GUI to copy a file is terrible design. SSH is great but it's available for Windows. There no Remote Desktop equivalent for Linux in terms of accessibility and usability. VNC lags, terminal isn't the ideal solution either.

    f) it is now 2007, and linux is far ahead of windows in hardware discovery, and with a few exceptions doesn't even require you to install drivers (now where's the win98 driver floppy for my printer?). Google it? At the consumer level I don't think you can argue that Linux is ahead of Windows in terms of hardware discovery.

    / posting from a Dell laptop running Ubuntu with hibernate/suspend issues, random freezes, and non-functioning media keys.
  24. Re:Buttons!? on Steve Jobs Hates Buttons · · Score: 1

    To elaborate on geoffspear, studies have shown that cell phone conversation (hands free or not) significantly impairs your ability to drive. From what I remember the same impairment did was not as significant for conversation within the vehicle for reasons I can't remember.

  25. Laptop specs on $150 Linux Laptop for the Masses · · Score: 3, Informative

    * CPU - Intel® Celeron® M Processor 370 (1.5 GHz, 90nm, FSB400, 1 MB L2 cache, uPGA478)
    * DISPLAY - 14.0" WXGA (1280x768) TFT
    * HARD DRIVE - 40 GB
    * DIMENSION - 333(W) x 243(D) x 24/33.(H)mm (front/back), 2.2Kg with 6 cells Lithium-lion battery

    * MEMORY - 64-bit wide DDR data channel, One 200-pin SODIMM socket, supporting DDR 333/400, 256 MB Expandable up to 1GB, based on SODIMM Modules
    * STORAGE - One changeable 2.5" 9.5mm(H) HDD, Supporting Master mode IDE ATA-33/66/100/133 (Ultra DMA), One changeable 12.7mm(H) CD/DVD Combo
    * VIDEO CONTROLLER - VIA PN800 integration, Shared Memory Architecture up to 64MB, 128 bit 3D graphic engine, Support analog monitor pixel resolution up to 1920x1400, Support two displays dual view
    * KEYBOARD - A4 size keyboard, Built-in Touchpad with scrolling function

    * SOUND SYSTEM - AC'97 2.2 Compliant Interface, 3D stereo enhanced sound system, Sound-Blaster PROTM Compatible, S/PDIF Digital output (5.1 CH), 1x Built-in Microphone, 2x Built-in Speakers
    * I/O PORTS - 3x USB 2.0 ports, 1x External CRT monitor output, 1x Headphone jack, 1x Microphone jack, 1x S/PDIF output jack, 1x RJ-45 port for LAN, 1x Line-in jack, 1x DC-In jack
    * PCMCIA - 1x Type II PCMCIA socket
    * COMMUNICATION - 10/100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet on board, 802.11g MiniPCI Wireless LAN
    * POWER - Full Range 65W AC adapter - AC input 100~240V, 47~63Hz, DC output 20V, 3.25A, Removable 6-cell Smart Li-ion battery pack, 4000/4400mAh
    * SECURITY - Kensington® Lock