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Comment Re:This surprises? (Score 1) 215

This is what I've seen. What US content is left? All netflix suggests these days are crappy foreign shows movies. I have enjoyed some of them, but it seems they are really scrapping the bottom of the barrel. Makes me wonder what they are using the recent price increase for, since it doesn't seem like they are making anything decent these days.

Comment Avoid the cloud, its a trap. (Score 3, Interesting) 97

I was sad to see google music go, but there is so much space on my phone now I just keep a copy of my music collection there now. I set a a sync on andorid with SMBSync2, so I can keep it automatically updated. While I was at it I also set up a sync to back up pictures, since its always nice to have a backup of that.

Decided on foobar2000 for a media player on android after trying a few. seemed the closest to what I wanted. ability to play albums in a nice organized way, or shuffle when you dont care.

Comment works until it doesn't (Score 2) 415

I'm sure that works until something goes wrong with the automation and there's nobody left who understands how it works. I've automated plenty of my daily job, but when anything doesn't happen that should...nobody else will even attempt to figure it out, even though I do have these processes documented. Because I wrote the processes, i can usually figure out where to look and what the problem may be fairly fast, where someone else would have to figure it out.

Comment Re:Use case? (Score 1) 192

How about...

- remotely allowing changes to the license plate, say your car is stolen or your registrations expired... it could change visually so your vehicle is more visible to police (yay?)
- disabling the plate visually when its not in use. maybe good for rental places or again for stolen cars.
- make it so instead of the license plate following the car it follows the person driving. not sure this has any benefit, but registration could behave more like a license... you get it the car and the tag changes to your specific registration, with all your history and your responsibility. the driver would be able to be identified without even pulling you over, even in a different car you don't own. For something like this to work everyone's biometrics would probably need to be collected...for you know, safesy...and to start your car...hahaha

Comment Re:But when (Score 5, Funny) 199

Colonel Sandurz: Try here. Stop.
Dark Helmet: What the hell am I looking at? When does this happen in the movie?
Colonel Sandurz: Now. You're looking at now, sir. Everything that happens now, is happening now.
Dark Helmet: What happened to then?
Colonel Sandurz: We passed then.
Dark Helmet: When?
Colonel Sandurz: Just now. We're at now now.
Dark Helmet: Go back to then.
Colonel Sandurz: When?
Dark Helmet: Now.
Colonel Sandurz: Now?
Dark Helmet: Now.
Colonel Sandurz: I can't.
Dark Helmet: Why?
Colonel Sandurz: We missed it.
Dark Helmet: When?
Colonel Sandurz: Just now.
Dark Helmet: When will then be now?
Colonel Sandurz: Soon.
Dark Helmet: How soon?

Comment Re:Nice, but what we need is an updated client (Score 4, Interesting) 46

I agree. KML support is lacking in this. I have some huge kmz files (like this one https://live.wifidb.net/wifidb... ) and files with a lot of network links (like this one https://live.wifidb.net/wifidb... ) and neither of them work in this (the large file somewhat works). Its almost as bad as the mobile version of google earth. I'd love to see a 64bit version of the old desktop client...this new web version is junk

Comment Re:Talk about drawing a fine line... (Score 1) 110

>Yes, but you said they stopped making them. Clearly not the case
I said they pretty much stopped making them, not that they all stopped making them. The searches I did with your examples support this. 16x10 monitor choices are slim unless you want to pay out the ass or stick with a 24in minitor.

>I'm gonna call bullshit on that one, unless you can point to an example?
Maybe I was a bit overzealous will sub $200. How about sub $300... I had in mind a hanns g monitor a friend of mine had purchased. This is actually a 28in 16x10 monitor. The lowest price I was able to find on newegg through the way back machine was $299, but i know i've seen it for less. https://web.archive.org/web/20...

One thing was clear searching the way back machine... there were a hell of a lot more 16:10 monitors in 2009. It seemed like in 2010 everyone started moving to 16:9.

Comment Re:Talk about drawing a fine line... (Score 1) 110

There are 16x10 minitors, but its clear they are pushing 16x9 now. If I search for 1920x1200 monitors all I am seeing is 24in. There used to be 27in 1920x1200 monitors which I no longer see anywhere. You right that you could move to a 2560x1600 if you want to pay over $350 for a monitor...but its more than I would want to pay. You used to be able to get a huge 16:10 display for less than $200, but now that price range is filled with 1080p displays.

Comment Re:Talk about drawing a fine line... (Score 1) 110

This is more because pretty much all the manufactures stopped making 16:10 monitors. They are all 16:9 or even wider now. Its like they only expect people to use their computers for video. My last monitor I purchased I had to get few inches bigger just to make up for the vertical height loss of the newer 4k displays.

Comment Better safe than sorry (Score 2) 65

We got one of these notices at our university. After trying to determine if the message was spam we decided it was likely real, but suspicious due to the link to a 3rd party website that redirected to educause to reset the password. I ended up going to their website and calling the number they listed there (which was different from the one given in the email) just to verify that the email was legitimate before we entered information into the webform.

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