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Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?
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Rico ANDROID
Android Expert
Even though I've never given birth, I'm quite sure that that's a whole lot worse than periods.
My husband, fortunately, isn't as bad as I hear some men are when ill, he just wants to be left alone.
well. here goes my NEXT RANT.. I aint "tha MAN" when shes laboratizing, and about to pop a "mini-me"... here's my reaction:
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
I'm going to rant about the Iphone - usage rather than the phone itself.
Sprint is now trying to offload some data to wifi, and apparently charging users for using wifi (didn't quite understand friend's rant. She has an EVO) ATT and Verizon have been changing data charges around ever since the Iphone hit the networks. ATT will start offloading to wifi from what I've read. The carriers bit off more than they could chew and make a profit.
The carriers do need to make money, but didn't they foresee this happening? Most promised unlimited data until the Iphone got going. Now everyone is paying for inefficiency on both phone and carriers part.
TMO doesn't have the Iphone - but we have users that have grandfathered 5.99 data plans and try to use those for unlimited data. They then get pissed when TMO says they can't or throttles them.
Everyone who has a data plan is entitled to get data - but not at the expense of all the other users, dammit.
I see one Canadian ISP is charging a lower rate for those who download during offpeak hours.
There are posts about using task killers. Whether we should or not is moot. What both sides should be grateful for is that the user is at least trying to SEE how the phone works, not just blindly accepting what the carrier or phone maker says.
Android will be just as guilty when that "live" from the new Samsung phone gets going.
I guess I'm just tired of flipping people who only can think "it's so cool" without thinking about the consequences.
Sprint is now trying to offload some data to wifi, and apparently charging users for using wifi (didn't quite understand friend's rant. She has an EVO) ATT and Verizon have been changing data charges around ever since the Iphone hit the networks. ATT will start offloading to wifi from what I've read. The carriers bit off more than they could chew and make a profit.
The carriers do need to make money, but didn't they foresee this happening? Most promised unlimited data until the Iphone got going. Now everyone is paying for inefficiency on both phone and carriers part.
TMO doesn't have the Iphone - but we have users that have grandfathered 5.99 data plans and try to use those for unlimited data. They then get pissed when TMO says they can't or throttles them.
Everyone who has a data plan is entitled to get data - but not at the expense of all the other users, dammit.
I see one Canadian ISP is charging a lower rate for those who download during offpeak hours.
There are posts about using task killers. Whether we should or not is moot. What both sides should be grateful for is that the user is at least trying to SEE how the phone works, not just blindly accepting what the carrier or phone maker says.
Android will be just as guilty when that "live" from the new Samsung phone gets going.
I guess I'm just tired of flipping people who only can think "it's so cool" without thinking about the consequences.
Even though I've never given birth, I'm quite sure that that's a whole lot worse than periods.
My husband, fortunately, isn't as bad as I hear some men are when ill, he just wants to be left alone.
And people think I'm selfish for not wanting to put the girlfriend through the pain of childbirth. No kids for me.
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Member243850
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What REALLY grinds my troglodyte gears is when I am trying to discover the meaning of life, the universe and everything else when some kid comes along and says:
Raaaaargh!!
ALSO what grinds my gears is FAMOUS people!!!
They are the scum of the earth all of em I say!!!
Burn them at them at the stake!!
Burn em all!!
Good Charlotte - Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous - YouTube
Raaaaargh!!
ALSO what grinds my gears is FAMOUS people!!!
They are the scum of the earth all of em I say!!!
Burn them at them at the stake!!
Burn em all!!
Good Charlotte - Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous - YouTube
M
Member243850
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Great song that by the way!!!
Rico ANDROID
Android Expert
My rant is missing my pal Stinkaeus Stinkcefus all day and now that hes here, I gotta log off for an early start in the morning.....4:00 a.m. yucks!
M
Member243850
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Back Igor!!
Get back I say!
xD
LOOOOL!!
Where ya been buddy!!??!?!
I missed you buddy!!
Hope you come bakc soon because as usual ....
I ... AM..... ON.... A..... RRRRRROOOOOOOOLLL!!!
xD
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
Don't laugh - kid sat in tree sap in ENGLAND and brought the damn pants back to the US for me to deal with!
(I did get them wearable)
(I did get them wearable)
Rico ANDROID
Android Expert
gbiggie
La patience et le pardon
Ouch-did you have to put this in with the wash load
Nothing dissolves that crap!!
Sorry Zubs and GB!!! but....
LOLsleezecheeze
Well-Known Member
I hate it when everyone goes nuts for apple. I bring up the court case between apple and samsung and people say 'So what?' or 'Isn't it good that apple won?'. How could you be so blind? Apple is the farthest you can get from open source, it's the farthest you can get from user customization, it's the farthest you can get from basic functionality (maybe the last point was a little over exaggerated).
What I'm trying to say here is that open source is crazy, user customization is what we need and the sooner we get it the sooner we move forward as the human race. Sure Samsung may have copied Apple, but seriously who takes out a patent on rounded corners? Not to mention that software patents are nothing more than a joke in apples favour.
Now to my last point, the microsoft surface. All I ever hear is 'Oh wow, microsoft are so jealous of the iPad that they stole apples idea and now they are trying to make their own iPad'. In case you didn't realise, Bill Gates actually introduced something very similar to a tablet in the year 2000, called the 'Microsoft Tablet PC'. Yes, it was a tablet. Yes, it was a mere 10 YEARS before the iPad was even announced. Guess what, no one cared.
Ok, maybe this will be the last one. 'Apple is doing wonderful things for technology', 'what innovators are apple, if it weren't for them we wouldn't be anywhere near our current technological status'. I hate it how people can be so ignorant to say this, all they did is took what we already had and put a new colourful case on it. 'They invented the iPod', sure they may have coined the term 'iPod' but I reasonably sure that MP3 players were around long before the humble ipod.
I'm sorry for all of the apple hate, but I needed to get this off my chest.
What I'm trying to say here is that open source is crazy, user customization is what we need and the sooner we get it the sooner we move forward as the human race. Sure Samsung may have copied Apple, but seriously who takes out a patent on rounded corners? Not to mention that software patents are nothing more than a joke in apples favour.
Now to my last point, the microsoft surface. All I ever hear is 'Oh wow, microsoft are so jealous of the iPad that they stole apples idea and now they are trying to make their own iPad'. In case you didn't realise, Bill Gates actually introduced something very similar to a tablet in the year 2000, called the 'Microsoft Tablet PC'. Yes, it was a tablet. Yes, it was a mere 10 YEARS before the iPad was even announced. Guess what, no one cared.
Ok, maybe this will be the last one. 'Apple is doing wonderful things for technology', 'what innovators are apple, if it weren't for them we wouldn't be anywhere near our current technological status'. I hate it how people can be so ignorant to say this, all they did is took what we already had and put a new colourful case on it. 'They invented the iPod', sure they may have coined the term 'iPod' but I reasonably sure that MP3 players were around long before the humble ipod.
I'm sorry for all of the apple hate, but I needed to get this off my chest.
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
Ouch-did you have to put this in with the wash load
Nothing dissolves that crap!!
No. Goo Gone. Then rubbing alcohol. The spots are still kind of hard but not dark colored so they blend into the pants. Kid said she can't do a cold water wash in the UK. Machine doesn't have that choice. Apparently Goo Gone isn't available there, so I gave her a bottle.
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
I remember that MS tablet. The Newton was out about the same time. MS tablet died when handheld PDAs came out. Almost everyone that made computers had a PDA - Sony, HP, Dell, etc. They either ran Palm or Win CE.
There were a couple of Linux ones. They had rounded corners or they didn't. I have a TG 650 that is approximately the same size screen as some phones.
What pisses me about the Apple products is the innovation of no SD card. I purposely bought a Sansa since it used a card. Meant I could transfer anything from computer to card without any crappy software! Could also have over 100G is separate storage if I wanted it.
I think data storage if not actual apps should be able to be put on external storage.
A lot of the guide books I use have huge databases. Just installing those alone used up almost 10G of storage. This does not include music or movies!
While not quite as sophisticated as today - Palm and CE had an astronomical program that had almost all the info of today's programs and could also guide a telescope via ASCOM and bluetooth. All this on a device whose capacity was measured in Megabytes!
There were a couple of Linux ones. They had rounded corners or they didn't. I have a TG 650 that is approximately the same size screen as some phones.
What pisses me about the Apple products is the innovation of no SD card. I purposely bought a Sansa since it used a card. Meant I could transfer anything from computer to card without any crappy software! Could also have over 100G is separate storage if I wanted it.
I think data storage if not actual apps should be able to be put on external storage.
A lot of the guide books I use have huge databases. Just installing those alone used up almost 10G of storage. This does not include music or movies!
While not quite as sophisticated as today - Palm and CE had an astronomical program that had almost all the info of today's programs and could also guide a telescope via ASCOM and bluetooth. All this on a device whose capacity was measured in Megabytes!
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Member243850
Guest
Some butthead who posts my pic all scribbled up with some gimp garbage !!
WHAT REALLY GRINDS MY GEARS IS WHEN PEOPLE DON'T APPRECIATE GREAT AND SUPERBLY AESTHETICALLY PLEASING ART WHEN IT IS STARING THEM RIGHT IN THE FAAAAAT EYE SOCKETS.
THIS is a great work of art.... ARE YOU aS BLIND AS A BAT??
For all you know I could be the next Vincent Van Gogh!
Don't criticize what ya can't understand!
You can ALL go to hell!
HELL I say!
ALSO what grinds me sprockets is when people think I am permanently jokin when I am the most serious person known to mankind!
PEROID
For goodness sake!
(That is my very very very angry face! You wouldn't like me when I am aaaangry!)
Just get lost all of ya!
XD
M
Member243850
Guest
Oh piss off cranky stinky!
RUDE people that do not understand the greatest work of art ever to be seen to the known world!
Just for interests sake... you do know that the phrase:
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
IS WRONG
It should go something like this:
"Beauty is in the eye of the Stinky and NOT the beholder because Stinkies know EEEEEEVERYTHING!"
Now go play in the traffic...
xD
(Just jokin don't go play in the traffic!!
Playing in Traffic = BAD)
xD
Bren S.
Android Expert
ha agreed...beauty is definitely NOT in the eye of the beholder!! I mean do you know how bad some people's vision is??
Stinky go suck on an exhaust pipe already sheesh
disclaimer this is not advice for those who do not think themselves Van Gogh and who do not use gimp to deface my pic
Stinky go suck on an exhaust pipe already sheesh
disclaimer this is not advice for those who do not think themselves Van Gogh and who do not use gimp to deface my pic
M
Member243850
Guest
Wow!
Sorry I was only joking and I did not mean tp harm you,
I was only joking so I am super sorry if you took it the wrong way!
I think your photo is great and really is a nice shot that you should be proud of.
Don't take me seriously.
I am a real clown!
Once again I do apologize since I really did not mean any harm.
If you want me to delete the photos I will do so asap.
I really did not mean any harm!!
But I dod understand sometimes people do get cross and think I am a jerk when I don't mean to be.
Regards
Stinky
Bren S.
Android Expert
Wow!
Sorry I was only joking and I did not mean tp harm you,
I was only joking so I am super sorry if you took it the wrong way!
I think your photo is great and really is a nice shot that you should be proud of.
Don't take me seriously.
I am a real clown!
Once again I do apologize since I really did not mean any harm.
If you want me to delete the photos I will do so asap.
I really did not mean any harm!!
But I dod understand sometimes people do get cross and think I am a jerk when I don't mean to be.
Regards
Stinky
Wha??
I was joking right back with you silly....you know flinging it back etc
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
Hey Stinky - you missed my motorcycle
Poo powered TOTO motorcycle Toilet Bike Neo kicking up a stink in Japan | Metro.co.uk
Poo powered TOTO motorcycle Toilet Bike Neo kicking up a stink in Japan | Metro.co.uk
9to5cynic
Android Expert
I think today's Top Rant Post goes to Bren S. for pulling one over on the ol' Stinky Stinky!
My issue revolves around my social ineptitude. When meeting new people or seeing someone from my past after a long hiatus - I find myself very awkward. I can only imagine how they view me.
At nights my mind wanders to people I used to know, and chances I never took. I'm not sure if it's quite regret, I mean, all the things you do, and don't do add up to create who you are.
I'm sure these thoughts will ease by the time I try to sleep right?
My issue revolves around my social ineptitude. When meeting new people or seeing someone from my past after a long hiatus - I find myself very awkward. I can only imagine how they view me.
At nights my mind wanders to people I used to know, and chances I never took. I'm not sure if it's quite regret, I mean, all the things you do, and don't do add up to create who you are.
I'm sure these thoughts will ease by the time I try to sleep right?