Chicog

Seems reasonable, for an excellent bit of stress relief.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/2724139/arsene-wenger-banned-fajon-moss-anthony-taylor/

I really love my Shield.

FYI, they just updated to Nougat and added Amazon Video.

2 hours ago, maxpower said:

Short of stopping the service editing hosts file or setting metered network its not easy to upset the auto update process in Win 10.
For the average Joe, flipping the standard set of privacy switches by hand or with software assistance wont upset the update process.

Well many of these free tools do exactly that, stop Windows Update and muck around with the Hosts file which can bugger up Skype.

So, as I said, just be careful what you use.

39 minutes ago, JamJar said:

Chicog, you keep banging on about Chromebooks, but haven't answered the OP's question of how much?
He has asked more than once and it is also the main question in the title subject.

....and yes we are talking about what I would do. Since the OP wants suggestions from people with experience.

So...how much are you suggesting that he spends on a 'throwaway' Chromebook and from whence can he obtain it?
 

Lazada have a 15k Chromebook and a 9k Chromebox.

Dell, HP and Acer all sell them in Thailand so I would imagine a trip to Fortune or Panthip would give some other alternatives.

Meanwhile Mexico has told Trump to shove his wall up his ar$e.

And he has no idea what to do about it other than hope he can try and make the Americans hate the Mexicans for refusing to pay for it.

3 hours ago, maxpower said:

Performance, stability and interface improvements plus long term support. Do it now rather than later.
The Microsoft snooping and telemetry stuff can be mostly wiped out with one click from software like anti-beacon.

But be careful, turn off too much and you screw up Windows Update.

I think the airport move project was some chancer trying to take advantage of some land that he owned.

On 1/24/2017 at 11:55 PM, sanemax said:

 

   What is even better , the Tuk tuk guys no longer keep stopping at nights and trying to take you to a karaoke place , showing a big photo of girls in swimwear.

    I noticed that tonight , they used to be a constant hassle, now they are no more

Too busy trying to compete with Uber.

I can't understand why anyone would still use Yahoo after recent revelations.

 

It is faster, more reliable and more secure. It does send a fair bit of telemetry back to Microsoft (which is in the EULA), but if you use Google or an iPhone that shouldn't bother you.

In my experience, it rarely does. I think it's just developers being lazy.

2 hours ago, JaySonic said:

No skin off my nose. I'm not a trendy bar kind of guy. She did me a favour by showing her colours early on. 

I think you did her a favour by showing your true colours early on.

She should share a flat with Netanyahu. Nobody but a few rabid nationalists like him either.

57 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

I have seen laptop batteries for sale in a computer shop, why would they sell them if it was not possible to replace them?

Because some are meant to be removable.....

1 hour ago, nakhonandy said:

Scientists should deal with facts not speculation.

 

More non news

 

What speculation?

Did Trump not tweet:  "The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability" ?

And of course the logical response from other nuclear nations will be to strengthen and expand theirs.

Perhaps you need to read up on a few facts yourself.

Well admittedly antivirus is becoming increasingly redundant, but that still seems like stupid advice to me.

Old hardware will probably have an old Wifi adapter, 802.11g or even b.

But you can buy a Wifi adapter if need be.

As pointed out, the problem with second hand gear is the batteries have a limited number of cycles, and with old ones you'll find them well used, which means it won't hold charge for as along.

Anyway, I think a Chromebook is your best bet given your stated needs.

And that's all I've got to say about that.

2 hours ago, mrbojangles said:

You are joking aren't you smokes. The bladdy misery I had throughout all my years supporting City, the brunt of all the United jokes over the years. Doesn't bother me one jot my friend, never been as happy as when we won our first Prem title.

* bought our first Prem title.

48 minutes ago, Gary A said:

Time will tell. How are the rabid democrats going to react when an independent audit reveals that Kalifornia encouraged and helped Illegals to vote? No way would Kalifornia report honestly. Hopefully the truth will be revealed.

I think the rabid one is the person pursuing this nonsense, even though he's already been inaugurated.

The bloke can't stand being ridiculed.

Best strap himself in, there's plenty more to come with the material he keeps chucking out.

23 hours ago, howto said:

^^^ Yes

 

Note: this is voter fraud, not election fraud.

Totally True. Dozens of examples.

Voter Fraud also includes 'Absentee Ballots'.

 

I do want this issue investigated.

I don't think any illegal is dumb enough to expose themselves by voting.

This is a load of rubbish.

And as for California, why bother?

Anyone who thinks there is any merit in this absurd claim must be delusional.

Jamjar, we're not really talking about what you would do, are we?

The OP said: " I'm just looking for a throwaway I can leave in guest house room without worrying about. Doesn't need to great <sic> , just use for writing and nothing else."

So why waste money on a laptop when a cheap Chromebook would almost certainly meet those criteria?

Clever... get this nonsense splashed all over the front pages which conveniently sends news of his gagging orders and gutting the EPA to the inside pages where they will probably not be noticed.

 

18 hours ago, nuakmuaynina said:

How will he get away with it though? Free Speech is enshrined in the constitution. 

 

Scrutiny and our ability to criticise leaders/governments is all part of democracy... oh wait.. the snowflake probably wants to scrap that too.

 

I'm starting to think V for Vendetta and 1984 were premonitions not a work of fiction..

Funnily enough sales of 1984 have boomed since the "alternative facts" comment.

 

Maybe they were implementing the annoying adblock reminder.

1 hour ago, Mobi said:

A new wrinkle.

 

For the past two days whenever I press for a couple fo seconds  on the home key to bring up the screen showing all the currently active apps, I get a message as follows:

 

"Unfortunately, the process com.android systemui has stopped."

 

When I press "OK" the screen background goes black for a second or so (the apps are still visible)  and then reverts to its normal colour and the phone locks.

 

Very weird. Is this related to my black screen problems?

 

Has anyone had this? Is the poor thing living on borrowed time?

It sounds like it.

(And yes, I mean up to date with, er, updates).