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• Member since: November 6, 2006

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• My computers have never crashed once. Without explaining, that would be a boldfaced lie, you see I have a load of computers, mostly Windows XP, some 98 and 2000. But my main PC is running Windows Vista. These computers lock up all the time, I like to overwork them and such. But I can always pull them back from the depths. A savvy user can fix most crashes, but unfortunately, most PC users are not savvy (take my dad for instance) I can also safely assume there's a lot of Mac users out there that aren't savvy either.
  
  I will never buy a Mac personally (Before you shoot me down, know that I've used a Mac before and did not like what I was seeing, it was simple yes, but it doesn't have that feel that my Windows PC can give) As I was saying I won't buy one for a few simple reasons. One is that I can't go to a computer parts vendor and build a Mac that suits my needs and my wallet, I built a great computer a while back for about $300. it suited me just fine, and I like to tinker with my computers. Two is simpler than that; I play games. That's another story though.
  
  I will definitely get Windows 7, I was very satisfied with the beta, the upgrade might be a little costly whatever Microsoft does but quite frankly, the recession never really hit me. In reply to: "Mac OS X vs. Windows 7: Who has the best upgrade?"

  June 9, 2009

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• I never actually thought the netbook would ever take off. Quite surprised that they're popular, despite the lack of an internal optical drive. In reply to: "Dell's Mini 10 Netbook debuting on...QVC?"

  February 18, 2009

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• Ever since Sony or whoever invented the Reel-to-Reel players or cassette tape players, people have been recording songs from the radio, which is a free service with access to copyrighted music. It's just gone digital. You can "share" a CD with someone, they'll most likely burn themselves a copy or rip it to their computer libraries. This so called "piracy" will never be stopped no matter how many steep fines and crybaby music artists (swimming in cash) there will be. There may be no free lunch, but there's certainly a free tune while you eat. In reply to: "How piracy paved the way in Sweden"

  February 18, 2009

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• I have quite a few record players, some not actually vinyl players but it counts right?
  Anyway I have a 1983 Panasonic Sound System. Its got 2 speakers, an LP table on top with dual tape decks (now we're stylish) and an add on CD deck on the bottom (all new for the 80s) and I use that for casual listening and also I hook it up from the 'phones jack to the Line-In on my computer and convert LPs to CDs for people.
  
  My second one is a 1933 Victor Talking Machine. It plays 78RPM shellac records and is run by clockwork.
  
  The third is a portable 1911 Victor/Symphony Phonograpgic Record Player. This one plays the same shellac records (which I have a considerable collection of) and is also run by clockwork but the regulator gear is broken so it releases the spring's tension much to fast, I have to hold a finger on the turntable and regulate the speed by ear. Anyone know how to safely replace one of these gears without damage to the rest of the clockwork?
  
  Think I'm 65+? ha I'm 16! In reply to: "The 30-year-old iPod?"

  April 24, 2008

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• Whatever you say.
  It'll be only a matter of time before the mac will fall to many a virus. As they get more popular, they doom themselves. Being the most used OS (Windows) has its ups and downs as well. Macs will shoot themselves in the foot.
  I don't care what anyone says about "macs need user password to make changes" Ever hear of a keylogger? those don't change anything. keytlogger hands the password over to the virus, virus takes it from there. End Of Story In reply to: "Flash flaw leads to Vista laptop's fall"

  April 12, 2008

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• Alternative
  OR you could hack your iphone and use whatever service thats available in your area! with no adverse effects! so what would you do: spend enormous amounts of cash to move to china or would you do the above? tough question for hackingbear im sure...Take your time In reply to: "China Mobile running 400,000 unlocked iPhones"

  February 20, 2008

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• Woe is the Jobs
  Jobs won't change the policy I'm afraid...he wan't his money from all the apple nerds and fans that absolutely MUST have every apple product out there, no matter the cost. even if that means people like you won't do it. he already has a fanbase. You could hack it to get the movie for as long as you want but they papers intellectual laws of doom might do....er....yeah...nothing! so there's really no repercussion if you hack it, just don't sell it and you'll be fine! In reply to: "China Mobile running 400,000 unlocked iPhones"

  February 20, 2008

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• Why are you such an advocate
  I can bet none of us in this comment chain are losing money on this. It has been established that "intellectual property" is hard to restrict. nothing physical is stopping these people from unlocking these phones. if it was written by a human or a machine, code can be reverse engineered. So what's protecting these company's knowledge investments? a few words on a piece of paper. Gee that'll do some serious protection....
  Lets say you write a program thats phenomenal for the Windows platform or whatever other one there may be. It sells great, you get rich. So you're sitting in your gold bathtub bathing in hundred dollar bills and all of a sudden some of it goes down the drain! you look for the cause and it turns out some mice have nibbled through the silver pipes and have some money all their own that drips through the pipe on a regular basis. what can you do about it. you can call a lawyer. Now, the lawyer fills the basement up with officials and lots of documents to scare the mice away, it gets rid of some, but they have emailed all their mouse friends with info on how to get that software and make some money off of it. They won't delete it, they'll use it and make money. that lawyer tries and tries but more and more mice are doing it! oh no! the lawyer even calls his government friends and THEY can't even do anything because the mouse network is so large! the moral of the story is: If it's not physical (The iPhone's software) then it can be cracked to make money off of it. Modify the story so that someone is making money because the mice are using it with another system (Verizon, Vontage, Alltel etc.) its the same moral. the only other way to stop this is to: Shut down the internet, make people buy phones with bombs in them that go off if they're unlocked and take away everyone's freedom. Unless you're a veeery powerful government and country, (we're not looking at Apple, hint hint) you can't do this.
  Signed, The Late Mr. Common Sense
  -Zekeuyasha =D, age 16 In reply to: "China Mobile running 400,000 unlocked iPhones"

  February 20, 2008

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• IBM compatible?
  You give some excellent points! but I have to admit Inever knew about AT&T helping Nazi Germany...I do know that IBM helped by offering punch card machines to register individuals that were abducted by the Gestapo...and look at all the IBM compatible computers out there! there's so many! In reply to: "iPhone unlocking explodes despite Apple's countermeasures"

  January 30, 2008

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• what's the fuss anyway?
  I don't clearly understand all this iphone hype. there's really no point, its only a phone with Featuritis.
  But what really baffles me is how individuals can defend Apple in this argument. if I bought an iphone, I would like to do to it whatever I want. and that includes unlocking it. There is no physical barrier making unlocking a piece of software impossible. it's only a mess of words saying you can't. Last time I checked, words couldn't do anything but speak. In reply to: "iPhone unlocking explodes despite Apple's countermeasures"

  January 30, 2008

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