It sucks that ISPs that have a near monopoly on broadband access also have a conflict of interest. It's gonna hold the U.S. back in electronic infrastructure.
Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
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Gudanov - Nov 30, 2010 5:14:22 am PST #15509 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
le nubian - Nov 30, 2010 9:34:56 am PST #15510 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
agreed. I am very pissed off at Comcast. but I've always been pissed at them, so status quo has not changed.
Typo Boy - Dec 01, 2010 3:06:55 pm PST #15511 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Any thoughts on lightweight voice control software. I'm not thinking true text-to-speach. Just something that can substitute for mouse clicks and and cursor typing. So I can say right-click, left-click, up-arrow, down-arrow, shift-this, alt-that. Keep my hand mostly on keyboard and not have to use mouse so much. I want low low memory and processor profile, so NOT Dragon Naturally Speaking. Does such a thing exist?
Liese S. - Dec 01, 2010 3:17:47 pm PST #15512 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
What operating system are you on? Some of them come with basic voice stuff these days.
Typo Boy - Dec 01, 2010 8:50:00 pm PST #15513 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
xp home
Liese S. - Dec 01, 2010 9:00:59 pm PST #15514 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Sounds like you might or might not have it already available to you, especially if you have Office XP. Here's the relevant link: [link]
sumi - Dec 02, 2010 6:25:03 am PST #15515 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
I got a weird message purporting to be from gmail - about "verifying" your gmail account.
This is fishing, right?
Gudanov - Dec 02, 2010 6:36:36 am PST #15516 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
I'd say there's only a 99.999% chance it's phishing.
sumi - Dec 02, 2010 7:04:29 am PST #15517 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
I reported it as spam.
tommyrot - Dec 02, 2010 7:20:14 am PST #15518 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.
BBC's iPlayer Will Be Available Internationally Soon, First As An iPad App
Fans of Doctor Who all around the world will soon be able to watch the show—and many others—on the iPad, using the on-demand catch-up iPlayer app which BBC.com's Managing Director has said will be launching globally.
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It's been tallying up the views in the UK for three years, and is something I use regularly to catch-up on missed TV shows or radio shows from the past seven days. It's hugely successful, and is available on a range of smartphones and tablets—supposedly it's even larger than Hulu.
Details such as when it's launching, and just how much a subscription service would cost haven't been explained by the Beeb yet—but rest assured, this is brilliant news for anyone familiar with the BBC's programming. Top Gear UK, anyone?