Angel: Eve. So, I guess we should, I don't know, talk? Eve: About what? Angel: About what happened back there with us. Eve: Angel, it's not like this is the first time I've had sex under a mystical influence. I went to U.C. Santa Cruz.

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§ ita § - Oct 16, 2012 9:37:46 am PDT #21228 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

When it is supported, it is AWESOME, and it sounds like Samsung is really working to support it.

Which just makes it more likely I'll lose it, because it won't just be living in the bottom of my bag. This is also one of the reasons I don't want remote controlled electrodes implanted into my spine. I will not make it a month without losing that fucker. It's is a MIRACLE I have my Apple TV remote still, and if Apple TVs were any good, I'd have lost it long ago.


beekaytee - Oct 16, 2012 12:18:53 pm PDT #21229 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant

Although, not official site, this one has good packaging tips: [link]

Thanks for the packaging tips, omnis. I have some stuff to send out and the tips are quite useful.

I sort of knew there would be trouble when I could feel the computer sliding around in the box as the postman handed it to me. The box was misshapen but, when hooked up, the system seemed to work and I WANTED it to work so badly, I sort of lalalaed while running tons of diagnostics and getting expert advice.

I submitted my claim to Amazon and have crossed all my appendages.


§ ita § - Oct 16, 2012 7:11:54 pm PDT #21230 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Is anyone using sync with Astrid.com across multiple Android devices? I'd be tempted to use Google tasks, but I don't even know if that stores all the attributes--what happens when Astrid invents a cool new binbangbong that Google doesn't have (yeah, that shit happens all the time, but still), will it be enough to transmit?

I checked off the task on the Asus, but it's in the process of synchonising (I feel it started when I entered that menu, but it's not done now for some reason. So the Galaxy Tab is bleating at me and the phone is knocking at me, because they have audio for missed deadlines. I DIDN'T MISS IT.

Okay--now the phone has caught up, and the Tab will get it soon, since astrid.com knows of it now--but it's almost always this annoying. I have a daily task, and I don't want to have to mark it done three times, or have computers bleat at me since their widgets aren't syncing.


Liese S. - Oct 16, 2012 7:49:00 pm PDT #21231 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, I have not been utterly thrilled with the Astrid syncing. I had issues at first with inordinate amounts of data for the sync, and since I'm severely limited as to overall data, this was problematic. That seems to have gotten resolved, but there still is more of a delay (than instantaneous!) than I'd like between devices.

I have actually killed notifications on Astrid as a result, which I realize is pretty seriously messing with its usefulness, but it was driving me batty with its extra reminders and the odd timing of "from completion date" recurring tasks. So I look at it to use it, which is less proactive, but less annoying.


§ ita § - Oct 17, 2012 4:27:08 am PDT #21232 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If my phone wouldn't remind of something I already told my tablet I'd done, I think I'd be fine, since I don't have bandwidth restrictions. But I have no idea what really happens with a "from completion date" reschedule" when I am marking it done on different days--not consistently anyways.

I already have a metric buttload of tasks in there. I paid for the extra widgets. I don't want to migrate to a new solution. I wish it just did what it says on the package.


Liese S. - Oct 17, 2012 5:00:05 am PDT #21233 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Well, if I have a 'from due date' recurring task, it pops up again for me on that day of the week, for example, whether or not I've completed it. But 'from completed date' only pops it up again after I've marked it done.

So for example, I set up 'take out recycling' as an every two weeks task on a Monday. I might miss getting it done this Monday, but maybe I finish it next Wednesday. If I'd scheduled it as 'from due date' it would show up immediately again to do (for the past Monday). But in reality, there's no more recycling to take out, and won't be until some accumulates. So I schedule it as recurring 'from completed date' and once I check it done on Wednesday, it won't show up again until the next scheduled date in the future, i.e. the following Monday.


Liese S. - Oct 17, 2012 5:02:35 am PDT #21234 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, me too. I'm in. I like it. I just want it to work completely. Like with working hours for unncompleted task notification. I don't need to know on Sunday while I'm watching football that I didn't get the bank stuff done. I can't do anything about it until Monday, so leave me alone, Astrid!


omnis_audis - Oct 17, 2012 11:46:12 am PDT #21235 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Is anyone else getting a TON of Google/YouTube spam/phishing emails? Two of my alias email accounts are getting barraged with them. Like 3-4 a day. (OK, barraged might be over-hyping it, but 3-4/day x 2 email accounts that spill into one Inbox is 6-8 at a glance.)


Typo Boy - Oct 17, 2012 12:25:12 pm PDT #21236 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 always mark spam as spam and google does a good job of learning moving spam into spam box with false positives and false negatives being rare.

Google has been slower for me than usual though.


§ ita § - Oct 17, 2012 12:56:05 pm PDT #21237 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

OS X mail doesn't have any heuristics, right? No Bayesian shit happening in the background?

Because many of my primary email accounts don't come through gmail. My domain host is decent at cutting out much of the spam, but it's tiresome how often I still see the exact same shit come through. At least with Eudora I felt I was accomplishing something by junking.