They're decent enough phones and the UI is OK - on a phone.
But that's all it is, a basic smartphone. It had potential but the app selection is dismal, appears that 90% of what's available is Chinese malware.
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- July 16, 2015, 9:57 am
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Windows Phone 8.1 Dev Preview
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13899
- May 27, 2015, 9:54 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: The embarrassment that is Hillary
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6347
Re: The embarrassment that is Hillary
I would prefer to vote for basically any non-conservative (conservative as defined by Faux News) who had a chance of being elected aside from Hillary Clinton.
Looking at the field 'o' crazy that is current republican party it looks like they'll force me to vote for her.
That really pisses me off.
Looking at the field 'o' crazy that is current republican party it looks like they'll force me to vote for her.
That really pisses me off.
- February 6, 2015, 9:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: E Cigarette
- Replies: 93
- Views: 34916
Re: E Cigarette
Still not sure why you'd choose either when there are other options like not smoking. Though for a tiny, tiny minority with ulcerative coillitus the choice between limited smoking with it's associated risks and severe, debilitating sickness and spending 2-3 hours a day crapping blood for the next 5...
- February 6, 2015, 7:42 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Hot or Not?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7132
Re: Hot or Not?
X is not caused not by cultural factors but by the conscious decisions of a small percentage of the community to commit a violent crime. Could expand that to all kinds of things; "Teh ebil Govt".... does nothing, you have to be very specific in incite change. I agree with Spang on a numbe...
- February 5, 2015, 8:53 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Hot or Not?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7132
Re: Hot or Not?
Whatever have you been reading now? Note that "pervasive and normalized" are need for something to be a cultural norm. This one seems more reality based: Rape culture is a theoretical concept (a qualitative theory) in which rape is pervasive and normalized due to societal attitudes about g...
- February 5, 2015, 12:11 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Hot or Not?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7132
Re: Hot or Not?
We have a "rape culture"? I must live someplace different. Or more likely you're using terms outside their normal context for drama's sake per-usual.
You're being rapistnormative.
You're being rapistnormative.
- February 5, 2015, 11:57 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Question about federal spending.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4283
Re: Question about federal spending.
Social security is a bad example, it's not an entitlement. That's an investment by the US workforce that also benefits the disabled - though a small minority of the "disabled" can be argued. If the politicians could keep their fingers out of the money and stop giving themselves "loans...
- November 4, 2014, 11:05 pm
- Forum: Video Game General Discussion
- Topic: Starcraft 2
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8373
Re: Starcraft 2
Son's roommate makes over half his income playing this and a couple others in a Korean league. Totally ridiculous. Not reliable money so he has to keep a real job.
- November 4, 2014, 11:00 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Mind Boggling Scale of the known universe (image intensive)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7461
Re: Mind Boggling Scale of the known universe (image intensive)
The moon needs to be named "Bob". Just because.
(everything should be named Bob, except people)
(everything should be named Bob, except people)
Re: New Topic
I'm going down to Ybor City as a giant scrotum; in honor of VV I'll add "SPANG" in glitter to the shoulder area. Using hide glue if I can find any.
- October 25, 2014, 3:20 pm
- Forum: Audiophilia
- Topic: It Came from the 80's
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15833
Re: It Came from the 80's
[Chong] Up in smoke Thats where my money goes In my lungs and sometimes up my nose When troubled times Begin to bother me I take a toke and all my cares Go up in smoke [Cheech] Up in smoke Donde todos es mi rey There are no signs Que dice no fumer So I roll un "bomber" Y me doy, un buen to...
- October 21, 2014, 9:33 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Roku, Chromecast, and similar devices
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3629
Re: Roku, Chromecast, and similar devices
I'd prefer a dumb TV myself, too many things change and TVs potentially last to long to have the platforms tied together?
- August 12, 2014, 8:35 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
- Replies: 289
- Views: 87359
Re: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
[quote]An analogy would be a super hot womanthat's naturally beautiful, intelligent and great in bed but she puts too much makeup on when she goes out[\quote] If the makeup were made of something like crushed orphan bunnies and you had to scrape it off the dishes, furniture and and carseats every ti...
- July 14, 2014, 7:11 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Poll: Obama rating slips
- Replies: 489
- Views: 139958
Re: Poll: Obama rating slips
At the pool store earlier, woman ranting at the top of her lungs about the depth and breadth of Obamas' evil. Totally amazing level of brainwashing on someone's part. He's not the emporer.
- July 9, 2014, 5:11 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Video Card time..
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8007
Re: Video Card time..
Possibly could but it's a glued on fan/heatsink assembly, haven't had any luck replacing one so far.
- July 9, 2014, 4:56 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6918
Re: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk
Suppose you could ask a Venezuelan what a great improvement Chavez made in their lives after they were dumb enough to vote him into office. They still haven't gotten out from under that cloud.
- July 9, 2014, 4:51 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Video Card time..
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8007
Re: Video Card time..
Need to get a new card for the wife, fan succumbed to kitty fur
Won't run with a non -spinning fan but surprisingly a 5750 will function with one barely spinning.
Won't run with a non -spinning fan but surprisingly a 5750 will function with one barely spinning.
- June 30, 2014, 9:27 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6918
Re: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk
Where the problem lies:
http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-05-22/
http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-05-22/
- June 30, 2014, 2:55 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6918
Re: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk
I'd like to more about this, "exploitation of the workers" bit. It is kind of a blanket statement which doesn't seem fair overall He's more or less quoting Marxist-Leninist dogma. It's true to an extent if you expect the world to be "fair" and people to be decent to each other. ...
- June 30, 2014, 12:42 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6918
Re: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk
Attempting to have a debate with you people is not activism. I am not an activist. Worse actually, you behave like an uninformed zealot. A debate consists of more than repeated rote repetition of someone else's words? Communism is a great theory but you can't separate it from the people implementin...
- June 29, 2014, 11:58 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6918
Re: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk
Help!, help! I'm being repressed?!
- June 24, 2014, 1:54 pm
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Star Wars 7 announced (for reals!)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 11093
Re: Star Wars 7 announced (for reals!)
Disney would have to do something pretty drastic to not make money on this. There are still legions of nerds out there willing to pay for a taste of George Lucas' table scraps.
- June 24, 2014, 1:47 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Poll: Obama rating slips
- Replies: 489
- Views: 139958
Re: Poll: Obama rating slips
About the time of the financial meltdown a Chinese communist party commentator refereed to our situation as "end stage capitalism."Fairweather Pure wrote:But you love Republicans? How the fuck does that work?
- June 24, 2014, 11:05 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Poll: Obama rating slips
- Replies: 489
- Views: 139958
Re: Poll: Obama rating slips
Capitalism must be abolished. Quit bitching and provide a solution. That's the rub, yes it's hosed but nothing better has presented itself which works on any scale larger than a small village. Even there you have conflicts and/or expulsion of dissenters. The Amish split their towns at ~150 (iirc) r...
- June 24, 2014, 10:49 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Using Seized Data Beyond Scope of Warrant
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6598
Using Seized Data Beyond Scope of Warrant
US Court Dings Gov't For Using Seized Data Beyond Scope of Warrant The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit last week reversed a tax evasion conviction against an accountant because the government had used data from his computers that were seized under a warrant targeting different suspects. Ki...
- June 20, 2014, 6:12 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Poll: Obama rating slips
- Replies: 489
- Views: 139958
Re: Poll: Obama rating slips
So, yes, you're statement is correct that Clinton had a hand in the current housing crises...by creating the means for banks to take advantage of a loophole, that no one bothered after two plus decades of existence, to "fix". IE, no one believed there was a problem... So the loophole was ...
- June 20, 2014, 12:12 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Poll: Obama rating slips
- Replies: 489
- Views: 139958
Re: Poll: Obama rating slips
i just pray its a lucrative a time as her hubbies time in office. I pray she learned something about charisma and tax laws watching his tenure, and not just where the jizz was left. Clinton era legislation put the final pieces in place that let the global banking crisis happen. The US would have be...
- June 20, 2014, 8:55 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Poll: Obama rating slips
- Replies: 489
- Views: 139958
Re: Poll: Obama rating slips
... He's in charge so he gets the blame, as I said with his predecessor he's not an emperor. The things he can do "by decree" are pretty limited. He's been much more conscientious in that regard than Bush v2 was. Not using the bully pulpit to call the republicans on their crazy is I think...
- June 19, 2014, 11:52 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Poll: Obama rating slips
- Replies: 489
- Views: 139958
Re: Poll: Obama rating slips
Sad part is, seeing the complete whackos the RNC is presenting there's a chance right now I'd vote for Hilary. Totally amazing. Depending on his running mate I'd vote for Christie, had he been paired with someone sane I'd have voted for Romney. With someone like Ryan or Rubio leading we'd all be eve...
- June 8, 2014, 9:11 pm
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Edge of Tomorrow
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3916
Re: Edge of Tomorrow
Booo, has Tom Cruise in it, won't watch. My list of "ruin a film by their very presence" actors is short but he's on it. (along with Rob Schneider, Pauly Shore, Adam Sander, Sylvester Stallone...)
- June 8, 2014, 9:07 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: TruCrypt
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2893
Re: TruCrypt
It's easy to see if it's been cracked. Just keep eye out for news. If it's been cracked, we'll know pretty fast. "if" the NSA (etc) has cracked it, I imagine they will wait to reveal that until something major. I'm sure they'd rather be able to snoop into everyone's files than reveal that...
- June 7, 2014, 5:17 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: TruCrypt
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2893
Re: TruCrypt
That blows, I don't trust Windows encryption. (Not that it would mean anything if someone from law enforcement were to gain access to anything I have encrypted.) Some folks announced a code review or TruCrypt a while ago to see if it'd been tampered with. Would assume this is related and it's been i...
- May 24, 2014, 7:04 am
- Forum: Video Game General Discussion
- Topic: Neverwinter
- Replies: 121
- Views: 39177
Re: Neverwinter
Had my first lag-free-enough day in a while and got Biggrin's Tomb and the beholder done.
- May 15, 2014, 5:27 pm
- Forum: Video Game General Discussion
- Topic: Band Fuse
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2983
Re: Band Fuse
"Real tablature"
Is the like "genuine store brand" Mac 'n' cheese?
Never did get around to learn to be able to play from tab, regular sheet music seems much simpler.
Is the like "genuine store brand" Mac 'n' cheese?
Never did get around to learn to be able to play from tab, regular sheet music seems much simpler.
- April 27, 2014, 5:56 pm
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Stuff to watch on Netflix
- Replies: 40
- Views: 12531
Re: Stuff to watch on Netflix
The Inexplicable Universe.
Good science-y show, assuming you can stand his presentation style.
Good science-y show, assuming you can stand his presentation style.
- April 26, 2014, 7:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: E Cigarette
- Replies: 93
- Views: 34916
Re: E Cigarette
All hail tobacco beetle!
- April 26, 2014, 6:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: E Cigarette
- Replies: 93
- Views: 34916
Re: E Cigarette
Because you're possessed by the spirit of a tobacco beetle.
- April 25, 2014, 5:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: E Cigarette
- Replies: 93
- Views: 34916
Re: E Cigarette
Cool.
10 years from now you'll still randomly want one
10 years from now you'll still randomly want one
- April 12, 2014, 11:40 am
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Demonoid
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11369
Re: Demonoid
As for your precious Tor, that was compromised by Heartbleed so all that fancy protection wasn't any better than a VPN. You're really talking proxy services, not VPNs as-such. But for this context, Tor is a VPN? I can't think of any other description for it. Anyone using TLS from OpenSSL is vulnera...
- April 11, 2014, 5:37 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Demonoid
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11369
Re: Demonoid
'Supposedly' they don't keep logs. So even if you've subscribed to a VPN service doesn't mean you're a criminal! I don't recall the wording but they're supposed to in accordance with their policy or something similar, many used to get around it by having a policy to not keep logs. Of course the fir...
- April 11, 2014, 3:29 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Demonoid
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11369
Re: Demonoid
using a VPN (to change your IP address), id say subscribing to one of the download services like upload.to and going to a site like the one below is the most efficient way to get movies and TV shows http://www.astrill.com is what I use for VPN if you don't want your IP being logged. I've used it fo...
- April 11, 2014, 7:09 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: The U.S. will kick your country's ass
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6894
Re: The U.S. will kick your country's ass
I disagree with your comment about Romans, Mongols, Indian empires and Persians being more powerful than the Unites States. They were all regional, even the Romans. They actually controlled the territory * people though, we're still confined to our own playground. The financial benefit from the bas...
- April 10, 2014, 7:47 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: The U.S. will kick your country's ass
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6894
Re: The U.S. will kick your country's ass
There's a case to made that the United States is the most dominant world power in all of history Romans and Mongols likely exceeded by quite a bit, couple ancient Indian empires too. Maybe the Persians too for that matter. Plus - we couldn't "win" against either China or Russia, or even I...
- April 10, 2014, 3:05 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
- Replies: 289
- Views: 87359
Re: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
....for the people that never figured out how to hit the windows key. What would you say to an automaker who required you turn around once counterclockwise prior to entering your car, every single time? No it's not a terrible inconvenience, but it's a shitty interface that requires you to do so. Ev...
- April 10, 2014, 10:26 am
- Forum: Consoles
- Topic: New Sony MMORPG H1Z1 Announcment
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1451
Re: New Sony MMORPG H1Z1 Announcment
Basically. Suspect this one is DOA.Aslanna wrote:Zero interest from me. a) Zombies suck b) PvP sucks. c) somethingsomething
- April 9, 2014, 9:51 am
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Demonoid
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11369
Re: Demonoid
If rooting around for X is something you like doing, cool. For something I'm interested in actually watching - which excludes nearly all TV - I'd rather spend $3-4 and snag a used DVD and rip it for the results/time spent? *Edit - not trolling, just doesn't seem worth the level of effort for what yo...
- April 6, 2014, 7:17 pm
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Stuff to watch on Netflix
- Replies: 40
- Views: 12531
Re: Stuff to watch on Netflix
20 feet from stardom
The regular show
The regular show
- April 5, 2014, 7:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
- Replies: 1230
- Views: 277413
Re: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
That's a component of it - you treat and view people with fear, distrust and hatred due to their beliefs. As exhibited by your posts of the last couple years.
- April 4, 2014, 7:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
- Replies: 1230
- Views: 277413
Re: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
Bigotry is the state of mind of a bigot: someone who, as a result of their prejudices, treats or views other people with fear, distrust or hatred on the basis of a person's opinion, ethnicity, evaluative orientation, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disa...
- April 4, 2014, 7:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
- Replies: 1230
- Views: 277413
Re: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
Of course by adding that you'd be yet another sanctimonious douche and no one would listenAabidano wrote:Would add to this, "And don't be a sanctimonious douche about it!"Fairweather Pure wrote:If it works for you and harms no one, then go ahead and do it. Good for you!