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meatpimp
May 15, 2004

Psst -- Wanna buy

:) EVERYWHERE :)
some high-quality thread's DESTROYED!

:kheldragar:

keykey posted:

What provider are you on?

Cricket right now, going on a camping trip in a couple weeks in a remote area, so I'll probably use the second SIM slot for a prepaid sim that works in the area.

I've got poo poo coverage with T-Mobile in my area and I've been really happy with AT&T / Cricket's coverage. Cricket limits to 8M speeds, but that's perfectly fine for me and mobile.

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bandman
Mar 17, 2008

keykey posted:

HA! That's exactly what my next question was going to be. We're on AT&T and getting raped on price vs other carriers and Verizon has the best coverage and about 1/2 the price of our current plan with 2x the shared data and that's taking into account chatting up AT&T's customer retention department last month since we still have 2 phones on contract. The only downside is phones that Verizon works with.. But, I mean do I get a phone that's pretty drat good and pay 1/2 price for the best coverage or do I get an amazing phone and raped on my plan with pretty good coverage? That's why we're moving to Verizon in the next couple months.

Verizon has good phones, but more interesting stuff, like the Zenfone, is more globally focused, so they are all GSM only.

Verizon also forces the manufacturers to lock the phones down so it is exceedingly difficult or impossible to gain root access and run different roms, like Cyanogenmod or even a debloated stock rom.

Edit: it would cost me $310 to terminate my Verizon contract, which is up September of next year. :sigh:

bandman fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Aug 11, 2015

Slow is Fast
Dec 25, 2006

meatpimp posted:

Just ordered a Zenfone 2 to replace my Nexus 5. Hmmmmm.

Interested to see how you like it. I've had a broken screen on my galaxy 4 for a year and want to move onto something newer with a better camera. I think I'll just get a galaxy 5 or 6, but I'm open to other options.

Friar Zucchini
Aug 6, 2010

Saw a brand-new Challenger R/T with a loving tow bar. It was tiny, but still, I salute him who dares to tow with a V8 Challenger.

MustardFacial
Jun 20, 2011
George Russel's
Official Something Awful Account
Lifelong Tory Voter
Just got back home from 3 weeks in the UK.

Summary of events:
1. visited family
2. got horribly sick for 2 weeks
3. flew home.

Special apologies to InitialDave, I meant to call you but then I got sick and couldn't manage to operate a phone between bouts of blowing it out of both ends.

SuperDucky
May 13, 2007

by exmarx

Slow is Fast posted:

Interested to see how you like it. I've had a broken screen on my galaxy 4 for a year and want to move onto something newer with a better camera. I think I'll just get a galaxy 5 or 6, but I'm open to other options.

Hot take: gently caress Samsung with a shovel.

Nodoze
Aug 17, 2006

If it's only for a night I can live without you

Slow is Fast posted:

Interested to see how you like it. I've had a broken screen on my galaxy 4 for a year and want to move onto something newer with a better camera. I think I'll just get a galaxy 5 or 6, but I'm open to other options.

Note 4

MustardFacial
Jun 20, 2011
George Russel's
Official Something Awful Account
Lifelong Tory Voter

Slow is Fast posted:

Interested to see how you like it. I've had a broken screen on my galaxy 4 for a year and want to move onto something newer with a better camera. I think I'll just get a galaxy 5 or 6, but I'm open to other options.

Nexus 5

El Jebus
Jun 18, 2008

This avatar is paid for by "Avatars for improving Lowtax's spine by any means that doesn't result in him becoming brain dead by putting his brain into a cyborg body and/or putting him in a exosuit due to fears of the suit being hacked and crushing him during a cyberpunk future timeline" Foundation

Nexus 6.

Slow is Fast
Dec 25, 2006

If it doesnt fit in the cup holder of a 2003 subaru legacy it's dead to me :|

kastein
Aug 31, 2011

Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.
LG Enact, oldphone supremacy

Mooseykins
Aug 9, 2013

Triangle tits and an annoying sex voice?

Fuuuuck youuuuu sluuuut!

MustardFacial posted:

Just got back home from 3 weeks in the UK.

Summary of events:
1. visited family
2. got horribly sick for 2 weeks
3. flew home.

Special apologies to InitialDave, I meant to call you but then I got sick and couldn't manage to operate a phone between bouts of blowing it out of both ends.

To be honest, 3 weeks in England, it could've been worse. 2 weeks indoors doing the double-bucket is preferable to say, Croydon or Blackpool.

F1DriverQuidenBerg
Jan 19, 2014

Hell I'd take that for two weeks over Wales for a single day.

Slow is Fast
Dec 25, 2006

kastein posted:

LG Enact, oldphone supremacy

Not 4wd with low range to get out of my driveway

Bajaha
Apr 1, 2011

BajaHAHAHA.



Slow is Fast posted:

If it doesnt fit in the cup holder of a 2003 subaru legacy it's dead to me :|

That's what the din pocket is for.

E: forgot what the hell my interior looks like

Bajaha fucked around with this message at 19:48 on Aug 11, 2015

mariooncrack
Dec 27, 2008

Slow is Fast posted:

If it doesnt fit in the cup holder of a 2003 subaru legacy it's dead to me :|

Moto g 2015?

Ether Frenzy
Dec 22, 2006




Nap Ghost

1500quidporsche posted:

Hell I'd take that for two weeks over Wales for a single day.

:getout:

Wales has some amazingly scenic driving roads (I hope you like driving in the rain, and in the rain only)

(I also hope you like the letters c, y, w and d because that's all your going to see on any roadsign)

bandman
Mar 17, 2008

Slow is Fast posted:

If it doesnt fit in the cup holder of a 2003 subaru legacy it's dead to me :|

Been quite happy with my Motorola Droid Maxx, which is the Ultra with a bigger battery. Never have to worry about charging it during the day.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

zoom-zoom
Toilet Rascal
I think I saw a C10 Skyline in Oregon on Monday. If not that, something very similar looking.

BloodBag
Sep 20, 2008

WITNESS ME!



Friar Zucchini posted:

Saw a brand-new Challenger R/T with a loving tow bar. It was tiny, but still, I salute him who dares to tow with a V8 Challenger.

Likely there for bike racks. I have a hitch on my miata and no way in hell am I towing anything but a hairdryer with that little shoe.

cakesmith handyman
Jul 22, 2007

Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Well telling the builder we were getting evicted seems to have lit a fire under his arse, just need to keep it stoked and on his case. Looks like my first week of holiday will be wasted but I can't rearrange it so poo.

randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

Elmnt80 posted:

Make a stinger from a short length of rg6, a 9v and some electrical tape! Strip one end of the wire, leaving the other end with a fitting, wrap it around both ends of the 9v, secure with tape and you're good. Hook it up to a wall outlet and stick your tounge to wire until you find the hot one. Bonus points if you find one with phone signal running through it and get 90v instead!

How about no :v:

I can figure out most of what goes where just by seeing what wall the wire disappears into. Problem is the house is old enough to have A/B cable, so there's 2 wires (and 2 jacks) per cable. If I'm gonna go as far as to build a stinger, I may as well buy a cheap toner instead. My goal isn't necessarily to get everything hooked up, it's more to get all of the cables organized, cut down a bit in length, neatly run, and labeled.

Also that spaghetti mess is severely loving with the modem, or TWC is having issues (I'm betting TWC). Cable modem kept dropping out until I disconnected the MTA and its splitter (modem is now on the lowest loss port of the only splitter); still seeing some packet loss (looks like about 8% while pinging Google's primary DNS), but the signal quality is much improved, and the modem isn't logging any CRC errors. If my friend doesn't mail that amp soon I'll go ahead and drop the $50 on it myself. Cable modem is showing zero CRC errors, but I can't hit TWC's DNS server (switched to Google's for now), and I'm still getting random timeouts.

the spyder posted:

Also STR- thanks for the upgrade!

Dude, you sent me a pretty drat nice switch and a SSD. Least I could do. :glomp:

meatpimp posted:

Just ordered a Zenfone 2 to replace my Nexus 5. Hmmmmm.

Nexus 5 2015 is supposedly just around the corner.

I'm trying to keep my N5 alive - so far I've replaced the battery (and the back cover I mangled). Now the power button acts like I'm hitting it 20 times if I so much as sneeze on it, and it's soldered to the board. :smith: I've mapped a volume button to work as the power button for now, but that doesn't work when I'm listening to music.

Just looked up the specs on the Zenphone 2, looks pretty drat nice. Especially for the price.

Great Beer posted:

Fun poo poo. My dad's el Camino developed some kind of rod knock last week too. While he was showing it to a prospective buyer no less. :suicide:

The worst part is this car was new enough to have a 6 digit odometer. Less than 80k on it.

Terminal rust though, since he's from Michigan and it was a late 80s GM.

bandman posted:

Edit: it would cost me $310 to terminate my Verizon contract, which is up September of next year. :sigh:

Somehow I got out of my Verizon contract (though this was FiOS) - someone had offered to let me out of it about 6 months ago, but said I'd lose all discounts. I said no at the time, but when I called to cancel, they told me I wouldn't have an ETF as someone had cancelled the contract for me.

Saved me $200.

mariooncrack posted:

Moto g 2015?

That's looking pretty tempting to me too, aside from the display.

NitroSpazzz
Dec 9, 2006

You don't need style when you've got strength!


mariooncrack posted:

Moto g 2015?
I'm really thinking about picking one of these up. I've loved my first gen Moto G and have a friend that will give me $50 for it. I'll wait a bit longer but pretty sure that's going to be my next phone.


So Moto GP at Indy was awesome but now I'm itching to get back on the track with a motorcycle. So far my shopping cart has a clutch kit, carb rebuild kit and a thermostat because it didn't come with one from the factory to get the 125GP bike ready to go. I should probably order tires because these ones are old as hell :homebrew:

Pretty sure I'm going to say screw Montana or TomorrowWorld and go the track instead.

INCHI DICKARI
Aug 23, 2006

by FactsAreUseless
Hahaha my passive agressive ultrasocialist facebook posting finally got a right wing gun control nut to bite

Adiabatic
Nov 18, 2007

What have you assholes done now?
Of course he writes entirely in caps.

meatpimp
May 15, 2004

Psst -- Wanna buy

:) EVERYWHERE :)
some high-quality thread's DESTROYED!

:kheldragar:

some texas redneck posted:

Nexus 5 2015 is supposedly just around the corner.

I'm trying to keep my N5 alive - so far I've replaced the battery (and the back cover I mangled). Now the power button acts like I'm hitting it 20 times if I so much as sneeze on it, and it's soldered to the board. :smith: I've mapped a volume button to work as the power button for now, but that doesn't work when I'm listening to music.

Just looked up the specs on the Zenphone 2, looks pretty drat nice. Especially for the price.

N5 2015 is looking to be at $350 for 16gb, which isn't bad, but still not expandable storage... for my use, Zenphone 2 should be good for a bit, we'll see.

Bape Culture
Sep 13, 2006

14 INCH SLIT posted:

Hahaha my passive agressive ultrasocialist facebook posting finally got a right wing gun control nut to bite

I sleep in a big bed with my wife

the spyder
Feb 18, 2011
Terrible stomach cramps + meetings all afternoon = :(
All I want to do is go home and play with my car.

Olympic Mathlete
Feb 25, 2011

:h:


14 INCH SLIT posted:

Hahaha my passive agressive ultrasocialist facebook posting finally got a right wing gun control nut to bite

...people wandering around openly displaying guns are the only thing preventing another holocaust?

Wow.

BrokenKnucklez
Apr 22, 2008

by zen death robot

14 INCH SLIT posted:

Hahaha my passive agressive ultrasocialist facebook posting finally got a right wing gun control nut to bite

The bread aisle man, its all about the bread aisle.

Super Aggro Crag
Apr 23, 2008




And, of course as always, kill Hitler.


My Galaxy S5 only fits in the larger cupholder which is also only were a large ice from Dunks fits. :argh: Gonna order a ProClip mount soon though I think.


Lol, already got promoted to lead tech and am gonna be running the biggest job the company as done so far (which is still miniscule compared to what I am used to doing). I can expect a raise at my 30 Day Review. Feels good man.

Super Aggro Crag fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Aug 11, 2015

Fender Anarchist
May 20, 2009

Fender Anarchist

14 INCH SLIT posted:

Hahaha my passive agressive ultrasocialist facebook posting finally got a right wing gun control nut to bite

I adore when they bring up Switzerland because FREEDOM!

MustardFacial
Jun 20, 2011
George Russel's
Official Something Awful Account
Lifelong Tory Voter

Mooseykins posted:

To be honest, 3 weeks in England, it could've been worse. 2 weeks indoors doing the double-bucket is preferable to say, Croydon or Blackpool.

But then I wouldn't get to see the World Famous Illuminations :v:

Seriously though, your water tastes like industrial effluent, and Canadian Nando's is better. Wagamamma is still delicious.

General_Failure
Apr 17, 2005
AI likes animals, right?

This little girl has been keeping me company while I'm laid up.

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Friar Zucchini posted:

Saw a brand-new Challenger R/T with a loving tow bar. It was tiny, but still, I salute him who dares to tow with a V8 Challenger.

????????????? What on earth is wrong with that ??????????

Fender Anarchist
May 20, 2009

Fender Anarchist

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

????????????? What on earth is wrong with that ??????????

well here in AEMERICA its impossible to tow without 4x4, ladder chassis' and leaf springs

BrokenKnucklez
Apr 22, 2008

by zen death robot

Friar Zucchini posted:

Saw a brand-new Challenger R/T with a loving tow bar. It was tiny, but still, I salute him who dares to tow with a V8 Challenger.


People used cars to tow all the time.

Granted, these cars were built like trucks, but its not impossible. My wifes Sonata is rated for 2000 lbs. Don't plan on towing that much with it, but once moved, I will be buying a smallish trailer. It will be handy for running around town and not having to use a giant truck to yank poo poo around.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
A ten year old child just spit in my face and called me a human being here at the store. That I didn't lay a hand on him is nothing short of a miracle.


He wanted to sell some cars but they were garbage and I told him we were not interested.

Senior Funkenstien
Apr 16, 2003
Dinosaur Gum

Rhyno posted:

A ten year old child just spit in my face and called me a human being here at the store. That I didn't lay a hand on him is nothing short of a miracle.


He wanted to sell some cars but they were garbage and I told him we were not interested.

I applaud your self control. Bravo

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BrokenKnucklez
Apr 22, 2008

by zen death robot
Appliance chat-

I am looking to buy a washer/dyer - I already set my heart on speed queen - do they only make 2 or 3 different models? is that it?

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