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Living Room / Re: Ministry of Truth - Washington Post changes wording in its archive about PRISM
« Last post by superboyac on June 17, 2013, 03:52 PM »
You know, this is why I have bouts with distrust and skepticism.  Everything that I've personally learned in life is that most important *things* have a lot of meticulous work put into it.  But whenever a curious person inquires into such *things*, the picture they receive is normally pretty mellow, harmless, careless, "it is what it is" type of attitude, "right place, right time", mr. magoo.

However...every time I look into one of these things, you notice how NOT like that it is.  It's all crafted very meticulously, carefully, control-freaky, secretly.  So what kind of positive conclusion are you supposed to draw from that, especially when *that* is what the actual facts are?
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Living Room / Re: Bitmessage - a protocol for secure decentralized e-mail
« Last post by superboyac on June 16, 2013, 07:31 PM »
(had to look up browncoats...ah, firefly, why is joss wheden so prolific?!)

bitmessage...very cool, very excited about it.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Listary 4 released - tons of new features
« Last post by superboyac on June 13, 2013, 07:58 PM »
has anyone had Listary crashing upon startup? i see a message box asking permission to send a report then it crashes.

i'm on Win 7 Pro 64bit, btw.
-lanux128 (June 13, 2013, 07:57 PM)
I also have win7 64.  I don't think it has been crashing on startup, but the latest version did have a couple of regular crashes recently.  But upon relaunching, it seems to work.  i don't know the cause.
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Living Room / Re: WTF? A serious news story about 50-foot tall humans on a planet??
« Last post by superboyac on June 13, 2013, 05:24 PM »
  It's really not that funny of a joke, real dry humor IMO.  It has always bothered me that we have massive radio telescopes (SETI), that for years has sent out messages into the cosmos telling any possible life-forms where we are in the universe with hopes they would send messages back.  The U.S. gov't stopped funding SETI in 1995, and now it's still being run with civilian grants and funds.
  So why does it bother me?  What makes us think that any intelligent lifeforms out there somewhere are friendly?  If they are advanced enough to speed of light travel, we would most likely be like ants for them to study and/or conquer.  Yeah, just like the series Falling Skies.  We have a plethora of resources here that would make for a nice pit-stop for any conquering entities looking to expand into the cosmos.  Hell, we may even be a food source ourselves!
-Tinman57 (June 13, 2013, 05:17 PM)
I think more along the lines of the Marvel comic epics, where some kind of cosmic egg is being incubated in the center of the earth, and the job of humans is to protect the egg until it hatches.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_X
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Living Room / WTF? A serious news story about 50-foot tall humans on a planet??
« Last post by superboyac on June 13, 2013, 11:54 AM »
Is there a joke I'm not getting here?
http://guardianlv.co...h-with-super-humans/
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has discovered over 50 new alien planets (Sept 12), which includes 16 so-called “super-Earths” and a Super Earth with Super Humans. The newly found alien planets consist 16 Super Earths with one called HD85512 which is apparently dominated by more than a dozen 50 feet tall Super Humans.

“This is the lowest-mass confirmed planet discovered by the radial velocity method that potentially lies in the habitable zone of its star, and the second low-mass planet discovered by HARPS inside the habitable zone,” said exoplanet habitability expert Wendy Waldman of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Germany and Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Boston.  “It’s the only one we’ve seen with outsized human beings.”
:'( :mad: ;) :wallbash: :stars:
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Living Room / Re: The real difference between a desktop pc and every other gadget you have.
« Last post by superboyac on June 12, 2013, 11:18 PM »
SuperboyAC, your prayers (at least one of them) may be answered - http://feedproxy.goo...lZGVL0jo/story01.htm

-Target (June 12, 2013, 06:19 PM)
oh baby!  >:D :onfire:
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Living Room / Re: Movies or films you've seen lately
« Last post by superboyac on June 12, 2013, 10:42 PM »
^^ ;D You're the man, 40.

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Living Room / Re: Movies or films you've seen lately
« Last post by superboyac on June 11, 2013, 09:51 PM »
Man, Traci Lords really did a number on the men before my generation.  Every time I hear one of you guys talk about her, it's like a special thing.  I keep trying to relate and can't.  I have access to thousands of hot porn chicks at any given moment, none seem special.  I'm always blown away by that.  I guess the closest I can relate was all the hubbub in junior high about Sharon Stone and Basic Instinct.
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Living Room / Re: Internet freedoms restrained - SOPA/PIPA/OPEN/ACTA/CETA/PrECISE-related updates
« Last post by superboyac on June 10, 2013, 06:52 PM »

Most Americans back NSA tracking phone records, prioritize probes over privacy
 ;D What?!  I call BS on this one.  Most Americans??  Really??  Nice try, media.

Idiots.  The title should read "Most americans will give the finger to anyone invading their privacy."
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Drag&Drop Robot / Re: any drag&drop users?
« Last post by superboyac on June 09, 2013, 07:46 PM »
i don't get a lot of chances to use this, but I just did some annoying archiving through folders, and this saved me at least 2 hours.
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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Qiqqa - Reference Management System - Mini-Review
« Last post by superboyac on June 08, 2013, 03:54 PM »
My brain keeps telling me the name of this software is ALMOST racist.
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Living Room / Re: Looking for a launcher
« Last post by superboyac on June 07, 2013, 12:14 PM »
I will be adding indexing option to FARR.
-mouser (June 07, 2013, 02:59 AM)
:eusa_dance: :greenclp:
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by superboyac on June 06, 2013, 03:15 PM »
 :lol: :eusa_naughty:
Oh man, that's terrifying.
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Living Room / Re: More legislation regarding privacy.
« Last post by superboyac on June 06, 2013, 01:07 PM »
Her comments echoed those of a senior Obama administration official, who said Thursday morning that the order “does not allow the government to listen in on anyone’s telephone calls” but relates only to “metadata, such as a telephone number or the length of a call.”

The official said such information “has been a critical tool in protecting the nation from terrorist threats to the United States, as it allows counterterrorism personnel to discover whether known or suspected terrorists have been in contact with other persons who may be engaged in terrorist activities, particularly people located inside the United States.”

Such as??  How about you tell us exactly what data is being collected?  Can't be too hard or technical to list in a simple paragraph.  I somehow doubt that the "harmless" metadata they insinuate is very helpful in preventing a terrorist attack.   ;D

What if it said this:
"Her comments echoed those of a senior Obama administration official, who said Thursday morning that the order “does not allow the government to listen in on anyone’s telephone calls” but relates only to “metadata, such as a telephone number, or the gps coordinates of the caller, or transcription of the call”

That would be a more useful paragraph to write.  But why should journalists be anything but vague?
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Living Room / More legislation regarding privacy.
« Last post by superboyac on June 06, 2013, 12:58 PM »
Administration, lawmakers defend NSA program to collect phone records

It's funny how I'm pretty sure the "administration, lawmakers" that are making these decisions are personally probably uber-paranoid about privacy and wouldn't let a shred of their own personal privacy be affected.
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General Software Discussion / Re: From the B.F.D. Dept. - Microsoft releases first video preview of Win 8.1
« Last post by superboyac on June 05, 2013, 05:55 PM »
 ;D
This reminds of a couple weeks ago when I lost it after watching a couple of video reviews for gadgets.  The script is usually:
--looong useless introduction
--they hold the phone in their hands and DO NOTHING.  just wave it around, make hand gestures while talking.  They will POINT at things on the phone, but not actually touch it.
--The exciting part...they will touch a button or something and...now they will talk about it for several minutes.
--oh yeah, they will repeat over and over the stupid specs.  i don't care!!

So I lost it.  And of course got the reactions "what is wrong with you?!" from all my iphone peers.
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Living Room / Re: Magnetic North Pole migration seems to be accelerating.
« Last post by superboyac on June 04, 2013, 04:16 PM »
But it drives me nuts when people cop an attitude about something - or ape somebody else's opinion - and they've got absolutely nothing to back it up with.
-40hz (June 04, 2013, 04:09 PM)
(er...perhaps I'm pessimistic, but wouldn't that be like 90% of the people you know?)  :'(
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Living Room / Re: The real difference between a desktop pc and every other gadget you have.
« Last post by superboyac on June 04, 2013, 04:15 PM »
^^ very interesting.
Question: who built the fence, and whose idea was it?  'cuz it wasn't the foxes or orioles.  :huh:
-superboyac (June 04, 2013, 03:53 PM)

Probably somebody who truly had the best of intentions when they walled them in "for their own protection."

That or Obamacare. ;)
-40hz (June 04, 2013, 04:13 PM)
Freaking obama.
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Living Room / Re: Magnetic North Pole migration seems to be accelerating.
« Last post by superboyac on June 04, 2013, 03:54 PM »
It's all because of Obamacare. Just like it's the cause of everything else - according to some people. :P ;D
-40hz (June 04, 2013, 03:29 PM)
oh yea, the singer of the band I'm in...whenever she gets angry, she says "f---ing Obama."  :P
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Living Room / Re: The real difference between a desktop pc and every other gadget you have.
« Last post by superboyac on June 04, 2013, 03:53 PM »
^^ very interesting.
Question: who built the fence, and whose idea was it?  'cuz it wasn't the foxes or orioles.  :huh:
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Living Room / Re: Magnetic North Pole migration seems to be accelerating.
« Last post by superboyac on June 04, 2013, 03:06 PM »
Yes, the magnetic pole is shifting.  no big deal.  nothing much will be affected.  But...if it just so happens that the sun gives off a massive solar flare during a window of the pole transition where the field is neutral or weak, it could be the end.  hell on earth.
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Living Room / Re: The real difference between a desktop pc and every other gadget you have.
« Last post by superboyac on June 04, 2013, 11:37 AM »
I used to get angrier at the companies for "conspiring" together and limit our technology options, progress, etc.  But after talking to a lot of people, now I'm angry at how little most people care, so they are just completely rolling over and going along with everything.

Normally, I'd attribute such behavior to personal preferences.  Not all people are geeks and care about computers and technology.  But here's the issue I see: the people that don't care still rely and need these devices.  But they almost go out of their way to refuse to learn anything about it.  I don't get it.  They scoff at the geeks and technology like it's beneath them, they curse devices out when it doesn't work they way they expected.  Their expectations are completely uninformed (hilarious that they get so worked up about it!).  They proactively hassle those who do know more than them.  There's a whole culture around it like that...it's like an aggressive ignorance.

I'm consistently surprised by this sort of situation:
--A friend complains that the youtube that comes on his cable box has a limited content compared to the normal youtube on the web.
--I explain that the copyrights and stuff limit it, and you can only get everything through a normal browser.
--I show him how some devices can be hooked together so the tv can get access to unadulterated internet.  It involves some cables, some little pc device, a remote. done.
--friend not interested.

Again, i get it.  People are busy with their lives.  But this is all stuff that will make your life a little easier.  And you are complaining about it!  But this is how it goes.  And eventually we end up in the situation that we are in.
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Living Room / Re: The real difference between a desktop pc and every other gadget you have.
« Last post by superboyac on June 03, 2013, 09:51 PM »
Well, it seems that you are including laptops in this... and you are wrong.

It's really not cost effective, which is the reason that there are fewer offerings today... but you can DIY it on a laptop.
-wraith808 (June 03, 2013, 08:03 PM)
I guess what I really meant was the ease and practicality of it.  i wasn't trying to make a legal argument or anything.  :D

Time was when each of these things would require a separate hardware device. Now they can all be done on one infinitely reconfigurable soft machine.

Never ceases to amaze me that something like that actually exists. 8)
-40hz (June 03, 2013, 05:38 PM)
What's interesting about this is that with the current shift to mobile devices, we are now moving away from the multipurpose device.  I mean, apps are ok, but they are not as useful as a full blown desktop application.  but that's the same with the mobile device, which is not as capable as a desktop.  But it is mobile, I suppose.

Part of what prompted me to write this was the thought that if the general public was a little more educated about computers and tech, perhaps the arrival of DIY cellphones and laptops/tablets would arrive sooner (in an easy/practical way wraith!).  Or maybe I'm just getting impatient.

I've been saying for years...the next company to offer DIY cellphones is going to be the next billionaire.  I don't mean the end user puts the pieces together...I'm talking like a Dell thing.  All Dell did was put together a computer for you, which geeks were already doing all the time.  The weird difference is that the geeks today are not building cell phones and laptops that way (or that commonly), and the only reason I can come up with is the political barrier.  Things like raspberry pi are changing that.

I think I'm just impatient.
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Living Room / Re: Possibly the ultimate $21,000 computer desk/chair combo?
« Last post by superboyac on June 03, 2013, 03:16 PM »
porters and a retinue
-40hz (June 03, 2013, 09:20 AM)
i swear man, every post...every single one...turns into a mini-research project.  Love it!  :Thmbsup:
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Living Room / The real difference between a desktop pc and every other gadget you have.
« Last post by superboyac on June 03, 2013, 03:13 PM »
I've been trying to identify what the fundamental difference is between a desktop pc and everything else, and it is this:
You can build the desktop pc from top to bottom yourself.

That's pretty much it.  Everything else, the phones, the gaming consoles, the tablets, laptops...you can't.  What's interesting is that all the pieces for the other devices can totally be made available like the desktop pc parts, but it appears that the only thing holding it back is basically politics.  You can build your own cellphone if you could get the antenna at a store or something, but you can't.  I don't quite understand why the DIY laptop didn't really take off.  Tablets should also be doable.  i don't buy the "it's too small and cramped" argument for why it isn't accessible.  If the demand was there, someone would make a standard laptop form factor case to hold all the other standard laptop parts.

ANyway, just some mental excretions...
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