Category Archives: Technology

Is there a bank on the planet that understands how to do business?

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Netbank SUCKS. If you are even remotely contemplating opening an account with them - DON'T!!!!!!!!!! As previously mentioned here, in the past year they've managed to lose $4000 in deposits (yes, they managed to find them a few days later, but it cost me 12 hours of my life), and now this: I put in a wire transfer request yesterday morning at 07:44. At 15:00 yesterday, I called to see why it hadn't gone through. I was told "Yeah, we haven't worked on that yet. You need to verify the information." From Read more [...]

Possibly the funniest review I’ve ever seen on NewEgg

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Newegg did their usual good job getting the case to me on time and in good condition. From there on, my experience turned to worms. First impression after opening the box: This thing is cheesy. Cheap. Flimsy. Poor cover-to-chassis fit. No manual. More sharp edges than Hannibal Lector's knife drawer. Prudence requires that one wear welder's gloves to be in the same ZIP Code as this beast. The finish is what I'd expect from a very bored 8th Grader with a slab of tin and a can of cheap spray paint. Read more [...]

HDTV is the shiznit…sort of

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Just got my shiny new HD box from Charter. I get about 6 channels, including HBO, Showtime and Fox. The sound is phenom and the picture is awesome. Wish they had more channels, and wish my TV would actually take a 1080i signal. As it is, I’m having to use SVid instead of Component Vid. Oh, and Charter...please tell your techs that if they’re not knowledgeable about a subject, they should shut the hell up when they’re being taught by someone who is. Svid >> Component...my ass. Still Read more [...]

Dear record companies and Musicmatch

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Just wanted to let you know what I think of the progress of your crusade to bring music to the masses in digital format. I know you’re dying to get it done, since you have so much music that you think we should hear. So, I tried out MusicMatch Jukebox’s Download service. Pretty nifty, actually. The catalog looks pretty huge, and I was even able to find an album that Tower couldn’t get for me. That is pretty cool. And, it only cost $9.99. Bravo, boys. That’s the price point I’m looking Read more [...]

Napster relaunches…and I don’t give a damn.

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So, on October 29th of 2003, Napster will relaunch. From the looks of things, they'll price under iTunes (expected to launch a client for the other 95% of the computer-using world next week) at $.95 a song, and $9.95 per album. That's nifty neato. But on to the "I don't give a damn" part of this entry... The music business has its collective head so far up its collective ass that it will (as PCline once eloquently stated) "take a skilled team of proctologists" to remove it. Read more [...]