Red Ring Tupperware Party, Unabridged (18)

mtnphtgrphr wrote in post #11519613
It's pretty bad when one of our main 4 lane roads was still white into late this afternoon.... The road I live on hasn't seen a plow at all.... and the snow started yesterday morning...

Well apparently the snow plow drivers are all meeting at Denny's a midnight LOVE my new scanner!!!

Your taxes hard at work.

Woolburr wrote in post #11519660
Depending on where you are, snow ranges from 8-18 inches....some of the higher elevations have in excess of 2 feet....throw in the high winds and you have a most unpleasant night.

That doesn't sound good.

gjl711 wrote in post #11516731
He said apple plays a joke on everyone pretending to be more than it actually is and most apple folks don't know any better.

And every Apple product comes with a big helping of Steve Jobs' arrogance because he knows people will buy his products no matter whether they work as advertised or not. Put an i in front of the product name and it guarantees instant sales success.

tonylong wrote in post #11518393
So is there one service who could be considered the "top performer" in terms of speed as well as availability? I realize that "4G" is still in the process of being defined, at least I've read that. Apple/AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint?

I've been happy with Verizon and I've been with them since before they were Verizon. The network is reliable and the coverage is everywhere. I don't do much broadband type stuff with my phone but use it mostly for text messaging and phone calls. Yeah, phone calls, imagine that...

gjl711 wrote in post #11518474
4G is well defined, 100mbits mobile, 1 gbits stationary for the downlink. Trouble is no one can hit those quite yet. LTE and WiMax are probably the data throughput leaders (eventually) but HSPA+ has a bit of a jump on everyone. None of the current 4G networks are really 4G capability though. Their throughput is not all that stellar.

gjl711 wrote in post #11518772
I think Verizon has a pretty clear plan CDMA for voice and LTE for 4G. Sprint is all over the map as they have CDMA, WiMax, LTE, and iDEN. Verizon had a few coverage issues as they were upgrading their network, but they have invested a boatload of $$ getting their network up to date.

All this acronym gobbledygook means nothing to me. If I can text and make calls, I'm happy. I realize this isn't where the sales are in the cellular industry, but rather in expensive data plans that allow all the broadband bells and whistles. I'm still a bit of a luddite when it comes to phones...

JWright wrote in post #11519840
And every Apple product comes with a big helping of Steve Jobs' arrogance because he knows people will buy his products no matter whether they work as advertised or not. Put an i in front of the product name and it guarantees instant sales success.

I'm going to initiate H5oIP (High Five over IP) just for this post.

Protocol:

Preface: o = head, / and \ = arms, * = the satisfying WHAM when your hands hit.
1: o/
2: \o
1+2: o/*\o

Ready set go!

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So the iPhone is a piece of crap?

jdizzle wrote in post #11519918
So the iPhone is a piece of crap?

Nah, it's a nice device. It's just really overstated, y'know, reality distortion field.

Also, c'mon John, don't leave me hangin!

*\o

Haha, Greg saves the day?

o/*\o

So James I take it you are the only one here ATM with 1/2 decent weather?

Thalagyrt wrote in post #11519991
Nah, it's a nice device. It's just really overstated, y'know, reality distortion field.

Also, c'mon John, don't leave me hangin!

Tbh, the iPhone is ok. It's not the best phone out there. If there was any other phone I would choose, it would be the Droid X.

*\o

JWright wrote in post #11519840
And every Apple product comes with a big helping of Steve Jobs' arrogance because he knows people will buy his products no matter whether they work as advertised or not. Put an i in front of the product name and it guarantees instant sales success.

This is the biggest sticking point when it comes to Me Vs Mac

You can **** and moan about the state of PCs all you want but when push comes to shove, at least you're **** about a machine that could at least be built the way you wanted with the components you wanted installed.

Greg_C wrote in post #11520014
So James I take it you are the only one here ATM with 1/2 decent weather?

I guess so!

jdizzle wrote in post #11520015
Tbh, the iPhone is ok. It's not the best phone out there. If there was any other phone I would choose, it would be the Droid X.

*\o

o/*\o

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #11520019
This is the biggest sticking point when it comes to Me Vs Mac

You can **** and moan about the state of PCs all you want but when push comes to shove, at least you're **** about a machine that could at least be built the way you wanted with the components you wanted installed.

Agreed totally. And if you want a Mac, Hackintosh it!

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #11520019
This is the biggest sticking point when it comes to Me Vs Mac

You can **** and moan about the state of PCs all you want but when push comes to shove, at least you're **** about a machine that could at least be built the way you wanted with the components you wanted installed.

You own a Mac?

jdizzle wrote in post #11520039
You own a Mac?

Nope...

Don't really want one either. I happen to like the fact that I can swap components anytime I want without voiding a warranty or having to go to the Acne Bar to get the work done.

IBM, Gateway, Dell, HP and most of the other major players in the PC market tried using proprietary components at one point or another. It didn't take them long to see the error of their ways. Anyone have any experience with IBM MCA? Talk about a nightmare.