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by Aabidano
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...
by Aabidano
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

Spang wrote:I acknowledge your belief, but nowhere in the handbook does it say I must respect it.
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)
by Aabidano
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...
by Aabidano
March 23, 2014, 8:06 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Neverwinter
Replies: 121
Views: 39032

Re: Neverwinter

Canelek wrote:I've never been much for dailies or highly-repetitive tasks.
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?
by Aabidano
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 ...
by Aabidano
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...
by Aabidano
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)
by Aabidano
March 13, 2014, 8:03 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: HDTVs
Replies: 162
Views: 66511

Re: HDTVs

Go back to text mode!
by Aabidano
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

Zaelath wrote:"my sound keeps being turned down by itself"
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.
by Aabidano
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.
by Aabidano
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

Tyek wrote:I got a email lately saying "Back by popular Demand, Windows 7"
Marketing trying to get some business?
by Aabidano
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

Spang wrote:
Zaelath wrote:Yeah, I'm not a bigot, I'm a misanthrope.
You contribute to the hostile environment.
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."
by Aabidano
March 1, 2014, 1:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HOLY CRAP
Replies: 14
Views: 5816

Re: HOLY CRAP

Cool, congrats.
by Aabidano
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.
by Aabidano
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...
by Aabidano
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

Spang wrote:...the LGBT struggle, that many of you couldn't care less about, is almost over.
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.
by Aabidano
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.
by Aabidano
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

"When the legislature passes bills like this, it creates a reputation that Arizona is judgmental and unwelcoming
Thought that had been well established?
by Aabidano
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...
by Aabidano
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...
by Aabidano
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 ...
by Aabidano
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...
by Aabidano
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

Canelek wrote:Decided to stay with att. Got a Nokia 1520. 6". Display. Fuckoff huge!
That's not a phone!

Reminds me of a test LTE "handset" we had at work, needed a dolly to haul it around :)
by Aabidano
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.
by Aabidano
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.
by Aabidano
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...
by Aabidano
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...
by Aabidano
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.
by Aabidano
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...
by Aabidano
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...
by Aabidano
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.
by Aabidano
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 ...
by Aabidano
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.
by Aabidano
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 ...
by Aabidano
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?
by Aabidano
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
by Aabidano
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...
by Aabidano
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.
by Aabidano
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...
by Aabidano
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.
by Aabidano
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.
by Aabidano
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.
by Aabidano
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...
by Aabidano
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 ...
by Aabidano
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...
by Aabidano
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.
by Aabidano
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.
by Aabidano
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.
by Aabidano
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.