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Living Room / Re: Old Burma Shave signs

« on: September 18, 2010, 01:37 PM »

I still use Burma Shave.

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Living Room / Re: What's Your Internet Speed/Reliability SATISFACTION?

« on: September 07, 2010, 03:21 PM »

Well, at least I'm happy with Cox cable. BTW  I had FIOS when I lived in NY and it was VG, ( upgraded from DSL ) but I don't remember it as being any better than the cable I have now.

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Living Room / Re: What's Your Internet Speed/Reliability SATISFACTION?

« on: September 07, 2010, 01:52 PM »

FOdder

So then does  MY ISP speed only count from my ISP's  server to me .  The rest is just dumb luck. ?

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Living Room / Re: What's Your Internet Speed/Reliability SATISFACTION?

« on: September 07, 2010, 01:29 PM »

There has to be something wrong with these tests.  Here are two from two different servers in GB.  Must have more to do with the servers than with my ISP.


http://www.speedtest...result/944290743.png

http://www.speedtest...result/944298123.png

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Living Room / Re: What's Your Internet Speed/Reliability SATISFACTION?

« on: September 06, 2010, 07:15 PM »

I have Cox also-  I'm just twice as far away as NigelH.  I have no complaint about Cox

http://www.speedtest...result/943289091.png

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General Software Discussion / Re: Readability - Get rid of the clutter so you can read!

« on: August 26, 2010, 01:46 PM »

On my machine it both goes to readability and  reverts back in less than a second.  Now I am retired so I have plenty of time.......
I actually uninstalled the add on because I thought it was too slow

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General Software Discussion / Re: Readability - Get rid of the clutter so you can read!

« on: August 26, 2010, 01:21 PM »

You mean like this      https://addons.mozil...firefox/addon/46442/

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General Software Discussion / Re: Readability - Get rid of the clutter so you can read!

« on: August 26, 2010, 12:09 PM »

I've been using it for about 6-8 weeks.  It's great .  I e-mail  articles to friends ( and ememies )directly from the " readability page "
From the readability website   http://lab.arc90.com...riments/readability/    just drag the       READABILITY   to your tool bar ( i use Firefox ) and you are set.

A really great and useful application.  AND  customer service is terrific too !   I had a slight problem ( couldn't e-mail from readability ) I contacted the company  ARC 90 and they answered almost immediately and my problem was solved

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 7 + NAS drive := major suckage

« on: August 22, 2010, 06:58 PM »

I have had a WD  NAS ntfs drive for 2 1/2  yrs.  I run Win 7  home premium
I created a file named     Abc„def”  – ghi « jklm.htm  ( your file name example ) on my C: drive  and copied ( context menu ) to the NAS. 
It copied without a problem   
I have been using Win 7 for about a year  XP  before that. But I have had the NAS drive for over 2 years with both system without a problem 
I use GoodSync and also Cobian Backup without any problems

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Living Room / Re: lap top cooling pad

« on: August 14, 2010, 12:46 PM »

Thank you, Cpilot

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Living Room / Re: lap top cooling pad

« on: August 14, 2010, 11:23 AM »

Cpilot:

I bought a Belkin pad for my wife's laptop.  Puts it at a nice angle .  Speedfan consistently shows the core temps between   25 and 34 C.

She had an old Dell Inspiron 2600 from 2001 or 2  HD  fried . I put in a new HD and reinstalled XP.  Speedfan only shows the HD temp on this one so I tried your  cputemp.
 It shows temp of 0 C or 32 F which I don't think can be correct.  

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Living Room / Re: Five Reasons Why People Hate Apple

« on: August 05, 2010, 12:50 PM »

I love my ipod touch

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General Software Discussion / Re: What the websites know about you

« on: August 02, 2010, 07:10 AM »

You mean YOU won TOO !!!!

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To: undisclosed recipients: ;
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Subject: CONTACT WESTERN UNION


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General Software Discussion / What the websites know about you

« on: August 01, 2010, 04:11 PM »

Interesting article from  the WSJ  July 30, 2010

The Web's New Gold Mine: Your Secrets
A Journal investigation finds that one of the fastest-growing businesses on the Internet is the business of spying on consumers. First in a series.

http://online.wsj.co...ifeStyle_LeadStoryNA

http://online.wsj.co...J_hpp_LEFTTopStories

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Living Room / Re: lap top cooling pad

« on: July 29, 2010, 05:47 PM »

now I'm confused  

I installed  Speedfan on her computer  .  It reads 26 C  for Core 0
                                                                         29 C  for Core 1

What are the safe parameters ?  I tried googling  " Safe Temps ' and found a range of 20 to 65 C.  Seems pretty big spread to me.

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Living Room / Re: lap top cooling pad

« on: July 29, 2010, 01:28 PM »

Thanks

That information is what  I was looking for. 

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Living Room / lap top cooling pad

« on: July 29, 2010, 07:47 AM »

Are these cooling pads effective ?  My wife's laptop died after 5 years.  Motherboard failure.  It is plugged in  from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM every day.  Would a cooling pad have prevented this ?
I notice that the cooling pad plugs into a USB port - are there ones that just plug into an electric plug ? 
If they are effective is there a brand you would recommend ?

Thanks

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Living Room / Re: New Government Rules make Jailbreaking Legal

« on: July 28, 2010, 12:23 PM »

My god that picture is like a Xanthian peep Gourd

You may want to know the purpose of the gourd. . . well . . . It is the place where our nightmares are formed.

That's a nightmare ????????  Dream a little dream for me.......

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Living Room / Re: The eBook reader wars

« on: July 19, 2010, 08:36 PM »

And your point is right on 

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Living Room / Re: The eBook reader wars

« on: July 19, 2010, 04:43 PM »

Amazon Says E-Books Now Top Hardcover Sales

http://www.nytimes.c...dle.html?_r=1&hp

I am SHOCKED !!!!!!

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Living Room / Re: Flicks that struck you as odd or different in a good way?

« on: July 14, 2010, 07:50 PM »

1964 : I and another guy were Assistant Manager Trainees.  I became an Assistant Manager.  He married the chairman of The Board's  daughter and became a VP

Ahh   the perils  .......

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Living Room / Re: The eBook reader wars

« on: July 08, 2010, 08:38 PM »

Barnes & Noble, Amazon and Borders  are mainstream retailers -  and they are the leaders in the e-book revolution

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Living Room / Re: The eBook reader wars

« on: July 07, 2010, 04:27 PM »

electronic books are a victim of their own success.

A ways to go on that..

Just some very rough figures   Total  Sales of e-books  first 4 months of 2010                                         $117 Million
                                               Barnes & Noble Sales   Qtr ending   May 2  ,2010                                     $ 1.3  Billion of which B & N .com  was $ 191,000,000

Add in Amazon and all the other sellers of books ( Costco, WalMart, Borders  2500 independents. )   

                                             
                     
           

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Living Room / Re: The eBook reader wars

« on: July 07, 2010, 03:41 PM »

Isn't this potentially the same as saying the point of selling cars is to sell oil changes, tires, air fresheners, etc?

Well,  think about it.  Every time you go to buy a new car the second thing the salesman says to you is " Our service department is world class. "  Then he ( she ) takes you to meet the service manager. Why ?  Cause that is where the money is .  HP  sells printers for low prices ( and has low margins ) so they can sell INK at high margins.  HP  gives away the printers to sell high margin ink.

And if not semi-open, then able to use open standards.

I agree that there will have to be one standard for all readers (  See Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD ) before e-books become really mainstream.  Also, at present you are really just " renting " the book.  You can't loan it, sell it or donate it. That will need to be addressed also.

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Living Room / Re: The eBook reader wars

« on: July 07, 2010, 02:49 PM »

Could be  ... but it is my view based on my experience in retail.
You only buy ONE reader ( game console, razor. cell phone )  etc  you potentially buy 100's of games, blades, software, and air time.