This of course is my sneaky way of deciding which one to buy, as I've finally concluded that I need one.
Are you going to buy the one you'd F? or M?
Bunnies frighten me.
Anya ,'Help'
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tommyrot - Mar 26, 2010 10:29:14 am PDT #13357 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.
§ ita § - Mar 26, 2010 10:32:02 am PDT #13358 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do you have a carrier preference?
Misguided - Mar 26, 2010 10:35:03 am PDT #13359 of 25501
Barb's Cabana Boy
Smartphone Thunderdome!
There's an app for that...
Zenkitty - Mar 26, 2010 10:36:57 am PDT #13360 of 25501
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
tommy, M. I'm in it for the long term.
ita, I hate AT&T and TMobile, and have little love for Sprint, either. Verizon is on the top of my list mainly because I've never used them before, so they haven't had an opportunity to screw me over. I expect I'll get screwed somehow by any of them, so, no. As long as their coverage is good in my areas of Virginia, I don't care. I'm more concerned with getting a reliable smartphone that does what I want and has a relatively flat learning curve.
Gris - Mar 26, 2010 10:42:39 am PDT #13361 of 25501
Hey. New board.
I have and am generally enamored with my iPhone, despite objecting to it and Apple's general behavior regarding it on various ethical grounds. Were I buying right now, I'd probably get one of the Android phones - either the Droid or possible the actual Google-branded phone (I misremember its actual name) that apparently nobody bought - but I would recommend the iPhone to anybody without my personal ethical objections and interest in futzing around with open software. It's the leader of the pack for good reason.
Steph L. - Mar 26, 2010 10:46:44 am PDT #13362 of 25501
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Shameful confession time: I just learned that, on a Mac, if you select multiple files and then right-click (or control-click) and select "Archive files," it zips them.
I totally didn't know that, and I've been using Stuffit for my zipping needs. THIS IS SO MUCH FASTER!
t edit I'd seen the "Archive files" option in the right-click menu before, but I didn't know what it actually did, so I just ignored it. t /shame
I wonder what else I don't know this computing machine can do. Perhaps it can connect me to the Interpipe.
tommyrot - Mar 26, 2010 10:48:39 am PDT #13363 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.
I wonder what else I don't know this computing machine can do. Perhaps it can connect me to the Interpipe.
It can also store your recipes and calculate your biorhythms!
Gudanov - Mar 26, 2010 10:49:59 am PDT #13364 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Shameful confession time: I just learned that, on a Mac, if you select multiple files and then right-click (or control-click) and select "Archive files," it zips them.
Works on Windows too, Send To -> Compressed File
Steph L. - Mar 26, 2010 10:50:30 am PDT #13365 of 25501
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Perhaps it can help me tabulate columns of numbers! I hope so, because my abacus is broken.
javachik - Mar 26, 2010 10:52:16 am PDT #13366 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
The computer "trick" I've shown a few people who were delighted is one I am sure you all already know. But in case you don't, you can type whatever you want into a URL and then press control and "enter" and www and .com are entered for ya.
(I think newer broswers work with just hitting "enter"; I was showing people this years and years ago when just hitting "enter" didn't do it.)