Re: Phone updates
On 24 May 2013 12:41, "Paul" <cliffedge10-at-googlemail.com> wrote:>
> On 24/05/2013 12:30, H D wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone know of any way to stop them?
>
>
> Notifications can be turned off - open Play store, open settings and the
top option is notifications.
>
> Second option is for auto updates, and can be turned off.
Thanks for that, have done so. :-) Have also created a reminder so's I
check manually for updates every month.
I so wish there was a way I could actually uninstall these things...
ChatON? Music Hub? Hangouts? I don't know how old (young!) they think their
average user is - I trust they've chucked a lot of research at it - but it
makes me realise, meh, I really am getting old :-/
Cheerio,
HAN
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on 24/5/13 11:59 AM, graham arnold <ixionky-at-gmail.com> wrote:> Hi all,
>
> As pat of the carb removal, I had to drain down the cooling
> system. Obviously, this will need to be flushed out and re-filled with new
> coolant so is there any specific coolant I should use? Halfrauds have a
> variety of ant--freezes, with some pre-mixed stuff available but this is
> pink whereas the stuff I drained was a more conventional blue. Is
> that significant, or would any old anti-freeze do?
Pink stuff is better and can stay in longer (5yrs normally). Blue stuff
should
be changed every 2yrs. Orange stuff is much the same as pink stuff.
But then brake fluid should be changed every 2yrs and nobody does that
either.
John
Scenes From Married Life
Talking of smartphones, you know that something isn't quite rightwhen someone complains that he has lost his phone and after a search
you find it in pieces, in a half empty yoghourt pot, at the bottom of
a bin bag, amongst other bin bags in the communal bins. :-)
Roger.
ps. Note the use of the grammatically correct gender-neutral 'he' and
'his' to preserve anonymity.
pps. The title is a reference to a most underrated author, a FOAF and
OB of my alma mater.
Re: more drill
On Fri, 2013-05-24 at 12:21 +0100, M Hodson wrote:> >> WD40 is thin and tends to fall off things.
> >...having washed off any other lubricant first.
> >The only time I use WD40 is as a 2-stage process. WD40 to get the crap &
> water out; 3-in-1 (or such) to remain as the lubricant/whatever.
>
> So I guess you'd be happy using WD40 as a brake disk cleaner, in that case?
Yes.
We used to apply it to the kart brake discs to stop them rusting up and
I've never seen it damage pads or adversely affect the braking
capability.
Cheers,
Richard
Re: green drill foot
On Fri, 2013-05-24 at 12:13 +0100, andy pugh wrote:> On 24 May 2013 12:10, Richard Purdie <rpurdie-at-rpsys.net> wrote:
>
> >> http://london.craigslist.co.uk/bfs/3779958879.html
> >
> > Hmm, that does look interesting/tempting. I have no pressing need for a
> > CNC machine but it still appeals...
>
> It could run Linux.... :-)
Yes, that would feature in the plan for sure :)
> Talking of which, I am currently playing with making a parallel-port
> emulator for RPi and deciding what to do with the BeagleBoneBlack that
> just arrived.
I have an RPi that I've been using to control an AVR microcontroller
over i2c (I needed the ADC mux the AVR has) and my next step with it is
to enable it to reflash the AVR using GPIOs so I can do 'field'
upgrades/hacking. Most AVR flash utils use a parallel port as GPIOs so
I'll have to hack up one of the utilities. Most of the fun so far was
chasing bugs in both the RPi i2c driver and in the AVR code I based the
AVR i2c driver on.
Part of this involves mains control with triacs which I'm rather
inexperienced with. When it says use an X rated capacitor, it really
does mean it. It was interesting as I hooked the test circuit which
wasn't sounding right (it shouldn't sound) to the oscilloscope where it
looked "stressed", a few seconds later it both exploded and caught fire.
Made me jump and more annoyingly the transients it generated took out
half the board :/.
I play with electronics far too infrequently...
Cheers,
Richard
Re: Phone updates
On 24 May 2013 12:30, H D <rossi46fan-at-gmail.com> wrote:> Does anyone know of any way to stop them?
Turn on automatic updates?
More seriously, I tend to view updates to software as a mixed,
trending to potentially good thing. It means bugs are getting fixed,
features may be being added, although there's always the scope for a
nasty bit of feature chopping.
--
Ric
Re: Phone updates
On 24/05/2013 12:30, H D wrote:> Does anyone know of any way to stop them?
Notifications can be turned off - open Play store, open settings and the
top option is notifications.
Second option is for auto updates, and can be turned off.
P.
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Re: Phone updates
On 24/05/2013 12:30, H D wrote:> Hullo peeps,
>
> I'm sick to death of constant nags on my Galaxy S2 to download and install
> updates to various things. Chief of these is Samsung Push Services (wtf is
> that anyway? Nah, don't answer that, just read the comments on here:
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sec.spp.push&hl=en !!)
> and a variety of Samsung and Google stuff I never use.
>
> Does anyone know of any way to stop them?
>
> (If you suggest buying a different phone, you commit to doing just that:
> buying me a new smartphone. Replies to me - on or offlist -containing such
> comments indicate your binding acceptance of buying me a new smartphone,
> with an associated commitment to do so within a fortnight from receipt of
> your reply. If this purchase is of an iPhone then you also commit to buying
> me an iPad and sundry other iThings as per my choice, which shall be
> notified to you in writing within a week of receipt of your reply to this
> email. [1] )
>
> Cheerio,
>
> HAN
>
> [1] think I'm kidding? Try me ;-)
You should get a job as a licence enforcement officer with Microsoft.
Roger.
Phone updates
Hullo peeps,I'm sick to death of constant nags on my Galaxy S2 to download and install
updates to various things. Chief of these is Samsung Push Services (wtf is
that anyway? Nah, don't answer that, just read the comments on here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sec.spp.push&hl=en !!)
and a variety of Samsung and Google stuff I never use.
Does anyone know of any way to stop them?
(If you suggest buying a different phone, you commit to doing just that:
buying me a new smartphone. Replies to me - on or offlist -containing such
comments indicate your binding acceptance of buying me a new smartphone,
with an associated commitment to do so within a fortnight from receipt of
your reply. If this purchase is of an iPhone then you also commit to buying
me an iPad and sundry other iThings as per my choice, which shall be
notified to you in writing within a week of receipt of your reply to this
email. [1] )
Cheerio,
HAN
[1] think I'm kidding? Try me ;-)
RE: more drill
>> WD40 is thin and tends to fall off things.>...having washed off any other lubricant first.
>The only time I use WD40 is as a 2-stage process. WD40 to get the crap &
water out; 3-in-1 (or such) to remain as the lubricant/whatever.
So I guess you'd be happy using WD40 as a brake disk cleaner, in that case?
"
*WD-40* is the trademark <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark> name of a
lubricant, penetrating oil
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetrating_oil>and water-displacing
spray. It was developed in 1953 by Norm
Larsen <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_Larsen>, founder of the Rocket
Chemical Company, in San Diego <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego>,
California <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California>. WD-40, abbreviated
from the phrase "Water Displacement, 40th
formula,"[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#cite_note-1>was
originally designed to repel water and prevent corrosion,
[2] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#cite_note-aboutus-2> and later was
found to have numerous household uses.
"
Note the lubricant and penetrating oil bits in there!
Hoddy
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