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Living Room / Re: The great toilet paper debate

« Last post by Deozaan on April 30, 2011, 04:24 AM »

I like the 3-ply stuff.

I once found some nice aloe vera 3-ply stuff that was like wiping your butt with a silky cloud. Super soft and very nice. I've not been able to find it since though...

-Renegade (April 29, 2011, 10:52 PM)

If you happen to live in/near an area with a Costco^w (probably US only) I have to say I like their brand of TP. Though for some reason all Costco brand stuff actually goes by the name of Kirkland^w. It's not the best/softest TP you'll ever find, but it's good enough for me.

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Living Room / Re: Tinjaw, gone?

« Last post by Deozaan on April 30, 2011, 04:19 AM »

I see him post stuff to Twitter now and then. Just yesterday, in fact.

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Living Room / Re: Can you read this?

« Last post by Deozaan on April 29, 2011, 07:31 PM »

Don't mean to be a drag, but this is really old. I remember seeing this in a meeting at work in 2003 and even then it wasn't exactly new to me.

That said, it is still really cool.

Now they should make a study about writing in such a way I guess it would be much harder than reading it.

-housetier (April 29, 2011, 07:08 PM)

A friend and I had a fake "flame war" with each other in Gmail back when it was still pretty new. wi purpsly rote 2 eechudder liek tipicle forim trollz uzign obvius mispeligns adn fonix lolololol!!111 it wuz gr8 phun butt defin8ly tuk a littel bit logner 2 reed tahn teh stuf taht kyrathaba postid. lolz!!1

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Living Room / Re: The great toilet paper debate

« Last post by Deozaan on April 29, 2011, 07:23 PM »

While I myself prefer the over method, I see #2 (for under) as an extremely compelling practical reason for the under method but only if you have a frequent problem with children or pets or earthquakes unraveling your toilet paper.

The poster explains the physics, but it's also harder and less comfortable on the human body (when children are the problem) to unravel the paper that way.

Really that's the only reason I can see why anyone would want to use the under method.

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Living Room / Re: The great toilet paper debate

« Last post by Deozaan on April 29, 2011, 04:39 PM »

I'm an over person, but not for any of the reasons listed there.

Toilets are toilets. With the 'under' method, just how often do you think that people will brush their fingers against the wall trying to get hold of the paper? Maybe people will clean toilet seats, and toilet pots, but will ANYONE clean the wall underneath the toilet holder? Do you?

I know I don't. Thus: over it is.

-worstje (April 27, 2011, 08:19 PM)

That's actually one of the reasons listed as a Pro for "over the roll." See #2 in the Advantages section for Over.

If you mount the holder vertically, it ends the argument. Arguing about the end on the left or right isn't quite the same and doesn't carry the same passionate beliefs.  

-app103 (April 27, 2011, 06:23 PM)

It's just like app to turn a (t)issue on its side! Smart thinking, really.

BTW, last year I discovered that those CD/DVD spindles that hold 100 discs work pretty well as a toilet paper dispenser. Depending on how thick (circumference) the roll is, you can slide it on the spindle and then put the plastic case on it to keep the roll from getting smashed. Then just stick it in the back of your car as part of your emergency kit.

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Living Room / Re: Tales of Mere Existence

« Last post by Deozaan on April 29, 2011, 04:30 PM »

NECROTHREAD REVIVAL!

I accidentally came across these videos again today on YouTube. Maybe I just needed a few more years of life experience because this time I really enjoyed most of them.

But I'm not sure I like what that infers about my change in perspective these past few years...

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Living Room / Re: USA Deadly Tornadoes

« Last post by Deozaan on April 29, 2011, 04:52 AM »

Do I need a jacket?

-Stoic Joker (April 28, 2011, 11:37 AM)

Look here.

-40hz (April 29, 2011, 04:15 AM)

Not quite as straight-to-the-point as goingtorain.com. I had to type in my zip code, then select from a bunch of nearby locations. It was actually slightly confusing.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Cautomaton

« Last post by Deozaan on April 29, 2011, 04:46 AM »

I just basically copied mouser's example in the video and configured ScreenshotCaptor to upload images to imgur using Cautomaton and RightLoad.

Thanks!

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Living Room / Re: Who else is sick of difficult word verifications on the web?

« Last post by Deozaan on April 28, 2011, 12:28 PM »

Personally I like photo captchas (pick all girls among men etc ) such as:

http://research.micr...ond/projects/asirra/

-czb (April 28, 2011, 11:11 AM)

Huh... I just tried that one and it said I was a bot. I have better luck with the hard to read captchas it seems.

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Living Room / Re: Apple - not quite grasping the concept of privacy.

« Last post by Deozaan on April 28, 2011, 12:26 PM »

I'm surprised they don't try to market it as a feature, like some of those recent folks at Google:

"We track everything about you so that one day you won't even have to decide what you want! We'll know and we'll automatically have your iDevice purchase/display it for you!"

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Living Room / Re: iPhone in White

« Last post by Deozaan on April 28, 2011, 04:28 AM »

Meh.

Apple's not the first company to initially offer only a single color choice and then about a year later start offering other colors. It's annoying (for early adopters who would have preferred a different color) but not exclusive to Apple.

That said, nudone is probably right.

"Apple, we took a year to get white right."

Now that sounds exactly like the kind of marketing they'd use - and it is exactly the kind of thing Apple-Drones want to hear.

-nudone (April 28, 2011, 03:37 AM)

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Living Room / Re: Post Your Funny Videos Here [NSFW]

« Last post by Deozaan on April 27, 2011, 10:12 PM »

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General Software Discussion / Re: Whats the best program to learn typing?

« Last post by Deozaan on April 27, 2011, 06:11 PM »

Since we're posting in really old threads, I can say I know of (but haven't really used) TypeFaster Typing Tutor. Though I think it's really just called TypeFaster.

http://www.typefastertypingtutor.com/

PortableApps.com even has it (and TIPP10, mentioned above by sajman99) available as a portable app.

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Living Room / Re: Sony Playstation Network hacked - All your infos are belong to hackers.

« Last post by Deozaan on April 27, 2011, 05:57 PM »

I thought this was mostly hilarious:

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Living Room / Sony Playstation Network hacked - All your infos are belong to hackers.

« Last post by Deozaan on April 27, 2011, 01:45 AM »

Sony has finally come clean about the "external intrusion" that has caused the company to take down the PlayStation Network service, and the news is almost as bad as it can possibly get. The hackers have all your personal information, although Sony is still unsure about whether your credit card data is safe. Everything else on file when it comes to your account is in the hands of the hackers.

In other words, Sony's security has failed in a spectacular fashion, and we're just now finding out about it. In both practical and PR terms, this is a worst-case scenario.

What did they get?

Here is the data that Sony is sure has been compromised if you have a PlayStation Network Account:

• Your name
• Your address (city, state, and zip)
• Country
• E-mail address
• Birthday
• PSN password and login name

-http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/04/sony-admits-utter-psn-failure-your-personal-data-has-been-stolen.ars

There's also a good chance that credit card details (except security code) were made available as well. Read the rest of the article on Ars Technica.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Uninstalling Google Chrome can mess up your PC

« Last post by Deozaan on April 27, 2011, 01:06 AM »

I love Chrome and wouldn't uninstall it anyway. But yeah this problem needs to be fixed.

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Living Room / Re: So I got an HTC Arrive

« Last post by Deozaan on April 27, 2011, 12:59 AM »

I don't know but I'm guessing that's an Android? Either way, if it has Swype, try it. I really like it and personally think Swype would make it OK to not have a physical keyboard.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Linux + minecrack, mapgeneration automation & accounts?

« Last post by Deozaan on April 27, 2011, 12:51 AM »

This is completely unhelpful but I just use MineOS+.

If your linux box was a bit more powerful, I might suggest running MineOS+ in a VM.

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Living Room / Re: Who else is sick of difficult word verifications on the web?

« Last post by Deozaan on April 27, 2011, 12:48 AM »

It would also solve government ID problems too~! Really! Like who would want to use anyone else's ID verification chair?

-Renegade (April 26, 2011, 07:17 PM)

So you're suggesting the new form of ID is a stool sample?

It would certainly make internet cafés much less appealing.

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: Trout (audio player)

« Last post by Deozaan on April 25, 2011, 08:58 PM »

I know I downloaded the Portable version, but the DcUpdate file links to download the exe which runs the installer? Shouldn't it download and unpack the zip file over the current files?

-Deozaan (April 14, 2011, 04:19 AM)

Well, the issue is that I have no idea if you're running the portable or installed version.  I suppose I could check the registry.

-skwire (April 15, 2011, 09:55 AM)

You could also keep a separate dcupdate file that is included with the portable version. I'm not sure what the best solution would be, but I've converted the portable Trout zip file to be compatible with PortableApps.com Launcher and this is the final thing that's preventing it from being truly portable.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Humble Indie Bundle (pay what you want sale)

« Last post by Deozaan on April 25, 2011, 07:07 PM »

Last chance! The Humble Frozenbyte Bundle offer ends in about 24 hours.

http://humblebundle.com/

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Living Room / Re: Happy Birthday Renegade!

« Last post by Deozaan on April 25, 2011, 04:53 PM »

Hahaha look who's talking!

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Living Room / Re: Cute jokes' thread

« Last post by Deozaan on April 23, 2011, 06:28 PM »

Typography humor:

-Deozaan (April 23, 2011, 03:52 PM)

can someone explain why it's "typography" humour to me?

-mouser (April 23, 2011, 05:51 PM)

The slow black mouser doesn't get the subtle typography joke. 1234567890

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Living Room / Re: Sony v. Hotz: Sony Sends a Dangerous Message to Researchers -- and Its Customers

« Last post by Deozaan on April 23, 2011, 05:30 PM »

One man just won a ruling against Sony in Finland since a new game he purchased for his PS3 required the removal of OtherOS:

http://psx-scene.com...er-os-removal-85452/


Though, once you read the fine print, you realize that the Consumer Complaints Board, who made the ruling, have no legal authority to enforce the ruling.

The CCB does not have the power to enforce its ruling, but the opinion of the CCB in Finland is considered by the courts in a dispute.

-http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2011/04/21/sony_should_pay_100_to_man_for_otheros_removal_consumer_board_says

Even still, it seems like it sets a precedent.

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Living Room / Re: Cute jokes' thread

« Last post by Deozaan on April 23, 2011, 03:52 PM »

Typography humor: