I would actually prefer to spend public money keeping people healthy, no matter what risks they take. The way I see it, I benefit more from living in a society in which more people are kept healthy than not. We spend much more money than that would require on shit that I hate all the time anyway.
I dunno SkunkPussy, everyone I know with a Nokia Windows Phone these days claims to absolutely love it. Nothing to convince me to buy one, but yeah. Not that this has anything to do with the patent bullshit going on.
I don't think anybody is going to seriously compare NK to the US.
Here in the US we acknowledge free speech, unless you're politically unpopular with the upper class, like OWS or Ron Paul in which case you'll be ignored or insulted by the corporate media.
Being ignored outright or insulted by corporate media is not an infringement of anyone's free speech.
And once you've spent some time with Windows 8 touchscreen, you'll not want to go back.
I agree with the sentiment, I'll not consider buying a laptop without a touch screen after my experiences. In addition to Windows 8, I'd love to try KDE's Plasma Active, but I haven't been able to get it to run on my machine yet.
I have the same machine, also got it the day it came out. For me, it was the laptop/tablet hybrid I've always wanted. Largely, my experience and use has been much like yours. My screen does get a bit smudged, but I can only really notice that when the screen is off. I'd imagine some people might not like the size and aspect ratio of the screen in tablet mode, but I think that may be the only compromise.
This has been my experience as well. I got a Lenovo Ideapad Yoga 13, and after 3 days I seemed to take touch for granted. I mostly use it as a regular laptop, but some things, like scrolling a web page or a document, are just easier and more intuitive with touch. I guess you could call me a believer. I'll never buy a non-touch laptop again, whether for work or play.
Do you have any REAL objections to the claims and theories of modern immunology? If you don't, then I have to wonder what the fuck your point ever was.
If the argument is about whether or not you're "Anti-science" if you reject fields or conclusions of science... Then the answer depends on your ability to present evidence. The anti-vax crowd IS anti-science. Appeals to conspiracy theories and vague fear to refute the findings of the scientific community are pretty damn anti-science, regardless of what other scientific theories you accept.
The anger is to be expected. I don't necessarily agree with the polemical approach, but it's totally understandable. Vaccines are not mysterious at all. We understand how they work, we know that they DO work, and self-important cranks are out there convincing people not to vaccinate their kids. They are within their rights, no doubt, but so are the people who call them any sort of mean names. They cause harm! Not only to themselves, but also to those who cannot receive vaccines and who rely on herd immunity to protect them from dangerous diseases. The proud ignorance combined with the public health issues is enough to cause rage.
You can search the Windows 8 app store the same way you search in any Windows 8 application. There is a Search charm. I didn't realize this at first either, and it definitely makes more sense on my Lenovo Yoga 13 than on my desktop.
I won't argue against that. But with freedom we must have a sense of responsibility. Does the consumption of this media drive the creation of it? I have no idea, to be honest. I can say that the witch hunt for the people who possess child porn seems misguided and downright scary sometimes. I don't think we should demonize people like that for the possession of any kind of media. The last thing we need is a bogey man to scare us into forfeiting our basic rights. I will say that while I personally find it extremely unappealing, I can't take issue with software-rendered or hand drawn/painted depictions of child pornography. In that case, the solution really is to just avoid it.
The creation of child pornography is not exactly an act of speech. The subjects in those works are real victims. If your ideology or religion is being mocked, you're not a victim. If you demand that your ideology or religion be off-limits to critical review or mockery, you're just an asshole.
I only meant newly created models. I could be wrong, of course, but I think having a touch enabled screen will become a selling point on mobile PCs now that the dominant OS expects your device to have one.
As you might notice further up in the thread, I agree completely. I think some people have a knee-jerk reaction to the relationship between Rand, Elayne, Min and Aviendha, but I think this ignores everything else those characters are independently. Most of the time, the three women in this relationship are off being independent badasses.
My perspective may be a bit different from some other readers; I am male, but I'm not strictly heterosexual- so I wonder if there is something especially pornographic or cheap about the characters that I'm not being distracted by. I also tend to identify with the goals of feminism. When I saw the relationships and mild and infrequent sexual content in The Wheel of Time, it didn't seem to objectify or render weak anyone in particular. In a world where, in many ways, women enjoyed a position of privilege and authority (Aes Sedai, town Wisdom, queendoms, guild leaders, business proprietors) I just did not look at these couplings through the lens of medieval patriarchy.
I don't recall any egregious focus on breasts other than acknowledging their existence, but the older books in the series are a bit fuzzy to me. I could be wrong. I guess what appealed to me was the attention put on them. There are huge portions of the story which are written from their perspectives, and I'd say maybe 10% of that was anything close to romantic. And of course men are terrified of Aes Sedai. That seems reasonable enough to me. Generally, I agree that Sanderson has done a very good job finishing.
Oh, I don't think that's fair. There are many female characters in the story who are not in love with Rand, and it's a huge stretch to suggest that even the three who are are nothing more than sex objects. How many chapters are written from their perspectives? How many instrumental events do they take the lead on? Do they wait for the men in the series to tell them what to do? No. Characters like Egwene, Nyneave (In love with Lan, but not moreso than he is with her), Elaida, Siuan? Each of these characters are leaders and interesting on their own.
I found the number and quality of female characters in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series to be refreshing. Are there any other fantasy series that reverse the trend when it comes to females?
Windows 8 pro does not restrict my window management and multitasking at all compared to Windows 7. Perhaps the RT version does, I'm not actually sure. I don't think there's a good motivation to upgrade 7 to 8 on desktop PCs perhaps besides the performance boosts, but I'm excited to use Windows 8 on a laptop/notebook hybrid device.
I think the majority of new mobile PCs are going to be built with touch screen capabilities and the tablet form-factor in mind. On these devices, Windows 7 would be a mistake.
There's nothing to learn. You might have to poke at it for 5 minutes before you're comfortable. I think this is not as big a deal as a lot of people think.
Aspects were a great idea, but the most attractive "killer" feature to me was being able to host my account on my own server. It's a long shot, but I still push Diaspora when I can.
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I would actually prefer to spend public money keeping people healthy, no matter what risks they take. The way I see it, I benefit more from living in a society in which more people are kept healthy than not. We spend much more money than that would require on shit that I hate all the time anyway.
It might be worth mentioning that you cannot connect to a wiimote with any device using Android 4.2 due to changes in the android Bluetooth stack.
It really did sound like a perfect description of Star Wars. Seriously, Star Wars is dead. Let it be dead.
I dunno SkunkPussy, everyone I know with a Nokia Windows Phone these days claims to absolutely love it. Nothing to convince me to buy one, but yeah. Not that this has anything to do with the patent bullshit going on.
Weird, is this a Linux advocate whining about a device that lets users install a different OS on it?
I don't think anybody is going to seriously compare NK to the US.
Here in the US we acknowledge free speech, unless you're politically unpopular with the upper class, like OWS or Ron Paul in which case you'll be ignored or insulted by the corporate media.
Being ignored outright or insulted by corporate media is not an infringement of anyone's free speech.
I'm drunk too, man. Merry Christmas!
And once you've spent some time with Windows 8 touchscreen, you'll not want to go back.
I agree with the sentiment, I'll not consider buying a laptop without a touch screen after my experiences. In addition to Windows 8, I'd love to try KDE's Plasma Active, but I haven't been able to get it to run on my machine yet.
I have the same machine, also got it the day it came out. For me, it was the laptop/tablet hybrid I've always wanted. Largely, my experience and use has been much like yours. My screen does get a bit smudged, but I can only really notice that when the screen is off. I'd imagine some people might not like the size and aspect ratio of the screen in tablet mode, but I think that may be the only compromise.
This has been my experience as well. I got a Lenovo Ideapad Yoga 13, and after 3 days I seemed to take touch for granted. I mostly use it as a regular laptop, but some things, like scrolling a web page or a document, are just easier and more intuitive with touch. I guess you could call me a believer. I'll never buy a non-touch laptop again, whether for work or play.
Do you have any REAL objections to the claims and theories of modern immunology? If you don't, then I have to wonder what the fuck your point ever was. If the argument is about whether or not you're "Anti-science" if you reject fields or conclusions of science... Then the answer depends on your ability to present evidence. The anti-vax crowd IS anti-science. Appeals to conspiracy theories and vague fear to refute the findings of the scientific community are pretty damn anti-science, regardless of what other scientific theories you accept.
The anger is to be expected. I don't necessarily agree with the polemical approach, but it's totally understandable. Vaccines are not mysterious at all. We understand how they work, we know that they DO work, and self-important cranks are out there convincing people not to vaccinate their kids. They are within their rights, no doubt, but so are the people who call them any sort of mean names. They cause harm! Not only to themselves, but also to those who cannot receive vaccines and who rely on herd immunity to protect them from dangerous diseases. The proud ignorance combined with the public health issues is enough to cause rage.
You can search the Windows 8 app store the same way you search in any Windows 8 application. There is a Search charm. I didn't realize this at first either, and it definitely makes more sense on my Lenovo Yoga 13 than on my desktop.
I won't argue against that. But with freedom we must have a sense of responsibility. Does the consumption of this media drive the creation of it? I have no idea, to be honest. I can say that the witch hunt for the people who possess child porn seems misguided and downright scary sometimes. I don't think we should demonize people like that for the possession of any kind of media. The last thing we need is a bogey man to scare us into forfeiting our basic rights.
I will say that while I personally find it extremely unappealing, I can't take issue with software-rendered or hand drawn/painted depictions of child pornography. In that case, the solution really is to just avoid it.
The creation of child pornography is not exactly an act of speech. The subjects in those works are real victims. If your ideology or religion is being mocked, you're not a victim. If you demand that your ideology or religion be off-limits to critical review or mockery, you're just an asshole.
I only meant newly created models. I could be wrong, of course, but I think having a touch enabled screen will become a selling point on mobile PCs now that the dominant OS expects your device to have one.
As you might notice further up in the thread, I agree completely. I think some people have a knee-jerk reaction to the relationship between Rand, Elayne, Min and Aviendha, but I think this ignores everything else those characters are independently. Most of the time, the three women in this relationship are off being independent badasses.
My perspective may be a bit different from some other readers; I am male, but I'm not strictly heterosexual- so I wonder if there is something especially pornographic or cheap about the characters that I'm not being distracted by. I also tend to identify with the goals of feminism. When I saw the relationships and mild and infrequent sexual content in The Wheel of Time, it didn't seem to objectify or render weak anyone in particular. In a world where, in many ways, women enjoyed a position of privilege and authority (Aes Sedai, town Wisdom, queendoms, guild leaders, business proprietors) I just did not look at these couplings through the lens of medieval patriarchy.
I don't recall any egregious focus on breasts other than acknowledging their existence, but the older books in the series are a bit fuzzy to me. I could be wrong. I guess what appealed to me was the attention put on them. There are huge portions of the story which are written from their perspectives, and I'd say maybe 10% of that was anything close to romantic. And of course men are terrified of Aes Sedai. That seems reasonable enough to me. Generally, I agree that Sanderson has done a very good job finishing.
Oh, I don't think that's fair. There are many female characters in the story who are not in love with Rand, and it's a huge stretch to suggest that even the three who are are nothing more than sex objects. How many chapters are written from their perspectives? How many instrumental events do they take the lead on? Do they wait for the men in the series to tell them what to do? No. Characters like Egwene, Nyneave (In love with Lan, but not moreso than he is with her), Elaida, Siuan? Each of these characters are leaders and interesting on their own.
I found the number and quality of female characters in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series to be refreshing. Are there any other fantasy series that reverse the trend when it comes to females?
Windows 8 pro does not restrict my window management and multitasking at all compared to Windows 7. Perhaps the RT version does, I'm not actually sure. I don't think there's a good motivation to upgrade 7 to 8 on desktop PCs perhaps besides the performance boosts, but I'm excited to use Windows 8 on a laptop/notebook hybrid device.
I think the majority of new mobile PCs are going to be built with touch screen capabilities and the tablet form-factor in mind. On these devices, Windows 7 would be a mistake.
There's nothing to learn. You might have to poke at it for 5 minutes before you're comfortable. I think this is not as big a deal as a lot of people think.
Aspects were a great idea, but the most attractive "killer" feature to me was being able to host my account on my own server. It's a long shot, but I still push Diaspora when I can.