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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: June 22, 2010, 09:16:44 AM »
I almost signed up for AOL again just so I could mess around with the old versions that I had when I was a kid, but then I figured out how to get it for free.

BTW Aaron, If you wanted to, get Dish, they have TWC in HD on their most basic Top 120 package for $24.99/mo! That'll only put a half a tank of gas for my car :P

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: June 11, 2010, 02:43:34 PM »
My former HS had a video journalism class but it was cancelled my junior year and we only put out a show every two weeks. The teachers were nut cases though. I wish we would have done video announcements, we had the ability, I don't know why they wouldn't.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: June 08, 2010, 10:44:07 PM »
Regarding AT&T, I just don't understand how they can charge 30 dollars and NOT increase your cap for tethering. They are charging you for how you use your data. AT&T uses rollover minutes so why not do that for data?

I am in no way condoning AT&T's actions but I see why they are doing what they are. With the ease of use of the iPhone and the multitude of network heavy apps that are coming out for it AT&T is just trying to find a way to discourage people from using 3G and finding a HotSpot instead (unlimited use of AT&T hotspots is included with the data plan). However if you choose to use 3G and go over your 2GB limit they only charge $10 per each additional GB which I find reasonable. AT&T is just trying to prevent people from bringing their network to it's knees.

However AT&T has a ton of work to do to get their network up to snuff. If they could get close to Verizon's coverage they would be a serious contender in the wireless space. The only reason Verizon is so popular is their coverage, they don't have the best phones, or the best customer service. Although Verizon has it easy since they use CDMA.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: June 08, 2010, 03:50:56 PM »
I love my Droid and the Android OS in general. Screw iPhone and iOS. :P

That right there is what really sets me off. I don't go around saying "Android sucks, buy an iPhone". I think Android is a phenominal OS. The Nexus One and Evo 4G are two phones that seriously made me want to switch, but in the end I prefer my iPhone. Based on that I defend my position in educated arguments, stating facts. Saying "Screw (insert competitor here)" just shows your immaturity.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: June 08, 2010, 09:31:25 AM »
5MP camera? Come on they should have put 8! Video chatting is nice but its only over wifi. I would have considered switching to AT&T if they hadn't dropped their unlimited plans. Too little too late for me. Definitely sticking with my carrier and if I can get the iPhone, jailbreak it and use it with my carrier without paying half a grand, perhaps ill upgrade

Really? I bet you the 5MP camera in the iPhone 4 would beat the 8MP camera in the Evo. There's more to a camera than megapixels. Buying a phone/camera based on MP is like buying a car based on HP.

At first I was a bit skeptical about AT&T dropping the unlimited plans but think about it. How often would you use more than 2GB of data on your PHONE in one month? I know I don't, I just checked my last AT&T bill and I used 54,398kb, I'm glad that my bill will actually go down now.

Most of the crap the iPhone is getting is total BS. People just want something to b*@#h about, it happens with every device Apple makes.

Here's my opinion of iPhone 4. It's not very 'surprising', there really isn't that 'WOW' thing that makes people really want it, there are though some features that are pretty cool like the display, squeezing 960x640 resolution into that space makes the display have the same clarity as print! FaceTime is cool however I doubt I'll ever use it, mainly because at the current moment I only know one other person with an iPhone, and they have a 3G. I'm glad their finally doing multitasking but again, I probably will rarely use more than one app at a time anyway, but the execution is awesome.

*rant over*

Okay now on to some weather topics... I'm sure some of you saw on the news the Tornado outbreak in NW Ohio on Saturday, you may have heard about Delta, OH or Lake Township. I work in Delta, where one tornado hit, and am about 15 minutes from Lake Township. The damage in Delta wasn't too bad, it was a very rural area that was hit so I think only a few barns where knocked over, most of the damage was trees. The real damage was in Lake Township. I went their around 1AM after the tornadoes came through it was surreal, I had never seen damage like that in my life. Dozens of houses leveled, the police/EMS station was torn in half, and the biggest thing was Lake HS which was completely demolished. The road was covered in debris, plywood, and metal roofing, by the time I got out they had closed the road. As many episodes of Storm stories that I have seen featuring tornado outbreaks, nothing is like seeing it in real life, it's unbelievable.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: May 24, 2010, 08:29:12 AM »
Not only were there issues on the internet (far too elaborate to explain fully here), but my laptop's hard drive failed, the weather was not all that great, the hard drive I bought to back up my laptop's files failed

Three words for everyone... off site backups! I've learned this lesson well working in IT. Carbonite is the best thing ever, $55/year for unlimited online backup. You have a client that runs on your machine and backs up 24/7 and it load balances so it won't hog your bandwidth. I know this sounds like an ad for them but they are really good at what they do.

So my story for the morning. I came in to work and the first person to talk to me was a guy on our shop floor who said his computer had an error on it and his PocketPC scanner wasn't working. I was hoping it was just him but once I got to my office I had a note there to see the error on another guys machine. Our ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system was throwing errors like crazy and nobody could do anything. I panicked for a sec then rebooted the SQL server, didn't work, then tried to clear the locked records and it said there was no space to write the logs. Turned out the server ran out of space! I removed 12GB of old crap and we were good to go again. Nothing like a good system failure to wake you up in the morning huh?

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: May 17, 2010, 08:09:53 AM »
So I'm in a bit of a dilemma now. I want to stream my Weatherscan XL Emulator and host my videos to a server so badly, but my parents won't open the ports on our router because they say my neighbor who has a Bachelor's in computer science told them that port fowarding is very dangerous. Not that I believe it, but they say that hackers can get into the router, control the host computer, and take their bank account info. :hmm:
Use FME and stream to a streaming service like uStream or JTV.

What pisses me are  these people who are so paranoid of the internet. Sure someone could target you, one of millions of people on the internet and get into your network. Credit card information is transmitted to websites via encryption. You have a better chance of getting ripped off by someone breaking into your house or leaving your wallet somewhere. Ironic thing is these people are usually complete ignorants when it comes to browsing the web and will click any flash icon saying your computer has 900 problems, click here to fix. ~sigh~ Bachelors in computer science my ass. Pardon me but everything has risk, thats life.

Ditto. I love it how people believe random people just because they say they have a degree in whatever. Just because someone comes up to me and says they are an ASE certified mechanic doesn't mean I'm going to let them work on my car! The two smartest tech guys I work with never went to college, they went right to work after HS, gaining experience along the way. (I in no way am condoning not going to college) But just as you said, there is such a higher risk of clicking some stupid popup and getting infected with spyware than being attacked through open ports.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: May 14, 2010, 08:48:03 AM »
On another note, has anyone ever used Netflix? I've gotten mixed reviews.

I absolutely LOVE Netflix. I've been a member for a few months now and have had no problems. Twice I got a bad DVD but you just report it on their site and you have a replacement the next day. Right now I'm getting all the seasons of Scrubs since it took me till about season 7 to start watching, then I have Friends coming after that. Plus the instant streaming is awesome although they don't have the best selection there.

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General Discussion / Re: Go TWCFORUM on CompuServe
« on: April 29, 2010, 12:25:46 PM »
I know, but I had AOL back in the day, that's why I said it.

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General Discussion / Re: Go TWCFORUM on CompuServe
« on: April 29, 2010, 08:34:31 AM »
Oh how I miss Classic Mac OSes, and old school AOL  :cry:

I was only 5 years old when those shots were taken!

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: April 28, 2010, 04:31:18 PM »
I was just talking to a friend about a BLT with a pound of bacon on it and now you show me a Klondike bar. I'm going to have to raid the fridge when I get home :P

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Charter... gone for good?
« on: April 26, 2010, 12:17:35 PM »
That's a good sign I suppose...




 :sick:

Also, some failing companies think they have an amazing rebrand to save them, but it ends up being a total flop to consumers and the company sinks for good. And I'll leave it at that.

Such as?


Tropicana. They tried to re-brand and change their carton design but so many people mistook it for some off/store brand and their sales fell big time. Needless to say they went back to their old design...

http://adage.com/article?article_id=135735

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: April 26, 2010, 08:34:25 AM »
This chart makes me wish I would have bought Apple stock instead of the PowerBook I bought in '05...

http://www.kyleconroy.com/apple-stock.php

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: April 14, 2010, 03:57:35 PM »
My step-nephew[?] is really into Pokemon right now and he's like 18-19 years old and a senior in HS. I give him crap about it though  :P

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: April 09, 2010, 11:38:43 PM »
Does anyone know how to plug in HDMI cables to a TV tuner to get all the HD capabilities out of my HD box as possible? From when I got that box back in February, I've had to use your typical yellow video, and red/white video cables to connect my box to my tuner through the S-Video jack. Is it possible to buy a S-Video to HDMI converter/splitter of sorts?


Well they make an HDMI capture card but it won't work for you because it doesn't support HDCP so you can use it with a cable box. The only way to capture a form of HD is either hijack the firewire port on the back of your box. What model cable box do you have? Or use the analog loophole. I got the Hauppauge DVR 1212 ($200 at Newegg) which works great but if you have the firewire ports try that first.

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