Now, how about making a case for that you are not one of those whom I should avoid?
I'd never presume to, sir. If one does, you should.
There's a lot to take in form your thesis, and plenty of reasoned arguments. But it's filled with deductive conclusions drawn from assumptions. This stood out first thing:
The point: You are a composite entirety. You can be disassembled, but this disassemblage will be *less* than you rather than the exact same you.
This being The Point, offhand may seem profound, but really has no meaning. Sure you went on to deduce how natural occurrence, from the view you want to discredit, seems unlikely. But I can't put my finger on the part that supports this statement with something that isn't pulled from thin air.
For you to claim logic as a foundation I think you would at least have to consider that fair. Therefore any conclusions drawn from the perceived short comings of the opposition are variable you can't build off of. Speculating one idea wrong isn't necessarily validating any one other side. Don't get me wrong science falls short of explanations too and you have points of debate, worth due consideration. Logic is a philosophical concept. If it can be purely applied is arguable in and of itself.
Manufacturers and Providers are another source for quality/approved apps. I know Samsung and Sony have their own markets, and Amazon too, of course. US providers that have a market place are Sprint and Verizon, that I know of. Tho, provider markets aren't so good for me. I'm looking to part ways, not get deeper in... We should probably mention Opera too.
With a calendar on my phone I don't need to sync it to other places so google is just an annoyance. My son's mom likes to sync her calendar events for our son to mine, anyway... Mostly cause it irks me, I think. Occasionally I get an e-mail regarding a hair appointment I didn't make or something, lol. The long and the short is, I'm stuck with google until a custom recovery becomes available. The tedious task of figuring out what I can and can't freeze from the stock bloat will make sorting thru the market seem exciting.
Go SMS pro- Has the advantage of me having donated and paid for many plugins and themes. Seems to run better on this phone. IIRC SMS ads were annoying with this one tho.
Calendar+- Here's a google calendar replacement I'm considering. Seems to include features I've looked to other apps outside my calendar for. Preliminary look is good.
You can also change some other settings if you want, but for me it makes more sense to turn e.g. Wi-Fi on manually.
Yessir, Leaving wifi on is a terrible battery drain. With access to build props you can turn down the ping rate for a significant difference... But as you say, it makes more sense to just manually connect... Neat app. Worth a look.
I tried K-9 mail... Luckily I only lost one of the old ensbb#@whatev's to it. Got hacked inside a month. But I am looking for g-app substitutes. Mine from my old phone were a 3rd party hack of the g-apps package and not available to this device. A good low resource SMS manger with emoji support would be nice too. That was another 3rd party one. I hate to go back to Go or Handcent.
And there's just one Bruce Lee. Or maybe you prefer Chuck Norris. All I'm saying is that there are important distinctions between some guy on the street and those two.
Your analogies, like your philosophy, only go in the direction you want. Belief isn't methodical that's only the guise portrayed. True of most great philosophers and scientists is that their beliefs have often led them down roads not openly covered with their other materials in history books. That you say there is just only one <great fighter> yet name two outlines the basis of your flawed logic. How far into deduction will go to determine who is the best? Western philosophy and Eastern philosophy have produced much different results culturally but vary across subjects they can agree are human. Tho keep in mind any one human can't fulfill all the attributes for humanity. There are your truths. Hidden in the flotsam of other "methodical" findings that amount to little more than deduction with a heavy dose of bias. The task then, when venturing out on your own journey, is to prove your venture has worth without the luxury of previous handlers and been tried methods. Pretending philosophy is a purely logical stint on reality isn't a good start.
Well it's that time again, time for me to setup a new device. It's been awhile since I've sorted thru the market and as usual there are many new apps/devs I've never heard of to try or cull. Normally I'd take the time to download and try them all but with the increasing number of badly written, ad ridden, SDK apps out there I thought I'd try to solicit the community's help in determining good and bad. (Might save some testing and a restore or two.)
The more functions an app has the less apps you need and all the better for the Android OS's "multitasking" ability. So to that end I try and look for apps with a small footprint but a big kick. I've listed some tried and true apps with both paid (pro) and free (lite) versions to start off.
Market alternatives:
Best Apps on Android Market- Tested and approved apps from the market. First level sort anyway. Getjar- A throw back from Symbian OS. Still a good source for apps. AppsLib- A little off the reservation but a good source for more quality apps. F-Droid- Open source apps.
Market apps (no root):
QuickPic- Small but powerful album substitute. Quick and plays mobile vids. ES Explorer- All-in-one file manager. Been around forever. File/root explorer, unzip, cloud/network client and media player. Mobo Video Player- Plays most any video format. Ultra Keyboard- Best thing is; it's not Swype, lol. The toolbar and clipboard make this the best for me but development dipped for awhile. It seems to be doing good now tho. Copying multiple texts before composing is nice without having yet another clipboard manager and the toolbar adds word processing functions that I appreciate. VidTrim- If you've ever wanted to send a video you just recorded but it was too large... bam. Mp3 Media Converter- Multiple format converter. Toddler Lock- Yeah, you know. Most powerful app around if you have a toddler. Hide It Pro- Neatly hides whatever. I'm sure there are nefarious purposes I won't explore but it worked well to hide personal data I didn't want available on an unlocked phone. Floating YouTube Popup Video- PIPed Youtube. AnTuTu Benchmark A better camera Camera FV-5 Lite Androidify- Make android avatars. Just for fun. Calendar+- Here's a google calendar replacement I'm considering. Seems to include features I've looked to other apps outside my calendar for. Preliminary look is good. Ultimate custom widget (UCCW)- Make fully custom widgets. Neat tho may take longer to perfect than it's worth. Made one I thoroughly enjoyed. Ghost Commander- Duel windowed file manager. or Open Explorer Beta- Very quick and neat Type and Speak- This was just something I could have some fun with. For my all-in-one Gapps substitute... GApps Sandboxed Browser is something I'm gonna try. <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alfray.timeriffic">Timeriffic[/url]- Take control of notifications
Launchers: Nova Launcher- Very streamline and more functional than stock, and a good efficient launcher is the best way to improve performance without modding. WindOS- Windows XP look-alike launcher. I looked for this for the 'just for fun launchers' earlier but just came up with it. Not so functional but fun. Launcher3- Open source very basic. Epoch launcher- I liked the looks of this overly simplistic launcher. Not very functional. Not great. Atom Launcher- Again simplistic but with style. This one would be neat built into a ROM.
Market apps (root): Rom Toolbox Pro- Root terminal, UI and build property hacks, ROM manager, ad-blocker, app manager, script manager... the list goes on. All the basics for stock modding. Busy Box Installer- I installed this. Usually comes with custom ROMs tho. PDAnet- USB tether. Screen Grabber- Screen capture. Screen Shot it- If you don't have, between these two you're covered. Orbot- Part of the Tor project.
3rd party: **This is a BIG risk! Know the dangers before installing anything... That said, this is a must have from way back, better than any game. CBS sued and had it pulled from the market years back on copyright infringement. Saying, it was too much like the "device"/prop from, Star Trek: TNG. 0_o Anyway, I linked a forum that links a download and explains more. A must have for any science fiction fan. TriCorder from Moonblink- Tricorder app. Gravimetric, magnetic and radio bandwidth sensor among others. Barnacle Wifi Tether- Ad-hoc Wifi. Was removed from the market because it circumvents hotspot blocks. (Root required) Xposed framework- (XDA article) (Root required)
The UI button placement is no problem. Perhaps that's the cross-platform user in me speaking tho. You can import .dat files from TTD to OpenTTD so they can actually look/sound exactly the same. I'd take Locomotion/RCT's game engine with expanded TTD features and be happy... Well, that's really what Locomotion should of been. Instead more was removed than added. Depots, locks, canals and future rail should never of been removed.
Contributing to topic... For gamers there's some open source remakes of classic abandon-ware.
Scorched 3D, is an awesome remake of the old 2D Tank Wars I used to love. OpenTTD, brings back fond memories of Transport Tycoon but with many feature inclusions that were absent. LinCity-NG, is one I don't have any experience with but has entertained my son when Windows 7 wouldn't play SimCity2000. So a win in my book too.
(Poor thing thought that IE was the only browser there was, lol.)
Lolz, reminds me of when my aunt came in from Oklahoma. She had told mom her internet wasn't working here and mom in turn asked me to take a look when she saw me next. So I did. My aunt told me the problem was her e-net wasn't working. I thought she meant ethernet first and was a little confused why she was going to the router to plug in... follow up questions made me realize she hadn't plugged it in anywhere. Thought then maybe e-net was an ISP from out her way, but follow up questions again lead to a dead end. So I asked what she did when "e-net" failed. She points to the IE icon and says, "I clicked that." :faceplam: ooooooooooooooohhhh! Icon with an "E" that provides internet equals "E-net". Makes perfect sense, smh. :-D
Anyway, My Old Faithful is my 30-30, backed up by my .357mag. Between the two if something needs shootin' it'll get done proper. I have a favorite shotgun and several others of the hand-me-down type but mostly show pieces.
Think of the possibilities if you made them for dolphins too. It'd be better than a horse and dog combined. Seems like military, exploration and recreational possibilities abound.
@ersi - re your suggestion on Otter Browser ----- thinking --------
It's a good idea. Tho simple marketing will attract attention to what you're doing. Of course we'll need revenues for that. But purchasing keywords to increase search presence will start the flow of guests interested in such side ventures to our doors. Adsense (being the simplest) could generate revenues from there. (All based on views and clicks, if you're unfamiliar.) The space for such ads is up to the administration.
Cooling buildings by digging underground conduits to circulate air thru isn't terribly new but has recently become more popular in public buildings here. Most all schools built in this district at or since 2000 use this technique.
