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Post by swannie on Dec 24, 2013 10:45:29 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2013 14:59:08 GMT
Who knew ? ! ? ! ? . . .  ... that one day putting sugar in someone's gas tank could be considered charitable, and a GOOD thing.  |
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Post by Stumour on Dec 30, 2013 21:12:30 GMT
Amazing how much "new" tech has been suppressed for years.
It's an open secret that Ford have had a ceramic engine sat on a test bed for donkey's tears now. It wouldn't pay to produce an engine that would last far longer and need less oil to lubricate it. Ceramics don't thermally contract n expand like metals do, ye see, so have far less friction in pistons n big ends n that, don't need piston rings and are far lighter.
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Post by Stumour on Nov 26, 2015 19:10:57 GMT
Just to resurrect this in light of fracking n that... Oil is still being created, but big fuel guzzlers out strip the creation. If only real tech was allowed, we would not see car giants raping the earth to create "greener" cars that cause far more damage to produce than equivalent petrol or diesel car...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2015 7:11:20 GMT
Well, all you need to know is the "lightbulb conspiracy", we could probably make stainless steel and aluminum or plastic cars with those ceramic engine parts, modular/upgradable that could last 100 years... but once everyone had one, or could get a used one when someone dies or whatnot, car manufacturers would make all that profit, nor the steel plants, oil drillers (plastics), etc.
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Post by Stumour on Nov 28, 2015 20:29:04 GMT
Obsolescence is rife... after a printer has done so many pages, it will malfunction... consumerism at its best
The tragic one is mobile phones... they become obsolete by constant upgrades... and they use more energy to produce than a VW air poisoner
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2015 22:19:36 GMT
The 'smart' phone support gets dropped like a hot potato in under 3yrs typically. Like my Samsung S2, good luck finding a 'current' (android 5.0?) upgrade for it... maybe cyanomodgen has one now, but last I saw for it was a 4.x, and forget support from Samsung entirely. (After all its 4 whole years old!!!).
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Post by Stumour on Nov 29, 2015 15:31:16 GMT
@forums1 have you tried rooting it and getting 5.1.1 from elsewhere? If you're not on contract that is.
Phone companies are arsey at rolling out upgrades... took me near 6 months to get kitkat on my S4 from 3.
Trouble with rooting is that you are violating the contract that likes of Samsung inflict on you for the privilege of spending hundreds on their products. I, personally, think this is a violation.
You may spend £5-600 on our hardware, but we will control it is basically what they say.
I rooted my Note 4 only so I could abuse my data plan... a wee app lets me tether it as a hot spot for my lappy. My contract with 3 is unlimited data, but tethering is limited to 8Gb a month
To bypass this cap, I had to root.
Guess what Samsung did? Issued an update that blocked rooting and sent my phone in to a boot loop.
Went to the Samsung shop n they said they could fix it... for £220. After I stopped laughing, I went home, cadged the use of a neighbour's wifi (my phone IS my broadband and wifi), downed the necessary software n sorted it within 10 min... rooted again too
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Post by Stumour on Nov 29, 2015 15:32:56 GMT
If you remember, Sony tried that shite with the PS3 n ended up losing a class action in the land of Merkins
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2015 17:22:41 GMT
Ah, it's already rooted Stu, just haven't really been motivated to find a newer OS. I rarely use the thing, doesn't have a SIM in it, no contract - I did put the SIM in from my old flip phone for a few minutes once when the battery died during a call... honestly I don't really want a 'smart' phone, my dumb Nokia flip worked fine - and I'm debating just cancelling it anyways, I never really use it, the battery hasn't even been charged in months.
I only got the Samsung because I wanted something used/cheap to play around with Android programming, doesn't need to be 'online' (I've used it on my WiFi a few times).
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Post by Stumour on Dec 21, 2015 5:22:47 GMT
your dumb Nokia flip canna be THAT old... I remember Nokia refusing to use flip or slide... then they brought out the E65.... still have that wee solid beast that I got just a few years back
Actually never seen a flip Nokia in the UK ever
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Post by Stumour on Dec 24, 2015 21:20:19 GMT
New tech is going in to stealth mode,,, canna finf my effin tablet n want it for my travels next week
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Post by swannie on Dec 25, 2015 19:43:05 GMT
It's hiding behind the toilet.
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Post by Stumour on Dec 26, 2015 19:37:17 GMT
found the twatty thing... after searching both the north and south wings of my palatial abode*... fecker was hiding in its black neoprene cover in a dark place (no, not my mind)
*palatial abode - living room n bedroom
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Post by swannie on Dec 27, 2015 17:03:45 GMT
It's OK it happens to the best of us. I lost my memory a while ago so can you see if that's hiding in the bag too ?
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