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    digg exploit

    in Everything Else

    Posted

    i have recently discovered, by means of being stupid, that while looking through the comments on a digg article, you can actually raise the comments rating by 3 thumbs up, however this does not work with the main stories diggnumber or with digging down, but you can raise comments by 3 points, so yay for me. BTW i'm sorry if somebody already figured this out and i'm the last to know, but hey it was worth a mention.

    care to elaborate?

    It's old, but anyhow, you click on the digg "up" or "down" button for the comment(s) repeatedly and very quickly to raise the count.

    My $300 mistake or... how much I hate iPod nanos.

    in Everything Else

    Posted

    Like any good consumer-whore, I went out and purchased the first generation iPod nano back in November 2005. A few days later, I noticed the scratches on the nano. The only place that would produce those scratches would be my right pocket. The only other thing I put in my right pocket is my Sony-Ericsson T616 phone and nothing else (no keys, no coins.) At any rate, the iPod is scratched up pretty bad for the first couple of days. Then I noticed a class action lawsuit against Apple for the scratch case. I thought it was silly to sue them, even though I felt the same pain as they have with their iPod nanos. Months went by and I noticed my nano losing its charge up to the point where it could only play 3-4 songs before it completely die out. Yes, I kept it charged and used it regularly. And yes, I upgraded the software via iTunes to the latest version everytime a new one comes out. And yes, I "rebooted" the iPod as directed by their website many times.

    Last week, I decided to buy a replacement battery for my nano as a last resort. As I waited for the shipment of my battery, I was curious about how I would replace the old battery with a new one. I've seen Kevin Rose open up the nano before and I decided to watch it again. As demonstrated, it took some force and patience to open it up without damaging anything. I don't have a putty knife, so I used a flathead glasses-repair screwdriver to pry it open. My nano opened just fine and I noticed that the connections to the battery were soldered. I closed the case and turned on the nano. It works just fine... for 3 seconds. It was showing the low battery message and it shutdown like has been doing before.

    The next day, the battery arrived in my mailbox and as advertised on their site, it comes with everything to replace the battery: A new battery and some cheap plastic nano case openers. The plastic case openers were of no use as the plastic material was no match for the metallic casing. I began to remove the case with my trusty screwdriver. As I pried the case open, the nano turned on and I noticed the damage of the screen. Even though the screwdriver didn't touch the screen, there was enough force to damage it.

    damage-done.jpg

    Really. I expected a little more from the Apple engineers to design something that'll last. I've forgiven them for using cheap plastic to "protect" my iPods from scratches. I've forgiven them putting short-lasting battery in my iPod, but I will not forgive them for making their customers, like myself, to pry open the case with such force that it ends up breaking the display. Whatever happened to a separate compartment for storing and replacing batteries like 99.9999% electronics out there without opening the entire case? Did Apple reached the point of going retro of making customers solder components such as batteries to their products?

    $200 iPod nano

    $80 nano FM transmitter

    $20 replacement battery that will never be used

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    $300 disappointment

    The 1-year warranty expired as the battery gave out. No, I didn't bother going or asking the Apple store to replace my battery because they may want to charge some ridiculous Apple fee to replace my battery. Whatever profit Steve Jobs made from selling his iPod to me so he could buy his turtleneck sweater for his next WWDC is his. I don't feel like giving more money to him to fix this stupid battery problem. Yes, there are kits to replace the LCD screen, but I got tired of it. I'm tired of putting too much time, money and effort to fix this stupid problem.

    I decided to get rid of my iPod for good. It's not in a trash can, but in the hands of a friend who likes to tinker with these things. As I packed up the iPod with the accessories and its CD it came with, I noticed the phrase printed on my original iPod box. "Designed in California."

    I don't find that as a statement of pride, rather, it's a warning label.

    Am I the only one getting cynical in tech?

    in Everything Else

    Posted

    I can't believe it. Some1 finally understands me :D Here's the deal. I don't work in any kind of computer related indistry buy I hopw 1 day since I'm a student on computer science at the moment. A few days ago I was having this discussion with my roomm8. We were deciding that we want new lap tops. Ok simple enough. But when we started 2 look 4 something is specific we always ended up KNOWING that in 2 months that something will be... well old! What's the point of buying new equipment? (if the old one is ok f course) It's gonna get old in a matter of days anyway :( I remember back in the days when I had a spectrum. I mean that was it! The only thing that you could do to improve it was to get a new audio cassete :D And my father modded the keyboard to be bigger cuz it was kinda hard 2 play top gun and we were constantly pushing eachothers buttons :D And that was it!!! Now u can buy the best computer there is (if some1 can define something like that). And by the time you write a post on this forum that thing will already be outdated. So I decided that my new computer will come when my old one stops (smoothly) playing the newest games. I would recommend that 2 every1 at the forum too :D Anyways Darren - I got ur back 100 % . I think that some1 should stop 4 a minute and allow the users 2 enjoy there new 2 gb processor 4 at least a month but.. hey thats technology i guess it's only gonna get worse >(

    Thanks 4 reading :D

    It's definitely a geek thing to enjoy technology. :) There's that sense of euphoria from learning about new things, especially with gadgets :twisted: as well as keeping up with current news concerning technological advances 8). Sometimes it is frustrating to buy a computer that will become outdated, but in that case, geeks always find ways to mod their somewhat outdated computers. :P

    Server Blocked?

    in Questions

    Posted

    If you're running Windows XP SP2, chances are, your ports are blocked by their firewall by default. Go to Windows Security Center or Control Panel -> Windows Firewall to disable it. Also some cable companies will automatically block port 80. Most, if not all cable companies prohibits home servers.

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