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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: September 09, 2010, 05:56:00 PM »

I personally thing an iPad would be perfect for school. It's really got everything you need. Plus, lots of schools and colleges are using them now.

Our middle school (which I no longer attend. boo.) purchased a cart of iPads over the summer. I'm trying to convince my English teacher from last year (who is my friend) to ask for that cart.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: September 04, 2010, 06:17:46 PM »

It automatically updated now.

There ya go!

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: September 04, 2010, 06:04:50 PM »

Open Chrome > "Customize & Control Chrome" The last button on the right... the wrench > About Google Chrome > once clicked you should get this:

On my Mac, I go to the Chrome menu and select About Google Chrome. It checks for an update and says I'm up to date. Screenshot included.

Chrome for Windows and Mac are updated separately. Mac update may be delayed

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: August 23, 2010, 07:27:57 PM »

Wunderground's radars are better than the NWS's!

Aesthetically, yes. In terms of the actual radar, they're the same.

Well yeah, true.

Wunderground has an amazing archive though. You can literally go back years and pick any day or time and see the radar imagery for your area. Very cool

You can do that with the NCDC, too...and use GRLevel3 to view it. Just takes several minutes for the request to complete and for you to download it.

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The Game Room / Re: What Are You Watching Right Now?

« on: August 22, 2010, 11:07:08 PM »

Malcolm in the Middle

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: August 22, 2010, 03:38:21 PM »

Wunderground's radars are better than the NWS's!

Aesthetically, yes. In terms of the actual radar, they're the same.

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General Discussion / Re: What Type of Cell Phone Do You Have?

« on: August 22, 2010, 03:05:40 PM »

Motorola KRZR K1m. It's a good phone but it was bought in '08. Many things are starting to fail.

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General Discussion / Re: Your class schedule...

« on: August 21, 2010, 01:18:29 AM »

1) Marching/Symphonic Band (8:25-9:13)
2) Civics (9:18-10:06)
3) Honors Algebra II (10:11-10:59)
4) Lunch --> Advisory --> P.E. (10:59-12:43)
5) Honors Physical Science (12:48-1:36)
6) Honors English I (1:41-2:29)
7) German I (2:34-3:22)

4th hour is split up. The order in which all of this is arranged varies with each student, but that is how my schedule goes. 25 min lunch, ~30 min advisory, 55 min P.E.

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The Game Room / Re: "In my pants" Game

« on: August 18, 2010, 02:02:20 PM »

I want an iPad imp

Bleh. iPads are too big imp.

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The Game Room / Re: "In my pants" Game

« on: August 18, 2010, 01:28:23 PM »

I can't wait to have the fourth-generation iPod Touch imp!

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General Discussion / Re: Dish Network: I *may* get it...

« on: August 18, 2010, 09:33:31 AM »

When we first got DirecTV, they did NOT include the local channels. So the only way to watch the local news here is to switch signals.

LOL We switched from Dish to DirecTV because Dish did not carry local channels 

They carry our locals. KY3 (NBC), KOLR (CBS), KOZK (PBS), KSFX (FOX), and KSPR (ABC).

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General Discussion / Re: Dish Network: I *may* get it...

« on: August 17, 2010, 04:51:20 PM »

So, today, my parents were "in the talks" of switching satellite providers. Switching... as in switching from DirecTV to Dish Network. I'm very mixed about it. But it could give our budget a break.

I'll be a bit explicit here. I pay more than $200 a month for satellite TV. We don't have HBO/Showtime/Starz, nor we signed up for any event. (Heck, we don't even do Pay Per View  ). My dad has his stupid Sports Pack which is pointless to watch sometimes, and my mom has the 400's (the exclusive Spanish channels). We don't have HD either. Me? I only care for the following: TWC, ESPN, CurrentTV, the music channels, and Food Network.

It could be good for me, because it's my chance to get TWC in HD. Two of the house's TV's can do HD.

My questions are: How is Dish Network (in terms of service, and in general)? Are the HD channels good? What about the DVRs? Is the price for the basic package worth it? I'm also looking for opinions from some of you guys since I know plenty of you have Dish.

I could get it by the end of next month. (Maaaaaybe. )

DISH is wonderful if you don't have to call customer service. (We've called them three or less times in ten years, if that says anything.) IMO, DISH has better signal than DirecTV from what I hear from my friends.

I don't have HD, so I can't help you there. I hear it's nice. Although be cautious with the DVR...ours spontaneously crashed and we lost everything we had recorded last night. (It's worth it...we rarely record stuff.) Timers to record or just to automatically switch to the channel a program is on are SUPER easy to set up...and the UI just looks a lot better than DirecTV's horrendously ugly UI.

I could go on many more rants on how DISH treats us well...but that's not applying for everyone. We've been customers since at least 1998...I think. We threaten to switch to DirecTV and they'll give us an American CSR and we'll get a nice deal from there!

It's satellite, so whenever it sprinkles, the channels drop out.

We've had a case where we were in the polygon of a tornado warning and we STILL had service. It blipped sometimes, but that is a common misconception. The clouds have to be VERY thick for you to lose service; unless, of course, your dish is set up incorrectly.

The on-screen guide also has a habit of memory loss. By memory loss, I mean that it often has to "download" the guide. Which takes at least five minutes - each time. And 99.9% of the time, I have to download it 5, 6, 10 times before it actually works.

You must have had an older receiver. The older ones do have a higher rate of failure than modern boxes. When did you last have DISH? It does that automatically in the wee hours of the morning now...at least, it does on this type of DVR.

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The Game Room / Re: Ban the Person above you

« on: August 15, 2010, 06:45:05 PM »

Banned for not knowing I never use the caps lock key. I just plant my pinky finger on the Shift key and resume typing.

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Local Forecast / Re: Song Identification needed

« on: August 15, 2010, 10:07:41 AM »

Oh how I wish they didn't. I would love to have all of Booby Love's songs that have played particularly "Filison".

Booby Love?

Sorry, had to do it. (And sorry for off-topic-ness.)

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: August 15, 2010, 10:02:40 AM »

86°, Partly Cloudy

Humidity: 44%
Dew Point: 62°

At least the humidity is going down. But still too hot for what would normally be a beautiful Sunday morning.