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Madera, CA | Re: Ugh I saw it today, I thought it was a good movie. | |
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San Antonio, TX Reviews:
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| PC upgrade time Went on a small shopping spree at newegg the other day to upgrade my pc a bit. Bought another amd 6870 so I can crossfire with my other 6870, a western digital 1tb green for movies, music, 2 new 120mm trispeed fans for my push/pull radiator system and a blu ray player with playback software. Accessory wise I bought a new 2.1 40w logitech speaker and a thermaltake usb hard drive dock.I was thinking of upgrading to a solid state drive but right now its too much of a hassle to get everything back up and running.
When I build my next rig in 2-3 years, definetely going solid state. Oh and also rebuilding my desk with a bigger piece of stained maple plywood. | |
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Troy, NY | Re: PC upgrade time I've never been big on doing Crossfire/SLI. Too much hassle, too much energy use and too many games can't handle it correctly. I prefer to overclock the card that I have until I've reached its true potential, and then once that's no longer sufficient, I'll shop for a better card.
SSD I'm a bit warmer towards, but it's still a maturing technology. Case in point: Someone I know from an online game I play had to update his SSD's firmware, because that model would start to malfunction after 5,000 or so hours of operation.
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|  N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
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kudos:1 | That Newegg is indeed a dangerous place!!! | |
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Camden, TN | Re: AT&T to shut down it's 2g network by 2017 They as well as the others should be doing this at last 2 years earlier than that. | |
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Mullica Hill, NJ | Re: AT&T to shut down it's 2g network by 2017 I agree. legacy stuff needs to be phased or people will never progress. It is kind of like IE6, MS continues to let people cling to it by still supporting it.
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Chesterfield, MO | Re: AT&T to shut down it's 2g network by 2017 Love it or hate it, IE6 was the most advanced version of Microsoft's then vision of the future. That vision was ActiveX controls, DHTML and lots of JScript and VBScript. It was proprietary and designed to keep folks tied to the platform. It succeeded because there were millions of Microsoft desktop developers who believed it was a way to escape the hassles of fat-client app installation woes and feel like they were part of the web revolution. Self-installing ActiveX controls sounded great until it was too late to realize that it did nothing to solve DLL hell and it was a PITA to sign code and keep certificates updated. Thus was born the biggest security hole in history as many shops relaxed security restrictions to allow installation of unsigned ActiveX, with prompting, in an attempt to reduce installation problems and support calls from angry customers.
Although IE6 has many flaws, the security issues might have been reduced if Microsoft only allowed signed controls from a single site (i.e. App Store) or at least servers that sporting an MS-approved certificate. Of course this still doesn't solve the problem that almost all desktop users were local admins and there was no sandbox to contain the controls. Once installed, an ActiveX control had complete control of the system. If it had a buffer-overflow bug, it was easy to compromise the entire system and possibly all the desktops on the local area network. At that time it was common to put all users in a domain group that was then granted local admin on all the desktops. | |
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Camden, TN | Re: AT&T to shut down it's 2g network by 2017 said by Linklist:said by Kearnstd:I agree. legacy stuff needs to be phased or people will never progress.
Like Verizon is doing with DSL in favor of LTE?? LTE is NOT more advanced than DSL.
Let's compare in my area
Verizon HomeFusion which is LTE based - 12 Mbps, 30 GB cap $120 a month. $10 per GB overage.
At&t DSL 6 Mbps, 150 GB cap, $43 a month. $10 per 50 GB overage.
Sorry I'd go with DSL any day of the week. | |
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Mullica Hill, NJ | said by Linklist:said by Kearnstd:I agree. legacy stuff needs to be phased or people will never progress.
Like Verizon is doing with DSL in favor of LTE?? Not really the same. Now if they had 100% of their footprint wired for FTTH and decided to shift everybody to the fiber and pull the copper plant then it would be the same.
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El Paso, TX | said by Linklist:said by Kearnstd:I agree. legacy stuff needs to be phased or people will never progress.
Like Verizon is doing with DSL in favor of LTE?? It's an advance towards your wallet. | |
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Camden, TN | Re: AT&T to shut down it's 2g network by 2017 said by IowaCowboy:Some alarm radios will be rendered useless as some don't have 3G capability. Oh well. When analog cell phone service died people had to adapt. luddites can't expect the rest of the world to be held back because they don't want to change. | |
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kudos:5 | Smartphone users unhappy - big surprise
»www.latimes.com/business/technol···93.story
About 9 out of 10 Americans have cellphones, and the vast majority report problems with their devices, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.
The biggest complaint was dropped calls. According to the survey, 72% of cellphone owners reported experiencing dropped calls, and almost one-third said this happens at least a few times a week.
Another issue was unwanted sales and marketing calls, which 68% of cellphone owners reported. One-quarter of owners said they have this problem multiple times a week.
About 70% of people who text said they get spam or unwanted text messages.
Of the more than half of cellphone owners who use their phones to go online, 77% reported slow download speeds.
Smartphone users had more complaints than their non-smartphone-using counterparts, according to Pew. Thirty-five percent said they encountered dropped calls at least once a week, compared with 28% of other cellphone users.
However, maybe smartphone owners are just more sensitive to glitches.
“As mobile owners become fond of just-in-time access to others and as their expectations about getting real-time information rise, they depend on the cellphone's technical reliability," said Pew researcher Jan Lauren Boyles.
"Any problems that snag, stall, or stop users from connecting to the material and people they seek is at least a hassle to them and sometimes is even more disturbing than that in this networked world," Boyles said.
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| BF69Premium
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Camden, TN | Re: Smartphone users unhappy - big surprise Well let's see all these companies roll out these 4G networks and their "awesome" speeds then basically limit you to 2 GB a month. What's the point? | |
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| Re: Smartphone users unhappy - big surprise said by BF69:Well let's see all these companies roll out these 4G networks and their "awesome" speeds then basically limit you to 2 GB a month. What's the point?
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Longwood, FL | lmao, was just thinking the same thing.. ha! | |
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| Kamus
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El Paso, TX | said by Linklist:Looks like a poll has figured out that smartphone users are pretty unhappy with many things about their high priced companions.
»www.latimes.com/business/technol···93.story
About 9 out of 10 Americans have cellphones, and the vast majority report problems with their devices, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.
The biggest complaint was dropped calls. According to the survey, 72% of cellphone owners reported experiencing dropped calls, and almost one-third said this happens at least a few times a week.
Another issue was unwanted sales and marketing calls, which 68% of cellphone owners reported. One-quarter of owners said they have this problem multiple times a week.
About 70% of people who text said they get spam or unwanted text messages.
Of the more than half of cellphone owners who use their phones to go online, 77% reported slow download speeds.
Smartphone users had more complaints than their non-smartphone-using counterparts, according to Pew. Thirty-five percent said they encountered dropped calls at least once a week, compared with 28% of other cellphone users.
However, maybe smartphone owners are just more sensitive to glitches.
“As mobile owners become fond of just-in-time access to others and as their expectations about getting real-time information rise, they depend on the cellphone's technical reliability," said Pew researcher Jan Lauren Boyles.
"Any problems that snag, stall, or stop users from connecting to the material and people they seek is at least a hassle to them and sometimes is even more disturbing than that in this networked world," Boyles said. The full report here: » pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/R···lems.pdf Everythings Amazing & Nobodys Happy.
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| GPS hmm, use a smartphone for GPS, which eats into your data cap, or a dedicated GPS unit that has nothing to do with data caps ... which would you choose?
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| Re: GPS said by Jim_in_VA:hmm, use a smartphone for GPS, which eats into your data cap, or a dedicated GPS unit that has nothing to do with data caps ... which would you choose?
I chose option #3 use my dual core smartphone with its built in GPS chip and my 32gb micro sd card to run Copilot live... now....
1) No need for 2 devices traveling around.
2) No data usage as copilot has the entire United States and Canada map stored in 2GB of my 32 GB card.
3) Not a bad trade off in my opinion and I never have to worry about if Im not in 4G cell tower range my GPS acting up ( cant load fast enough) or in a rural area with no data and it not worrying at all. | |
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Westfield, MA
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| Re: GPS Hey I consider that insulting lol. We do have some crazy ass drivers around here.
But when you see people from not around here watching Ma. drivers blowing down the Turnpike at 70mph by them in a blizzard driving just fine they think we are nuts which is even funnier. | |
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Westfield, MA Reviews:
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| Re: GPS You must have a giant magnet on your car that attracts all boobs  . Well that's why we are called Mass holes lol.
I don't know if you were watching the news at 5 but there was a nasty accident on 291, 3 car pile up and one person died. Another example of people not paying attention. | |
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Chesterfield, MO | How much data does GPS use? It seems like the Apple map application caches the map data. If traffic data is disabled, it shouldn't use much data unless the customer travels long distances all the time. | |
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Palm Coast, FL | It seems I misplaced my flash drive.. I hate losing things!  | |
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Troy, NY | Re: It seems I misplaced my flash drive.. I remember when losing 64GB of storage media would've required an exceptional degree of senility. Now, you can accidentally swallow it!
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Palm Coast, FL | Re: It seems I misplaced my flash drive.. lol! | |
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Lawrence, MA | I happened upon what seems like could be a handy tip the other day...place a text file on the root of the drive with your name, phone and email.
While it won't help against the type of person that's intent on keeping what they've found, it will help someone contact the owner if they wanted to. | |
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join:2001-10-20
Palm Coast, FL | Re: It seems I misplaced my flash drive.. That is a great idea. I will need to do this for the drive I have replaced it with. I also bought one that can easily be put on my key chain.  | |
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| Thank you Comcast for lousy customer service Comcast Internet went out at 10:15 PM ET and called customer service and I am tired so I cannot think straight. The fact I knew more about troubleshooting cable than the CSR on the phone shows that Comcast does not care about pleasing customers and they can take advantage of their monopoly/duopoly situation.
This is why I would like to broadband ISPs (such as Comcast) to meet the same fate as Bell System/AT&T.
The only other option is DSL, which is like comparing a payphone (DSL) to a cellular phone (DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem). | |
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Billings, MT | Re: Thank you Comcast for lousy customer service I hope you're being overly sarcastic about your post. | |
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Chesterfield, MO | I've been reasonably happy over the years. I've had Charter HSI since the Summer of 2000 (shortly before I joined DSLR). The first few years were painful as they had severe peak-period bandwidth challenges. However, since at least 2005, it's been a very reliable service. Sure there have been outages here and there but nothing really beyond what might be expected when storms and power outages occur.
Overall, I'm far more impressed with the cable companies as they seem to have done a great job of leveraging their existing assets. They pushed fiber into their network at an affordable pace and unlike the ILECs, when they offered new services it was typically to almost all of their customers, not just those who happened to live within a certain distance of a particular CO or RT.
However, I do agree that they are at least oligopolies. As such, they should be closely monitored and properly regulated. IMO, some free-market forces are at work to control total monopoly but I don't believe those forces are strong enough to allow us to get rid of the rule book as they prefer.
I also hold this same opinion regarding the wireless industry. Some market forces are at work but it's an oligopoly and those forces aren't strong enough to truly guarantee that consumers aren't at risk.
I think it would be interesting if we created a few simple rules for both wired and wireless:
1) Metering #1: maximum $5/month charge and all data use is metered, multiplied by a rate and billed. The rate must be consistent no matter how much data is used.
2) Metering #2: no monthly charge and all data use is metered. Rates can vary based on total use.
3) Unlimited means unlimited. No caveats about it being unlimited until the provider determines you are using too much. It's unlimited. If you offer it, either make sure your network can handle it or price it so only the few can afford it.
4) Text messages are data and are covered under 1, 2 or 3.
5) Voice is data and it's covered under 1, 2, 3.
6) Providers must support voice services on WiFI. (i.e. If someone calls my mobile number and I'm on WiFi, the call takes place over WiFi and it costs me whatever the WiFi bandwidth costs. If that service isn't metered, the call is free.)
7) Neutrality means just that. There's no special network that isn't metered for certain services or prioritized for certain traffic. If prioritization is necessary for certain types of services, the provider must allow equal access to such prioritization. The provider cannot operate an overburdened network where only their product traffic works well.
I'm sure it wouldn't take long for providers to still figure out a way to get around these rules but it would be a start. It would also be very interesting to see how this would change packages, prices and profits. | |
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kudos:1 | Anyone watching the Mars lander planetfall? The latest Mars rover, Curiosity, will be making planetfall between Sunday and Monday (10:30 PM PDT, 1:30 AM EDT). Anyone here planning to watch it live?
Unlike the previous rovers, this one won't be bouncing on the surface of the planet in a big ball. Instead, this rover will be tethered to a rocket propelled platform that will deposit the rover on the surface, cut the supporting cables, and fly away to crash at a safe distance from the rover.
It always amazes me how much NASA tries different ways to stress everyone beyond belief with a landing on an alien planet!
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| BF69Premium
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Camden, TN | Re: The case for usage based billing and end of unlimited data Well common sense can tell you why these companies can't allow 100 million customers use hundreds of GB a month on their networks. The network can't handle it. Unlike cable, cellular simply doesn't have the capacity to allow it.
That being said, the caps they do have, the pricing and the overages are total BS. | |
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El Paso, TX | Re: The case for usage based billing and end of unlimited data said by BF69:Well common sense can tell you why these companies can't allow 100 million customers use hundreds of GB a month on their networks. The network can't handle it. Unlike cable, cellular simply doesn't have the capacity to allow it.
That being said, the caps they do have, the pricing and the overages are total BS.
And this is the reason i will not upgrade to LTE, probably ever.
The truth is, even if they had caps down to earth (say, 50GB/mo instead of the ripoff plans where they give you 5 or 10 at the cost of your first born) that really did address network congestion. It still isn't good enough for me to justify dropping 50-100 bucks a month.
LTE is the best wireless we got. But it's not good enough to be even mentioned in the same sentence as a wired connection because of it's extremely limited capacity.
They're not getting a dime from me. Even if they started giving away the radios for LTE in tablets i'd still opt for a WiFi only version if it saved me 2 cents. | |
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Springfield, MA Reviews:
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| Just got Xfinity OnDemand on my TiVo today Got home today after going to the Mall and noticed that I have Xfinity On Demand on my TiVo box.
I like On Demand but it does not justify paying $ 20 (9.95 for box and 9.99 HD fee) for a separate box just to get On Demand.
Love having that Music Choice On Demand as I can legally watch music videos for free with my cable subscription.
Probably counts against my 250 GB cap (although my Blast internet went from 30/5 to 50/10 as part of an upgrade).
Still have not decided to buy the Zoom 5341J modem for 8x4 channel bonding instead of my 6120 and its 4x4 channel bonding. | |
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| PrntRhdPremium
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Fairfield, CA | Re: Just got Xfinity OnDemand on my TiVo today FYI the 250 cap is dead for the past 30 days | |
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Lawrence, MA | The funny world we live in today This struck me as funny...
While waiting for my car's oil change to be done a young lady walked in for an oil change. I couldn't help but hear the back and forth while messing around with a game on my phone.
During the write up for the service visit, the lady had no issues whatsoever with giving the man her name, address and even her phone number, but when he asked for her email she politely declined and said, "I'd rather not give that out" | |
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Port Saint Lucie, FL | Re: The funny world we live in today Can't blame her for that as I often do the same telling them I get enough spam as is. | |
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join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Re: The funny world we live in today said by Stumbles:Can't blame her for that as I often do the same telling them I get enough spam as is.
The thing is she more worried about spam than being raped. | |
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Tulsa, OK | Gotta love this State.... I was exposed to a guy today talking about how man effecting climate change is all just a big liberal conspiracy to socialize the world..... and then he went on to explain the reason it's getting hotter and we're having these fires is because the earthquake in Japan has tilted the Earth off it's axis and that's changing all the weather patterns world-wide.
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