skype24 commented on HamachiX Updated with Leopard Support

"for remote support cross platforms, you might want to check out some other really well working product: www.teamviewer.com works across firewalls as well as on PC and MacOSX. You should give it a try."

skype24 commented on How Do You Handle the Laptop Dilemma?

"iAlertU is a nice idea but pressing the power button for 5 secs and the device is shut down, without iAlertU having had a chance to react - so i wouldnt trust it too much, ok? Nice toy but not recommendable. I follow another principle: items which are not "there" can not be stolen. take it with u, it's not that bulky that you couldn't carry it..."

skype24 commented on What Apps Should You Never Install?

"Vista."

skype24 commented on Photoshop Express: Not the Full PS Package, but Good Web-Based Editing

"Brave new world! We all talk about data privacy but for the sake of red-eye reduction and other features some people aree willing to trade off all their privacy! Sounds like some bonus miles concepts: Earning points or miles to later on being able to buy yourself an umbrella for 10.000 points and an additional $9.99 price tag which you could have bought for 0 miles and 6.99 in another shop...! scary scary. You all know the additional reminder you see printed on all smoking ads - "smoking can kill you" etc."

skype24 commented on Select a File That Starts with Spaces

"leading spaces has one problem - a copy or emailing it back and forth etc."

skype24 commented on Decrypt Your DVD's Copy Protection with DVD43

"any macOSX implementation of dvd43 alikes?"

skype24 commented on Avoid Flight Delays

"Coming from good old Europe, I just can say it depends a lot on the type of plane."

skype24 commented on Parrot DF7700 MMS Digital Photo Frame Shows Pics from Cellphones

"I won a Bluetooth-enabled photo frame (Parrot Photo Viewer) some time ago as a result of an innovation contest internally in our company, and I use it now since 8 or 9 months. It works absolutely stable, fine and especially the Bluetooth stack is properly implemented - I never had any fault or so."

skype24 commented on Time Limits for Frozen Food

"We actually recently faced exactly this problem."

skype24 commented on Get Better Sleep When You Fly

"one more trick i forgot to mention: i use a cellphone game to play - but something non-action, rather board game alike or any other which requires no tension or too active interaction."

skype24 commented on Get Better Sleep When You Fly

"Depending on flight distance, different ways of preparation: flights up to two hours - get your walkman / cellphone filled up with decent "heart beat" music."

skype24 commented on Stick Sound FM Radio Looks Like Stylized Atari Joystick

" This is pretty old stuff - the manufacturer "Lexon" had this already in their portfolio...!"

skype24 commented on The Soviet Union vs US Jet Train Race

" ...forgot to say, I've seen them once for real in the French Retromobile exhibition some years ago."

skype24 commented on The Soviet Union vs US Jet Train Race

" Well, there is an even better one - the French "Aerotrain" was actually a jet propulsed train concept in the 60s and 70s until the fuel prices (resp."

skype24 commented on Avoid blinking in group photos

" go buy yourself a Sony Ericsson K800i phone."

skype24 commented on Unlock your vehicle with a tennis ball

" 15 to 20 year old "news" with a decent taste of illegalness."

skype24 commented on Close chip bags without the clip

" Hey, our grocery store as well as our local pharmacy is doing this at least since 30 years now!"

skype24 commented on USB rechargeable batteries

" It took me some time to find the actual battery capacity."