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by Aabidano
July 9, 2013, 11:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Soon" vegans will have no excuse!
Replies: 157
Views: 48261

Re: "Soon" vegans will have no excuse!

Quinoa And of course the US demand for quinoa means the people in Chile (?) who've been eating it for 1000 years can no longer readily afford it. Between their food needs and the industrialized farming to feed US mouths more animals are being killed than ever. All to make US vegans feel better abou...
by Aabidano
July 9, 2013, 7:38 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: IPhone 5, Galaxy SIII or Other?
Replies: 159
Views: 61405

Re: IPhone 5, Galaxy SIII or Other?

Going further on the trend of being the platform with the highest rate of customer complaints! Looks cool! Doesn't work!
(admittedly from our local news that has shifted from obnoxious, rabid schilling of Apple in every newscast to what would seem like pushing Android by contrast)
by Aabidano
July 2, 2013, 11:16 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
Replies: 289
Views: 86839

Re: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread

The days of tinkering with your OS are over. People want an OS that works with no hassles. They never existed for most people, the iDevice is aimed at making users even more stupid and Win8 panders to that idea. Just because it profitable doesn't mean it's a good idea (like curbside recycling). Som...
by Aabidano
July 1, 2013, 6:20 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
Replies: 289
Views: 86839

Re: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread

Ubuntu is usable by the average idiot.

Suspect in the "serious" server market linux will continue to gain market share over time. IBM has made somewhat of a comeback.

While you can certainly work around it Windows is still hampered by the architecture.
by Aabidano
July 1, 2013, 11:19 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Neverwinter
Replies: 121
Views: 39018

Re: Neverwinter

Seems they tried to get away from the tank/healbot scheme? Cleric is a better healer than not-cleric but the emphasis seems more to a) not take damage b) deal with adds and c) burn things down as fast as possible?

"Just healing" doesn't seem to be part of it? (I'm only @ 38)
by Aabidano
July 1, 2013, 9:59 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
Replies: 289
Views: 86839

Re: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread

Windows 8 Passes Vista, Hits 5.1% Market Share
Picture in my mind is a pair of adults wearing helmets & pads - riding tricycles.
by Aabidano
June 28, 2013, 1:22 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
Replies: 289
Views: 86839

Re: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread

Winnow wrote:It's not hard to support Microsoft when Windows 8 is the most stable version of the OS I've ever used.
Vista is the only real dog, 7 is arguably better than 8, so was XP post SP3.

Had they called 8 - 7.1 they'd have caught less crap.
by Aabidano
June 28, 2013, 1:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Soon" vegans will have no excuse!
Replies: 157
Views: 48261

Re: "Soon" vegans will have no excuse!

Is too.
by Aabidano
June 26, 2013, 8:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Soon" vegans will have no excuse!
Replies: 157
Views: 48261

Re: "Soon" vegans will have no excuse!

But how to avoid that holier than thou "I'm a vegan" syndrome and the cloud of smug that nearly always develops right afterwards?

Wonder if there's a supplement to take care of that? Pine nut enemas maybe?
by Aabidano
June 24, 2013, 8:52 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Neverwinter
Replies: 121
Views: 39018

Re: Neverwinter

Picked up a game card and Wally World to buy an $8 mount and a couple bags. Don't see myself spending any more cash on the game (at the moment).
by Aabidano
June 22, 2013, 2:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: E Cigarette
Replies: 93
Views: 34355

Re: E Cigarette

Still don't seem to have as much lung capacity back as I'd hoped Flipping through the thread again, there are two base problems. All the crap in your lungs from smoking and scar tissue. Gunk goes away and cancer chance slowly drops down to average; some percentage of the damage is permanent. Luckil...
by Aabidano
June 21, 2013, 9:45 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: E Cigarette
Replies: 93
Views: 34355

Re: E Cigarette

...but oh man, i didn't realize how many people reeked, and they had the audacity to bitch about smokers. At least you knew the source of my stench... As far as taste goes, I notice everything tastes super salty now a days. Glad I smoked when I was in UAE; the stink on a Fri afternoon would knock y...
by Aabidano
June 18, 2013, 1:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How to eat healthily for £1 per day
Replies: 0
Views: 4365

How to eat healthily for £1 per day

Interesting concept, wouldn't mind trying it. The wife would never go for it. Parallel diets in the house are a pain - having done that before. http://supplementsos.com/blog/eat-healthily-for-1-pound-per-day-version-0-2/ Was at the healthfood mart at lunchtime, they've got a 40 days for two people e...
by Aabidano
June 18, 2013, 8:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Soon" vegans will have no excuse!
Replies: 157
Views: 48261

Re: "Soon" vegans will have no excuse!

Haven't we went over all this in that in the other thread? Ah well at least it's somewhat entertaining. It was, has since descended into simply annoying. Wonder if this test tube meat will have the vitamins we can't synthesize ourselves? Actual ones, not lab created which frequently while being &qu...
by Aabidano
June 11, 2013, 9:29 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
Replies: 289
Views: 86839

Re: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread

Changes to NTFS blow too, it's not nearly as resilient as it was. I've had filesystems on two disks corrupt due to power loss.
by Aabidano
May 9, 2013, 8:38 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Neverwinter
Replies: 121
Views: 39018

Re: Neverwinter

Assling cleric :D

Seems OK at first glance, not sure how engaging it'll be. UI is a bit clunky but not terrible to use (yet).
by Aabidano
May 3, 2013, 8:52 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: US oil, gas boom
Replies: 68
Views: 15278

Re: US oil, gas boom

Look on the bright side Winnow, the contamination from the fuel additives will live on for thousands of years as a keepsake. (They kept using tetra-ethyl lead years after they knew it was incredibly toxic and had alternatives as it was a cheap way to boost octane. Thanks Wall St.!) neurologists have...
by Aabidano
May 2, 2013, 9:17 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Stuff to watch on Netflix
Replies: 40
Views: 12468

Re: Stuff to watch on Netflix

Poultrygeist

So horrible it's good.
by Aabidano
May 2, 2013, 8:56 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: US oil, gas boom
Replies: 68
Views: 15278

Re: US oil, gas boom

it's better for the engine over time. Higher octane simply means it's less explosive and generally burns slower. It isn't better or worse, that's just advertising. If you have high(er) compression, not as uncommon as it was a few years ago there's no issue with it. If you don't have higher compress...
by Aabidano
May 2, 2013, 5:10 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165319

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

...and most of the time you can't upgrade at all. Not generally getting anything out of it so who cares? It's not generally useful past being able to say you're on the latest version so why bother...? Plus many are cheapo phones, they aren't going to run the new load. It's like feeling superior abo...
by Aabidano
May 1, 2013, 10:29 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: US oil, gas boom
Replies: 68
Views: 15278

Re: US oil, gas boom

Funkmasterr wrote:~4.00 here. For 91+ octane anyhow, no idea what the cheap crap is.
If your engine doesn't ping or get noticeably worse mileage with cheap gas you're wasting money on premium, and may damage the engine over time.

$3.30 here, usually higher than most of the country.
by Aabidano
May 1, 2013, 9:50 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165319

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

...much of this loyalty isn't just inspired by the products themselves, but by the whole Apple ecosystem. Perhaps confusing loyalty with entrapment? How easy is it for the average idiot to leave "the ecosystem" (aka "the collective") and take their already paid for books, video ...
by Aabidano
April 29, 2013, 4:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hair Loss
Replies: 11
Views: 5106

Re: Hair Loss

shave my head within a couple years and avoid that pathetic hair stage That's my plan. Some folks go bald gracefully, never know. The savings gained by avoiding 50 years of generic rogaine will cost you about what a small used car would, and you'll be old, bald and driving a crappy car. Dude in fro...
by Aabidano
April 26, 2013, 10:37 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Stuff to watch on Netflix
Replies: 40
Views: 12468

Re: Stuff to watch on Netflix

Watched Idiots and Angels earlier, good Plympton movie. Was going to add slightly odd but that goes without saying. Lately: Cow and Chicken Ren and Stimpy Red Dwarf (again) Venture Bros Empires: Martin Luther Carl Panzram Bunch of good stuff on Buddhism and Indian history. I'd always thought the Bri...
by Aabidano
April 23, 2013, 2:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Netflix
Replies: 124
Views: 38331

Re: Netflix

Netflix added 2 million US subscribers and made a profit of $2.69m (£1.77m) in the first quarter of 2013, buoyed by its critically acclaimed exclusive drama House of Cards. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/23/netflix_results/ More subscribers than HBO. Think I mentioned it, dropped cable maybe a...
by Aabidano
April 22, 2013, 12:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bunch of crap thread
Replies: 471
Views: 198723

Re: Bunch of crap thread

62,254,639 views :D
by Aabidano
April 22, 2013, 12:22 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165319

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

Winnow wrote:(which reminds me of all the malware currently attacking Android devices)
Similar to your endless yabbering about the number of (mostly useless) apps available for IOS, the number of individual pieces of malware is irrelevant to the actual impact they have on users.
by Aabidano
April 21, 2013, 3:52 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Boston Bombing...
Replies: 22
Views: 4593

Re: Boston Bombing...

Zaelath wrote:As long as you're not jaywalking with a backpack, that'll be PC for a cavity search.
Jaywalking period was good for a cavity search there previously. Can't imagine it now. :)
by Aabidano
April 17, 2013, 8:48 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Kim Jong Un uses an iMac...
Replies: 3
Views: 1065

Kim Jong Un uses an iMac...

Kim Jong Un uses an iMac; so much for the Apple license clause about not using them for/with WMDs or acts of terrorism. :)

Spang and Winnow (as the most vocal iZealots) are in good company.
by Aabidano
April 16, 2013, 1:28 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Windows 8 Upgrade
Replies: 173
Views: 33312

Re: Windows 8 Upgrade

Microsoft is doing you a favor by integrating both touch and traditional desktop environments into one OS so desktop users don't get left behind altogether. For office/desktop use "touch" is quite nearly worthless unless you're trying to sell someone a tablet-like device. In business for ...
by Aabidano
April 16, 2013, 10:57 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Windows 8 Upgrade
Replies: 173
Views: 33312

Re: Windows 8 Upgrade

http://www.zdnet.com/windows-its-over-7000013964/ Can agree with a lot of what he says but also as he says the PC in some fashion will be with us for a while and there's no (current) realistic alternative to Windows. On a practical basis all the possible contenders have major obstacles to adoption a...
by Aabidano
April 12, 2013, 2:21 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Why I feed My Cat Antidepressants
Replies: 3
Views: 1173

Re: Why I feed My Cat Antidepressants

He's fat enough to need two seats, I'd complain if he was sitting in my seat with me.
by Aabidano
April 9, 2013, 11:08 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Lenovo Y500
Replies: 7
Views: 2040

Re: Lenovo Y500

Or just wipe the drive and install Windows 7 from the get-go and save yourself some time. Not worth the bother IMO, while I prefer Win7 it's not so much that I'd bother rolling back. We've had a succession of misc Lenovo laptops floating around the office, no complaints against any of them. Dunno a...
by Aabidano
April 8, 2013, 7:12 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: IPhone 5, Galaxy SIII or Other?
Replies: 159
Views: 61405

Re: IPhone 5, Galaxy SIII or Other?

In ~4 years of smartphoning, I'm on my second. Both Android. No complaints at all, nada, worked great. The Android port on my touchpad? No complaints at all there either. I feel no loss incurred by not having the ability to give Apple a 30% cut of every dollar I spend. Or of having to jailbreak my p...
by Aabidano
April 7, 2013, 8:05 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: IPhone 5, Galaxy SIII or Other?
Replies: 159
Views: 61405

Re: IPhone 5, Galaxy SIII or Other?

Sekrit codenames make them go faster, duh!

They've magically created a naming scheme 15 years ago that Ubuntu copied from them, next one will be called Festering Fanboi.
by Aabidano
April 5, 2013, 10:49 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: North Korea
Replies: 69
Views: 20968

Re: North Korea

The question is: do the people running that State, and that army, actually believe this? (that a war is winnable by NK) What worries me is that, having met several of them, I don't think they know enough about the rest of the world to actually understand this. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/0...
by Aabidano
April 2, 2013, 12:51 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Kim Dotcom
Replies: 59
Views: 23863

Re: Kim Dotcom

"Doesn't hurt sales" isn't at all the same as "doesn't impact revenue". Wonder what percentage of the people who pirate episodes from wherever watch a lot of (cough) premium TV content? Subscribing to HBO for instance all year to watch one show with it's limited number of new epi...
by Aabidano
April 2, 2013, 8:21 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Kim Dotcom
Replies: 59
Views: 23863

Re: Kim Dotcom

So, if they don't produce crap content people who would've bought the DVD will do so anyway, despite refusing to pay for HBO itself?

Would think in that scenario they're still making less money as they don't get much/any ad revenue from DVD sales?
by Aabidano
April 1, 2013, 4:01 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: US oil, gas boom
Replies: 68
Views: 15278

Re: US oil, gas boom

In America, 70 million farmable acres are used for corn, another 70 million for soy, and we don't need either. Most of the corn in the United States is consumed by the animals that you neanderthals eat. Once again, no it isn't. Take this strand of douchiness back that other thread and high-5 yourse...
by Aabidano
April 1, 2013, 3:54 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: US oil, gas boom
Replies: 68
Views: 15278

Re: US oil, gas boom

Burgeoning technologies like fracking will ensure that oil will be around for a long enough time that we will be able to transition our infrastructure seamlessly to geothermal and solar. It will be easy. Your logic breaks right there, the way things stand we won't make any transition until we've no...
by Aabidano
April 1, 2013, 8:09 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: North Korea
Replies: 69
Views: 20968

Re: North Korea

For the south it would be the simplest way to keep the peace long term. I'm not sure I expect much to be left in the north though. It's like a country-wide People's Temple.
by Aabidano
March 31, 2013, 3:42 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: North Korea
Replies: 69
Views: 20968

Re: North Korea

Can you imagine the Foxconn type factories they could build in North Korea? Those people would think working like that was heaven when they actually got paid anything at all. A unified Korea would eventually rival Japan's GDP. North Korea has no infrastructure of any kind. Plenty of other places to...
by Aabidano
March 28, 2013, 11:36 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Hobbit Trailer
Replies: 63
Views: 15549

Re: Hobbit Trailer

The Hobbit is a much better read after you've read the LoTR trilogy. You're interested enough that you overlook his writing style in that book.

I can't even think of a good analogy for the movie, maybe War and Peace as done by Uwe Boll in a 1990 NYC setting with an all-Brazilian cast.
by Aabidano
March 23, 2013, 1:29 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Hobbit Trailer
Replies: 63
Views: 15549

Re: Hobbit Trailer

Watched The Hobbit last night, they took a great story and totally blew it. Was going put down a couple good points rather than write a rant about the bad and realized I couldn't't even do that. Won't be watching the next two(?).
by Aabidano
March 19, 2013, 9:05 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: IPhone 5, Galaxy SIII or Other?
Replies: 159
Views: 61405

Re: IPhone 5, Galaxy SIII or Other?

+1, if I wasn't in the same kind of situation I'd just use it as a tiny tablet with emergency call access. Recently started an unlimited text & data/100 voice minute non-plan. We'll see how it works out. I wouldn't say I love my Nexus 4, it's just a phone after all. Is pretty handy as a phablet...
by Aabidano
February 26, 2013, 8:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oh the PAIN!
Replies: 43
Views: 18000

Re: Oh the PAIN!

I see people in physical therapy that have it so much worse. Can't imagine pissing gravel or our situation, ouch. Was treated at a cancer center a few year ago. Not for cancer, they just had the machine to treat me. All the cheerful people there amazed me, sicker than a dog from chemicals happily c...
by Aabidano
February 25, 2013, 11:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oh the PAIN!
Replies: 43
Views: 18000

Re: Oh the PAIN!

Common break, won't heal without HW upgrades :)
by Aabidano
February 23, 2013, 9:26 am
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: Hip-Hop on Trial: A Debate
Replies: 70
Views: 20200

Re: Hip-Hop on Trial: A Debate

Boogahz wrote:he can't outlive us, because the concept of life is man-made too!
A conspiracy against the undead?

Those sociologists seem to have taken something seemingly obvious and drawn backwards conclusions from it.
by Aabidano
February 23, 2013, 9:22 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: CT Shooting: 26 dead - 20 kindergarten kids 6 adults
Replies: 248
Views: 43608

Re: CT Shooting: 26 dead - 20 kindergarten kids 6 adults

Kilmoll the Sexy wrote:Ban assault ovens!
Phht, ovens?

Showers are far more dangerous. Especially to children. Think of the children!