The Simpleton

I got this idea while replying to another thread in this forum. I'm talking about number portability - this facility is already available in some countries, for some it is going to be introduced next year and in my country it's coming at the end of this year I'm eagerly waiting for it because I'm stuck with a Virgin mobile connection and the SIM/RUIM is locked to Huawei handsets only Hopefully number portability applies to Virgin too so I can get myself a sleek new handset soon.Anyway, according to some weird statistics, only 30% of all users would like to change their service providers given the chance. I was surprised to know this because a lot of people always seem to be grumbling about their providers and the only reason they stick to it is that they have a good number. But with number portability they have the chance to retain their number and change the provider. Well, what about you - would you change your service provider?

My fav brand has to be Sony Ericsson, but only when we're talking about music - for all others it's gotta be Nokia. Ericsson's music player simply rocks and the other brands can never match up to it. I'm currently stuck with a Huawei handset because I'm using Virgin mobile and it's locked to that set, but in December once number portability becomes available in India I'm ditching Virgin and going for another network and will buy a Sony Ericsson music phone

Yup - that's something I've been trying to say but didn't - put your thoughts exactly as they are on your blog - editing your thoughts isn't a good idea unless you improve them of course.

Wow that's interesting - I knew there had to be a reason why I only saw Macs in many offices! So Windows' weakness was apparent from the 90's itself? @Soviet Rathe: If you were to ask me, I'd say go for the Dell Laptop because you can get it sooner - Lockerz is such a dubious place that no one can tell how long it'll last or what surprises it may produce in the coming days. So as soon as you get a chance to redeem your PTZ, better go for the Dell and if you have the patience and luck you could try for the MacBook next time

Hi One look at the article about registry cleaners on Wikipedia (I've given the link above) is enough to scare anyone into staying away from them - the list of cons is more than the pros and that's why I hurriedly wrote again that it's not recommended to use a cleaner. Coming back to the original problem, I wonder how uninstalling one program could affect the others - I mean, if the programs are present and are not working that could mean that all the .exe's of those programs are missing, isn't it? Could ZSoftUninstaller have done anything like that? Hmm I'm beginning to wonder about the need for a separate uninstaller in the first place....

I'm not using XAMPP although I've been meaning to do so for a while now. I'm on a temporary installation of Ubuntu 9.10 right now and will be doing a fresh install in December so I'm not putting in any new programs right now so that rules out XAMPP. It does seem that a fresh install/manual upgrade is the only way, but what I want to know is the procedure for it...

One of my friends owns the Rebel as well and I got to handle it very few times - he's very possessive about it! From what I've seen it's really good and easy enough to use.

Um...so why did make that one-liner? I'm not against one-liners (I make quite a few myself) but when you have nothing to say about the topic and you make a post regardless, it doesn't look too nice

I can't believe I missed this thread - I generally try to get on the welcoming wagon soon Anyway welcome Brad, to the Xisto forums. It' been 10 days since you've joined and so few posts? I hope you get into the mood to post frequently soon. Those logos you designed are really awesome and I'm quite inspired to learn to do something like that. I hope you find Xisto a good place to display more of your works.You are just 2 posts away for your myCENTs counter to start ticking, so come along and make some posts now and then Have a good time!

Ok I've tried almost all of the podcasts mentioned in your list and 3-4 of them are at a level which I can follow the discussion - the rest are too hi-fi

Hmm actually in the only places where you can actually reach those speeds, there won't be any scenery at all because they would be isolated places

I'm using Wordpress to power my blog and recently when I tried to upgrade it automatically, the process was interrupted by a power-cut at my home. After that if I try the automatic upgrade again, I get a message instantly saying "Installation Failed". I'm guessing some of the files might have been corrupted, and a manual upgrade might be the only way out, but I haven't done manual installation before and am a bit apprehensive about trying it. Any suggestions here?

It happens...look I missed my own topic for a week! I think instead of bothering about what will happen to our myCENTs when we edit the help threads, it would be better to just reply to the threads with the new information if there is any. That way there won't be any loss of myCENTs to anyone and the new members will get the info they need. As for the admins being busy, well that's natural - a member could create the thread (I could if given the green signal) and a mod/admin could pin it. A lot of members are ready to do it - just waiting for the word "GO"!

I get your point - in the end it's all about the games. I've always wanted to play games like Prince of Persia (sands of time trilogy) and Tekken 5 and a whole lot of other games that are available for the PS2, and now I'm in a constant fix whether to buy a PS2 or PS3 because the PS3 is no longer supporting PS2 games. But my love for those games will make me buy the PS2 as well as the PS3, if not now in the future, simply because those particular games are fun!

I'll be ready to volunteer for something like that for sure, but do many members actually use the Knowledge base? I can't speak for everyone but I think most people use the xisto site only to manage their products/services. Even for support most people come to the forums first and only then they go to submit a ticket I suggested earlier that we open threads in the forum itself about this matter and this knowledge base idea is a good one too, and doing both would be ideal!

Hey mahesh that list of podcasts for programmers is pure gold! I've been looking for something like this for days thanks very much for the link!

What is the renewal fee of the domain https://www.google.de/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=BwkjVKfAD8uH8QfckIGgCQ&gws_rd=ssl? This has to be the big-daddy of all "premium domains" on the internet, right? Ok let's forget about google - they're not going to sell that domain anyway - what about all those other domains that we get to see on some sites, listed as "premium"? They're priced at $2000-$100,000 or even more. Is this the fee for one year or are we expected to pay that amount every year? I'm not in a position to buy any of these so-called premium domains because I already have all the names that I always wanted to have, but I'm just a little bit interested in the functioning of these premium domains.

Then you'd better contact the support team as soon as possible - they have far more control over the email system and maybe something has gone wrong over there

Well I know you do a lot of stuff in the background and you're really lucky to have an excellent team at your disposal All this works out really good for us members

That's a good one you pointed out inverse_bloom More than radio shows I prefer podcasts about a particular subject and which are updated regularly. Sadly, most podcasts start out good and decline or just simply stop altogether

Yup..I take back my earlier suggestion. It seems that registry cleaners can end up doing more bad than good

I had a similar problem while trying to redirect a co.cc domain to trap but I think I was to blame coz I messed up somewhere - later I contacted support (at co.cc) and it was rectified so I think as anwiii suggested the best help can be given only by the registrar in this case

Apparently yes - in real life there are no roads on which you can use those cars at such insane speeds daily, but you could always take it for a spin on a race track or something if you get to buy it

Hey cool down a bit! I appreciate your enthusiasm for wanting to post only quality content on your website but for doing that you don't have to push yourself to "crisis" level! I understand that you want to increase the number of posts on your blog soon, but for that don't become too extreme. Think calmly for a while what exactly you want to speak about in your blog and then your mind will clear after which you can compose the post.

That sure is interesting to read but I don't know how much it will work out for most people. The site itself is plain and informative (which is good) but it isn't exactly helping out with its suggestions. Also, the owner, who has obviously made this post, hasn't appeared here to give more info about this site and etc. It's useful for getting a general idea about how to earn on the internet but beyond that I think it's not much of a help