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dcp - Feb 22, 2010 5:01:00 am PST #12972 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Android Contacts suck.

Yeah.

The closest I've been able to come to being able to search by company is to go to Gmail, go to Contacts, and create a group for each company, and assign contacts to their various groups. Then in Android Contacts, go to Display Options and un-check all the groups other than the one for the company you want to see.

Android Contacts needs a search function to match the one in Gmail.

§ ita § - Feb 22, 2010 5:26:44 am PST #12973 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I see a lot of bitching about it on the google android forum. It's a big oversight.

tommyrot - Feb 22, 2010 7:15:45 am PST #12974 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

ION, I am a total database geek. My boss is having me research the deadlock thing I posted on Friday, and I'm learning about SQL queues, services, routes, event notifications, etc.

Fun!

tommyrot - Feb 22, 2010 9:24:11 am PST #12975 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

So, if I buy high-def TV shows from the iTunes store, it downloads two files for each show - a regular-def version and a high-def version. But after the download, the regular-def version goes away.

Anyone know what's going on here?

Tom Scola - Feb 22, 2010 9:29:21 am PST #12976 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

The second version is for copying onto your iPod or iPhone.

tommyrot - Feb 22, 2010 9:30:16 am PST #12977 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Oh. So the system (eta: iTunes) just hides it then?

Typo Boy - Feb 22, 2010 9:45:32 am PST #12978 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

I'm not thrilled with Google reader, but since it is my first reader, I have just accepted limitations. Does anyone use a feed reader they are happier with?

Note: Until phones come with 8 inch screens and and at least 8 inch key boards I will NEVER browse on a phone. I will probably never text on a phone.

omnis_audis - Feb 22, 2010 9:56:18 am PST #12979 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Frak! MobileMe web e-mail just frakked me. Instead of deleting the Trash box, it deleted all of my INBOX! I'm really getting sick of the bs interface of MobileMe. Customer support is working to restore my inbox. But that doesn't remove the frustration.

§ ita § - Feb 22, 2010 10:44:27 am PST #12980 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The only other online RSS aggregator I've used, TB, is bloglines.com, and Google reader is better. Fewer lost posts, off the bat.

tommyrot - Feb 22, 2010 10:50:05 am PST #12981 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

TB, do you require an online reader?

To me, the only real advantage of an online reader is it keeps track of what I've read on multiple systems. But that's a big-enough advantage to me that I'll probably stick with Google Reader.

And yeah, the only two online readers I know of are Google Reader and Bloglines.

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