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Comment Re:Really? (Score 1) 426

Yes that may be true but it's still inconvenient. I remember there were a couple of games on the DS similar to Base 10 that had a leftie menu. I thought that was great being so considerate and all since like you, I too am a leftie.

It's kind of fun isn't it. I bat with my left, throw with my right, racket sports I use my right, etc..

Comment Re:Many eyes = problem? (Score 1) 306

Just because there hasn't been any breach in security or security advisories for the latest OpenSSH flaws doesn't mean it's secure. I'm sure there are zero day exploits. The question is, how should one use it when such a flaw is found?

Being open source means a lot of things, but if I can hide one key element in my web infrastructure by closing off the source, even if I know the code is perfect, this is a step I will take. If there is such a source code breach at Google, it wouldn't be a bad idea for them to open it up for the rest to use.

Comment Re:So let me get this straight... (Score 1) 330

The beauty is that with the G1, you are able to flash a different rom regardless of the additions in features. That's the whole point. And to compare a WM6 device with a first generation Android? Yeah that's not quite fair.

Before anybody says, yes I know you are able to flash a custom rom onto these WM HTC devices. However, this procedure isn't supported by either the carrier or HTC.

Comment Re:WISP (Score 1) 200

Too bad its quite expensive either way. In Vancouver, there is Prime Signal and Metrobridge as well as Terago. They're all about the same price except Metrobridge, they have a package which uses Cogent bandwidth.

Comment Re:I'd hate to own a mobile phone in Canada (Score 1) 214

Probably not a bad idea but chances are you'll need a US address and maybe a SSN.

Back when data was more expensive in Canada (not saying its cheaper now), people thought about signing up with AT&T with the roaming option. In the end, it ends up being cheaper than any Canadian option because we didn't have any unlimited data plans to begin with, not including the $50 plan from Fido which has since been discontinued long ago. Before the Rogers take over, Fido's $50 plan included US data roaming. I'm one of the lucky ones to have that plan grandfathered, loosing the US roaming really kills the deal IMO.

Comment What kind of company is SchoolMax? (Score 1) 443

What kind of company is this? Their website is a wreck, the login system to the support site doesn't even work, by that I mean you can provide any credentials and it'll let you in. Once inside, there's nothing there!

A google for SchoolMax returns:
SchoolMax Sucks Facebook Group (Students): http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=66046055790
(Year 2009-2010 Week 1: 3392 Members)

First comment:
"Every year,our scheduling coordinator at Roosevelt Mr. Horn starts working on entering schedules into the system from February to July. He enters the schedules into a computer program called "The Scheduler." Every year, The Scheduler is only able to automatically enter the schedules of about 75% of the students; the other 25%, which is about 600-700 students, have scheduling issues that the program can't fix on its own. When this happens, the program leaves the schedule in the system incomplete and moves on to the next one. This is where Mr. Horn comes in. Mr. Horn, from July to August, sits with The Scheduler and works out the remaining 25% of the students' schedules. By the time school starts back up, he has most of the students' schedules worked out. The remaining students go to the auditorium and wait for their schedules to be finished; the average student's schedule takes 5-10 minutes to be entered into the system.

Now, this year, the county wanted him to use SchoolMax for Eleanor Roosevelt's scheduling. The program, which he was only able to start using in May, was able to get 77% of the student's schedules in. However, SchoolMax, not being able to work out the remaining 33% of the schedules, removed them completely from the system instead of leaving them incomplete. Because of this, Mr. Horn had to enter and work out the missing schedules from scratch. They didn't want him doing this over the summer, however, because they were working on the program, which apparently required it to be down the entire time. Now, instead of Mr. Horn getting to work in late June/early July, they allowed him into the program on August 7th. This left him with 17 days to attempt to do what usually takes him more than two months. In addition, SchoolMax's scheduling program is incredibly slow compared to The Scheduler. Instead of 5-10 minutes for a schedule to be registered in the system, it now can take up to 45 minutes.

In conclusion, the No Child Left Behind Act left behind about 631 students yesterday at Roosevelt."

http://www1.pgcps.org/WorkArea/showcontent.aspx?id=98146

LOL..

Who would give this company 4 million dollars?

Comment Re:Bah! (Score 1) 621

I don't know what kind of E71 you have but mine is awesome. Easily one of the best handsets I've used, and I have used tons over the years being in the industry and all (was anyways). The build quality, all the way to the speed and features, is top notch.

Symbian isn't so good, but at least it is fast on the E71, some-what.

Comment Re:Here we go again (Score 1) 243

For a while, Kodak's Gold CD-Rs were the best until they decided that producing media using actual gold wasn't profitable.

It's been a long time but TDK didn't make their own media, not many people did. They're all from companies like Taiyo Yuden and some other ones which I seem to have forgotten after all these years.

Comment Re:Coming to a disaster near you. (Score 1) 452

There probably wasn't a better solution to solve this issue. Unless you can magically change the date, you're not going to be flashing it with the fix if there was one. Short of ripping it apart, the best fix seems to be... don't use your zune for a day heh. I like MS's fix, as well as Seagate's promptness after TR reported it yesterday or the day before.

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