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DCJensen - Oct 26, 2015 3:23:18 pm PDT #24652 of 25497
All is well that ends in pizza.

That reminds me. For those with iOS 9.x who miss the iOS 8 keyboard:

Go to to Settings > General > Accessibility > Keyboard and turn off the toggle for Show Lowercase Keys.


Tom Scola - Oct 29, 2015 11:12:43 am PDT #24653 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

My Apple TV is supposed to arrive tomorrow!


askye - Oct 29, 2015 11:31:54 am PDT #24654 of 25497
Thrive to spite them

Typo Boy - Nov 01, 2015 10:39:19 am PST #24655 of 25497
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 this for my Mom's new computer? [link] Pretty basic use - but i also know that windows is going to continuously add patches which will slow int down. How will this work in four years when OS patches & App software upgrades nearly double the resources used. Is this hard disk fast enough for the long term?


Typo Boy - Nov 01, 2015 10:43:50 am PST #24656 of 25497
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.

I'm going to also get a quote from a basic box shop.


Typo Boy - Nov 01, 2015 11:07:39 am PST #24657 of 25497
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.

For 50 bucks more, this seems like a better deal from Fry's. [link] - thoughts?


DXMachina - Nov 01, 2015 12:20:19 pm PST #24658 of 25497
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

For 50 bucks more, this seems like a better deal from Fry's

I definitely go the Core I3 over the older Intel tech, but I'd be worried about Lenovo's recent history of stuffing all sorts of spyware/adware on their machines.

Here's a similar ASUS core I3 for twenty bucks more. And here's an ACER core I5 for $20 less than the Lenovo.


askye - Nov 01, 2015 12:23:28 pm PST #24659 of 25497
Thrive to spite them

I'd go with the i3 over the pentinum, the i5 is probably too much for what she needs but it's $20 less!


Typo Boy - Nov 01, 2015 2:56:31 pm PST #24660 of 25497
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.

thanks $20 less plus I've learned the hard way, get a little bit more powerful computer than you think you need - in the long run you won't regret it.


Tom Scola - Nov 04, 2015 6:20:08 am PST #24661 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Please please please let this be true: Apple will launch a new 4-inch iPhone early next year, says analyst.

I shouldn't let my hopes get too high, though.