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.
Jeez, don't get all Movie of the Week. I was just too cheap to buy you a real present.
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Gris - Nov 10, 2010 5:40:06 am PST #15404 of 25501
Hey. New board.
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.
omnis_audis - Nov 11, 2010 3:55:59 pm PST #15412 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Update: I called Charter again. Talked to a different dude. Found a package that is $14 less, no long term contract, and adds a bunch of channels, only a few of which I care about (BBC America) and apparently a second version of SyFy (non-HD, but different shows). If I went with TiVo and got cards, it would save $6/mo, so, eh. Not financially worth it at this time. Still grumpy.
Gris - Nov 12, 2010 3:06:13 am PST #15413 of 25501
Hey. New board.
meara: I'd wait at least 24 hours before trying it.
If it doesn't come back to life, you may want to call Amazon. I'm not sure, but I think the screen is by far the most expensive component of the kindles, and if only your electronics are fried they may let you send yours back and get a new one in exchange at a lower price, as they could probably salvage your screen for later repairs/refurbishings. Also, back when the kindles were new, their service was beyond the pale (I got a Kindle 1 replaced for free that was clearly broken by me when I accidentally, um, sat on it) but it may have down a bit now that they've moved past Early Adopters.