Lonewolves wrote:
I'm so glad my other half isn't on here.
When we've sorted house shit after this year he can spend however much money he wants but right now we have priorities.
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
I'm so glad my other half isn't on here. |
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| Author: | Jem [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Lonewolves wrote: I'm so glad my other half isn't on here. When we've sorted house shit after this year he can spend however much money he wants but right now we have priorities. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
This is house shit! |
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| Author: | Jem [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:17 ] |
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As in buying one, not things to go in one! |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:27 ] |
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Borrring |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:27 ] |
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#pray4gaz #nomoregadgets |
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| Author: | Jem [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:56 ] |
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He could always move back to his house and buy all the gadgets he wants, if he has a problem with it.
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
#lestweforget |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 13:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Gaz, I'm happy to have any gadgets delivered to my house if you like? I'll even test them for you for free. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 13:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Wasn't Gaz's ex on here for a while, too?  I know who I prefer...
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| Author: | Jem [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 14:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
TheVision wrote: Gaz, I'm happy to have any gadgets delivered to my house if you like? I'll even test them for you for free.  DavPaz wrote: I know who I prefer... 
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 14:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Lonewolves wrote: I'm so glad my other half isn't on here. Dan still at Penrith Station? |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 14:19 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Lonewolves wrote: I'm so glad my other half isn't on here. Dan still at Penrith Station? I wouldn't know. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 14:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Jem wrote: TheVision wrote: Gaz, I'm happy to have any gadgets delivered to my house if you like? I'll even test them for you for free. DavPaz wrote: I know who I prefer... Pssst... it's you. |
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| Author: | Jem [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 14:26 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: Pssst... it's you.  
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 14:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
That one between Shin and Jem. She was my favourite. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 14:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Lonewolves wrote: That one between Shin and Jem. She was my favourite. Is it Dimrill? |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 14:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Findus Fop wrote: Lonewolves wrote: That one between Shin and Jem. She was my favourite. Is it Dimrill? If only! |
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| Author: | asfish [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 16:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Echo done a couple of odd things, I could have sworn it was saying stuff in the middle of the night, however been off all week with bad flu and was dosed up on Benylin so it could have been a dream  Later on this morning it started playing music I didn't ask for, I also was telling my mate about on the phone and it decided to order me a boat from what it heard, thankfully voice ordering is turned off so the boat was just added to a shopping list. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 16:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
asfish wrote: Echo done a couple of odd things, I could have sworn it was saying stuff in the middle of the night, however been off all week with bad flu and was dosed up on Benylin so it could have been a dream Later on this morning it started playing music I didn't ask for, I also was telling my mate about on the phone and it decided to order me a boat from what it heard, thankfully voice ordering is turned off so the boat was just added to a shopping list. This sounds like the stuff of nightmares. |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 16:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Findus Fop wrote: asfish wrote: Echo done a couple of odd things, I could have sworn it was saying stuff in the middle of the night, however been off all week with bad flu and was dosed up on Benylin so it could have been a dream Later on this morning it started playing music I didn't ask for, I also was telling my mate about on the phone and it decided to order me a boat from what it heard, thankfully voice ordering is turned off so the boat was just added to a shopping list. This sounds like the stuff of nightmares. Yep. I'm not going near that shit with a bargepole. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 16:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Findus Fop wrote: asfish wrote: Echo done a couple of odd things, I could have sworn it was saying stuff in the middle of the night, however been off all week with bad flu and was dosed up on Benylin so it could have been a dream Later on this morning it started playing music I didn't ask for, I also was telling my mate about on the phone and it decided to order me a boat from what it heard, thankfully voice ordering is turned off so the boat was just added to a shopping list. This sounds like the stuff of nightmares. It sounds like it's possessed. Call a priest. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 16:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Says Demon Sword boy! |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 16:36 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Says Demon Sword boy! It only bit me once, man! Jesus. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 16:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Lonewolves wrote: Findus Fop wrote: asfish wrote: Echo done a couple of odd things, I could have sworn it was saying stuff in the middle of the night, however been off all week with bad flu and was dosed up on Benylin so it could have been a dream Later on this morning it started playing music I didn't ask for, I also was telling my mate about on the phone and it decided to order me a boat from what it heard, thankfully voice ordering is turned off so the boat was just added to a shopping list. This sounds like the stuff of nightmares. Yep. I'm not going near that shit with a bargepole. As long as you turn off voice ordering then it won't order anything by accident. This was one of this first things I did, I reckon maybe 2 weeks before my son would be ordering Thomas the tank engine stuff otherwise. |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 16:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
It's just creepy as fuck. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 16:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Yep, it's the idea of it chunnering away in the night like a listless ghoul, starved of attention. |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 16:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
How is it any more or less creepy than Siri? |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 17:01 ] |
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Mr Russell wrote: How is it any more or less creepy than Siri? I don't have Siri set to constantly listen. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 17:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Lonewolves wrote: Mr Russell wrote: How is it any more or less creepy than Siri? I don't have Siri set to constantly listen. like that makes a difference lulz |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 17:07 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Lonewolves wrote: Mr Russell wrote: How is it any more or less creepy than Siri? I don't have Siri set to constantly listen. like that makes a difference lulz Why? Also having a device in your home listening all the time rather than something that's in my pocket feels totally different. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 17:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Lonewolves wrote: Grim... wrote: Lonewolves wrote: Mr Russell wrote: How is it any more or less creepy than Siri? I don't have Siri set to constantly listen. like that makes a difference lulz Why? Also having a device in your home listening all the time rather than something that's in my pocket feels totally different. Something in your pocket letting the NSA listen to your groin is less weird? |
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| Author: | ApplePieOfDestiny [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 17:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Just realised I can't have an Echo or I'll end up dropping £500 on GTA dollars every Wednesday night. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 17:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Lonewolves wrote: Grim... wrote: Lonewolves wrote: Mr Russell wrote: How is it any more or less creepy than Siri? I don't have Siri set to constantly listen. like that makes a difference lulz Why? Also having a device in your home listening all the time rather than something that's in my pocket feels totally different. If you're at home then unless you've left your trousers somewhere else it's the same thing. |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 17:49 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Cras wrote: Lonewolves wrote: Grim... wrote: Lonewolves wrote: Mr Russell wrote: How is it any more or less creepy than Siri? I don't have Siri set to constantly listen. like that makes a difference lulz Why? Also having a device in your home listening all the time rather than something that's in my pocket feels totally different. If you're at home then unless you've left your trousers somewhere else it's the same thing. Not everyone clips their phones to their belt, mate. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 17:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
No...in your pocket, as you said. Huh? |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 17:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Cras wrote: No...in your pocket, as you said. Huh? Right, this is ridiculous but I'll humour you. If I called you, stuck my phone on speaker mode, put it in my pocket and started talking, would you really be able to hear what I was saying? Compared to say, I don't know, a beacon placed in the middle of your house. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 17:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Yeah, reckon. As long as you were still. |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 17:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Grim... wrote: Yeah, reckon. As long as you were still. Quote: Compared to say, I don't know, a beacon placed in the middle of your house. Really? Fair enough then. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 17:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Yeah, I've had a few audible pocket dials before now. And I'm not even GCHQ |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 17:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Lonewolves wrote: Cras wrote: No...in your pocket, as you said. Huh? Right, this is ridiculous but I'll humour you. If I called you, stuck my phone on speaker mode, put it in my pocket and started talking, would you really be able to hear what I was saying? Compared to say, I don't know, a beacon placed in the middle of your house. What if you called Kov, and I was stood next to his car, and he had you on speakerphone? Wonder how audible that would be. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 18:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Lonewolves wrote: Grim... wrote: Yeah, reckon. As long as you were still. Quote: Compared to say, I don't know, a beacon placed in the middle of your house. Really? Fair enough then. Wait when did we start reading entire posts? I wasn't notified. |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 18:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Learn to read, Grim... |
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| Author: | Squirt [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 18:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Cras wrote: Yeah, I've had a few audible pocket dials before now. And I'm not even GCHQ That's exactly what GCHQ would say! 
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 18:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Lonewolves wrote: Mr Russell wrote: How is it any more or less creepy than Siri? I don't have Siri set to constantly listen. How do you think that works? |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 20:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Doctor Glyndwr wrote: Lonewolves wrote: Mr Russell wrote: How is it any more or less creepy than Siri? I don't have Siri set to constantly listen. How do you think that works? So if I turn 'Hey siri' activation off it still listens all the time? |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 20:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Lonewolves wrote: So if I turn 'Hey siri' activation off it still listens all the time? No. But depending on what you mean by "listens" it might not really be listening all the time when its on, either. Again: I'm curious, how do you think it works? Do you have "hey siri" disabled on your Watch, too? |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 20:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Doctor Glyndwr wrote: Lonewolves wrote: So if I turn 'Hey siri' activation off it still listens all the time? No. But depending on what you mean by "listens" it might not really be listening all the time when its on, either. Again: I'm curious, how do you think it works? Do you have "hey siri" disabled on your Watch, too? I do. |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Fri Jan 13, 2017 21:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Doctor Glyndwr wrote: Again: I'm curious, how do you think it works? Mass produced magical Alastair Campbell pixies. Obviously. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Sun Jan 15, 2017 14:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Echo |
Have to say you need a heavy investment in Amazon for the Echo to be of any real use. Without it it will tell you jokes and facts and the weather\news but not much else. You need Prime @£70 a year which gives you access to 2 million music tracks, you can also load up to 250 of your own tracks as well Then there are more Amazon options, Music unlimited (40 million tracks) 7.99 PM, Kindle unlimited if you want the Echo to read books (it will read compatible ones you own in your kindle library) 7.99 PM You can also pay £22 a year and upload 250,000 of you own tracks into Amazon music, pretty sure you will need Prime for this though. Then there is the 3rd part stuff that costs as well. I'm getting a lot out of mine and will probably get another this week for the kitchen but so far I've spent the following before the cost of the Echo. Hive £250 Harmony £200 (this was the most expensive model and could be done cheaper) Prime £70 Really like it though In terms of listening I think it does that all the time ,but its not recording anything until you say the trigger word "Alexa," then a command, all of this is kept for "improving" the service but you can delete it all if you want. |
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