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I've been thinking of taking the iPad plunge (although I'd likely wait a few weeks). I've also been wondering about capacity. My initial thoughts mirror JoeHova's (16GB not being enough but not wanting to plunk down $200 for the largest capacity). Subscribing to iTunes Match would likely help considerably with music storage. However, movies could add up fast. I'm also concerned about Gmail. I have 456MB on Gmail's server, but duplicate copies of stuff cause it to balloon to almost 3GB on my computer's hard drive. I have no idea how an iPad would handle this, but I do know that I wouldn't want to dedicate 3GB to e-mail. I'd probably choose the Verizon LTE model. The new iPads can be used as WiFi hotspots, however AT&T doesn't offer that capability. Unlike phones, Verizon isn't charging extra for hotspot capability on iPads. For those who are trying to decide between the iPad 2 and the new third generation model, here's a MacWorld article. Choosing between a new iPad and an iPad 2 I haven't found this totally spelled out, but it appears that the 3G iPad 2 can now handle both Verizon and AT&T. The new iPads have separate models for each service. Apparently, it's not feasible to combine both flavors of LTE at this point.

A car used the bike lane to pass me yesterday despite the fact that I was going approximately the 30 MPH speed limit. (Based on the electronic radar signs, I may have been going 28.)

Yeah, the microphone in the town square analogy was excellent. I put that in my signature last night.

Did Dillard redo his hair to look like Kurkjian's?

Here's Pete Ruiz. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlGRN4K8cM0

Who did the third one?

The best part was the material and the fact that Tim D. had it down pat. It made the imitation that much better.

It's more than a "technicality." And yeah, it's tough to think of a better word than "loophole." Maybe "flaw" is more accurate. Whatever you want to call it, there needs to be a tweak to protect both MLB and the player. Something broke down.

If this post violates any terms or if this the wrong place, please let me know as I am a newbie here. If you were looking to buy, sell, or trade with members, we'd want you to use the Trading Post. This is more of a general information topic for exploring lots of options. The Major League forum is the best place for that.

In case it'll help anyone else, here's what Thurston Fluff encountered. As you can tell from his message, he's a long-time member. Rather than requesting a temporary password for his previous account, he created a new one here on Brewerfan. He couldn't log in as TF on LL because that account didn't exist, and he couldn't log in as Backupcatchers because he didn't have the temporary password.

I'll send you an e-mail.

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I've enabled feeds, but there are a bunch of custom settings that I didn't touch. There's nothing built into the web pages at this point, but you should be able to utilize any feed indicators that are built into your browser. Beginning with version 4, Firefox doesn't display a feed icon by default. To display it, right-click on your toolbar and choose "Customize…". That will display a bunch of optional buttons. Drag the RSS icon into your toolbar. Please let us know how this works for you.

I believe there's something in the administrative controls that should let us offer RSS, but I don't think it's enabled yet. I'll take a look and report back.

As a quick reminder, [chat]our chatroom[/chat] is now available.

Some places (e.g. Best Buy) offer longer return periods than the 15 days that Apple offers. That may cause me to go elsewhere if I think the possibility of a return exists. However, Best Buy's dweebs aren't nearly as well trained when it comes to the products themselves. And it's a little disconcerting when you look at the computers and see that a bunch of system updates need to be installed. The no pressure approach in the Apple Store is cool. I've gotten a lot of valuable information there without buying anything. I think that in chadomac's situation, the no pressure thing kicked in when it didn't have to. If you order via mail and need to exchange something, Apple makes it as easy as it gets. Third party hardware at the Apple Store is generally priced at retail. You can usually do better online.

I thought that you were calling the design of the store pompous.

No, it hasn't been covered. Thanks for posting this. It'll help people to plan ahead. Just to make things even more interesting, DOT has major construction projects on both Bluemound Road and Captial Drive. While these projects are in Waukesha County, they do complicate the alternate route options a bit.

How can something be pompous and minimalist at the same time? I agree that chadomac went through too much when he knew exactly what he wanted to buy. The process shouldn't have needed any more than two dweebs. Of course, anyone is going to pimp their extended warranties. I have to say that I've gotten great mileage out of AppleCare. However, I've always delayed purchasing it until the last possible minute. I'm not sure what the "last possible minute" is on iOS devices, though. I believe that there was a requirement made last fall that AppleCare needed to be purchased immediately for iPhones, but the company may have backtracked on that.

I believe Miller Park has closed captioning too.

Refurbished 16GB iPad 2s are currently going for $349 at apple.com. Refurbished 32GB models are going for $399.