Apple is the next Micro$oft; reason enough for me to stay with Linux, Android, Google. At least until Google turns into the next Micro$oft.
I like saying Micro$oft. --Doug On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Steve Smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: > I've got the tools I used to fix my screen .. it has a pentalobe as I > think they're called. Also the head magnifier etc. > > -- Owen > > > Thanks! Between you and Guerin I'm set.... All Doug offered me was a bag > of rice and a hair dryer to cook it with! Do you know he roasts his own > coffee beans in a popcorn popper!? > > Actually, to be fair to Doug (but why?)... I *did* try the bag-O-rice and > the (gentle) heat treatment... I think it works best when the device was > turned *off* (and stayed off!) immediately. I believe (like to believe?) > the intimations of many on the net that operating while wet is as likely to > cause corrosion/residue on the contacts from resistance-heating drying as > it is to have caused some kind of dead-short. Crack case, disconnect > cableage, clean contacts, reassemble, hold breath, look for stoopid tiny > screws, push button, viola (or not)! > > Meanwhile, I'll be happy to be converted to the cult of Android > perhaps... the recent news about Apple being 100% outsourced (manufacture) > to China and my loyalty to the *design* genius that was Jobs (I read his > Bio... not a pretty sight! I met the man several times and knew several > who knew him well... not someone to look up to in many ways.) I don't > expect Apple to go the way of Sun, Dec, SGI, etc... but I think their glory > days are now permanently behind us. > > Google is still in some kind of ascendency, at least in business and > technology if not spiritually. I'm still quite taken in by their ability > to *not* focus, or to *focus on everything*! They are a true product of > the new millenium for better or worse as is Amazon. I'm *still* creeped > out by the (now) classic GoogleZon Epic 2014 spoof commercial/newsbite. > It is amazing how well they predicted the GoogleGlut! If we make it past > Dec 26 2012 (or whatever) will we make it past 2014? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPIC_2014 > http://www.robinsloan.com/epic/ > > - Steve > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Steve Smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: > >> I dropped my iPhone in my pond while cleaning the pump filter... fished >> it out within 10 secs, it was still on, running fine, no obvious intrusion >> of water... but just to be safe I powered it off... driving into town >> minutes later, I noticed it had powered back up... so I powered it down >> (again)... and it immediately powered/booted itself *again*! Water >> shorting the power button? I went ahead and tried it's phone function and >> the speaker was not working... but bluetooth did... then I sent a text... >> then I powered it off again... and within seconds, it was booting itself >> back up! Half an hour later it shut itself down and hasn't been back up >> since. I put it in a bag of rice overnight (conventional wisdom for drying >> things without an official dessicant)... still dead. >> >> Now I need a 5-lobe screwdriver to defeat Apple's insistence that I not >> open the case without their lawyers present... I suppose they would rather >> I sent it to them so they can say "!not under warranty, water alert!" keep >> it for weeks and charge me an arm and a leg to clean any fouled contacts, >> maybe replace the battery, and then maybe decide I need a new logic board. >> >> So anyone have a 5 lobe (tiny, tiny, miniscule, tiny) screwdriver for >> this purpose that they can loan me? >> >> How about a GSM android phone to borrow while I order up a screwdriver >> and battery and a bucket of luck? Or advice on what (used) model to pick >> up on Craigslist? Anyone have any experience with the "Cocoa"? It is >> apparently a "dual SIM"... >> >> Are GSM Androids unlocked by default (seems reasonable.. but... ?)... >> is it an easy unlock? >> >> I knew I needed an OtterBox! >> >> - Steve >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Doug Roberts drobe...@rti.org d...@parrot-farm.net http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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