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Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by Baraka_Guru, Aug 2, 2011.

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  1. GeneticShift

    GeneticShift Show me your everything is okay face.

    Location:
    The land of drugs, violence, and 8 Mile Road
    My car smells like old popcorn and I don't know why.
     
    GeneticShift, Jul 8, 2014
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  2. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    Forty minutes on the phone. I need to recuperate.
     
    Baraka_Guru, Jul 8, 2014
    #33942
  3. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    Ugh, I hate that. Phone calls are the worst. I can do them, but afterward, I always feel like I need a stiff drink and a nap.
     
    snowy, Jul 8, 2014
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  4. Fremen

    Fremen Allright, who stole my mustache?

    Location:
    E. Texas
    Has she been seeing other appliances?

    Something I saw on FB just now...
     
    Fremen, Jul 8, 2014
    #33944
  5. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member

    Any time I pass gas in the car when my wife is with me I try to remember to ask 'do you smell popcorn?'

    Because that pretty much guarantees that she'll reflexively take a deep sniff before she knows what hit her.

    :p
     
    Borla, Jul 8, 2014
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  6. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    Oh my GOD. You're an ass.

    I'm stealing that.
     
    snowy, Jul 8, 2014
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  7. Speed_Gibson

    Speed_Gibson Hacking the Gibson

    Location:
    Wolf 359
    I also have Windows 7 on my laptop, and have worked with Windows 8 enough on a friend's laptop (MS Bob 2012 as I called it in photoshop thing). My favourite Win OS is Win NT 4.0, with Win 2000 close second - they had rock solid stability and proper security. Windows 7 is decent and runs all of the Adobe Applications I am paying for smoothly and natively but it really is lacking in the interface and ease of use department compared to some of the current Linux options. There are strong personal opinions out there obviously, and I am no exception. I actually like Unity but do not care for Xcfe or for the silly eyecandy in KDE that reminds me more of Windows in a bad way.
    My version of Vista is "ok" but my biggest "complaints" on both Vista and 7 are
    0) I only have the 32 bit version of Vista
    1) My win 7 is the crippled home premium, makes me a sad panda when I try to do easy network things that worked beautifully before in NT and Win2k especially like joining a domain. Home premium is the version for people scratching their heads saying "What's a network?" or have never heard of DNS.
    edit 2) CLI is dumbed way down
    3) Linux is easier to update/remove software. Why is it a bigger hassle in the expensive option that wants $$$ for every license you have?

    (in my own biased opinion) Interfaces like Unity are slick and offer things like multiple workspaces that I seriously wish Windows could offer in their definitely very not free options. On the flip side of that I have no plans on ever un-installing Windows and just going *nix/Linux.
     
    Last edited: Jul 8, 2014
    Speed_Gibson, Jul 8, 2014
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  8. Speed_Gibson

    Speed_Gibson Hacking the Gibson

    Location:
    Wolf 359
    Did one of those buzzfeed things on facebook (not going to spam that on here) about Dr. Who and got these results -
    You got: The First Doctor
    You are a mysterious and cantankerous old wizard with two massive secrets: 1) You’re not as frail as you appear, and 2) you care very deeply for your companions. Oh, and you’re an immortal Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. Okay, you have three massive secrets.
     
    Speed_Gibson, Jul 9, 2014
    #33948
  9. GeneticShift

    GeneticShift Show me your everything is okay face.

    Location:
    The land of drugs, violence, and 8 Mile Road
    Happy birthday, @Levite!
     
    GeneticShift, Jul 10, 2014
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  10. Charlatan

    Charlatan sous les pavés, la plage

    Location:
    Temasek
    Airport lounge again. This time for vacation!
     
    Charlatan, Jul 10, 2014
    #33950
  11. Speed_Gibson

    Speed_Gibson Hacking the Gibson

    Location:
    Wolf 359
    And now a glimpse at a family watching TV in the 1950's

    kids_and_tv_set.jpg
     
    Speed_Gibson, Jul 10, 2014
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  12. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    Mazel tov, @Levite ! May you live until 120.
     
    Baraka_Guru, Jul 10, 2014
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  13. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    If you mean TFP, yes. I haven't been on much over the last four days, and it seems to have been a slow week.
     
    Chris Noyb, Jul 10, 2014
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  14. Fremen

    Fremen Allright, who stole my mustache?

    Location:
    E. Texas
    Have a happy happy, @Levite .
     
    Fremen, Jul 10, 2014
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  15. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    While I was in the kitchen making breakfast for lunch, I was overhearing the show my SO was watching in the next room. It was one of those home-buying shows that seem to fill up an entire channel's programming. But it was one that wasn't dealing with renos—just buying.

    It was a couple planning to have their first child soon. They wanted to buy a house first. They were shown this character home with three bedrooms and three full bathrooms. The realtor was saying how the location was ideal because it was in the city. When the couple asked about the price, the realtor told them it was $275,000. The couple hummed and hawed about how it was a bit out of the price range.

    Baraka: Holy shit. What year is that?
    Baraka's SO: It's the States.
    Baraka: Oh. You don't want to live there.
     
    Baraka_Guru, Jul 10, 2014
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  16. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    I love watching Love It or List It because it's in the GTA. It always cracks me up to see people with small homes in relatively central areas of Toronto balk at the thought of moving to the suburbs. I can't really blame them, though.

    The prices for housing where you are are pretty ridiculous, though.
     
    snowy, Jul 10, 2014
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  17. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    Have you seen the Vancouver edition?

    The GTA has a ridiculous amount of urban sprawl. The suburbs are by and large urban (and cultural) wastelands.

    Try Vancouver.
     
    Baraka_Guru, Jul 10, 2014
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  18. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    I have not. I don't think they show it here. And I would gladly try Vancouver :p I was just talking to a buddy yesterday about how I would move to Canada in a hot minute.
     
    snowy, Jul 10, 2014
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  19. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    I'm going to start considering myself a descendant of the Normans. That's less pretentious than saying it's the Vikings.
     
    Baraka_Guru, Jul 10, 2014
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  20. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    I'm mostly descended from the Gauls.
     
    snowy, Jul 10, 2014
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