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I know no-one likes to write long documentation, but I really, really hate having to deal with someone else's idea of how fast I learn their material. I was using a by-all-accounts fabulous program called Ulysses last night, and there were seconds-long pauses where they told me repeatedly that Command-S saves a documen...
I hated you, and everything your products stood for. I started carrying Windows Mobile devices 6 years ago. It bugged me how people would FREAK THE HECK OUT over iPods, when I had in my pocket a cheaper piece of electronics that not only played music, but could surf the internet over WiFi, read books and make spread...
This publisher releases eBooks that can be lent without time constrictions, can be used on any device, and are not "frozen in time". If a book is updated you can see the updates because, hey, it's an electronic book! And the best part is you get 75% off any new editions. He deals mainly with health books, and I w...
Hey Reddit! I really need your help for my HP Pavilion dv4. Two hours ago, I had tried to increase the volume of my computer and the whole screen froze. I waited a little while and then everything was normal---except the volume slider was still on the screen. I fixed that but the problem of the volume still remained. N...
I'm supposed to be getting 12mbs download with around 5 mbps upload. And that's for $80. Hell, if I were just getting that with a reasonable ping I'd be happy. But no. At all times of the day (from 8am to midnight) it's far worse. The speed dips again and again to 3 to 6mpbs, and the upload speed can drop as far...
I have bumper stickers on the back of my car which obviously show I'm a liberal. Obama, Mark Dayton (soon-to-be MN Gov), Jim Meffert (MN-03 challenger this year), and one of those coexist ones form Northern Sun. This evening I'm driving across the 35W bridge that replaced the collapsed one, and there's a car tailgati...
Original Post on new Bittorrent based DNS servers [here.]( Okay, we have a [layman's explanation]( for how the distributed DNS system would work, but how do we get around the problem of DNS poisoning? I am rather inexperienced when it comes to large-scale networking so I have an idea that will probably be shot down ...
James: Hi! I'm a live Sprint product specialist. Are there any questions I may help answer for you today? > You: is there a 10$ fee on the evo for 4g access? > James: I would be happy to give you the information about the $10 add with HTC EVO phone. > James: Let's move this chat and make it a window of its own. I...
Do you know who you are giving access to? If the machine you are talking to really wikileaks? For example I could set up a server and grant wikileaks the ability to mirror. They would send me traffic but I could alter the page to capture the info you submit. Now I can write to your server, make you capture data f...
Ever since the wireless network was installed in the apartment I share with my roommates, clicking on certain links will open up another page with strange URLs--"epoclick" or "googleanalytics" or a random porn site. I talked to someone who knows a lot more about computers and the internet than me, and he told me that m...
I purchased an iPod Touch 32GB for my wife at $300 plus tax. She was excited to get it, but had trouble getting it set up. I tried attaching it--it requires iTunes 10.5. I tried installing iTunes 10.5--no dice. I download iTunes 10.5 and try to install it--iTunes 10.5 requires Mac OS 10.5 or higher (my wife has 1...
Every day I talk to a lot of people with faulty electrical good needing repairs, many of them mention that they have had at some point cover for thier goods purchased in store. These companies are hiding behind small print which too few people seem to read into. Almost all new electrical goods come with product cover...
The Pirate Bay hasn't been working for me today, so I've been using the Google cache to get the magnet links. This brought up an interesting thought. Linking to copyrighted material, or to a torrent of copyrighted material without the copyright owners permission has been shown to be illegal in various courts the worl...
ASUS is having a contest item from the wishlist up to $2500 in value. My fellow Redditers, I am in the top spots for votes as of writing this post. I intend to keep this spot, but the few people behind me are catching up quickly, especially one known as "David Wang". I do not intend on losing. Especially to someone w...
Hi TechIT. I'm looking to purchase a new phone for work and personal use. For the last 3 years I've been using an Iphone 3G. I'm a big fan, it has done everything I've asked for and more however, I don't want to be narrow minded and assume that upgrading to the Iphone 4 is my best option. I've read a few reviews an...
I'm using a laptop that the library of my college lent me, and it is frozen (not broke but it do not save information, it restart the configuration when it turn off and on again). The other day I was doing a work and I didn't save the file yet because I forgot or I was waiting to finish it. Then the laptop turn off w...
I wanted to contribute to the discussion of technology here and particularly, after the recent [House Committee passed the USA Freedom Act.]( I hope to spur reasonable discussion about it here. I read the whole of the USA Freedom Act, [the text is here]( and this is what I found out. A few differences from the past...
I am doing a job at a large home, and they want WiFi throughout their (2 acre) house and backyard. The problem is, I've only set up smaller home wireless networks. They currently have a [1] Linksys WRT160N, but it obviously doesn't cover their large house. I need to set up a large Wireless N/G network around their hous...
Has anyone successfully ditched cell phones and went with some alternative (e.g. netbooks with 3G cards)? Here's my thoughts on it. I rarely ever actually talk on the phone, but it's difficult to get a smartphone with a data and text plan without a mandatory voice plan. You can get unlimited free SMS with Google Vo...
First of all, I'm not trying to be ignorant of "the Google", but I'm just not sure of how to ask this question... The setup I have is a Mac Pro with 2 displays, one 30in in landscape mode and one 22in in portrait mode. I want to add a Dell Optiplex 990 to the mix since I am learning SCCM and need to have a Windows box...
Recently I've been having a unicode problem. For some reason, in different programs (Windows Explorer, Chrome, foobar, uTorrent, and more) things are aren't in English show up as blocks. This has never been a problem until the past few days and I've had this computer for a couple years now. I've got English, Chines...
Here's why I think the concept of owning digital information is flawed: As you all (should) know, all information stored on a computer is nothing more than a sequence of 0's and 1's on the hard drive. In other words, all files are equivalent with a certain sequences of 0's and 1's. So let's say you have copyrighte...
Please excuse slight wall of text! Recently I got into a discussion about international licensing laws and how complicated most video streaming platforms are. And of course this whole shebang about www.kino.to... The first problem is that it takes way too many steps to get to the desired content. If I visit a site ...
I recently had a bad experience with the Logitech G930 headset and their support completely failing at fixing any of my problems. I emailed back and forth a few times and they basically said that my headset was faulty (although I still blame the poor drivers) and they said I should contact my vendor and ask for a repl...
If a malicious group created 1000 (or some meaningfully large number) malicious Tor nodes and injected them into the overall Tor network then there is some chance that each node along the path would be a compromised computer. The compromised computers could compare notes, on their own VPN, and potentially come up with ...
I get the whole anti regulation = freedom for business logic that they follow, but I get the feeling that few of them actually understand the great tube and are doing it simply because they blindly apply their "no regulations" philosophy to everything... It's like they're doing it to protect the spammers and pop-up adv...
I am trying to set up a VPN for a small office network. They are running Windows Server 2003 R2. There is the primary server, which is set up for document serving, DHCP, DNS, Domain Control, etc... and a secondary server set up for Terminal Services and RAS. I established the server role, configured the VPN, configured...
The last few days it has seemed to take a bit longer than usual to start up, sometimes it would have to restart itself before the picture would finally appear. Last night while plugged in, but not on, we started to smell this god awful burnt popcorn/rubber/death smell coming from the direction of the TV. I was not ...
I work in a smaller office now (nonprofit work), but have worked in much larger office environments. I consider myself above the curve with computers, etc (certainly not as good as some of you out there) and most of the people in the office notice this (some of it is just because I have a dual monitor display, which eq...
The 'awesome bar' in Firefox is IMO the only real new invention in the world of web browser usability apart from tabbed browsing that appeared in the last few years. I can simply write 2 or 3 letters and get to a webpage I want in a matter of seconds. It's especially useful when you frequent discussion boards, where ...
Change settings in Windows 7 to disable annoying Security Warning prompts for files off local samba servers. Windows 7 Internet Options in control panel IS IE'S OPTIONS!!! Windows Action Center tells me I have unsafe security settings, and wants to change them back to default Internet Explorer displays a s...
Hi Reddit! I'm a very low level IT staff member for a major university. Recently there has been a lot of discussion in our department regarding the future of IT here. Specifically- the advent of widespread desktop virtualization will do away with most of the desktop support functionality that our department provides...
So to clarify, my father works for a small security company in San Jose, and around silicon valley we have alot of huge corporate buildings which he does security for, such as Apple, E-bay, EA games (I had a family "uncle" who got us a Wii TWO DAYS before national release, when we bought games blockbuster was baffled)...
Sorry to be a pest, but i feel as if this was the best place to post this (Please direct me if I am wrong). I am a high school student, and I spend the first half of my day mentoring at the elementary school, as i wish to become a teacher. Today, the teacher i help took the kids to the computer lab to practice the on...
Sorry to be a pest, but i feel as if this was the best place to post this (Please direct me if I am wrong). I am a high school student, and I spend the first half of my day mentoring at the elementary school, as i wish to become a teacher. Today, the teacher i help took the kids to the computer lab to practice the on...
How does a bike work? I mean yeah the chain turns the wheel but the other part. How does it not fall over in a sharp turn when technically weight distribution would make it. Also, how does it stay up when riding?
My internet connection speed]( I'm currently getting my internet through from Virgin Media, and I'm paying out for a 50Mb/s connection...and its currently coming in at 0.16Mb/s. I've been on the phone with them for hours on end over the past few weeks and they keep giving me dates when it will all be 'fixed'. When th...
Friends, Romans, cuntrymen, I bought a Macbook Air a few months ago because it's exactly what I wanted, pre-the whole ultrabook thing. It's light, it's thin, it runs cool and it has a great resolution for text editing and watching movies. But I run Windows on it, have no brand loyalty to Apple and hate the connotat...
X-post from /r/Technostism/ There's a simple way to understand the difference between traditional socialism and technosyndicalism, aka technostism. Chemistry time! [Socialism is hydroxide]( OH^− . An unstable ion that rarely occurs in nature, it only works when mixed with other elements. If you attempt to consume...
So Valve announced their VR headset and Oculus Rift seems likely to release sometime this year. Both of these devices are gaming oriented. I'm a gamer so I'm terribly excited for them and will probably be getting the Valve headset when it comes out. But gaming isn't the only thing I use my computer for. Are there any a...
My roommates are all the time destroying the internet connection. They're always on world of warcraft, youtube, netflix, and anything else you can imagine and it is making browsing the internet slow. I can't even play games like black ops or anything that I enjoy because I'm ALWAYS on a red bar. Is there anyway I can m...
Some of you might have read the rant I went on in r/technology about how terrible of an idea bandwidth caps are regarding innovation of technology. You can read that [here]( AT&T is implementing bandwidth caps on it's DSL and Uverse internet services starting May 2nd. DSL Customers will be able to use 150gb per month...
Okay so a little background. My friend and I go to school for video game design and currently in our free time we are working on making an rpg based on a book I wrote. This week (we both are in the same class) is our school's spring break and my friend left to his parents house for the week. We have an assignment due n...
Thanks to all who offered advice in the previous thread. This is the follow-up that many of you requested. I did not simply let it go. Background: I had the car for a week back in late January early February, during which the battery died in the cold, and at the end of the week the satellite radio wasn't working (d...
I work for a small IT company that deals alot with Windows based environments and VMware environments. Recently one of our employees brought up the point of using smart cards for authentication. I've been doing some research with my spare time and found the Crescendo C700 and thought I might want to try it out and see ...
I work for a small IT company that deals alot with Windows based environments and VMware environments. Recently one of our employees brought up the point of using smart cards for authentication. I've been doing some research with my spare time and found the Crescendo C700 and thought I might want to try it out and see ...
My 2 year contract with AT&T runs out sometime this June/July and when I renew it, I plan on getting a new phone. I was thinking of getting a phone with android, since that's basically the kind of phone everyone I know has and I don't want to fall behind the curve. There are only a handful of smartphones on AT&T, and I...
I switched to Clear back in November and in the process of planning a wedding, my fiancee and I moved in together at a house. The Clear signal dropped from 5 bars to 1 or 2 bars. When it rained we lost connectivity all together. I lived with it for February and most of March. I got fed up with it last night and calle...
Pictured in that album is my orchestra room. It's definitely one of my favorite classes of the day, but our a/c is broken. The thermostat is broken; it always thinks it's too cold, and tries to pump out hot air. It used to pump out super hot air, and to remedy that, our custodians cut off the hot water, so now it jus...
Sorry if you read this twice it was originally removed because I mentioned something against the rules, apparently.) Just had to vent a little here about how utterly awful my experience has been with them lately. When I signed up years ago, my choice was dedicated hosting versus shared. A few years ago they decided t...
I called AT&T's retention department today because paying 120 a month when I only use about 2mb of data on my iphone and half my 1,500 minutes a month seemed pretty high. But I ended asking about keeping my unlimited plan if I upgraded to the iphone 4 and if I could tether it. Surprisingly I could! Then she did some r...
Ok, so I've never done this before and I am of course applying for jobs like a normal person and sending resumes and all that, but I'm hoping someone here my work in the suburbs west of Chicago or even in the city and may have a job opening. I just found out that my wife is likely pregnant with our second child (I sa...
Basically, it goes as follows. 1) Newspapers as well as other media outlets are looking to make money online. 2) Apple introduces the iPad, which presents these media in new and exciting ways (Seriously, all the iPad hate aside, think about how you would've envisioned the future of mobile computing, say, 20 years a...
A while back i saw [this]( then i thought to myself that if this acted as a gyroscope, then that would explain the concept of UFO's being cylindrical. Then i wondered if we could somehow integrate the spinning device so that it either produced power or some form of anti-gravitational mechanism, probably like a nuclear...
Lately it seems a lot of tech people (developers, designers, etc.) prefer Chrome over Firefox. Granted, it seems like a good browser, but aren't you worried about the implications? I'm not one of those paranoid people who are afraid that Google might read your email, etc. I have actually read Gmail's privacy policy, ...
So I get a text from my parents today telling me that they received a spam email from my AIM account. I haven't used the dang thing in maybe 5 years, in fact I forgot I even had it. Thing is, I made the account way back in 1997. It was the first account I had ever signed up for and I do have to give it props for introd...
Hi /r/technology! I hope this is the right place for this; even if it's for my own benefit, hopefully we can have a good old discussion and debate and whatnot. Basically, long story short, I had this bad boy . That means I'll be joining the magical land of smartphones very soon. I'm pretty excited, but I've never actu...
Okay, not really. But there is seriously something wrong with it. It is a Samsung about eight months old. It works great with one exception. It randomly turns down the volume on its own. We have ruled out the possibility of it being a universal remote from another room or apartment. It started doing it a few months ago...
Network Magic: This is the software I got with my wireless router, I installed it and set up my wifi with it but now it seems kinda pointless because my computer connects to the wifi automatically (most of the time, but more on that later) and other computers can easily access the wifi without the software. Even with ...
For all the tech geeks out there, here's my predicament. Some one and a half years ago i bought a Razer Naga mouse at Best Buy for shits and giggles. It's awesome, feels super nice and stuff. Then, out of nowhere (no liquid contact, no dropping, etc) it stops working. The computer recognizes it when i unplug/plug it ...
This isn't really a comparison per se, rather it is a question about perceived quality differences concern both present and past-present comparisons. I saw [this image]( in an /r/gaming post, and thought "I don't remember video games ever looking that poor". Which leads me to wonder, why does the quality of HD look s...
The biggest counterargument to technological unemployment one can come across is the Fallacy of the Luddite Fallacy; a fallacy within a fallacy, per se. You see, up until now there existed the Luddite Fallacy. Talk that technology would take our jobs was truly psychotic rambling. Looms? Automobiles? Airplanes? Early ...
I've got a 4GB RAM desktop PC with a quad-core AMD processor and a dedicated graphics card (Yes I know it's old but when I had bought it it was amazing specs in those days). After a long term usage I've learnt the following things: The CPU usage rarely goes above 50%, whether I'm playing a game, or extracting a ver...
Hey r/technology, I just got a record player from one of my dad's friends over thanksgiving break and I need help setting it up. I don't have a receiver but I do have a stereo with an Aux input. There is a white port and a red port that I usually plug one of these: into and listen to my mp3 player over the speakers. M...
The List) If you have any questions regarding what this is all about, feel free to ask... I'm doing a lot of digging into CarrierIQ this weekend.
This is my first post on reddit, and I'm speaking out because I'm so tired of watching my profession and well-being as a web developer being threatened insecure and unimaginative executives. We have been watching as SOPA and PIPA have made their way through the lobbyists pockets to congress, but nobody has made an of...
My SO's phone has been acting up more and more and we really don't want to go get a new one right now. The phone is a Samsung Impression . Thanks in advance Redditors!
There are a number of iDEN networks around the world. Sprint still has the old Nextel iDEN network with around 5 million people on it. [iDEN info on Wikipedia]( However, iDEN is considered legacy technology and is generally being phased out but not for a few years yet (expected 2013 through 2017 for Sprint). Why wo...
There are a number of iDEN networks around the world. Sprint still has the old Nextel iDEN network with around 5 million people on it. [iDEN info on Wikipedia]( However, iDEN is considered legacy technology and is generally being phased out but not for a few years yet (expected 2013 through 2017 for Sprint). Why wo...
Before you downvote just listen. The laptop is a Dell Inspiron 15r (N5010) Laptop. I don't even know what model my computer is all I know that its old, and crappy. Trust me it's reliable but I really can't do anything besides going on the internet. It is a horrible computer when it comes to performance, especially grap...
He's always been obsessed with tablets since the iPad came out. He actually bought an iPad but later returned it. Since the launch of the HP touchpad he has gone into Best Buy nearly once a week and just played around with it. We are both currently going through college so buying one for the original price was out of t...
I've been thinking a lot this weekend about the future of WebOS, I have a hard time wrapping my mind around everything this means for the platform, but I think ultimately this is going to be outstanding for HP and WebOS. The way this sold out, you have to think at the price it was at, it wasn't going to sell anyways, a...
This was a "quick" favor for a good friend of mine. She has an office that is completely Wired. She has two printers on it and a desktop. I ran a line out of the router to a wireless router and set up a wireless network. Now people can access that wireless network when visiting the office, and her receptionist can...
The reason i ask this question is that in one of my networking classes. A man who obviously is ignorant of how file formats works argued with me for an hour that .IMG file format was a proprietary file that only Microsoft products could use, and that microsoft had just recently developed this format. I know this is inc...
I have an LG 720p HD TV that I purchased about two years ago and, as is with most flat screens, the speakers are pretty weak. I was looking to upgrade my sound system with something simple, like a sound bar. Upon researching, I discovered many of these do not support an optical out port. Any suggestions for speakers...
So I just wanted to warn other Redditors about Kobo, the ereader manufacturer / online book store. About a month ago, I purchased a monthly subscription to the Globe and Mail for the non-WiFi Kobo I just got. There were nothing but sync issues. Apparently this is a common issue with the original Kobo, and one the compa...
I'm really sick of playing games on my MacBook, and I'm looking to either buy a custom made Gaming PC, or build one myself, based on your help. While I'm quite a nerdy and tech-savvy person (yes, I know saying things like 'tech-savvy' doesn't exactly prove it), I know very little about the internal hardware side of thi...
First, a background: So I'm moving to a house that, as far as I can tell, has no cable/internet hooked up to it whatsoever. There's a Cox box out back, but the wire doesn't go into the house, and the other end goes up to a phone line, loops around, and dangles back down. So unless there's some weird splitting thing go...
I got a letter today in the mail from my ISP, Time Warner Cable, indicating that as of December 1st, the rate for Roadrunner Standard was changing from $44.99 to $49.99. One phone call later and I now pay $34.99 and get Roadrunner Turbo, and will continue to get this rate contract free for the next year. Before anyon...
I'll start by saying that I've had apple products for about 8 years or so, my dad was one of those early adopters, and it carried on through me when i went to college and got a macbook (2006) I've now since enjoyed a LOT of apple products, and believe it or not, i have a knack for having friends who dont want their a...
About three years ago, while traveling two states away, I was having dinner at a restaurant one night and ended up asking the server for her phone number. She gave it to me. We texted a few times that evening, then never talked to her again, that was all. I only had her first name and last initial because it was on t...
So they have this idea about censoring your website logo. Good idea, especially on high visibility websites. We'll have to just see who joins in, come midnight. But this plan is only targeted at website owners. What about on social networks? We're all on them. Unless we see a censored Google logo at midnight, I think...
So they have this idea about [censoring your website logo on the 16th]( Cool, good idea, but this plan is only targeted at website owners. What about the rest of us? What about on social networks? We're all on them. Unless we see a censored Google logo at midnight, I think we would raise more awareness through censo...
Back when music downloads had DRM all over it, I would go to the store to buy the CD instead so I could rip it myself. People used to just tell me to go to iTunes or Napster/Limewire to download it. But I would rather support the artist (however little that may have been) while still be able to do what I wanted to with...
I first tried to use Wirefly to get new cellphone service on Dec. 1st 2011, and nearly two weeks later all I am left with are extremely bad memories and even worse concern for the treatment of future customers by their support team. Here is an excert from my support chat log: (Rogueelite): Also can I have your name? ...
Most of us are familiar with Louis CK's recent experiment to bypass any major production agencies, and release his latest standup downloadable from his site, DRM free, and at a fraction of the cost of buying similar standup specials via the traditional methods. If you are not most of us, take a look at: At any rate,...
My grandmother gave me an iPad as a gift for graduation. I would be all cool with that except I already have a laptop and an iPod, which is what an ipad is supposed to be a combination of. I don't want to return/sell it (for a while anyway, until she forgets) as I do really appreciate being given such a nice gift, but ...
1-2 months ago, I worked on a lady's computer to help speed it up. I uninstalled unnecessary programs, installed CCleaner + AdAware + Soluto, and switched her from Norton Antivirus to Microsoft Security Essentials. I mentioned the possibility of reformatting the computer, but (after seeing how much better it was perf...
First off I'm not just talking about the iPad. I'm having a hard time seeing any of them as anything more than overpriced toys. They don't really seem to do anything more than a netbook, and they lack a built-in keyboard. To me they don't really seem to fit.
The recent [post]( over at r/gaming of a dad playing portal for the first time and a post [here]( about older people having troubles with the basic functions of computers has set me thinking as to whether I will ever be like them. For me technology is an innate thing, if I'm handed phone I've never seen before, it's on...
Im not super tech savy, but I need some basic facts and research on if my college should change email providers and why, or if we should change our student website (specifically the program dealing with student accounts). At my university students use Live@Edu which is a Microsoft product and faculty/staff use Micros...
I'm wanting to advance at my job(I support enterprise storage systems), and there's a whole list of certifications that can allow me to advance to another pay grade in the future. There are things like CCNA, MCSE, LPIC, and I plan on taking those in the future, but to help me in my current job as well as prepare me for...
After having used Chrome for a long time, I want to give Firefox a whirl. However, there is a crucial UI advantage to Chrome that is hard to give up: what I call "smart autocomplete" in the address bar. Have you visited www.google.com in Chrome before? Type "g" in the address bar, and the whole thing autocompletes in...
So I currently own a Dell studio 1737 laptop which is a beast that I dont really care for anymore. I have plans to buy a gaming desktop at the end of April and so my need for a laptop that can play games will end. What do you guys think would be best for this situation? Considering I would possibly be able to sell my...
Some brief background. I work as a Systems Analyst for a company that builds in-house custom business software. We are a SOA Shop (Java). For the length of my career here (3 years), I have been a Data Services Systems Analyst and not directly associated with our java development efforts, though I've been coupled clo...
Hello everyone! Long time lurker and first-time poster here so please go easy on me. First off, here's a little bit about me; I love computers, games, music, and movies. I've studied movies, played computer games since I was 5 and currently play the role of software engineer, and am an avid music listener/concert att...
Here's the details: I know what a CPU is. I know what a Motherboard is. But I don't know how to put a computer together. My dad does. This is a project we're going to be working on together (good ole' father son computer building, right?). Basically, I'm going to be selecting the parts and then we're going to build it ...
I've always thought about this... Why don't they do what they did to make somthing bigger/more efficient, to a bigger extent, to progress faster? I know, it seems very vague, so let me explain. Talking about USB keys. The first USB key could hold 8 MB, created in 2000 called DiskOnKey . It very slowly increased to...
Last year I bought an hp laptop in late September or mid October. After a couple weeks, the harddrive began to have issues. After ruling out every alternative explanation for the problems, hp agreed to let me ship it back. They replaced the hard drive. Today, around a year later, the hard drive went haywire. HP said ...
Hi guys, After the GReader update I feel that reading stuff in that thing makes me dizzy, even when opening Steam I get that feeling that I'm about to look at something crammed in the right hand side, bleh, hate it. Any alternative for it or a way to revert ? Not sure if it makes any diff but maybe my problem is th...