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I thought you had a Galaxy Note? Samsung bought Navigon licenses for every Android phone they make, so just download that. I'm 90% sure it can store maps and work without a full-time connection.

From Wikipedia: I used to have one of these POS many, many moons ago.

Timwhit, do you mean you need support for ActiveSync?

With classrooms in mind, I'd go for something like this (click to view Amazon deal). Very slightly pricier but I think the convenience would outweigh any marginal spec downgrade to meet budget. Only 340mm depth yet standard ATX PSU; no fans required with a low-power CPU such as the G850 or i3...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFUz6vHEQCM&feature=player_embedded

Fiber all the way to the door I assume? Is your power (and fiber) mostly underground?

30MB or 30Mb?

Economist reflects on Euro health This was recorded back in June when the Euro looked particularly shaky.

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CityK, thanks for sharing that. About two years ago, our best ever 'people' cat suffered renal failure, consequent retina detachment and blindness. When younger she was exceptionally agile, and even in her dotage loved to ride around on our necks/shoulders/backs and just generally hang out with...

I agree. I thought there might have been a slight improvement in scrolling, but the more I tested, the more I doubted it. I had tried Pale Moon previously and dismissed it as hype. I suspect that like many programmers, the developer has become over-excited with technical trivia. Perhaps there's...

But "handles well compared to a locomotive".

What on earth are you babbling about? Are you getting your OSes mixed up or something?

I needed a place to park this truly fascinating link about water saving toilets: The low flush toilet controversy and MaP toilet testing I recommend watching the video. No, seriously.

Or in your case, after 45 hours. :p

Up until 2008, you were able to buy 100 RON (98 RON with 5% ethanol) at some Shell stations in Oz. Apparently, you can still buy it from a boutique chain. Many gas (petrol) stations will sell you 98 RON for about 16c/liter (60c/US gallon) more than the standard 91 RON fuel. Most also have 95...

AFAIK, it just creates one or more large files, then deletes them. In other words, it creates an event that triggers a Trim cleanup by the controller.

That's been my experience also. General responsiveness problems more so than something that shows up clearly in benchmarks (from memory).

I think that was just a lunarism. He's saying with the disease that he has, there's no chance of him being around in another 10 years. I for one will miss him badly. But I assume he doesn't want to be treated differently because of his mortality. After my experience a year ago, I realize I...

Firefox is hopeless on legacy hardware - even a diehard fan like Mercutio will admit that. I support a 1.3GHz Core 2 Duo and I have a (dying) PC here that is a 1.8GHz Athlon 64. Give it up, benchmarks and user experience are just hopeless on these sort of platforms. I hardly think Chrome is...

Hmmm, that could actually make sense on a 5.3" screen, as opposed to the teeny iPhone screen. I think this is your main problem right here. Tomorrow, I'll check if that's a bug with Android 4.03, or with the Note's version of it (Ddrueding?). Not here. As I said, I think everything stems from...

I did notice this, but it didn't stop me editing the text. When you tap anywhere in the active field, it scrolls to the start. But this doesn't affect the edit cursor, which can be moved left and right with impunity, and it doesn't stop you scrolling outside the input field or just scrolling...

The Nexus has the dimmest OLED screen I've ever seen, even allowing for an overly-aggressive auto-brightness configuration. If you disable auto on the Note, it should be plenty bright enough - if you bear in mind that effective contrast is ultimately what defines limits on readability. This...

And this is from the desktop view in Chrome, also under Android 4.04. And now edited in mobile view. What am I missing?

Your browser problem is a bit surprising. I'm typing this in desktop view on the standard 4.0 browser. Any clues as ti how to reproduce it?

Surely it has something to do with the fact that the name "D. Hasselhoff" is synonymous with the original white version? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joZODFleOaA No-one else could ever be expected to follow such a bravura performance.

I'm not particularly happy about defending Mercedes, but they're entitled to say that. They've spent far, far more on vehicle safety research than any of these independent crash testers. You have to remember: these are only simple synthetic tests that attempt to model a broad range of collision...

Lithium-Ion batteries start 'wearing' from the day of manufacture, even when unused. Toshiba may be 'derating' those packs because they're already a certain age. I'd speculate that (good) Li-Io batteries must be designed to have maybe 10% above rated capacity at the time of manufacture, to...

You may be right, although I qualified my 12s rule of thumb with "pretty much". ;) It's interesting that the S4 is hitting such low elapsed times with a relatively low terminal speed. It's annoying that so few reviews publish the terminal speed, because it's a good indicator of how much power...

You don't consider the ZL1 a supercar? 7:41.27 around Nürburgring not good enough? ;) The fact that people can go below 12 in the Shelby is a testament to the Goodyear F1 'Supercar' tires - which apparently need preheating, just like slicks.

For unmodified cars, 1/4 mile in the 15's is brisk, in the 14's is quick, in the 13's is very quick and in the 12's is pretty much the domain of supercars. Below 12 you're talking slicks etc, etc.

Unless you're including 4000 pound cars as "mid-sized", you're talking bullshit. Ddrueding's car can manage 0-100 km/h in about 6 seconds (reports vary widely) and the 1/4 mile in 14.9 seconds. That's better acceleration than maybe 95% of the vehicles on the road. The Cadillac weighs about the...

It reminds me a of a Camry, so that automatically makes it one of the uglier cars on the road. On the other hand, an exotic and expensive Audi also reminds Mercutio of a Camry, so perhaps the Cadillac is in good company? ;) But yeah, its ass is a shocker. You're not a young pup like some of...

Awesome story. I love the fact that despite the corporation's best efforts, this amazing entrepreneur managed to create the flagship app for their critical new hardware platform. Too outrageous even for Dilbert. Some people might think that a company that purports to be an 'innovator' would be...

You can definitely say goodbye to that RS7. ;) Congratulations, I wondered when you guys would take the next step.

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It's paper-covered plaster, not ceramic. What do you use in your bathrooms instead of crown molding?

34. Fit wall tiles 35. Grout tiles 36. Silicone all corners and edges Steps 30 and 31 (ceiling) are still pending fitment of new cornices. Can't remember what these are called in North America; they're plaster molds that cover the gaps between walls and ceiling. I've had to look for an actual...

Windows 8 will be a catastrophe for PC game makers

Mass sackings here.

Antarctic Decor

Mirrors What ascetic preferences do people have WRT mirrors, specifically bathroom mirror edges? Framed appears to consist of polished aluminum or occasionally wood framing. A 'Microframe' reveal only the edge of an aluminum angle. Frameless appears to be either polished edge, bevelled (to...

I missed quite a few steps, such as the rewiring to move a power point across to the other side of the room (the old one would have ended up half inside the new shower stall), and moving the light/fan switches into a tight spot between 2 studs (wiring drops down and then goes sideways through a...

Although Ddrueding and others have offered insights into their dwelling construction escapades, I thought a thread might be interesting to swap stories. In particular, I'm intrigued by the different building methods and terminology between different countries. My immediate inspiration is the...

Hmmm, I would expect that table sugar might be the best 'bang for the buck' in the food energy stakes. But fats are more energy-dense, so I wonder if dairy cream might be the ultimate winner?

Great review. When I saw the bargain pricing, I thought I was going to buy a Galaxy Nexus for sure. I wasn't too worried about the missing MicroSD slot, but the battery life was reported to be a bit below par and I was never happy with the screen. Although I realized that I could override the...

Assuming your DVD players have an HDMI output, you don't need a TV - you need a monitor. Which is good because AFAIK all TVs under 32" are TN panels and consequently complete crap. If so, you should run, not walk, to Southport and buy two of these. 178° viewing angles for AU$220 should fit the...

HTC beats Apple in court This is a major setback for Apple's faux infringement campaign; most non-US courts are likely to treat this as precedent. Apple or Rambus, it's the same disease: 'patent trolls'.

I've looked at our consumer association test results and it looks like my linking of viewing angles with active 3D is either wrong or out of date. Unfortunately, the list of about 80 LCD and plasma sets they have reviewed over the last 18 months is largely out of date and due to be refreshed...

Yep. I have a software gripe though, regarding auto rotation in the Gallery and in Messaging. Might be a bug, because the manual rotate button is permanently disabled. I'll have to compare with a pure Android phone to see if the issue comes from Samsung or Google. Our Nexus S won't be back until...