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Re: 1TB $44 / 640GB $37 / 500GB $30 - 10 years ago

Do those converter boards you mentioned allow booting from the SATA drives on older G4 Macs?

by neophyte - Tips and Deals

Re: Something positive about AT&T Wireless - 10 years ago

VerizonWireless has allowed backdating when going to a higher minute plan for at least 2 years now. And to allow a change in plan without requiring an extension of your contracts. And Verizon was among the first cell phone companies to lower termination fees every month that you kept your service.

by neophyte - Tips and Deals

Re: Apple Making Verizon-Ready iPhone by Year End - 10 years ago

The only VZW droid phone with Bing is the Samsung Fascinate. All the others use Google Search. Afaik, the only country in Europe with a CDMA network is Ukraine. All others use GSM. VZW's LTE network will use some sort of GSM technology, probably built-in, for data only. Voice will still be carried by CDMA.

by neophyte - Tips and Deals

Re: A-10 Simulated Base Attack at Air Show - 10 years ago

I thought they had been decommissioned? They seem so capable at their task.

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Re: The perfect cartoon for the midterm season - 10 years ago

This is exactly the type of TV ad run by the dem and repub candidates for governor of South Carolina, at least in the Charleston area market. No ads about themselves, just ads that bash their opponent. Why is it that they expect me to vote AGAINST someone rather than FOR someone? Are they tacitly agreeing that I should vote for the "lesser of two evils"? Doesn't say much for their intel

by neophyte - Tips and Deals

Re: Promising new series? - 10 years ago

Not new, but anybody following "Sons of Anarchy"? Seems like FX has copied AMC in rotating 3 hit shows through the year.

by neophyte - Tips and Deals

Re: Wow! What a stunning list of albums at the top of the charts back then. Can you name the artists? - 10 years ago

Ah, number 20. Saw it performed live, in Beantown, before the album was released. Second half of a nice long concert. Ever see "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" live? Them were the days...

by neophyte - Tips and Deals

Re: VZW- Driving Profit by forcing data plans... - 10 years ago

What are you looking for in terms of phone capabilities? VZW has a variety of phones that do not require a data package.

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Re: How high will gold go in the next couple of years? - 10 years ago

Don't buy gold. Instead buy stock in companies that mine and refine it. Then treat it like any other stock: buy low and sell high.

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Re: The stuff you discover by accident - 10 years ago

Quotehal it works on all eye candy leo stuff - minimize with shift key does the slow genie effect etc... This works in OS10.4.11 too.

by neophyte - Tips and Deals

Re: What do you know about hhgregg? - 10 years ago

My local hhgregg is good compared to competitors Best Barf, Lowes, Home Depot, and Sears, for medium to large appliances. My hhgregg has a much larger selection of microwaves, refrigerators, freezers, washers, etc. Competitive prices too. I like to see before I buy, and they had both the freezer and microwave that met my needs and that had good reviews online. None of the other stores had them.

by neophyte - Tips and Deals

Re: Bought a Droid X tonight. - 10 years ago

You didn't say what OS version is on your Mac. Regardless, try Salling Media Sync (just Google it). Free to use, works on OS10.4.11 and up. I use it with 10.4.11 and my Droid X. You may have to reboot after you first install it. It puts an icon up in the top right of the menu bar when you use it.

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Re: HVAC / Remodel Question STAT - 10 years ago

You made the following statements in your two posts: "The builder said the air will have nowhere to go in the vanity cabinet..." "My big concern is that in the master, there is about a half-inch or so of gap where the subfloor meets the wall -- on three walls." These are contradictory. And unless the duct from underneath is sealed to the subfloor, the airflow will cre

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Re: see SPOT run?!....David Pogue review of Virgin Mobile's new prepaid portable WiFi HotSPOT UNLIMITED plan...... - 10 years ago

Small point - VerizonWireless offers one year contracts too. And like GuyGene said, coverage is key.

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Re: Hurricane 'URL' ... - 10 years ago

Crap. Our little Nantucket house will probably get hammered. Wifey is flying back Friday from Boston. Insurance is up-to-date. Gotta find out what the hurricane deductible is...

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Re: Wolfram Alpha LOL... Gravity Comparisons ! - 10 years ago

Wow, Pluto is really not very dense.

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Re: So, I head over to Verizon yesterday... - 10 years ago

Grateful- I hear ya. VZW doesn't carry any "candy bar" phones currently. The closest is a slider, shaped like your Env 2, which you would slide open for access to the keyboard. The LG Cosmos and the Samsung Intensity II are both sliders with number keys on the outside like yours, and neither requires a data package. Spacescape- All but the very low end phones (those that lack a cam

by neophyte - Tips and Deals

Re: So, I head over to Verizon yesterday... - 10 years ago

By locked, do you mean the screen required you to activate the phone before you could see any other screens? If so, the secret is to press near each of the four corners, going around clockwise starting with the top left corner. The Incredible has the least battery life of any of the VZW droid phones, unless you get the extended battery made by Seiko (available on Amazon; same form factor as t

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Re: I (heart) New York - 10 years ago

Quote$tevie Did she tell the barista to hold the butter and cheese between her knees? Long time since I've seen that reference to "Five Easy Pieces".

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Suggestions on a new router? - 10 years ago

I need to replace my Buffalo WYR-54G router (lightning surge thru the cable, killed the modem and 2 computer ethernet ports too, gonna get a cable surge protecter too, you betcha). Anyway, I need at least 2 ports and wireless. I liked the Buffalo router, leaning towards the Buffalo WHR-HP-GN 150N on Amazon. Anyone using one of these? There are probably many opinions and experiences with differ

by neophyte - Tips and Deals

Re: Loading OS 9 on Quick Silver.... - 10 years ago

I suspect that it'll need 9.2.x to boot up. Do you have another Mac that runs Classic? If so, and you have an internal HD available to install on the Quicksilver, put it in and boot in Target Disk Mode. Then run the OS9.1 installer on the other Mac and install it on the newly installed HD, followed by the 9.2.x updaters.

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Re: More evidence of Verizon iPhone - 10 years ago

Incorrect assumption that Qualcomm CDMA chips to Apple = VZW iPhone. First, look at the ATT/ Apple legal documents about exclusive US placement. Second, look at the huge untapped CDMA markets in China and India which are not in those documents. Without some hefty concession to ATT's lawyers, I strongly doubt there will be any VZW iPhone in the US until the ATT contract ends (end of 2011?).

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Re: Trolling for Southerners - It's Too Hot in Minnesota - 10 years ago

Simple... Air conditioning. Unfortunately mine took a hit from a power surge that came in thru Time Warner's cable on Friday night. Took out my TV, cable modem, router, and e-net port on my Sawtooth. The cable comes in through the brick wall where the low voltage AC wires come in too, right next to the outside box with the AC compressor. All low voltage components got zapped and the compressor wo

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Re: Are you agnostic? - 10 years ago

Agnostic, yes. "Personally, if I didn't believe in a benevolent creator and the promise of immortality, I probably would be a very nihilistic, selfish person only concerned with my own short-term pleasure. After all, once I die, the game is over so I would try having as much fun as possible while I am here on earth and to heck with everybody else." Seems to me that the above state

by neophyte - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: SC sales tax holiday - no maximum on computer purchases? - 10 years ago

True, no max in SC. If you buy a monitor, keyboard and mouse along with the CPU, they are tax exempt as well, but not if purchased on a separate bill of sale.

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Re: Kill them all, let God sort them out - 10 years ago

What are we doing there? If you mean 'Why are our troops there?', then I paraphrase an answer: 'those who forget the past will relive it'. I don't know any families who lost someone on 9/11, but I'm sure many of you do. To allow the Taliban to once again take over a country and give safe haven to those who would train and finance another such attack on our soil is unacceptable to me. To the exten

by neophyte - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Pumpkins - 10 years ago

Last years' "seasonal display" pumpkin in our garden lasted intact through the winter (South Carolina coastal region), then rotted in early spring. I threw away the husk, but the innards got mulched over. Many seeds sprouted (50-100 I'd guess) and most bloomed. Not ONE set a fruit. Are the commercial pumpkins sterile hybrids?

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Re: mea culpa mea culpa: Macresource Literary and Inside Straight Club oversight! - 10 years ago

Just finished Hunting Eichmann by Neal Bascomb (2009). Good account of the tracking and capture of the Nazi master of deportation of Jews to concentration camps during WWII. Like all such endeavors, serendipitous discoveries meant the difference between success and failure. Also finished Fatal Terrain by Dale Brown (1997). Just escapist reading. Alas, my vacation is over. Not much time for

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Re: Great Wired Article about the Apple vs AT&T relationship - 10 years ago

"No, they aren't there yet. If all the carriers would simply get out of the business of selling phones and instead concentrate on providing network service we might get somewhere faster." You mean like VerizonWireless does network service: 3G data network coverage nearly identical to voice network coverage in the US?

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Re: Infuriating game - 10 years ago

Got thru 8. 9 confounded me.

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