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  1. LOL ... at you trying to justify that Mr. Nash sentencing was proportionate for a "seemingly innocuous, victimless nature of his crime" where "it is highly probable that the Newton County Jail’s booking procedure was not followed" Dude was sentenced to twelve years because, apparently, the jail failed to do THEIR job. He wasn't using the phone to "commit other crimes; organize hits, trade contraband in and out of prison jail, arrange escapes"
    4 points
  2. The program was started by Bush (43), not Obama.
    3 points
  3. Nokia 7.2 review: A $299 phone that's better than a Moto G7

    I could care less. There will always be someone who complains about something. How the notch looks is probably the least important part of a phone. “Couldn’t”
    3 points
  4. New PC Build Opinion Please

    Asked and answered by OP. I think the discussion between Mockingbird and adrynalyne deserves its own thread if they care to continue.
    2 points
  5. New PC Build Opinion Please

    OK THANK YOU ALL OF YOU! You helped me greatly! Here's the FINAL LIST Intel Core i9-9900K 515,99€ Cooler Master MasterCase MC500P 120.79€ G.Skill 16GB DDR4 16GB DDR4 3200MH 96.77€ Asus ROG STRIX Z390-F 208.32€ Asus ROG-STRIX-RTX2070 SUPER-A8G-GAMING 641,22€ ARCTIC Freezer 34 Esports Duo 39.63€ Samsung MZ-V7S500 970 EVO Plus SSD 500 GB, NVMe M.2 129€ Logitech Keyboard G513 119.99€ GRAND TOTAL: 1871.71 Going to place order right now on Amazon
    2 points
  6. Nobody's glad Android won, we're sad that Microsoft didn't do better. Competition is good for everyone, even if you are an Android or iOS user. Let's not make Microsoft's failure this dumb idea that we were all against them; many people were tired of getting burned, tired of waiting for updates or being last in line for Microsoft's own software updates when they prioritized iOS > Android > WP in that order. They were responsible in many ways for their own undoing.
    2 points
  7. Obviously ... up there with weapons (according to that Mississippi law).
    2 points
  8. No kidding Doc ... in case you didn't read ... Mr. Nash "did not appeal the jury’s verdict; he challenged only the twelve year sentence he received." Do you really believe that 12 years and a felony conviction is reasonable? Honestly.
    2 points
  9. Dopamine 2.0.1 [Update]

    WASAPI yes (enabled by default), ASIO no.
    2 points
  10. Well there's only native Apple Apps so you'll have things like Safari, Apple Maps and so on. They follow the same permission structure as other apps so will ask for location permissions and so on. You can also "delete" them though in fairness they are baked into the OS so you don't save space, just removes the icon mostly. The biggest difference though is that there's no third party software ever loaded onto an iPhone, you won't buy one from a carrier and have some of their junk loaded on it. Or like on Android an OEM does a deal with some third party and bakes their software in. Not saying there isn't more Apple could do. I'd love to be able to change the default apps which they still don't allow but in terms of privacy, it's far better than Android still.
    2 points
  11. Ensure that all this bloatware can also be uninstalled. If it is not wanted by a buyer, then "poof" begone.
    2 points
  12. Grand Theft Auto IV is no longer purchasable on Steam

    Given their track record (heh) with that I'd say most likely.
    2 points
  13. Would be mad to see calculator and task manager full screen
    2 points
  14. Star Trek: Picard (CBS All Access)

    I sort of wished for the reverse in that they developed as skin for Data that actually “aged” being he was always on a quest to be more “human”.
    1 point
  15. TN or IPS display

    I wouldn't take a free laptop with a TN panel. I'll assume with the TN panel has a higher response time, but in terms of actually looking at the display and using it as a computer, yes the price increase is justifiable.
    1 point
  16. New PC Build Opinion Please

    Get your computer parts, and have Steve close this thread. LOL
    1 point
  17. All usb ports stopped working

    You knid of missed the point. We currently do not know, but from what he said, his keyboard isn't working. If his keyboard does not work after said reset, how can he type F8?
    1 point
  18. New PC Build Opinion Please

    HE STILL BOOTS. HIS COMPUTER ISN'T DOA.
    1 point
  19. New PC Build Opinion Please

    MOSTLY, (not saying all) with SSD's if they are "broken", they are unreadable. My OLD 60GB OCZ died years ago, but I took a looked at the PCB board, and nothing looked wrong. No blasted chips or anything.
    1 point
  20. why does it matter that a carrier is "US Gov funded" it wasn't the gov putting this here... heck all US carriers are gov funded in some way or another... they all get grants to expand to rural areas from the USDA and such... so pretty much any carrier is "Gov funded" in a sense
    1 point
  21. oh dear gawd, look up the history of "life line phones" hint it wasn't obama.....
    1 point
  22. lol with the Obamaphones.
    1 point
  23. New PC Build Opinion Please

    I'm wondering about this too. I recently built a rig with a 9900ks in it and even then I would still consider AMD. The deciding factor was that I could actually get the 9900ks where the 3900x was sold out everywhere I looked. AMD has some extremely appealing chips right now, there's no reason to outright dismiss them. You're forgiven. 😄
    1 point
  24. New PC Build Opinion Please

    Oops didn't know this, sowwy 😜
    1 point
  25. Google is the only one who can potentially put a stop to all of it. I mean, they won’t, but could. Actually, we as USERS could put a stop to it rather easily - don't buy phones tied to a carrier. However, all too often, we feel "stuck", due to carrier-based financing plans - especially for high-end "flagship" phones and phablets. We think we MUST have a specific feature found ONLY in a high-end phone. The carrier comes in and says "You only have to pay this much a month, and we'll throw in the phone." What they are NOT being straight with you on is that the cost of the phone is amortized over the length of the contract; a typical phone contract is two years long. Feel those bracelets yet? The Pixel 3a was inexpensive enough that I could pay for it straight up; no contract at all. I don't NEED on-phone storage - what I would normally use on-phone storage for I could use the cloud for - I found that out when I had the S7 - which DID support microSD. Are you doing due-diligence when looking at that phone, or your phone contract? How many of the features of your phone do you actually use? You talk and talk about software bloat; what about hardware overkill? Have you blown up your wallet buying too MUCH phone/phablet (not unique to Android; if anything, iPhone users have it worse)?
    1 point
  26. Actually the carriers do not. The OEMs do it on behalf of the carriers. Adrynalyne; Google does NOT do it on behalf of the carriers - my Pixel 3a taught me that. It is the CARRIERS that specify their loadouts - not Google. (My Pixel 3a's normal loadout would be whistle-clean, as Tracfone my "carrier" (actually an MVNO) has no apps of its own except one, and even that one is on the Play Store - it has no "required loadout". My imported apps (from my S7 that the 3a replaced) has some apps from the two previous carriers that the phone used that I had kept - T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless. I kept those apps because I actually had a use for them; if I didn't use them, I could have "fired" them when changing phones (there IS a way to not import every app when you migrate to a new phone - or were you unaware of that?).
    1 point
  27. Innocent until proven guilty...I can see the sentence *if* they provided evidence he did any of those things with the phone. This is bull crap. Murderers can get less time.
    1 point
  28. Dopamine 2.0.1 [Update]

    Very good player with a nice UI, i follow it from start keep up the good work
    1 point
  29. Windows 10 throttling speed

    More like undoing its useless tweaks fixed his issue (Though I don't think it does that anymore, who knows though.)
    1 point
  30. Nokia 7.2 review: A $299 phone that's better than a Moto G7

    I could care less. There will always be someone who complains about something. How the notch looks is probably the least important part of a phone.
    1 point
  31. Yep, not even in proper release and seems they've killed half the point of Windows 10X! ....maybe, it's actually an indication of the Store concept being re-imagined, there will be a brand new replacement? That would make more sense...but hey, it's Microsoft 😉🙄
    1 point
  32. This is just one of the many glaring issues with Android, seemingly with no resolution in sight.
    1 point
  33. Grand Theft Auto IV is no longer purchasable on Steam

    Given their track record (heh) with that I'd say most likely. They need to release an update to remove songs. Duh
    1 point
  34. This together with Lenovo's announcement of the X1 Fold makes me confused on what Microsoft wants to do with Windows 10X. If the X1 Fold is a ThinkPad marketed at business with Windows 10X, yet Microsoft is (allegedly) discontinuning the business app store? So who's the X1 Fold marketed towards?
    1 point
  35. Lots of people have been asking for this for years. I'd get rid of a bunch of this Google junk in a heart beat. The amount of apps I've "disabled" on a stock Google Nexus is amazing. The only reason I have rooted my phone before was to remove these apps.
    1 point
  36. Google preloads their own bloatware, so why the hell would they do anything about it? And I'm not talking about Play (I would consider that a necessary feature). I'm talking about preloading Google Keep, Play Books, Play Movies etc
    1 point
  37. There's no need to have a different Store "for Business" or "for Education", which is rarely used by companies and schools for private purposes, so a public Store for everybody is enough!
    1 point
  38. Google to support Chrome on Windows 7 until at least mid-2021

    Lots of folks still on windows 7. I don't think google would want to lose them to firefox or opera. It would be a terrible move to drop support in 2020. I think they will support it for at least 2-3 years.
    1 point
  39. Google to support Chrome on Windows 7 until at least mid-2021

    What’s wrong with this
    1 point
  40. Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL are discounted on Amazon right now

    That's because the hardware's a seriously underwhelming and useless bore and the company is as evil as they come. Hard pass, ad infinitum.
    1 point
  41. Store * a wasteland flooded with crapwares. How about to clean the house? * The search feature does not work. * It fails to execute. How is it even possible?. Instead, Steam works every time, even on a computer with problems. Windows Store added a lot of pre-requisites that are more annoying than a feature.
    1 point
  42. Segway stops CES S-Pod demo after a journalist crashes into a wall

    But does it have a light in front you can flash to answer questions yes or no?
    1 point
  43. The store should be a place to find software that works for your device. It helps too that Microsoft has checked it for security. Whether it's UWP or what ever shouldn't matter, first you need to get stuff in the store and worry about that later. The real issue is they aren't hosting the apps we want. Adobe (I wish they used the store and auto updates....so annoying)? Office? Microsoft Teams? Microsoft Planner? Microsoft SharePoint? Handbrake? Visual studio? SourceTree? browsers? Joinme or Zoom or WebX? Google Apps? etc. The issue has nothing to do with desktop users not using apps, we use lots of apps. It's those apps not existing in the store. The process can be debated of how to get those apps in the store, but if you went to Zoom's website and clicked download and it opened the store and started installing and if that happened for pretty much every where you downloaded software....you'd use the store. And if the search in the store was half decent, you'd probably stop going to the web to look for software, and check the store first. But Microsoft doesn't even do this for their own apps. Right now if I buy Office 365 from the store, it sends me to a browsers to download it. That's got to be a joke! If the store dies, it's because the sections of Microsoft that aren't Windows won't support it.
    1 point
  44. The store was always a joke and was DOA anyway. It took them long enough figure this out.
    1 point
  45. They should kill it altogether. A platform that doesn't allow you to backup your stuff and force you to re-download everything at any misplaced backup restore, doesn't deserve to live.
    1 point
  46. Segway stops CES S-Pod demo after a journalist crashes into a wall

    Well, it's approved for me. Let's give them to the whole CNN staff.
    1 point
  47. Breakfast of Champions

    A married man arrives very drunk to his home, he hardly makes it into his house after making a mess... in the morning he wakes up with a "breakfast for champions" in front of him, and he is like... what???... He looks down to his in-bed breakfast and sees waffles, scrambled eggs with bacon, a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, an ice cold beer, a couple of aspirins, and a note that simply says "love you". He stumbles outside the room and sees broken glass, a broken lamp, mud (or vomit) in the carpet, half the clothes he was wearing the day before stinking of alcohol and cigarette laying in the floor... he has no idea what happened, so he calls for his son. "where is your mom?" He asks. "she went to the store to get a new door lock" The kid answers. "OK... do you know what happened yesterday?" "i sure do" says the kid; "you came home at around 5am drunk off your mind, you parked the car in the front lawn, after doing a couple of doughnuts on the front lawn with the car, then, you couldn't fit the key on the front door, and started knocking the door really hard and yelling for us to open, waking the neighbors that where still not awake because of the car parking, but you didn't wait for us, so you ended up kicking open the door after failing to force your way in..." "...afterwards, you stumbled into the table at the entrance breaking the lamp grandma left mom before she passed away..." "...after that, you tried to go up the stairs, and knocked off the wall most of the framed pictures we had hanging, that's when you vomited all over yourself." "So, what happened then?" asked the still hung over man. "Me and mom reached you half way up the stairs and understood you couldn't be talked to, so we dragged you up the stairs, by then you where trying to undress yourself, but couldn't really do it. You only got half your shirt off so mom unbuttoned the rest and then reached for your pants..." "And then what happened????" "Well, mom was trying to take your vomit soaked pants off when you very strongly pushed her aside, and yelled,
    1 point
  48. Microsoft has some exciting Xbox and Surface hardware coming in 2020

    They are dead on arrival. They'll probably sell a few during the launch hype, then they will be on the scrap heap. You'd be a fool to become an early adopter. Some people never learn though and keep wasting money on Microsoft mobile tech. I'm unsure what Microsoft can do with the Surface laptop line-up. The latest releases were massively disappointing and the 15" Surface Book was an under-powered piece of very expensive junk. The Surface Pro X design is what the Surface Pro 7 should have been. Instead Microsoft saved their best for the worst possible internals. Microsoft need to step it up in 2020.
    1 point
  49. from my understanding is Google has it ready but while holding off releasing it in the Chrome browser they're also withholding the code from the chromium git as well so it's not there for Microsoft to use... I could be wrong on that front but that was my understanding of the situation.
    1 point