Exams & Coffee

[kneeshooter]

I have finished my exams. I am currently eating too many bananas and drinking too much coffee.

I know that I am drinking too much coffee because of two things I did in my exam this morning.

The first was to say 'Economists who believe in the accuracy of models should give up now and teach high school physics or write Science Fiction. For one of the few examples of models working read Isaac Asimov's Foundation books."

The second was to explain strange attractors in complex market systems using a line drawing of two houses separated by a hill with a car on it.

Either it'll be marked by a man with a sense of humour. Or not.

Now 4 days off before London.

Mmm. Sleep. Better than Seabound or Malcolm Gladwell.

Anyone still reading this shit?

Oh, and having lost my N95 I am now debating between an iPhone and an E75. The N97 has been written off as too much. If only O2's tethering plan wasn't absolutely dreadful the decision would be easy. My current dumbphone has no numbers or email and it hurts.

If you'd like me to have your phone number or help with my address book please fill in :

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Comments

[ant-girl.livejournal.com]

Either it'll be marked by a man with a sense of humour. Or not.

Or a woman? (With or without sense of humour). :-p

[kneeshooter]

Oh, I know at least the primary marker is a man. I suspect no-one will want to secondary mark three hour written exams from about sixty people.

[ant-girl.livejournal.com]

Ok I'll let you off. ;-) But the way you phrased that sentence made it sound as if you didn't know who the person marking it would be.

[kneeshooter]

I can be terribly overdramatic at times.

[alasdair.livejournal.com]

I am informed by a man on the inside that the only way O2 would have of telling if you were using the iPhone in a tethered capacity would be looking for abnormal usage, or protocols outside of email/web.

So if you just want the tethering so you can use a laptop to do the usual minimum email and web checking while on the road, you might well get away with it without the absurd plan. If you want it for full-on business use, yeah, it's not perfect.

(I cannot vouch that this is 100% the case, have not tried it myself, and obviously, things may change, but this appears to be the current state of play...)

[kneeshooter]

Oh that's really interesting to know. Thank you. I would not be surprised if 'something' changed about their offering in the next month or so given the combined weight of geek opinion (and geeks are not generally known to be slimline).

Or I have my spreadsheet which will tell me if a short-term E75 might make sense with possible upgrade later in the year if it's changed by then. My main concern is spending the summer in an office with controlled web access - so I will need some kind of mobile device potentially (being the addict I am).

[alasdair.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure O2 *are* likely to change it - it is, after all, in line with their mobile broadband pricing. I guess it depends on how many accounts they wind up yanking (given that that's what they've said they'll do to anyone they catch...).

[kneeshooter]

Of course it is, but other providers seem to 'care less'. Certainly I've never seen the same big warning from Vodafone about using data that way. Mind you it's probably in the small print.

The risk to O2 is that there is sufficient bad press that Apple get their noses put out of joint and intervene either to 'influence' behaviour or open competition. The chance probably is pretty small - but to charge that kind of money for what is dangerously close to 'no additional service' is the close to a textbook definition of 'unfair' for competition authorities.

[jfs.livejournal.com]

http://richardlai.xanga.com/704930537/enable-tethering-on-iphone-30---too-easy-worldwide-carriers/

Breaking the tethering is really easy, and doesn't even require you to jailbreak the phone.

[rubian.livejournal.com]

Haven't read this shit for a while now. x

[anotherusedpage.livejournal.com]

congrats on finishing exams! :)

[mimeticgel.livejournal.com]

Reading this? I don't do read any more, but the words do make nice patterns.

Exams over heh.. now you need to give it a year or so before you are comfy with a more vegetative way of life.

The new iPhone has shinier bits on the inside. You can't see em, but they are there so it is obviously better.

These days I browse the netbook developments rather than phones, at some point my eee701 will be replaced but just waiting a few more months (still).

[kneeshooter]

Has Damien told you I'm starting at your place next week? (Well, not Birchwood). And keep an eye out for any jobs that come up if you get a chance!

[ikkleblacktruck.livejournal.com]

Are you getting a bowler hat? Mr Steed? :)

[kneeshooter]

For the right £££...

[ikkleblacktruck.livejournal.com]

Are you suggesting you'll accept donations to see you in one? :)

[mimeticgel.livejournal.com]

Funny you should ask... there is a G7 in the Innovation team (that I don't head up any more).

I will send you the link when it comes out.

I have not seen Damien in some time and will be in Leeds most of June so unlikely to bump into him.

[kneeshooter]

Cool. Ideally I'm looking about G7 but we'll see what the world is like.

If you're down in London at some point, or even better in the Adelphi, we should catch up.

[mimeticgel.livejournal.com]

Tuesday I am at Adelphi?
Do you have a location?

Can you send me email as I have lost all my contacts due to breaking my pooter.

[pax-draconis.livejournal.com]

HTC Touch Diamond 2, or the Diamond Pro 2 if you want a keyboard slide-out. Excellent high-end i-Phone botherers.

[kneeshooter]

No more choices! Nokia or Apple. Life is hard enough as it is.

[pax-draconis.livejournal.com]

Diversify! Revel in your megachoice! Consume! Consume!

[putrescine.livejournal.com]

Nah, clearly the man needs to hold out for the Samsung Omnia HD with Windows Mobile 6.5 on it, due out towards the end of the year. Nuts to this Apple nonsense, I say!

[littleonionz.livejournal.com]

Yay, nice one. Enjoy the not study:)

[choccoweeble]

The overwhelming reports I've heard are that the iPhone is a great gadget but a really shit phone (in terms of calling functionality, features etc). Hope that's in some way helpful.

[kathbad]

Saw Malcolm Gladwell (again) on Tuesday - he is a very fab speaker...

[arachne.livejournal.com]

Have you looked at the G1 at all? It's very shiny indeed.

Also, would you be up for picking up a server from me at some point?

Congrats on finihing exams, by the way.

[kneeshooter]

The Sun kit? Has it been confirmed they want it or not? Last I heard PDIT wasn't sure.

[arachne.livejournal.com]

Not the Sun kit - the un-Sun one.

Servers coming out my ears, here ;)

[kneeshooter]

I'll have to have a think. I won't actually ever be driving to an event from London so it might be better trying to co-ordinate with one of the others.

Hopefully something will get sorted out.

[marcushill.livejournal.com]

I've never read a word you've written, and I don't see why I should start now.

[putrescine.livejournal.com]

Your absence from the audience for Seabound was statistically significant, put it that way. Great gig though.

[kneeshooter]

So I hear. I was mostly unconscious for the evening though and suspect any kind of music would have prevented me achieving that state.

[gaius-octavian.livejournal.com]

FWIW I'm pretty happy with my Nokia E71.

[carabel.livejournal.com]

Don't go for an iphone just yet, wait another couple of months. G1 very good but heavy on the data use even if your not doing anything so not really good to use on networks other than t-mobile which allow unlimited data for G1. E75 isn't bad actually and i tend to dislike Nokias, N96 is the nokia i would go for tho. Stay away from Samsung and LG!

[kneeshooter]

Cheers!

[ayrton-nix.livejournal.com]

Does this mean you can have fun again? When are you coming to have fun up here? Soon? Sooner?

[kneeshooter]

Summer project in London (let me know if/when you're down and we should at least be able to do coffee - in fact I could do with dropping you an email) - then real life starts again proper in September.

[ayrton-nix.livejournal.com]

Not sure when I'll next overnight but if you're anywhere near Kings Cross I'll let you know when I'm doing day trips as a coffee catch up would be good. Drop me a line whenever petal.

[kneeshooter]

Charing Cross - so not too far. That would be great. Also - is there anyone in your place with a brief to manage IS/IT/ICT Innovation? With the project I'm doing I could do with a few people to interview.

[ayrton-nix.livejournal.com]

Do you mean within the orgainisation, or for helping customers with innovation?

If you mean within the org it's probably me or my boss!!! mail me.