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Jon B. - Mar 31, 2007 10:18:49 am PDT #1066 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

The problem with Virgin (and correct me if I'm wrong) is that you have to buy ringtones from them and selection is limited (i.e. you probably won't find anything by Philip Glass). But I've been poking around some cellphone hacking sites to see how easy it is to connect their phones to a computer to bypass Virgin and copy ringtones myself. I'm thinking of getting the Cyclops camera phone, and I've found that it's easily doable.

I haven't found anything definitive on the Switch_back.

Jon B. - Mar 31, 2007 10:46:40 am PDT #1067 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Hey! I just discovered that Radio Shack has the Cyclops for $10 less than Virgin's website price ($70 vs. $80). As I haven't been outside all day, it's the perfect opportunity to take a walk and see if my local franchisee has it in stock!

Jon B. - Mar 31, 2007 11:51:14 am PDT #1068 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I got the phone!

tommyrot -- insent. I want to give you a referral but need your mobile phone number.

tommyrot - Mar 31, 2007 12:00:17 pm PDT #1069 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Backflung....

Jon B. - Mar 31, 2007 12:22:52 pm PDT #1070 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Received and entered. Let me know if it gets you anything.

tommyrot - Mar 31, 2007 12:24:30 pm PDT #1071 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Yay!

Let me know if it gets you anything.

I'm hoping for fudge.

tommyrot - Mar 31, 2007 12:46:20 pm PDT #1072 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Just got this email:

Hey THOMAS,

You’ve just earned a $10 Kickbacks airtime bonus for referring a friend to Virgin Mobile!

You can see who it was by logging into My Kickbacks.

And remember, we’ll double the bonus to $20 for each additional friend you refer this calendar year — earn up to $230 for the calendar year!

So keep up the good work and keep earning those Kickbacks!

Thanks, bye.
Virgin Mobile.

amych - Mar 31, 2007 1:12:36 pm PDT #1073 of 25496
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

In case anyone's been dying for an update on amych "Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."" Mar 28, 2007 5:25:57 pm PDT, I ended up using a different upgrade site (MFSLive instead of upgrade-instructions, which I found thanks to Theo's link to tivocommunity), and my increasingly skipping-and-glitching 40-hour TiVo is now a shiny new 237-hour monster. w00t!!1!

Jon B. - Mar 31, 2007 1:39:44 pm PDT #1074 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Glad I could help, tommyrot!

amych -- If you haven't the activated the TiVo service yet, be sure and put in a referral for Theo so she'll get the points.

(I'm mister referral today!)

amych - Mar 31, 2007 3:33:16 pm PDT #1075 of 25496
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

It's been activated for years now -- this was just a hard drive upgrade. But it's an excellent point.

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