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beetsnotbeats

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Re: random . . . randomness July 31, 2015 at 10:22 PM UTC #

Space wrote:
beets wrote:
Statistically, kids are vastly safer now than they were in the 70s. What's changed is TV news, which demands that you to be scared out of your mind 24/7/365.

Which goes to show that parents are doing a better job supervising their kids today than they were in the 70's.

A lot of it, perhaps most of it, is because of increased safety regs and, however much the Nancy Grace Nation would insist otherwise, lower crime rates.

Sidehatch

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Re: random . . . randomness August 01, 2015 at 07:43 PM UTC #

Space wrote:
beets wrote:
Statistically, kids are vastly safer now than they were in the 70s. What's changed is TV news, which demands that you to be scared out of your mind 24/7/365.

Which goes to show that parents are doing a better job supervising their kids today than they were in the 70's.

I call bullshi+ on that

I don't have any stats to back this up, but chicken bones, parents prescriptions, guns in the home, buckets of water, peanuts and bee-stings are much more likely ….but a large degree

Your…and I mean you SF, paranoia about sexual predators is unfounded in statistical reality
I would certainly keep an eye on your relatives more than random people showing up at a park
they are far more likely to sexually assault your kids…probably 50 times more likely

you are worse than nancy grace with all your anecdotal links on some random child abduction
the stats are not with you…just the non-stop news and nancy grace

trust me, the thought of my child being abducted or molested is heinous
but so is getting leukemia or getting hit by a drunk driver

if you are so worried about the .001% of the times something might happen….you really are missing out on living life
best protection you can give your kids is to have self confidence and be exposed to the reality that is outside the front door of the home

and they will not get that if you hover over them and don't let them make decisions

RatBastard

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Re: random . . . randomness August 01, 2015 at 08:27 PM UTC #

Have any of you checked out Windows 10 yet? What do you think? As far as speed it seems really great but the look and feel is pretty damn nasty. They took away the ability to set the theme (I think that is the term du jour) to anything but fluffy and glitzy with terrible color choices. The default task bar color is black with (get his) black text and there really is no way to change that without making the entire UI look very harsh and unappealing. The main thing I do not like is the way they modified the start menu. There is no way to pin an app to the actual start menu itself other than to add those horrible bulky tiles. Then the 'all apps' section is sorted and differently and grouped by first letter. The simple clean list of apps and folders was MUCH easier to use. They really screwed up the entire start menu. A big miss.

The UI of Windows 10 kind of looks like a bad Mac clone. Not that this in and of itself is a bad thing, it just gives me that impression. They did of course give the entire UI an entirely flat look and feel. Which makes everything blend and run together. The title bar (I am not sure if that is the correct term) where the min/max, restore, and close buttons are had been redesigned and is (IMHO) much worse. First it takes up about three times the amount of space it did before. Then the close button is this terrible glaring burnt orange color.

If you are into bells and whistles you will love Windows 10. LOTS of those. I personally find most of them totally useless. Be aware, one of the things that is in the user agreement of Windows 10 is that you agree that MS can copy and save every document, image, media file, browsing history, web search, and location that you search form and do with it whatever they want at any time. You can turn most of that off but it is very cumbersome and you cannot (afaik) disable it completely.

Windows 10 is basically Windows 8.2+. It you loved Win8 you will adore Win10. If not, stay with your old OS.

jrpa

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Re: random . . . randomness August 01, 2015 at 08:33 PM UTC #

We discuss win10 over in the Smackie thread. What was your thoughts on Edge?

I personally am waiting to take my two win 8.1 computers over to 10 until I've heard a few more stories about how it is and possibly until SP1.

RatBastard

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Re: random . . . randomness August 01, 2015 at 10:00 PM UTC #

Don't like Edge at all. It is chrome lite and I despise chrome. I hate not having the menu at the top where it belongs. I want to be able to click a menu item to get to my bookmarks, etc. It is really hard to navigate to any web site without manually entering the URL in the address bar. The "add a note to this page" feature is useless gee whiz fluff. I opened up Edge and used it for about 3 minutes before closing it and moving back to FireFox. The entire setup of all of Win10 has VERY little user configuration options at all. Almost everything of real use is locked by MS to the way they think it best looks and works. This has historically been the one thing I really do not like about MS products.

RatBastard

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Re: random . . . randomness August 01, 2015 at 10:29 PM UTC #

Here is one of the absolute design concepts ion the web. This page with the blocks of content that float over a background image just plain sucks. This type of design is totally unprofessional and really makes a business look low class IMO. It is the most unreadable web design scheme possible. I have seen several sites that use this style. It sucks.

http://www.war-store.com/

EDIT: I just noticed that when you click on the link to the web designers you get a warning about the certificate being invalid. That alone speaks volumes about them as a web design team.

sweetcell

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Re: random . . . randomness August 03, 2015 at 02:13 AM UTC #

Space wrote:
beets wrote:
Statistically, kids are vastly safer now than they were in the 70s. What's changed is TV news, which demands that you to be scared out of your mind 24/7/365.

Which goes to show that parents are doing a better job supervising their kids today than they were in the 70's.

correlation does not imply causation.

sorry to bring up such a cliche, but your argument is equally tedious…

jrpa

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Re: random . . . randomness August 03, 2015 at 01:54 PM UTC #

Azaghal, your PM inbox is full and you cannot receive new messages.

That said, how do you tell apart different paper currency denominations? Like if someone gives you change, how do you know they're not giving you a $1 bill when you're supposed to get a $10 bill? Do you make them give you all $1 bills so you can count it out or do you just never use paper currency at all?

killsaly

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Re: random . . . randomness August 03, 2015 at 05:53 PM UTC #

Azaghal doesn't believe in capitalism and has no need for paper money.

So what is the proper etiquette on cancelling my attendance to a friend's wedding; that is less than a week away? I had an AC issue when I got back from my vacation, and need to spend money on that before I do something like spend the weekend in Connecticut. I was thinking I would just message him and say sorry but an emergency came up…

sweetcell

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Re: random . . . randomness August 03, 2015 at 05:57 PM UTC #

Julian, wrote:
Azaghal, your PM inbox is full and you cannot receive new messages.

That said, how do you tell apart different paper currency denominations? Like if someone gives you change, how do you know they're not giving you a $1 bill when you're supposed to get a $10 bill? Do you make them give you all $1 bills so you can count it out or do you just never use paper currency at all?

i believe it's a case of there being a difference between legally blind and totally blind.

jrpa

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Re: random . . . randomness August 03, 2015 at 06:01 PM UTC #

killsaly wrote:
So what is the proper etiquette on cancelling my attendance to a friend's wedding; that is less than a week away?  I had an AC issue when I got back from my vacation, and need to spend money on that before I do something like spend the weekend in Connecticut.  I was thinking I would just message him and say sorry but an emergency came up…

Why don't you just use part of the principal in your trust fund?

jrpa

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Re: random . . . randomness August 03, 2015 at 06:02 PM UTC #

sweetcell wrote:
i believe it's a case of there being a difference between legally blind and totally blind.

I am not certain of the extent of Azag's blindness and was assuming it was total (functional) blindness. Regardless, it was more of a general question as to how blind people handle paper currency in this country.

Yada

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Re: random . . . randomness August 03, 2015 at 06:11 PM UTC #

killsaly wrote:
Azaghal doesn't believe in capitalism and has no need for paper money. 

So what is the proper etiquette on cancelling my attendance to a friend's wedding; that is less than a week away?  I had an AC issue when I got back from my vacation, and need to spend money on that before I do something like spend the weekend in Connecticut.  I was thinking I would just message him and say sorry but an emergency came up…

Send him a gift and apologize for not being able to make the wedding, seems simple enough.

grateful

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Re: random . . . randomness August 03, 2015 at 06:36 PM UTC #

Julian, wrote:
sweetcell wrote:
i believe it's a case of there being a difference between legally blind and totally blind.
I am not certain of the extent of Azag's blindness and was assuming it was total (functional) blindness. Regardless, it was more of a general question as to how blind people handle paper currency in this country.

Here's a website with an answer for you:

www.google.com

jrpa

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Re: random . . . randomness August 03, 2015 at 06:39 PM UTC #

You know, I tried asking AZAGHAL a question. I asked him here because his PM box was full. Instead of just simply letting AZAGHAL address the question as he deemed fit, a bunch of assholes feel the need to throw around asshole answers.

All and all, pretty par for the course.

killsaly

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Re: random . . . randomness August 03, 2015 at 06:46 PM UTC #

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grateful

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Re: random . . . randomness August 03, 2015 at 06:50 PM UTC #

Julian, wrote:
You know, I tried asking AZAGHAL a question. I asked him here because his PM box was full. Instead of just simply letting AZAGHAL address the question as he deemed fit, a bunch of assholes feel the need to throw around asshole answers.

All and all, pretty par for the course.

check

RatBastard

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Re: random . . . randomness August 03, 2015 at 08:10 PM UTC #

Julian, wrote:
You know, I tried asking AZAGHAL a question. I asked him here because his PM box was full. Instead of just simply letting AZAGHAL address the question as he deemed fit, a bunch of assholes feel the need to throw around asshole answers.

All and all, pretty par for the course.

POT KETTLE BLACK

jrpa

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Re: random . . . randomness August 03, 2015 at 08:17 PM UTC #

RatBastard wrote:
Julian, wrote:
You know, I tried asking AZAGHAL a question. I asked him here because his PM box was full. Instead of just simply letting AZAGHAL address the question as he deemed fit, a bunch of assholes feel the need to throw around asshole answers.

All and all, pretty par for the course.

POT KETTLE BLACK

What a hilarious shirt. I cannot wait to purchase it.

Relaxer

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Re: random . . . randomness August 03, 2015 at 09:33 PM UTC #

A delicious indulgence for the luxurious gentleman who finds himself with a sun-burnt penis is to dunk his dong into a glass of cold whole milk. To make this horny honeycomb of a scenario even more fetching, he should approach his mate and declare "Oh look darling, I'm refueling."