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dysamoria said:

I hate software that installs always-on anything.

Worst still are those that don't clean up after themselves when they get removed and leave the door wide open.

grifmx said:

why?

Well, in my case I have split my usage across three devices:

1. iPhone => Calls, Email, Calendaring primarily focussed on Work with "out and about" ancillary applications like Banking etc.
2. iPad => Work Documents, Presentations and Spreadsheets (View and Edit) along with Email. News, Magazines, Books for reading and Video. With some ancillary applications like Games, Social Media etc.
3. iPod Touch => Audio Services. iTunes Library and Podcasts.

This division has been working well for some time and I know at some point 1 & 3 might end up merging but right now I like keeping them seperate. 

I also travel a lot for work so it's nice to have my full music library with me when I'm away for months at a time and for it to be in a nice small form factor which I can easily deal with. It's also nice to know I can listen to music or watch videos until the battery is flat and still have a phone with a full charge.

So, the update for me is a storage update (and the battery is starting to fail on the old one) which will allow me to reinstate some artists which I had had to pull for storage limitations. I'd love to see a 512GB or higher version but it is what it is.

So, Spotify has evidence that Apple doesn’t perform an inter-department transfer @ 30% for it’s own apps? I know that the company I work for uses inter-department transfers for this sort of thing and that each department operates much like a business within the business. For example, Factilites charged the department I work in each month for providing a desk, chair and other items to do my job. Most of the reason I now work from home, but I digress.

macguy85 said:

loopless said:

The current conservative government in Australia is self-destructing just like the Republicans in the US, hopefully the next government will change this stupid law. 
And don't knock Australia's democracy, it is a far more democratic country that the US. No gerrymandering, no dis-enfranchisment of minorities, and a far greater percentage of eligible voters actually get out and vote (on a weekend!) And far, far fewer guns. Oh, and universal healthcare. But I digress...

You obviously do not understand Australia Law.  Australian, by law, have to vote.  If they do not show up at the polls they receive a fine from the government.  That's why it's held on a weekend.  In fact, it unfortunately throws of their economy within the country leading up to an election because Australians will typically not travel at that time so they can vote without a fine.

Australia is a fantastic country, but to think they don't have their own issues is a gross assumption.

Strange, elections have never once impacted my travel plans. Apart from pre-polling there is also postal voting where you can register and they will send your forms anywhere in the world for you to vote and then send back.

Of course you have to find a suitable representative to watch you vote which is harder than it sounds, but then if all else fails they allow you to submit a letter stating you have made best endeavours to locate a person but couldn’t. 

I did this for the last by-election and have not heard from anybody that I have been found in breech.

I don’t know, I actually liked Ping. It did all I was actually after. It allowed me to follow artists I was interested in and get updates on what they were up to so I knew about new albums, concerts etc. The “social” aspect with friends was never of any interest to me, which is also why I have not done the same with Facebook and don’t use Twitter etc.