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- April 4, 2014, 7:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
- Replies: 1230
- Views: 275608
Re: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
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!" Most Vegans, Mac users/Apple zealots, Christian fundamentalists, white supremacists and others who are militant about their "thing" tha...
- April 1, 2014, 11:18 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Ellen Page's coming out speech
- Replies: 88
- Views: 27777
Re: Ellen Page's coming out speech
So it's acceptable for you to be bigoted/prejudicial on your preferred topics but no one else is allowed to be on theirs? (not that it's something to aim for)Spang wrote:I acknowledge your belief, but nowhere in the handbook does it say I must respect it.
- April 1, 2014, 10:37 am
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Giganews Usage
- Replies: 108
- Views: 50839
Re: Giganews Usage
It's pretty sad though the current state of affairs. People like Winnow who were evangelizing how awesome newsgroups were and how you could use them as basically online storage have made Usenet a bigger target that it probably would have been. Of course providers advertising hundreds (now thousands...
- March 23, 2014, 8:06 am
- Forum: Video Game General Discussion
- Topic: Neverwinter
- Replies: 121
- Views: 39032
Re: Neverwinter
Me neither but at 3-6k\day for 15 minutes effort is more bang for your time spent than you'll get in some other repetitive task?Canelek wrote:I've never been much for dailies or highly-repetitive tasks.
- March 21, 2014, 5:44 pm
- Forum: Video Game General Discussion
- Topic: Neverwinter
- Replies: 121
- Views: 39032
Re: Neverwinter
...selling the loot on the AH which I hate doing so I don't. I've been doing a daily or two and salvaging the purples plus leadership, decent chunk of change. I AH all blue drops at whatever price the system suggests and don't buy any ID scrolls, another 300\day or so generally. If they don't sell ...
- March 16, 2014, 12:31 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Windows 8 "Metro" Applications
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4242
Re: Windows 8 "Metro" Applications
What would Firefox Metro do that the built-in browser can't? No one is using Metro anyplace they have an alternative. MS is trying to create a throw away appliance environment as Apple has. Tablets still aren't a desktop replacement for doing the bulk of tasks that people get paid to do day in; it's...
- March 16, 2014, 7:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HOLY CRAP
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5816
Re: HOLY CRAP
Better than a boot to the groin? (for most anyway)
- March 13, 2014, 8:03 am
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: HDTVs
- Replies: 162
- Views: 66511
Re: HDTVs
Go back to text mode!
- March 12, 2014, 5:51 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
- Replies: 289
- Views: 86877
Re: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
Was Annoyed by similar, nothing to do with Windows. My softphone used to switch my sound device automagically when it lost bluetooth connectivity for more than half a second or so. Updated BT drivers & client eventually made it go away.Zaelath wrote:"my sound keeps being turned down by itself"
- March 12, 2014, 5:45 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Flight 370
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4001
Re: Flight 370
Just a PR stunt? They can automate the grunt work, simply looking for anything that isn't water is pretty easy.
- March 8, 2014, 6:19 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
- Replies: 289
- Views: 86877
Re: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
Marketing trying to get some business?Tyek wrote:I got a email lately saying "Back by popular Demand, Windows 7"
- March 3, 2014, 1:48 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Ellen Page's coming out speech
- Replies: 88
- Views: 27777
Re: Ellen Page's coming out speech
You remind me of the people with the "Coexist" bumper stickers who invariably seem to drive like douchebags. "Respect my beliefs even though I've no respect for yours."Spang wrote:You contribute to the hostile environment.Zaelath wrote:Yeah, I'm not a bigot, I'm a misanthrope.
- March 1, 2014, 1:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HOLY CRAP
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5816
Re: HOLY CRAP
Cool, congrats.
- March 1, 2014, 1:48 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Ellen Page's coming out speech
- Replies: 88
- Views: 27777
Re: Ellen Page's coming out speech
Whether you're trying to catch fish or sell shoes you need the right bait for the occasion.
- February 28, 2014, 2:17 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Ellen Page's coming out speech
- Replies: 88
- Views: 27777
Re: Ellen Page's coming out speech
Are there any anti black laws still out there? When I left SC there were still 'black laws' on the books, unenforced but still there for "historical purposes". How do you think a law preventing black people from being served at a restaurant would go over? Probably riots. Riots in LA and m...
- February 28, 2014, 9:39 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Ellen Page's coming out speech
- Replies: 88
- Views: 27777
Re: Ellen Page's coming out speech
I don't think anyone has said they don't care about the injustices, just the opposite. Gay people are just people is the point being made. You're again deliberately confusing/combining two separate issues.Spang wrote:...the LGBT struggle, that many of you couldn't care less about, is almost over.
- February 27, 2014, 12:10 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: The U.S. will kick your country's ass
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6712
Re: The U.S. will kick your country's ass
And yet we can't provide public healthcare as it's too expensive.
- February 26, 2014, 3:45 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Ellen Page's coming out speech
- Replies: 88
- Views: 27777
Re: Ellen Page's coming out speech
Thought that had been well established?"When the legislature passes bills like this, it creates a reputation that Arizona is judgmental and unwelcoming
- February 26, 2014, 2:15 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Ellen Page's coming out speech
- Replies: 88
- Views: 27777
Re: Ellen Page's coming out speech
So they care about #3 just a hair more than #1 and #2 :) She doesn't have the draw in my case to make me want to listen to her on any topic I wouldn't otherwise be interested in. Had no clue who she was until I looked her up yesterday. Someone posted a link to a Richard Feynman talk elsewhere, I wat...
- February 26, 2014, 10:45 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Ellen Page's coming out speech
- Replies: 88
- Views: 27777
Re: Ellen Page's coming out speech
... I didn't watch because I don't care. For most people that's about the best you're going to get. Which doesn't mean they support any sort of injustice, thinking back to a comment Sueven made. What it does mean is that on the list of things they can give a shit about on any particular day it does...
- February 25, 2014, 3:49 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Ellen Page's coming out speech
- Replies: 88
- Views: 27777
- February 25, 2014, 3:27 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Ellen Page's coming out speech
- Replies: 88
- Views: 27777
Re: Ellen Page's coming out speech
These responses are pretty entertaining and revealing. No one is saying it's a game changing speech. It was a good speech and still needed as can be easily demonstrated. Change is still needed but in her environment it's like she took her clothes off at a nudist colony by this point? Reminds me of ...
- February 25, 2014, 2:30 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Ellen Page's coming out speech
- Replies: 88
- Views: 27777
Re: Ellen Page's coming out speech
File me under the "who cares" crowd too. No, I didn't watch the video. I'm sure it's important to her but others' sexual preference is a matter of indifference to me. She's a Canadian actress in Hollywood; unless she steps out and actually does something useful afterwards this has no beari...
- February 21, 2014, 11:33 am
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: T-Mobile Sony xPeria Z1s
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5741
Re: T-Mobile Sony xPeria Z1s
That's not a phone!Canelek wrote:Decided to stay with att. Got a Nokia 1520. 6". Display. Fuckoff huge!
Reminds me of a test LTE "handset" we had at work, needed a dolly to haul it around
- February 21, 2014, 9:44 am
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Insane amount of online storage
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21300
Re: Insane amount of online storage
Or the two are profiting in different ways, looking for different things.
The Chinese just want your data to sift through, any data. While the US companies want something they can market & not get slammed with DCMA-type lawsuits.
The Chinese just want your data to sift through, any data. While the US companies want something they can market & not get slammed with DCMA-type lawsuits.
- February 20, 2014, 11:39 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Insane amount of online storage
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21300
Re: Insane amount of online storage
Played with skydrive a bit after I saw the Android client.
Not sure what I'm doing wrong, that fact that I can do something wrong with what should be so simple a service doesn't look good. Should just be a matter of install, log in in and it works, like dropbox, etc.. do.
Not sure what I'm doing wrong, that fact that I can do something wrong with what should be so simple a service doesn't look good. Should just be a matter of install, log in in and it works, like dropbox, etc.. do.
- February 14, 2014, 12:52 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
- Replies: 289
- Views: 86877
Re: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
How does that change the fact the interface is inconvenient for what is effectively their entire user base? It's like optimizing a car to "natively" fuel at 1 out of 100,000 gas stations, otherwise the user has to walk around the car counterclockwise 3 times before filling up. Not a crisis...
- February 13, 2014, 6:42 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
- Replies: 289
- Views: 86877
Re: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
...and that is what is hurting them now. Don't suspect it's hurting them that much, OEMs are shipping it and consumer upgrade licensing couldn't be that large a percentage? At worst they might get some people moving to Apple that were on the threshold anyway. They hit a threshold with XP, there was...
- February 13, 2014, 12:14 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
- Replies: 289
- Views: 86877
Re: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
Apple's only foothold into the mainstream business market will be with BYOD hippies willing to bear the extra costs themselves.
They've priced themselves out of that market; not that it seems to be hurting them at all.
They've priced themselves out of that market; not that it seems to be hurting them at all.
- February 12, 2014, 11:13 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
- Replies: 289
- Views: 86877
Re: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
"Idiots" that are raking in billions of dollars a quarter. Microsoft gets the "idiot" tag a lot from the general public. I don't think that word means what you think it means! Or that the two don't have anything to do with each other? MS success has never been based on producing...
- February 12, 2014, 3:57 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
- Replies: 289
- Views: 86877
Re: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
Windows 8 remains the best/most stable version of Windows I've ever used. "As good as" XP post SP3 and 7 anyway, both were solid and reliable; users were the biggest problem. I run in desktop mode 100% of the time and laugh at the clowns that complain about Metro all the time. Metro is po...
- February 11, 2014, 10:05 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: How to Fix America
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8006
Re: How to Fix America
Change!!!
There, all better. Let's move on in our wonderful republic.
There, all better. Let's move on in our wonderful republic.
- February 10, 2014, 10:23 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: How to Fix America
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8006
Re: How to Fix America
Abolish capitalism, imperialism and the patriarchy. Shorter list, better results. The problem is, what do you replace it with? People still being people after all. Our present situation is far from perfect but the system is fixable and a decent compromise overall - looking at the long term results ...
- February 6, 2014, 12:17 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: T-Mobile Sony xPeria Z1s
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5741
Re: T-Mobile Sony xPeria Z1s
Music, movie or two, assload of gps tiles, etc... Plus can't be arsed to clean up regularly.
Streaming doesn't work fast/reliably enough outside metro areas to be a realistic replacement for my use. For a dedicated suburbanite it'd be fine.
I've never come near capacity on my 16Gb tablet.
Streaming doesn't work fast/reliably enough outside metro areas to be a realistic replacement for my use. For a dedicated suburbanite it'd be fine.
I've never come near capacity on my 16Gb tablet.
- February 6, 2014, 10:15 am
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: T-Mobile Sony xPeria Z1s
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5741
Re: T-Mobile Sony xPeria Z1s
1 year in with my Nexus 4 and lack of removable storage is my only complaint. I've got unlimited data, dropbox and a VPN set up to data at the house but it's not the same experience at all. That Sony seems to tip over the edge of "too big for a pocket". Nexus 4 is close and the Nexus 5 is ...
- January 17, 2014, 11:31 am
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Insane amount of online storage
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21300
Re: Insane amount of online storage
Why?
I use dropbox as a sharing point for things I don't care about the privacy of and for a tertiary backup w/ trucrypt encrypted files, can't really see a need otherwise?
I use dropbox as a sharing point for things I don't care about the privacy of and for a tertiary backup w/ trucrypt encrypted files, can't really see a need otherwise?
- January 13, 2014, 1:23 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Weather
- Replies: 29
- Views: 9844
Re: Weather
Actual rain is OK, endless drizzle blows...
When I lived in/on Alameda we had lots of folks commuting in from 30 miles out, decent subset from 50+ too. That's crazy
When I lived in/on Alameda we had lots of folks commuting in from 30 miles out, decent subset from 50+ too. That's crazy
- January 13, 2014, 12:56 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: PRISM
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4915
Re: PRISM
It's not just the U.S. spying on its citizens, it's just that no one really cares unless it's the U.S. doing the spying. Everyone knows it, everyone does it. It's no news at all to the politicians who gasp when they find out. We were blatant and over the top about it and got caught in an embarrassi...
- January 11, 2014, 8:35 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Weather
- Replies: 29
- Views: 9844
Re: Weather
I like most of the west coast, having been in the SE since the 80s the cost of living elsewhere makes me cringe.
- January 9, 2014, 3:32 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Weather
- Replies: 29
- Views: 9844
Re: Weather
We get frost maybe twice a winter, cool but not generally cold the rest of the time. Panhandle gets much colder, they almost have winter up there. Heat/bugs don't really bother me, no worse than most of the south-central and mid-west US. Does stay hot longer. July/Aug highs in StL, Detroit and Chica...
- January 8, 2014, 8:57 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Weather
- Replies: 29
- Views: 9844
Re: Weather
With so many things I'm absolutely sick of in the redneck festering armpit that is FL, it doesn't get cold here and that's still enough to stay.
- January 6, 2014, 5:23 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
- Replies: 289
- Views: 86877
Re: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
"Upgraded" two PCs to 8.1. Didn't look hard but the only obvious change form 8 is to add a "start button" that launches you into the PoS Metro menu. So think fixed the thing people hated the most by making it easier to get to? Did fix a packet delay issue I'd been having on one PC.
- December 14, 2013, 1:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Post something good from youtube!
- Replies: 454
- Views: 148309
Re: Post something good from youtube!
My vote for the best thing on the internet this year:
Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball (Chatroulette Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6DmHGYy_xk
Much better than the official version. Actually like the song now.
Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball (Chatroulette Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6DmHGYy_xk
Much better than the official version. Actually like the song now.
- November 1, 2013, 4:44 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Obamacare!
- Replies: 188
- Views: 53080
Re: Obamacare!
If you believe that's what the entire military is about, you're pretty messed up. Most people in the US have no frame of reference at all to the mission of our military outside what sells toothpaste and tampon add time on the news. I spent 6 of my military years supporting FBM submarines, that comm...
- November 1, 2013, 12:55 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Obamacare!
- Replies: 188
- Views: 53080
Re: Obamacare!
Mexico is expecting to have universal coverage by 2015, they also expect both the GDP to improve and govt expenditures to drop as a result. I have tricare standard as well as my employer coverage, tricare has been run by Humana for ~10 years. Obama took what he could get rather than standing up and ...
- October 31, 2013, 9:57 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Obamacare!
- Replies: 188
- Views: 53080
Re: Obamacare!
I can't imagine the alternatives presented being any better. Not saying anything positive about the DNC - The RNC would shaft everyone in the US but the top 0.2%. That was basically the platform they ran in 2012. Obamacare is a huge PoS, just a pipeline for a mandatory shafting of the US by insuranc...
- October 29, 2013, 10:34 am
- Forum: Video Game General Discussion
- Topic: Neverwinter
- Replies: 121
- Views: 39032
Re: Neverwinter
It better have a hybrid penalty, filthy rangers.
- October 25, 2013, 7:07 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
- Replies: 289
- Views: 86877
Re: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
There was a bad 8.0 patch recently, system restore fixed it for me.
- October 23, 2013, 4:19 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
- Replies: 289
- Views: 86877
Re: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
You can create a local account without the Microsoft account. It is a bit obfuscated during the setup though. It's one of the text links near the bottom and not a button. And the MS Store breaks, so you can't load the basic programs that should've come with the OS. You have to have an MS account too.
- October 22, 2013, 3:36 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
- Replies: 289
- Views: 86877
Re: Official Windows 8 Blows Thread
No complaints at all against Acronis, though they the interface has gone downhill in the last couple revs.