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Comment on Rude Asians… by Anya4000

Anya4000 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 05:31:40 +0000

I work in retail I’ve seen it tons of times. The Asians are the customers though. Just today I had an Asian lady come in for a printer, she was yelling at me across the store to come help her even though I was with another customer. So impatient and rude. She also went into my store back room which was closed, I told her she wasn’t allowed in there and she got angry. Now she’s going to complain to my boss and say that I am the rude one. Good times. I thought patience was a virtue regardless where you come from.

Comment on Rude Asians… by Stephen Marsh

Stephen Marsh — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:14:44 +0000

that’s bullshit mate.. Rude is rude in any language..

Comment on Mp3 and Mp4s.. by Battle of the iPod and the Zen.. | ChinPen

Battle of the iPod and the Zen.. | ChinPen — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 03:32:54 +0000

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Comment on Fools and their gold… #3 by I am out of Tech65.. | ChinPen

I am out of Tech65.. | ChinPen — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:17:40 +0000

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Comment on USB device Charging de-mystified. by NTT

NTT — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:23:39 +0000

Yup. As more and more manufacturers start making phones with only USB, they will have more and more random ways of dealing with high amperage charging.. Only if there was a standard for that..

Ladyada has done lots of analysis of this..

http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2010/08/03/the-mysteries-of-apple-device-charging-video/

Comment on Goodbye Rumba Frap by Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:17:43 +0000

Many locations will still make it for you if you ask. But many of them you have to tell them how to make it because most of their baristas around here were in diapers or just out of them when the rumba came out.

Comment on USB device Charging de-mystified. by Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:05:21 +0000

Found this page whilst researching USB charging. I have a Samsung Galaxy TAB (7″). I believe that in full charge mode, it draws somewhere in the order of 2 Amps. The Samsung car and AC chargers both state 2.1Amps. I have purchased a dual USB charger from the UK (ebay) that offers 1 outlet (labeled s) for the TAB and 1 for a phone (labeled i), perhaps even an iPhone. The S will charge the TAB and the data terminals are indeed shorted (~1.5 Ohms), while the i outlet will not charge it and the data pins are not shorted. I am finding though that 2 are not enough.

So, I am on the lookout for a multi (4 or more) port charging hub that I can connect to my car or home outlet. I figure I will want to charge things like my TAB, GS2, 2nd mobile, BT headset. Maybe more. It will therefore will need to supply at least 3amps to cover all this. I think having a unit that either has some shorted and some open data pins, or switches to select same might be the go. The closest to this I can find is an mbeat 13 port (WOOHOO) hub with switches. One wonders if these switches could be rigged to do the data pin shorting rather than the power switching.

On a side note. I also read that some chargers, in high current mode, use other methods (some mentioned here), such as pulling data high, or inserting a resistor between the data pins rather than a direct short. Yet another variable to consider when creating a ‘universal’ charger. I guess I just have to deal with the equipment that I have at the time.

Comment on USB device Charging de-mystified. by Alistair

Alistair — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:25:02 +0000

@Harrison. True only for Apple stuff. Apple doesn’t follow the USB specs and has its own proprietary way of signalling what current draw it allows. Read this for some of the story http://www.ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/icharge.html.

The USB specs state that a wall charger should put a termination resistance of 200 ohms between the D+ and D- (a short works too). This informs the portable device that it can draw more than 500mA, in fact up to 1800mA.

The result of Apple’s dive into proprietary behavior is a confusion of USB charging devices. Those that claim apple compatibility invariably don’t provide the advertised current to USB compliant devices.

And now I read further down the Chinese USB charging specs of which I’ll have to dig into as I’m sure they are also part of the problem.

Comment on Goodbye Rumba Frap by Ry

Ry — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:17:45 +0000

The same feeling I had… & with lot of memory..! Sigh

Comment on Rude Asians… by HNN

HNN — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:47:29 +0000

Haha, TheRocker, your comment about the US stopping trade with China made me laugh. Do you realize how much massive debt the US is in to China? If we stopped trade with them, they would demand their money back and we’d be like what Greece is to Germany, their bitch.

Comment on USB device Charging de-mystified. by my links | tigru blog

my links | tigru blog — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:21:10 +0000

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Comment on Best Kanelbulle in Stockholm.. by NTT

NTT — Tue, 25 May 2010 15:59:32 +0000

Hi Nadia,

Yup. Kanelbulle are awesome! For recipes, you can look around the Internet, but practice makes perfect. Keep trying and you’ll get better.

Njoy,

-NTT

Comment on Best Kanelbulle in Stockholm.. by nadia

nadia — Tue, 25 May 2010 12:27:40 +0000

Hello all,

I like the Kanelbulle very much!!!
I went to Saturnus too, they are great!!

Please, when anybody has THE PERFECT KANELBULLE RECEIPE, let me know!!

Thank you!!!!!

Kindest regards from The Netherlands,
nadia

I speak german / english / dutch and a little Svenska

Comment on 136 by Tonic.. « ChinPen

Tonic.. « ChinPen — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:03:18 +0000

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Comment on Audio Spotlight by Directional Loudspeakers.. « ChinPen

Directional Loudspeakers.. « ChinPen — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:02:53 +0000

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