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Rob Philpott wrote: New one is the 1520 which is just huge. And beautiful.
Mine is red.
People keep saying Damn, that thing's huge!
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Just looked at the specs, that thing is bigger than the Note 4.
Does it come with all the crap ware that samsung inflict on their phones and do you need to "root" them to clean it out?
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Not really, it comes with some preloaded Nokia apps, but these are rather good in general and a good reason to choose Nokia over a rival Windows phone.
Anything you don't like you just uninstall. It's a really good phone, charges wirelessly and is great for my big clumsy fingers. The only criticism is when using as a phone it's almost got comedy value due to its size.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Yeah I have a Note 1 but then I'm not a small bloke and it is in proportion. I will need to upgrade shortly and am considering the wp mainly because I don't need to hack into it to get at parts of the system.
The lack of a really good GPS navigation system is the only detraction, I use syzig and it is excellent on android.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Well, if you mean a thing to get you (in car) from A to B, the Nokia app is very good. Well better than my TomTom anyway. And its got live traffic on it to reroute you.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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The company provides the 'cables' for the internet (we have only one in Israel so far) offered me (not me only) a solution, that by giving a certain part of my bandwidth (1 or 2 Mb depending of the size of it) to the community I will got free access to internet everywhere someone shares in the same way. The idea is that by sharing our (already payed) bandwidth we create a free network for everyone out-of-home too...
Do you have something similar around?
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: Do you have something similar around?
Here? In the US? You must be joking. 
Marc
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Yes, here in France, "Free" (the provider) allows you to access any of its DSL box over WiFi, with limited bandwith of course. You get special credentials for that.
The box owner has of course priority when using his own connection over possible people hooking on his box.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Does it works well? People participate in it?
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Connection speed is about 1Mbit/s, not that much, but sufficient for checking your mails.
If people participate ? Well, this is a feature of the provider, so you cannot shut it off, so basically, yes , they do
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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So if someone walking past your house uses your router to download illegal/copyrighted material, or to participate in a DDoS, how do you prove that it wasn't you?
Sounds like a bad idea to me. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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The two lines are internally clearly separated. There is a log to see who made what downloads.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Rage wrote: 1Mbit/s, not that much
We really have become entitled sods in the 21st century, haven't we?
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Yep.
BT Fon[^]
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Does it works well? People participate in it?
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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I don't know.
I did sign up for it when I had a compatible router a few years ago but cannot remember ever using it.
I do often see the wifi hotspots available if I turn on my wifi when out and about.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I have a friend who has a second ADSL line and WIFI for the good of the public serving the bench outside his front door. Comes with lovely views of Bristol. He's got too much money though.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Rob Philpott wrote: He's got too much money though.
But obviously he does not keep it to himself only...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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My daughter's school created a wifi network in the area around the school, asking people living nearby to host repeating aerials for which they could use the network.
The idea was to get all children living near the school on the internet.
As we have never lived anywhere near the school I don't know how successful this was.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Gary Wheeler wrote: Day 7 of reduced caffeine intake has not begun well
However, Day 1 of "free sauna at work week" has started very promisingly...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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"...but it's a dry heat."
Software Zen: delete this;
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I thought saunas were supposed to be dry.
Otherwise it would be a steam room.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Wouldn't that require throwing water over the overheating server?*
* - don't try this at home, kids.
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Hey! I don't have to log into it! 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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