No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?

Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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§ ita § - Jan 14, 2012 2:13:21 pm PST #19183 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

triple threat:

Have any of you guys used Dragon Go! I've only played around with it, but looks very nifty. I asked to "Give me a car" and it rapidly did a range of things. The main return is google results, flanked by WIki results, Twitter results, pictures, music videos, youtube, map of businesses with car in the name...

Let me try something else.

"Nearby French restaurants" give me Yelp results in my neighbourhood, flanked with OpenTable results, maps, google, wikipedia, and bing phone numbers.

"Movies with Tom Hardy": Fandango listings, flanked with IMDB, google, wikipedia, and a Pandora and Last.fm channel.

Definitely interesting...I love what the siri challenges have brought forth.


Cass - Jan 14, 2012 2:32:54 pm PST #19184 of 25501
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

"Movies with Tom Hardy": Fandango listings, flanked with IMDB, google, wikipedia, and a Pandora and Last.fm channel.

I love living in the future. It makes objectifying Tom Hardy so much easier.


§ ita § - Jan 14, 2012 9:37:14 pm PST #19185 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm trying to configure VOIP on my sister's tablet (using GrooveIP), and noticed something on mine--I don't see where Honeycomb lets you set individual ring tones. Am I missing something? I dig that they're not looking at this as a phone, but there must be a way around it.

My sister now has a Florida phone number. I hope she's happy. And now she can make free calls to and from the US that have no cost, as long as she's on a Wi Fi network.

And we can text each other for free again!

I wonder if she'll get over her Google evil issues and just use the damned software and services.


le nubian - Jan 15, 2012 6:01:07 am PST #19186 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

yes, I love Dragon Go and Dragon Dictation.


§ ita § - Jan 15, 2012 6:15:10 am PST #19187 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I knew Dragon was the ne plus ultra of PC dictation solutions for a while there, but I hadn't been tracking them on remote devices. I'm pretty impressed. Still don't think I'll make it to dictation, but intelligent voice recognition searching is cool.


Liese S. - Jan 15, 2012 9:07:19 am PST #19188 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Huh. I somehow didn't make the connection that Dragon Go was *that* dragon. It was amazing even back in the day; we set it up for our quadriplegic friend on the Navajo rez and it was great even for her with her accent because of the customization it took.

I suppose you'll be telling me that Dragon, Fly, the addictive child's game with no threats or anything negative happening ever (seriously, like the game over point is when your mom dragon happily catches up with you and you have to go home) is also the same Dragon.


Strix - Jan 15, 2012 11:23:20 am PST #19189 of 25501
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Ok, my Lexmark x4650 just shot craps, and i would cost more to fix than to replace. It prints, uses Wi-fo for networking, copies and scans, all of which I need.

I'd like to replace at an actual store, since I need ti connected today.

Any recommendations, or hot deals anyone knows about.


omnis_audis - Jan 15, 2012 11:54:43 am PST #19190 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Dunno of its a deal, but I got one of these for the office, and it works great

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My boss also got one. Just be aware, starter toner is small.

Caveat. I don't do graphics or high quality printing. I scan receipts and print credit card forms mostly. And some labels. That's 95% what I print.


Ginger - Jan 15, 2012 12:08:28 pm PST #19191 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

If you need one ASAP, Staples and OfficeMax both have good deals on HP and Epson wireless all-in-ones. Right at this particular moment, my cheap HP all-in-one isn't talking to the computer, but it's been a pretty good printer for several years, and I really haven't started troubleshooting. I've just been being annoyed. I had an Epson that did well until it succumbed to Epsons' tendency to have the ink permanently clog up. I don't know if they've fixed that, but the ink is a little cheaper and the printers can be really cheap, so if they last three years like mine did, it might be worth it.


§ ita § - Jan 15, 2012 12:11:03 pm PST #19192 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Is buying phones simpler in other countries? Because I can't walk into a Best Buy or Staples around here and get a good phone that's not tied to a new contract or an upgrade, apparently. What's so weird about just wanting a phone? I already have a service. Leave that alone.

So no, apparently not going to get a filler phone, but this busted one is getting more and more busted. I may soon be unreachable.

eta: Unrelatedly, Developer's style guide for Android ICS.