Posts by Obitim 85 publicly visible posts • joined 17 Sep 2012
Yeah, true, the plot is roughly similar but the bits in-between are what makes the film, how the protagonist with triumph (even though we know that they will), the small unexpected parts that give the film a bit of character (small quips, or linking into the larger universe such as the Avenger cameo, which I didn't know who it would be till I read this...so thanks for that)
I do like these kind of films, but at the same time enjoy meatier fare, it depends on my mood at the time...horses for courses and all that.
I like the Anthony Hopkins quote regarding Rocky 'Rocky is kokey but sometimes people need hokey' - this is paraphrased from Sky advert tho... :)
Although bad news about the idiots at the cinema...I hate that!
Brandwatch's Marcus Beard told The Register that since the survey Apple Pay's vibe has taken a plunge with the news that if your phone goes flat on the Tube you'll get a penalty fare when you can't bonk to get out.
And if you use a charger at the station you'll likely be arrested too!
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/13/man-arrested-abstracting-electricity-iphone-london-overground
We have an exercise bike in the house that now masquerades as a clothes horse, instead we looked at what was actually needed for substantial and lasting change (positive habit building and not seeing dieting as dieting, but changing how we view food and what we eat and changing one little thing at a time)
Managed to shift 2 stone for my wedding last year, but more importantly those habits that I;d built in the year previously ensured the weight has stayed off...
I use a sleep tracker/alarm on my iPhone, it's so much better than a conventional alarm as it wakes you up within 45 mins of the alarm when you are nearly awake. Instead of jolting you out of that nice dream you were having.
Only thing I worry about with those alarms is if they wake me up later than the time I set...
Used to read Terry in my formative years and he was my first brush with celebrity (replying to an email I sent while at uni).
A truly great writer and the world is a poorer place for losing him. I'll continue to revisit the Discworld from now on, but it will seem a slightly less rich place I fear.
Is that it's been happy enough to rest on it's laurels since the S3.
After losing my iPhone 4 at a festival I was swayed by the S2 and picked one up - I was impressed with the specs of the phone and how it was better than the iPhone in every way, I was impressed enough to upgrade to the S3 with it;s larger screen, extra memory and SD card expansion.
Then the S4 happened and I didn't feel that the improvements warranted a purchase and then the S5 caused a similar lack of impressedness with a lack of innovation with the design and the extras (airtouch? Fitness? even as an avid gym goer these didn;t float my boat).
What I ended up looking for was a phone that had the externals that I wanted, at a price I was happy with so the things that matter to me:
SD Card slot
Front facing speaker (as I use my phone as a radio when cooking)
I think that Samsung's issue is slavishly sticking to a form which it can produce but showing no changes in ideology for how the sound is produced by the device (possibly the lawsuits didn't help either), and lack of updates for Android OS for the phone.
Oh yeah, and producing duplicate apps of all the cones supplied by Google too...
We support a number of iPads for our users in the department where I work and for the most part it works fine...until your MDM software isn't updated to be compatible with the latest version of IOS and iTunes is disallowed from being installed on laptops as the top bods think that it'll be used to listen to music all day and don't actually realise that iTunes is a necessary requirement for doing some diagnostics with an iPad...
Other than that, I can see why people in business like to use Apple products, it;s the same reason that I recommended my mum goes with Apple - it just works (most of the time)
Disclaimer:
I moved from the Apple camp to the Android camp about 3 years ago - but can still see the benefits of both OS'
Just wanted to say awesome comment.
I played Destiny Beta on the Xbox, here's how the 'MMO' worked out:
I spawn and run round shooting baddies
I look to the distance and see someone else shooting MY baddies that I want the experience for
Baddies near to me respawn and start shooting me again...
No coop to be honest, just loads of people running round shooting stuff? what's the point?
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