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  1. MaxBurn

    Android phones: Tips, tricks?

    I think that is a big reason why they put raise to speak in there. That and there are no buttons or taps at all involved with raise to speak triggering Siri.
  2. MaxBurn

    The obligatory Blackberry thread

    A huge thing keeping them in business outside of enterprise is BBM. A lot of people got into this proprietary messenger (for some ungodly reason) and stayed there. There are rumors they are going to open it up and make android or iOS apps but I don't see them opening up something that holds...
  3. MaxBurn

    Kalifornia=1984 50% tax on water

    Get yourself some drinking bottles and stop buying bottles. Living in the US one of the nice things is the faucet water is always drinkable and if it isn't it is generally a big regional or national news item. If you don't like the taste of tap water just get some sort of filter thing, tons...
  4. MaxBurn

    The obligatory Blackberry thread

    Suspect? http://www.asymco.com/ Apple focused site but Horace has some excellent data and charts showing rim dying a slow death. QNX is not going to save them (IMO) and personally I am hoping it will be a massive fail and kill them quicker. Our IT is finally starting to see the light and I...
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    The obligatory Blackberry thread

    So to fix the above email formatting / rendering engine IT upgraded me to OS 6.x.x.x. This did fix both email rendering and web page rendering/formatting. Both look much better now. Why at the start of 2011 rim couldn't get this right I don't know, all I know is that now in the last bit of 2011...
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    The obligatory Blackberry thread

    Well we covered the other two mobile systems we might as well right? OK so I have a rim 9650 for work as most of my workmates do and this email formatting thing has been annoying me quite a bit lately. If I sent someone a table the phones would butcher it. This appears to pertain to the...
  7. MaxBurn

    Kalifornia=1984 50% tax on water

    Most places do bottle deposits but you get that back so I don't think of it as a tax. NH doesn't though.
  8. MaxBurn

    TV programs you like?

    When I bought breaking bad on itunes there is an inside episode for every episode plus some season intro/wrapup extras too. Similar with movies, with the free digital copy I get on some disks I buy I plugged that in to see what you get and there is usually a whole extras thing that look just...
  9. MaxBurn

    TV programs you like?

    Don't care. In the absence of getting what I want legally I won't be doing without. I was about to start up Netflix again (I cancelled when they upped the prices last) but then realized there is stuff I would still be missing even though I belong to two streaming providers. Too bad you can't...
  10. MaxBurn

    TV programs you like?

    It annoys me that dexter doesn't appear to be streaming on Netflix, Hulu or iTunes. Way to go in making the show impossible to get legitimately. Watched the last two episodes of breaking bad last night, awesome.
  11. MaxBurn

    Televisions as monitors: What are you using, and why?

    People actually pay costco to do this which weeds out a lot of abusers. Membership just went up too. I don't know that it is a problem.
  12. MaxBurn

    Noise-Reduction Headphones...experiences?

    Of course? Like there is a set of standards?
  13. MaxBurn

    Something Random

    Really impressive.
  14. MaxBurn

    Noise-Reduction Headphones...experiences?

    IMO the complyfoams are around 26-30db, very much similar to foamy earplugs.
  15. MaxBurn

    iPhone syndrome

    http://boingboing.net/2011/11/25/create-a-meeting-tomorrow-at-t.html Stay classy microsoft.
  16. MaxBurn

    iPhone syndrome

    A similar webpage with the same settings shortcuts but more style. I haven't tried yet, just found them. http://brdrck.me/settings/
  17. MaxBurn

    Something Random

    http://butdoesitfloat.com/2353920/Everyone-has-a-piece-of-the-puzzle Neat stuff, always wanted to take one of those clocks apart.
  18. MaxBurn

    Something Random

    I have had a touch of a headache from yesterday afternoon to this morning, going over what might be wrong I realize I have been sleeping in so much and skipping coffe/tea I think I might be in withdrawal.
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    Noise-Reduction Headphones...experiences?

    Which one? There seem to be dozens out there all of visibly terrible quality but I have yet to see one with a mic built in. Also thinking with the addition of that I'm going to have too much cable. Other than not lasting long the ue vi cable is about perfect so I decided to order a set again...
  20. MaxBurn

    Televisions as monitors: What are you using, and why?

    Fwiw that light sensor was doing its job perfectly, the stated goal was for power savings. This in a time when California is looking at laws on tv power consumption stupid as that sounds. Adding a dollar sensor likely endeared them to some politicians.
  21. MaxBurn

    Power supply

    Using on board video? I don't see anything strange here.
  22. MaxBurn

    Something Random

    1Password is half off for thanksgiving AND their checkout accepted some coupon codes I found online. I have been thinking about this for a while and I really need to get my password situation under control, this sale sealed the deal for me.
  23. MaxBurn

    Android phones: Tips, tricks?

    Why would you not want the latest os and new features?
  24. MaxBurn

    Noise-Reduction Headphones...experiences?

    I just blew my first set of cables on my tirplefis. http://www.logitech.com/en-us/ue/ue-earphones/accessories I hear the westone cables are much better with a price to match but I would lose the mic and controls. Small mod to shorten the connector to fit...
  25. MaxBurn

    Televisions as monitors: What are you using, and why?

    My last tv had a light sensor that made it look terrible too, menu mentioned power savings etc. A little is ok but it went way too far.
  26. MaxBurn

    iPhone syndrome

    Or ditch it and go simplenote or plaintext. They both have web sync too.
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    iPhone syndrome

    You did that with iFile or something? Try making your notes sync with icloud? It appears to create a new account for notes in the cloud if you didn't previously mark it as sync notes etc when you did the icloud setup. If you did it. I don't know if it creates a new notes db file but for a while...
  28. MaxBurn

    Best movie you've seen

    Damn, that's pretty bad of me. Anyone seen The Big Bus?
  29. MaxBurn

    TV programs you like?

    I did watch Dexter and enjoyed it but I missed the last season.
  30. MaxBurn

    TV programs you like?

    Right now House, Big Bang Theory and Breaking Bad. Liked Weeds but this last season went way down hill imo. Bones and Burn Notice didn't stick for me for some reason. Almost bought the whole Battlestar Galactica series but I think I will wait, must be going on sale somewhere during the...
  31. MaxBurn

    iPhone syndrome

    You're welcome. I was jailbroken for the longest time mostly just for SB settings to get things like that but I stumbled across this a couple weeks ago on macrumors. Unfortunately apple upped their game with the jailbreakers. With quicker and easier delta updates and blocking the shsh replay...
  32. MaxBurn

    Hand Made Mini V12 Engine

    The second link is definitely a nitro motor but I think you might be right on the first one. I don't recognize a carb on it.
  33. MaxBurn

    Hand Made Mini V12 Engine

    Is it just me or did he skip the piston rings?
  34. MaxBurn

    Something Random

    I switched to a metal wallet in the front left pocket a very long time ago. When I fly it goes in the bin along with the laptop and cell phones. Generally they are antique cigarette cases.
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    Something Random

    One of the reasons I have a metal wallet. Or you can also break the NFC chip pretty easily.
  36. MaxBurn

    Seagate bad RMA service

    They mention that code on the RMA page actually. Very helpful like.
  37. MaxBurn

    Something Random

    Used my NFC credit card for the first time today. Actually I didn't, handed it to the clerk like normal and they slapped it on a reader. I completely forgot the thing had it and I have had it for at least two years. Seems like a slow adoption, most places I go don't have the reader.
  38. MaxBurn

    iPhone syndrome

    There are rumors that this is coming in 5.1.x fwiw. Until then there is jailbreaking, SB settings puts the toggles very easy to get to. Jailbreaking isn't really an option for most people so in place of that is this: http://iphoneza.co.za/IconSettings/ This puts in a web clip that basically...
  39. MaxBurn

    Seagate bad RMA service

    The seagate trouble code thing tied into their seatools disk diagnostic is just a way to filter out the people who don't know what they are doing and are returning good disks. Like me on the last one I sent back.
  40. MaxBurn

    SSDs - State of the Product?

    No mention of the other RAID levels?
  41. MaxBurn

    PC Gaming = World of Suck

    Appears some dishonorable piece of garbage took my name.
  42. MaxBurn

    Cotton Candy (a mini Android & ARM based computer)

    That site has far too many ads to be healthy.
  43. MaxBurn

    Android phones: Tips, tricks?

    Galaxy Nexus performance benchmarks. The browser one is a good one to look at but the rest of the tests between the phones are two different compare I think. http://modmyi.com/content/5978-galaxy-nexus-benchmarks-put-up-against-apple-s-iphone-4s.html
  44. MaxBurn

    PC Gaming = World of Suck

    MechWarrior Online To Use Crysis 2 Game Engine http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/718498/mechwarrior-online-to-use-crysis-2-game-engine/ I don't remember if that was a demanding engine or not but I heard it looks good.
  45. MaxBurn

    iPhone syndrome

    Siri on the lock screen before you login is a feature that can be disabled in the same place where you set your lock screen password. If you use Siri and request a function that requires the phone to be unlocked she will ask you to unlock phone. The camera on the lock screen is a...
  46. MaxBurn

    Best movie you've seen

    and still funny. RIP Leslie Nielsen.
  47. MaxBurn

    Best movie you've seen

    Joey, you ever been in a Turkish prison?
  48. MaxBurn

    Android phones: Tips, tricks?

    I think there were some hard decisions made with the nexus and they hit a nice balance in giving it such a big screen bit not seem like a big phone, it is pretty thin. I wouldn't mind checking one out.
  49. MaxBurn

    Something Random

    I like my HM mirra chair, quite nice and built to last except for the armrests, they are getting a bit mushy. I should look up a replacement actually. Anyone ever dealt with HM for an RMA?
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