@variablepulserate he is. Ex = has-been. Spert = drip under pressure!
// @matigo
Daylight Savings Time ends in 40 minutes. Australian carrier Telstra had a major network outahe a bit over a werk ago. So in compensation have declared April 3 as a free data day, from midnight April 2 to midnight April 3, local time. In those Australian states which observe DST, the midnight to midnight timeframe covers 25 hours as the when Summer Time 3 am is reached, it reverts to Standard Time 2 am. Theoretically I could have been going mad on 4G downloads for three hours by the time 2 am Standard time arrives, leaving 22 hours of free download time.
Happy 25 hour free Telstra data day!
@streakmachine My sister needed a basic internet machine for her international travels so she paid AU$75 for a cheap & frankly, quite nasty 7-inch Android tablet. It died within 4 weeks, just wouldn't power on one day. It was replaced under warranty only to fail to accept all passwords one day. It was getting horribly close to the departure date so I gave her the 2012 Nexus 7 that I just wasn't using. It was just what she needed, something useful but cheap enough not to be missed if it should vanish through theft or misfortune. After three months throughout the Greek islands & the Baltic states it was as good as when she'd left.
// @matigo
@variablepulserate Between March 2003 & September 2009 I had a series of G3 & G4 iBooks, all purchased second-hand. Most were 12-inch, including a FireWire Clamshell and also a 14-inch 1.33 GHz model. Both of those are still used by the retired couple to whom I traded them. One for cash, one for favours rendered. I guess I never had them long enough for such corner cracks to appear.
// @matigo
@matigo Think about it. The missing bits of plastic. Of course it doesn't have the missing bits of plastic. Because they're missing.
// @variablepulserate
@skematica Don't bet on it. Mactracker puts the 2012 1.8 at some 30% faster than the 2011 1.6.
// @matigo @streakmachine @jextxadore
@phoneboy In Australia the 700 MHz spectrum is used for 4G/LTE and 4G Carrier Aggregration which they market as 4GX. Telstra uses 20 MHz of the 700 MHz band & 20 MHz of the 1.8 GHz band for 4GX. Edge is dead. It accounted for barely 1% of network traffic.
// @matigo @streakmachine
I arose (creakingly) from my bed & clumped to the kitchen, grabbed a handful of pain medication tablets and consumed two glasses of milk and a cup of strong tea. Back in bed I find a bunch of unconsumed pain meds in my pocket.
Dickhead.