Originally posted by vansmack:just calling it as i see it :)
Originally posted by miss pretentious:When you put it that way, it sounds so trashy….
smackie - you can use this in entice the 20 somethings you're after during the age fucking game.
Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
for smax: Guitar Hero saving rock music? :roll:
for nkotb: New Star Wars Videogame Unleashes the Force in You
for pdx pollard (if i remember correctly):
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bonus: Nonprofit Distributes File Sharing Propaganda to 50,000 U.S. Students:
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for nkotb: New Star Wars Videogame Unleashes the Force in You
for pdx pollard (if i remember correctly):
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bonus: Nonprofit Distributes File Sharing Propaganda to 50,000 U.S. Students:
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Originally posted by sweetcell:true and awesome
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what's your take on extended service plans (like the type best buy bullies you into getting)?
i've heard wildly diverging opinions on this from techy people whom i trust
i've heard wildly diverging opinions on this from techy people whom i trust
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:I have never purchased one, and rarely do I recommend them. I do look at manufacturer's warranties for just about anything I buy and rarely purchase anything with less than a 1 year warranty (anything with a 90 day warranty tells me that it's crap).
what's your take on extended service plans (like the type best buy bullies you into getting)?
i've heard wildly diverging opinions on this from techy people whom i trust
A couple of exceptions - I did the protection plan for smackette's Treo as she was prone to losing them, of course she didn't in this case, and I always cancel them after one year when the technology is old and the discount for a new phone is cheaper than the replacement phone.
For smaller items that are prone to being lost or stolen, if the warranty doesn't cover loss/stolen, then I don't bother with it.
One of my most favorite Gizmodo pictures in a long time….
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I would have probably purchased a 3G iPhone by now if it were available outside of the at&t network.
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I would have probably purchased a 3G iPhone by now if it were available outside of the at&t network.
i've never had sprint, but i've had the rest and at&t is the best out of all of them in my opinion
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:Most opinions on cell companies come down to two things:
i've never had sprint, but i've had the rest and at&t is the best out of all of them in my opinion
(1) Who has the best service where I use my phone most (usually at my house or work).
and
(2) Who had that one really bad customer service experience (this led to my disdain of Comcast).
That's why you'll hear the same complaints about every provider depending on who you talk to and where they live. When somebody asks me what company they should use, I never tell them to use my preferred choice, instead I ask them two questions:
(1) Are you a heavy data user? If yes, it used to be Verizon and Sprint were your only good choices.
(2) Who offers the best reception at your home? Because in reality, this is what makes a user most happy - consistent service when they need it most.
Otherwise, they're all the same, really.
My opinion on at&t is solely based on who invests more in their data network. I have great phone service at my apt with both Verizon (work) and Sprint (personal), but I'm sure at&t and t-mobile are probably fine at my apt too because I live in a top floor apt in a large metropolitan area less than a mile from the cities major cell tower. Not everyone is as lucky.
What I couldn't get from at&t and t-mobile anywhere in America was 3G speeds until a few months ago. I've been averaging nearly 1Mbps data on my Verizon and Sprint phones for well over 3 years now and since I'm sending and recieving emails and texts as well as surfing the web much more often than I am making phone calls, I have been a proponent of Sprint (and only slightly less so Verizon). There is a huge difference between 1Mbps and 80kbps, and one I would never tolerate.
yeah, verizon had the worst customer service i ever experienced. their phones didnt work either. i had about 3 different ones, and they would just stop working on me at a time when not only did i only have a cell phone, but i lived in a high rise where the front desk had to call to let guests up
i saw no better service from them in the spotty dc area either. so yeah, i guess i would call them comcastic
i saw no better service from them in the spotty dc area either. so yeah, i guess i would call them comcastic
A friend and I were having a discussion about the youngest age that we could date. He lives by the 1/2 your age + 7. The question soon arose: does the same rule apply to women?
He's convinced I should go out with the 19year old that I met at The Mercury - it doesnt hurt that hes from London and has a great accent and is also incredibly nice and friendly.
He's convinced I should go out with the 19year old that I met at The Mercury - it doesnt hurt that hes from London and has a great accent and is also incredibly nice and friendly.
Originally posted by xneverwherex:First off, you should date your friend.
A friend and I were having a discussion about the youngest age that we could date. He lives by the 1/2 your age + 7. The question soon arose: does the same rule apply to women?
He's convinced I should go out with the 19year old that I met at The Mercury - it doesnt hurt that hes from London and has a great accent and is also incredibly nice and friendly.
That obvious answer notwithstanding, since it is clear that nothing serious can come of dating a 19 year who's clearly only here for a limited time, I think it's fine. The real danger in dating a woman who is less than half your age +7 is the emotional attachment younger women seem to make with older men (not enough hugs from daddy), and since that is not possible here, I see no reason other than the "he can't drink" problem, but my name doesn't have "X's" on both sides of it.
If anything for you, the Cougar in training corrollary applies. Plus it will make your friend jealous. Smackie approved.
Originally posted by vansmack:hahah the x's. classic. he managed his way around the drinking issue (21+ issue) as the merc is 21+ (naturally i assumed he was at least 21 - until he mentioned he was on a 7 month holiday celebrating his graduating college (not uni which i assumed incorrectly)). i choked on my beer when he said he was 19.
Originally posted by xneverwherex:First off, you should date your friend.
A friend and I were having a discussion about the youngest age that we could date. He lives by the 1/2 your age + 7. The question soon arose: does the same rule apply to women?
He's convinced I should go out with the 19year old that I met at The Mercury - it doesnt hurt that hes from London and has a great accent and is also incredibly nice and friendly.
That obvious answer notwithstanding, since it is clear that nothing serious can come of dating a 19 year who's clearly only here for a limited time, I think it's fine. The real danger in dating a woman who is less than half your age +7 is the emotional attachment younger women seem to make with older men (not enough hugs from daddy), and since that is not possible here, I see no reason other than the "he can't drink" problem, but my name doesn't have "X's" on both sides of it.
If anything for you, the Cougar in training corrollary applies. Plus it will make your friend jealous. Smackie approved.
as far as my friend and i dating - will never happen. but he might be ridiculously jealous.
sweet the whole cougar in training corollary. my thoughts exactly!
glad to know this is smackie approved.
Originally posted by vansmack:It is with a heavy heart that I report Voltage, and not my favorite, Revolution, was the winner of the Dewmocracy showdown.
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You'd be wrong to think that I'm not going to drive around town snatching up all the Revolution I can find. It really grew on me…
Hehe. Yes, we bought a car that is super environmentally friendly, maybe even paid more, and don't drive it much.
The Bottom Line of the Eco Balance Sheet
From the Desk of David Pogue
By DAVID POGUE
It's not easy being green.
The first time that realization hit me was when I first heard someone answer the age-old eco-awareness question, "Paper or plastic?"
The Bottom Line of the Eco Balance Sheet
From the Desk of David Pogue
By DAVID POGUE
It's not easy being green.
The first time that realization hit me was when I first heard someone answer the age-old eco-awareness question, "Paper or plastic?"
I went to sleep last night and woke up in a horrible daze: Tina Fay is John McCain's running mate. I'm going to try to sleep this off.
I've never felt shame tooling around town in my Lexus* until now… :(
* Actually it's a CRV, but who's counting?
* Actually it's a CRV, but who's counting?
Originally posted by vansmack:
Only NKOTB would appreciate this as much as I do…
Full size drivable Landspeeder.
Originally posted by vansmack:VPILF
I went to sleep last night and woke up in a horrible daze: Tina Fay is John McCain's running mate. I'm going to try to sleep this off.
Originally posted by vansmack:smackie, what are thoughts on this
I went to sleep last night and woke up in a horrible daze: Tina Fay is John McCain's running mate. I'm going to try to sleep this off.
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:It's high risk-high reward. My guess is that the Republican campaign folks ran the numbers state by state and decided that Senator McCain couldn't win unless he really shook things up. And he did. I was so interested (read: stunned) in the choice that I stayed home this morning to watch the announcement. I don't know if anybody else saw Pat Buchanan as the rumors broke, but he was certain it was a false rumor saying "there's no way he could do that."
smackie, what are thoughts on this
Not knowing the political reason why he did it, I'll just go reason by reason why he might have done it:
(1) To Appeal to the Hillary Voters. After the Biden pick, they immediately ran a commercial attacking Senator Obama for not picking Hillary - there's a huge segment out there that is undecided. The sad part is, it's a huge mistake to think that women were voting for Hillary ONLY because she is a woman, and if this is the reason for the pick, I think they walked right into a trap. The majority of women Hillary supporters voted for Hillary because of her stance on issues women find important, and you're not going to attract them with Palin.
(2) Make the campaign look younger and more fresh. It's no doubt that Obama is destroying the McCain camp among younger voters. Picking someone young does not fix that problem - finding new ways to deliver your message to young does that (and without putting yourself at such risk).
(3) The Executive thing. Until today, none of the three candidates had executive experience. McCain touted her "executive experience" in the first 3 minutes of his intro of Palin. But 1.5 years in Alaska is a bit of a stretch when it comes to demonstrating executive experience (and in this case at a very dangerous cost - it weakens the strongest argument The Republican's had going for them - Obama's experience). I don't think the American public was concerned about Executive experience in this race more than they were concerned about Obama's overall experience, and McCain's camp took a lot of bite out of that by picking someone with even less experience.
(4) Energy. This is where I am most intrigued. If McCain makes this election about energy, Palin can be very useful. However - he has to shape the argument about energy security, because Alaska is much of the same old energy policy - oil and natural gas. Alaska is not about renewables, not about getting the US off oil dependence (foreign or domestic), and I don't think the drilling issue is big enough to win a national election. It has to be about energy in terms of national security.
(5) Take the wind out of the sails. The Dems had an amazing four days with Teddy, The Clintons, and then Obama's speech last night. I haven't heard a word about Obama's speech today because Palin is all the buzz. It was such a shocking choice that it effectively killed all the momentum coming out of Denver, but it opened up a lot of cans of worms that may cause distractions in Minnesota.
One other thing I've been thinking of is that it's such a stunning choice that they're baiting the Dems into making a huge mistake some where along the campaign trail. I think even the least astute person would guess that any large mistake is going to come from Joe Biden and this makes the VP debate a huge opportunity for Biden to say something so crazy sexist, that it keeps the Hillary folks away.
I've got to be honest - I think John McCain just did one of two things: he either gave himself his only chance to win or just gave the election away, and after hearing her speak on his 72nd birthday, I'm leaning towards the latter. Obama's first criteria for Biden was "can he be President if need be" and I would start repeating that over and over again.
As much as I'm going to regret saying this, I'm looking forward to Julian and other Hillary supporters take on this choice.