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And they don't know how to partition and install Windows; why the heck do people buy things they don't know how to use or modify?
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2012-07-25, 00:00 | Link #22643 |
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Los Angeles City Council votes 14-0 to ban "medical marijuana" shops
There are a crapload of these dispensaries... way more than needed. They have bogus doctors in adjacent offices who will write anyone a prescription. It's ridiculous how many of these joints have popped up |
2012-07-25, 00:21 | Link #22644 | |
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2012-07-25, 13:07 | Link #22648 |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18987678
I'm in the lazy mood, so while trying to watch Carl Lewis' making history, I accidentally stumble into the above article. Don't know if she had any chance at winning any medal, but I sure wonder where she will go from here in the future. I sure hope it's not politics.
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2012-07-25, 14:13 | Link #22649 |
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If things go badly in Greece, as I fear they may, I would expect to see Golden Dawn improve its position politically. She'd make a fine candidate for them. She certainly has the looks, and now she has become a cause-célèbre. Italy has Alessandra Mussolini, though she obviously has a more "distinguished" political heritage. Maybe Ms. Papachristou will make this list? Russian beauty Alina Kabaeva was an international gymnast with Olympic medals before joing Putin's United Russia party.
I wish they'd give the political affiliations for all the women on that list. This very thread includes a posting by aohige with some of the gravure shots of number three on that list, Fujikawa Yuri, but no mention of what party she belongs to. I'd also replace Yulia Tymoshenko, whose star has rapidly faded to say the least, with another head of state, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. She, too, has a political heritage, and some would say she is just a stalking horse for her brother. I know nothing about Thai politics to judge the accuracy of that criticism.
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2012-07-25, 18:33 | Link #22650 | |
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I haven't used Windows extensively since Windows XP. I don't like fielding requests to repair installs of Windows Vista or Windows 7, because a lot of it is foreign to me now. If these people don't even know the basics of how to lock down their system, keep it secure, and use anti-malware software, why are they buying them?
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2012-07-25, 21:04 | Link #22651 | |
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I admit I do only have rudimentary troubleshooting knowledge of Macs, and I do seriously expect people to read up on what they are going to buy before going to someone else when it broke. Never buy anything you can't fix or don't want to bother with the new object's high learning curve. One more thing : I used Windows 7 quite extensively. The only 21st century OS I had problem with is Vista.
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2012-07-25, 22:34 | Link #22652 |
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You'll be happy to know I've seen actual "Password Journals" being sold in book and stationery stores. A page for each account or website where you can write all your special codes.... I saw that and thought about setting fire to the display...
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2012-07-25, 22:40 | Link #22653 | |
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Seriously though, sometimes I don't know why people buy tech products just because it "looks" good on the surface, rather than reading in-depth to its functionality. Maybe I am just being a hyporcrite because I restarted my hobby of buying figurines simply because they are adorable and the legal hegemons are clamping down on invitations of marriage.
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2012-07-25, 23:05 | Link #22654 | ||
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To make a long story short, I perceived you to be Apple-bashing. Macs, Windows, Linux - these are all tools, and bashing any of them is foolish. Quote:
I can't really criticize that approach, either, because over the past year or two I've been using OS X's built-in password storage (Keychain). I forget a number of passwords, open Keychain, type in my account password to reveal the stored password, and then use it. Break into my user account (which has a strong password, but it's still one password) and you have access to a bunch of stuff. Granted, I choose not to store passwords or other login information to sensitive websites (bank and such), but in principle it's not so different.
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2012-07-25, 23:25 | Link #22655 | |
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The reason why I don't like Apple products is their strategy is so cultishly represented and products are grossly overpriced, as well as they are a image symbol of "wealth and professionalism" when most of their users are representatives of bread and circuses. Working in an outsourced parts provider reinforces that - they often try to undercut suppliers by abusing long term conracts at a barely profitable price. Apple-bashing is done to knock sense into people's head that a computer is simply a utility tool, you don't have to splurge on an Apple when you are in the lower end of the income spectrum. It never ceases to irritate me when a fellow man asks me how to rework his IPad for customer presentation when he or she could have used a simpler Iconia or Qosmo, and at the same time run the company software instead of having to buy another laptop for it.
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2012-07-25, 23:43 | Link #22656 |
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Then you are bashing the wrong segment...
Dont hate the tool, hate the cult that makes the product hateable... Some of the cult believes that apple product is where the non-geek invest in terms of "Computer" and "Gadget" Other tools are just for tech-geek... |
2012-07-25, 23:56 | Link #22657 | |
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In fact I do hate people who refuse to figure out or at least find out the computer products they have bought. If it is financial products like insurance or invest I can unserstand the lack of motivation to understand it, because the policy wordings are crafted to work both ways and are naturally ambiguious, but a computer? It is only a whole mass of wires and boards; how messy can it be compared to a mutual fund portfolio?
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2012-07-26, 00:04 | Link #22658 | |||
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Can I perceive you to be someone who follows trends because expressing dislike for a company and people who use its products is totally the coolest thing to do now?
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But value is completely subjective. So you know what? If you don't see the value in it, don't buy it. I used to have the time and desire to modify nearly every aspect of my computer. Built it myself, did fun things to Windows, changed components, changed Windows, crashed Windows, put it back together... you get the idea. I don't have time for any of that anymore, nor do I care to do it. Since my family switched over to OS X I've fielded significantly fewer technical support requests, and most of the fixes are easy. I've had fewer issues to contend with on my end, too, although I know that Windows has been maturing since I switched over. I still run Windows through a virtual machine, although it's rare that I need to do it. Has all of this been worth it to me? Yes. Macs as "a symbol of wealth and professionalism"? Maybe in Singapore. I still hear that one parroted by Americans, too, but it's quickly fading out, because it's no longer true (if it ever really was). I won't deny that some people view Apple products as a status symbol, because people like that must exist. But most Apple users? Not in my experience. Quote:
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I take it you have no experience with iPads, then, but you would know how to configure an Iconia or a Qosmo. I'm sorry that you have to put up with that frustration, but that's a poor reason to dump on Apple, Apple products, and users of Apple products.
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2012-07-26, 00:16 | Link #22660 | |
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