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What tim said. Whether you pay $200 or $700 for a phone, they all seem to have a rather similar, short, finite, life. Something or other goes wonky and you have to spend again. Unlike the tank-like feature phones built by Nokia in the years gone by, that used to last till you gave it away to...

Wow, a blast from the past!

:( Is Bitdefender better than Eset?

Did go to see Dr. Strange with the kid. Eclectic mix of the modern and the esoteric. Somehow, it seemed like Deja Vu to me. Maybe I saw it previously in an alternate universe.

Many Happy Returns of the Day, jtr! Hope I'm not too late. Be well and keep dry.

That'll be a huge problem for me here. Can't risk getting a crappy one. Thanks! Sounds like way too much to learn and spend. At my age, my patience and fuse are short, and I can't spend endlessly on better and better stuff. Guess I'll just use what I have already. Thanks.

How Elizabeth Holmes & Theranos burned so many Never understood how a 19 year old (dropout, too!) could be given so much attention, respect and funding. And it all came crashing down, and affected so many in the process.

Why not? I have the 24-70 2.8, and can't imagine needing a 14-24. Enlighten me! So you like it? I wish to get one someday. So what do you recommend then, Lunar?

Thanks Lunar. I think I'll go with the Breakthrough X2. On their own website they only show the X4, but it's $140! Way too much for me, and for my needs, I don't think I'll notice the difference in IQ - I'm not a pixel-peeper. I'll buy from them directly because they have an unconditional money...

Thanks Lunar. Between the two, I guess you prefer the Marumi? That's too expensive for me (I'm not a Pro!), but the Breakthrough seems reasonable - just a it over the B+W. Final thoughts?

Is there a cheaper alternative to: B+W 77mm F-Pro Kaesemann High Transmission Circular Polarizer MRC Filter for use with 1) AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED and 2) AF-S VR-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G SWM VR ED IF on my D700? Obviously don't want to use a crappy filter on these kinds of lenses...

I haven't bought a single inkjet in my personal computing life because of these fears. All the mono lasers I've bought have served me well. My personal printing is quite sporadic, sometimes no pages printed for a few months at a time, sometimes 5-6 pages in a month. The toner has never clogged...

Thanks Nitsirk!

Good to know, thanks. Absolutely. I have his email address, but am holding off contacting him to respect his need for silence.

is this one shingled too? Blackblaze is using them and is happy. 8TB disks still looking solid, seem to be some of Seagate’s best

They probably used a pneumatic tool. Even in the best shops, I have to scream that I want the lug nuts tightened by hand with a torque wrench.

When one syncs to Google (Gmail), what all is saved there to download to the phone after reset / to a new phone? Never done that, but will probably need to in the near future. I need to save contacts, calendar, & SMS messages. Whatsapp clearly indicates its messages cannot be transferred to a...

I have P7 Cinturatos on my car as well. Decent tyres. BTW, I read somewhere (AS Technica?) a day or two ago that Audi is in the shithouse for having defeat devices on petrol models as well. Didn't read the whole article.

What's with the cat?

Thanks Lunar.

Tannin, my copy of Foxit Editor (not reader) is several years old. Since I had paid for it, and it is a perpetual licence, I continue to use it for my minimal editing needs. Coug, where are you seeing this info? I can't seem to find the webs site for PDF Xchange; it's mostly pox sites like...

159 MB for a codec? No kidding!

I've been using Foxit for the last several years (I bought their basic editor). It's better than Acrobat. But for maximum compatibility, for fillable forms issued by government and financial institutions, I have to fall back on Acrobat. I have both installed, with Foxit the default.

I think Handy has an LG phone, not Samsung. The Play store has 3rd party apps that will back up core Android-related data on non-rooted phones. For data stored in apps downloaded by you, unless the app itself offers a backup, there's probably not a lot you can do.

That was scary; you certainly need to change your locks! You don't feel the need for a monitored alarm system?

The White House has locks that are supposedly unpickable. They were, in half an hour, in a demo. The company that makes those locks tried to suppress that info. Can't remember names now. I absolutely wouldn't trust those locks that can be opened with your phone etc. Chewy made some valid...

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Canadian immigration website crashes on Trump win. Repubs also won the Senate and the House. Clean sweep. Though to what extent they'll support Trump is unknown.

It's Trump :frowner:

So, did all you Americans vote?

New forum appears to work fine.

I didn't know about this site. Tannin mentioned the "other site" on SR. I asked which one it was, and then came here and registered.

This is a new problem, so I'm thinking it's related to Chrome, not forum sw.

That must have been waaaaaay back!

I'm on W10, Chrome Version 54.0.2840.71 m (64-bit), and it's ignoring space bar for me since yesterday if I reply with quote. Extensions are Adblock Plus, Flashcontrol, Ghostery and Allow Copy. Definitely annoying!

Why? Isn't public good the aim of government? If it isn't, why have a government at all?

Thanks heavens. At least you're not calling it Altoids now.

Thanks.

You're right as always, Chewy, and quite precise. Sometimes, like Lunar said, there's so much stuff hitting the fan it's tiring to post it all.

When I had bought my D700, I had also bought a Sandisk Firewire Compact Flash reader which I used a few times. Firewire created problems on my PC, so I pulled the add-on card out. Had to fall back on my 2006 era card reader. 286 Files, 2.87 GB 14:20 mins:secs to copy from card to PC using...

:dunno: Are you saying :thumbright: or :nono:

How's Doctor Strange? The local newspaper review gave it 4/5 stars. Said plot was meh, but the effects were great.

Thanks Newtun. I did see these, but didn't post because apparently the Windows flaws don;t affect Win 10, and most everybody is now on it, including laggards like me. There is also a Flash vulnerability, but hey, what's new about that??!!

Flaw in Intel chips could make malware attacks more potent "Most serious" Linux privilege-escalation bug ever is under active exploit Using Rowhammer bitflips to root Android phones is now a thing Android phones rooted by "most serious" Linux escalation bug ever

Naw. I'm paranoid about handing my data over to an outsider.

Yuk.

Yup. Though the current PM is very clean, and he's cut down high-level (large-scale) corruption to a phenomenal extent.

This seems to be happening everywhere, especially with Chinese made panels that they are flooding the market with.

A credit-card sized pfSense-based firewall. 2 x 1Gb ports. Sorry, didn't find any other reasonable place to post this. Mods, please move if necessary.