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Comment: Re:MMS is the only issue? (Score 1) 294

by Indras (#39144713) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Mobile Phone Solution With No Data Plan?

MMS is an abhorrent waste of time that despite I get free unlimited MMS messages, have never sent one. I will not inflict that pain and suffering on another person in that way.

They truly are a vile creation only popular with people whos age (or acts like their age) starts with a '1' followed by some small number.

Parent here. I'm 29, wife is 30, two kids, 2 and 3. I receive 2-3 MMS messages from my wife every day, pictures and/or videos of my kids playing/singing/sleeping/whatever while I'm at work. I live for those messages. I'm stuck on the 3-11 shift for a while longer, yet, so I only get to have dinner with my kids on weekends. Last week, her camera died, bad ribbon cable on an LG Lotus. I promptly took her out and got her a shiny new Evo Shift so she can can keep sending those pictures my way.

I honestly have no idea what your issue is with MMS... it would be like having an issue with the postal service because you get some junk mail. Point your anger where it belongs. If you get annoying MMS messages, blame the person that sent them, not the protocol.

Comment: Re:Google tricks (Score 1) 126

by Indras (#37255862) Attached to: Google Explores Re-Ranking Search Results Using +1 Button Data
And grocery stores are getting people to check our their own goods at the register, eliminating the checkout clerk and bagger at the same time. Most stores local to me have already eliminated baggers, giving rotating carousels of bags to the clerks so they can bag as they scan. Not news. I only see this trend expanding.

Comment: Re:Riiiiiiight (Score 1) 405

by Indras (#34059354) Attached to: Time To Rethink the School Desk?
Here's the chair I sit in every day: http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/KI-Round-Stool-2W159?Pid=search Unfortunately, the wood top broke off a few years ago, and I have to weld the legs back on to the support ring every six months or so (I keep meaning to spray paint it to prevent rust, but then just get too busy). Sorry, no school board is going to get sympathy from me about uncomfortable chairs for students!

Comment: Re:Blah blah blah (Score 2, Interesting) 206

by Indras (#31609508) Attached to: Google Wants To Be Your Electricity Meter
This is absolutely wrong. The obvious flaw in your argument: 220V loads. A clothes dryer, for instance, creates a complete circuit between the two phases to provide the 220V necessary to run the load. Therefore, 220V appliances are ALWAYS balanced loads, requiring no neutral/ground to handle the difference. Are you trying to tell me that the power company does not charge you for electricity you use in 220 circuits?

Comment: Re:That's funny (Score 2, Insightful) 749

by Indras (#28885331) Attached to: RIAA Says "Don't Expect DRMed Music To Work Forever"

Being somewhat devils advocatish - what about all those people who find that their CDs stop working after a few years due to small scratches? Should they be allowed to demand free replacement in perpetuity?

That argument doesn't work. If I buy a chair from you, and I do not properly take care of it, and eventually it becomes unusable, that is MY fault. If I buy a chair from you, use it properly and care for it, and one day the chair just suddenly falls apart, that is YOUR fault. See the difference?

Comment: Re:Peanuts (Score 1) 457

by Indras (#27806207) Attached to: When watching a movie, I like to add calories via ...

My coworker told me that MSG stimulates your taste buds and makes them more receptive to flavor, allowing companies to put less flavoring in and still have the same amount of taste. If this is the case, it means that the ones you're buying without MSG are adding much more salt/honey/etc to make up for it.

The reason he knows this is that both he and his father have very strong reactions to it. He mentioned dry mouth, upset stomach, or headaches for even mild doses. As a result he tends to monitor ingredient lists on everything he eats.

Comment: Re:MMOs seem to have the most (Score 1) 282

by Indras (#27475059) Attached to: Strange Glitches In Games

Dark Age of Camelot had quite a few places where the floor didn't properly meet a wall, leaving a tiny crack. Pushing yourself against the crack while rotating your character would allow you to push through the crack and fall below the world. Once you reached a certain depth, the game automatically teleported you back to your last bind stone.

It was a VERY handy trick to know, saving hours of running and horse travel. It didn't take people long to find these cracks in pretty much every dungeon in the game.

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