ben1040

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by ben1040 16y ago
My colleague actually still has 1.6 on his Motorola Clique (T-Mobile) And his phone is going to stay that way, last week Motorola gave up on rolling out a 2.1 update for that model. https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/246279#24627
812.
by ben1040 16y ago
There are other permission granularity problems on Android, too. I wrote a streaming media player and want to listen for when the phone rings or goes off hook so I can pause. In order to this I need to access a permission that lets me read
813.
by ben1040 16y ago
Smart of them to offer the program "free" right now while there's buzz about it. I can't find anywhere on the site what the up-front cost would be on, say a laptop or a cell phone. Lack of clear pricing makes it hard to successfully critic
814.
by ben1040 16y ago
My favorite part: the auxiliary console includes a built-in ash tray and cigarette lighter. http://ed-thelen.org/SageIntro-fig3-08.gif
815.
by ben1040 16y ago
I found that much of the "noise" on Facebook comes from the fact that I had too many "e-friends" at even 100-110 people. It was still well under the Dunbar[1] threshold, as I knew who they all were and could probably spend an hour on each o
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by ben1040 16y ago
This is what I did; I have an N1 and an iPhone 4, and every now and then I swap my SIM into the N1. Just needed to get a MicroSIM adapter off Amazon and everything works great.
817.
by ben1040 16y ago
Almost everyone under 35 I know who has met a long term partner online and used a dating site used OKCupid. I've known some older 40+ people who used match.com. I'm 29, met my (now) wife on match.com* 6 years ago. At least here in flyover
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by ben1040 16y ago
I thought the same thing when I joined SO a few months ago, and agreed with a lot of what was written in the blog post. But, then I decided to give SO another chance just now. I posted two answers and in ten minutes got enough upvotes to g
819.
by ben1040 16y ago
Next thing you know, the cereal boxes will be telling us about the new life awaiting us in the off-world colonies.
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by ben1040 16y ago
I can look at all the streaming content on Netflix and know it'll play on my computer, iOS device, Xbox, TiVo, Roku, whatever. Hulu, however, has content that is web-only. For example, I can't watch the Simpsons on my phone, only on the we
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by ben1040 16y ago
I've seen the social captchas before, usually when I first logged in from a different city or tunneled through a VPN that exited somewhere other than my hometown.
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by ben1040 16y ago
I went here last year (the article's title confused me; didn't realize it didn't have regular hours until now) and was extremely impressed by the collection. Plenty of enormous machines to marvel at, and plenty of smaller examples I once us
823.
by ben1040 16y ago
A coworker and I have had this same problem while trying to book a place for a trip in May. Places show up as available, but the owners then reply with "well, that's too far to tell, I might not even have this apartment then." It you're no
824.
by ben1040 16y ago
Hint: you can sync up and collaborate with Dropbox :)
825.
by ben1040 16y ago
While you have a good point that it's unfair to claim people who didn't attend university are narrow minded and immature, it isn't any better to say the four year university experience is universally a four year long constant party. I know
826.
by ben1040 16y ago
There was once a wonderful independent bookstore here in St. Louis whose sales floor was 2x the size of the average B&N or Borders. They were run by people who knew books . I especially appreciated how they had a really good selectio
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by ben1040 16y ago
For those who are locked in on contract, sure, but I wonder how AT&T's tethering terms versus Verizon's are going to affect AT&T's ability to attract new customers.
828.
by ben1040 16y ago
And as in the video the mute switch is positioned differently, meaning it won't line up on all the cases out there already. Looks like Verizon is acknowledging this on their FAQs: Most accessories should work, however you may find that cas
829.
by ben1040 16y ago
I wonder how AT&T will respond to the hotspot feature. Here's hoping they relax a bit on tethering plans.
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by ben1040 16y ago
I was under the impression that music (venues, bands) was the last bit of territory that Myspace was able to defend. My wife and I have turned into old fogies and don't get out to local rock shows much anymore but the few garage bands I've
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by ben1040 16y ago
Amazing how Myspace has about fallen off the face of the earth. I remember 5 or 6 years ago at the height of Myspace, it was getting harder for me to stay on top of the local music scene, because bands began to give up on posting flyers in
832.
by ben1040 16y ago
Clearing the cache directories was also not sufficient for me -- I had to clear the cache directories, then sign out from my Apple ID (within the app store) and back in.
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by ben1040 16y ago
(finally pro-tip, most airlines distinguish between miles claimable for status, and miles spendable on flights/services). There are people on Flyertalk who churn through those Citi AA Mastercards like crazy, collecting hundreds of thousan
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Cyberspace When You're Dead(nytimes.com)
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by ben1040 16y ago
Exactly. We'll see the code when the first Honeycomb device ships.
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by ben1040 16y ago
Not just RMS -- the RFID trusted traveler pass I used to use (a NEXUS card to be specific) came with a foil storage envelope that DHS/customs recommended you use whenever the card wasn't in use.
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by ben1040 16y ago
I had no idea "impostor syndrome" had a name. Every day, I go into work thinking I'm just waiting to be fired for incompetence, just as soon as they discover it. Meanwhile people continue to point out how productive I am, but I don't seem
838.
by ben1040 16y ago
This reminds me of this humor blog post from a few years back: http://www.geekologie.com/2009/05/a_day_in_the_life_viewed_e...
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by ben1040 16y ago
I had a doc prescribe me Xyzal for allergies last year. I can't help but think the name was a running gag in the marketing department that stuck. Especially considering the drug's website includes a pronunciation key under the brand logo.
840.
by ben1040 16y ago
> No Facebook or email. Long distance calling was expensive... Sundays were the days to call family and friends, because rates were cheaper. I remember as a kid being told by my father to go play somewhere else, because I was bothering

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