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1 month ago

in Complaint #420 on WhiteWhine
You should watch it on Hulu. The show's producers and actors work hard to make money on it, and they depend on advertising to get that money.

Hulu's an easy to use, legal alternative to bittorrent. Use it or lose it.

1 month ago

in Complaint #414 on WhiteWhine
I'm not a Facebook chat expert (I just disable it), but it runs in a web browser... Probably updates its status on a fixed interval (every 5 minutes or so).

And of course, there's always the possibility that he left the window open...

2 months ago

in Complaint #407 on WhiteWhine
At least you have edge. My office is in some sort of black hole where no signal can escape. I have to walk to the front of the building to check my text messages.

2 months ago

in ATM Hunter for iPhone available from MasterCard on OhGizmo!
"ATMs owned by your bank"

Did I miss some reasonable way to do this? They have a "no surcharge" filter, but that only shows ATMs with no surcharge for anybody (does such a thing even exist?). Doesn't know which bank I use.

I'm a chase customer and use their app. Works better than this one IMHO.

2 months ago

in Complaint #393 on WhiteWhine
I don't see how people on facebook are just now figuring out that I have a twitter account too? I use the app that cross-posts all my twitter stuff to facebook. What did they think all those @s and #s were?

3 months ago

in Complaint #386 on WhiteWhine
Yeah, I made the mistake of telling Pandora I liked Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Gary Hoey's "Carol of the Bells". It got the impression that I like Christmas music, not rock versions of Christmas music.

(Not as bad as when I told it I like William Shatner though)

4 months ago

in Complaint #372 on WhiteWhine
I got a Facebook message today after a friend tried to email me but gmail screwed up and bounced his email. Without Facebook messages, I never would have known.

4 months ago

in Complaint #367 on WhiteWhine
I thought the Wire ended a while ago? (I'm in season 2 on DVD)

Go back and watch The Shield if you haven't already. Way better.

4 months ago

in Leopard: Disable / Enable Translucent Menu Bar | Mac OS X Leopard | Tech-Recipes on Tech-Recipes
So, this option makes the menu bar opaque, but the actual menus themselves are still translucent. Anybody know how to change those?

4 months ago

in Complaint #363 on WhiteWhine
tvrss.net + uTorrent = match made in heaven.

4 months ago

in Complaint #362 on WhiteWhine
The developer might want to change the price at a future time. So Apple has to encrypt it against just your account, so you can't take the free version now and then give it to everybody.

Though they should be able to DRM it without your password.

4 months ago

in Complaint #361 - Special 1990's Edition on WhiteWhine
The secret to getting your whine posted is to use the word "ugh", evidently.
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Julia Nah...I tried that and it didn't work. Ugh!

5 months ago

in Private: Transformers Cufflinks Bring A Touch Of Class/Intergalactic Giant Robot War To Your Outfit on OhGizmo!
Wait, why are the Decepticons red?
1 reply
feckineejit because they like to match?

5 months ago

in Complaint #358 on WhiteWhine
Wait, who pays with cash anymore?
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irunredlights i don't pay with cash- if i did how would i rack up my rewards?

5 months ago

in Complaint #352 on WhiteWhine
Not a fan of Word?
My favorite is when they send me specs or something that belongs in a .docx as a powerpoint instead

6 months ago

in Complaint #337 on WhiteWhine
Why are we still calling it "full screen"? Is that a full 16:9 screen, or a full 4:3 screen?
If 4:3 counts as "full" on your screen, you sir need a new TV.
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Katie I think they refer to "full screen" as "full" for the same reason that there's no size small at McDonald's.

6 months ago

in First Look: Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite on OhGizmo!
Does it support Hulu and Netflix? I won't buy it if it doesn't.
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Evan Ackerman I asked about them both... It doesn't support Hulu, but nobody does (apparently they use proprietary stuff that requires an actual browser). As for Netflix, they guy giving me the demo says it does, indirectly. You'll need to start the movie on a PC that can negotiate Netflix's DRM system, but after that, the box will be able to pull the Netflix stream over your network onto the TV.

That's what I was told, anyway, but other people are reporting that it doesn't do Netflix at all. I've asked for clarification and will get back to you.

6 months ago

in Complaint #332 on WhiteWhine
Wait, isn't that the opposite of how it works? I thought OUR economy had to be doing well and THEIR economy had to be doing poorly.

Unless you're there on a sales trip, hoping they'll buy more stuff from you.
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Emily H. Ugh, Mike. And what Ivy League did you attend? It might have been Stupid U., because that's how your analysis of our economic situation makes you look. Stupid. It's like my brain tries checksum and then just does a physical dump all over you. Helllooooooo.

6 months ago

in We’re Giving Away an Acer Aspire One Netbook!! on OhGizmo!
Love me some free stuff. Hope I get picked!

/My email is a .in domain, but I'm in the US (born here even). The domain name is my last name.

6 months ago

in We’re Giving Away a Neuros OSD - Ho Ho Ho and Stuff on OhGizmo!
Yay, contests are awesome. Always wanted one of these. Can it support Hulu at all?

7 months ago

in Sony Blocks Netflix Movies From Streaming To Xbox 360 on OhGizmo!
"all films in question are still available for viewing via your PC and other streaming devices, just not the Xbox 360.
...
They’ve obviously known that their movies were going to be streamed to the 360, so why wait until now to pull them?"

I'm not sure I follow your reasoning here. They've only pulled the movies from the xBox, but you're wondering why they didn't pull them (from the xBox) back when the xBox couldn't play ANY Netflix content? Maybe they did

7 months ago

in Complaint #320 on WhiteWhine
My favorite are the ones that have a static image that was clearly cropped out of a google maps screenshot. Yes, the people within a 2 block radius know where your store is, but like I have a clue where those roads are.

7 months ago

in Electronic Tribble Wants Your Quadrotriticale on OhGizmo!
Not available for Christmas? Ugh!

8 months ago

in R/C Hand Sign Lets Other Drivers Know Just How You Feel on OhGizmo!
I would buy it if it had a thumbs up. Even though I live in Austin, I don't really see myself doing the "Hook 'em Horns" all that frequently.

10 months ago

in Private: Star Trek: The Experience Has Reached The Final Frontier on OhGizmo!
I remember going through that star trek timeline saying "oh yeah, I remember that episode" and "but wait, they didn't cover the part where... oh I see, the alternate history is shown over there."

And yes, the TNG ride was amazing. Borg crap, not so much.

I hope they find a new place to bring this back (though I think the script for the TNG one specifically mentioned the Hilton, so they'd have to bring Jonathan Frakes out of cryo-stasis to re-film it).
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