Annoying Questions I'd Like Answered...

Sigil · Post by **Sigil** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:32 pm

I don't think the little gimmicky intra-company hardware compatibility things are enough to make you choose one phone over another. You're phone is something that goes with you everywhere and you use all the time, so the TV stuff while neat, isn't that important. I mean I have all Samsung TV's and I don't even really use any of the samsung TV stuff. If anything your phone should affect what TV you get if you decide to upgrade.

Sabs: The S4 has a larger screen than the S3, but the phone isn't significantly bigger. Slightly thicker, but pretty much the same height and width if you stick them face to face.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 4:08 pm

The Nexus has no Micro-SD-Card-Slot.
Which is, in my eyes, a complete NoGo.
The Screen and Camera on the S4 are REALLY nice.

Meikle641 · Post by **Meikle641** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 5:17 pm

An SD card port would be good, but I make do. That said, not being able to transfer files normally along USB has made me rage like fucking crazy, instead I've had to use a wi-fi transfer app, which is bullshit.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 5:49 pm

that should work O.o
but yes, Micro-SD-Card-Slot, USB OTG/USB-Host, MHDL Capability, those are really nice to have.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:18 pm

Meikle641 wrote:An SD card port would be good, but I make do. That said, not being able to transfer files normally along USB has made me rage like fucking crazy, instead I've had to use a wi-fi transfer app, which is bullshit.

Yeah, because of that reason, I probably won't get an iPhone again.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 8:54 pm

Yes, I would recommend Android. Windows is trying to compete, but they're an also ran, not a real smartphone company. In February my company (T Mobile) wanted me to re-up, so in signing a new contract I got a new phone, the LG Optimus L9. It's nice. It's retarded like almost every electronic I've ever owned, but it works. It is a small computer which also happens to make phone calls, which is basically what you want in a smart phone. It does not, however, have much internal memory (2G), and you can no longer move apps to an SD card (you used to be able to do that, unless the apps had the special [annoying piece of shit] tag, like Facebook or email). Eventually you would find yourself trying to decide which apps you care about most (oh, it also has bloatware, but all phones do).

The Galaxy S series is nice, but it's also $400. Ditto the Galaxy Note. T Mobile's site is telling me I could put $20 down and pay $20/mo for the S3, which, fuck, I wish I could have done that four months ago. I don't know what carriers you have in Australia, so go check them out for deals or whatever. As far as "free" (really "pay the sales tax when you buy and we'll spread the cost over the next 2 years") phones go, the Optimus L9 is what I have, and it's ok. But if I had the money, or it'd been an option four months ago, I'd have gone for the S3.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 12:44 am

I went with the Samsung Galaxy S3 in the end, with Android. $50/month and the phone is basically free.

Turns out that Puzzle & Dragons is not available in Australia, but that's okay, there are other games to fap about with. Should be fun. Oh, and it also does the "alarm clock, text/call people, check email" stuff, which should perhaps be the important bit.

Starmaker · Post by **Starmaker** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:41 am

Koumei wrote:Turns out that Puzzle & Dragons is not available in Australia

Isn't it, like, free?

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 7:30 am

Yeah it's free, but it still isn't available in Australia. You click install, then it asks you to select the device, and my phone is greyed out, with "This cannot be installed to your device's country".

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 7:34 am

try finding a .apk of it and using that.

Edit: this

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:19 am

Muchos gracias both of you. Installed and running just fine. It's happy to connect to the server and play the game and everything regardless of my country.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:22 am

Yeah, Android is odd in that I guess there's something like a licensing fee to have it on your device (hence why the Nook Tablet did not actually use the market despite being Android based), so I've had experience in getting around such things.

Sigil · Post by **Sigil** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 2:54 am

There are also instances of apps that google doesn't want on the app store (ad blockers, for example) and you need to side-load the .apk.

I've only felt the need to do it a few times, though.

Starmaker · Post by **Starmaker** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:42 am

I didn't connect my Samsung Note tablet to a google account at all, so I use apks only. For some rare paid apps I had to connect to the market, download the app and back it up to a standalone apk, then reinstall the system. I think the os version I'm using autoconfirms market checks offline, but only if the app is otherwise legit. At least, unlike with my rooted but hacktool-free phone, I never saw a license check fail (or succeed for that matter). The free apps I just download as apks elsewhere.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:21 pm

That IS the nice thing of Android.

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 1:31 pm

Are there any landbound, not-extinct-for-more-than-30-years non-human, non-ungulate animals that can kill a healthy and unhindered hippopotamus by itself and in the hippo's natural environment via direct combat?

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 1:36 pm

Liger, maybe, though I wouldn't want money on that fight. The larger crocodiles could certainly give it a go, but those aren't landbound.

Sigil · Post by **Sigil** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 2:18 pm

I'd imagine some of the larger constrictors could do so.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 2:24 pm

According to wikipedia, a Hippotamus does not have any natural enemies, once it's fully grown. Makes sense, if you consider that it's in the same size category as a rhino.
Young onces sometimes get killed by aligators, lions, hyenas.

DSMatticus · Post by **DSMatticus** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:05 pm

Polar bears and certain populations of grizzly bear are about as big and deadly as you're going to get, followed by tiger (or ligers I guess, what the hell why not?). But even comparing big grizzlies to small hippos, the hippo still ends up being twice as large, so... I sure as hell wouldn't want to be the bear.

The bigass green anaconda is probably too aquatic to fit your definition of land bound, but I think it stands the best chance. There are other, more landbound constrictors that might suit your criteria better but are also smaller. The fact that hippos are big and deadly really doesn't matter if the snake's strategy is to wrap around their body and neck and wait for them to suffocate, and hippos do not have opposable thumbs, flexible limbs, or long, prehensile necks. They do, however, have 3000-6000 pounds of weight to throw around, and so it's entirely possible that the hippo just rolls over onto the snake and it pops like a meat-filled balloon. If they're in the water or the mud (you know, those things hippos like to spend most of their time in), that's harder to do.

So, yeah. I'm going bigass constrictor in the water, because the next best alternative is a bear trying to murder something four times its size (average to average).

Meikle641 · Post by **Meikle641** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:18 pm

I'd pay to watch some of these attempts, though.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:19 pm

Hmm, depends on how strong the Neck is on a Hippo, wether or not a Constrictor COULD kill one.
It cerstainly would not, since not even a constrictor could conceiveable eat one.

Whatever · Post by **Whatever** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:27 pm

Are you counting Elephants as Ungulates?

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:38 pm

Well, depending on what you mean by 'on their own,' there's some other options. Man with gun, for instance; I'm pretty sure a lone poacher can handle a hippo. Or insect with disease.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:53 pm

Conceivably a large silverback gorilla might possibly be able to take out a hippo, but I wouldn't put money on it. Same problem as the bears, but worse.