Technology Thread.

[bobo the clown]

I have never met you or your wife but I think I know who #1 son takes after. (In case you need a little clue - I'm not talking about your wife!).

An understandable mistake ... but no. He is very like her and #2 like me.

You should hear #2 on about the Welsh !!!

[malcd1]

I have never met you or your wife but I think I know who #1 son takes after. (In case you need a little clue - I'm not talking about your wife!).

An understandable mistake ... but no. He is very like her and #2 like me.

You should hear #2 on about the Welsh !!!

[thebish]

I have never met you or your wife but I think I know who #1 son takes after. (In case you need a little clue - I'm not talking about your wife!).

An understandable mistake ... but no. He is very like her and #2 like me.

You should hear #2 on about the Welsh !!!

the son, like unto his father, doth protest too much, methinks

[bobo the clown]

I have never met you or your wife but I think I know who #1 son takes after. (In case you need a little clue - I'm not talking about your wife!).

An understandable mistake ... but no. He is very like her and #2 like me.

You should hear #2 on about the Welsh !!!

the son, like unto his father, doth protest too much, methinks

It's really not possible to complain about the Welsh "too much".

A lot, a great deal, a huge amount ... but never "too much".

[General Mannerheim]

One for the IPhone bods... I get a text or call from a new number (i know who it is) so I add to contacts like you do and its there plain as day, their name and that number they just used.
If i want to ring or text them i can go to my contacts and do so as normal – buuuut, whenever they call or text me, i don’t see their name in my messages feed or call list, only their number as if its a completely new one!? WTF is that all about??? its only happening on this one particular number btw, all others are fine and normal...

[Lost Leopard Spot]

One for the IPhone bods... I get a text or call from a new number (i know who it is) so I add to contacts like you do and its there plain as day, their name and that number they just used.
If i want to ring or text them i can go to my contacts and do so as normal – buuuut, whenever they call or text me, i don’t see their name in my messages feed or call list, only their number as if its a completely new one!? WTF is that all about??? its only happening on this one particular number btw, all others are fine and normal...

I had that very same problem on a windows phone. Unfortunately General, I can't remember how I solved it, but the good news is solve I did so there is a solution, somehow.

[CrazyHorse]

It'll be something to do with your contact having the correct full number but the call or text number having the +44 international code at the beginning and the phone seeing them as different numbers. Or maybe the other way round. Or something.

[Prufrock]

That's what I thought, as it used to happen to mine, but if GM is adding the contact from the incoming call/ text in the first place then they should match?

Anyway, I'm currently torn between getting an G2 for £22permonth, or buying outright a Nexus 4 for £205 and keeping a SIM only contract. Anybody had either?

[a1]

That's what I thought, as it used to happen to mine, but if GM is adding the contact from the incoming call/ text in the first place then they should match?

Anyway, I'm currently torn between getting an G2 for £22permonth, or buying outright a Nexus 4 for £205 and keeping a SIM only contract. Anybody had either?

the haxxors types'll have the nexus 4 running (by which i mean supported) for longer with their custom firmwares once google give up , that would swing me. but i dont swap me phone that often.

the new google nexus 5 is due out soon too , but , dunno what that'll cost.

:/

[Athers]

Maybe check if the number is stored as +44 or 0 ?

[bobo the clown]

Does anyone know anything about NAS (Network Attached Storage) in a domestic setting ?

I want to be able to access music in particular on a variety of pc/laptops ... & not have to have a particular source switched on. (it's for music streaming).

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Does anyone know anything about NAS (Network Attached Storage) in a domestic setting ?

I want to be able to access music in particular on a variety of pc/laptops ... & not have to have a particular source switched on. (it's for music streaming).

When you say "on a variety of pc/laptops " - do you mean a number of units, rather than a variety of different units as in Unix/windows/Mac?
I don't have NAS but I do have a solid state store attached to my home computer. It's my understanding that a NAS will need to be configured to one operating system and won't network across different OS's

[bobo the clown]

Dunno Spotty. To complicated a reply for me I'm afraid.

I have a Sonos music streamer. It's very good but it can only access music set up for it to access. That's fine when I'm doing that from my laptop. Indeed anyone configured for it ... in laptop or pc ir tablet or even phone SO LONG AS MY LAPTOP (or anything else I'd set it up on) is available and switched on.

I guess they are therefore using Windows and Andoid OS's. What I'm wondering is if I attach an NAS onto the Internet at the box (which is always on) whether it could be used as the source and so allow the variety of inputs to use it for accessing the streaming source.

Does that make sense ?

PM me if there's a detailed answer. Don't want to bore the bejeebers out of everyone.

[a1]

Does anyone know anything about NAS (Network Attached Storage) in a domestic setting ?

I want to be able to access music in particular on a variety of pc/laptops ... & not have to have a particular source switched on. (it's for music streaming).

you mean like this:

http://www.corsair.com/us/usb-drive/voy ... drive.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

or icy box do one (an enclosure) where you get a laptop hdd of your choice and fit it inside the enclosure.

http://www.raidsonic.de/en/home.php?we_objectID=8703

i presume they come with apps for phones too, so you can stream stuff to your non-pc devices.

those links *might* go to foriegn websites, but the price for the icy box one is about £50 just for the enclosure. and the corsair one is £170-180 ish for the larger one (1tb).

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Dunno Spotty. To complicated a reply for me I'm afraid.

I have a Sonos music streamer. It's very good but it can only access music set up for it to access. That's fine when I'm doing that from my laptop. Indeed anyone configured for it ... in laptop or pc ir tablet or even phone SO LONG AS MY LAPTOP (or anything else I'd set it up on) is available and switched on.

I guess they are therefore using Windows and Andoid OS's. What I'm wondering is if I attach an NAS onto the Internet at the box (which is always on) whether it could be used as the source and so allow the variety of inputs to use it for accessing the streaming source.

Does that make sense ?

PM me if there's a detailed answer. Don't want to bore the bejeebers out of everyone.

I'm trying to

The answer is Yes if you buy the correct device and network it correctly.
(oops, sorry A1 - we must have hit submit at the same time).

[bobo the clown]

Dunno Spotty. To complicated a reply for me I'm afraid.

I have a Sonos music streamer. It's very good but it can only access music set up for it to access. That's fine when I'm doing that from my laptop. Indeed anyone configured for it ... in laptop or pc ir tablet or even phone SO LONG AS MY LAPTOP (or anything else I'd set it up on) is available and switched on.

I guess they are therefore using Windows and Andoid OS's. What I'm wondering is if I attach an NAS onto the Internet at the box (which is always on) whether it could be used as the source and so allow the variety of inputs to use it for accessing the streaming source.

Does that make sense ?

PM me if there's a detailed answer. Don't want to bore the bejeebers out of everyone.

The answer is Yes if you buy the correct device and network it correctly.

(oops, sorry A1 - we must have hit submit at the same time).

Which may well be easier said than done.

Any advice welcome.


... & ta btw.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I don't know much more than that about them or which is the best buy. Sorry.

[bobo the clown]

Does anyone know anything about NAS (Network Attached Storage) in a domestic setting ?

I want to be able to access music in particular on a variety of pc/laptops ... & not have to have a particular source switched on. (it's for music streaming).

you mean like this:

http://www.corsair.com/us/usb-drive/voy ... drive.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

or icy box do one (an enclosure) where you get a laptop hdd of your choice and fit it inside the enclosure.

http://www.raidsonic.de/en/home.php?we_objectID=8703

i presume they come with apps for phones too, so you can stream stuff to your non-pc devices.

Ta a1.

If I understand it right these two types appear to be more useful for on-the-go situations. What I need is to network it somehow so anyone set up on the network can access what's stored while at home. I just want to make it unnecessary for me to be there. At present it's really only useful if I'm there.

[a1]

dunno what either are like. but corsair / amazon have forums. theres a single review to the icy box thing on amazon , and i dont understand what the reviewers issue is with it.

the corsair one has about 4.5avg out of 5 from about 40 people on amazon.

duuno if it also lets you access the drive when away from home (i think you leave a port open on your firewall) . you'd think it would.

i think i understand what you want, you want to leave all your music on this, and let people in yr house stream/download/play music and whatever FROM it TO their pc/tablet/phone of choice. without having any other computer on apart from the device which holds the music (which would be this voyagerair thing, in this case) , and the phone/tablet/whatever you are streaming/downloading to.. these kinda things usually have a web interface.

it has a lan port, a usb port and wifi , so it should connect to anything.

tbh , i think thats what theyre for. they'll come with software and apps and possibly a web interface to work it.

however , near £200 is a lot to lay out on it , if its not right. ask people that have one.

dunno if nas4free or freenas or openmediavault on a usb thumbdrive plugged into an old laptop [with all the music stored on it] , would be the cheapo way to sort it, but maybe i misunderstand what that software is for.

[General Mannerheim]

It'll be something to do with your contact having the correct full number but the call or text number having the +44 international code at the beginning and the phone seeing them as different numbers. Or maybe the other way round. Or something.

aye, tried saving both versions of the number under the same contact - nay joy...