FWIW, I've found 4G to be a battery-draining PITA, and mostly have it turned off on my phone. I'm not sure if that's because the coverage isn't great, so the phone is always searching, or what.
Do I wish I was somebody else right now. Somebody not... married, not madly in love with a beautiful woman who can kill me with her pinkie!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Nov 25, 2014 6:58:09 am PST #11313 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2014 7:03:15 am PST #11314 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ferguson, why are you a name that brings such pain. .. remember that Colin Ferguson? Can you imagine my face at hearing that news piece? Because of course it was on the radio, so no pictures. But now CFerg's Google his outnumber the (of course) jamaican killer.
But this is injustice, and that's different from crime.
I encourage you to use the other day's m-w word of the day, Job's comforter:
discourages or depresses while seemingly giving comfort and consolation
Danny, a reliable Job's comforter, assured Shane that the girl who'd broken his heart had always been out of his league.
"It's a blessing for me, he said, that my joints are frozen solid with the arthritis, because if I tried to run around like I used to, my heart would give out sure. I told him he was a Job's comforter, what good is keeping my heart going like a watch that won't tell time if I can't get up and cook." — Ross Macdonald, The Ivory Grin, 1952
Theodosia - Nov 25, 2014 7:08:35 am PST #11315 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
For purposes of Ubering, I can keep it on the charger in the car -- so long as I have better connectivity, it's a big win.
Jesse - Nov 25, 2014 7:24:03 am PST #11316 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
remember that Colin Ferguson? Can you imagine my fave at hearing that news piece.
Speaking of whom, did I see him on Major Crimes last night?
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2014 7:28:36 am PST #11317 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
what is Uber's competitor with a similar app presence? I want to try them sometime. Begins with an el.
How To Get Away With Murder--is that considered a procedural?
They caught serious bad guys on Brooklyn nine nine. Clearly a procedural.
Theodosia - Nov 25, 2014 7:31:11 am PST #11318 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Forever Knight was considered by TV Guide to be a crime drama, so why the hell not?
Tom Scola - Nov 25, 2014 7:34:52 am PST #11319 of 30000
hwæt
How To Get Away With Murder--is that considered a procedural?
If it is, then should Leverage be a procedural too?
-t - Nov 25, 2014 7:35:47 am PST #11320 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
We've been talking HTGAWM in Procedurals, fwtw. Although the MotW model has not really held up. has it?
Haven't watched this week's B99, alas.
ETA: Leverage conveniently fell under Cable so we didn't have decide what genre it should be
Theodosia - Nov 25, 2014 7:36:52 am PST #11321 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Uber's biggest competitor is Lyft, and there's also Sidecar. I'm actually pretty impressed with Uber's software, which gives the rider real-time updating about where their/any car is, and how long the estimated time to arrival is.
Also the navigation estimate seems right on, even with traffic to contend with, mostly -- my bane is one-way streets. Today I found myself taking a fare to South Boston, and I've never driven there before, and then Uber found me a close-by fare back into downtown
dcp - Nov 25, 2014 7:37:35 am PST #11322 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.