* Posts by hotdamn

17 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Feb 2016

Sprint-T-Mobile US merger: Bad for competition? Good for standing up to Verizon, AT&T? NYC court goes with the latter

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I cant get away from sprint

I left Sprint because of crappy service to Nextel. Spriny gobbled them up and ruined them. I left Sprint again because of crappy service for TMobile. SIGH

Samsung reminds rabble to scan smart TVs for viruses – then tries to make them forget

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Re: Samsung reminds rabble to scan smart TVs for viruses

unds like a great gimmick. Let peoples tvs get hacked and ruined, blame the hackers, and voila!- New tv sales from the lemmings-er customers.

And it's go, go, go for class-action lawsuits against Equifax after 148m personal records spilled in that mega-hack

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I cant wait to get my check for $1.92

Once more with feeling: Windows 10 October 2018 Update inches closer to relaunch

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I finally said the hell with it after the April update

After the April update, A bunch of my programs were no longer compatible. The only way to make them work was to buy new updated versions of them. Before the update, they worked fine. Not wanting to fork out a grand for newer versions of the programs, I installed Mint with Wine and haven't looked back. Good riddance Microsoft. Also, I have retired from fixing Microsoft related problems. I couldn't take it anymore.

Windows 10 Springwatch: See the majestic Microsoft in its natural habitat, fixing stuff the last patch broke

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Last Patch Tuesday hosed my start menu and made my programs disappear on Windows 10.That was the last straw for me. After 23 years of Windows, I formatted and installed Linux Mint. Im still running Windows 7 on my old laptop thou.

Tesla share crash amid Republican bid to kill off electric car tax break

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Ever try to pull a twelve foot trailer loaded with tools with an electric car? You might make it ten miles before your recharge.

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FAIL

if GM wants it, I'm against it.

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Awesome.free market. let them compete on their own merits.

Stand up who HASN'T been hit in the Equifax mega-hack – whoa, whoa, sit down everyone

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Re: Thank goodness

Its awesome when debt collectors come after you for purchases you never had anything to do with.When you straighten it out somewhat, they sell the debt and you start over again. And again, and again. The only person whom truly loses is the victim for years. They have to prove their innocence over and over.

Charter sprints from rinky-dink Sprint hints

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Sp..ri....nt.... = CRAP

No spin zone: Samsung recalls 3M EXPLODING washing machines

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Re: US Washing Machine Arms Race - Big ≠ Better

How do you feel about Asko?

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Re: At least they're recalling them, unlike Whirlpool.

Ive had my Maytags since 1995. They broke down.But I repaired then myself cheaply.

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Re: penny wise and pound foolish

A broken jaw was one of the injuries.

Chinese space station 'out of control', will do best firework impression

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As usual, Chinese crap.

Six weeks later, Verizon customers still bemoaning Frontier flubs

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my favorite was when they threatened to shut off my service and I wasn't allowed to pay my bill.

Symantec antivirus bug allows utter exploitation of memory

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I always thought Norton was a virus itself.

US DoJ files motion to compel Apple to obey FBI iPhone crack order

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There's nothing private about that phone. I belongs to the county and is public. Apple is making a big stink out of nothing.They are making a stand that will lose.