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Tue, 10 August 2010 20:11

jmeadows
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)](**&^%$£”+={:@?#}[!!!!!!!!!!

Smooshes!

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Tue, 10 August 2010 20:14

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*leaves large box of Green and Blacks and runs away to a safe distance*

Don't worry about the dust bunnies, they're just here to guard the treasure.....

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Tue, 10 August 2010 20:32

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adds nice bottle of chilled champagne and the Bloody Doomsday Chocolate Raspberry Swirl muffins made earlier this evening.

that's just wrong.

[Updated on: Tue, 10 August 2010 20:34]

"they say that absence makes the heart grow fungus".

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Tue, 10 August 2010 20:43

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Robin, I'd gladly say your iPhone4 isn't a horrible, gruesome mistake. Unfortunately, I have absolutely no experience/information to back up that statement.

Champagne bottles added to the goodies already offered to you.

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Tue, 10 August 2010 21:05

cuivi
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Adds Raspberry & Chocolate Scones.

Gods of all the worlds, what a horror!! >_< I'll keep my fingers and toes crossed.

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Tue, 10 August 2010 21:22

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I will also say it wasn't a mistake and I'm one of the people who helped finish convincing you. Just remember the initial RaspBerry learning curve and now you're fine with it. Also remember that you've done the trickiest route - moving an existing SIM card and account. I just moved my telephone number when I went from Verizon to AT&T. It should be just a question of getting Orange to talk to it properly. Gabriel will prevail I'm sure.

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Tue, 10 August 2010 22:44

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I'd hazard a guess and say it's not the phone. When I got my iPhone4 I didn't have service for over 24 hours. Why? AT&T lost my confirmation code. There is probably some delightful little gremlin gnawing away on the little blips and blops of code that connect your iPhone to all that is wonderful. All will be well soon, I'd be willing to bet.

As for the reception issue - it's a bunch of hooey. ANY electronic device that relies on radio waves to transmit signal is going to experience some minute degradation when said waves are trying to pass through water - which the human body mostly is. Ever squeezed a walkie talkie antenna while listening to a broadcast? The squelch you'd hear is the result of the same interference. And walkie talkies have much greater power than the average cellular device. There are a few mobile companies now threatening to sue Apple for demonstrating that their devices are plagued by the same issue.

Sorry for the novel there. It's just . . . my iPhone is my constant companion. We play games together, read books, traipse over the internet, and video chat with real people. Tra-la-la and all that. (I admit, I've fallen victim to anthropomorphising it a fair bit.) I guess I'd just hate to see someone not finding the fun in these brilliant little devices that I have and end up . . . hating it.

Maybe rub it with a bar of chocolate?

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Tue, 10 August 2010 22:48

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I'm told the antenna problem with the 4 can be fixed with a rubber band. My friend who has one, who's left-handed and ergo supposedly "prone" to the problem, hasn't had a blip with it yet. But he got the free case anyway. Smile

_{"The time is always right to do what's right."--MLK Jr.}

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Tue, 10 August 2010 23:04

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The deal is that, for the first time in the iPhone (and most current phones), the antennas are external. There are two, those metal bands that form the edge. They're actually 2 different lengths that start at the headphone jack and go around the phone to the left side gap. The gap on the right side is aesthetic only. One is for cell reception (the right and longer one), the other for Wifi, Bluetooth and GPS. The issue arises, for some people, when the conductive human being bridges the gap between the two antennas. All one needs is any non-conductive substance to cover that tiny gap. I liked a duct tape version but this is the best one - http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/39478/. Smile

I just reread this post before hitting submit and have concluded (again) that I am a geek. Smile

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Tue, 10 August 2010 23:25

caligula
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gryphyn wrote on Tue, 10 August 2010 23:04

I just reread this post before hitting submit and have concluded (again) that I am a geek. Smile

*joins the club*

I'm sitting here with my iPhone, one very soft and attentive cat, and I'm writing on an exceedingly ancient laptop whose demise I'm dreading simply because I'll feel like I've lost a family member. I tend to get attached.

Which is why I'm buying a case - not because I've had problems, but because I'd be devastated if I hurt my iPhone somehow. It's more than just an object to me: it's become a friend. Sad but true.

And I, too, am a geek. Smile

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Tue, 10 August 2010 23:46

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I've bought a really crappy $3 bumper type case to tide me over until Contour Designs _finally_ gets their new cases out. This no belt clip/can only wear bottoms with pockets is driving me nuts. I seem to be in the minority though in the desire for a separate belt clip because there are only a few options, so at least I have a source even they are being slow!

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Tue, 10 August 2010 23:59

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caligula wrote on Tue, 10 August 2010 23:25

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Which is why I'm buying a case - not because I've had problems, but because I'd be devastated if I hurt my iPhone somehow. It's more than just an object to me: it's become a friend. Sad but true.

This is how machines will take over the world! Haven't you seen the animated movie "9"????

;)

Smooshes!

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Wed, 11 August 2010 00:02

caligula
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jmeadows wrote on Tue, 10 August 2010 23:59

This is how machines will take over the world! Haven't you seen the animated movie "9"????

Wink

I haven't. But I'm a big fan of "The Brave Little Toaster."

Smile

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Wed, 11 August 2010 00:04

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I knew it. You're part of the machine revolution.

Smooshes!

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Wed, 11 August 2010 00:16

caligula
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I'm telling SkyNet about you!

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Wed, 11 August 2010 14:16

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Quote:

Don’t ever try to tell me that technology isn’t self-aware and isn’t out to get us. The Borg are so out there.

Sometimes, the scenario of The Terminator doesn't look so far fetched, does it. Smile

I hope today was better and that Raphael was able to achieve wonders for you. It could be, of course, that Chaos may be the household member to consult about the iPhone...? Razz

_{"Never let a computer know you're in a hurry."}

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Wed, 11 August 2010 19:37

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caligula wrote on Tue, 10 August 2010 21:25

gryphyn wrote on Tue, 10 August 2010 23:04

I just reread this post before hitting submit and have concluded (again) that I am a geek. Smile

And I, too, am a geek. Smile

And me. I tend to get attached to things, too, though I do not have a cell phone at all -- the 21st century only has hold of me at work, where today I was informed that I am at long last being given a Very Fast, Stuffed-with-Memory, Dual Processing, just-this-side-of-the-Borg computer with which I could easily take over at least this half of the state, and I was thrilled. It is true that my current computer has crumpled beneath the weight of the jobs it is being asked to do simultaneously (I know the feeling), but I was still surprised by the vehemence of my reaction. "REALLY? REALLY TRULY??" I think I may have frightened the tech guy a little. Smile

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Wed, 11 August 2010 20:11

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caligula wrote on Wed, 11 August 2010 00:16

I'm telling SkyNet about you!

I'll deny everything!

Smooshes!

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Wed, 11 August 2010 20:35

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At least the Hellhounds have not found a peice of an Elk.

http://www.salon.com/tt/post/2005/10/19/posts_of_the_decade

[Updated on: Wed, 11 August 2010 20:39]

sixpence

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Wed, 11 August 2010 22:06

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Thank you for reminding me of that piece/exchange. I hadn't read it in a few years and it's still just as funny as the last time I read it.

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Wed, 11 August 2010 22:13

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sixpence wrote on Wed, 11 August 2010 20:35

At least the Hellhounds have not found a peice of an Elk.

http://www.salon.com/tt/post/2005/10/19/posts_of_the_decade

I think the hellhounds would be better behaved ... Razz

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Thu, 12 August 2010 02:35

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Don’t ever try to tell me that technology isn’t self-aware and isn’t out to get us.

I've always felt that those folks working on artificial intelligence projects--as in seriously intelligent AI--have not given enough consideration to the thought that an AI might not be friendly and cooperative. Might, in fact, be malicious. Early indications might be all around us . . . Smile

Hope your problem has a simple and speedy remedy.

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Thu, 12 August 2010 10:00

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You're not feeling responsible, are you? I totally dug my own grave with this one. Smile

(Also I have local friends with them so I've had the chance to HANDLE the beggars.) HOWEVER, signs of prevailing are beginning to show through the clouds. Even if Computer Men have to come back AGAIN if for nothing else than WiFi-ing the cottage. (And it isn't nothing else: they've been so busy with the iPhone none of the other stuff got done!!! Smile

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Thu, 12 August 2010 10:05

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We're getting there. Smile

I have every intention of making it a boon companion. (At its price the *top* of the list was 'boon companion'. It's like if you pay a lot of money for a car it BETTER BE FUN TO DRIVE and not merely get you from point A to point B. Smile

)

One of the inexplicable things in this case is that about twelve hours after Gabriel left in defeat . . . it suddenly started getting a signal. Orange had said it would take up to TWO hours to get settled. Maybe it takes up to fourteen or so and they just don't want to admit it. And I'm assuming the epic patch Raphael slapped on it yesterday will have helped.

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Thu, 12 August 2010 10:05

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You can WATCH the frelling signal waver while the thing is lying on the desk. Nothing to do with the human hand.

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Thu, 12 August 2010 10:09

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I'd just stick mine on crooked. Smile

I LIKE geeks! I would aspire to be a geek if I had the brains the gods gave . . . a motherboard! Smile

. . . And I don't seem to have the lower-left-corner problem. I have a SIGNAL problem, full stop.

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Thu, 12 August 2010 10:12

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I'd love a belt clip (despite the uber-geek aspect) but I wouldn't be wearing it in an office but stuff like out hurtling hounds, and while this is a relatively safe area, that seems to me slightly asking for trouble. Gabriel even told me to buy some BLACK earphones, that it's a known thing that thieves target people wearing white ones because it means they're using an apple thing.

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Thu, 12 August 2010 10:20

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Since the tide-us-over case is PINK, she must be a she . . . she still doesn't have a name, and I AM starting to think in terms of my third hellhound. After all, the original hellhounds have alternate names: they don't *answer* to Darkness and Chaos (or at least . . . er . . . ) No reason she couldn't have an alternative name. Smile

Emoon (I think) on Twitter suggested Apocalypse because she has aps and . . . Appy is a good name. Smile

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Thu, 12 August 2010 10:24

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Well . . . yes. I wonder if there are any other dog owners out there who were not so much amused as . . . appalled? I've been sent it several times because as a dog owner I guess I'm supposed to think it's hilarious. I see that it's funny. Sort of. But there's no way I would have allowed anything like this to happen. (Quite aside from the fact that hellhounds aren't really interested in FOOD. Once the elk was dead and not running away from them any more they would have LOST interest. Smile

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