So, I finally had enough Bing search credits to get my "reward". In the past, everything was so easy... get the credits, click confirm, click complete my order, done.
Now they added an extra step that I absolutely cannot stand. What did they add?
A confirmation code that can only be received on phones. I hate telephones (and want nothing to do with them). You can only get text messages to a mobile phone or an automated call (no VOIP) phones (which is where the non-mobile segment seems to be trending).
I know that something like 56% of residents of the US have a smartphone and 91% own some kind of mobile phone (mindboggling to me). What about those people who want nothing to do with cell phones? It is just another annoying trend - like Target in-store offers that you can only get if you have an Apple or Android phone (if I was going to get smart phone - which I don't plan on, I would go for Windows Phone 8)
http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/06/05/smartphone-ownership-2013/
So, I guess my Bing search credits are now absolutely useless to me. Why even bother to use Bing if I don't get incentivized to do so (though I like it better than Google)?
Update:
So a while ago (late July or so) i caved and got a mini tablet that is capable of sending and receiving texts - a Nokia Lumia 521 prepaid. It costs a little, but i can live with $10 every three months. Especially as i can get up to 10 Bing credits per day for searches on it.
Friday, May 23, 2014
Monday, May 5, 2014
Photographic Metaphor for Life
Let's try this (assuming that it won't work again since Blogger seems to hate IE)...
This image is today's metaphor for life (though lighting and lack of zoom kind of make it a little off - I hate natural sunlight) ...
* hint: look in the center, or a little below (probably should have cropped it)
This image is today's metaphor for life (though lighting and lack of zoom kind of make it a little off - I hate natural sunlight) ...
* hint: look in the center, or a little below (probably should have cropped it)
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Movies Watched: AFI Top 100
After a string of pretty bad movies from the library, I decided to check out the AFI list of 100 top American made movies.
http://www.afi.com/100Years/movies.aspx
http://www.afi.com/100Years/movies.aspx
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Losery Post of Loserdom: Movies Watched Q1-ish 2014
Ready for another exhilarating post on movies that I watched in Q1 2014 (ok, no exactly Q1 - but February through April 2014. I already had a January post for some reason). In my records it corresponds to months 26-28.
Would it surprise you, the reader, to know that I watched several movies during that time span? No. oh well. Would it surprise you to know that I "watched" some of these (not every minute). I accidentally added some awful indie movies.
Would it surprise you, the reader, to know that I watched several movies during that time span? No. oh well. Would it surprise you to know that I "watched" some of these (not every minute). I accidentally added some awful indie movies.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Non-PC Post of the Day: NBA: LA Clippers Owner
So, what topic do I want to mention today? Well, if you read the title you would probably know.
Recently, there has been kind of a blow-up in the sports scene as the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of Los Angeles (Donald Sterling) apparently said some potentially racist comment. You don't get enough money to own a professional sports franchise without being at least a little slimy.
Recently, there has been kind of a blow-up in the sports scene as the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of Los Angeles (Donald Sterling) apparently said some potentially racist comment. You don't get enough money to own a professional sports franchise without being at least a little slimy.
Monday, April 21, 2014
Puzzle and After Easter Sales
Some time ago (I forget how long, maybe a 1-3 weeks) I finished this puzzle. An alleged sister of mine said that she would make me the thing pictured on the puzzle. Here is where you intrepid personages come in here....
What exactly is in the pictured image (not counting the invisible gummy bears that are obviously
there).
What exactly is in the pictured image (not counting the invisible gummy bears that are obviously
there).
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
The Blood Moon and Palindrome Week
Based off a news story I got up at 2:45 AM local time to try and see the blood moon (couldn't get to sleep anyway). What I didn't realize was that the stupid news story was wrong and it would just be wrapping up at that time. Between midnight and 3 AM wouldn't have helped me much - I mean it's shouldn't be as hard to predict the time as it is to predict the weather. They said it would be best/brightest at that time - nope. So, no I didn't really see any red in the blood moon (just the tail end of a lunar eclipse).
The next one is supposed to be October 8th or something like that.
So what did I learn this time. The news kind of sucks (stupid third or fourth tier city). Also, autofocus doesn't work worth a damn in low light situations. Too bad I didn't remember that my lens had manual focus (I hate using manual focus, it's too hard/finicky). Also, if you want a moon picture you probably want to use a tripod (actually I already knew that). Long exposure times like to blur far too much. I could have also used more mm in my lens (over 55mm).
Palindrome week: so what's that? Well, a palindrome (why do I keep trying to spell it with and "e") is something that is the same forward as backwards (like the Weird Al "song" called "Bob"). Stuff like Madam I'm Adam. But since these are dates, it will be something like 4/14/14. Basically, 4/10-4/19 will work. That is using the US date format, of course (because the other formats are just weird). I wouldn't have though of palindrome dates if it hadn't been a thing on Bing search.
The next one is supposed to be October 8th or something like that.
So what did I learn this time. The news kind of sucks (stupid third or fourth tier city). Also, autofocus doesn't work worth a damn in low light situations. Too bad I didn't remember that my lens had manual focus (I hate using manual focus, it's too hard/finicky). Also, if you want a moon picture you probably want to use a tripod (actually I already knew that). Long exposure times like to blur far too much. I could have also used more mm in my lens (over 55mm).
Palindrome week: so what's that? Well, a palindrome (why do I keep trying to spell it with and "e") is something that is the same forward as backwards (like the Weird Al "song" called "Bob"). Stuff like Madam I'm Adam. But since these are dates, it will be something like 4/14/14. Basically, 4/10-4/19 will work. That is using the US date format, of course (because the other formats are just weird). I wouldn't have though of palindrome dates if it hadn't been a thing on Bing search.
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