Year: 2010

This is Why I Hate Summer

July 2, 2010

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Screenshot on my left is my biggest horror of summer. It was just in the 70s for the past two days with no humidity and it was glorious. Now we’re about to enter a never ending 90+ heatwave. Unless I’m on vacation on the beach or at a pool, there is no reason for it to be that hot.

Fuck summer. Fuck the heat. Give me cold. Give me snow. I’m moving to Canada or Alaska.

See people don’t understand: if you’re cold, you can always snuggle, put on a sweatshirt, blankets, layers etc and be cozy. If its 90, you’re screwed unless you have an AC.

Is it fall yet?

The Yankee Bullpen Can Suck It

July 2, 2010

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Except for Mo, because he’s a legend. Fuck Joba.Way to come in and spoil Burnett’s shutout through 6 2/3. I mean the guy finally got over his problems and threw a gem and can’t even get the win because some over-hyped drunk driving Indian from Nebraska was good for two weeks then started pitching like a shithead. Joba has been shit lately. Then you get Robertson who’s good for a run or two. And most importantly, fuck Chan Ho Park. He has diarrhea and can’t get a man out. Comes in, walks the bases loaded, strikes a guy out like a tease, then gives up a double. Seriously – every day the Yankees bullpen just throws games away.

Oh and FUCK the entire offense who can’t score runs off of shit teams like the Mariners and Blue Jays.

Thanks for wasting my afternoon. I was going to go bike riding, but held of to watch these fucking assholes lose in 11 innings. I’m still going biking. But now I’m pissed.

Love the Random Text Exchanges that Never End

July 2, 2010

Movies/Television

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Keith, you sir are the man. This isn’t our first time we have been on a never ending text message exchange. The previous one involved variations of the surname O’Kane.

If you don’t know where that’s from, you haven’t lived.

PS – I love being able to take screenshots of my phone. You need the Android SDK though, it’s kind of a bitch to set up.

Hey, At Least I Can Make Fun of Myself

July 2, 2010

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They say that you need to make fun of yourself sometimes:

Seriously though. It’s just about as good as an iPhone 4’s antenna.

Apple Misreporting iPhone 4 Signal Strength (And a lesson in dBm transmitting power)

July 2, 2010

Computer/ Tech Related, Science

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Computerworld – In response to mounting reports that the iPhone 4 offers subpar call reception, Apple Inc. today said that an algorithm used in its new smartphone is flawed and promised to update its iOS 4 operating system in the next few weeks.

Users called the company’s inaccurate algorithm explanation “hooey” and worse on Apple’s support forum.

Apple blamed the faulty formula for problems users have encountered with the iPhone’s signal strength, which has been said to quickly plummet when the phone is held in certain ways.

It just gets worse and worse for these assholes. It is SUPER EASY to calculate signal strength. It’s measured in dBm, an abbreviation for the power ratio indecibels (dB) of the measured power referenced to one milliwatt (mW). When signal is extremely poor, the phone transmits at higher power. -125 dBm is very bad. -60 dBm is very good.

The phone physically reports these raw numbers based on how it’s transmitting. On old phones oyu were able to access the transmitting power in hidden menus. On Android, go to Settings–>About Phone–>Status and it wil ltell you signal strength in dBm.

But obviously users wouldn’t know what this means, so they are converted to bars for convenience. It’s not that hard to program a phone to say “okay, if it is less than -115 dBm, there should be no bars. If it’s between -114dBm to -105dBm, one bar. -104dBm to -95dBm, two. -94 to -85-dBm, three. -85 to -74, four bars and greater than -74dBm should be 5 bars.

Apparently, the iPhone 4 has a software problem where it displays more bars than it should. So when people are seeing 4 bars, it should really be two. In addition, this does not fix the antenna problems when people are holding the phone. Therefore a user can be seeing 4 bars but really have none when holding it wrong.

How do you screw that up Apple? It’s easy to do conditional statements!