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QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Nov 23, 2011 -> 08:40 AM) do you use LastPass? 1Password. I have it on all my PC's/Mac's/iDevices and it synchs up my password lists amongst them. All I remember are my base 2 passwords (the 4 digit pin and master password), the rest of them I get from inside the app and copy/paste when I need to use it. For less important things, such as a forum, I have my browser remember the password.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 23, 2011 -> 07:37 AM) http://news.yahoo.com/fox-news-viewers-uni...-212037725.html That's a pretty flawed/ridiculous argument at best.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Nov 23, 2011 -> 02:25 AM) I bought a Sony 7.1 receiver for about $200 on Amazon, along with some Sony SSF-5000 pair speakers for about $100 and some speaker wire and had it set up within an hour (while incredibly hungover). You can upgrade the speakers ($100 for a pair is as cheap as you get, but they sound really good, though could use a bit more bass) or just buy a subwoofer with it. I spent $300 total and Im loving the setup. Why do you need a 7.1 receiver if you have just 2 speakers? At least use 5.1! 7.1 requires 7 separate speakers + a sub-woofer (the .1 is the sub). Center (Subwoofer, can be placed/hidden anywhere) Front Left Front Right Center Left (YOU) Center Right Rear Left Rear Right Edit: Apparently the forum doesn't like you adding white space...that text diagram above shouldn't look like that. ^^^ That is what 7.1 looks like if set up properly. 5.1 looks the same minus the two center channels.

I know 2 passwords, my 4 digit pin to unlock my password app, and the master unlock password to then read/decrypt anything in that app. I have a different password for every website I'm on, every forum, credit card, bank and every email address I own/use. This is commonly how hackers get you, if they compromise any single company you have an account on, and you use the same password everywhere else or in multiple places, they basically own you on every account you used that password on. The biggest one is having a separate email password, as with this, they can figure out what institutions you have an account on and have it send you a new password via email with the "I forgot my login/pass link". My passwords look something like this (this is just an example): hUi2FaPd39Mmk8 My password on Soxtalk even looks something like that.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 18, 2011 -> 02:05 PM) What tasks? I havent noticed anything moving faster at all. Basically everything. If you load them side by side, the 4S just does everything faster. Even in official benchmarks, it's not even close. The 4S is at the top of the heap with the new Nexus phone...the iPhone 4 is like on par with phones from a year ago in comparison. http://www.anandtech.com/show/4951/iphone-...gpu-than-ipad-2

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 18, 2011 -> 01:24 PM) Ha, I passed my 4 to my dad as well. I would hold out for the 5 unless you are switching carriers, I find basically no advantage to the 4s. The camera is a touch better, it really doesnt seem faster at all, and Siri. Oh, and speak a text or email is nice. It's not only faster, it's WAY faster. I tested them side by side with a 4...and it blows the 4 away. After a few months of using a 4S, try going back to a 4 and you'll notice.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 18, 2011 -> 01:00 PM) See, in Vegas we can no longer use cell phones while driving, unless using a hands-free device. So basically, I can't use my phone for anything at all once I am in the car. I would like to dictate texts, auto-dial numbers, lookup locations, etc., while I am in the car so I can actually get use from it in one of the situations I use it most. My dad needs a new phone, so I would just pass my iPhone4 to him, but I just wonder if I should hold out for iPhone5. Siri works through hands free devices.

...and to reiterate so it's not lost in translation, I would NOT recommend someone buy a 4S specifically for Siri. But I would recommend, for example, a person go from a 3gs to a 4S. Siri is just a bonus at that point.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 18, 2011 -> 12:12 PM) Sounds like Google Nexus is coming next week to Verizon. I'm thinking really hard about dropping AT&T and my IPhone 3GS to pick it up. Which means the Google Super Nexus will out next month.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Nov 18, 2011 -> 12:09 PM) I gave it context and it still failed. That's my point. When I'm telling it the street it's on and the town it's in, that more than enough context. That Domino's wasn't on the list of Domino's near me. It also fails to look up high schools when I give the exact name of the school. That's as specific as you need to be. No, Siri, I don't want a list of high schools near me. I want directions to Evanston High School, or Hinsdale Central High School, or you name it. It's whiffed at every chance. Again, it's not how I talk to it, it's what it looks up after I've talked to and it understands what I say. There will be things you ask it that it cannot do/find yet -- but it'll get better. This is like complaining that when Google maps first came out it couldn't find some things. It's new, it's still beta, and it's database has to grow, and this will take time. The times I've used it to make calls, or dictate texts for me while driving, it's worked wonderfully. When I asked it where the nearest pizza place was too me the other day when people said to order pizza -- it worked fine. When I asked it how to split a 15% tip between 7 people on a 450$ bill -- it worked. I'm SURE there are things it cannot do yet. That STILL doesn't mean it "plainly sucks" as you stated.

Completely disagree. I've had no such problems with it finding things near me. Simply append the words, what is the closest Domino's pizza to me...and it gives it to you. Simply saying something like Domino's Pizza is meaningless. Give it context and your problems are solved. Would I recommend picking up a 4s if you already have a 4 in decent shape? No. But to say Siri plainly sucks is plainly wrong. You just haven't found a use for it or are refusing to use it properly. That doesn't mean it sucks, however. I don't understand what's so hard to use about Siri. You talk to it like you'd talk to a person. If you want to know where the NEAREST domino's pizza is...ASK EXACTLY THAT. It's pretty simple. QUOTE (danman31 @ Nov 18, 2011 -> 12:00 PM) To put it plainly, Siri sucks. It's excellent at voice recognition, but that's not it's problem. The other day I wanted directions to a Domino's near my location. I was on my way back from work and was coming from a different way than normal so I decided to have the phone confirm the best way to go. I said "Domino's Pizza." It knew what I said, but none of the results for Domino's were the one I wanted (which was also the closest one to me). I added the road the Domino's I wanted was on. Again, it knew what I said but didn't find the one I was looking for. I added the town to the location ("Domino's Pizza, ROAD, TOWN") and it still didn't find it. I type the same exact words into google maps and it finds it immediately without problem. Siri is like 2/7 on actually finding places I'm looking for. As someone who upgraded from an iPhone3G, I already have the habits formed on how to use the different apps and the phone in general so I'm finding it difficult to work Siri in when it can't find a place as quickly as typing into google maps. Maybe I have to say "search for Domino's Pizza on google maps" or something stupid as a work around, but I pretty much have shunned Siri out of frustration. The beauty of Siri from an Apple standpoint is that it's hard not to be impressed in the first couple days of having it because the voice recognition doesn't make too many mistakes so reviewers can rave about Siri in that initial window. By the time they realize it's not that useful yet their reviews have long since gone to print and the web. If you have a 4, don't upgrade. If you have an older phone like I did and want the speed improvement, it's 100% worth it.

Let's all be honest here. We are voting for Frank Thomas -- not the other 3.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Nov 17, 2011 -> 10:50 PM) Do they really think this HELPS them somehow? All that did was draw an angry reaction from me. Had I been caught in that, I'd have been beyond mad, and I feel sorry for anyone that was. Up until that point, the Chicago protests hadn't drawn my ire...but this story made me right from the get go when I previously talked about how protests devolve into nothing more than a public interruption. Now their message is as good as dead to me. They've become nothing more than a nuisance and I hope they're treated as such.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 15, 2011 -> 12:52 PM) Actually I was thinking internet server to server. For example when Google is crawling through soxtalk, what kind of speeds are they able to achieve? As fast as the "pipe" between the two would allow. They will both have theoretical speeds, but depending on the path it takes, it could be slowed down because a single hop is on a slower connection. Google's speeds are probably far beyond what Soxtalk could handle...but the actual speed will depend on the path it takes from Server A to Server B -- which could travel through 10+ different networks/routes along the path to it's destination. The slowest point in that path is the maximum speed it will reach.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 15, 2011 -> 05:48 AM) I know a couple people around here run servers, I was wondering what are the server to server speeds? What exactly does this mean? Are you talking about networking speeds between two servers on the same network? That would depend on the network, be it wired or wireless, etc. These days, it's pretty standard to have 100mbit speeds between servers. Gigabit also exists, but I doubt most people have it. I have 450mbit wireless on a few of my computers, and 54mbit wireless on others. In any case, for most things, any of those speeds are fine...and some are downright excessive.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Nov 14, 2011 -> 08:32 AM) Sounds to me, your mind is made up to think that, no matter what. It has nothing to do with "no matter what". K-Cup does NOT taste nearly the same as a REAL cup of coffee. If it did, then I wouldn't have such an opinion.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 13, 2011 -> 09:34 AM) I wouldn't keep 10 pounds of beans around, I do keep a couple hundred K-cups. When I order I usually pick eight different 24 packs. I do know ordering a minimum of a pound of each bean would be a little crazy, but much more economical. You must be sticking your tongue out at that bad coffee you just drank K-Cup is convenient. I'm not arguing that. But anyone that claims -- or attempts to claim -- that it's a quality cup of coffee is delusional at best...either that or they're trying hard to convince themselves. It's quick brew trash with fine ground coffee inside, coffee that may have once held the true characteristics necessary to make a quality cup, but once in those cups, the oils are gone... Nothing beats opening a bag of beans and seeing the shiny oil covered fresh beans...and K-Cup will never have that. Ever. Also, for a person that claims to care about the environment -- congratulations, you choose the Exxon of coffee making pollution creation. May as well drink water out of plastic bottles and fill up the local landfills while your at it. http://www.coffeehabitat.com/2011/09/k-cups-recycling/ Any "recycle" programs people talk about with K-Cup are BS...so don't try.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 13, 2011 -> 05:58 AM) How large of a mug are you trying to fill? I replaced my french press with the K-cups and love it. I especially love the variety. No way with a french press or traditional brewer I would have so many different coffees available. Currently I am choosing from Dunkin' Donuts, Folgers, Timothy's Donut House, Tree Hugger organic, Jet Fuel, Van Houte Colombian, Emeril's Big and Bold, and a Caribou Morning Blend. Some are much more mild than others, I enjoy the differences. I had one friend tell me the Keurig was too "thin". He was watching it brew and it looked too clear to him. But any liquid pushing in a small enough stream will look clear, even used motor oil. We put his regular coffee in a medicine squeeze thingy and it looked just as thin. Nothing replaces a french press for REAL coffee...nothing. In comparison to french press, if made properly, nothing comes close. As for variety, there is actually MORE variety with a french press than K-Cup, it's not even close. You can take ANY coffee bean and grind it to suit a french press. How could you possibly claim there is more variety in K-Cup when that's clearly not the case.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 11, 2011 -> 10:06 PM) Need some PC help. Wife's laptop will no longer launch Firefox. I tried several times. It doesn't even show up in the task manager. Uninstalled it and tried re-downloading and it won't install after the download completes. It doesn't even appear in the download folder. Tried downloading Chrome and it won't even start downloading. Get a "Application cannot be started. Contact the application vendor" message. Anyone have suggestions on what could be causing this? Sounds like a virus/trojan or something vital to the computers tcp communication has been corrupted. I'd not bother and just do a complete reinstall.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Nov 10, 2011 -> 12:35 PM) Had an interesting finish to a NL tournament last night. Will try to recreate the details as much as possible. 34 entries, 4 players paid. 1st = $1050, 2nd = $600, 3rd = $400, 4th = $290. Four players remain with the blinds at 3000/6000 with an ante of 700. I am UTG with 95,000. BTN has 155,000. SB has 55,000. BB has 45,000. I have AJo and raise to 15,000. BTN thinks for a while and re-raises all in. Blinds fold. I now have to call 80,000 to win a pot of 200,000 (2.5 to 1 odds). Based on how long he took to re-raise and what I've played with him, I can confidently narrow his hand range to JJ, TT, 99, 88, 77, 66, AQ, AJ. So I am crushed by 21% of his range and even money with the rest. From a purely mathematical standpoint, I should call. The issue here is the money. I can fold and still be second in chips and be almost a lock to finish no worse than 3rd and a really good chance to take second, but I'm gonna have to get really lucky to win. If I call and win I have a massive chip lead and am probably going to win. I'll see if anybody else has any thoughts before I tell you what I did and how it ended up. The proper move is to follow the math -- always. HOWEVER, in tournament games, sometimes it's a safer play to guarantee yourself a better position payout finish. IE, if you "might" come in first by taking a risk, but can guarantee yourself a higher payout position by folding, sometimes it's better to just sit back and fold for the payout. If that was me, in that position, I'd have to know how confident I felt, all I can do by reading this is take your word for it that you know his probable hand based on how he tends to play. In that case, based on what you said, you might have just felt more confident folding versus taking a big risk with 4 players left and possibly going on a run, at worst all you lost was 15k. If you ask me, and I don't have experience playing this person -- his pause and decision to "all in" reeks of trying to buy the pot with a so-so hand. If I had to guess, he had a pocket pair, but not a very high one...maybe snowmen at best. That said, I don't know him...so I guess I'd have to say I had to be there.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 10, 2011 -> 09:16 AM) ....yes it does. It's still a very stupid paragraph. edit: this is a tangential nit-pick. I was skeptical of their results so I googled and confirmed in a few seconds. I'm still skeptical that they're not idiots.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 10, 2011 -> 09:13 AM) I'm not either, and a quick googling finds that the rate is just under four. I just couldn't believe how dumb that paragraph seems on its face. Which agrees with the inflation data website I sent you too in the first place.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 10, 2011 -> 09:05 AM) I dunno, this paragraph makes me seriously question if they know wtf they're talking about: You don't just get to arbitrarily pick significant figures--they need to reflect the precision and accuracy of what you're measuring. I could tell you that I measured a pencil to be 6.5452309 inches long with my ruler, which is a much better measurement than Joe's 6.5"!!! and I'd be an idiot. You question it because it doesn't agree with you. They're NOT arbitrarily picking significant figures and ignoring others.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 10, 2011 -> 09:05 AM) I dunno, this paragraph makes me seriously question if they know wtf they're talking about: You don't just get to arbitrarily pick significant figures--they need to reflect the precision and accuracy of what you're measuring. I could tell you that I measured a pencil to be 6.5452309 inches long with my ruler, which is a much better measurement than Joe's 6.5"!!! and I'd be an idiot. I'm not an expert on inflation -- so I won't pretend to be -- but thinking about this logically, when enormous sums of money are being injected into the supply combined with massive government spending, we SHOULD have seen a LOT of inflation. However, I think what's keeping inflation down is the high unemployment rate. That said, this is just my logical conclusion as to why inflation is not moving very fast and seems to fluctuate between 0.5% to 4% over the last few years.

http://inflationdata.com/Inflation/Inflati...ntInflation.asp Appears there is inflation. Oh, and it's nearly 4%, not 0%.