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[JuicyLucy]

I'm considering getting an I phone to replace my aging Galaxy 2, lol

I use an old flip phone for my regular phone needs - it doesn't even have a data plan, lol

Basically, the smart phone is only used when I travel

However, none of the latest travel apps are compatible with my old Galaxy, which I never liked anyway

 

[AndriaD]

I'm considering getting an I phone to replace my aging Galaxy 2, lol

I use an old flip phone for my regular phone needs - it doesn't even have a data plan, lol

Basically, the smart phone is only used when I travel

However, none of the latest travel apps are compatible with my old Galaxy, which I never liked anyway

If you're willing to shell out the exorbitant price of an iPhone, you could do MUCH better, with an Android phone. And probably for less money.

Andria

 

[JuicyLucy]

If you're willing to shell out the exorbitant price of an iPhone, you could do MUCH better, with an Android phone. And probably for less money.

Andria

My Galaxy is Android, though older

The advantage of an iPhone has two very real advantages for me

The disadvantage, of course, you are stuck with iTunes apps, which pisses me off

 

[AndriaD]

My Galaxy is Android, though older

The advantage of an iPhone has two very real advantages for me

The disadvantage, of course, you are stuck with iTunes apps, which pisses me off

The iTunes thing would be a deal-breaker for me, quite aside from the exorbitant price of an iPhone. Also... I'm simply not capable of leaving any electronic device I use in its "default" state -- I even run a custom launcher on my phone, so I don't have to look at the stupid google bar on EVERY screen. The inability to customize an iPhone to my own specs knocks it right out of contention even if they were FREE. The apps I use for dialing and contacts, txt msging, even the keyboard, are all apps that I downloaded, because I didn't like the "stock" apps.

There are apparently a lot of problems with the ZTE Zmax Pro for a lot of people, so I can't really recommend it, even though I've really had no problems with it, and it's only $99 at MetroPCS -- or even free, if you port a new number to Metro from another provider. Apparently at least 40% of the Zmax Pros are buggy lemons; I'm just grateful that I seem to be in the other 60% -- I have to keep refusing to update it, because the latest update apprently fixes a lot of those problems for those who had them, but for those with non-problem phones, it apparently introduces problems -- y'know, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. But for the cost of an iPhone, I'd probably go with the new LG, I think it's the G6.

Andria

 

[JuicyLucy]

I'd probably go with the new LG, I think it's the G6.

I had an LG phone once - NEVER AGAIN

 

[SirKadly]

How's this? lol

Well if you are going for a demon dog, try this one

 

[SirKadly]

What is WFWG?

Windows 3.11 as I recall (Windows For Workgroups)

 

[AndriaD]

Windows 3.11 as I recall (Windows For Workgroups)

Ah. I've never used the workgroups crap, so it really means nothing to me.

Andria

 

[Rickajho]

More and more sites are using "Responsive Web Design". Young kids don't need large screens like we do because their eyes are still good. hehehehe
GM all.

I wouldn't count on that...

http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/myopia.htm

"In fact, a recent study by the National Eye Institute (NEI) shows the prevalence of myopia grew from 25 percent of the U.S. population (ages 12 to 54) in 1971-1972 to a whopping 41.6 percent in 1999-2004.

Though the exact cause for this increase in nearsightedness among Americans is unknown, many eye doctors feel it has something to do with eye fatigue from computer use and other extended near vision tasks, coupled with a genetic predisposition for myopia."

And those are only 2004 figures.

 

[AndriaD]

I wouldn't count on that...

http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/myopia.htm



And those are only 2004 figures.

Myopia is near-sightedness; they can see just fine up-close, unlike us old farts. We suffer hyperopia.

Andria

 

[Rickajho]

What is WFWG?

Basically Win 3.11 with built in networking. There were a couple additional technical changes as well as I recall.

I remember DOS 4.0 and 5.0 all too well.

MS DOS 4 for was the reason MS DOS 5 had to be created. The bloat in MS DOS 4 was an embarrassment. As I remember if you wanted the most basic configuration - with a mouse driver included - it ate up 140k of conventional memory. No one was happy with that release and it was killed in about 9 months.

I dumped MS at one of the DOS 3 versions, headed straight for DRDOS 6, and never looked back. Throw an expanded memory card in a PC-XT and you could task switch programs on an XT with DRDOS. Woo!

 

[Rickajho]

I had an LG phone once - NEVER AGAIN

I think she meant the Samsung J7? The one without exploding batteries.

 

[Rickajho]

Myopia is near-sightedness; they can see just fine up-close, unlike us old farts. We suffer hyperopia.

Andria

Yeah but they can see close up just fine - like at a distance of up to 18 inches - and everything is getting to be crap beyond that. That's not supposed to be happening to 12 year olds.

 

[AndriaD]

Yeah but they can see close up just fine - like at a distance of up to 18 inches - and everything is getting to be crap beyond that. That's not supposed to be happening to 12 year olds.

That was about the age at which I became myopic -- and none of this electronic shit existed then. My son too; he played video games on the TV, but not right up at his face, and he didn't get much PC time until he was already in high school.

Andria

 

[AndriaD]

I think she meant the Samsung J7? The one without exploding batteries.

Nah, the new LGs are supposed to be really good. But the J7 is a decent phone I've heard. My own ZTE is great, but apparently that's not the case for ALL Zmax Pros.

Andria

 

[AndriaD]

Basically Win 3.11 with built in networking. There were a couple additional technical changes as well as I recall.



MS DOS 4 for was the reason MS DOS 5 had to be created. The bloat in MS DOS 4 was an embarrassment. As I remember if you wanted the most basic configuration - with a mouse driver included - it ate up 140k of conventional memory. No one was happy with that release and it was killed in about 9 months.

I dumped MS at one of the DOS 3 versions, headed straight for DRDOS 6, and never looked back. Throw an expanded memory card in a PC-XT and you could task switch programs on an XT with DRDOS. Woo!

I ran 4.01, then later 5.01; for a long time at that point, I only had 2MB RAM, so I multitasked with Desqview, a text-based multitasker; QEMM beat himem.sys all to HELL for a high memory mgr. I think I still used QEMM even after I got 2 more MB and started running Win 3. I was a config.sys nerd, always doing things in it that I wasn't supposed to be able to do... but I did them just fine.

Andria

 

[SirKadly]

I ran 4.01, then later 5.01; for a long time at that point, I only had 2MB RAM, so I multitasked with Desqview, a text-based multitasker; QEMM beat himem.sys all to HELL for a high memory mgr. I think I still used QEMM even after I got 2 more MB and started running Win 3. I was a config.sys nerd, always doing things in it that I wasn't supposed to be able to do... but I did them just fine.

Andria

Only 2 megs? But why the hell did you need more than 640k?

 

[AndriaD]

Only 2 megs? But why the hell did you need more than 640k?

2 megs on a 386sx was workable, with Desqview -- I could *load* windows, but it ran like old people fuck. Once I got 4mb, it became more usable.

I used the space between 640 and 1024 to load all that neat shit in my config.sys. QEMM... a FOSSIL driver for the locked port in my UART...and a few other goodies.

Andria

 

[The Cromwell]

I'm considering getting an I phone to replace my aging Galaxy 2, lol

I use an old flip phone for my regular phone needs - it doesn't even have a data plan, lol

Basically, the smart phone is only used when I travel

However, none of the latest travel apps are compatible with my old Galaxy, which I never liked anyway

I just use a flip phone with no data plan.
I use a Kindle Fire for a portable computer. Not actually much larger than some cell phones now

 

[The Cromwell]

Only 2 megs? But why the hell did you need more than 640k?

Yeah the richest man on earth once said we would not ever need over 640K.

 

[AndriaD]

Ok.. I need more suggestions for my quit smoking banner. I don't like the one from ecigalternative, because it says "vaping since" -- I've been vaping almost half a year longer than I've been smoke-free. And I don't want one that says "pounds", since I don't spend pounds, I spend dollars. Apparently waiting on SinceMyLastCigarette is a fool's errand.

Andria

 

[SirKadly]

Yeah the richest man on earth once said we would not ever need over 640K.

That is, of course, the popular conception, but as far as I know, no one has ever proven that Billy boy said that. At one time when I dug into it, the earliest recorded reference to that quote was on somebody's signature in the early 90's, even though it was supposed to have been said in 1981. So it may be an urban legend.

 

[AndriaD]

That is, of course, the popular conception, but as far as I know, no one has ever proven that Billy boy said that. At one time when I dug into it, the earliest recorded reference to that quote was on somebody's signature in the early 90's, even though it was supposed to have been said in 1981. So it may be an urban legend.

That's exactly what it is. I always heard this too, and it's certainly amusing, but according to a book I recently got on Kindle, "500 Things People Believe That Aren't True", this is one of them.

Andria

 

[Rickajho]

That is, of course, the popular conception, but as far as I know, no one has ever proven that Billy boy said that. At one time when I dug into it, the earliest recorded reference to that quote was on somebody's signature in the early 90's, even though it was supposed to have been said in 1981. So it may be an urban legend.

Yes but there were truths to the IBM story about memory on the first PC regarding "why would anyone need more than 64 kb of RAM?" Those first generation PC's definitely had their hard wired limitations.

 

[AndriaD]

I found a link to get a reddit banner. So even though I don't have a clue how to use reddit, and it says "analogs" which is stupid, and only shows the days, not the actual breakdown of the time, it's better than nothing, and it's better than saying I've been vaping for that amount of time, when my *vaping* time is actually a good bit longer.

Andria

 

[The Cromwell]

I am vapin and not smokin so I am happy.

 

[Rickajho]

Welp I'm sitting on my banner code for now. If/when it gets fixed you'll know.

 

[SirKadly]

I found a link to get a reddit banner. So even though I don't have a clue how to use reddit, and it says "analogs" which is stupid, and only shows the days, not the actual breakdown of the time, it's better than nothing, and it's better than saying I've been vaping for that amount of time, when my *vaping* time is actually a good bit longer.

Andria

You could always write the code to make one that says what you want it to, and find somewhere to host it. I might actually use it if you did that, since I don't like most of the same things you don't like about many of the banners that are out there.

 

[AndriaD]

You could always write the code to make one that says what you want it to, and find somewhere to host it. I might actually use it if you did that, since I don't like most of the same things you don't like about many of the banners that are out there.

I can't write code, unfortunately. And, I no longer have a webhost either.

Andria

 

[AndriaD]

Welp I'm sitting on my banner code for now. If/when it gets fixed you'll know.

Ok, dat's cool. I've still got SinceMyLastCigarette open in another tab, if and when they ever get off their collective ass and fix it.

Andria

 

[USMCotaku]

Hey all. Getting ready to go in for my final day on Grey's, my 3 day shoot turned into a 6 day. Yesterday the director found out I was an actual firefighter (even though I am playing a cop in this one), and I became her unofficial technical advisor on "placing" the firefighters in the scene

Maybe that will translate into a good role in the future, if they need a firefighter for something

 

[JuicyLucy]

If you're willing to shell out the exorbitant price of an iPhone, you could do MUCH better, with an Android phone. And probably for less money.

Andria

There was an ad in the paper about getting a free iPhone 6 with my current service provider - yes, I am going for an iPhone

I already hate my Galaxy, the iPhone can't be that much worse, lol

 

[The Cromwell]

Hey all. Getting ready to go in for my final day on Grey's, my 3 day shoot turned into a 6 day. Yesterday the director found out I was an actual firefighter (even though I am playing a cop in this one), and I became her unofficial technical advisor on "placing" the firefighters in the scene

Maybe that will translate into a good role in the future, if they need a firefighter for something

Things are looking up for ya!

 

[Atchafalaya]

I'm considering getting an I phone to replace my aging Galaxy 2, lol

I love my Galaxy 7.

 

[Atchafalaya]

Nice debil dawg you picked Kadly.
Now, on to the spiders...........

 

[JuicyLucy]

I love my Galaxy 7.

I went ahead and got the iPhone 6s Plus - we'll see

 

[Atchafalaya]

I went ahead and got the iPhone 6s Plus - we'll see

My son and his wife LOVE their iPhones. I'm sure you will too!

 

[snake94115]

Awww - Juicy your hero died.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/06/entertainment/don-rickles-dead/index.html

I know this was for @JuicyLucy but honestly I liked this guy.Good Bye (Mr. Warmth).

 

[snake94115]

What is WFWG?

Windows for Work Groups

 

[snake94115]

I'm considering getting an I phone to replace my aging Galaxy 2, lol

I use an old flip phone for my regular phone needs - it doesn't even have a data plan, lol

Basically, the smart phone is only used when I travel

However, none of the latest travel apps are compatible with my old Galaxy, which I never liked anyway

I love my Homtom

 

[snake94115]

Yeah the richest man on earth once said we would not ever need over 640K.

There are gaming mice that require more memory than that.

 

[snake94115]

I already hate my Galaxy, the iPhone can't be that much worse, lol

I predict you will probably want to run it over with your Hummer within a week.

 

[snake94115]

I love my Galaxy 7.

Aren't those the 1's that go boom?

 

[JuicyLucy]

I predict you will probably want to run it over with your Hummer within a week.

Fuck, now I have to go buy a hummer?

Thought those were for those with small dicks and wannabes

 

[SirKadly]

Nice debil dawg you picked Kadly.
Now, on to the spiders...........

Go get 'em sweets!

 

[snake94115]

Fuck, now I have to go buy a hummer?

Thought those were for those with small dicks and wannabes

I only know 1 person that owns a Hummer.She's a very tiny Asian Woman Named Kimay.

 

[SirKadly]

Nice debil dawg you picked Kadly.
Now, on to the spiders...........

And hey, you used one of my favorite pictures for your avatar.

 

[JuicyLucy]

I only know 1 person that owns a Hummer.She's a very tiny Asian Woman Named Kimay.

Wannabe then, or married to the other kind

 

[SirKadly]

I only know 1 person that owns a Hummer.She's a very tiny Asian Woman Named Kimay.

Now that I think about it, the only person I know that owns one is also a tiny woman, though not Asian.

 

[AndriaD]

Aren't those the 1's that go boom?

No, that was the Note 7.

Andria