Would that be a Celeron processor EEE PC? I have a 701 and a 900, and if the battery is connected it'll be drained within a week, even if it's been sitting off in my bag the whole time. I just have to remember to take out the battery when I put it away, and I'm more likely to have a charge the next time I use it.

On topic to the original discussion though, my 1st gen Kindle only runs out of battery when I leave it sitting around, maybe with 3G on, in between vacations (when I generally read). I've never run it dead though usage, which is good enough for me.

Not only a better lifespan for a STB, but they're a fraction of the price of a TV with integrated STB functionality. That way, when they're no longer supported, it's not such a big deal to replace it with the new one that is.

I haven't used the digital audio out on my TV (vizio xvt323sv), let alone from an app or USB/network playback, so I can't help you there. I agree on not wanting the TV to be obsolete, but I'm using it 99% so far as a PC monitor through HDMI, so that's less of a concern.

I bought a Vizio XVT323SV about a month ago, which includes the "Vizio Internet Apps." It was $500 bucks at Sams Club, but I needed a new TV/PC monitor anyway. Out of the box it plays Netflix (advertised on the box actually), but not Hulu. This has been added since then, as I just installed the widget from the "Yahoo Gadget Gallery" last night and watched "House". I haven't tried plugging in my USB hard drive full of DVD rips to see if it'll play those or the MKV container BD rips of a TV show I have on there, but I have an appliance box for that; the Brite-View Cinema-Tube mini. It'll do USB playback and network playback of media (NFS, SMB, UPNP), but no commercial services. Between the two I'm rather set for most video playback though.

If I hadn't gotten the TV, it seems as if Vizio (among others) has a blu-ray player or two that has the same Internet Apps selection as my TV, for $100-$150. That seems to be a good way to go to get the 2 streaming services I care about, plus DVD/blu-ray playback. Another box would need to be added for LAN/USB media playback, but it'd still probably cost less, use less power, and an "appliance" box would probably have more Wife Acceptance Factor than a PC would.

Lost? Don't know about you, but my unlimited iPhone plan is still going strong. I'll see if they allow me to keep it when the iPhone 4GS/5 comes out, like they did for folks when the 4 came out (which I skipped).

Faster? Depends on your internet connection, although having a cam the day it comes out in theatres is certainly faster than waiting 28 days after it comes out in the retail/rental market, for it to show up in Netflix/Redbox (due to their agreements to get some movies 28 days after retail release in exchange for cheaper copies of the disc).

Easier? Yes, it's easier, to GET the movie by tossing Movie.torrent at your client, than it is to open your mailbox (or go to red machine, punch screen, swipe card, grab disc), pop disc into PC, rip, convert, then put back in the mailbox (or go to red machine, punch screen, insert disc). However, once you've returned your disc, you're done! With torrenting, you may find out a year later they were forming an copyright infringement case and come after you for money.

I'd rather deal with the physical disc.

Ooooh...touched on a sore subject for me there. I _HAD_ a 7797 phone, but the store I bought it from had gotten it from an AT&T provider, but it was compatible (at the time) with US Cellular. It worked great for a while, until some weirdness in the programming (due to being an AT&T phone on a non-AT&T carrier) it stopped working. I brought it back to the store, they sent it in to be fixed. I waited, waited, kept getting the run around until they finally said they LOST it (the Bastards!). Gave me a comsumerized style StarTac, the TimePort I believe, to replace it. It may have been newer, and "better", but I didn't care. I wanted my StarTac back, or an equivalent model back. I never even activated that phone.

TL;DR I too had a StarTac 7797...HAD being the operative word.

Drivers? I don't even think the damn things will boot, let alone have the proper drivers.

The only "Universal" OSX discs are the ones you buy in a little box from the store, not the ones you get with the PC. Those are for that model and revision of Mac only.

My neon was stolen. 1995 2.0L SOCH with a manual transmission, windows, and locks. Nothing special about it except an aftermarket deck (which was still there, though busted).

My roommate was throwing a party (which I was at). As best as we could tell, while hanging out in the living room after everyone left, some fucker took my spare key from the garage and drove my car right out of the driveway. Seems they used it to either get home or to the next party, because the next morning my car was ticketed for being parked illegally. I didn't realize it was stolen until a few hours after that happened, then immediately called it in. My car got ticketed twice more before a connection was made, and I was notified they found it. Thinking about it now, I bet they were going to tow it and finally ran the plates, at which point it came up as reported stolen.

Geez guys, all the hullabaloo is a matter of interpretation. I would be correct in saying that 12 gauge (AWG) wire is smaller than 4 gauge (AWG) wire, even when the numbers are inverse in their size. Therefore, a 28 gauge shotgun, with it's higher number, is smaller than a 12 gauge shotgun, with it's smaller number.

Therefore, the OP's typo of a .20 gauge shotgun would indeed be quite powerful, and only needed to be pointed out as a typo. Unfortunately, you then tried to correct him on his correct statement of a .22 caliber rifle (aka, "22 long rifle" I bet), and this got your shit jumped by everyone else about your whole post.

Of course, Buelldozer's comment about "The smaller the gauge of a shotgun the LESS powerful it is" sounds backwards, when you take it at face value (12ga < 28ga) When you take it "correctly", it's correct: A (smaller gauge, bigger#) 28ga shotgun is LESS powerful than a (bigger gauge, smaller#) 12ga shotgun.

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It should be, but then (as noted in my other comment here

If you look at the packaging, you can see the name/logo is an anagram AND is a purposeful misspelling of "i poo'd!" (aka: "i pooped!" abbreviated). This gives you "iPood!", which when the package is inverted, still reads as "iPood!" due to the font used.

You wouldn't get to be a witty company by coming up with a clever name...which it turns out bothers Apple Inc.

yeah, but would we even be having this conversation if it was called "!Poodi"?

No...but we speak english here, not spanish, so we put our exclamation points at the end of our sentences. And they're both upside down. Otherwise, you have a good point.

Seriously?? It's a shovel to bury your shit with.

Let me tell you a quick rhetorical story: I had to shit. I poo'd. I buried my poop with an iPood! shovel.

I bet you'll tell me that "Anti Monkey Butt Powder", um, butt powder, and "Cat Crap" anti-fog lens treatment are incredibly tasteless too.

I beg to differ. I was just looking at one of these the other day, and have actually considered getting one in the past when prepping for a camping trip, due in no part to associating it with Apple Computers. If you look at the packaging, you can see the name/logo is an anagram AND is a purposeful misspelling of "i poo'd!" (aka: "i pooped!" abbreviated). This gives you "iPood!", which when the package is inverted, still reads as "iPood!" due to the font used.

The product itself is a well designed solution to the problem of chintzy plastic shovels sold for the purpose of digging a scat hole. It's made of aluminum for light weight, collapsible for small size, and named well for it's intended purpose, "I poo'd (in the woods)!"

Sheep. Not goats, it was sheep he castrated. With. His. Teeth.

Still makes the boys shrivel up just thinking about it.

Amen to that. There's movies I have on DVD/BD (or ::ahem:: a "time-shifted rental") that I can see anytime I want to, but what if I just catch it on TV? Strangely enough, I'll sit there and watch it, even with the commercials added and it having been edited for "time and content". It's not quite the same, but it is still the same story as the uncut, and I still enjoy seeing it again.