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RE: Digital Book reader
Wonder if anybody's come up with a way to tether a laptop to the Kindle yet? :)Looks like they have. Apparently the link is there for developers and someone figured out how to access it via the internal debugging utility.
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magicbus
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12/17/09 01:31pm |
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RE: Lousy AT&T/ iPhone Coverage?
It is interesting how Verizon has no problem with service in my area.It's interesting how Verizon has no service at my home on Nantucket - we even had to install a land line for tenants with Verizon cell phones! But why does this matter - I thought the thread was about the iPhone app.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/17/09 01:26pm |
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RE: Lousy AT&T/ iPhone Coverage?
Jeff
I have that application on my iphone and tried to use it because in my home I have no reception. It would not work, because I do not have reception. Go figure, its purpose. I guess it is just for dropped calls.
supposedly you can mark the spot by moving the marker to where you didn't have service .. You can do this when you do have service.
Yes but the point is if you have no reception in an area, it is supposed to notify AT&T of the GPS coordinate so that they can correct the problem in that area.
If there is reception, then there is no problem in that GPS coordinate area.I was just looking at the app online and it looks like you record the event as it occurs and then hit submit. As I read it you will get a confirmation after they actually receive the information - that is, when your phone gets back onto the network and actually sends the message. It is essentially a store-and-forward system - just like email.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/17/09 12:38pm |
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RE: iPhone
There is no sim card in the iPhone, and if there were, there is no access to put one in. Then why did my iPhone come with a handy tool to remove the SIM card? And when I employ it a little tray pops out with - what else but - a SIM card?
Dave
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magicbus
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12/17/09 10:05am |
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RE: Digital Book reader
I am looking for something for my wife but have some questions. What do these things do ?
Do they read the book to you and you listen on headphones ? You can select to have books read to you through headphones.
Is it just a computer screen with the book pages on it ? Essentially but not backlit so you can read for hours and hours without tiring your eyes and they weigh very little and are thin and easy to hold and navigate.
What are the costs involved other than buying the device and new books ? It depends. You can read free books from manybooks.net, or you may find newly released free books from Amazon (for Kindle)here, or you can get them from your library (if they offer the service, or you can buy them.
Can you make the print larger than a paperback book (so an old guy can read it) ? Oh yeah,, way bigger
Is this just a new electronic paperback reader that blocks you from loaning the book to a friend when done so they sell more ?I haven't paid attention to the loaning part since I haven't bought any books. I use the free stuff and now my library lends e-books.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/17/09 08:50am |
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RE: iPhone
In all honesty though, there are phones out there that are soooo much better as only phones..Yeah, I love my iPhone but this is a true statement.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/17/09 08:26am |
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RE: SECURE PUBLIC WIFI??
... in the case of the man in the middle scenario, SSL protects the connection from your computer to the bad guy...Popsie, I'm sorry but I don't believe you thoroughly understand how SSL works. The man-in-the-middle scenario you propose will not work with SSL due to the lack of a valid server certificate. Your scenario with a fake bank web page only succeeds because the user ignores the fact that they are not actually using SSL or they ignore the certificate mismatch. Although I suspect that a browser would announce a warning if an SSL (https) request was initiated but a non-SSL response was received, I do not know this for a fact.
A successful man-in-the middle attack would involve renegotiating a key length down to something that can be easily cracked. While this was possible in 2.0, release 3.0 and subsequent certificate updates closed this hole.
Again, if you could point me to a white paper from a responsible organization supporting your position I would be most interested in reading it. I developed software for AT&T a few years ago that employs SSL and although I don't do much with encryption currently, I like to try to keep informed as to its status.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/17/09 08:23am |
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RE: SECURE PUBLIC WIFI??
The only way SSL is reasonably secure is if the client and the server have unique certificates that can be verified from a trusted Certificate Authority.Well of course, this is the way SSL is designed to work!
SSL is reasonably secure, but is not invulnerable.The degree to which a security protocol is invulnerable is directly related to time and computing power. If you could find a link to a reputable source that is able to break SSL 3.0 in real time I would truly be interested in reading about it. The only reason I belabor this point is that people might read your post, click on the link you provided, and then be afraid to use a protocol that, to my knowledge, is at this time safe to use.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/17/09 06:04am |
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RE: SECURE PUBLIC WIFI??
Tell me grasshopper, doesn't every copy of Windows ship with the identical browser certificate???Lotus Flower, we are talking about the server certificate, not the client certificate.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/16/09 04:04pm |
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RE: Using Google Earth
...I don't have you on my "always 100% right" list yet.We'll have to work on that! :W
Dave
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magicbus
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12/16/09 03:14pm |
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RE: Using Google Earth
You say "worth the time"---does that mean I don't need it to use the site?Sorry, I guess "yup" wasn't clear enough. You must download the software, but it is free.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/16/09 02:26pm |
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RE: SECURE PUBLIC WIFI??
Here is a step by step method to get in the middle of a "secure" SSL connection on a wireless network to steal user ids, passwords, etc.You really shouldn't spread this drivel around or research it before you do. Did you bother to read the comment at the bottom regarding an invalid certificate - or in this case no certificate? This fantasy fails to address the key component of SSL encryption :R. We already discussed this once - uncovering the fact that SSL 2.0 may be broken, but nobody uses it any more.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/16/09 01:42pm |
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RE: Using Google Earth
Yup, but it is free.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/16/09 10:30am |
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RE: Digital Book reader
Told the DW and she said no. She was afraid of it smacking her in the face when she falls asleep while propped up in bed and might chip a tooth.
She prefers Paper over PLASTIC.Speaking from experience, the Kindle hurts less than the paper books! :B
Dave
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magicbus
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12/16/09 07:34am |
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RE: E readers
Kindle does all of those things. I admittedly thought it was going to be just another toy, but we've owned one for a couple of months and really like it. Yes you can change the font size very easily at the touch of a button and you can also plug in headphones and have it read to you.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/15/09 07:59am |
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RE: Moving Files to External HDD Problem
convert.exe has never failed me and I've used it a number of times. So as I understand it you already have a bunch of data on the external drive that you can't save anywhere else. If this is truly one-of-a-kind, unrecreatable data, I think I would go buy another USB hard drive for $75, convert that one first, and then copy everything onto it. The odds of convert.exe failing are directly proportional to the chances of you having a power failure during the conversion, which would most certainly be the end of your data. You have to ask yourself - is my data worth $75? (Of course is you have a UPS or fully charged laptop I would go for it.)
Dave
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magicbus
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12/14/09 01:42pm |
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RE: XP System Restore
You can also reduce the size of the system restore area under Settings (once you get to System Restore). This will allow the operating system to self-maintain the number of points, deleting old ones as the designated area becomes full.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/14/09 01:07pm |
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RE: Moving Files to External HDD Problem
I've used the tool from Microsoft:
Converting from FAT to NTFS.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/14/09 09:04am |
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RE: Moving Files to External HDD Problem
You probably need to convert your external drive to NTFS format. I believe you are running up against a FAT limit. If you run Start->Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Disk defragmenter you will see what file system is on each drive.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/14/09 08:18am |
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RE: It's official - AT&T is #1!
Competition is what makes things better for all of us. A dead AT&T is a sure-fire recipe to make Verizon stink over time.What a bunch of children we must look like to an outsider reading this thread! :R
This post is the only one that makes sense... as far as I'm concerned the rest - including mine - can all be deleted.
Dave
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magicbus
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12/14/09 08:00am |
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