View Poll Results: How Electronic are you? Vote for as many choices as appropriate.
I have dial up only (vote for as many choices below as appropriate)
10
11.76%
I have broadband access at home (phone)
33
38.82%
I have broadband access at home (cable)
42
49.41%
I have broadband access at home (satellite)
5
5.88%
I have a MP3 Player (or similar)
40
47.06%
I have a cell phone
75
88.24%
I have a blackberry
5
5.88%
I have wifi in my home
46
54.12%
I have at least XP Home or similar (Linux or latest Mac) as my OS
70
82.35%
I have other electronic stuff not specified!
69
81.18%
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HOW "ELECTRONIC" ARE 50+'RS?
02-20-06, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by DnvrFox
I also have wifi, but I was interested in your motivation to have wifi?
What does it do for you?
What does it do for you?
- stringing cat5 cable throughout the house is a no-no unless the cable & install is up to code - if there's a fire, you could be looking at insurance claim problems...
- we use laptops as portable stations so we can hang out on the back deck or lanai and surf...
- our HP7410 is a high-speed wifi all-in-one printer - platform agnostic - we can even scan, copy, or fax via a wireless connection!
- the main music and video server (running Fedora Core 3) resides inside the kitchen pantry - wifi accessible, but out of sight and quiet...
- no wires, hubs, switches and power transformers required!
- life is good!
02-20-06, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Blackberry
Am I the only person in the Western World without a microwave?
I was into showing Alpine plants and I got a microwave so I could sterilize soil for potting them on. It was only later that we discovered that it makes fantastic porridge and scrambled eggs. Then on top of that it is ideal for melting grease and beeswax into a consitency to pour into bearings.
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02-20-06, 02:24 PM
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I'm pretty good at things that have chains and sprockets, but I'm approaching the limits of my ability electronically just to answer this post. My wife and I only recently got a DVD player for our television and we had to have one of our kids show us how to coordinate three different remotes to make it work.
02-20-06, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Retro Grouch
I'm pretty good at things that have chains and sprockets, but I'm approaching the limits of my ability electronically just to answer this post. My wife and I only recently got a DVD player for our television and we had to have one of our kids show us how to coordinate three different remotes to make it work.
You are supposed to be able to program just one remote to do everything, but none that I see have all the necessary functions, nor have I figured it out yet!
Does everyone here know what everything single push button on all those remotes actually does? I don't.
We used to use our VCR all the time for time shifting the shows we like (when we had an antenna), but since cable and all the stuff that goes with it, especially the digital cable, it seems near impossible. I think we are going backwards!
02-20-06, 04:39 PM
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Well, I have a T-1 coming in at work, a cell phone that rests on my desk and stays here when I leave for home. I have two XP computers with oodles of video editing and 3D animation software. I also tend several websites, Point Happy Interactive and create virtual reality.
I leave it all behind happily, when I go home. There I have a 7 year old laptop running W98, with dialup, a TV connected to rabbit ears and a DVD/VCR. I do have a Microwave, but a year after moving into my apartment, it is still sitting in a box unused. For pleasure I take walks and count the fish in the stream.
What do gadgets have to do with being up to date?
I leave it all behind happily, when I go home. There I have a 7 year old laptop running W98, with dialup, a TV connected to rabbit ears and a DVD/VCR. I do have a Microwave, but a year after moving into my apartment, it is still sitting in a box unused. For pleasure I take walks and count the fish in the stream.
What do gadgets have to do with being up to date?
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02-20-06, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Artkansas
What do gadgets have to do with being up to date?
This is certainly not a weighty subject and I didn't mean for anyone to take it that way.
Thanks for sharing your viewpoint.
02-20-06, 07:03 PM
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I'm wired 24/7, even in the wash closet. 
I use a Win Mobile PC with wifi and a Palm Lifedrive with wifi when I have to detach from my desktop.
Strangely enough, though, I eschew heart monitors and GPS devices,
-Dennis
I use a Win Mobile PC with wifi and a Palm Lifedrive with wifi when I have to detach from my desktop.Strangely enough, though, I eschew heart monitors and GPS devices,
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02-20-06, 11:49 PM
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I'm the guy who requested and purchased the last available black rotary-dial phone in Ottawa, so I'm not an "early adopter", as the marketing guys would say.
Still, I do have broadband and satellite HDTV -- a dreadful invitation to sloth, at least in this weather. Not sure what exactly a BlackBerry is for, so I assume I don't need one. And I carry a cellphone in case I need to make an emergency call. I never leave it turned on and I don't even know my own number. So don't call us, we'll call you.
Still, I do have broadband and satellite HDTV -- a dreadful invitation to sloth, at least in this weather. Not sure what exactly a BlackBerry is for, so I assume I don't need one. And I carry a cellphone in case I need to make an emergency call. I never leave it turned on and I don't even know my own number. So don't call us, we'll call you.
02-21-06, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Blackberry
Am I the only person in the Western World without a microwave?
02-21-06, 03:22 PM
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How about the only ones still using rabbit ears instead of cable?
Don't know if they will work with coming digital tv's. If not, what a croc about public airways.
Don't know if they will work with coming digital tv's. If not, what a croc about public airways.
02-22-06, 09:46 PM
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I'm one of the few apparently that has a dial up modem. I do have a cell phone, it's a bag model for emergencies only. But I have had a GPS that I've used for over five years now. What an easy way to get somewhere, since my wife can't read a map.
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