Not talking about google instant. Clicking x didn't work before, but now google results have stopped giving me previews.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
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bon bon - Nov 09, 2010 4:12:18 pm PST #15402 of 25501
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
omnis_audis - Nov 09, 2010 7:04:56 pm PST #15403 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
do you have competition in your area? You might be able to extend your deal.My apartment doesn't look to have line of site for dish. FiOS isn't available for my building, despite seeing there trucks for a couple weeks outside of my building. I'm guessing the building has too many apartments, or something. No other providers for my area.
First call Charter and see what current packages you are eligible for. I call them every six months and they pretty much always find a new package to put me on.They said the only thing they had was there "lock in two years of savings" deal. Which, if you cancel early, you have to pay $150. I don't like that notion. If FiOS or Uverse move in, I'm jumping ship.
I'll try calling again. Maybe a different operator will be more helpful.
Gris - Nov 10, 2010 5:40:06 am PST #15404 of 25501
Hey. New board.
How much does the "lock in two years of savings" deal save you? I don't know how much your cable bill is or how much the savings would be, but if it saves you $20 a month then you cancel out the $150 in 8 months (I know with my old cable bill, it wouldn't take a large percent decrease to save that much). That seems like a pretty reasonable gamble to me. I doubt FiOS will be cheaper when they come, though perhaps better.
omnis_audis - Nov 10, 2010 6:30:28 am PST #15405 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
$11. 1/3 of the new customer discount.
Theodosia - Nov 10, 2010 6:34:06 am PST #15406 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
This is when having a roommate comes in handy -- you can cancel, wait a month, and have the roommate acquire a "new customer discount."
§ ita § - Nov 10, 2010 9:01:50 am PST #15407 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This might be old news to people, but I'm linking to it here, because I hadn't actually realised I could use Time Machine to an SMB share.
D'oh!
tommyrot - Nov 10, 2010 9:14:55 am PST #15408 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That'd really be useful if I still had a Windows machine.
Wait, I could use that to back up virtual machines. Huzzah!
Jon B. - Nov 10, 2010 9:15:27 am PST #15409 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I have heard that using an unsupported drive share on Time Machine can be dangerous; that it's easy for the backup to become corrupted and therefore useless.
t on edit Yeah, read some of the comments to the lifehacker post.
§ ita § - Nov 10, 2010 9:18:53 am PST #15410 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
As long as it's not worse than nothing (I'm not buying a time capsule), I'll give it a shot. I don't have anything unretrievable on my Mac, but if I can shorten recovery time, I'm going for it.
meara - Nov 11, 2010 9:37:09 am PST #15411 of 25501
So, I did do bad things--after my kindle got soaked in water, I did not resist the temptation to try it, after toweling it off. Then I tried to dry it with the hairdryer and this morning I bought rice and stuck it in. How long do I have to leave it in rice? I am impatient to check.