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Post by Sexy Spork #37 on Feb 28, 2014 8:43:32 GMT -5
I thought they taught Father Ted in school, in Ireland. That and how to grow potatoes...
American comedies are swell. Have you seen Brooklyn 99? On E4 over here. Very, very funny. One of the funniest comedies I've seen in years. Sort of a cross between Scrubs and The Office, set in a police precinct in Brooklyn. Laugh a minute. Add that to your list if you like American comedies, I think it's one of the best of the last decade.
'A loud Italian in the kitchen, no surprises there.'
See first paragraph...
I think censorship is one of two things. It's either too extreme or there's not enough. In places where it is needed, there isn't any, and in places it isn't needed, there is too much.
The Simpsons is a great example of this. Last season, Homer said 'penis' and it was beeped. The first time in the show's history. The producers refused to pull it (the word - behave) so the show got deliberately beeped for the first time in 23 years. They're not allowed to show nudity anymore, but do show older episodes with nudity, repeated at an earlier slot than new episodes. Heck, I was watching a Simpsons DVD a few years back, rated 12, and there were a good few F-words in the audio commentary, unbeeped and not warned about. It's funny but shocking, and every new DVD since has had swear words on it. One DVD had deleted scene, again, not beeped and not warned about, where the lead singer of The Who told Marge, and I'm quoting, "Get the f*** out of the way, Marge!"
There needs to be a balance and there just isn't.
Fox stated that kids will say to their parents, 'Mommy, what's a penis?' and that it's 'wrong' for kids to know the proper words. Where's the balance? They argue that kids will watch The Simpsons more than they will Breaking Bad, but it's ridiculous, because Homer isn't cooking meth.
I think it's all messed up, really.
I think in my life the UK has come across as both a nanny state and a bit crap at government. Like, I don't feel like they are breathing down my neck, but like, I was photographing the new police station being built a few years ago because I'm really interested in architecture and it's a great building, and I kept getting stopped by police on 'terrorism grounds'.
"Excuse me sir, that is an offence".
"Oh, f*** off", I said under my breath as I walked away. They didn't hear me.
"We can arrest you under anti-terrorism laws for photographing an active police station".
IT WASN'T EVEN OPEN YET! HOW THE HELL WAS IT 'ACTIVE'?
It's actually quite funny. I've known a few people stopped for photographing the most mundane of things. It's stupid. The only thing I will say is that it was just under two years after 7/7, I think everyone was still on edge.
But I mean, I've been around there since to photograph other, non police related new buildings, and I always catch a copper looking my way. It does frighten you a bit.
But on the other hand, when my mum got her car nicked, they were brilliant. Helicopter and all the bells and whistles. It's a strange police we have.
My town was actually in the first in the UK to have talking street lamps. They have CCTV on them and if someone drops litter or something, you hear an almighty voice coming from the lamps.
"SIR, PICK UP THE LITTER, IT'S AN OFFENCE IF YOU DO NOT DISCARD OF IT PROPERLY!"
You always react the same.
"JESUS CHRIST! What the hell was that! God?"
It's brilliant for tourists. They have no idea. The thing is as well, they occasionally do disaster training on them. They do say, 'This is a training exercise', and then do it, but I've often got off the bus in town after that bit, so I don't know if it's a training exercise or if the Taliban have launched a nuclear bomb or something.
'DO NOT PANIC, REMAIN CALM, THE AUTHORITIES ARE IN CHARGE, DO NOT BE ALARMED IF YOU SEE MILITARY VEHICLES!"
I haven't heard one in years. Can't think why...
It's interesting you mention gambling. Some people argue that those who do what they want and won't change their mind should be forgotten about, but, I don't know, it's easy to forget them, but we are one human race. We need to help each other in times of need.
I think in America, it's so easy to get drugs, cigarettes, guns, alcohol, that although kids may grow up thinking these things are wrong, they are too exposed to them thereafter. When they're kids, it works, but as adults, it's too hard. It's so easy to slip whereas here it really isn't. It's the other way round. There's not as much as easily available, but there's nothing telling kids to stay away. It's backwards.
And I have nothing against alcohol in moderation, it's to excess that is alarming.
Porn, alcohol, guns, drugs, cigarettes, et al, we're banned specifically by my school, but you couldn't stem it. Somebody brought in booze, you told the teachers, that person was expelled, you get beat up, the next day, somebody else brings in booze. This is a countrywide problem with most state secondary schools, they're really awful. One of the things my school did was sack the headteacher and bring in a boarding school head. Now he scared the sense into the troublemakers. Maybe that's the answer. He did a good job.
The teachers knew about what was going on but nothing stopped it. Even after the new head, kids would walk into the nearby forest and drink, look at porn, a few messed around with drugs and types of guns. For me, school was a place for learning, not being caught in the crossfire of a BB Gun and snowball fight, which bloody hurts, by the way.
You keep your mouth shut. I wouldn't have made it through five years if I hadn't. The people I knew who tattled didn't come out of that experience well. Whilst now I can see that it would've been better say something, back then, as a frightened child, all I was thinking about was my parents seeing me in hospital with a broken arm or shot or with glass in my head.
You kept your mouth shut, it was a great school, the problems were in the minority, but you said something, that minority became your problem.
That school has been demolished now and the new one is fantastic, no problems.
The secondary school opposite was worse, also now gone. A gang of armed men stormed it in the '90s and ended up killing one of the students. That's the type of area we're in. It's getting better, but it's rough, man.
On the Apple store, I keep complaining about Google Chrome. I have an old operating system that can't run the new Chrome so I keep sending increasingly threatening messages to them. 'I'll sue you if you don't sort this out' may have been a step too far...
I have heard of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, but man, I hate that punctuation. I think The Evpatoria Report's second album was only four or so songs but went on for over an hour. Really love that genre.
Pelican are actually post-metal, if it sounds like them, it's post-metal, if it sounds like The Evpatoria Report, it's post-rock. There's a difference, but I think will all of these post genres, each appeals to a different aspect. Like, I like how The Evpatoria Report can whisk me away, that song I mentioned, I can't help but think of the Earth spinning in the blackness of space, solid and fragile. But with Pelican, it's more something you can rock out to, to take the weight of stress off one's shoulders, to loosen up.
All these post genres are wonderful and really something special. In a world of 'musicians' calling themselves 'artists', wrongly, I think, the people in post rock genres can truly call themselves that. They are a gorgeous phenomenon and really special.
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Post by ura on Mar 2, 2014 8:56:30 GMT -5
The reason for the long time to reply is that I just got a new computer on Friday, spent some hours assembling it and installing stuff, there's probably more I have to install still AND it's my birthday today, I turned 24, I'm now old. I thought they taught Father Ted in school, in Ireland. That and how to grow potatoes... American comedies are swell. Have you seen Brooklyn 99? On E4 over here. Very, very funny. One of the funniest comedies I've seen in years. Sort of a cross between Scrubs and The Office, set in a police precinct in Brooklyn. Laugh a minute. Add that to your list if you like American comedies, I think it's one of the best of the last decade. 'A loud Italian in the kitchen, no surprises there.' See first paragraph... Nope, I haven't seen that show either, I think there seems to be a lot of shows you mention which I have not seen, I'll add it to my list of Spork recommendations.  Also, an Italian, mentioning New York, there's something new. I think censorship is one of two things. It's either too extreme or there's not enough. In places where it is needed, there isn't any, and in places it isn't needed, there is too much. The Simpsons is a great example of this. Last season, Homer said 'penis' and it was beeped. The first time in the show's history. The producers refused to pull it (the word - behave) so the show got deliberately beeped for the first time in 23 years. They're not allowed to show nudity anymore, but do show older episodes with nudity, repeated at an earlier slot than new episodes. Heck, I was watching a Simpsons DVD a few years back, rated 12, and there were a good few F-words in the audio commentary, unbeeped and not warned about. It's funny but shocking, and every new DVD since has had swear words on it. One DVD had deleted scene, again, not beeped and not warned about, where the lead singer of The Who told Marge, and I'm quoting, "Get the f*** out of the way, Marge!" There needs to be a balance and there just isn't. Fox stated that kids will say to their parents, 'Mommy, what's a penis?' and that it's 'wrong' for kids to know the proper words. Where's the balance? They argue that kids will watch The Simpsons more than they will Breaking Bad, but it's ridiculous, because Homer isn't cooking meth. I think it's all messed up, really. I think in my life the UK has come across as both a nanny state and a bit crap at government. Like, I don't feel like they are breathing down my neck, but like, I was photographing the new police station being built a few years ago because I'm really interested in architecture and it's a great building, and I kept getting stopped by police on 'terrorism grounds'. Well, there is some censorship on television, the watershed has always been a method to prevent children from seeing stuff that's seen as inappropriate for them by banning it before a certain time in the day, usually 8pm. I'm very much against censorship, of nearly every form, in fact even for the smallest of things I don't like censorship. I think one of the most common forms of it is "in the interest of children" is done for reason, because adults in a misguided attempt to prevent children from seeing or participating in obscene or dangerous acts they censor stuff in media or on the internet. For instance the UK Government recently had a porn censor idea which would supposedly block everybody from seeing porn however everybody instantly created workarounds to get onto and look at porn, as you would expected, block something and it will make it easier for children who tend to more technically minded to access it. It was also a major inconvenience for everybody who does not share a router with children since they're porn is blocked and it begins a dangerous precedent of blocking what is and is not considerable "objectionable material", now I may be a little sensationalist in saying this but I think censoring can lead to a slippery slope. "Excuse me sir, that is an offence". "Oh, f*** off", I said under my breath as I walked away. They didn't hear me. "We can arrest you under anti-terrorism laws for photographing an active police station". IT WASN'T EVEN OPEN YET! HOW THE HELL WAS IT 'ACTIVE'? It's actually quite funny. I've known a few people stopped for photographing the most mundane of things. It's stupid. The only thing I will say is that it was just under two years after 7/7, I think everyone was still on edge. But I mean, I've been around there since to photograph other, non police related new buildings, and I always catch a copper looking my way. It does frighten you a bit. But on the other hand, when my mum got her car nicked, they were brilliant. Helicopter and all the bells and whistles. It's a strange police we have. That sounds like an interesting hobby, photographing buildings and it sounds stupid that you were warned for taking a picture of the police station, but I completely believe it. I went to college last year that meant I had to go through my city to get to it and since then I absolutely love my city, it's really nice to look at, I know I have a short memory because it's the only city I know because I haven't been to many others but I like it although other's dont. My town was actually in the first in the UK to have talking street lamps. They have CCTV on them and if someone drops litter or something, you hear an almighty voice coming from the lamps. "SIR, PICK UP THE LITTER, IT'S AN OFFENCE IF YOU DO NOT DISCARD OF IT PROPERLY!" You always react the same. "JESUS CHRIST! What the hell was that! God?" It's brilliant for tourists. They have no idea. The thing is as well, they occasionally do disaster training on them. They do say, 'This is a training exercise', and then do it, but I've often got off the bus in town after that bit, so I don't know if it's a training exercise or if the Taliban have launched a nuclear bomb or something. 'DO NOT PANIC, REMAIN CALM, THE AUTHORITIES ARE IN CHARGE, DO NOT BE ALARMED IF YOU SEE MILITARY VEHICLES!" I haven't heard one in years. Can't think why... That would startle me if I head a talking lamppost, it reminds me of a joke I heard. So these two muffins are sittin' in a oven, right? The first muffin says to the second muffin: "Ahh! We're in an oven..." The second muffin says to the first muffin: "HOLY SHIT, A TALKING MUFFIN!" It's interesting you mention gambling. Some people argue that those who do what they want and won't change their mind should be forgotten about, but, I don't know, it's easy to forget them, but we are one human race. We need to help each other in times of need. I think in America, it's so easy to get drugs, cigarettes, guns, alcohol, that although kids may grow up thinking these things are wrong, they are too exposed to them thereafter. When they're kids, it works, but as adults, it's too hard. It's so easy to slip whereas here it really isn't. It's the other way round. There's not as much as easily available, but there's nothing telling kids to stay away. It's backwards. And I have nothing against alcohol in moderation, it's to excess that is alarming. The thing is I wonder how much regulation is necessary, Portugal decriminalised a large amount of heavy and hard drugs in 2004 and as a result the country has actually been safer, the value of illegal drugs decreased, use of drugs amongst teenagers decreased, HIV rates plummeted and other actual benefits so I just wonder how much censorship helps. You see I wonder sometimes if absolute outlawing just makes it harder for people to obtain for their problems. In New York they put of centres in order to help drug addicts obtain new needles to prevent spreading of HIV amongst drug users, some would say this is allowing drugs to be used but I think it's recognition that some people will always take drugs and that at least the damage caused by these drugs can be minimised. Porn, alcohol, guns, drugs, cigarettes, et al, we're banned specifically by my school, but you couldn't stem it. Somebody brought in booze, you told the teachers, that person was expelled, you get beat up, the next day, somebody else brings in booze. This is a countrywide problem with most state secondary schools, they're really awful. One of the things my school did was sack the headteacher and bring in a boarding school head. Now he scared the sense into the troublemakers. Maybe that's the answer. He did a good job. The teachers knew about what was going on but nothing stopped it. Even after the new head, kids would walk into the nearby forest and drink, look at porn, a few messed around with drugs and types of guns. For me, school was a place for learning, not being caught in the crossfire of a BB Gun and snowball fight, which bloody hurts, by the way. You keep your mouth shut. I wouldn't have made it through five years if I hadn't. The people I knew who tattled didn't come out of that experience well. Whilst now I can see that it would've been better say something, back then, as a frightened child, all I was thinking about was my parents seeing me in hospital with a broken arm or shot or with glass in my head. You kept your mouth shut, it was a great school, the problems were in the minority, but you said something, that minority became your problem. That school has been demolished now and the new one is fantastic, no problems. The secondary school opposite was worse, also now gone. A gang of armed men stormed it in the '90s and ended up killing one of the students. That's the type of area we're in. It's getting better, but it's rough, man. When I was at school about three black guys came to my school to beat up someone who owed them money or something, they grabbed the wrong person and that guys head was kicked in, they came back another time during the year and the whole school was assembled in a field to stop them, the police were called in. I remember another time a guy in my class hid a knife in the roof (can't remember why) but I think he was full of hot air and it was purely a case of bravado. There was a lot of smoking in my school, there was even a bikeshed which everybody used to go behind for smoking, I think the teachers knew the students could get smoke there and a lot of them did, also there was a shop near the school where the old man would sell cigarettes to students, he knew they were too young. All in all, it wasn't that bad of a school I was picked on by a few people but I had a generally positive experience in that school since I had my small collection of friends and plenty of people who didn't act like idiots who were good to talk to. I wouldn't have dreamt of telling on people for doing drugs, neither did anyone I knew, it just didn't happen that often that people would tell for use of stuff but I've never seen anybody on anything other than cigarettes and maybe once marijuana. Although given how my school was, there was a secondary school nearby which was supposedly worse. On the Apple store, I keep complaining about Google Chrome. I have an old operating system that can't run the new Chrome so I keep sending increasingly threatening messages to them. 'I'll sue you if you don't sort this out' may have been a step too far... That's what you get for not using the superior Windows OS, I had to make that joke. Seriously though, try a support forum maybe? I have heard of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, but man, I hate that punctuation. I think The Evpatoria Report's second album was only four or so songs but went on for over an hour. Really love that genre. Pelican are actually post-metal, if it sounds like them, it's post-metal, if it sounds like The Evpatoria Report, it's post-rock. There's a difference, but I think will all of these post genres, each appeals to a different aspect. Like, I like how The Evpatoria Report can whisk me away, that song I mentioned, I can't help but think of the Earth spinning in the blackness of space, solid and fragile. But with Pelican, it's more something you can rock out to, to take the weight of stress off one's shoulders, to loosen up. All these post genres are wonderful and really something special. In a world of 'musicians' calling themselves 'artists', wrongly, I think, the people in post rock genres can truly call themselves that. They are a gorgeous phenomenon and really special. It's a good relaxing genre to listen to, particularly when you don't want to pay attention to lyrics and just listen for mood, post-rock has this mood that I always like in their songs. I wouldn't care too much on the difference between post-metal and post-rock they all sound similar enough to me that I wouldn't bother splitting hairs. |
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Post by ura on Mar 2, 2014 8:59:35 GMT -5
Have you ever been to Ireland Starfall?
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Post by Sexy Spork #37 on Mar 2, 2014 10:50:57 GMT -5
Happy birthday, Paddy.
24, huh? Wow, that is old. I have until July. I can't believe we'll be quarter of a century old next year. That's depressing. When you can start mentioning your age in the same sentence as 'century'.
Hmm, hope you had a good one. Stripper in a cake, and all that...
I could write a book on the number of television shows I watch.
Spork Recommendations is a good name for it...
'Also, an Italian, mentioning New York, there's something new.'
See first sentence...
I think the UK's watershed is 9 PM for TV, meh, for radio. I listen to many radio shows that go out at 6:30 with the word 'shit' uncensored. It would surprise me if that word is not accepted officially before the watershed in the next few years. Kids say it all the time.
"Oi, mate, your hair's shit".
It's depressing hearing a five-year-old say that to me. It's sad I agree with him, too.
I think children should be protected against certain things but some things you have to assume intelligence.
The porn workaround is easy. Use a proxy or blocker of some sort. I use one to watch Hulu in the UK. Not a problem. You cannot fight it. Yes, it will stop some children, but children are clever, they're learning as they grow. They will persist and persist. If a little boy wants to see some nudie ladies, you will not and cannot stop him. And you know, it's a part of growing up. They're curious. They'll grow out of it.
They learn. It's right to stop them from the most extreme things, but you have to let them grow. It's a balancing act. Being a parent isn't easy, it's not black and white.
I didn't even know my town had talking lampposts, so it startled me, too.
Oh, that poor muffin.
Very funny. You should be a comedian. You're funny. Oh wait, you're Irish, you're all a bit funny...
I think drug regulation depends on the country. I've been to Portugal, they're very laid back, they can handle drugs, but in the UK, I don't trust us. We'd find a way to screw it up. Certainly depends on the country, and I think that's fine. If you want to weed up, then move to Portugal. Not everybody wants to live in a country like that.
Nobody smoked in our bikeshed in school, but then again, it was in front of reception and translucent. And enclosed. It would be like a pub in the old days.
One of our teachers used to bum cigarettes off students and smoke with them. Not sure if he gave any to them, but it wouldn't surprise me.
As I say, my secondary school and the two opposite were all pulled down and amalgamated into one super school half a mile away. It's for the best I think, they were fun schools but the results and policing weren't great. I don't miss those days, too much. I missed college, more. Although that's gone, too.
On the Apple iPad, I'm running an old OS so it's no longer supported or updated, so it's riddled with bugs. The native internet browser is Apple's, but because it's no longer supported, it crashes quite a lot, so I downloaded the Google Chrome app. The thing is, the OS is so old, that most apps don't work on it anymore and can't be updated. So, Chrome worked fine for a time. I flick between it and the native browser, but then Chrome stopped updating my version so I'm sort of screwed.
The thing is, Apple have a war against Google, they don't like each other, so Apple took off the YouTube and Google Maps native apps on the iPad in a new update, and I like them, so I didn't update it, and now I'm suffering. YouTube is owned by Google, by the way. Google raced to make their own Maps and YouTbe apps, but they're terrible. Apple did a lot for them. So basically, I'm in a Catch 22 situation.
Loose Maps and YouTube, which I use all the time, and never get them back, or wait until Google makes those apps brilliant and then update. But it's difficult because virtually nothing is updated anymore and few apps work on my version.
I'm now 8 versions behind. It's getting difficult...
There's nothing I can do. Apple will always win. Like the bloody Terminator, they are.
And yes, Windows is superior. Although Windows 8 is utter shite.
Post-rock and post-metal sound the same? Oh, my...
*faints*
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Post by ura on Mar 2, 2014 16:14:51 GMT -5
Happy birthday, Paddy. 24, huh? Wow, that is old. I have until July. I can't believe we'll be quarter of a century old next year. That's depressing. When you can start mentioning your age in the same sentence as 'century'. Hmm, hope you had a good one. Stripper in a cake, and all that... Thanks man, by strippers and cake you mean a barbell and dumbells, cause I got those. I'll remember that your birthday is soon, I don't want to think about my age because when I do I realise that I'm at an age when stupid mistakes aren't tolerated anymore and more is expected of me, which I don't like thinking about. I could write a book on the number of television shows I watch. Spork Recommendations is a good name for it... 'Also, an Italian, mentioning New York, there's something new.' See first sentence... You could get a job as a TV reviewer, I think anybody could do a job doing that. I think the UK's watershed is 9 PM for TV, meh, for radio. I listen to many radio shows that go out at 6:30 with the word 'shit' uncensored. It would surprise me if that word is not accepted officially before the watershed in the next few years. Kids say it all the time. "Oi, mate, your hair's shit". It's depressing hearing a five-year-old say that to me. It's sad I agree with him, too. I think children will curse anyway, it's inevitable their parents will slip up, not saying it should happen but will, although I do notice in some families some children are a lot more likely to curse than others. I think children should be protected against certain things but some things you have to assume intelligence. For example, so what if they know the correct terms for genitalia. How is that going to screw them up? It's shocking the number of rape cases against children that fall through because they say things like 'tinkle' and the accused can't be convicted because the word 'tinkle' could mean anything. You can't convict if they don't know the word 'penis' or 'vagina'. Adults have a responsibility to protect children from harm, not guard them in favour of their own interests. And on television, like that Simpsons example, it's not helping. The porn workaround is easy. Use a proxy or blocker of some sort. I use one to watch Hulu in the UK. Not a problem. You cannot fight it. Yes, it will stop some children, but children are clever, they're learning as they grow. They will persist and persist. If a little boy wants to see some nudie ladies, you will not and cannot stop him. And you know, it's a part of growing up. They're curious. They'll grow out of it. The thing is, stopping it messes with children. Masturbation is a classic example. Look, let's not be glib, children do that, but they're curious, it's not sexual. But when parents stop them, and punish them, it does affect their sexual mental state as an adult and it's very dangerous. Just Google it, there are countless studies on it. And it's like that with a lot of things. They will find porn and they will swear. They're learning. It's right to stop them from the most extreme things, but you have to let them grow. It's a balancing act. Being a parent isn't easy, it's not black and white. This ventures into the dangerous territory of obtaining testimony from children. I think to say that simpsons and cursing are somehow related to the trial and conviction rates of child molestors is ridiculous and have nothing to do with each other. That's my point, it cost millions of pounds to implement the block and it was beaten 17 minutes after it was officially announced. They'll grow out of wanting to look at nude parts, I somehow doubt it. I agree that they will do it and it is part of natural growth but again how many parents would punish their children for masturbating, teenagers mostly, no you shouldn't attack shame to sex either, it is pretty harmful for children. I would honestly hate to be a parent, I would be so afraid of doing something wrong, you can be too protective, you can be not protective enough. I didn't even know my town had talking lampposts, so it startled me, too. Oh, that poor muffin. Very funny. You should be a comedian. You're funny. Oh wait, you're Irish, you're all a bit funny... I find the Northern English accent is comedy by itself. I think drug regulation depends on the country. I've been to Portugal, they're very laid back, they can handle drugs, but in the UK, I don't trust us. We'd find a way to screw it up. Certainly depends on the country, and I think that's fine. If you want to weed up, then move to Portugal. Not everybody wants to live in a country like that. I have never taken drugs, I would never even try anything harder than Marijuana. I just question does strict regulation work that's all. It must be difficult growing up in Ireland. It's incredible what you've been through considering how happy the Irish are. You don't let things affect you, and that's admirable. I'm honestly unsure if you're being sarcastic or not. Nobody smoked in our bikeshed in school, but then again, it was in front of reception and translucent. And enclosed. It would be like a pub in the old days. One of our teachers used to bum cigarettes off students and smoke with them. Not sure if he gave any to them, but it wouldn't surprise me. As I say, my secondary school and the two opposite were all pulled down and amalgamated into one super school half a mile away. It's for the best I think, they were fun schools but the results and policing weren't great. I don't miss those days, too much. I missed college, more. Although that's gone, too. This was opposite the teachers lounge which the teachers sat in, of course the bike shed hid the smoking students but it was incredibly obvious what they were there for. Don't remind me how old I am again man, University was better for me too. On the Apple iPad, I'm running an old OS so it's no longer supported or updated, so it's riddled with bugs. The native internet browser is Apple's, but because it's no longer supported, it crashes quite a lot, so I downloaded the Google Chrome app. The thing is, the OS is so old, that most apps don't work on it anymore and can't be updated. So, Chrome worked fine for a time. I flick between it and the native browser, but then Chrome stopped updating my version so I'm sort of screwed. For many years I used windows xp as my main OS and it worked flawlessly, nothing against Macs though, I just prefer windows as a stable OS to use. The thing is, Apple have a war against Google, they don't like each other, so Apple took off the YouTube and Google Maps native apps on the iPad in a new update, and I like them, so I didn't update it, and now I'm suffering. YouTube is owned by Google, by the way. Google raced to make their own Maps and YouTbe apps, but they're terrible. Apple did a lot for them. So basically, I'm in a Catch 22 situation. Loose Maps and YouTube, which I use all the time, and never get them back, or wait until Google makes those apps brilliant and then update. But it's difficult because virtually nothing is updated anymore and few apps work on my version. I'm now 8 versions behind. It's getting difficult... There's nothing I can do. Apple will always win. Like the bloody Terminator, they are. Could you use a browser other than Chrome on your iPad, I remember using Safari and that was a nice browser to use. Google are more like the terminator, knowing almost everything about what you do, what sites you browse, everything. And yes, Windows is superior. Although Windows 8 is utter shite. Post-rock and post-metal sound the same? Oh, my... *faints* If you don't want to play games, just want to browse the internet, play music and the like I think all Operating systems seem the same in what they can do for you, although other people argue over stuff. Well, not the exact same but I was never one to argue over genre differences. |
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Post by Sexy Spork #37 on Mar 2, 2014 17:02:23 GMT -5
One thing you must remember in life, you're never too old to make a mistake.
You're also never too old to get away with it...
I could be a TV reviewer. But then again, TV types can get tetchy if you piss them off.
Some children have a right awful mouth on them. It's disgusting. I don't think some parents are aware what is being said half the time.
I think children will curse anyway, it's inevitable their parents will slip up, not saying it should happen but it will, although I do notice in some families some children are a lot more likely to curse than others.
I think I deleted large chunks of my post a few minutes after I posted it but it didn't save. I think I redid it while you were online and then again after.
It somehow got cross-contaminated with several other things I was writing online and doing at the same time. I think I was working on one notepad document, it's happened before. The re-edit is was what was directed at you. As I said, my iPad is crap.
The sole point I was trying to make is that we shouldn't block children from hearing things that aren't harmful.
Children do go through a nudie phase, but it develops into relationships, so in that respect, they do grow out of wanting to look at nudie ladies online and grow up, somewhat.
I have looked after babies and it is difficult. It's really fun and they are sweet, but it's a very hard job. I am always afraid that I'll do something wrong, but all parents make mistakes. Yeah, they'll bang their head, but jangle some keys in front of them and they'll shut up.
If all else fails, give them food.
"Biscuit? Yes? Good. Stop crying and you can have it."
Oh, and the joke is on you, there's no such thing as a Northern English accent. Round here, it's a Yorkshire accent.
2-0 to me...
I watch quite a lot of police shows, and one thing I've found out, is that if police find an 'acceptable amount' of drugs on a person, they'll let them off with a warning. Heck, second offence is only a small fine. Whereas it is strict, the police do seem to exercise some leniency, which they have to do, otherwise they prisons would be full in minutes.
Ah, the joys of democracy.
It's strange, I like Apple products but can't stand their computers.
Very true about Google, they are watching us.
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Post by ura on Mar 2, 2014 19:31:19 GMT -5
One thing you must remember in life, you're never too old to make a mistake. You're also never too old to get away with it... When I was younger I used to think that people become less petty as they age, boy was I wrong. Great, free pass to get away with stuff now, given to me by yourself. I could be a TV reviewer. But then again, TV types can get tetchy if you piss them off. Look at him, wrote the ending to BSG, get him boys. Some children have a right awful mouth on them. It's disgusting. I don't think some parents are aware what is being said half the time. I think children will curse anyway, it's inevitable their parents will slip up, not saying it should happen but it will, although I do notice in some families some children are a lot more likely to curse than others. To defend parents, unless you live with your child 24/7 I think it's impossible to watch how they act and what they say all the time, even if you watch them 24/7 then you're not letting them grow at all. I think I deleted large chunks of my post a few minutes after I posted it but it didn't save. I think I redid it while you were online and then again after. It somehow got cross-contaminated with several other things I was writing online and doing at the same time. I think I was working on one notepad document, it's happened before. The re-edit is was what was directed at you. As I said, my iPad is crap. The sole point I was trying to make is that we shouldn't block children from hearing things that aren't harmful. Children do go through a nudie phase, but it develops into relationships, so in that respect, they do grow out of wanting to look at nudie ladies online and grow up, somewhat. I have looked after babies and it is difficult. It's really fun and they are sweet, but it's a very hard job. I am always afraid that I'll do something wrong, but all parents make mistakes. Yeah, they'll bang their head, but jangle some keys in front of them and they'll shut up. If all else fails, give them food. "Biscuit? Yes? Good. Stop crying and you can have it." It's okay if large tracts of your posts went mistaken, I agree with your general point, we shouldn't stop children from hearing things that are harmful, so there's no argument there at all man. Working with children is something I would not like to have to do personally, you're probably good at dealing with children but I am awful at it. Oh, and the joke is on you, there's no such thing as a Northern English accent. Round here, it's a Yorkshire accent. 2-0 to me... Yeah, well Margaret Thatcher, enough said, win all arguments against a Northener by just saying her name. I watch quite a lot of police shows, and one thing I've found out, is that if police find an 'acceptable amount' of drugs on a person, they'll let them off with a warning. Heck, second offence is only a small fine. Whereas it is strict, the police do seem to exercise some leniency, which they have to do, otherwise they prisons would be full in minutes. Ah, the joys of democracy. I've heard of people being arrested and brought to court over drug charges and if it's a small amount they generally get a small fine, then jail time, but like you said they don't tend to throw people in prison that easily It's strange, I like Apple products but can't stand their computers. Very true about Google, they are watching us. If you don't like their computers what do you like? or do you mean desktops and laptops and like their tablets & phones, well the iPhone is a pretty good machine, I don't know about tablets since I'm old fashioned and have never properly used one, I have a smartphone, laptop, desktop & PS3 so I don't know where the tablet fits into all this technology. |
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Post by Sexy Spork #37 on Mar 2, 2014 20:29:38 GMT -5
I hope you don't mention the free pass I gave you when you next do something wrong. Not because I don't want to get in trouble, but because that'll make you seem crazier.
"Spork told me to do it!"
"Sure he did, laddy. Sure he did..."
BSG, you say? What's that? Big Sexy Giraffe? Yup. Sounds like something I'd watch.
I think when it comes to cursing, as long as the parents discipline the child and tell them, at the very least, that heavy swearing is wrong, then you've done all you can. All you can do as a parent is try and hope for the best. And, look, your child will learn from their mistakes, that's why we make them, I suppose.
Here's what happened with my earlier post.
I have to write all my forum replies on the notepads app on the iPad because the internet has a habit of crashing and deleting all of what I wrote. I tend to write everything on one notepad within the app. My reply to your post was on top of some research I was doing on Ireland for my 'In the Spotlight' series on my second blog. Well, not all of it. It was a comment on an article or forum, I can't remember which, it was a while back. I must have copied it by accident along with my post, it has happened elsewhere before. Hence why it had nothing to do with anything.
I later added to my comment but forgot to check it and various things ended up in the wrong places or in when they shouldn't have been.
Talking to you kicked me into gear to continue my research and I was trying to find out where that comment came from, who said it because it was out of context.
I was suffering from a migraine at the time, I'll attribute the laziness to my swirly blurred vision. I should've been asleep, I couldn't think straight or clearly. I did go to bed afterwards and came back to the post thereafter, much better, and it all seemed like nonsense and not me at all, so I sorted it out but you'd already replied to it.
I had a rough Sunday, put it that way.
I have problems with all kinds of things on my iPad, so it's hard to keep track of all the workarounds I have to do to keep it shipshape.
I've had a lot of migraines recently, they're taking their toll. You get over one and the next one kicks in. I'm very much the kind of person who ignores it and tries to carry on but it can fail me and lead to nonsensical comments.
I would apologize but it's a bit too late for that.
I'd say the only child I was good with was one of my cousin's, but he's really special and we get on really well. I wasn't as good with my nephew who looked bored when he was around me. But he was quite young.
The thing is, for all the difficulties, the only things I remember are the funny and sweet moments. Like when he thought his hamster was going to grow up, or when he patted strange dogs in the park saying 'nice doggy', or when he knelt down next to a train set in a shop and kept looking at me with really sad eyes. I didn't buy him it. Although all the old dears thought he was mine and kept saying to me, "Aww, you'll have to get him that for Christmas."
I didn't mind that at all. He was chatting to a very pretty young lady in the park one time. She looked at me and said, "Aww, he's really cute, you're very lucky." It's a conundrum. You really want to say, "He's not mine", but man, she was pretty. So I just said, "Yeah, he is."
I wouldn't lie, though, if it as went any further. Oh, no, not at all...
Margaret Thatcher, you say?
Oh, potatoes, I'm running out of Irish stereotypes...
Whilst the police don't tend to throw people in gaol that easily, you know, drug types, they are quite inclined to want to throw photographers in there. It's quite strange, that.
I'm not used to Apple computers, they're just too different from PCs, but I love Apple tablets but can't stand Windows tablets. It's like Romeo and Juliet, two people drawn together from warring factions. I'd presume, I never read it. Well, they showed us the rude movie version, but, yeah, that was it. But you know what I mean, it's treacherous in the digital world. You're an Apple or you're a PC.
I'm both.
I'm living on the edge like a real, spunky rebel.
I didn't want a tablet but I couldn't have laser eye surgery for my birthday, so I was bought an iPad instead. I think it was, 'eye surgery' to 'eye-pad'. That's my theory. I didn't want it but I haven't put it down since. It's very addictive. It's shiny. Real shiny.
I have that, a DAB radio, Freeview HD+, tele, DVD, and 20-year-old alarm clock. Oh, and a laptop. And a harddrive.
But apart from that...
Alright, I'm of to silence this Led Zep proportion headache. That's how I rank my headaches. You always get one after going to a rock concert, and different bands give you difference magnitudes of headaches. So from that, you can create a scale.
This one is a firm Led Zep. Only sleep shall kill the beast...
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Post by ura on Mar 3, 2014 19:30:16 GMT -5
I hope you don't mention the free pass I gave you when you next do something wrong. Not because I don't want to get in trouble, but because that'll make you seem crazier. "Spork told me to do it!" "Sure he did, laddy. Sure he did..." "Get out of Jail free card from Spork, do not pass go, do not collect 2000 word replies."[/quote] BSG, you say? What's that? Big Sexy Giraffe? Yup. Sounds like something I'd watch. It was Battlestar Galactica, which I would have assumed you have seen for some reason. I think when it comes to cursing, as long as the parents discipline the child and tell them, at the very least, that heavy swearing is wrong, then you've done all you can. All you can do as a parent is try and hope for the best. And, look, your child will learn from their mistakes, that's why we make them, I suppose. Here's what happened with my earlier post. I have to write all my forum replies on the notepads app on the iPad because the internet has a habit of crashing and deleting all of what I wrote. I tend to write everything on one notepad within the app. My reply to your post was on top of some research I was doing on Ireland for my 'In the Spotlight' series on my second blog. Well, not all of it. It was a comment on an article or forum, I can't remember which, it was a while back. I must have copied it by accident along with my post, it has happened elsewhere before. Hence why it had nothing to do with anything. I later added to my comment but forgot to check it and various things ended up in the wrong places or in when they shouldn't have been. Talking to you kicked me into gear to continue my research and I was trying to find out where that comment came from, who said it because it was out of context. I was suffering from a migraine at the time, I'll attribute the laziness to my swirly blurred vision. I should've been asleep, I couldn't think straight or clearly. I did go to bed afterwards and came back to the post thereafter, much better, and it all seemed like nonsense and not me at all, so I sorted it out but you'd already replied to it. I had a rough Sunday, put it that way. It's okay, I did wonder why the post was slightly shorter but it happens, a couple of times I've accidentally closed the tab and lost the opening to what I was going to say. It's okay if you were post went missing for one reason or another, we've all been there. I have problems with all kinds of things on my iPad, so it's hard to keep track of all the workarounds I have to do to keep it shipshape. I've had a lot of migraines recently, they're taking their toll. You get over one and the next one kicks in. I'm very much the kind of person who ignores it and tries to carry on but it can fail me and lead to nonsensical comments. If you have iPad problems I feel bad for you soon, I got 99 problems but apple ain't one. I had to make that joke. I have been relatively problem free recently with computers but I've had really stupid problems over time that I never quite adressed like why my mouse wasn't recognised by my BIOS leading me to plug in the mouse each time I wanted to turn on the pc, that was an inconvenience. I would apologize but it's a bit too late for that. I'd say the only child I was good with was one of my cousin's, but he's really special and we get on really well. I wasn't as good with my nephew who looked bored when he was around me. But he was quite young. The thing is, for all the difficulties, the only things I remember are the funny and sweet moments. Like when he thought his hamster was going to grow up, or when he patted strange dogs in the park saying 'nice doggy', or when he knelt down next to a train set in a shop and kept looking at me with really sad eyes. I didn't buy him it. Although all the old dears thought he was mine and kept saying to me, "Aww, you'll have to get him that for Christmas." I didn't mind that at all. He was chatting to a very pretty young lady in the park one time. She looked at me and said, "Aww, he's really cute, you're very lucky." It's a conundrum. You really want to say, "He's not mine", but man, she was pretty. So I just said, "Yeah, he is." I wouldn't lie, though, if it as went any further. Oh, no, not at all... I was the youngest of two in my family and my cousins weren't much younger than me so I never took care of children, I have no experience of it...at all, except for the one or two times I took care of my recently born cousins. You're using your cousins to try and pickup women, very good thinking Spork, 10 points for Griffindor. Margaret Thatcher, you say? Oh, potatoes, I'm running out of Irish stereotypes... I'm running out of northern english stereotypes too, I tried to open my folder called "Jokes about Middleborough", but it's empty. Whilst the police don't tend to throw people in gaol that easily, you know, drug types, they are quite inclined to want to throw photographers in there. It's quite strange, that. Have people actually been thrown in prison for taking pictures, it sounds too extreme to believe it. I always thought it was hypocritical how paparazzi are legally allowed but stalkers are not. I'm not used to Apple computers, they're just too different from PCs, but I love Apple tablets but can't stand Windows tablets. It's like Romeo and Juliet, two people drawn together from warring factions. I'd presume, I never read it. Well, they showed us the rude movie version, but, yeah, that was it. But you know what I mean, it's treacherous in the digital world. You're an Apple or you're a PC. It's weird when you think about the fact that Microsoft released a tablet in 2004 or 2005 I think, really early on and NOBODY adapted it, whereas apple released the iPad many years later and tablets became the norm. I'm both. I'm living on the edge like a real, spunky rebel. I'm all windows, because without them I couldn't see outside my house. (bad joke quota met) I just use windows cause it's the handiest to play games on and do basic tasks. I didn't want a tablet but I couldn't have laser eye surgery for my birthday, so I was bought an iPad instead. I think it was, 'eye surgery' to 'eye-pad'. That's my theory. I didn't want it but I haven't put it down since. It's very addictive. It's shiny. Real shiny. I'm glad I don't need glasses and hope I never do, although I hear laser eye surgery is brilliant and maybe you should get it years later. I have that, a DAB radio, Freeview HD+, tele, DVD, and 20-year-old alarm clock. Oh, and a laptop. And a harddrive. But apart from that... I have an FM radio, a smartphone, a laptop, a powerful desktop, a moderately powerful unused tower, a weak unused tower, a HD tv, a PS3, about 7 harddrives in total if you include all those devices, I have no idea how many I have at this point. All those computers really add up over time. [quote author=" Sexy Spork #37" source="/post/146137/thread" timestamp="1393810178"Alright, I'm of to silence this Led Zep proportion headache. That's how I rank my headaches. You always get one after going to a rock concert, and different bands give you difference magnitudes of headaches. So from that, you can create a scale. This one is a firm Led Zep. Only sleep shall kill the beast...[/quote] I don't get headaches from going to rock concerts, I just get a sore throat from talking to my friends. |
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Post by Sexy Spork #37 on Mar 3, 2014 21:01:38 GMT -5
Are we playing Spork Monoply? I'm at a distinct disadvantage as I've never played Monopoly. Erm, so, yeah. Good move, I guess. I've rolled my dice, I'm on that square with that thing, where you do the other thing.
I think I'm doing well.
I do know it was Battlestar Galatica, I just had Big Sexy Giraffes on my mind. That's the type of thing I think about when I'm bored.
But yeah, Galactica. I've heard of that. Although I'm afraid I'm as clueless about that as I am on Monopoly.
I'd be doubly screwed if I was playing Battlestar Monopoly.
I'm not good at games. I'd imagine I'd be good with that hoop you roll down a cobbled street with a stick...
That was a magnificent Apple joke, BTW. I must doth my typical Yorkshire flat cap.
I find the best way fix a phone, tablet, computer, et al, it to shake it violently and throw it. Usually whilst screaming. Although turning it off and on again might be a better option, followed by blowing on it, before throwing it. Of course, some problems are unforeseen, such as that time my laptop fell off my bed and the screen shattered.
Bloody Dell. Useless they are. Samsung all the way, since...
I wasn't using anyone to pickup women. He started it and she reciprocated. I merely didn't correct her. I would've eventually, honest. It's hardly my fault women find guys with babies so wonderful. I really don't know what magical elixir it is that does that. But hey, as I said, it wasn't me who started it. As Homer Simpson once said, "It's everyone's fault but mine." Yup. That'll do. Got through that one smoothly, I must say.
Most of my cousins have kids, I have a huge family, but when have you ever met an Italian who doesn't? I keep losing track of who's who. I think a cousin's child is a first recover cousin, I think most of mine aren't that old, although one is only a few years younger than me, which is mind bending, when you think about it.
Big family. Great-grandad had ten children, each of them had at least five children, each of them had at least five children, and each of them has at least one child, with a few of them having children. My grandad on my dad's side had 12 children and all but one of them had at least three, and all of them barring four, me included, have at least two children, some six. I haven't even got onto mother's side, yet. And the one's who went to New York, about six great uncle's and aunts, each had kids who had kids who had kids. We're everywhere.
My 'Jokes about Dublin Book' is running on empty too, I'd buy the sequel, made and sold right there in Dublin, but like with everything else in Dublin, nobody can bloody afford it.
I'm not sure if photographers have been jailed or just warned, but the sight of a poor photographer sharing a cell with an arsonist is quite funny. There's a sitcom in that idea, don't you know.
Yeah, it is funny how paparazzi can get away with things, but I suppose they're covered under 'freedom of information', which is a ridiculous thing to put paparazzi under. But press regulation and all that is a hot subject at the mo'.
It's funny how everyone complained about Windows 8, which was designed for tablets, but Microsoft said, 'Well, yeah, but PC's are dying, tablets are the future'. They've gone from nobody wanting them, to Apple domination, to an outright war with Apple. Apple are just more desirable. I know the Windows Tablet is more practical but the iPad is so shiny. Microsoft just aren't attractive. They're like the old fart in the cellar making things out of bits of junk, quite brilliantly, whereas Apple are the cool geek chic types in a swanky highrise drinking martinis and wearing designer glasses, also quite brilliantly.
Honestly, if I was given the option of a new iPad and Apple, in turn, rob me of £100, or Microsoft give me a tablet and, in turn, give me £100, I'd take the Apple.
It's a strange world, and we're all a part of it.
Great windows joke, BTW. Honestly, you're a font of humour.
I like Apple because they help you see in the dark. Oh wait, that's carrots. Oh, damn. That didn't work.
The reason I couldn't have laser eye surgery was because you need three consistent eye tests in a row. I do now but money is a bit tight. My brother had it. Said it was fine except he could smell his eyes burning, but the doctor said that was normal.
I do hope to get it done one day, when I can afford it and the train ticket north to get it done.
I used to have an FM radio but they're getting rid of FM/AM like they did with analogue TV, so I switched to DAB, but the only radio station I listen to only works with FM, but you can switch between DAB and FM, but I do wonder what'll happen when we loose FM/AM in the late '10s.
I do keep my old technology, too. I don't like throwing away harddrives. I always get paranoid about who'll find them in the scrapyards. My dad was equally as paranoid last time he threw away his old desktop computer. So he asked me to destroy the harddrive with a hammer. But I couldn't work out where the harddrive was, so I just smashed up the whole thing. That was a fun Saturday...
If concerts give you a sore throat, you can have a Sore Throat Scale. You know, what concert gave you the worst sore throat and the least. I'm determined there's something in this scaling system...
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Post by StarFall on Mar 3, 2014 21:30:14 GMT -5
Have you ever been to Ireland Starfall? Yes, twice! |
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Post by ura on Mar 4, 2014 9:20:46 GMT -5
Are we playing Spork Monoply? I'm at a distinct disadvantage as I've never played Monopoly. Erm, so, yeah. Good move, I guess. I've rolled my dice, I'm on that square with that thing, where you do the other thing. I think I'm doing well. I do know it was Battlestar Galatica, I just had Big Sexy Giraffes on my mind. That's the type of thing I think about when I'm bored. But yeah, Galactica. I've heard of that. Although I'm afraid I'm as clueless about that as I am on Monopoly. I'd be doubly screwed if I was playing Battlestar Monopoly. I'm not good at games. I'd imagine I'd be good with that hoop you roll down a cobbled street with a stick... You've never played monopoly or never watched BSG, well don't bother watching BSG because the ending is muck but play a game of monopoly to get all the jokes the kids are making and if you want to actually finish a game, try speed monopoly. That was a magnificent Apple joke, BTW. I must doth my typical Yorkshire flat cap. Over here they're called Paddy caps, but any doth'ing of caps is appreciated. I find the best way fix a phone, tablet, computer, et al, it to shake it violently and throw it. Usually whilst screaming. Although turning it off and on again might be a better option, followed by blowing on it, before throwing it. Of course, some problems are unforeseen, such as that time my laptop fell off my bed and the screen shattered. Bloody Dell. Useless they are. Samsung all the way, since... I'm not a violent or angry person so I never throw or destroy hardware. The technical term for turning it off and on again is power cycling. I really liked my old computer now, sure it was slow but it never had any problems in the 5 years I used it and it was assembled together from parts on ebay, which you're not supposed to do apparently. I wasn't using anyone to pickup women. He started it and she reciprocated. I merely didn't correct her. I would've eventually, honest. It's hardly my fault women find guys with babies so wonderful. I really don't know what magical elixir it is that does that. But hey, as I said, it wasn't me who started it. As Homer Simpson once said, "It's everyone's fault but mine." Yup. That'll do. Got through that one smoothly, I must say. It doesn't matter who initiated it, all that matters is what happened and it is good what happened. I think the reason is that men who are good with children would make a good prospesctive fathers. Most of my cousins have kids, I have a huge family, but when have you ever met an Italian who doesn't? I keep losing track of who's who. I think a cousin's child is a first recover cousin, I think most of mine aren't that old, although one is only a few years younger than me, which is mind bending, when you think about it. Big family. Great-grandad had ten children, each of them had at least five children, each of them had at least five children, and each of them has at least one child, with a few of them having children. My grandad on my dad's side had 12 children and all but one of them had at least three, and all of them barring four, me included, have at least two children, some six. I haven't even got onto mother's side, yet. And the one's who went to New York, about six great uncle's and aunts, each had kids who had kids who had kids. We're everywhere. I don't even have to make the jokes anymore, you do with the large Italian family comment. I have very few cousins, I think because my mother has no siblings and my father's side with him being the eldest of six brothers, those brothers still had about 4 cousins, most of whom were either too old to talk to or far too young. My 'Jokes about Dublin Book' is running on empty too, I'd buy the sequel, made and sold right there in Dublin, but like with everything else in Dublin, nobody can bloody afford it. Unlike Middlesborough were everyone can afford it but nobody wants to move there because London is better. (I had to) I'm not sure if photographers have been jailed or just warned, but the sight of a poor photographer sharing a cell with an arsonist is quite funny. There's a sitcom in that idea, don't you know. Yeah, it is funny how paparazzi can get away with things, but I suppose they're covered under 'freedom of information', which is a ridiculous thing to put paparazzi under. But press regulation and all that is a hot subject at the mo'. and you've watched this sitcom and recommend it highly do you? Because it does sound more interesting than other sitcoms I've heard of. I mean if people won't get imprisoned for drugs why would they for taking harmless pictures? Hot subject in some countries were the tabloids almost have too much power whereas in other countries they have none at all. It's funny how everyone complained about Windows 8, which was designed for tablets, but Microsoft said, 'Well, yeah, but PC's are dying, tablets are the future'. They've gone from nobody wanting them, to Apple domination, to an outright war with Apple. Apple are just more desirable. I know the Windows Tablet is more practical but the iPad is so shiny. Microsoft just aren't attractive. They're like the old fart in the cellar making things out of bits of junk, quite brilliantly, whereas Apple are the cool geek chic types in a swanky highrise drinking martinis and wearing designer glasses, also quite brilliantly. Honestly, if I was given the option of a new iPad and Apple, in turn, rob me of £100, or Microsoft give me a tablet and, in turn, give me £100, I'd take the Apple. Robbing consumers of money for stuff that Microsoft give at a lesser price is what Apple have been known for doing for years. I think that is the problem with Apple products, Microsofts are about functionality whereas Apple's are about looks, Microsoft will be used in every office building and every small family computers whereas apple will go after the trendy "geek chic types in a swanky highrise drinking martinis", apples are all style, no subtance. Unfortunately windows are losing the race and if anybody is the old man modifying bits of junk, it's linux. It's a strange world, and we're all a part of it. Great windows joke, BTW. Honestly, you're a font of humour. I like Apple because they help you see in the dark. Oh wait, that's carrots. Oh, damn. That didn't work. The reason I couldn't have laser eye surgery was because you need three consistent eye tests in a row. I do now but money is a bit tight. My brother had it. Said it was fine except he could smell his eyes burning, but the doctor said that was normal. I do hope to get it done one day, when I can afford it and the train ticket north to get it done. A font of humour, not sure if you're going for a clever OS related joke since they use fonts and I'm therefore a font of humour. I didn't want to worry you about that but yeah smelling your eyes burning is a very common effect of laser eye surgery. I used to have an FM radio but they're getting rid of FM/AM like they did with analogue TV, so I switched to DAB, but the only radio station I listen to only works with FM, but you can switch between DAB and FM, but I do wonder what'll happen when we loose FM/AM in the late '10s. I do keep my old technology, too. I don't like throwing away harddrives. I always get paranoid about who'll find them in the scrapyards. My dad was equally as paranoid last time he threw away his old desktop computer. So he asked me to destroy the harddrive with a hammer. But I couldn't work out where the harddrive was, so I just smashed up the whole thing. That was a fun Saturday... If concerts give you a sore throat, you can have a Sore Throat Scale. You know, what concert gave you the worst sore throat and the least. I'm determined there's something in this scaling system... I don't actually use my FM radio at all, I just have it here plugged in because I like having it, other than that I never use it. I thought about buying a DAB radio for my fathers birthday a few times but every station that is in DAB is already in FM in reasonably clear quality and the only station that he listens to which isn't in clear FM and is very fuzzy is BBC Radio 4 but the DAB signal is short-ranged like the FM signal so it can't be picked up here. I don't know if FM will be scrapped however because a lot of cars and regular people still use it and like going from dvd to blu-ray the advantages aren't high enough to warrant average people upgrading and like with blu-ray, the internet provides better ways to listen to online radio. Although in the late '10s who knows what could happen with DAB. Actually, I can tell you how to securely delete that hard drive. If you plug it into a computer and launch it you can wipe it using a number of programs, the one I use and like is CCleaner which gives you the option to securely wipe the data by repeatedly writing over the data a number of times (NSA say 7 times is enough, I use the Guttmann which is 35!). Smashing it with a hammer would do it too. It depends, if the concert is good enough I shouldn't be wanting to talk to my friend, unless I'm singing along, this scale might be a bit flawed. |
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Post by Sexy Spork #37 on Mar 4, 2014 13:43:33 GMT -5
I've never had anyone to play Monopoly with, except my dearly departed goldfish, but she was only good at eye spy, until she lost her eye. Then her spying days were over. Poor thing.
I've heard of the kids playing Speed Monopoly. But because they're young, I just presumed it was a drug reference.
Work your way up to become a drug baron...
I thought everything in Ireland was called 'Paddy'. Paddy shoes, Paddy toothpaste, Paddy Johnson...
Getting stuff from eBay is safer than all the scaremongerers have you believe. The only danger is if the person you're buying off wants you to collect it in person, in which case, I'd probably take a baseball bat, just in case it gets a little ugly. It's a scary word out there.
The more you know...
I always thought it was stereotypical that women are deliberately looking for guys who are good with children, but I think it's more subconscious, I don't think they realize they're doing it. Maybe it's a maternal instinct. I know when you bring it up with women, they get a bit tetchy about it, like it's a false stereotype, but they do do it occasionally. I think it might have something to do with emotions, too. Always the emotions.
I am writing my own jokes, now. Save you the trouble, laddy.
Ah, we're onto London jokes. Don't worry about it, I mean, I wouldn't want to live in Dublin anyway. Belfast is much better...
I had to.
The computer wars are fascinating. I think Microsoft have lost it with there latest OS, Linux has always been strong and Apple are just lovely. I think Microsoft should focus on their PCs, they've always be better than Apple, but it's all about money and competition. They want to take Apple's tablet crown. In a perfect world, Microsoft would say to Apple, you get on with your thing, we'll get on with our thing, but it's not about the consumer. I don't think Microsoft will ever take the tablet crown, but it's not gonna stop them from trying.
You could say, well, they can do what they want, but I think the failure of Windows 8 is linked to their attempts to conquer other markets. And Apple can seemingly do no wrong, it must be very frustrating for Microsoft, I think they should focus on what they're good at.
I think they'll never work together. Their two tablets are very different, for different things, and people will buy the Microsoft tablets, but Apple are so desirable it's hypnotic.
They are robbing us of money that we could spend on a cheaper and more functional Microsoft tablet, but there is Apple, always there with a shiny carrot. It's hard to resist.
I think Microsoft are doomed in the world of tablets, and you have to feel sorry for them. They've done all they can.
To be honest, font of humour is just an expression, but yes, I'll gladly claim I was going for a clever OS joke...
I did actually wonder about cars with FM radios, I wondered what was going to be done. They can be retrofitted with DAB but the technology is in it's infancy. I just think its a terrible idea scrapping it just so we can be all 'modern' and 'forward-thinking', it's jumping the gun.
I agree, online is the way it's going, and there's lots of radio apps. The government should stop butting their nose in. Leave our radios alone.
I do know you can wipe a hard-drive, but experts can retrieve any kind of data, I wouldn't underestimate them at all. When it comes to security, I reckon all out paranoia is the best way to go, followed by hammer time.
Oh, my poor scale. She's in tatters, I tells ya.
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Post by ura on Mar 4, 2014 16:53:06 GMT -5
I've never had anyone to play Monopoly with, except my dearly departed goldfish, but she was only good at eye spy, until she lost her eye. Then her spying days were over. Poor thing. I've heard of the kids playing Speed Monopoly. But because they're young, I just presumed it was a drug reference. Work your way up to become a drug baron... I have the monopoly edition that is so old I think it still uses Irish punt and not Euro, I haven't played a game in a couple of years since I used to visit a friend's house and it was an easy game to play, although nobody ever finishes monopoly games, it's an unwritten rule. I thought everything in Ireland was called 'Paddy'. Paddy shoes, Paddy toothpaste, Paddy Johnson... Getting stuff from eBay is safer than all the scaremongerers have you believe. The only danger is if the person you're buying off wants you to collect it in person, in which case, I'd probably take a baseball bat, just in case it gets a little ugly. It's a scary word out there. The more you know... Well it's certainly the name for our hats, and not the name you guys use. Good joke about the Paddy Johnson, never met one though, most paddies have stereotypical last names too like Murphy. I always thought it was stereotypical that women are deliberately looking for guys who are good with children, but I think it's more subconscious, I don't think they realize they're doing it. Maybe it's a maternal instinct. I know when you bring it up with women, they get a bit tetchy about it, like it's a false stereotype, but they do do it occasionally. I think it might have something to do with emotions, too. Always the emotions. I think a lot of people are governed by many unconscious desires that they aren't aware of, so tell me Spork, what's your relationship with your mother like. *puffs cigar* Also it was possible it was just her that responded well to men who are good with children and tons of other women might not. I am writing my own jokes, now. Save you the trouble, laddy. Ah, we're onto London jokes. Don't worry about it, I mean, I wouldn't want to live in Dublin anyway. Belfast is much better... I had to. If you want to really insult Dublin then say that somewhere other than Belfast is better, say Galway is, from what I hear Galways is seen as better than Dublin, I don't know since I've never been there however. The computer wars are fascinating. I think Microsoft have lost it with there latest OS, Linux has always been strong and Apple are just lovely. I think Microsoft should focus on their PCs, they've always be better than Apple, but it's all about money and competition. They want to take Apple's tablet crown. In a perfect world, Microsoft would say to Apple, you get on with your thing, we'll get on with our thing, but it's not about the consumer. I don't think Microsoft will ever take the tablet crown, but it's not gonna stop them from trying. You could say, well, they can do what they want, but I think the failure of Windows 8 is linked to their attempts to conquer other markets. And Apple can seemingly do no wrong, it must be very frustrating for Microsoft, I think they should focus on what they're good at. I think they'll never work together. Their two tablets are very different, for different things, and people will buy the Microsoft tablets, but Apple are so desirable it's hypnotic. They are robbing us of money that we could spend on a cheaper and more functional Microsoft tablet, but there is Apple, always there with a shiny carrot. It's hard to resist. I think Microsoft are doomed in the world of tablets, and you have to feel sorry for them. They've done all they can. To be honest, font of humour is just an expression, but yes, I'll gladly claim I was going for a clever OS joke... I don't know about that, I think that Microsoft are losing control but still control a massive proportion of the desktop market, sure they're losing horribly on devices which are portable but they still control the desktop & laptop market to a strong extent so I think they're fine for a while. Linux have always been used for very particular purposes, like linux completely dominate in webhosting, hacking tools and other stuff, basically niche interests is where Linux are strongest. I think Apple have a strong proportion of the tablet market but Android aren't far behind them, although I guess I should lump linux is with android since it's Linux based, so yeah I guess you could say Linux is becoming strong now. I don't think Microsoft are doomed, they also still have a huge proportion of the gaming market with the Xbox 360 and One consoles and well I can't see the usefulness of a desktop going away any time soon. I did actually wonder about cars with FM radios, I wondered what was going to be done. They can be retrofitted with DAB but the technology is in it's infancy. I just think its a terrible idea scrapping it just so we can be all 'modern' and 'forward-thinking', it's jumping the gun. I agree, online is the way it's going, and there's lots of radio apps. The government should stop butting their nose in. Leave our radios alone. Maybe they can be retrofitted with DAB, or perhaps new cars could have DAB, FM & AM altogether, although I don't know if DAB are in any car radios at all, I'm not seeing it take off as much as one would hope. I tried to build a wifi radio from an old wifi router, it sort of worked in that it could play some streams but more complex streams which used .pls files would eat into the limited processing power so I couldn't play the BBC Radio 4 stream in high quality. I do know you can wipe a hard-drive, but experts can retrieve any kind of data, I wouldn't underestimate them at all. When it comes to security, I reckon all out paranoia is the best way to go, followed by hammer time. Oh, my poor scale. She's in tatters, I tells ya. After 35 passes the data becomes extremely hard to recover, almost impossible if one paper on safely deleting files is to believed. STOP! Hammer time. Remember when this used to be a conversation about television? |
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Post by Sexy Spork #37 on Mar 4, 2014 18:28:44 GMT -5
The Irish Punt? Never heard of it. I really know nothing about Ireland.
I mean, I know you now use the Euro and then it collapsed, which is hilarious for those of us that don't have it and hopefully never will. You know, if Mr. Cameron gets his finger out of his arse and gives us a vote...
So, Monopoly. I'll remember that unwritten rule. If I'm losing, I can use it my advantage.
Actually, Paddy Johnson was my euphemism for a condom. Isn't Johnson slang for something in that region? I can see it catching on, I really can.
My mother is swell. How's yours doing, Murphy?
To be honest with you, Belfast was the only other Irish city I could think of at the time. Hmm, Cork. Erm, Derry. Erm, nope. I think there's a Lingfield, I hear it all the time on the football results. I'm not sure where that is. But apart from all them, I'm out. I'll remember Galway.
Wasn't that the name of a politician? Hmm...
The thing with Microsoft is that they are good with desktops and laptops, but they shot themselves in the foot when they said the PC was dead, long live the tablet. That everyone will be using tablets in five years, not PCs, and therefore we'll create Windows 8 specifically for tablets, therefore, it doesn't really work on desktop - I just think it was too soon.
So, hacking with Linux? Know something about that, do you? *puffs cigar*
Android is a good shout, they're definitely the biggest rivals to Apple, I think they're the people Apple are keeping a close eye on. I mean, Apple can't maintain their dominance forever, but they're doing a good impression of an undefeatable supervillain.
I think Microsoft see their future in several areas, but with tablets, I think they are doomed, at least for now whilst Apple are on top. But yeah, they do have their games consoles and we don't know what they'll do next.
I mean, didn't Google invent sex glasses or something? Now that's creepy.
I'm sure I've been in a few cars with DAB. I'm not sure though, because it never worked. It may have been internet based, an antenna on the roof or something. I'm not sure.
You don't really need BBC Radio 4 in high quality to listen to it, so don't worry. All they do is talk, even on a bad day you can still listen to The Archers.
Dum-di-dum-di-dum-di-dum-dum-di-dum-di-dum-dum...
'Marianne walks into a shop to buy some eggs. They don't have any eggs. Marianne is disappointed.'
Dum-di-dum-di-dum-di-dum-dum-di-dum-di-dum-dum.
Oh sure, after 35 passes, the data becomes 'hard to recover', but who's telling you that? Aha, exactly. 35 passes is what they want you to think. Ah, you see, my head is screwed firmly on. I know what they're up to.
I know all their dirty little tricks.
I can't even remember when this conversation started, let alone when it was about television.
Erm, I just watched another episode of Salamander. Nearly at the end of the one off series. It's turning into Belgian 24. And I'm about to put on Grand Designs Oz.
Down Under Kevin McCloud is wonderful. Should really learn his proper name, though...
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Also, an Italian, mentioning New York, there's something new. 
