Topic: WCDT: 2416-2420 (1-5 April, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread New (Read 73127 times)

Masterpiece · « **Reply #250 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 05:44 »

Quote from: mtmerrick on 03 Apr 2013, 19:47

Only reason to use IE is if you're using Windows Phone or Windows RT - Microsoft platforms that do not allow third party browsers.

If you're using Windows Phone, whatever, I don't get it but it's your phone bill.

If you're using Windows RT, you're using computers wrong.

I'm not using RT, but why the hate? IE10 is quicker than Chrome on my PC right now, so I'm using it. And I enjoy Windows Phone. In fact, I enjoyed it so much that I advertised for it.

techkid · « **Reply #251 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 05:54 »

Time for Claire to break out the cello, I think.

Honestly, I have a bit of a soft spot for orchestrals in a good rock/metal song.

Loki · « **Reply #252 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 06:08 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 03 Apr 2013, 20:54

It's not something you should do alone

What do poker and sex have in common?

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Carl-E · « **Reply #253 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 06:28 »

That's bridge and sex. Poker's not a partner's game...

"Poker? I hardly even know her!"

mtmerrick · « **Reply #254 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 07:46 »

Quote from: Masterpiece on 04 Apr 2013, 05:44

Quote from: mtmerrick on 03 Apr 2013, 19:47
Only reason to use IE is if you're using Windows Phone or Windows RT - Microsoft platforms that do not allow third party browsers.

If you're using Windows Phone, whatever, I don't get it but it's your phone bill.

If you're using Windows RT, you're using computers wrong.

I'm not using RT, but why the hate? IE10 is quicker than Chrome on my PC right now, so I'm using it. And I enjoy Windows Phone. In fact, I enjoyed it so much that I advertised for it.

I personally find windows phone (and ios) highly underdeveloped/unfinished-feeling products that simply don't have the software to be as versatile and powerful as I need the computer in my pocket to be.

But that's just personal opinion.

Windows RT, on the other hand, is a bad joke from Microsoft. My own personal feelings on Metro aside, making a clone of your primary OS that is 100% incompatible with all the software people are going to expect to run on it is now considered a good idea? Let's put it this way: apple releases the Neo-iPad. there is absolutely no way to tell it from the preexisting ipad except there is, PURPOSFULLY, zero software for it, and zero backwards compatibility.

That'd go over like a ton of bricks.

I understand MS was feeling constrained by being tied to x86 chips, but at this point it would have been smarter just to push Windows CE to the consumer market. In fact, why didn't they? I have yet to see enough of a difference between the two of them to justify them being two different products...

bhtooefr · « **Reply #255 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 07:51 »

They tried pushing CE to the consumer market.

In fact, CE is the kernel underneath all Windows-based phone OSes before Windows Phone 8.

Really, seeing if HP was open to licensing FX!32 to them would've been the best bet - throw up a warning that x86 software will be slow, but it'll run, when installing it.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #256 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 07:58 »

I mean, it's not like arm isn't powerful enough nowadays. My Note II outperforms my sisters' first-gen-atom netbooks in every way

bhtooefr · « **Reply #257 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 08:15 »

Well, on a 500 MHz DEC Alpha, you had best case performance of about a 200 MHz Pentium Pro, when running FX!32 on a program that had been well profiled (and some stuff was deep into 486 territory performance-wise).

So, on a 1.5 GHz Cortex-A15, you're looking at performance somewhere in the ballpark of a slow Pentium II - we're talking something that makes an Atom look like a speed demon.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #258 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 08:20 »

On the a15 - is that single, dual, or Quad core?

bhtooefr · « **Reply #259 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 08:31 »

I should say, that'd be per core performance. And, that is just a ballpark figure.

celticgeek · « **Reply #260 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 09:10 »

I am very late to this part of the discussion, but when my wife an I were courting, she had a "crank" telephone that she used when I called her.

I should point out that we own this phone today. I have not tried to make it work, however.

Zebediah · « **Reply #261 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 09:18 »

My dad still has a circa-1960 rotary phone in his house - same phone that was there when he and my mom moved there in 1961. And my grandfather had a late-1930s model in his house - for all I know it's still there, and still working, if the new owners didn't pull it out.

AT&T designed their standard rotary phones to have an average working life of 100 years, because they expected to own the phones and the phone network forever. And extrapolating from the failure rates of those old phones so far, they may have been overdesigned for even that standard - they're pretty robust.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #262 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 09:45 »

Landlines? Who even HAS a landline anymore?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #263 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 09:50 »

Often it's basically free for people with internet and cable, so it makes sense to use it at home, if you have limited mobile minutes.

celticgeek · « **Reply #264 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 09:50 »

<Raises hand.> Too many people have our landline number memorized. We are gradually letting them know our cell number.

raoullefere · « **Reply #265 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 10:02 »

Quote from: mtmerrick on 04 Apr 2013, 09:45

Landlines? Who even HAS a landline anymore?

Me. But it gets worse: I don't have a cell phone.

waits patiently…

Okay, now that you've gotten hold of some smelling salts, understand that for various reasons I rarely leave my house. So far, at best a cell has been something fun I don't really need. I needed that new guitar far more. Anyway, I think the day may be coming when I finally break down and get on a cell plan, but so far, I've not really needed it.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #266 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 10:10 »

a) there are no Cellular carriers who offer non-unlimited minutes anymore.

b) paying for TV is a waste for many people, myself included.

c) I can understand that Raoul, but why not just cut the cord and go Cellular only? There's a damm good chance it'll be cheaper, especially if you go prepaid (there's zero reason to get a contract for a dumbphone .)

Sorflakne · « **Reply #267 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 10:46 »

Quote

My dad still has a circa-1960 rotary phone in his house

We also had a rotary phone at my house when I was growing up. It disappeared a few years ago, though

I haven't had a landline in nine years. I also won't be getting a new cable subscription when I move later this year (other than for Internet, of course).

Also, fridge-butts lol

mtmerrick · « **Reply #268 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 10:50 »

Internet and Cellular are the only electronic utilities really anyone should be paying nowadays, imho.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #269 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 11:01 »

It was heartwarming, after all their history, to have Faye touch Marten and say "you deserve to have the things you want".

Barmymoo · « **Reply #270 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 11:29 »

I would quite like to have a landline, but I don't think I need one. I use Skype to make calls from home, and my mobile is pay as you go, if I top up by £10 in a month I get 400 free texts and I never make enough calls to go over the £10 anyway. Actually I don't think I use even 1/4 of the texts. Basically I don't need a phone.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #271 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 11:34 »

I don't use many minutes at all, but I don't think I could live without an übercomputer in my pocket at all times

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #272 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 11:54 »

How did things that were unimaginable within living memory turn into things we can't live without?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #273 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 12:48 »

Quote from: mtmerrick on 04 Apr 2013, 10:10

a) there are no Cellular carriers who offer non-unlimited minutes anymore.

I only have 300 anytime and 500 night/weekend a month, although my texts and data are unlimited. (To be fair the minutes and the data have been grandfathered for years)

bhtooefr · « **Reply #274 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 13:00 »

Non-unlimited minutes are still available on a lot of prepaid or hidden plans.

Loki · « **Reply #275 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 13:10 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 04 Apr 2013, 11:54

How did things that were unimaginable within living memory turn into things we can't live without?

Progress.

"Progress is great. The only bad thing is that it keeps going on and on".

My parents used to have a rotary phone into the late nineties. It was red.

riccostar · « **Reply #276 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 15:22 »

I'm not sure if we learned an important lesson today or not...

Method of Madness · « **Reply #277 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 15:23 »

That guitars are awesome.

pwhodges · « **Reply #278 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 15:27 »

That Jeph feels guilty having so many guitars, and needed to justify it in-comic?

Loki · « **Reply #279 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 15:32 »

Oh great.

We moved from over-psychoanalyzing the characters to over-psychoanalyzing Their Creator.

jwhouk · « **Reply #280 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 15:36 »

Cell phones are nice, but I've got more gaps in service up here than some people here have in their teeth.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #281 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 16:10 »

1. Put away the hethen that is Windows RT (even though I've heard it's gotten better)

2. Forget about two

3. I don't want a supercomputer in my pocket, I have a PC at home for that.

4. I really don't like the Android design (or lack thereof).

mtmerrick · « **Reply #282 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 16:13 »

android is beautiful

at least, holo is. some of the OEM skins can get garish. Most are pretty nice though. That's the beauty of android. Don't like it? there are a bunch of different options for you to choose from.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #283 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 16:18 »

See, I get that a lot of people like options. I chose my option, and it happens to be called Windows Phone.
Can't we keep it that way, and stop to convince each other why the other is better? I'm sure we'll be happier that way. Fanboyism never helps. It's almost as bad as shipping.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #284 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 16:23 »

Quote from: Masterpiece on 04 Apr 2013, 16:10

2. Forget about two

A wise policy. There's no such thing as two.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #285 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 16:24 »

hey, i said when it came WP (or should i say, WP8), i don't mind your choice. i don't get it, but i don't mind.

now if you had a blackberry Z10 i'd be all sorts of annoyed with you.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #286 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 16:34 »

It's just that I know I'm a HUGE fanboy, and I was kinda talking to myself.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #287 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 16:35 »

Anyway, I felt this was a boring week in qcverse.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #288 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 16:36 »

Heh, that's ok. as you can see in the pictures thread, im a pretty big phandroid myself.

and yeah, it was.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #289 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 16:36 »

NOOOOOOOOOOO when did I become a furry

mtmerrick · « **Reply #290 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 16:38 »

You've always been a furry. you've only now admitted it to the world.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #291 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 16:44 »

MUST POST MOAR.

For those who don't agree with my opinion, I'm sorry, but four strips about 8 strings will not make me like them more. This feels like a chicken out by Jephzibah after two hugely interesting previous weeks.
And besides, I'm more of an acoustics man. I want a 12 string.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #292 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 16:50 »

I'd start talking about my tastes in music (and lack of detailed knowledge thereof), but i have a feeling i'll be treated like raven, or worse.

let it just be said that i enjoy a very wide range of music and leave it at that.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #293 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 17:17 »

Quote from: Masterpiece on 04 Apr 2013, 16:44

For those who don't agree with my opinion, I'm sorry, but four strips about 8 strings will not make me like them more. This feels like a chicken out by Jephzibah after two hugely interesting previous weeks.

Last week was a sudden change in direction, and this week seemed to exist mostly as a confirmation that the change was made.

Carl-E · « **Reply #294 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 17:26 »

As someone's sig reads, "It's Jeph's comic - we're just along for the ride"

K1dmor · « **Reply #295 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 17:32 »

Quote from: Masterpiece on 04 Apr 2013, 16:44

...I'm sorry, but four strips about 8 strings will not make me like them more. This feels like a chicken out by Jephzibah after two hugely interesting previous weeks.

"Don't be that guy".

Zebediah · « **Reply #296 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 17:43 »

I almost get the feeling that QC started heading somewhere Jeph never intended during the wedding arc, and he's been trying to course-correct the last couple of weeks by going in a radically different direction.

~~Valdís~~ · « **Reply #297 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 17:49 »

Quote from: K1dmor on 04 Apr 2013, 17:32

"Don't be that guy".

Okay, it's official. Those words, despite context, are now associated in my head with rape.. ugh..

Method of Madness · « **Reply #298 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 17:52 »

@Zebediah - Wait, where'd he think he was going with it? It's one thing to change his mind, but I can't see how going in that direction to start with wasn't intentional.

@Valdís- Wait, how'd that happen?

St.Clair · « **Reply #299 on:** 04 Apr 2013, 17:54 »

Quote from: raoullefere on 04 Apr 2013, 10:02

Quote from: mtmerrick on 04 Apr 2013, 09:45
Landlines? Who even HAS a landline anymore?
Me. But it gets worse: I don't have a cell phone.

waits patiently…

Okay, now that you've gotten hold of some smelling salts, understand that for various reasons I rarely leave my house. So far, at best a cell has been something fun I don't really need. I needed that new guitar far more. Anyway, I think the day may be coming when I finally break down and get on a cell plan, but so far, I've not really needed it.

I'm in exactly the same situation, actually.
And the phone hooked up to that landline is twenty years old (bought when I got my own place, circa college), with a built-in answering machine. That uses a micro-cassette. Still works just fine, except that I had to replace the little rubber band connecting the motor to the tape spool a couple of years back.

And my parents had a rotary phone for the first ten years of my life ('70 - '80).

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