Soybits map of 2008/9 publishing trends

[Gaurnim]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

must... resist... gadget... lust... ! must... not... roll... shiny... dice... !! (or whatever that expression is)

Fail save against shiny.

Abou the Métro part, I agree, it is a very useful program to have on a PDA.
Even for the map of my own city, which less complex than Paris.
When the subway line you need is stopped and you have to take the bus, you are grateful for it !

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Gaurnim

Fail save against shiny.

Abou the Métro part, I agree, it is a very useful program to have on a PDA.
Even for the map of my own city, which less complex than Paris.
When the subway line you need is stopped and you have to take the bus, you are grateful for it !

arg !! stop it !!!!

[Jellby]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

arg !! stop it !!!!

Move to the countryside, Zelda. No metro, no buses, no need for a PDA

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Jellby

Move to the countryside, Zelda. No metro, no buses, no need for a PDA

you don't understand : i don't actually *need* one here either. but i *want* one, just so i can put the Métro app on it and look at all the pretty maps. (i actually have a paper map of the paris métro built in to my agenda, and there are public maps in every station and every train car. i don't care, i still want it !!)

[zelda_pinwheel]

besides, i like the city. i'm about to go jump in the métro right now to go to Le Cube to see an expo of stunningly brilliant Semiconductor. can't do that in the country side !

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by Jellby

Move to the countryside, Zelda. No metro, no buses, no need for a PDA

Now Jellby, don't you know that the suburbs/countyside are the bucket of water (my pretty...) for Queen Z?

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Now Jellby, don't you know that the suburbs/countyside are the bucket of water (my pretty...) for Queen Z?

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

The Wicked Witch in the movie The Wizard of Oz...Not that I think you're either evil or a witch, just that a City is your natural habitat, and you might melt if you left it....

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

The Wicked Witch in the movie The Wizard of Oz...Not that I think you're either evil or a witch, just that a City is your natural habitat, and you might melt if you left it....

oh right ! hee. well, i can leave for vacation. just as long as i can come back to it. and just as long as i don't leave it too far behind. le cube is in the suburbs and i'm currently muttering to myself about how farking long i'm going to spend in the public transports to get there. damned suburbs.

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

oh right ! hee. well, i can leave for vacation. just as long as i can come back to it. and just as long as i don't leave it too far behind. le cube is in the suburbs and i'm currently muttering to myself about how farking long i'm going to spend in the public transports to get there. damned suburbs.

Hey! Those are my native habitat! Concrete and crowds drive me crazy... (Of course, I was raised with access (on a monthly or more frequent basis) to a ranch in an area where the total population was less than 1,000 for an area of 90 by 120 Kilometers.)

[acidzebra]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

oh right ! hee. well, i can leave for vacation. just as long as i can come back to it. and just as long as i don't leave it too far behind. le cube is in the suburbs and i'm currently muttering to myself about how farking long i'm going to spend in the public transports to get there. damned suburbs.

Weren't you that woman extolling the virtues of the Parisian public transport system?

[Gaurnim]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

but i *want* one, just so i can put the Métro app on it and look at all the pretty maps.

You are saved !
There are no maps on the Metro app as I remember it.
You can input the start and arrival points, select a time, and unselect the lines that you don't want to / can't take.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by acidzebra

Weren't you that woman extolling the virtues of the Parisian public transport system?

yes, yes, the parisian transport system is brilliant. it's the suburbs which are annoyingly far away and inconveniently situated. try to keep up.

Originally Posted by Gaurnim

You are saved !
There are no maps on the Metro app as I remember it.
You can input the start and arrival points, select a time, and unselect the lines that you don't want to / can't take.

stop it, i'm drooling now.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Hey! Those are my native habitat! Concrete and crowds drive me crazy... (Of course, I was raised with access (on a monthly or more frequent basis) to a ranch in an area where the total population was less than 1,000 for an area of 90 by 120 Kilometers.)

make no mistake, i don't like crowds either. but i don't spend much time in the really crowded parts of the city. and in the meantime, i have 6 or 8 bakeries within a 2 street radius of my appartment, as many four seasons shops, probably twice as many cafés, nearly as many parks for when i want some green grass, concerts, circuses and ballets coming regularly from all over the world, libraries, galeries, museums, shops, friends within walking distance or a short métro ride away, nearly everything within walking distance or a short métro ride away in fact (except for the damned suburbs)... i could go on.

[lilac_jive]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

make no mistake, i don't like crowds either. but i don't spend much time in the really crowded parts of the city. and in the meantime, i have 6 or 8 bakeries within a 2 street radius of my appartment, as many four seasons shops, probably twice as many cafés, nearly as many parks for when i want some green grass, concerts, circuses and ballets coming regularly from all over the world, libraries, galeries, museums, shops, friends within walking distance or a short métro ride away, nearly everything within walking distance or a short métro ride away in fact (except for the damned suburbs)... i could go on.

I am insanely jealous.