IIRC, it doesn't say that it's charging, but it will trickle-charge. The problem is that USB ports don't provide enough power for a device that current-hungry to charge from. My ASUS Transformer Pad Inifinity is the same way: It doesn't say it's charging when I plug it into my computer, but it will slowly charge if I'm not using it (1% every 10 minutes or so).

The battery in my 2-year-old iPhone 4 still lasts almost as long as it did new. I go through a day which includes some web browsing and app usage and it's still only at 70% when I get home.

It'd be the perfect cover in case the actual thing gets leaked!

As an applicant, you are not yet an employee. If they want to demand that I give them that information after I am an employee, and I refuse, I would not be surprised if there can be a wrongful termination lawsuit.

I'm switching to Sprint as soon as I can afford the initial investment, and/or my AT&T contract expires. Though, my AT&T phone actually works in my apartment now, so it isn't as pressing of an issue...

> Plus, don't most lights go to flashing yellow (= 4 way stop) at off-peak times?

Traffic lights on side streets, or business intersections, perhaps. But not all lights. And it'd be flashing red if it'd be a 4-way stop. Most of the ones I see do flashing red to the smaller road and flashing yellow to the through road.

I was able to dual-boot Android on my iPhone 3G a year and a half ago. It was pretty bad, but it ... functioned.

> HDMI allows sending audio over the same cable, DVI does not.

Actually, you can get audio out of a DVI port on a video card. I have a GTX570, with one of its DVI ports connected to an HDMI port on my TV with a DVI to HDMI cable, and audio routes over that cable just fine. I was actually surprised the first time it happened, for I thought the same as you.

You still have to actually dial "911" after hitting the emergency call button. All it does is give you a dialpad (which pretty much only lets you dial 911, or whatever the local emergency number is).

The trash icon changes into an eject icon when you're dragging an umountable volume. It's still undiscoverable, but it isn't quite as silly.

The keys are not required to access the binary. There is no encryption; the keys are just to verify that the OS image hasn't been corrupted. The entire binary has always been completely accessible from both the PC side (before transferring) as well as on the calculator. Furthermore, the community has had the ability to load its own operating systems on the TI-83 Plus since 2002. TI had stated in 2004 that they had no problem with independent third-party OSes being loaded, as long as (understandably) no one distributed modified TI OS files. The only new development here is that third-party operating systems can now be loaded onto the calculators without any hacks or preparation. In other words, they can be loaded in a user-friendly manner like the TI OS is loaded, and transmitted from calculator-to-calculator without having to run a special program beforehand. This is a huge deal in gaining acceptance for third-party operating systems, because end users do not want to have to pull out a battery during validation or run a strange program before loading the OS. They'd rather just click and be done.

You have higher cognitive ability, you realize how the world runs, you get depressed. Not the other way 'round.

or try http://springrts.com/

Open source RTS engine which formed around the idea of being a '3d TA' . There's a bunch of variations of TA for it and some nice other games.

A lot of old TA and SupCom players come to spring.

less polish more game.

I've found that the combination of a PC and a Wii serves my gaming needs excellently. The Wii has an excellent set of casual games (Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, etc) that I can pick up and play with my gf whenever we have a few minutes to kill. The PC is great for serious gaming. A keyboard and mouse are, IMO, the best input controllers ever and the graphics on a mid-range gaming PC beat those on a 360 or PS3. I also like the fact that my games are all $50 (and not $60) new at retail.

Of course, everyone is different and I do miss out on a few 360 and PS3 exclusives, but nothing has come out for either system that has been that compelling for me.

I think when people say the Wii has "no good games", they mean it doesn't have good games like GTA, CoD, WoW, and other TLAs. But it has a ton of quick and fun, easy to learn, easy to play games that are great to play with friends, coworkers, kids, gf's, non-gamers etc.