I have a question for Razr people of the bluetooth persuasion -- what sort of battery life do you get with Bluetooth on all the time? How often do you charge, and what sort of use are you putting the phone to in that scenario?
And remember, if you hurt her, I will beat you to death with a shovel.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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§ ita § - Jul 31, 2005 6:55:00 pm PDT #3846 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Lee - Jul 31, 2005 7:54:56 pm PDT #3847 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
ita, do you want me to ask G. for you? He's had his for a while
§ ita § - Jul 31, 2005 8:00:06 pm PDT #3848 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Please do! I like the phone, but I'm a heavy Bluetooth user, and I'm not going to be charging more than once a day, I don't think.
Lee - Jul 31, 2005 8:00:41 pm PDT #3849 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Will do.
DCJensen - Aug 01, 2005 6:49:19 am PDT #3850 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
dcp - Aug 01, 2005 2:46:28 pm PDT #3851 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Hacker weirdness. Here is a Wired article on hacking a hotel's billing & services computer through the room TV's infrared port: [link]
Wolfram - Aug 02, 2005 5:46:41 am PDT #3852 of 10003
Visilurking
Laurie first discovered the vulnerability when he was "mucking about with hotel TVs to get the porn channel without paying for it." He was able to bypass TV billing menus by using his laptop to tune in to the premium content being broadcast from backend systems. He didn't have to pay for the content, because the systems didn't know he was watching it.
Isn't this how the internet got started?
Eddie - Aug 02, 2005 7:23:06 am PDT #3853 of 10003
Your tag here.
Isn't this how the internet got started?
I don't think Al Gore has seen porn before.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 02, 2005 7:24:05 am PDT #3854 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I don't think Al Gore has seen porn before.
Of course he has, that's why he invented pants.
tommyrot - Aug 02, 2005 10:25:00 am PDT #3855 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Apple introduces new mouse with scroll wheel:
In lieu of actual buttons beyond the scroll ball, the optical-scanning mouse has four sensors that can be programmed for multiple actions, just like the left and right buttons on many PC mouses.