The totally off-topic thread

[drron]

Why do people store 1000's & 1000's of songs on their devices only to hear a decent song every few days?

A few hundred does me.....every song a winner

A bit of Hot Chocolate eh.

Never could believe the things you do to me
I never could believe the way you are
Every day I bless the day that you got through to me
'Cause baby, I believe that you're a star

Everyone's a winner, baby, that's the truth
(Yes, the truth)

Hot Chocolate-Everyone's A Winner - YouTube

 

[Dee Thom]

Why do people store 1000's & 1000's of songs on their devices only to hear a decent song every few days?

A few hundred does me.....every song a winner

My I-Pod has about 2.5k's of songs, and it goes with me in the car, caravan, and of course flying; with a total lack of decent radio (104.9 excepted) here on the Sunny Coast the old "Classic" keeps me happy.

Cheers Dee.

 

[samh004]

Why do people store 1000's & 1000's of songs on their devices only to hear a decent song every few days?

A few hundred does me.....every song a winner

Thanks to iTunes Match I now have 24.5k songs 'on-demand' on my iPhone and iPad. Of course as I can't use the Internet in the air currently I do have some stuff pre-downloaded before each flight.


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[JohnK]

Forgetting kpc and Princess Fiona - heaven help me

What have you done Lindsay? :shock:

 

[amaroo]

My I-Pod has about 2.5k's of songs, and it goes with me in the car, caravan, and of course flying; with a total lack of decent radio (104.9 excepted) here on the Sunny Coast the old "Classic" keeps me happy.

Cheers Dee.

Have to agree the radio options are not the best......

 

[anat0l]

Now the proud owner of an ASUS ux21E... ASUSTeK Computer Inc. - Notebooks- ASUS ASUS ZENBOOK UX21E

Avoided the Apple dark side just a little bit longer

Just a little bit longer? You've done a good job so far of avoiding it altogether! What are you saying - you're starting to cave in?

In any case, just had a look at the spec sheet - nice. Which of the sub-specs apply to you (i.e. processor, SSD size, etc.)? And how's it handling so far (getting the 2 sec resume time)?


One thing that does surprise me is that as devices get smaller, connectivity starts to disappear. For example, the old laptops to the new ones saw the floppy drive disappear (as they did quite quickly from everything), and the newest one is from notebooks to netbooks/ultrabooks, where the optical drive has disappeared. Now with very thin ultrabooks, the Ethernet port is disappearing, which I don't find too surprising (Ethernet port is pretty thick, so can't make the "thin" physical spec) but at the same time, Ethernet connectivity isn't exactly out of fashion yet (e.g. at work, in some hotels - e.g. I've been at some properties where the wired internet was free but the wireless was not; there are situations where the wireless was so slow or weak that it was much easier just to plug in the wired internet which was blazing in comparison; in some properties there is only wired internet...)


This year I seem set to get either an iPhone or a Samsung Galaxy - basically iOS vs. Android. Peer pressure seems to gravitate me towards iOS (particularly as Apple App Store has had a huge headstart in this field), but the rational part of me seems to be set on the Android (i.e. more extensible (no, I will not jailbreak an iOS device), I can program for it without needing a Mac or expensive subscription...). So far, however, there are only two people I know who have a Samsung Galaxy, and you are one of them.

Of course, there's the other debate of when to buy - whilst the rumours of iPhone 5 are well hidden, the similar ones of Samsung Galaxy S III are more foreboding. I read an article from my Twitter stream this morning saying that now is not the best time to buy if one is hanging for the "latest and greatest", and whilst that wasn't exactly the way I had thought about it, I definitely thought that we are heading through a "critical phase" (i.e. something new is going to be released soon, so hold the horses on the wallet...)

 

[serfty]

:idea:IMHO, the best time to get an Galaxy S II would be a week after the release of the Galaxy S III

 

[anat0l]

:idea:IMHO, the best time to get an Galaxy S II would be a week after the release of the Galaxy S III

Well... can't argue with that. Holds for any similar device situation

 

[ozbeachbabe]

I think some company has hijacked the CX website because each time I try to log on it says "congratulations you are todays QLD winner" & wants me to select my 'prize' which happens to be a chance to win an IPAD. Zooming in on the fine print it says a membership fee of $10.00 is payable plus you are charged a minimum of 3 x $5.00 texts each week. :evil:

You can't navigate away from this page at all & actually get to the CX homepage. I can't imagine CX would be too thrilled about this. :-|

PS No, I didn't sign up.

Oops I had entered "cathaypacfic" & omitted the first "i". The real site works fine.

 

[Katie]

I think some company has hijacked the CX website because each time I try to log on it says "congratulations you are todays QLD winner" & wants me to select my 'prize' which happens to be a chance to win an IPAD. Zooming in on the fine print it says a membership fee of $10.00 is payable plus you are charged a minimum of 3 x $5.00 texts each week.

I just got that site, but it was due to passion fingers with my typing. I typed catahypacific instead of cathaypacific. Maybe carefully re-type or clear your cache and don't select from the browser suggested drop-downs?

 

[Mal]

Just a little bit longer? You've done a good job so far of avoiding it altogether! What are you saying - you're starting to cave in?

In any case, just had a look at the spec sheet - nice. Which of the sub-specs apply to you (i.e. processor, SSD size, etc.)? And how's it handling so far (getting the 2 sec resume time)?


One thing that does surprise me is that as devices get smaller, connectivity starts to disappear. For example, the old laptops to the new ones saw the floppy drive disappear (as they did quite quickly from everything), and the newest one is from notebooks to netbooks/ultrabooks, where the optical drive has disappeared. Now with very thin ultrabooks, the Ethernet port is disappearing, which I don't find too surprising (Ethernet port is pretty thick, so can't make the "thin" physical spec) but at the same time, Ethernet connectivity isn't exactly out of fashion yet (e.g. at work, in some hotels - e.g. I've been at some properties where the wired internet was free but the wireless was not; there are situations where the wireless was so slow or weak that it was much easier just to plug in the wired internet which was blazing in comparison; in some properties there is only wired internet...)


This year I seem set to get either an iPhone or a Samsung Galaxy - basically iOS vs. Android. Peer pressure seems to gravitate me towards iOS (particularly as Apple App Store has had a huge headstart in this field), but the rational part of me seems to be set on the Android (i.e. more extensible (no, I will not jailbreak an iOS device), I can program for it without needing a Mac or expensive subscription...). So far, however, there are only two people I know who have a Samsung Galaxy, and you are one of them.

Of course, there's the other debate of when to buy - whilst the rumours of iPhone 5 are well hidden, the similar ones of Samsung Galaxy S III are more foreboding. I read an article from my Twitter stream this morning saying that now is not the best time to buy if one is hanging for the "latest and greatest", and whilst that wasn't exactly the way I had thought about it, I definitely thought that we are heading through a "critical phase" (i.e. something new is going to be released soon, so hold the horses on the wallet...)

I5 model, 128GB SSD. Wanted 256 but not avail in Singapore or Australia afaik. Seems to be available in Taiwan tho.

It comes with a USB to Ethernet dongle so you can still connect to wired. I will miss it not having a sim card slot tho, was one of my criteria for this travel notebook iteration. Next one....

Galaxy s iii is apparently out soon. Prices on the ii are dropping to clear stock. Think I've heard Feb Or March but unsure.

 

[Mal]

Overheard on Brisbane airtrain this morning when sitting at domestic airport.
"I wonder which direction we are going"

Umm, unless you want to smash into the domestic terminal, there is only one.

 

[samh004]

Oops I had entered "cathaypacfic" & omitted the first "i". The real site works fine.

Makes you wonder why Cathay haven't acted to have the fake domains transferred to them. I believe you can do this?


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[Mal]

Makes you wonder why Cathay haven't acted to have the fake domains transferred to them. I believe you can do this?


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Typosquatting can be used to win back domains if the person registered them in bad faith, but it depends how much Cathay cares and whether they want to go to the hassle. Also how close is too close?

 

[anat0l]

The folks and I were having a chat the other day when the topic of airport food prices came up.

As we typically know, food at the airport is... expensive... to put it all nicely. Either you're getting less or worse quality food for your dollar compared to elsewhere, or you're paying more for the same quality food, or a bit from both columns.

However, there are fast food outlets at airports - e.g. at BNE there is a Subway and Hungry Jacks, etc. Plus, given that cafes outside of the airport are steadily increasing or not as great as they used to be, especially in city areas...

• Are airport restaurants / cafes much more expensive than a comparable cafe / restaurant serving food in a non-airport area, especially compare city vs. inner city suburb vs. other suburb?
• Are the prices of fast food at airports different to that outside of the airport? For example, does a Subway sandwich cost differently at the airport's Subway compared to other Subway restaurants?

I'd taken it for granted that food at airports are typically more expensive than outside. This is very much a generalisation, but I believe that is pretty accurate (at best, you're getting less food for your dollar). The exception was fast food outlets which I take for granted are at the same prices as other fast food outlets.

Please stick to answering these questions - we are not here to debate whether paying $x for a flat white or for a 6" Subway sandwich is good value per se or not!

 

[Mal]

Fast food is generally a touch more expensive but not the same markup that cafes etc have.

Prices in airports go up at the same rate other cafes do as well, imho.

 

[Simo]

:idea:IMHO, the best time to get an Galaxy S II would be a week after the release of the Galaxy S III

At the moment I am a fan of the Samsung Nexus. Awesome screen but a bit bigger then most of the phone on the market.

Will be interesting to see how the Android OS rates.

Ice cream Sandwich 4.0 strange name but has been good so far.

 

[JohnK]

:idea:IMHO, the best time to get an Galaxy S II would be a week after the release of the Galaxy S III

I got the Samsung Galaxy S in August 2011 when the Samsung Galaxy S II was already on the market. I got it on a 2 year contract with nothing extra to pay.

 

[Flashback]

:idea:IMHO, the best time to get an Galaxy S II would be a week after the release of the Galaxy S III

Was going to be my suggestion! Also, screw iOS, Android "FTW":!: You won't regret it!

 

[samh004]

Was going to be my suggestion! Also, screw iOS, Android "FTW":!: You won't regret it!

Where is the dis-Like button!