Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...

walkonby wrote:
mine (2) worked for (two) years and now it does the funniest things. 

Have you ever done a factory reset?  I recommend one once a year.

And if your phone is two years old, I'd also recommend getting a new one.  They're really not built to keep up with mobile technology after two years.  With the advances in software coming every 6 months, the apps are updated to keep up with a new OS and simply won't run as strong on older versions of the OS.   

gotta love phones, with that shelf life. if i can figure it out, im sure it is easy, i will try a factory reset.

vansmack wrote:

walkonby wrote:
mine (2) worked for (two) years and now it does the funniest things. 

Have you ever done a factory reset?  I recommend one once a year.

And if your phone is two years old, I'd also recommend getting a new one.  They're really not built to keep up with mobile technology after two years.  With the advances in software coming every 6 months, the apps are updated to keep up with a new OS and simply won't run as strong on older versions of the OS.   

I dont' really see needing anything more than the Galaxy S2.  Screen is big enough.  I can play pinball.  I can take photos. I can surf the web. I can make calls.  I can text.  I can listen to Rhapsody, Pandora etc.  I don't really want any other apps.  If you want better photo capablities you need a real camera.  If they could make the battery last a week or two that would be the number one improvement I would like. Second improvement would be bigger screen.  But not too much bigger as I will run out of pocket space for it. 

I think it is like laptops. Home laptops kind of peaked 3 or 4 years ago.  THey hit a dead end. No one needed anything more.  So now everyone is moving on to tablets.  Phones will hit there peak soon enough.  Improved speed I guess would be better.  So I could download an album instantly.  And more memory so I could store every song locally.

atomicfront wrote:
I dont' really see needing anything more than the Galaxy S2.  

Everybody's use case is different.

A Galaxy SII is fine for the Pinball Wizard.  If I still had to use mine I would throw it across the room in the first half hour of use.

walkonby wrote:
gotta love phones, with that shelf life. if i can figure it out, im sure it is easy, i will try a factory reset.

Back up everything you want to keep from the phone first (photos, music, etc.).  If you want to back up text messages, it will require an app to do that as they are not available to the end user.

Three options:

#1 - Performing a factory data reset via settings

Go to Settings.
Select Privacy.
Click on Factory data reset.
Check Format USB storage if needed only (I recommend this, but only if you've backed all data).
Click on Reset phone.
Finally, select Erase everything.

(2) Performing a factory data reset using phone buttons

Turn off SGS2.
Press and hold down Volume Up + Home + Power buttons at the same time.
Release all buttons when you see SGS2 Logo.
Android system recovery will be loaded then.
Select wipe data/factory reset. (Volume buttons to go up or down, select with Home button)
Select Yes ? delete all user data.
Finally, select reboot system now.

(3) Performing a factory data reset using dialpad

Warning ~ no turning back after key in.
Bring up dialpad.
Key in *2767*3855#
Finally, SGS2 will be rebooted and factory data reset.

Last night, Houston enjoyed their first come-from-behind win since a 7-6 triumph over the Phillies last September. That streak of 47 games without a comeback victory was the longest in the majors since a 58-game streak by the Texas Rangers four decades ago (1972-73).

I don't think I need to tell you who they came back to beat last night.

I can't believe I have to install iTunes for this (but I'm totally going to do it)!

Stream the new Daft Punk on iTunes

http://www.itunes.com/daftpunk

dammit.  now i can't decide if i want to wait a week for the real thing, or deal with MP3…  AAAAAARGH.

sweetcell wrote:
dammit.  now i can't decide if i want to wait a week for the real thing, or deal with MP3…  AAAAAARGH.

Lunch was just 1:14:34 delayed for me….

And they say I'm not sensitive:

Angelina Jolie's Medical Choice

kosmo wrote:
Smackie will be getting to work a bit earlier than usual in the future

PepsiCo Inc. is rolling out a new drink called Kickstart this month that has a Mountain Dew flavor but is made with 5 percent juice and vitamins B and C, along with an extra jolt of caffeine.

So I went ahead and had a couple of these this week.  Yes, it's been that kind of week.

I opted not to try the fruit punch version and instead have had a few of the Orange Citrus varietal.  It's essentially a less sweet version of Live Wire for those that remember the GREATEST MOUNTAIN DEW FLAVOR OF ALL TIME. #stillbitter

Anyhow, at 16 oz. and 92 mg of caffeine, it's really not that much more than a 20 oz. bottle of the Dew that checks in at 91 mg.  To put that into perspective, a tall (12 oz) cup of Starbucks is 260 mg of caffeine.

So, I fail to see what market Pepsi Co is going after here.  Either buy a 20 oz at $1.75 and get 91 mg of caffeine or spend the $2.50 on an AMP and get 150 mg of caffeine.

Maybe if you're calorie conscious, because it's about 200 calories less than a 20 oz. bottle of the dew (80 vs 280) but they don't market is as healthier (for obvious reasons), just that it has a kick.

Bottom line, if you want a kick, drink an AMP, and pass on Kickstart.

Just the other day I saw an ad for a zero calorie "energy" drink. How the fuck does that work?

im enjoying the spaces of this thread for "runaways" from everything else that this places provides.  plus i find vansmacks mind to be hardwired and not physical.

beetsnotbeats wrote:
Just the other day I saw an ad for a zero calorie "energy" drink. How the fuck does that work?

i'm assuming you get the "energy" from sources other than sugar (caffeine, taurine, etc). 

sweetcell wrote:

beetsnotbeats wrote:
Just the other day I saw an ad for a zero calorie "energy" drink. How the fuck does that work?

i'm assuming you get the "energy" from sources other than sugar (caffeine, taurine, etc). 

Exactly.  In beverages, especially fizzy drinks, the majority of calories come from sugars. 

That's why the now impossible to find Vitamin Water Zero known as "Drive" was so absolutely brilliant.  75 mg of caffeine and no sugar with a divine taste.

Why it disappeared is still a mystery to me and my repeated requests for answers have gone ignored thus far.

i tweet @vitaminwater constantly. so bitter, drive was the best

if vitamin water gets rid of the magical hangover cure that is revive zero, they are dead to me

Buster Olney with the Stomach Punch:

"Only with benefit of 20/20 hindsight could we know exactly how different the world could be for the Angels, who traded Jean Segura (in the Zack Greinke deal) and Patrick Corbin (in the Dan Haren deal) and did not sign Matt Harvey after drafting him in 2007. "

Harvey: 5-0, 1.55 ERA, .72 WHIP, 68 K's in 63 innings
Corbin: 7-0, 1.44 ERA, .98 WHIP, 51 K's in 62 innings
Segura: .355 avg, 7 HR, 14 SB, 25 runs, 20 RBI

Still, the findings about Apple were remarkable both for the enormous amount of money involved and the audaciousness of the company?s assertion that its subsidiaries are beyond the reach of any taxing authority.

?There is a technical term economists like to use for behavior like this,? said Edward Kleinbard, a law professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and a former staff director at the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation. ?Unbelievable chutzpah.?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/business/apple-avoided-billions-in-taxes-congressional-panel-says.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130521&_r=0

Daft Punk - "Horizon" (Japanese Bonus Track)

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