Random thoughts thread

[Guff]

Originally Posted by Dimman

Me and my welder buddy are on opposite sides of this. He's pretty hardcore Apple. I haven't EVER liked Apple (anyone remember the bomb on the original Macs? Yeah I'm old...). But we were talking about this and he was going on about how awesome the 4S was, then I showed him a high-def vid on my Nexus. He literally stopped mid-sentence with his mouth open. When the clip was over all he said was "That's a nice screen." and went back to work. I chuckled.

Hahaha, like I said, competition breed innovation! Think of the screens we will have in 5 years!!!

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by Guff

Hahaha, like I said, competition breed innovation! Think of the screens we will have in 5 years!!!

In all honesty I'm not super fond of the size when it comes to 'ordinary' phone stuff. Like talking on it. And I can't just jam it in my pocket like my old Nokia. And I'm terrified of dropping it (that Nokia was a tank). Plus I fail at touch screen typing.

But videos on the screen, oh my...

[Guff]

Originally Posted by Dimman

In all honesty I'm not super fond of the size when it comes to 'ordinary' phone stuff. Like talking on it. And I can't just jam it in my pocket like my old Nokia. And I'm terrified of dropping it (that Nokia was a tank). Plus I fail at touch screen typing.

But videos on the screen, oh my...

Yeah, I hope the giant screen thing doesn't become a trend... But then again, maybe we will be using Google Glasses in 5 years...

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by Dimman

In all honesty I'm not super fond of the size when it comes to 'ordinary' phone stuff. Like talking on it. And I can't just jam it in my pocket like my old Nokia. And I'm terrified of dropping it (that Nokia was a tank). Plus I fail at touch screen typing.

But videos on the screen, oh my...

Really? I have a 4.3" HTC Inspire (yes, on AT&T, which sucks massive balls, I still can't get 4G LTE for some reason), which kinda sucks tbh, and I feel like it could go a little bigger. Currently I don't think it's awkward to use at all. I saw a Nexus Tab or whatever the other day and that was a little too big, but I think I can manage the S3, perfect size for me. I find that I have trouble typing on the tiny iPhone screens, especially because they don't have swype (which kicks ass). A little more resolution would help for reading documents and stuff.

[Guff]

Originally Posted by serialk11r

Really? I have a 4.3" HTC Inspire (yes, on AT&T, which sucks massive balls, I still can't get 4G LTE for some reason), which kinda sucks tbh, and I feel like it could go a little bigger. Currently I don't think it's awkward to use at all. I saw a Nexus Tab or whatever the other day and that was a little too big, but I think I can manage the S3, perfect size for me. I find that I have trouble typing on the tiny iPhone screens, especially because they don't have swype (which kicks ass). A little more resolution would help for reading documents and stuff.

I have friends who say the same thing in regards to screen size. Different strokes, I guess...


And I have iSwipe for my iPhone! Which is a blatant copy of Swype, and works pretty well!

[Snoopyalien24]

Originally Posted by Dimman

In all honesty I'm not super fond of the size when it comes to 'ordinary' phone stuff. Like talking on it. And I can't just jam it in my pocket like my old Nokia. And I'm terrified of dropping it (that Nokia was a tank). Plus I fail at touch screen typing.

But videos on the screen, oh my...

Seriously, my dad ran his Nokia 3310 over with a FORKLIFT and the only reason he couldn't use it was because a button was jammed in and the screen wasn't too visible, but it still worked.

[Snoopyalien24]

Dammit @ZetaVI I'm stuck with a dilemma of headphone choices

The:

Pros
V-Moda Crossfades LP - Awesome cables and has case (best bang for the buck)
Sol Republic Track HD - Best looking (imho) and most durable, with amazing sound
Audio Technica-M50 - According to most they compare to one's above and best under $200

Cons
V-Moda Crossfades LP - Easily break, a little too big
Sol Republic Track HD - On ear may be uncomfortable rather than over ear
Audio Technica-M50 - The biggest ones and 7ft cord D:



Dammit lol

[OrbitalEllipses]

Those old Nokias were INDESTRUCTIBLE. Mom had one for years.

In other news: Holy mother of God I love my dad's LS. WANT SO HARD. The people at work must think I'm some kind of rich ass playboy; last week I show up in the black RX350, half of this week in the red RX350, and today in the blue LS460.

[wbradley]

No matter how much water you can soak up with a sponge, you can always break a window with a hammer.

[Snoopyalien24]

Originally Posted by wbradley

No matter how much water you can soak up with a sponge, you can always break a window with a hammer.

[ZetaVI]

Originally Posted by Snoopyalien24

Dammit @ZetaVI I'm stuck with a dilemma of headphone choices

The:

Pros
V-Moda Crossfades LP - Awesome cables and has case (best bang for the buck)
Sol Republic Track HD - Best looking (imho) and most durable, with amazing sound
Audio Technica-M50 - According to most they compare to one's above and best under $200

Cons
V-Moda Crossfades LP - Easily break, a little too big
Sol Republic Track HD - On ear may be uncomfortable rather than over ear
Audio Technica-M50 - The biggest ones and 7ft cord D:



Dammit lol

Idk what to tell you. Depends on you because cons you have for the Crossfades LP aren't true for me. M-50 are awesome. I would buy them if it wasn't for the Crossfades. Sol Republic looks amazing also but yet to listen.

[M-17]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

I wanna watch Gymnastic... but I haven't watch any. Since last one, I feel like I'm watching under age illegal porn or something. Seriously, they're too damn young!!!!!

So true. And I'm not including all the extra coverage of that girl from Mass. that's on the gymnastics team.

But I finally caught some woman beach volleyball this morning, whoo-hoo!

[Want.FR-S]

Originally Posted by Guff

Although, Samsung has pretty blatantly copied a few things, which isn't cool either... But Apple really needs to chill with the legal action.

And you think Apple never copied stuff from other companies? Think again.

Originally Posted by Guff

Hahaha, like I said, competition breed innovation! Think of the screens we will have in 5 years!!!

Speaking of screen size, check Samsung Galaxy Note II: 5.5 inches. How are you going to hold that phone against your ears? That must be a funny scene.

On the other hand, how often do you use your phone for *audio* conversation nowadays? If you use message more than talking, larger screen always trump smaller screen, no matter how precise the screen can display.

Maybe in the future we all have that google glass or just a tablet that can do everything. Gee, I think the very first tricoder will be invented in the near future.

Originally Posted by Dimman

..And I'm terrified of dropping it (that Nokia was a tank). Plus I fail at touch screen typing...

Try this: Nexus 7 vs iPad drop test:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407538,00.asp

[ichitaka05]

Well fuck... I didn't want to replace the tires til when I came back from CA... but I have to replace it now FML

On a positive side, it didn't blow up on me while driving to CA

[Guff]

I'm considering making a few Chick-Fil-Gay sandwiches at home tonight....

[SVTSHC]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Well fuck... I didn't want to replace the tires til when I came back from CA... but I have to replace it now FML

On a positive side, it didn't blow up on me while driving to CA

Anything not Falken! Unless you enjoy changing your tires every 9k miles

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by SVTSHC

Anything not Falken! Unless you enjoy changing your tires every 9k miles

Went w Kumho. Next 3 grade up were sold out and only tires they had were Kumho AST, Falken 612 or BFGoodrich g-Force S... so for temp replacement, I went w Kumho AST.

[OrbitalEllipses]

Some douchebag went into my lunch (tied plastic bag) and stole my soda. There's a vending machine right next to the fridge that sells them for $0.50. What the fuck dude.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Some douchebag went into my lunch (tied plastic bag) and stole my soda. There's a vending machine right next to the fridge that sells them for $0.50. What the fuck dude.

Dude, I totally know what you mean. Had happen to me before

[neutron256]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Dude, I totally know what you mean. Had happen to me before

We used a little pepper spray on some of our food to find out who was steeling from the office fridge. One of the cleaning staff had to go home early that night unexpectedly.

[Guff]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Some douchebag went into my lunch (tied plastic bag) and stole my soda. There's a vending machine right next to the fridge that sells them for $0.50. What the fuck dude.

Kill the bastard.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by neutron256

We used a little pepper spray on some of our food to find out who was steeling from the office fridge. One of the cleaning staff had to go home early that night unexpectedly.

We have a security cameras, so we found out w that