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You can get the real thing as well, you know.

+1 I wanted to make a smart aleck comment, but remembered that Merc is the Cat Whisperer.

You're right, from my experience. But why is it so? How hard is it to make a charging circuit that bypasses the battery if on AC? Sheesh.

To LDCs - Less developed countries - China, etc. eWaste is becoming a serious problem because they contain toxics like mercury, lead etc. and if not recycled properly, that stuff leaches into the ground and groundwater. More responsible corporates have recycling programs; here in India, Nokia...

Might those programs that recover photos from camera media cards help?

I felt likewise, but I lack the subtlety of Coug, so I kept silent :drl:

I moved to India in 2006, so yes, I'm still there. Agreed, $800 is a lot of money. None of the carriers here subsidizes cell phones. Will Win 7 be worth it? There is a huge online community that releases "fixed" versions of Win Mobile 6.5 for various phones. My understanding is that MS is...

A colleague has the HTC Touch Pro and is an avid WM fan. He's of course upgraded his WM 6.1 to WM 6.5.x by downloading the firmware from enthusiast hacker sites. A couple of days ago he showed me Android on it; I was shocked to see he had abandoned WM. Then he grins and says he's dual booting...

I tried Handbrake a few months ago and it took ages to extract a 5-minute chapter from a DVD. I was so disheartened that I haven't tried it since. Machine is an Amd64 X2 4400+ (2.2 GHz) with 2GB RAM, WinXP SP3 32-bit. I am now finding that when I am viewing pictures taken with a 12MP camera, it...

I'm ogling the HTC HD2 with WM 6.5.x over here. It'll cost ~ $800 (none of the carriers here subsidizes handsets). There are rumors that the HTC HD3 will be out Oct. 2010 with WM 7 and very high-end specs. Maybe I should wait for that.

Congrats, Chewy!

I still have an Oly C-4000, my first digital. 4MP, larger sensor than today's PnS digitals. V. good pic quality if there was sufficient light. At that time I panicked that SM cards would be discontinued and bought a truckload of them. THe whole stuff is in a box somewhere.

Member No.: 3,4xx Joined: October 02 Last Seen: September 2003 1xx posts I wasn't in a hurry to join after the crash. Memory's pretty hazy. Different handle.

Why would it be removed? If a file is opened, it should always be a copy into memory.

What was wrong with them? Were you able to fix them? If so, how?

So the driver for the wireless mouse needs to be installed for a screensaver to work?:puke-l::stpd:

I bought it in the U.S. and brought it with me to India. India has been recycling things for the longest time - paper, glass, you name it. Cheap labor allows door-to-door collection and aggregation of old stuff. For what are considered durables, there is always a trade-in program when you buy...

That would add to the landfills. My DVD player died, and I paid to get it "fixed". The fix didn't stick; they told me at the shop not to bother coming back if it died again because it was on its last legs. I'm cringing now as to what to do with it.

Deprecated. But considering the age of that technology, it is sure to be depreciated as well.

There are serious consequences to not getting enough sleep. Stuff about REM sleep rejuvenating the mind and non-REM sleep rejuvenating the body. It has been proven that insufficient sleep can lead to diabetes, blood pressure, atherosclerosis and heart disease. I am equally guilty of not...

Nobody's talked about chips in the cartridge / drum that expires them. Aren;t the printer manufacturers doing that anymore?

I got all rebates I've ever sent in as well. Years ago, when they were a problem, I had to call in for a couple and resend (I always keep copies), and did get the rebates finally. Expecting $200 from Sandisk for some Extreme IV compactflash. My understanding is that the Extreme IV series is...

That was a killer, SD ...... :rofl: Damn you, you made coffee spurt out of my nose.

Gosh, Congrats, Chewy! I too don't know of any laptops for kids, but mine would sit on my lap while I was working on my desktop and became quite comfortable using the mouse (I did get a kiddie mouse for her to use). I bought a ton of kid's educational sw - the kind that look like games but...

Way back, I know I had problems installing programs in non-C drives. Since then, I've religiously installed Windows and programs on C. Never felt adventurous enough to experiment, and haven't seen the need to. In all my systems, the C drive has only Windows and programs installed; data is always...

I thought most programs hiccuped if they weren't installed on the C drive?

What happened now, LM? Didn't you break a bone a few months back?

Where's JTR when you need him?

That's what I think too.

Just general reliability and performance info, Coug. There is so much mention of the other brands but none of the Hibachi, I was beginning to wonder. The Hibachis are easily available at decent prices in my neck of the woods. The other brands easily available are Seagate and WD. Now you know why...

Is nobody using Hibachi 1TB drives?

Glad for you, Merc. Since she's visited, perhaps you should consider going to see her next, despite your abhorrence for travel.

So I take it you're an HTC + WinMobile fan, Merc? Several of my co-workers are also. When I was in the U.S. for 3 months earlier this year, I was given a loaner Sprint WinMobile phone, and I quite liked it, especially the smooth integration with MS Exchange. The main suck about it was battery...

Why should they even need a removal tool? To me that smacks of lousy programming. If the removal tool can cleanly remove it, why can't the uninstall function? This doesn't make any sense to me.

That's a shame. Delkin was supposed to be very good a few years ago; looks like another one has fallen by the wayside.

Merc, you're a scholar and a gentleman. I wish you every happiness.

I upgraded to XP in 2006 and thought I was the last! You get the crown, Time.

Hey dd, whendid YOU cross 9k?? I missed that. Congrats, Merc & dd!

I must be the biggest doofus on the planet. I bought Vista Home Premium 64, PS CS3 and 2 new HDDs in the last quarter of 2007, but they are all still in the box. And now Win 7 is already out! The money on Vista and PS CS has been wasted. I will probably end up needing to dual-boot XP and Win7...

Thanks Time. The models numbers are different, so I don't know if what I get here will be duds. I read a news item the other day that USB-3 controllers will start to become available last quarter this year / first quarter next year, and that devices will also be available in the same time frame...

All my CFLs I have broken. It seems they use the thinnest of glass to make the tubes. Putting them in and taking them out of bayonet mount lamp holders breaks them really easily. It is not always possible to hold the bulb by the base when trying to put them in certain light fixtures. Good old...

I envy you, Fushigi! The Pre (GSM version) is not available yet, and it will probably be months before it is available in India. And then at some exorbitant price. Does it support HTML email?

Congrats, Paugie!

Many Happy Returns of the Day, Mark!

Thanks time. Would you have the model # of the 4GB you tested?

Now that's interesting. Verbatim flash drives are available here (India), but no performance numbers are given on any vendor's website, and neither are they given on Verbatim's website. I was leery of buying this brand because so little is known about them. The following are available...

HP must be turning a sickly gray reading this.

I ain't a doctor, but I agree with her. Once is ok, twice is cause for concern, but if it is recurring, you need the heavy duty treatment. As LM said, you should seek treatment in a bigger city. Don't ignore it Merc.

Interesting angles on the ones with the yellow plane; your vantage point seems level with the planes in the shots, or higher. How so?

Hey, you're describing California!