It was the HP TC1100. Great tablet. It had a half-size keyboard but didn't feel cramped. Sturdy construction and decent enough battery life for being used. Too bad mine got stolen. I'd say it would probably fit your needs as long as you don't require recent connections or bleeding edge performance.

It had great tracking on it and I regret not getting one earlier in my academic career.

Man...I wish I could find the burglar's who stole it.

Why bother downloading it at all when my media center can simply record it, compress it and keep track of where my watch points are?

Don't get me wrong. There are torrent trackers that do download files as new episodes appear. I just have a different approach to acquiring content when it comes to Good Eats.

Normally, I don't respond to AC. This time, you're insulting Alton Brown.

Pray tell me how one is going to learn a technique that has never been seen? Reading and pictures are all fun and good. But if you really want to learn it, you watch someone else do it then you try it.

No no...You don't know jack shit about Good Eats or the reason Alton Brown started it, do you?

I can honestly say I never really enjoyed making food until I watched Good Eats. Now, I make meals that are delicious because I learned something from watching his show.

I'd figured that pending the charlie foxtrot that'd come from turning it on they'd scrapped it for use on all signals.

I remember reading somewhere if you're using 1080i, most devices do not use HDCP to black out since there are still a ton of analog tubes with 1080i(me included).

Then again, I could be wrong since I looked into it a year ago. Also, when has an impending CF ever stopped MPAA from making everyone suffer?

Ages ago? Man. You've missed some rather interesting shows that might appeal to your nerdier side.

I'll just say "Good Eats" and leave it at that.

Heck, like many other problems, you can just throw a little less money than they are extorting out of you to solve the problem.

For $180, you can begin get a HDMI to Component converter. It's not as cheap as those other solutions but it's still cheaper than running out to get your MPAA approved device.

I assume you're argument is that Google has every right to ads on the page going to the news, but nothing more. The problem at hand shows that Google has gotten so good at aggregating the meta-data about any topic that they can actually use that to the aggregate the data itself, whether it be news, real estate, restaurants etc.

Think about it:
Google already knows search patterns of people searching for travel plans and airfare. They're in a good position to start using that information to find the cheapest fares, hotel and rentals and, without "evil" intentions, start crowding companies like Orbitz, etc.

And this is all fine and well as long as Google is the one obtaining this data on their own dime. The problem you are getting at is that Google is not paying the original aggregator for the original data.

For the realestate article though, the original host of the data(a realestate agent's website) will still get a hit and a possible revenue from their primary income source: selling or renting real estate. Google makes some money of adsense from providing the link to direct data.

Unfortunately for realestate.com.au, they might get left in the dust because their data aggregation algorithm pales in comparison to that of Google and they can't compete with them. Worse, why are they paying a competitor to hopefully promote them over a free service? That just doesn't make any sense.

Now, if Google starts pimping their own service over that of paying customers, as IS this case of that article..well...What I'd do is don't do business with Google, watch as their service fails because of the lack of reliable & meaningful data and hope they don't "tweak" the search results to eliminate you from the search results. Then cash out when Google writes you a 8+ figure check to buy you and your data aggregation company out.

If they actually do a better job than you and force you out of business...well...I guess you're f'ed.

Sorry if this hardly makes sense....All this "meta" stuff is confusing and I'm about to head out for the day.

It's like an abusive relationship.

I can't help but remember the good times and I keep hoping that if I come back, I'll get that sense of wonder when my toon took it's first steps into BRD. I remember the first time my toon helped drop Rag and Onyx....and then that big night when Nef died for the first time in our guild. The next week the expansion came out and it all went downhill from there it seems.

After that, nothing really seemed all that special. There was nothing like that first scholo or dead mines run.

I think Blizz should just slow down and release things slower so folks can actually enjoy the lead up grind. Let the game mature with each expansion rather than keep pouring on content faster than folks can wring the last drop of the last.

I had this problem a few weeks ago.

If I remember correctly, you have to switch to the personal tab and make sure the source is a paypal balance or a bank account

They even tell you what costs what when you send the money and click "When fees apply" link.
Here's the excerpt from Paypal:

Personal transfers to friends and family

        * Fully funded by:
        * PayPal balance
        * Bank account

        Free Free

        * Fully or partially funded with:
        * Credit card
        * Debit card
        * PayPal credit

2.9% + $0.30 per transaction
Fee is paid by the sender or recipient-sender decides.

I used my bank account to pay a friend, so it was free. Though, if it were anything more serious, I would be leery since I can't do charge back or other convenient stuff.

The writer does NOT mention that in the article what source the money came from.

Perhaps another person could say why the bank account/paypal is free and the other stuff costs money.

I recently went with a BYOD VOIP provider and have two cordless phones at home.

I have to say that,a side from the occasional QOS hiccup(maybe once ever 5 calls it has a delay), the quality of the call puts my cell phone to shame.

I don't mind using my mobile for quick chats or when I'm obviously not home, but when I really want to talk and listen to a person, I reach for the "obsolete" phone next to my desk. That and the cellphones get way too hot after 30 minutes of talking.

Then again, is the phone even really a landline? Only thing that it and the traditional landline have is that there is a RJ-11 at somepoint.

There is a paper trail actually, if the damned county uses them. The problem though is that old folks running the precients barely understand the devices, so they don't bother with the additional hassle of a vote-by-vote trail and just settle for a total count printout.

Read one of my journals for when I worked for Dieb-errr....Premier Election Solutions last year. The best thing I like is a electronic tabulator which can deliver results fast as can be but still has a paper ballot. Touchscreen's should not be for anyone to use but the handicapped.

I can see it now....rogue programmers, up late at night working in secret groups on some highly illegal, highly explosive software. Their code may not be perfect but it's the illegal cool factor that makes it worthwhile.

"NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE IS IMPLIED. USE THIS SOFTWARE AT YOUR OWN RISK" or some combination of that. Even my home server says that every time I SSH into it.

So.....you're going to sue a developer for a defect, intentional or not, even though they said it was not warrantied and use at your own risk?

Don't worry. I've got it for you right here. Make sure you notify your next of kin before clicking thru.

Strain relief becomes an issue when you use locking plugs. Anything else will just pull the plug out of the socket and hopefully safely kill the device.

However, for semi-permanent installation, it makes great sense. Someone vacuuming around it or walking by can't accidentally unplug it.