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by Aabidano
July 16, 2015, 9:57 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Windows Phone 8.1 Dev Preview
Replies: 17
Views: 13776

Re: Windows Phone 8.1 Dev Preview

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.
by Aabidano
May 27, 2015, 9:54 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: The embarrassment that is Hillary
Replies: 20
Views: 6182

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.
by Aabidano
February 6, 2015, 9:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: E Cigarette
Replies: 93
Views: 34344

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...
by Aabidano
February 6, 2015, 7:42 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Hot or Not?
Replies: 21
Views: 6946

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...
by Aabidano
February 5, 2015, 8:53 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Hot or Not?
Replies: 21
Views: 6946

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...
by Aabidano
February 5, 2015, 12:11 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Hot or Not?
Replies: 21
Views: 6946

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.
by Aabidano
February 5, 2015, 11:57 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Question about federal spending.
Replies: 11
Views: 4168

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...
by Aabidano
November 4, 2014, 11:05 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Starcraft 2
Replies: 31
Views: 8284

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.
by Aabidano
November 4, 2014, 11:00 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Mind Boggling Scale of the known universe (image intensive)
Replies: 14
Views: 7320

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)
by Aabidano
October 27, 2014, 6:50 am
Forum: Halloween
Topic: New Topic
Replies: 13
Views: 73355

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.
by Aabidano
October 25, 2014, 3:20 pm
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: It Came from the 80's
Replies: 17
Views: 15392

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...
by Aabidano
October 21, 2014, 9:33 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Roku, Chromecast, and similar devices
Replies: 8
Views: 3557

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?
by Aabidano
August 12, 2014, 8:35 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
Replies: 289
Views: 86825

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...
by Aabidano
July 14, 2014, 7:11 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Poll: Obama rating slips
Replies: 489
Views: 139050

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.
by Aabidano
July 9, 2014, 5:11 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Video Card time..
Replies: 23
Views: 7849

Re: Video Card time..

Possibly could but it's a glued on fan/heatsink assembly, haven't had any luck replacing one so far.
by Aabidano
July 9, 2014, 4:56 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk
Replies: 20
Views: 6734

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.
by Aabidano
July 9, 2014, 4:51 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Video Card time..
Replies: 23
Views: 7849

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.
by Aabidano
June 30, 2014, 2:55 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk
Replies: 20
Views: 6734

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. ...
by Aabidano
June 30, 2014, 12:42 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk
Replies: 20
Views: 6734

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...
by Aabidano
June 29, 2014, 11:58 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk
Replies: 20
Views: 6734

Re: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk

Help!, help! I'm being repressed?!
by Aabidano
June 24, 2014, 1:54 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Star Wars 7 announced (for reals!)
Replies: 33
Views: 11035

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.
by Aabidano
June 24, 2014, 1:47 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Poll: Obama rating slips
Replies: 489
Views: 139050

Re: Poll: Obama rating slips

Fairweather Pure wrote:But you love Republicans? How the fuck does that work?
About the time of the financial meltdown a Chinese communist party commentator refereed to our situation as "end stage capitalism."
by Aabidano
June 24, 2014, 11:05 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Poll: Obama rating slips
Replies: 489
Views: 139050

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...
by Aabidano
June 24, 2014, 10:49 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Using Seized Data Beyond Scope of Warrant
Replies: 0
Views: 6072

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...
by Aabidano
June 20, 2014, 6:12 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Poll: Obama rating slips
Replies: 489
Views: 139050

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 ...
by Aabidano
June 20, 2014, 12:12 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Poll: Obama rating slips
Replies: 489
Views: 139050

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...
by Aabidano
June 20, 2014, 8:55 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Poll: Obama rating slips
Replies: 489
Views: 139050

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...
by Aabidano
June 19, 2014, 11:52 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Poll: Obama rating slips
Replies: 489
Views: 139050

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...
by Aabidano
June 8, 2014, 9:11 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Edge of Tomorrow
Replies: 12
Views: 3890

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...)
by Aabidano
June 8, 2014, 9:07 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: TruCrypt
Replies: 4
Views: 2823

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...
by Aabidano
June 7, 2014, 5:17 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: TruCrypt
Replies: 4
Views: 2823

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...
by Aabidano
May 24, 2014, 7:04 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Neverwinter
Replies: 121
Views: 39014

Re: Neverwinter

Had my first lag-free-enough day in a while and got Biggrin's Tomb and the beholder done.
by Aabidano
May 15, 2014, 5:27 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Band Fuse
Replies: 9
Views: 2964

Re: Band Fuse

"Real tablature" :D

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.
by Aabidano
April 27, 2014, 5:56 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Stuff to watch on Netflix
Replies: 40
Views: 12467

Re: Stuff to watch on Netflix

The Inexplicable Universe.

Good science-y show, assuming you can stand his presentation style.
by Aabidano
April 26, 2014, 7:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: E Cigarette
Replies: 93
Views: 34344

Re: E Cigarette

All hail tobacco beetle!
by Aabidano
April 26, 2014, 6:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: E Cigarette
Replies: 93
Views: 34344

Re: E Cigarette

Because you're possessed by the spirit of a tobacco beetle.
by Aabidano
April 25, 2014, 5:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: E Cigarette
Replies: 93
Views: 34344

Re: E Cigarette

Cool.

10 years from now you'll still randomly want one :D
by Aabidano
April 12, 2014, 11:40 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Demonoid
Replies: 32
Views: 11292

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...
by Aabidano
April 11, 2014, 5:37 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Demonoid
Replies: 32
Views: 11292

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...
by Aabidano
April 11, 2014, 3:29 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Demonoid
Replies: 32
Views: 11292

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...
by Aabidano
April 11, 2014, 7:09 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: The U.S. will kick your country's ass
Replies: 17
Views: 6679

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...
by Aabidano
April 10, 2014, 7:47 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: The U.S. will kick your country's ass
Replies: 17
Views: 6679

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...
by Aabidano
April 10, 2014, 3:05 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
Replies: 289
Views: 86825

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...
by Aabidano
April 10, 2014, 10:26 am
Forum: Consoles
Topic: New Sony MMORPG H1Z1 Announcment
Replies: 6
Views: 1434

Re: New Sony MMORPG H1Z1 Announcment

Aslanna wrote:Zero interest from me. a) Zombies suck b) PvP sucks. c) somethingsomething
Basically. Suspect this one is DOA.
by Aabidano
April 9, 2014, 9:51 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Demonoid
Replies: 32
Views: 11292

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...
by Aabidano
April 6, 2014, 7:17 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Stuff to watch on Netflix
Replies: 40
Views: 12467

Re: Stuff to watch on Netflix

20 feet from stardom
The regular show
by Aabidano
April 5, 2014, 7:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
Replies: 1230
Views: 275513

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.
by Aabidano
April 4, 2014, 7:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
Replies: 1230
Views: 275513

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...
by Aabidano
April 4, 2014, 7:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
Replies: 1230
Views: 275513

Re: I've been a vegetarian for two days.

Aabidano wrote:
Fairweather Pure wrote:If it works for you and harms no one, then go ahead and do it. Good for you!
Would add to this, "And don't be a sanctimonious douche about it!"
Of course by adding that you'd be yet another sanctimonious douche and no one would listen :)