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05-16-2014, 10:29 PM | #1 |
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Wow its Just Like Duck Dodgers!
In the 24th 1/2 century!
Trying to not fall behind in the pursuit of information and technology, I had to decide between a smart phone and a laptop to replace my ancient PC [XP] I have a voice only cell phone I have never even used 100 minutes a month. Staring at a tiny screen in public while there are potentially interesting social interaction to be had seemed a bit anti-social. I chose a laptop. A Dell Inspiron Touchscreen. The first thing I want to do is download Mozilla firefox but I don't think that is possible with my current dial up. My problem at the moment is that I need wireless service and have no idea which way to go. When Netzero offers free broadband for a year if you purchase their device that sounds interesting until I realize I don't know anyone who has that service. The phone lines here do not support DSL they barely support voice phone calls. :/ Any advice or information on who has the best service/deal for wireless would be greatly appreciated. I have software[apps?] that were paid for when I purchased that no way can be downloaded on my current dial up connection.
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05-18-2014, 01:42 AM | #2 |
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Looks like you need to buy a couple happy meals ... my McD's has free wifi.
The Spiderman girl toys are a hoot.
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05-18-2014, 11:32 AM | #3 |
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Does anyone else see Nirvana's post having a post date of 1970?
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05-18-2014, 12:34 PM | #4 |
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Heh, it looks good now, but when you viewed it I was in the middle of doing a big update on the server software. I bet you hit it just as the new time software was changing over.
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05-19-2014, 11:21 PM | #5 |
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Cool. Wish I could have grabbed a screenshot on my phone. It caused me a genuinely surreal moment where I wasn't sure what year it was...
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05-20-2014, 08:23 AM | #6 |
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Do you have an android phone? I do and I can get a screen shot by simultaneously pressing the power and volume down buttons.
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05-20-2014, 12:42 PM | #7 |
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I do. I'll have to try that sometime.
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05-20-2014, 01:35 PM | #8 |
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I thought you were just being sarcastic.
Nirvana, you will have to move.
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05-20-2014, 03:44 PM | #9 | |
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I use to do that a lot when I was on dial-up. Also, would internet via satellite be an option for you? Uncledigr has it and seems pretty happy with it. It's fairly fast.
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Apparently.
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