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Gmail's "push" support through iOS Mail is... 157 Views / 7 Replies  
Gmail's "push" support through iOS Mail is entirely exchange activesync -- and they are or have already discontinued it for gmail on new devices. If you already have it, it'll work. If you change...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on May 16, 2013 at 07:16 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Is the modem acting as a dhcp server? A lot of... 463 Views / 6 Replies  
Is the modem acting as a dhcp server? A lot of times these things get set up this way, and it's better to have the modem be only a modem and let the airport extreme do dhcp and the rest of the lan...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on May 4, 2013 at 07:38 PM, in Networking
Probably not a coincidence. I wonder how... 402 Views / 18 Replies  
Probably not a coincidence. I wonder how widespread this is, not just financing the teardown of Apple but running the mercenaries to cold call honest reviewers and bribe them into taking down less...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Apr 22, 2013 at 07:49 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Read carefully, I said he arranged to leave while... 769 Views / 69 Replies  
Read carefully, I said he arranged to leave while Steve was around.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Apr 22, 2013 at 07:43 PM, in MacNN Lounge
She's definitely not a professional reviewer,... 402 Views / 18 Replies  
She's definitely not a professional reviewer, nothing close. The take down offer came in the second call. During the first, he offered the extended warranty and she said she'd think about it. His...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Apr 21, 2013 at 08:26 PM, in MacNN Lounge
The seller would have had the real info, but her... 402 Views / 18 Replies  
The seller would have had the real info, but her amazon user name linked to the real life info? Amazon obviously needs that but it doesn't seem necessary to share with sellers. So either the seller...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Apr 21, 2013 at 08:24 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Ron Johnson arranged to leave while Steve was... 769 Views / 69 Replies  
Ron Johnson arranged to leave while Steve was alive.

Jon Rubinstein left long before that.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Apr 21, 2013 at 08:00 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Samsung called after a mediocre review 402 Views / 18 Replies  
This was weird. An acquaintance got a non-phone Samsung product from an Amazon seller. The product was more or less ok, but she posted some cons on Amazon and gave it a middling rating. A few days...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Apr 21, 2013 at 07:56 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Infractioned, and not for the "liberal BS"... 1,412 Views / 190 Replies  
Infractioned, and not for the "liberal BS" part.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Mar 29, 2013 at 07:35 PM, in Political/War Lounge
I switched from att when the iPhone 5 was... 1,289 Views / 33 Replies  
I switched from att when the iPhone 5 was available. For about 18 months prior, att had been doing exactly what you got in that speediest -- decent bars, no speed, and in many cases no data at all....
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Mar 2, 2013 at 07:54 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
http://forums.macnn.com/95/political-war-lounge/49... 281 Views / 8 Replies  
http://forums.macnn.com/95/political-war-lounge/498356/the-relationship-between-minimum-wage-welfare/#post4219868
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Mar 1, 2013 at 07:25 PM, in Feedback
10 points for screener. Too bad they're not... 679 Views / 60 Replies  
10 points for screener. Too bad they're not redeemable for bitcoins, because that wouldn't be so cheap.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Mar 1, 2013 at 07:23 PM, in Political/War Lounge
There are two different combat awards, at least... 840 Views / 88 Replies  
There are two different combat awards, at least in the Army. There's the combat infantry badge awarded to infantry or special forces, then there's the combat action badge, which can be awarded to...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Jan 23, 2013 at 08:35 PM, in Political/War Lounge
Let's avoid mixing personal stuff with the... 1,562 Views / 187 Replies  
Let's avoid mixing personal stuff with the thread. It's off topic and sets it up for derail.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Jan 22, 2013 at 08:31 PM, in Political/War Lounge
You don't afaik. A thread should be marked read... 1,211 Views / 67 Replies  
You don't afaik. A thread should be marked read when loaded, but as soon as there are new posts, that would change its status again.

From a forum/subforum page, you can mark it read by clicking...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Jan 7, 2013 at 08:08 PM, in Feedback
Infractioned. 872 Views / 126 Replies  
Infractioned.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Nov 7, 2012 at 05:28 PM, in Political/War Lounge
$20 whores aren't, and don't use, anything... 2,773 Views / 381 Replies  
$20 whores aren't, and don't use, anything pretty. Perhaps that was the rub, tongue in cheek as it were.

Regardless, we don't need to be insulting other members.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Nov 7, 2012 at 05:22 PM, in Political/War Lounge
I'm a stratfor reader and Friedman has an article... 872 Views / 126 Replies  
I'm a stratfor reader and Friedman has an article that discusses how gridlock is the by-design state of US government.
http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/us-presidential-elections-perspective

And...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Nov 7, 2012 at 01:41 AM, in Political/War Lounge
lpk's post didn't warrant the moron reply. Let's... 3,245 Views / 496 Replies  
lpk's post didn't warrant the moron reply. Let's watch out for Rule 3.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Oct 14, 2012 at 04:55 PM, in Political/War Lounge
Handbrake will rip too. It's free and excellent.... 7,798 Views / 9 Replies  
Handbrake will rip too. It's free and excellent. Make sure you read their notes about commercial DVDs if you're ripping one of those.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Oct 14, 2012 at 02:23 AM, in Applications
A mod outside PWL edited your thread title.... 1,567 Views / 170 Replies  
A mod outside PWL edited your thread title. However, titles do show up more readily than posts, so I'd rather not have obscenities in them.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Oct 13, 2012 at 04:10 AM, in Political/War Lounge
iCloud can't replace local high capacity storage.... 129 Views / 6 Replies  
iCloud can't replace local high capacity storage. If you need to backup or store tens of GB, get external storage and backup there (and ideally to a second drive for redundancy). Time Machine has...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Oct 13, 2012 at 02:52 AM, in Mac OS X
http://www.apple.com/iphone/battery.html ... 2,239 Views / 20 Replies  
http://www.apple.com/iphone/battery.html

Don't know if that helps understand apple's procedures.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Oct 7, 2012 at 02:44 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Skinned animals hanging from meat hooks is... 5,613 Views / 167 Replies  
Skinned animals hanging from meat hooks is certainly disturbing while trying to watch a few videos with a young child.

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Posted by Cold Warrior, on Oct 6, 2012 at 05:39 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Try resetting network settings first. 2,239 Views / 20 Replies  
Try resetting network settings first.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Oct 6, 2012 at 10:58 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
:lol: 330 Views / 28 Replies  
:lol:
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Oct 2, 2012 at 01:29 PM, in MacNN Lounge
I'm hoping it will when verizon rolls out VoLTE,... 3,090 Views / 13 Replies  
I'm hoping it will when verizon rolls out VoLTE, but I haven't seen any news on that.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Oct 2, 2012 at 12:26 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Oh wait... ... 330 Views / 28 Replies  
Oh wait...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%932012_global_financial_crisis
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Oct 2, 2012 at 12:24 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Incorrect. It doesn't work.... 3,090 Views / 13 Replies  
Incorrect. It doesn't work. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57512635-37/verizon-sprint-iphone-5-cant-do-voice-plus-data-on-4g-lte/
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Oct 1, 2012 at 09:36 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Don't waste your time for a long drive to an... 586 Views / 24 Replies  
Don't waste your time for a long drive to an apple store if they try to push that on you. Have them send a prepaid return box, unless they want you to go to the nearest UPS store to mail it out. Back...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Sep 30, 2012 at 03:01 AM, in Mac OS X
With iPhone 5 on verizon, it also comes unlocked... 3,090 Views / 13 Replies  
With iPhone 5 on verizon, it also comes unlocked for domestic and international gsm use, and it supports a wider array of international lte bands. Att's version offers neither.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Sep 27, 2012 at 06:31 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Verizon has superior coverage and its LTE... 3,090 Views / 13 Replies  
Verizon has superior coverage and its LTE footprint is very large. AT&T lags behind in both areas. AT&T's network is also fairly poor, with data drops or no data often enough.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Sep 27, 2012 at 01:17 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
I preordered two, one for my wife and myself. We... 287 Views / 27 Replies  
I preordered two, one for my wife and myself. We have the 4S but the 5 is a great upgrade. I'm incredibly pleased with it, especially because I'm back on Verizon with blazing lte, free hotspot,...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Sep 24, 2012 at 02:55 PM, in MacNN Lounge
That garden is very small these days. I hoe you... 858 Views / 78 Replies  
That garden is very small these days. I hoe you survive the winter.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Sep 24, 2012 at 09:46 AM, in MacNN Lounge
US and Canada only. edit: it may work with... 342 Views / 7 Replies  
US and Canada only.

edit: it may work with credits, but the app must have access to your iphone contacts. It will refuse to work without access and it does not maintain its own contacts. That's a...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Sep 23, 2012 at 09:54 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Google Voice no longer does international sms.... 342 Views / 7 Replies  
Google Voice no longer does international sms. Also, my regular recipients don't want or need a Russian data plan and riding their service's SMS backbone ensures it works without wifi. I really want...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Sep 23, 2012 at 07:27 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
So I've switched my iPhones to Verizon and of... 342 Views / 7 Replies  
So I've switched my iPhones to Verizon and of course texting to Russia is still broken. I could really use some recommendations on simple texting solutions, where both parties can send and receive...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Sep 23, 2012 at 05:00 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Yeah, it looks great, but search does need a ton... 974 Views / 48 Replies  
Yeah, it looks great, but search does need a ton of work. It's so bad I can't trust it to find nearby establishments if traveling. I hope google provides a maps app soon.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Sep 20, 2012 at 03:56 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
iOS 6 is running great on my 4S, I second... 974 Views / 48 Replies  
iOS 6 is running great on my 4S, I second imitchell's comments.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Sep 19, 2012 at 06:22 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Don't forget Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007... 775 Views / 89 Replies  
Don't forget Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007 and it sold incredibly well through the crash and recession and "recovery."
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Sep 16, 2012 at 03:25 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Windows upgrades are very inconsistent at keeping... 159 Views / 4 Replies  
Windows upgrades are very inconsistent at keeping files. It depends on what os you're coming from and going to, and whether it is the 32- or 64-bit variant (source and install). OS X upgrades are far...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Sep 16, 2012 at 05:58 AM, in Mac OS X
Poll: And yes, the skype app isn't a great app. I'm... 1,482 Views / 126 Replies  
And yes, the skype app isn't a great app. I'm really hoping FaceTime over cellular at least matches Skype's a/v with ft ease of use.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Sep 15, 2012 at 08:37 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Poll: Unlimited is pointless after 3GB when AT&T drops... 1,482 Views / 126 Replies  
Unlimited is pointless after 3GB when AT&T drops you to edge speeds. I don't see the value anymore, especially when verizon doesn't block FaceTime, has a huge lte footprint, and will unlock you for...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Sep 15, 2012 at 08:35 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Poll: I've been upgrading every year. It is one of only... 1,482 Views / 126 Replies  
I've been upgrading every year. It is one of only a few indulgences I care for.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Sep 9, 2012 at 08:51 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Yeah, it's AT&T policy to throttle unlimited... 379 Views / 5 Replies  
Yeah, it's AT&T policy to throttle unlimited users to edge speeds at 3GB usage.
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Sep 6, 2012 at 03:07 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
:thumbsdow 884 Views / 70 Replies  
:thumbsdow
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Aug 27, 2012 at 06:58 AM, in Political/War Lounge
tmo has been building out its iphone-compatible... 792 Views / 50 Replies  
tmo has been building out its iphone-compatible 3G footprint, and also working on LTE. In time you may see your iphone get tmo 3G.

Not a Houston fan. I lived around there for a bit. It feels like...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Aug 26, 2012 at 09:19 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Abe, If you had been banned at any other time,... 1,386 Views / 157 Replies  
Abe,
If you had been banned at any other time, I think your case would have been hopeless. As your luck would have it, the MacNN Conspiracy is big time GOP. Those RNC convention tickets you got us...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Aug 22, 2012 at 01:13 PM, in Feedback
I tried to find them this morning in response to... 1,386 Views / 157 Replies  
I tried to find them this morning in response to your question, but there was one I infractioned for and another reported but wasn't really a personal attack (possibly a rule 9, but I gave him the...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Aug 19, 2012 at 09:25 AM, in Feedback
I'm sure someone has run the numbers and it makes... 246 Views / 18 Replies  
I'm sure someone has run the numbers and it makes sense to AT&T, but I just don't see it. Verizon's coverage is superior in every way, and their LTE footprint is already quite large. Plus they will...
Posted by Cold Warrior, on Aug 19, 2012 at 07:26 AM, in Tech News
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