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  • #6422
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    Synode wrote: »
    Anyone any thoughts on Android tablets for kids? Been looking at a few and the best I've seen so far is this. A little pricey but seems to be good quality


    http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/2621353.htm

    This is showing as €169.99 now. Luckily I reserved it at €139.99 last night.


  • #6423
    justsomebloke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,407 ✭✭✭✭justsomebloke


    yoga tablet 2 is only an 8" tablet and are €180 each but would be a much better tablet


  • #6424
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,093 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I can't quite get my head around the fact that not only is my phone's 4g connection faster than my ADSL line by some distance but it's faster than my WiFi LAN connection. It's actually quicker to download a file from Australia than from the PC in the next room.


  • #6425
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    Ive been waiting nearly a month for my 4G to begin. Got a new phone the day after my last bill and they won't turn it on until the next billing cycle begins (the 8th). Miserable gits


  • #6426
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    pickarooney wrote: »
    I can't quite get my head around the fact that not only is my phone's 4g connection faster than my ADSL line by some distance but it's faster than my WiFi LAN connection. It's actually quicker to download a file from Australia than from the PC in the next room.

    Just depends on how good your ISP is...

    IWduyH7.png


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  • #6427
    Jovanni Miniature Bayonet
    Posts: 13,106 ✭ Jovanni Miniature Bayonet


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    Just depends on how good your ISP is...

    IWduyH7.png

    What the hell? That in your work or what?


  • #6428
    stephen_n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,920 ✭✭✭✭stephen_n


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    Just depends on how good your ISP is...

    IWduyH7.png

    :eek: that's some speed, never seen a connection with more upload than download.


  • #6429
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    Sky Mango Tux wrote: »
    What the hell? That in your work or what?

    Pretty much, without going into too much detail! I'm my own provider.


  • #6430
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,100 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Work doesn't count.

    UPC offer pretty good home speeds in Dublin.


  • #6431
    errlloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,633 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    I think UPC increased my DL but capped my UL recently.

    4807870446.png


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  • #6432
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    awec wrote: »
    Work doesn't count.

    UPC offer pretty good home speeds in Dublin.

    Ah yeah, it's not AT work technically but it's not consumer broadband.

    It's also almost entirely useless, apart from the latency. Virgin have been rolling out 200MB home broadband around here though recently as a free upgrade which is quite impressive.


  • #6433
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    errlloyd wrote: »
    I think UPC increased my DL but capped my UL recently.

    4807870446.png

    Every provider will eventually need to cap UL because it's far too dangerous to have modern computers with massive capacities, it's becoming far too easy to assemble a botnet capable of doing considerable damage because consumer's PCs are poorly protected and capable of doing a lot of outbound traffic.


  • #6434
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,100 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    UPC seemed to have removed all the broadband options from their site except for the 240mb option now since they became virgin.

    They've also removed the basic tv options, the 35 quid a month Horizon is their cheapest now.


  • #6435
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    Woah I didn't know that UPC became Virgin in Ireland. That'll be great if they invest in infrastructure the same way they're doing around me in the UK.


  • #6436
    errlloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,633 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    Woah I didn't know that UPC became Virgin in Ireland. That'll be great if they invest in infrastructure the same way they're doing around me in the UK.

    You obviously didn't watch the world cup on Tv3

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6QrngO5H0A


  • #6437
    Pink Fairy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭Pink Fairy


    1000mbps infrastructure is being rolled out in Tralee over the coming months :)


  • #6438
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,002 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Pink Fairy wrote: »
    1000mbps infrastructure is being rolled out in Tralee over the coming months :)

    Yeah but you still have to live in tralee!!


  • #6439
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,093 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Not sure I'll ever get fibre again but I've never found myself thinking 15Mbps is just too slow.
    What can you do with gigabit internet?


  • #6440
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,002 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Not sure I'll ever get fibre again but I've never found myself thinking 15Mbps is just too slow.
    What can you do with gigabit internet?

    *cough* porn *cough*


  • #6441
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 20,606 ✭ [Deleted User]


    pickarooney wrote: »
    What can you do with gigabit internet?
    mfceiling wrote: »
    *cough* 1080p 3D porn *cough*

    FYP


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  • #6442
    errlloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,633 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Not sure I'll ever get fibre again but I've never found myself thinking 15Mbps is just too slow.
    What can you do with gigabit internet?

    There are a lot of us in the house. We could pretty comfortably have 2 people watching Netflix, one person torrennting at 20MBs and I'd still get a low ping and good connection on online games.

    It is great to never have to worry about the Internet.


  • #6443
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,093 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    True, that will soon become an issue in my house.


  • #6444
    b.gud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,876 ✭✭✭b.gud


    In anticipation of the new Star Wars movie I'm planning on watching the 6 previous ones over the coming weeks.

    What do you guys reckon on the order 1 - 6 or 4 - 6 then 1 - 3.


  • #6445
    Teferi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,320 ✭✭✭Teferi


    Machete Order is a good way of watching them.


  • #6446
    errlloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,633 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    Machete order is the best for introducing someone to them right? I do think it is better to watch them 1-6 if you actually know the story.


  • #6447
    molloyjh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,767 ✭✭✭✭molloyjh


    b.gud wrote: »
    In anticipation of the new Star Wars movie I'm planning on watching the 6 previous ones over the coming weeks.

    What do you guys reckon on the order 1 - 6 or 4 - 6 then 1 - 3.

    Apparently 4,5,1,2,3,6 is the best way to watch them. Personally I'd just watch 4 - 6 and not bother with the prequels.

    EDIT: I see in the 40 or so minutes it took me to actually post this Teferi got there first.....I really need to learn to focus on one thing to completion before moving on to another.


  • #6448
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    I watched them last year with the kids and we did it 1-6. Thoroughly enjoyed it. The prequels get far more grief than they deserve


  • #6449
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,822 ✭ [Deleted User]


    There is a fan edit available on dodgy sites that cuts the prequels into one film. It's pretty good. It completely removes episode 1 and a lot of the nonsense from the other two that makes them bearable. I'd go for that machete order with the fan edit in the middle.


  • #6450
    errlloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,633 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    molloyjh wrote: »
    Apparently 4,5,1,2,3,6 is the best way to watch them. Personally I'd just watch 4 - 6 and not bother with the prequels.

    EDIT: I see in the 40 or so minutes it took me to actually post this Teferi got there first.....I really need to learn to focus on one thing to completion before moving on to another.

    Actually machete order skips 1. So if you can make a convincing argument why 1 should be watched.....


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  • #6451
    b.gud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,876 ✭✭✭b.gud


    molloyjh wrote: »
    Apparently 4,5,1,2,3,6 is the best way to watch them. Personally I'd just watch 4 - 6 and not bother with the prequels.

    EDIT: I see in the 40 or so minutes it took me to actually post this Teferi got there first.....I really need to learn to focus on one thing to completion before moving on to another.

    I was wondering how many posts before someone suggested ignoring the prequels all together. For the record it was one post later than I thought :)


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