Re: dual monitors

2011-02-22 Thread Stephen Jahl
So I've heard, but the NVIDIA driver seems to handle mixed resolutions fine. I've used it before with different resolutions when driving a VGA-to-composite TV adapter or driving an LCD TV, but both were limited duration uses so I didn't try running OOo while that setup was active. I would

RE: 30% Apple

2011-02-22 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
From: discuss-boun...@blu.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@blu.org] On Behalf Of Edward Ned Harvey From: discuss-boun...@blu.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@blu.org] On Behalf Of David Kramer To the best of my knowledge, and certainly a year or so ago when I had to make this decision, stock

RE: 30% Apple

2011-02-22 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
From: discuss-boun...@blu.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@blu.org] On Behalf Of David Kramer ATT modifies their Android phones so you can't install software from anywhere else What would be the motivation for ATT to do such a thing? Does this statement warrant a fact-check?

Re: 30% Apple

2011-02-22 Thread Richard Pieri
On Feb 22, 2011, at 9:51 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: What would be the motivation for ATT to do such a thing? Control. Does this statement warrant a fact-check? http://androidcommunity.com/att-android-owners-can-now-side-load-apps-20100722/ Generally, ask Google about android and sideload.

Re: 30% Apple

2011-02-22 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 02/22/2011 09:51 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: From: discuss-boun...@blu.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@blu.org] On Behalf Of David Kramer ATT modifies their Android phones so you can't install software from anywhere else What would be the motivation for ATT to do such a thing? Does this

Re: 30% Apple

2011-02-22 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 02/22/2011 10:09 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: David has an ATT Android phone. He's competent to make such a proclamation. Also, it has been widely reported in Engadget, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, blah, blah, blah. If you wanted a fact check, why didn't you Google for one? Relevant terms could be

Re: 30% Apple

2011-02-22 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:47:11AM -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote: On 02/22/2011 10:09 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: David has an ATT Android phone. He's competent to make such a proclamation. David has an iPhone not an Android. I have an ATT Android. You can certainly install any Android app from the

Re: dual monitors

2011-02-22 Thread Tom Metro
Stephen Jahl wrote: How is the positioning of your monitors configured? The nvidia-xsettings app allows you to choose things like 'Left of', 'Right of', and 'absolute'. I've seen some anomalies on my computer when either one of the monitors is set to 'absolute' positioning. I specified right

Re: 30% Apple

2011-02-22 Thread Mark J Dulcey
On 2/22/2011 11:42 AM, Kent Borg wrote: I have heard that T-Mobile is good about unlocking phones they sell. Once someone has been a customer for awhile and they think you aren't going to walk and refuse to honor the contract, if you go in and say I'll be traveling to Europe and want to use a

RE: 30% Apple

2011-02-22 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
Since I hear a number of people here using android on t-mobile or att, I'll just mention... I recently switched from t-mobile to metropcs, and I love it. Unlimited everything for $50/mo (including taxes and everything) and no contracts. Yes there is some junk preinstalled, but nothing I care to