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It's lunchtime / first gin already here in Blighty!
veni bibi saltavi
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Yep, OG is right. He just hasn't changed the default country in his profile.
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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So, the old iPhone was dying, so I wanted a reasonably cheap Android phone to replace it.
Bought on on special yesterday.
not really set it all up yet, but quite liked the face-recognition lock screen as a bit of 'ohh! look at this!' ware.
Did all the updates tonight. And it had gone!
for thse that don't know, this allows you to take a photo of your mug, and then when you go to unlock the screen, you look into the camera, that shows our face, and it unlocks if it recognises you)
Just spent about 2 hours trying to find out why it wasn't working.
Getting very miffed - I'm used to things "just working" 
Then I found a site that explained how it has been improved in Lollipop.
Turns out it was working all the time - it's just now yu just look at the screen - there's almost no indication it is doing face recognition other than a tiny head-and-shoulders icon turning into an unlocked padlock - and that happens so fast I hadn't noticed it!
So. I'm a happy Android chappy again (although i could do with the last two hours back, please, Google!
for those who have an interest it's a Moto-G 2nd Gen which was $220 & I should get a $20 store voucher in the mail.
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Now install Total Commander or ES File Explorer, and have some real fun!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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ES File Explorer 
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I use both, but have tended toward ES since I discovered that the TC MOVE command doesn't care if the file hasn't copied before deleting the original.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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ES File Explorer is awesome, but be aware it is a Chinese company you are allowing to access your phone and passwords (if you use its facilities for doing so).
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Yes, because a Chinese company really wants to look at every westerner in minute detail, intruding on and studying every iota of information about their lives and habits...
No, wait...
It's the Western governments that are doing that!
Hell, stop using Western stuff immediately! Chinese kit is safer, because they don't give a damn about you!
In case you're wondering, racism has no place in CP.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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You are the one who jumped to racist conclusions - it wasn't even on my mind.
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Right.
(Chinese = untrustworthy) != racist
Remind me to tell my wife that it's not racist of me to describe her and her people as untrustworthy.
I'll do it right after we've finished discussing the causes of the last few global recessions.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Absolutely right without the sarcasm. I was not thinking racist thoughts, and your arrogance to insist I was is disgusting.
I have seen the 'live' map of cyber-attacks, and witnessed the big spats between China and the US. The fact that ES File Explorer made it somewhat difficult to find out its base of operations raises a red flag, and it is worth being aware of. I never said "Don't use it!", and I did say it is "awesome". If you want to continue your childish name calling, I'll lower my opinion of you and sign out.
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David O'Neil wrote: I have seen the 'live' map of cyber-attacks
... Which, up until a few years ago, came almost exclusively from the United States.
What's happened is two things:
0. A lot of Chinese students are now doing what a lot of American students used to do, with the same idiocy of youth. It's a "catching up" thing, so most of them will soon catch up with the idea that it's a waste of their time -- the same as most American students did.
1. The parameters used to collect metrics have been changed. You don't need to be an Einstein to guess why.
David O'Neil wrote: The fact that ES File Explorer made it somewhat difficult to find out its base of operations raises a red flag
The Chinese flag is red, yes, because red is the colour of happiness and celebration, for more than half the population of the planet.
But all such alleged secrecy would tell me is that they have solid Internet security, and make it very hard for their servers to be hacked -- IF it were true.
They have a web-site, they have e-mail addresses, they're on FB, and they're on twitter. Everything is perfectly traceable.
What do you want from a couple of devs working in their mum's garage? Their bank details?
David O'Neil wrote: I never said "Don't use it!", and I did say it is "awesome".
And you followed that up with a statement that could only be described as racist.
There is absolutely no other way to describe the statement. It was a direct accusation of untrustworthiness, aimed at an entire race.
You obviously missed this bit of advice: http://www.codeproject.com/Lounge.aspx?msg=5005354#xx5005354xx[^].
And now "the guy you're talking to" is telling you not to talk about his wife (who is a Chinese engineer) like that again.
Unless you're taking the piss, that is. Taking the piss is fine; the Chinese live for it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Opinion lowered. Goodbye.
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Unless you are a zombie, I very much doubt it could have been you.
Are you a zombie?
veni bibi saltavi
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The dead can't post to CP...
So stop posting right now 
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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HobbyProggy wrote: The dead can't post to CP...
Where is that mentioned in the rules?
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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its item 5 on the secret rules (oh wait you do know about the secret rules don't you? NO! well I was joking there are no secret rules, none at all, don't know how you could think their were)
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Last night upon a stair
I saw a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
He must be from the CIA
[Originally seen by me in Mad Magazine, too many years ago]
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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HobbyProggy wrote: The dead can't post to CP...
Leslie can.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
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Michael Martin wrote: But It Wasn't Me!
Why did you think you should clarify that? The guy is dead, isn't he? 
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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Agent__007 wrote: Why did you think you should clarify that? The guy is dead, isn't he?
But am I me? Or is someone else typing this. There isn't even a photo that the 11/12 CPians who have met me face to face could verify is or isn't me.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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... because if he hadn't typed it we would have assumed (known?) it was him, especially given his beer intake.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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well, it looks like they're willing to keep going at killing people named Michael Martin, so...
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Blimey! I'd steer clear of that area if I were you - don't want to get mistaken for the other chap! Or his son.
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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