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No, it appears to be broken. It's not just you.

What sort of bullshit question is that? You're right. You have a kooky name and you don't inspire confidence either. :p

I dunno about that. I suspect many here enjoyed seeing Uda getting his ass kicked in public. Karma.

"This looks like a defective compressor now." <competent engineer thinks about problem> "What if the check valve were stuck open?" Coincidence?

Actually, I found MicroFridge earlier, but the article I linked to mentions them explicitly so I tried to keep it simple for ya. ;) Also, I couldn't find empirical evidence that MicroFridges are truly quiet.

I've heard they make good boomerangs, but you need to remove your clothes first.

I was going to point out the practical limitations of thermoelectric refrigeration (i.e. it sucks for anything that isn't tiny) and suggest absorption fridges instead: Some of the national accounts with which the company works mandate absorption cooling minibars because they are silent. But...

I really respect fb and Pradeep, and this is not going to win friends or influence people, but ... What a load of complete and utter bollocks. For most people, "a few hundred hours" of use corresponds to years of ownership; note the other posters who've stated they don't really like...

Doesn't AMD/ATI use the same process with the same fab? Sounds more like an nVidia problem.

Who says? Audio Technica? Sounds like bull to me.

The moon is, on average, 384,400km away. For a penny to drop that far in only 8 days, it must be travelling at 560m/s. Mythbusters has established that pennies typically fall at 29m/s. Ergo, LM is 19 times smarter than Mythbusters.

Howell, I don't have those problems ... any more. Have you tried completely uninstalling Foxit and installing a new version from scratch? I did experience Foxit sluggishness with my old Windows install on the same PC, especially when exiting. I can barely remember the nag screens. I tried your...

Not sure that's necessarily a downside, when it allows you to mess with that member's head. ;)

+1. I found the flash on this Nexus page used heaps of CPU in Chrome and Opera, and actually caused Opera to hang. Upgrading to 10.1 RC kept both browsers responsive. Interestingly, Firefox seemed to use less CPU when running the same flash. Anybody have any idea why, or even care?

I suppose you are a bit old-fashioned.

Are you hallucinating again? :nono:

Dual LEDs, not as bright as a Xenon flash, but good for a couple of meters. That's pretty funny. According to Gartner, in 3rd quarter 2009 Apple had 17.1% of the (worldwide) SmartPhone market, Nokia had 39.3%. Over the full year, Apple sold almost 25 million phones, Nokia sold 441 million. In...

We have 3 (down from 4) carriers, as well as bunch of telcos that resell that capacity. All three networks are national, i.e. they compete against each other across most of this wide brown land (where you can actually get reception, that is). People use either prepaid or postpaid (account)...

Etc, etc, etc ...

When the iPhone 3GS came out late last year, commentators seemed to think it wasn't much different, so I didn't take any notice. Now that Handruin has objected to me belittling his pride and joy, I realize that in fact the 3GS (or possibly OS 3.0?) is a very big step up. The Nokia 5800 was...

Out of curiosity, where did you get $299 from? To buy an iPhone outright (no contract, unlocked) is $499 or $599 - isn't it? In Oz, the Nokia 5800 is 1/2 to 2/3 the cost of an iPhone. The cheapest Virgin Mobile 2-year plan for the Nokia is AU$19/month (inc tax) whereas the cheapest iPhone (8GB)...

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Spambots seem to be really sophisticated these days. Is anyone else impressed?

And how would that work? Parallax barrier? There's no magic here, contrary to some breathless media reports.

Guess again.

Finger painting? I didn't think you could produce fine detail or usable Asian language characters with your thumbs ... You need a special stylus with a huge, soft tip that doesn't work very well - most people prefer their finger. Look, I actually think the capacitive screens are more...

BTW, that's assuming there's no legal requirement to use a newer type of gas. Seems unlikely after just four years, but perhaps that's what they're trying to do?

That would be ridiculously high in Oz, but I don't know how rich your A/C technicians are in the US. I'm definitely not an A/C tech, but I estimate it would take about 3 to 4 hours to change a compressor, allowing for less than perfect access. I found a reference on the net where the...

In some places Symbian still wants a double-click (less and less as it's refined on an ongoing basis). Or it could be as I said, you need to actually press the screen like a real button; it's something you get used to. From what I could see of your video, the represses happened at the start of...

'One billion' ads to swamp iPhone users

Lunch-only beer policy prompts Carlsberg strike :bow:

Can you spot the oxymoron?

It was dark. Dipped headlights reach less than 50m. Assuming 65mph, you would need at least 120m to stop (reaction time + deceleration).

The Nokia 5800. I won't annoy Handruin by listing all the things it does better than an iPhone. Instead, I'll highlight the main reason people might prefer the iPhone: the different type of touchscreen. The iPhone uses a capacitive system that only requires the presence of a finger, i.e. an...

I'm a bit stunned that Udaman seems to know what a UART is. :o For the record, 25-pin serial connectors were supplied on the IBM PC, but were replaced with 9-pin connectors on the IBM AT. IBM (and just about everybody else) only ever implemented 8 signals + ground, so there is no functional...

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Nokia 5800 unlocked for $260. The only negative about this phone is that it's Symbian rather than Android or Windows. Otherwise, it smashes iPhones into little pieces of apple - I know, my daughter's got one. But don't take my word for it, check user ratings everywhere.

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It's okay, we understand ... :)

You're in the wars lately. Hope they can fix it for you. Out of curiosity, what DBMS (database server) are they using?

5 x projectors = lotta heat + lotta fan noise

Normally, I'd assume that was just another acerbic comment from Stereodude. You're being sarcastic, right?

You don't have to edit the filter file, just click on the file link and save it whenever you want the most recent list. I don't think anyone has automated it, and frankly, most people wouldn't want such a feature anyway. I found a post on the Adblock Plus site whining about websites that have...

What?

Ah, I see. That's clearly a superior design to other laptops and just about every printer then. Thanks, CougTek.

I'm not sure I follow. In Opera, you right-click and select Block Content, then just click on the page elements you want to block, either universally or just in that context. You can also maintain a master list that's just a (wildcard) list of servers. It's stored in urlfilter.ini, some people...

That's kind of horrifying.

I'm having trouble visualizing this (possibly US and international markets are different?). I don't suppose you've got a picture or a diagram? In Oz, they come with AC to DC adapters (bricks).

Same problem with the Symbian version, Pradeep. You can only hope that the improvements in the PC version flow through to where it's really needed: Smart Phones.

So, is Opera 10.5 fast? Sh*t yeah! Sorry Mercutio, Firefox isn't in the hunt. My second daughter, a long-time FF user, has abandoned it in favour of Chrome. Compared to Chrome, I notice that Opera is faster at rendering images and stepping back and forwards. This is more obvious on older...