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Comment on Why Digital TV Sucks by Chuck Lawson

Chuck Lawson — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:25:37 +0000

lol… Are you sure it isn’t because he finally saw how some of them looked in HD?

Comment on Why Digital TV Sucks by tim

tim — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:22:21 +0000

SO WHY HAS GOD TAKEN ALL THESE FAMOUS ENTERTAINERS TO HEAVEN LATELY ? BECAUSE HE CAN’T GET HIS DTV TO WORK EITHER

Comment on Installing Java 6 on Mac OS X by Megha Sharma

Megha Sharma — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:36:36 +0000

Thanks a lot for sharing this info… as you mentioned, it wasn’t terribly obvious!

I needed to install Java 6 to fix this issue with my Netbeans (v6.5.1) which wouldn’t let me create a new (Java EE) project due to the error:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/script/ScriptEngineFactory

Installing Java 6 and changing the netbeans.conf file to point to version 1.6 instead of any previous version solved the issue.

Thanks again!

Comment on Why Digital TV Sucks by Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:39:05 +0000

DTV truely stands for the death of TV especially for those struck hard by the economy I wasted my tax return on purchasing a tv that is dtv ready and two different antennas and still only get 4 channels clear enough to watch so my warning is don’t bother spending any money on it because the only channels you will get are not worth the money. And the converter box for an old tv only gets me one channel wow thats 40 dollars well spent by the goverment . I am a single mother with a very limited income. I can’t spend money each month for satalite tv because I live in a nieghborhood that doesn’t have the option of cable . So it is the death of TV for me I have sunk close to 300 dollars on crap that is suppose to make dtv work but it is nothing more then a scam. So to all you who advertise with tv you may want to look someplace else for your advertising because you are not going to reach your viewers oh and all these more channels they speak of are all spanish channels like we need 20 spanish speaking channels in an english speaking country and guess what those are the only channels that never friggen loose signal !!! oh and the other channels are nonstop commercials so where is this great deal we were suppose to get , better picture doesn’t do you a damd bit of good if the signal is interupted by everything and I mean everything anything metal and it is gone to blue screen . A car drives by and bye bye signal , lift your hand up no more picture , frog farts outside your window no more picture . Also I thought analog was no more but every christian brodcast and all the spanish channels are still broadcasting on analog so what was the purpose of it all. Let’s see how crappier we can make life for those who are finacially unable to pay out the ass for some once free entertainment.. I SAY WE ALL JOIN TOGETHER IN A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST THE GOVERMENT AND BUSH BECAUSE FRANKLY I AM SICK OF BEING THE ONE IGNORED SIMPLY BECAUSE i DON’T MAKE WHAT THESE GREEDY JERKS IN CONGRESS MAKE. IT ISN’T WE THE PEOPLE ANYMORE ITS WE THE RICH AND HOW WE CAN MAKE LIFE EVEN MORE MISERABLE FOR THE POOR AND THE ELDERLY .

Comment on Why Digital TV Sucks by tim

tim — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:44:07 +0000

Seriously good rants on this page. My rant is that after Comcrapp cable advertised “we’re ready for the future, sign up now and you will be ready when the switch happens” The bitch is that after they sucked everybody in they then pulled their own digital conversion (advertised as “seperate from the government mandated switch) which then dropped channells 31 thru 71, effectively down grading your service package, unless of course you get “their” converter box (the regular dtv boxes don’t support pay cable services) and pay for the “upgrade package” to restore what you already had. Well out goes the cable, and off goes the tv. My next move is to call my Oregon senators Ron Wyden (503) 326-7526 and Jeff Merkeley (503) 326-2900 and really let them know just how stupid this BS is and that they better get craking on getting us back to analog or they are going to loose my and many other votes. For those of you in Washington State, your senators are Patty Murray (360) 696-7796 and Maria Cantwell (360) 696-7838. Tell them that “WE THE PEOPLE” are going to be heard and they are supposed to be our voice. If they wont speak for us then we will replace them with someone who will. Come on people MAKE SOME NOISE., besides, what else are you doing, surely not watching TV

Comment on Kindle Screen Failure, Replacement by ALAN ALSETH

ALAN ALSETH — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:00:13 +0000

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? YOUR WIFE BROKE IT –AND YOU’RE UPSET BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CHARGE YOU LESS THAN A NEW ONE TO REPLACE IT? ???
GET REAL.
I JUST BROKE MY SCREEN AND FOUND THIS POST. I’VE HAD IT ALMOST TWO YEARS, AND IF THEY’LL REPLACE IT FOR $200 I’LL BE THRILLED! ANYBODY HAVE THE BEST CUST SERVICE # TO CALL FOR THEM?

Comment on 5 Ways to copy music OFF your iPod (Windows / Mac OS X) by Pamela Cervantes

Pamela Cervantes — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:26:31 +0000

I think you forget to add one thing after finding the files… You have to change the Folder andmake it visible, if it stays as a hidden folder you won’t be able to copy the folders to the itunes library

Comment on Belkin OmniView SOHO DVI/USB KVM Switch Review by [OvO]wl

[OvO]wl — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:12:20 +0000

i am currently using a “Belkin 2-Port KVM Switch with Audio Support and Built-In Cabling”. You know the one that’s black and looks like a squid! I can’t use this KVM anymore – it’s driving me nuts.

Basically I only have 1 issue with it, but it really is annoying. It derives it’s power from the USB socket and uses this power to determine if a computer is on. If it decides the computer is not on it automatically switches to the other computer and doesn’t register itself with the computer if it assumes that it isn’t on. This autoswitch feature is _REALLY_ annoying. I can’t access computer BIOS, and it has locked me out of my computer many times so i have had to SSH in to restart it.

Can anyone recommend me a cheep 4 port USB & VGA KVM that doesn’t auto switch please? I can’t take this anymore…

Comment on Why Digital TV Sucks by Snedge

Snedge — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:49:21 +0000

I am sure it’s a way to force me to pay for a signal.
DTV is so nerve racking to watch….I don’t.

Comment on Why Digital TV Sucks by Lonnie

Lonnie — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:52:06 +0000

Well i pick up more channels now…But none worth watching…1 nbc,and 7 pbs channels…Gah!!!