Re: [Discuss] iPhone vs. Android - the backup problem

[Jerry Feldman]

On 07/20/2012 04:24 PM, John Abreau wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Kent Borg  wrote:
>
>> I *did* get free apps installed automatically installed on my new phone, but
>> not all of my free apps.  I don't know why some got installed, but many free
>> apps did.  (Maybe it had something to do with when I installed the free
>> app??)
>>
> I've had apps disappear from my iPad after an OS update. When I tried
> reloading them from the iTunes backup, I discovered that the apps were
> apparently not compatible with the updated OS.
>
> Perhaps your missing apps went missing for similar reasons?
>
I have had apps disappear on Android. One was evernote, but I just
reloaded it. Another issue I found with Android, is that when I place an
icon on the screen, and I move the data for that app to the SD card to
free up memory (using supertoolbox) if the SD card is unloaded (when
plugging in to a computer) it disappears. The app remains, just the icon
on one of the screens.

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[Discuss] i <3 postgresql vid

[Eric Chadbourne]

Hi All,

I first learned about PostgreSQL from this list a few years back.  We
use it at work now and I love it.  One of my coworkers (he's the lone
mac guy, I'm the lone gnu/linux guy) sent me this video.  Interesting
comparison of different databases.  MySQL is more broken than I had
realized.  Check it out.

http://vimeo.com/43536445

- Eric C
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Re: [Discuss] 802.11N confusion

[Bob Dunphy]

Microcenter has the Tenda W268R Wireless-N Broadband Router with
4-port Switch for $14.99.
I have used these at several places with good results.  And for this
price you could get a second and use it as an access point.


Bob Dunphy
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Re: [Discuss] i <3 postgresql vid

[Mark Woodward]

PostgreSQL is one of the greatest open source projects. As a database, 
it is my default choice. In fact, unless there is a really strong reason 
to choose something else, PostgreSQL is what you use.


My choices typically are this:

small zero configuration, sqlite.
shared database postgresql.

Oracle is the client does not like open source. Two reasons, if money is 
no object, then this is no problem. If money is an issue, I can posh 
PostgreSQL. Not, btw, because I'm a fan boy, but because it is easier to 
get the work done.

On 07/21/2012 09:28 AM, Eric Chadbourne wrote:

Hi All,

I first learned about PostgreSQL from this list a few years back.  We
use it at work now and I love it.  One of my coworkers (he's the lone
mac guy, I'm the lone gnu/linux guy) sent me this video.  Interesting
comparison of different databases.  MySQL is more broken than I had
realized.  Check it out.

http://vimeo.com/43536445

- Eric C
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[Discuss] Verizon and their mandatory data plan, redux

[Jerry Natowitz]

Looked into other carriers.  Problem is, one of our phone is about 15 
months into a 24 month contract.  Would cost about $100 to cancel.  Then 
there would be costs of new phones if we didn't stay on CDMA, and the 
fees for setting up new accounts, and then finally the monthly fees.


We might have been able to save a few dollars, but the hassle factor 
didn't make it worth it.  That, and T-Mobile, the logical choice, has 
really bad service in South Brookline.  What really clinched the deal 
was finding that we can get a 22% discount on the $79.99 portion of our

monthly bill because of my employer.

That said, I did find something interesting: smartphones released before 
November 14th, 2008 can be activated without a data plan 
http://www.plazor.com/howto/how-to-activate-smartphone-on-verizon-without-data-plan/


Unfortunately my daughter didn't want any of them.  So I bought a new 
Verizon Palm Pre 2 on amazon.com for about $90 and, aside from some 
weirdness like Verizon's Backup not working on it, she is quite happy.

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Re: [Discuss] i <3 postgresql vid

[Greg Rundlett (freephile)]

On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Eric Chadbourne
 wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I first learned about PostgreSQL from this list a few years back.  We
> use it at work now and I love it.  One of my coworkers (he's the lone
> mac guy, I'm the lone gnu/linux guy) sent me this video.  Interesting
> comparison of different databases.  MySQL is more broken than I had
> realized.  Check it out.
>
> http://vimeo.com/43536445
>
> - Eric C


Thanks for the post Eric,  I work with Postgres and this is a very
informative presentation.

Greg Rundlett
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[Discuss] Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XVIII Saturday, July 28, 2012 1:00 PM

[Jerry Feldman]

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XVIII
When:  Saturday, July 28, 2012 from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Where:  John and Shelley Chambers' home
33 Cedarwood Avenue, Waltham, MA.
BYOF - Bring Your Own Food

Boston Linux & Unix is holding its seventeenth annual summer BBQ on
Saturday, July 28, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
Guests are encouraged to bring along something for the grill and the
snack table. We're holding the barbecue at the same location as the past
few years, John and Shelley Chambers' home at 33 Cedarwood Avenue,
Waltham,MA.

Please refer to the BLU website for further details and directions.
http://www.blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2012-bbq18

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[Discuss] HDTV's as a computer monitor

[Doug]

Can it be done?  Should it be done?  I saw a 36" Sony WEGA HDTV 1080i
available on Craigs list.  My 28" Hanns-G probably roasted a capacitor
somewhere and now the screen washes out for large sections.  BIG is
good, but computer monitors stop in the the 28" range.  Anyone using
an HDTV for their computer monitor?  I have a mac mini.

Doug
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Re: [Discuss] HDTV's as a computer monitor

[Laura Conrad]

> "Doug" == Doug   writes:

Doug> Can it be done?  Should it be done?  I saw a 36" Sony WEGA
Doug> HDTV 1080i available on Craigs list.  My 28" Hanns-G probably
Doug> roasted a capacitor somewhere and now the screen washes out
Doug> for large sections.  BIG is good, but computer monitors stop
Doug> in the the 28" range.  Anyone using an HDTV for their computer
Doug> monitor?  I have a mac mini.

I've connected a computer to my 32" HDTV to watch netflix and youtube.
It's fine for that, but as far as doing email or text editing, you
either have to sit too close to see the whole screen or too far to see
text at normal sizes.

I'm not saying it's impossible to imagine a setup where it would work,
but I didn't achieve one in the few hours I spent with it (admittedly
not trying very hard).

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Re: [Discuss] HDTV's as a computer monitor

[Kent Borg]

> 

Doug  wrote:

>Can it be done?  Should it be done?  I saw a 36" Sony WEGA HDTV 1080i
>available on Craigs list.  My 28" Hanns-G probably roasted a capacitor
>somewhere and now the screen washes out for large sections.  BIG is
>good, but computer monitors stop in the the 28" range.  Anyone using
>an HDTV for their computer monitor?  I have a mac mini.
>
>Doug
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Re: [Discuss] HDTV's as a computer monitor

[Kent Borg]

> HDTV 1080i

Interlace is not good. Computer will want progressive.

-kb
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Re: [Discuss] HDTV's as a computer monitor

[Daniel Feenberg]

On Sat, 21 Jul 2012, Doug wrote:


Can it be done?  Should it be done?  I saw a 36" Sony WEGA HDTV 1080i
available on Craigs list.  My 28" Hanns-G probably roasted a capacitor
somewhere and now the screen washes out for large sections.  BIG is
good, but computer monitors stop in the the 28" range.  Anyone using
an HDTV for their computer monitor?  I have a mac mini.



Wouldn't that put you at a rather oblique angle to the edges of the 
screen? I always thought the advantage of 2 smaller monitors was that they 
could be placed at an angle to each other, do that your eyes were closer 
to perpendicular to each monitor as you looked at it.


dan feenberg


Doug
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Re: [Discuss] HDTV's as a computer monitor

[Richard Pieri]

On 7/21/2012 3:54 PM, Doug wrote:

good, but computer monitors stop in the the 28" range.  Anyone using
an HDTV for their computer monitor?  I have a mac mini.


I did for a while.  The problem with using a TV set is that you get a 
30-40" screen with the same resolution as you get on a 17" notebook.  In 
other words, a HDTV set is great for watching TV and stuff from 6-12 
feet away but it really sucks for typical computer use at 2-3 feet.


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Re: [Discuss] HDTV's as a computer monitor

[John Abreau]

I picked up a 13-inch HDMI monitor last year to use on an Efika MX Smarttop,
and I found that it clipped the edges of the display so that I could
not see the
menubar at the top of the screen or the panel at the bottom of the screen.

I never tried it on another HDMI display, so I'm unsure if this was a problem
specific to the 13-inch display, or if this is typical of all HDTV
displays that
are designed primarily for use as TVs.



On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Richard Pieri  wrote:
> On 7/21/2012 3:54 PM, Doug wrote:
>>
>> good, but computer monitors stop in the the 28" range.  Anyone using
>> an HDTV for their computer monitor?  I have a mac mini.
>
>
> I did for a while.  The problem with using a TV set is that you get a 30-40"
> screen with the same resolution as you get on a 17" notebook.  In other
> words, a HDTV set is great for watching TV and stuff from 6-12 feet away but
> it really sucks for typical computer use at 2-3 feet.
>
> --
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Re: [Discuss] HDTV's as a computer monitor

[Chris Tyler]

On Sat, 2012-07-21 at 19:49 -0400, John Abreau wrote:
> I picked up a 13-inch HDMI monitor last year to use on an Efika MX Smarttop,
> and I found that it clipped the edges of the display so that I could
> not see the
> menubar at the top of the screen or the panel at the bottom of the screen.
> 
> I never tried it on another HDMI display, so I'm unsure if this was a problem
> specific to the 13-inch display, or if this is typical of all HDTV
> displays that
> are designed primarily for use as TVs.

That's caused by the overscan region, an idea that dates back to CRTs
that for some reason TV manufacturers insist on configuring on LCD
HDTVs. Some screens can turn off overscan, some can't -- we have a 60"
Sony LCD HDTV we use instead of a projector in a meeting room, and had
to dig very deep into the menus to turn off overscan on the HDMI inputs
(I think the option was "Pixel-for-pixel" under Zoom or something) while
a cheap Dynatek (sp?) 40" TV we bought at Best Buy doesn't have an
option to turn overscan off.

(This has been a headache for the Raspberry Pi, since it's often used
with HDTVs - a config file had to be provided to allow overscan
adjustments).

-Chris

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