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My dear fellow, why are you even contemplating a decision!?
Run - don't walk - to your nearest web store (do not stop at the Drones) and git yerself a shiny new Nexus 7 (the fatter the better). I've ![Heart | [heart]](/script/Forums/Images/love.gif) d my Nexus 7 ever since I got my grubby hands on it around four months ago. May I also recommend this[^] most excellent (and economical) case? I paid $9 (including shipping to Canada) in August.
As Aunt Agatha would say, "you've done well, Bertie!"
/ravi
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NP! Let me know if you end up buying it - I'll send you my pick of favorite free Android apps - the same list I sent CG.
/ravi
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Check your CP email.
/ravi
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Got it, thanks. I already installed some of those I think.
One disappointment was that the Google Talk app does not support video - I did some research and apparently there's a bug that's being fixed (it does work on certain hardware but not on the Nexus 7). The bug's got something to do with not detecting the camera. 
Skype video chat does work though.
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Yes, I too use Skype.
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: NP! Let me know if you end up buying it - I'll send you my pick of favorite free Android apps - the same list I sent CG.
Can I get the list as well?
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Here ya go (sorry about the unlinked-URLS :
UTILITIES
- Adobe Reader (version 10.3.1 *ONLY* - newer versions render horribly slow - ask me for this version)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.reader
- ASTRO File Manager / Browser (use only to backup your .apks to your PC)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metago.astro
- File Manager by Rhythm Software (the world's BEST Android file manager)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rhmsoft.fm
- MX Player (J2 Interactive - the world's BEST Android movie player)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad
- Penceraha Brightness by KIYUT (user configurable brightness presets - VERY useful)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiyut.android.pencerahan
- Camera Launcher for Nexus 7 r3 by MoDaCo (*much* better camera client)
http://www.1mobile.com/camera-launcher-for-nexus-7-424050.html
- Screen Off FX (one touch display switch-offer)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.kixx.tool.offwidget
- Volume Control Widget by Adam Wolfe Gordon
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.xvx.volume
- WiFi OnOff by CurveFish (one-click WiFi on/off widget)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curvefish.widgets.wifionoff
NON-UTILITY APPS ("GAMES")
- 3D Digital Weather Clock
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=factory.widgets.ThreeDDigitalWeatherClock
- Pool Master Pro by TerranDroid (one of the only 2 games I own - very nice)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.forthblue.pool
- Chess Free by AI Factory Limited (one of the only 2 games I own - very nice)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.aifactory.chessfree
- Scanner Radio by Gordon Edwards (very nice worldwide police scanner - track police, fire and rescue chatter globally)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.scannerradio
/ravi
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Skip those and get the DoublePower (DOPO for short) TD-1010 10.1" w/Android 4.0 for $140.00 at Wal-mart, Best Buy, NewEgg or Amazon.
Has 8GB; 512MB for apps (needs to be more, though), Bluetooth, 1028 x 600 screen resolution (1080p HD output), Wi-Fi, and an automatic espresso maker (OK, I'm lying there...), MicroSD up to 32GB, 2 USB ports, 1/8" headphone out, stereo speakers built-in.
In short, the thing just ROCKS!
I have 2 of 'em. Dual-core 1.6GHz (3.2GHz); the thing is wicked fast.
Or, call the manufacturer directly on Wednesday ~ doublepowertech.com
It can be rooted to get 4.1 or 4.2 on there (or so I read).
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It needs to be standalone as I don't want to install it and it will be handy to use when fixing up idiots computers when installing is not wanted or impossible to do.
I have a bucket load of small USB drives that I keep in my car with MP3's on them. Occasionally I will buy enough albums of a particular artist/band that they get a stick of their own. When I do this it requires removing them from the Various artist sticks I have. My Alpine car stereo seems to read in the order the folders and files are stored on the drive and not by names of the folders.
I have been using JKDefrag as I don't want his newer MyDefrag that needs installing. There doesn't seem to be an option where I get to tell it how I want to defrag done.
Anyone got a recommendation?
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Michael Martin wrote: My Alpine car stereo seems to read in the order the folders and files are stored on the drive and not by names of the folders.
Is that maybe not just a date issue? Just set the file/folder attributes to have the same dates. (Can be done easily with Total Commander)
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Richard A. Abbott wrote: Regarding portable applications, there are plenty here for you ... http://portableapps.com/apps[^]
Nice; bookmarked.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Richard A. Abbott wrote: Perhaps this might help.
http://funblog.themeparks.de/tag/mp3dirsorter/[^]
Thanks, looks like it's what I need, downloaded and I will try it out tomorrow.
Richard A. Abbott wrote: Regarding portable applications, there are plenty here for you ... http://portableapps.com/apps[^]
I know about that site and did have a quick look through, but get overwhelmed by the number available.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Well the subject says it all.
I'll be pretty much off the air until around New Year, so y'all have a great time and stay safe.
Partying with Mrs, 3 offspring and their partners and 3 grandkids.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Have a fun and safe time.
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Don't know where you are in Oz. I'm in Perth, expecting maybe 40°C Christmas Day.
Looking forward to listening to the Boxing Day test and hope there will be a few cold ones left in the fridge.
Cheers
Peter
Peter Wasser
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa
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pwasser wrote: Don't know where you are in Oz.
Pete's in the Blue Moountains, in the general vicinity of Lithgow I think.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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A bit closer to Lithgow than to Penrith. Postcode 2780 includes Katoomba.
Cheers to you too, Mick
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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My Windows 7 machine has a fairly good processor and enough memory.
It cold boots in less than a minute.
But from this moment, it takes it from 5 minutes to reach full reactiveness. Yes, I said 5 minutes. I mean before it responds to a single click in less than, say 30 seconds ! Yes, I said 30 seconds.
The interesting thing is that when I look at the performance meter, the PC is essentially... idle, close to 0% CPU all that time.
So what the hell is it waiting for ??
[Don't misunderstand me, I am not looking for a solution. I have been amazed (if not irked) by this behavior since years, through the different versions of Windows. Seems to be a chronic disease.]
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Christmas!
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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The next Baktun to come around.
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A million services that all want to start at startup because they all think they're important (when in reality you need maybe 10% of them) and a fair number of auto-updaters (of which you need zero).
They'll all be 100MB+ because no one knows how write non-bloated code anymore and they'll be loaded simultaneously in order to create extra seek latency.
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Right, my machine is currently hosting 115 services and the same number of processes. They must be waiting for a President to be elected among them...
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harold aptroot wrote: A million services that all want to start at startup..
To be fair it is probably 50 services and 950,000 applications the user chooses to have ready to go.
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Maybe. I've noticed that programs decide that for you, instead of asking for your input on the matter. After all, they're the most important program ever, right?
Java Quick Starter I'm looking at you.
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I don't agree with that. Applications are just passive files and do no harm at boot time.
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YvesDaoust wrote: I don't agree with that. Applications are just passive files and do no harm at boot time.
Err..no.
There are any number of applications that insert themselves into the start up process. For example things that appear in the tray. And that is only one way in which they can show up.
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Meanwhile, the computer is sitting there thinking, "why does he want me to load all this crap?"
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Nah it sitting there thinking "Well come on dipstik, I've loaded all this crap for you do something!"
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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check disk io levels. work nukes my post login performance that way.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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1) check your startup , is there any thing new
2) start , Run (window + R) ----> type msconfig -----> goto Startup tab , untick what ever you dont need at startup
3). Stop unnecessary service like windows media player network sharing service etc.
To kill a DEER, You need Guns, knives, Ropes and many people to help But To kill
a DEAR,
You need just ignorance and silence
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Just wait and be patient, this will be ok.
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tablet pc
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Sorry, I don't want to. I consider this as a pathological behavior that needs to be denounced. A personal computer should have same or better reactivity as a laundry machine. (So far they needn't boot, let us cross fingers.)
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Geez man, what can I say, since I have an SSD and Windows 8, my machine goes from cold boot to ready to use in 9 seconds! I found that slow too! 
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station....
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My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
modified 23 Dec '12 - 6:46.
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Merry Xmas, YvesDaoust,
In addition to inspecting, and possibly turning off, start-up programs/services, you might also consider:
1. defragment your hard drive, if you have not done that already: if you have, and that makes no difference in boot-time, proceed to step #2. I use Puran Defrag (free version) to defragment about once every ten days to three weeks.
2. and/or: open your 'Computer folder: right-click on your boot-drive, open the Properties Tab: open the Tools Tab: click the 'Check Now' button: check both "Automatically fix file system errors," and "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors." Then re-boot, and be prepared to wait a long time while the boot drive is scanned for bad sectors, and (hopefully) any bad-sectors are "fixed."
An alternate to #2: using sfc /scannow from a command prompt: see: [^].
yrs, Bill
"We live in a world ruled by fictions: mass merchandising, advertising, politics as advertising, instant translation of science, technology, into popular imagery, increasing blur of identity in realms of consumer goods, preempting any free, original, imaginative, response to experience by the television screen. We live in an enormous novel. For a writer it's less necessary to invent a novel's fictional content: fiction's already there. A writer's task is to invent a reality." J. G. Ballard, 1974
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Try this[^].
It shows you all the programs that start with your computer, along with how much time they take, and lets you either stop them from starting, or delay their starting until the computer is idle.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Problem: You dont have a SSD
Solution: Get one. Even 128GB is enough for OS/apps.
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Is it running an app on startup that wants to make a network connection (to an unresponsive site)?
/ravi
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This is possible, who knows what is going on under the hood ?
Anyway there is no reason why an application should block others, and in particular system processes.
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Maybe not. [^].
I worked twice, in my life, as a department store Santa; once at Nordstrom's on Union Square (an upscale joint) in San Francisco.
I can tell you two things about "being" Santa: if you give a deep belly laugh, "ho ho ho," a few hundred times in one day, you cannot be depressed at Christmas time; and, second: Santa very often will be visited by quite lovely young women who are working the store for the holidays, and having them sit in your lap, can put some extra ruddy in your cheeks (all platonic, of course).
Merry Xmas, Bill
"We live in a world ruled by fictions: mass merchandising, advertising, politics as advertising, instant translation of science, technology, into popular imagery, increasing blur of identity in realms of consumer goods, preempting any free, original, imaginative, response to experience by the television screen. We live in an enormous novel. For a writer it's less necessary to invent a novel's fictional content: fiction's already there. A writer's task is to invent a reality." J. G. Ballard, 1974
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I've done it once, but not at a store - at a home for mentally disabled kids that my wife's son went to for respite before I met her.
Hardest thing I've ever done, emotionally. But they seemed to enjoy themselves!
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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Girl: Santa, if you make all those toys yourself you must be good with your hands.
Santa: Yes. That and I have a large staff.
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I've done it a couple of times at a store, and you're right - there were quite a few young ladies wanted to sit on Santas lap 
I kept every single photo that was taken (the store offered free photos with Santa) and its great to look back.
I took advantage of having the professional Santa suit to do a couple of appearances at my sons kindy (current and previous) too.
Best job in e world without a doubt - and you're right, there is absolutely no away you can be even marginally grumpy !
I thought it awesome that family friends, and even my son, failed to recognize me at all - one of e girls who worked (in IT) for me came into the store with her kids, and was gobsmacked when Santa knew their names, the names of their pets etc.
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