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The one feature the iPad is really missing. | I don't care about the lack of camera. I never use the one on my MacBook, and even if I did the angle would be terrible on the iPad.
I don't care if third party apps can't run in the background. I don't listen to streaming music.
I don't care that the App Store is a closed system. I can jailbreak for myself and I think the closed system works better for most users.
The one feature I want is User Accounts and a Guest Account. If this device is meant to be a coffee table computer, it needs to be able to accomadate multiple users. |
Dear Sydney Reddit'ers, Would you like any changes made to the style of this subreddit? | I was going to subtly edit the style of the Sydney subreddit but then I found this post and realised that people have very strong opinions about how their reddit should look.
So before I make any changes do you have any opinions or suggestions? |
I skipped bail, ran away, and never got caught. AM(A)A. | Long/short story, I went to work in the United States in the last 90s and was busted in a major drug raid. I risked up to lifetime in jail if caught since I was associated with so many crimes; at the bare minimum, said my attorney, I was looking at 7 years in jail, and much more likely more than this.
My attorney said I was in a lot of trouble. He was the first to bring it up. I did not want to lose 10, 15 or 25 years of my life in jail, especially at my age. Since I was not a United States citizen, I should simply skip bail and run away. And never come back.
My bail was initially supposed to be $300,000 but my attorney managed to get the judge to set a final bail of $100,000. He explained I was a trustworthy person, lawfully employed, who never did anything wrong and never committed any crime. He portrayed me as someone trustworthy and intelligent who could take care of his responsibilities. The judge agreed and decided on a very low bail, especially for the crimes I was accused of. I still did not have so much money and had to hire a bondsman, who agreed to cover my bail for $15,000. It took three days to manage to get the money to pay both him and my attorney (I had to pay my attorney, or he would have revealed my plan to authorities).
I got as much cash as I could, as quickly as I could, mostly pawning most of my stuff (even some stuff I was not done paying), and getting away with a simple bag. I had no passport (confiscated), but a few friends on the not-so-right side of the law. It costed me quite a bit, but I was able to take someone's identity long enough to make it back to a country next to mine, and then take a train to my country. I destroyed evidence and promptly reported to my government, got a new passport and, very quickly, a new job. I never came back to the United States or even thought about going back there.
Last time I heard about the people who were arrested along with me, they were all convicted, and in jail. I consider myself very lucky, and happy. I've been living for over 10 years now happily and freely. It's crazy to think I could have spent this last decade in jail. I consider couldn't even imagine what my life would have looked like had I been convicted. It's crazy to spend so much of your life in jail, all due to a stupid mistake. I don't make excuses for my crime, but I do smile thinking about it. I've never been extraded/harassed in any way or shape (not even from the bondsman). AMAA. |
Here's an idea: Left 4 Dead Jurassic Park | After the power to the park goes out and the dinosaurs break free, 4 survivors must make it from their broken down tour jeep to the chopper. |
Thought you might be able to drop some insight on me. | I am a huge music fan, i really am open to anything under the sun. But if i am being totally honest my hands down favorite bands are Phish, String Cheese Incident, and so forth and so on.
I was just trying to get some insight as to why (generally speaking) people don't give bands/music of this type a fair shake. |
Programmers, do you put your comments (before|after) the related code? | Inspired by:
In the several years I've been writing code, I have never seen someone write comments after code until that comment. The thought of doing that had never occurred to me either.
On reading the comment's code snippet, it seemed to make more sense to me having the comment after the code. Ie, "here's the code, now we'll explain" instead of "here's what's going on, now here's the code".
Do you put your comments before or after your lines/blocks of code? |
[TOMT] Animated movie (warning: very vague) | The main character is female and it was animated, maybe Disney. I had the play-doh set of it in the mid 90s, but I think it's older.
The only scene I remember is some sort of chase scene on a train. Like I said, vague.
**Solved**: Anastasia! |
Since we're on the topic of Australian Politics, and electoral systems... | I was curious, can you cast a "non-ballot" here? And if you can, does it result in a forced reform/ dissolve of current political parties?
Edit: "Casting your vote" was wrong, (shame), apparently I was looking for "Donkey vote", and in finding that, my first question was ultimately answered.
Edit: The term I was looking for was "casting a non-vote". |
Had a couple questions about diet | I am trying to cut down on the chub I've gained. The chub mostly accumulated in my lower stomach. My friend recommended that I do a fruit diet and lots of cardio. Are there better ways to help the chub go away? I don't want to do anything as extreme as the master cleanse. |
I'm confused, is Obama for offshore drilling or not? | It seemed during his SOTU address he was for offshore drilling but repeatedly during his campaign he bashed Bush and McCain for their pro-offshore drilling stance...I've done a little of my own research and found his clip where he was saying no to offshore drilling and I've got this quote from his SOTU address:
>It means making tough decisions about opening new offshore areas for oil and gas development. It means continued investment in advanced biofuels and clean coal technologies.
But I was hoping some people more knowledgeable than myself could help me find some answers. Thanks! |
Why didn't TSA stop me for a lighter? | I'm flying out of Atlanta. I'm sitting in the smoking bar and just realized I have a lighter in my purse. Why didn't they confiscate that? Is it ok now? I've thrown a lot of lighters away needlessly I guess. |
Why don't more text based websites consist primarily of darker backgrounds with light fonts? | It may seem like a silly question but given that most of us Westerners spend a significant amount of our days staring at glowing rectangles, it would be much more comfortable on the eyes and seem less mentally fatiguing in the long run. My email is set this way and I wish I had done this a long time ago... |
VLC doesn't look "Mac like"? Check out Blackpearl. | These UI mods]( are pretty classy and I'm sure not everyone has seen them. The [Transmission Blackpearl is by far my favorite. |
Dear Reddit: what Celebrity do you look like? or have been told you looked like? | Add Pics :)
with a beanie..
Collin Ferrel
but mostly Adam Lambert.. im not happy about it.. the dude is good looking but having people telling you, you look like some dude who likes other dudes doesnt fly. offcourse, they say the straight version but anyway. Who do you look like?
this is me
this is adam... dammit |
Tournament results for round 2 due by 9:00 PST tonight. (Round 3 map: koth_sawmill) | It seems like a lot of teams haven't reported yet. please get them in by 9:00 PST tonight or your match will be discounted and marked as forfeiture. |
Someone knowledgeable in Mausers care to shed some light? | I've been willed some firearms by a family member that passed away. I was given a list of the various items in the lot but there's a Mauser in there and I know nothing about them. This is the description as given to me by the executor of the estate.
Manufacturer: DWM
Model: M95A
Serial#: K5XXX
Caliber: 7x57
Place of manufacture: Berlin
Year of manufacture: Not known
Value: Not appraised
Condition: Excellent
Notes: Star of David imprinted in wooden stock directly below serial number. Chilean crest imprint on barrel. |
Does anyone else subscribe to the "Trickle down theory" of personal hygiene? | Now lemme preface: I dont do this EVERY time I shower, but probably 3/5 times. So heres the practice: Instead of wasting an extra 2-3 minutes scrubbing my body with a bar of soap, I simply let the soap from my shampooed hair "trickle down". I then use the trickle down as a soap substitute.
Edit: I had no idea redditors were so cleanly. |
Will be headed to Eastern Europe for Peace Corps service in approx. 4 months. Is anyone else in the application process? | I thought this would be a nice way to get this subreddit going and to potentially see if there is anyone that has done Eastern European service. I will be working with "developmental education" and should recieve my specific country within the next month. |
I will be in Lima, Ohio Monday night/tuesday on business. What is there to do, and see in the area? | Ill be there for a Federal Railroad Administration class on Tuesday; I will be arriving Monday night around 6pm and staying at the Holiday Inn (I am guessing it is ghetto, since the company tends to find the cheapest rooms).
What is there to see and do that is cheap? Just need to entertain myself monday night and I have no clue what is down there. |
In twelve hours, I'm going to start a two-week substitute teaching gig at the local jail. Computer literacy is my subject. Any advice? | I'll be teaching two men's classes in the morning and afternoon. On Monday evenings, I'll also be teaching the women. I've observed all of the classes with their normal teacher. The students are some tough mofo's, but they were respectful and engaged for the most part. I'm still a bit apprehensive as I've only taught ESL up to this point. Does anyone have experience teaching in jails or prisons? Do you work in a jail? Have you been a prisoner who's had a good teacher while you were locked up? Any advice would be great. |
DAE have a systematic series of abdominal flexes they use to make as much poop come out as possible? | at first i let the main poop come out normally, then i arch my back and crunch while pushing my hands on my stomach, then i sit up straight and push my hands on my lower back (this one i only figured out a few months ago and works surprisingly well). usually this gets it all out, but if not then i go for some side crunches as well, and sometimes i'll also sit up really tall and relax (don't know why this works). |
DAE: Like you're becoming a communist? | Maybe this is more of a whine about the political situation more than anything, but I went back to read the Communist Manifesto for the first time since my junior year in college. It got me thinking a lot about who I am and what are my ideal world views. I feel like there is a lot more, now, than ever before that I agree with in the analysis about the world works.
I feel kind of weird finding a lot of solace in the words of Marx. I think I am going to expand my socialist/communist reading. I don't like his solutions in order to fix the world, at least not the violence per se. Am I alone or being a whiny campus commie? |
Has anybody else watched Kings? | I know it's not SciFi per se, but I thought this kind of "big concept" show might appeal to the same group. I hadn't heard of it, but Hulu recommended it to me, and I ended up watching the entire thing over a couple of days. I thought it was absolutely fantastic, and I'm really bummed that it won't be coming back. I've been recommending it to everyone I know, but I haven't found anyone else who's watched it! Did anybody here? If so, what did people think?
EDIT: P.S. It's all available on Hulu! |
Reddit, what the hell is wrong with me? | I'm a caucasian american guy and I just can't be satisfied in a relationship unless I'm dating an asian woman. I've had two significant relationships with asian girls and since the last one ended (last year) I'm just not as attracted to american women anymore. I'm currently seeing an american girl and we have a lot in common, she is a blast to hang out with but I still can't stop thinking about asian girls and how much I'd rather be with one. I'm worried I won't be satisfied until I meet another asian girl. What should I do reddit?
EDIT: I should add that there aren't many asian women in my city. the two girls i dated before were here as exchange students and I was just lucky to have met them while I was out one night. |
What shall I do with all my green?[5] | I've recently purchased myself a sizeable amount of green herb for personal enjoyment (and to share with my friends). I've never really had anything more than an 1/8 at any time so I like some suggestions as to what to do with it?
Yes, I know, I can smoke it. But what about Brownie recipes etc? Would love some adventurous suggestions. |
Is the internet speed in the US really that bad? | I've been seeing a lot of articles about how X country's internet is Y times faster than the internet in the United States or X country proposed new internet legislation that will make their nationwide internet Y times faster than the internet in the U.S.
But really, is the internet in the U.S. that bad? I mean, I have Comcast. I just ran a speedtest and got a ping of 53ms, downspeed of 23.03Mb/s, and upspeed of 3.00Mb/s. Admittedly, it's a good day for internet speed, but I rarely get below 12Mb/s downspeed. I don't download media illegally. I enjoy Hulu and Youtube. I play MMORPG's and download Linux CD images. Sometimes I download or torrent games and updates legally, and it takes a little patience, but I don't mind. But for consumer internet, I have no complaints with my speed.
I don't know. I got first got the internet when I was in early grade school, back in the early 90's, before anyone else I knew got it. My ISP was IDT. THAT was slow internet. A WEBSITE with PICTURES? You'd be waiting a few minutes.
Is our internet really that bad? Do we really need faster internet? I hear a lot of complaints, but I don't see the need when there's so many better things we should invest in like health care or education. |
Ask /r/Philosophy: Do you think you are enlightened? | In the shower today, I was recollecting on how very few enlightened persons there are. My personal list includes people like Buddah, Jesus, and Alan Watts. Very, very few people compared to the masses.
But then I proposed that perhaps there have been far more enlightened people than I give credit to. There may be many people who are indeed enlightened, but don't step into the spotlight - they live their entire lives and fade away without recognition.
So I'm curious if people in this subreddit think they are enlightened? The question is purposefully vague - use your own metrics of what you think "enlightenment" is. |
r/gaming, I'm looking for a good quality headset that doesn't cost too much. Any recommendations? | I've been using this crappy little headset that finally broke on me, so I'm looking to get a nicer headset for playing games with, preferably with surround sound, also with a microphone attatched. Any advice as for what to get? |
DAE really look forward to a video game, finally get it and start it up, play for 20 minutes then go do something else? | It never fails, no matter how much I'm looking forward to the game, I can only play initially for 15-20 minutes. Then 2-3 days later I come back and finally start playing. Every. Single. Time. |
DAE get easily annoyed by cliché answering machine messages in the movies? | No one in movies EVER has a standard "I'm sorry I'm unable to take your call, please leave a message ... " voicemail greeting. It's always something EDGY:
* <edgy guy> "Hey. This is Brennan. You know what to do." BEEP
* <lovely married couple>"HI! You've reached Jon ... and Beth ... Myers! we can't come to the phone, so please leave a message ... ok, how do you save this to ..." BEEP
* <typically a soon-to-be-or-just-has-been-murdered woman/women, in unison> "This is Stephanie and Kayla! We're not here, so leave a quick message! GIGGLE!" BEEP |
R/sex, how do you feel about anilingus? | It seems like the new taboo, many would argue for good reason, and I'm wondering how many people have/would consider doing it. |
Need some wisdom. Got in my first accident, a hit & run, Friday night. | Its my first accident. The other driver ran a red and hit me in the intersection. Luckily I wasn't injured but none of the other cars at the intersection stopped to make sure everything was fine or stay and be witnesses. The other driver never even stopped his car. I flagged down another car and got them to follow before he completely disappeared. He only went a block away, so I got the license plate number and the police found the car soon after.
Now, I don't know anything about the other driver. I don't have his insurance info and I only have liability since I'm a college student and the car wasn't worth a lot (92 Jeep Cherokee). I think its totaled and I won't be able to replace it until (if) I get some money. Pretty much the only thing the officer told me was they found the car, they have a suspect and an investigator should call me this week.
I don't know how soon any of this will be settled or what I should be doing now. Can the reddit community offer me any advice or wisdom? |
Please help me figure out why it's so tough for me to connect to Valve games. It's driving me insane. | 4 times out of 5, when I try to connect to a Valve game (TF2, L4D, L4D2), I'll be able to join a game lobby with no problem whatsoever. Then, once the game starts, the progress bar will stay at 5% and say "Failed to connect after 10 retries". This really sucks when I'm trying to play with clanmates or whatnot and can never connect to their god damn server.
Sometimes, after I get that message, I restart my computer, restart my router and modem, and then there's maybe a 30% chance of the connection succeeding.
I have forwarded ports 27000-27050 on TCP/UDP to 192.168.1.3 on my router.
Settings:
Windows Vista
connected by cable to Netgear WGR614 v9 wireless router
Router is connected to Zoom Cable modem
I can connect to the internet just fine otherwise, it's only when actually connecting to a game that it fails.
Thanks |
I am a white guy dating a black girl, AMA. | I am a 25 year old white guy living in the Chicagoland area dating a black girl ask me anything. |
DAE have a dog that burried something gross in your bed? | I have the cutest little 12lb bichon frise dog,named Lilly. However, she has lately done this most disturbing thing: buring her 'treasures' in my bed! Sometimes we find them in other parts of the house, under other beds, but she chooses to physically put them under my covers! I find them when I pull the covers down, so she has to pull the covers down, place the treasure there, and then pull the covers back up over them! I have found, now for the 2nd time, a horrifying site in my bed of 'buried' food! The first time was when she got into some BBQ rib bones in the trash while we were gone, and then she hid them UNDER my covers! It was so horrifying! Then, tonight, I got home, and found my bed messed up, and then I tentatively pulled back the covers to find (uncooked) RAMEN NOODLES under the covers! Has this ever happened to anyone else? Is she hiding them for herself, or for me I wonder..? What stories do you have? |
A point about fine-tuning of the universe | Fine-tuning is often brought up by theologians as an evidence of God's existence. I can respond to anyone who uses this argument in several different ways and I believe that you guys are able to do so too, but I have thought of this new (as far as I know) refutation (or explanation) some days ago and I thought I'd share it with you.
so Theologians would say that god is the reason why the constants of the universe are fine-tuned, but what if the constants are the way they are because they are only "results" of an underling mechanism of the universe. A good example of my argument would be the mathematical constant pi, I think it is safe to say that if pi was different by only (10^-1000)% we would not have perfect circles in the universe. Of course, as most of you would point out, circles (perfect ones to be exact) do not depend on the value of pi, it is pi that depends circles. I hope I made it clear enough. |
Dear Reddit, what is the nicest thing you have done for your parents recently? | Considering they raised us, fed us and gave us place to live for many years, it seems fitting that we try to give something back to them. What have you done recently for your parents?
Personally, I'm still young and am still living at home (only for another few weeks until I move out for university), but ever since we've lived at this current house, our garden has been a shambles. Over the past couple of weeks I've put in many hours of labour to try to bring some order to the garden and to create the lawn we've always wanted.
I'm still not finished and have many hours of work still to do but I think it'll definitely be worth it. |
what are your spray logo's? | one of my favorite things about tf2 is the spray logo concept. i love it. unfortunately, i can only visit so many servers, and only so many people even spray anything.
what are yours? give the links! |
Hey kiddies. You can do better than Gaga... | So before I ask you to get off my lawn, can you please do me a favor? Shock me. Seriously - give me something that truly offends my senses.
If I wanted to see the last 20 years of pop culture rehashed, I'd turn on VH1.
That is all. Get off my lawn. |
I'm in the market for a Subaru Impreza and I'm seeking advice. | I've been looking for Imprezas (RS or a WRX/tame STi). I'm in the northeast, specifically Rochester NY, NW CT, or Southeast MA areas. I saw this modified 2004 Impreza on Craigslist in NH close to a friend of mine. I'm interested in it but it's at the very top of my price range and I'm wary of the modifications, and mileage. If I contacted the seller, what questions should I ask?
**EDIT**: The listing has been removed. Thank you all for the valuable input, it's still appreciated for my overall Subie search. |
Dear, Reddit. What's your favorite cheese? | I worked at a grocery store deli growing up, and I sampled a few different kinds. I keep coming back to the delightfully bitter taste of a good domestic swiss. What about you? I'm looking for something new to try. |
Dear Reddit, what are your hobbies? | I'm currently between school and work and sitting alone in my apartment while all my friends are at school playing video games is starting to get extremely repetitive and boring.
I've realized I need to pick up some hobbies to occupy my time. So, reddit, tell me what you do. |
[Offer] Round 2: I'll transcribe a song for you on Guitar/Bass | The first offer garnered a lot of responses so I thought I'd try again. I replied to a few requests in the comments and sent out about 10 tabs through PM's. Sorry if I didn't get to your song - there were way more requests than I could possibly keep up with. Feel free to re-request in here.
This time I'm going to simplify things. I will tab/transcribe the chords for any song that you can't find the music for online, but I'd like to stick with simpler songs. The idea behind this is to help novice musicians - I had some requests last time for intricate guitar solos, which says to me the person is either trolling or just too lazy to figure it out on their own so I'm not going to waste my time. If you can't figure out a 10 minute guitar solo on your own you probably won't be able to play it anyways, even given a tab.
That being said I will do my best to figure out the chords to any song you might like to play/sing along with. Last time I figured out some piano based music and transcribed it for guitar, and I am willing to do that again.
EDIT: Before requesting a song Google it. There's no need for me to tab something when it's already available. |
Hey reddit, how big is your TV? | Mine is 37" 720p. Bought about a year ago by my wife when I was deployed to Afghanistan. I had never had any thing bigger than a 19" CRT, so at first this TV was awesome. Since she bought it we have moved to a larger house. The living room is pretty huge so our couch sits quite a bit away from the TV, which is makes it smaller. Anyway, I was thinking about getting a bigger one and wanted to know what the average is.
How big is your TV? |
Solving for a function with variable as both linear term and in the exponent? | I feel somewhat embarrassed to ask but I'm struggling to remember a lot of my basic high school calculus.
I have a basic exponential function a*b^t, and wanted to solve for when the integral of it matches a certain value, In other words:
c = a/(t+1)*b^(t+1)
put in another form, the problem I'm basically trying to solve is:
x = ab^x
I suppose I could resort back to Newton's method if I need to but is there any way to solve this otherwise? |
Dear Indian Redditors, Please don't hate us. Signed, the non-bogan population of Australia. | We're really not bad, it's just a few rotten bogan apples that are giving us a bad name. After reading this article I'm becoming embarrassed to be called an Australian. This really isn't us. So please, don't lump us together with the halfwit, racist, bogans that make up a small number of us. |
I quit drinking soda cold turkey. I'm on day 5. | After reading this thread and the comments under it, I decided to stop drinking sodas as an attempt to begin living healthier. I kept the rules simple: drink nothing I consider to be a soda. Not the most precise way of going about it, but this included a carbonated, sugary drinks laden with HFCS and caffeine.
I was a total addict. I would drink about 3 or more cans a day of soda, usually Coke or Dr Pepper. I would feel shitty and upset until I got a soda at lunch, which would make me feel wonderful. I loved the way it tasted, I loved the way my lunch tasted with it.
Even though I am skinny, I was afraid that if my metabolism started slowing down, so much soda meant I would quickly pack on weight. Also, with the ridiculous amounts of sugar, diabetes was always a scary but real danger. So I decided begin a healthy revolution for myself by not drinking sodas.
Day one went without incident. I grabbed a metal bottle and filled it with water, and this bottle has followed me throughout. I drank water for lunch and meals, but I wasn't particularly thirsty the whole day. I missed the taste of soda. I started getting a headache by the end of the day.
Day two was terrible. I was tired, and felt disconnected from reality. I had a constant headache, and it got worse throughout the day. Anti-headache medicines could not fight my body's wrath at the sudden starvation of sugar and caffeine. In a desperate effort to stave off headaches, I got some coffee to see if my body would take the peace offering of caffeine through a medium that isn't soda. This made things worse, as soon I found myself shaking (as coffee usually makes me do) and I still had a headache. I shook myself to sleep.
Day three might have been the worst. My headaches from day two carried over, but were dulled a bit. Some excedrin kept them away for a bit. But while in my blessed excedrin-high, I decided to get some sexual release, and I was slammed with the worst headache of my life. I could feel this headache bearing down on the top of my head, like nothing I had ever felt before. I tried to sleep, but laying down didn't seem to stop this monster of a headache. I eventually got to sleep, and when I woke up, the typical dull headaches were back. My body was not happy with me.
Day four was better. I had even lesser headaches, and some advil seemed to end them one hundred percent. I started actually being thirsty for water, and not just drinking it at meals because I am American and I have to drink *something* at meals. I drank water and enjoyed it. As the night went on, my headaches seemed to go away.
And here I am, living through day five. I haven't had a headache today, and I've had my trusty metal water bottle by my side to keep me hydrated. I didn't talk to any doctors or nutritionists before doing this, and some redditors may find some things that I did very wrong, but I feel like I achieved my goal. I'm hoping as time goes on, I'll feel healthier. My eating habits aren't particularly stellar, but this is a good place to start. |
Request for: Your best pout. | I have a request for ladies to show their best pout along with their poses. |
How to rob your opponent of a kill in MW2 in last stand... | Its quite easy. All you have to do is drop a grenade, even a stun/flash grenade, near you when you are in last stand and it will say you killed yourself and the guy who worked so hard to put you in last stand will get nothing. Found this out today on accident. |
Okay /r/geek, I've got a case of house-like proportions... | I built myself a new computer this Christmas, and it's been running great. However, in the past week it's developed this slowly oscillating vibrating sound. It's only curious because it's such a slowly growing and diminishing noise.
tl;dr Here's a recording, could anyone have a brainblast and try and identify what this noise could be? |
Anyone out there in the vast-ness of our world have any local sayings/words/phrases? | Where I'm from we call soda, Coke. I hear in other parts they call it Drink, Soda, Pop, or even tonic. Oh yeah, EVERYONE here also calls this place a shithole.
I was wondering if there were anymore of these little phrases where you all are from.
*Edit*: Rephraseing |
A different way to "wake-up" the nexus one? | I just got my n1 today! I have tons of questions, but the main one is "is there a way to wake-up the N1 without having to press that top sleep button again?"
Like I want to just click the trackball or touch the screen and the screen lights up for me to unlock. But it makes me press the sleep button at the top to turn the screen on. That's ridiculous. |
What's in your pockets right now Reddit? | Here's mine
Edit: Thanks for posting pictures of your contents for those of you who did. This was the general idea. |
[0] Something I've noticed when it comes to why r/Trees is better than r/Marijuana | I'm subscribed to both Trees and Marijuana and I've seen this type of comment very often, whether it's because of a picture like the one in the link or just a stoner comment that someone decided to post. I find that it's really stupid to say stuff like that because whether we like it or not, the stoner stereotype exists. Pretending that it doesn't exist and insulting those who subscribe to the stereotype is detrimental to the marijuana community.
I don't understand what people who make/agree to those comments want in the world. Do they want every stoner to disappear from public? Are we supposed to reveal our marijuana use only if we're people with a disease that's alleviated by smoking weed? Wanting to do so is to want to twist reality and information, which is exactly what happened with marijuana when the government were/is trying to scare people away from it. Do they want this to happen again?
This is why I like Trees so much. We embrace the stoner stereotype and we're chill. I love you guuuuuuuuyyyyysss. |
Shreddit, do you have a favorite gimmick to go along with your metal? | A lyrical gimmick, silly fashion statements, corpsepaint, some little musical thing? I, personally, am a big fan of lyrics based on literature, especially when those lyrics happen to be focused on H.P. Lovecraft/The Cthulhu mythos or Lord of the Rings. It only makes me happier when it goes beyond the lyrics, too (Like with Summoning for Lord of the Rings, or Portal for the Cthulhu mythos.). |
Reddit have you ever read a book that changed your life? What book and how did it change your life? | I am posting this in an effort to find a really great book to read and maybe shake this rut I've been in before my first child is born in 4 months. Oddly enough I just realized the only book that changed my life was Catcher in the Rye. I know realize I will probably get a lot of people saying the same or thinking I posted the question in honour of J.D. Salinger, but I'd love to get some non-catcher suggestions. I've considered reading it again but somehow I don't think it will have the same effect on a 32 year old as it did on a 12 year old (and again at at around 16ish). Actually I'm a little worried reading it as an adult I might enjoy it much less and ruin the memory I have had of it for so long. Anyway looking forward to some interesting suggestion. |
Holy shit, I found some hash...I think? | Long story short. I lived in Germany for a while, then moved back to the States, and found a baggie of what I think was my friend's hash in a box of old clothes. It's probably 2.5 years old, and hard. I've never smoked hash before. Here are a few pics: 1]( [2
Is it even safe? If so, what method should I use? By myself, or with people? How much should I smoke? Anybody ever have any experience with this Amsterdam shop? Is it any good anymore? Anyone want to come over?
I went to the website printed, but it's not there anymore. |
Collectors - What do you collect and why? | Curious why we collect things. I have collected various things over the years. Currently I collect die-cast cars - mainly because I love cars, but the urge/need to have all of something seems to take over. I have several hundred of them (of all scales), but have run out of room to display them, so I have stopped.
So, what do you collect, why, for how long, and how do you keep track of it? |
Does anyone know of any program that would allow me to download this book for school? | We're using this book for my French translation class, and my teacher said we can just use the online version instead of buying the book, and it'd obviously be a little easier if I had it as a pdf or something.
I figure it's probably a long shot, though, but I may as well try. |
Public laundry: taking out other people's clothes if the machine is done? | What's the decorum here? I have an idea for timers that keep counting when the laundry is done, so you don't take out somebody's clothes that just finished. There should at least be a 30-60min grace period for laundry- if you have to take other people's out. Personally I just wait it out. I think throwing peoples wet clothes on other dusty machines or a table is defeating the purpose of washing clothes. |
the first half of the Pro Bowl is over. Does anyone else feel that there is no competition between teams here? | I am aware that everyone isn't running at 100% here, but I am seeing Defensive lineman just give up after a few seconds of the play. It almost seems like the players were told not to hit the QB at all! |
Did the movie The Book of Eli piss anyone else off? | So I saw this movie and even though it was predictable what it was about I was hoping for some sort of twist at the end. Pissed me off the ending did... here is how it went...
*ATTENTION SPOILER ALERT IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW DON'T READ ANY FURTHER, you have been warned*
Okay so its in an apocalyptic world, I don't remember any explanation as to what caused the war but since they said people burned all the bibles I can only guess it was a religious war. Okay so you've got Eli, a loner traveling "west" who has the last fucking bible in the world(assumption) and it seems to make him a bad ass motherfucking soldier of god who seems immune to bullets almost. That alone is enough to piss me off, way to go asshole keep one of the most fucked up, hypocritical, terrifyingly nonsensical books alive to promote future delusion and bigotry.
My friend stated that wasn't his intention that he wanted to do the opposite to keep its memory alive so that people can see the danger of such beliefs, but no its obvious that wasn't the message of the movie because the guy who memorized the fucking bible is the strongest, the most righteous person in the world. whats further annoying is the scene where Mila Kunis(damn shes hot but it was a bit of a turnoff seeing her in this character) so he teaches her about prayer and god a little bit, and her life seems to have more depth and meaning since. The antagonist who actually sees the bible for what it is, a tool of enslavement, I'm guessing hes the evil and stupid atheist aye. Oh and Eli turns out to be blind, dies at the museum where the fucker preserves the damn thing, and Solara I'm guessing is leaving to spread the message that or to my best guess to go save her mom.
This concludes my rant. Probably stupid but hey just felt bored and wanted to post something. |
The Grammy's Are A Bad, Unfunny, Embarrassing, Stupid, Joke | I think the Grammy's used to have substance. In 1976, Stevie Wonder and Chick Corea were among the winners.
By the 2000s, we have Macy Gray, Greenday, and Justin Timberlake winning. I don't care if you like their music, there is absolutely nothing special about them. |
Would you rather drown to death or die of thirst? | For whatever reason, you find yourself in a sticky situation where you have to choose between a quick but panic-filled drowning or a long, slow, painful death by thirst. I think the logical choice is to choose drowning but I'm not sure I could bring myself to do it. |
Apple Computers, MacBook Pro, I need new one! Does anyone know when they will update the current line up? | I was hoping they would announce the updates to the MacBook Pro and Mac Pro lines during the iPad launch. Very sad they didn't. I need a new Portable Mac. Does anyone have any word on the i5 and the i7 Apple Laptops? |
An anecdote from someone new to beer snobbery | Today I went the supermarket across the street from my apartment to get some beer, they have a surprisingly wide selection. I remember seeing someone a week or two ago saying their Scottish (?) father always spoke poorly about American beers until he had a select few. I remember seeing Arrogant Bastard Ale on the list of beers that turned him and discovered today it was sold by the pint at the supermarket (which is called Food Dimensions, by the way.) So I bought one pint of it (it's a bit pricey) and a 6 pack of PBR pints because it's cheap and I like it.
The ABA was warm so I popped it in the fridge and drank one of the cold PBRs. When I was done, I cracked open the Arrogant Bastard and *hot damn* that stuff is good! Now I have 5 pints of PBR that taste like garbage by comparison.
So, /r/Beer, what are some other American brewed beers that can be found with relative ease? I'm willing to try any variety. If the list runs short on American beers start naming off some of your import (or export) favorites.
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I live in Brooklyn. |
What movie really disturbed the hell out of you as an adult? | This was inspired by this
Personally, it was Oldboy - wanted to cleanse myself in the fires of Hell after watching it. Yet I recommend it to all my friends. |
I'm not allowed to hold public office in Tennessee! | It's written into the state constitution that atheists are not allowed. From what I gather, there are other states out there with similar laws on the books discriminating against atheists. What are some ways other people are protesting this? |
TIL that measuring flour for biscuits is an art and best done by weight (108g/cup). | For those who are trying do economize by making food from scratch there is a right way to measure flour. If you do it wrong everything you make will be rock hard. Scoop the flour out and gently pour it into the measuring cup until it overflows. Scrap the excess off with a knife being careful not to pack or tap the measuring cup. Doing it this way should yield 108g of flour per cup. Doing it by just scooping and tapping will yield 156g of flour per cup, biscuits that don't rise and flour tasting cookies. Bon appétit! |
/r/ Books, I have an incredibly simple, but all together important e-book question. What is the shell of your reader made of? | I am considering picking up an e-reader, but above all other aspects like DRM control, or price... I need to know what the shell is made of. Much like my iPod, or the last Blackberry I had, I cannot really hold them because they have metal surfaces and parts on them. I react quite badly when I have metal touching me for long periods and if I order an e-book reader that has large metal surfaces, or needless metal junk all over them I wont be able to hold them.
tl;dr - Can you tell me what the outer shell of your e-reader is made of? Plastic, metallic, or a combo of both? |
Hey reddit, my buddy and I want to build a robot | My buddy and I want to build a robot for a school project, but we can't think of what we want it to do. So far we've come up with a sandwich maker, but we'd love to hear what Reddit has to say. |
Integrate the comment preview function of the reddit toolbar into the Socialite extension. | I've been using Chrome and FF interchangeably for a while now, and loved the socialite extension. However, given it's unavailability on Chrome*, I've had to enable the "show links with reddit toolbar" option. Socialite is much better and better looking than the toolbar, except it lacks the very useful comment preview button that the toolbar has.
*Will there be a socialite extension for Chrome anytime soon? |
Reddit, my husband won't have sex with me... | I've tried to work this out by talking to him, as well as just shrugging it off, and it has gotten me nowhere. Reddit, it's starting to take its toll on me, and I need advice on how to handle this.
Our relationship has been absolutely wonderful; There is 100% trust and honesty, we're completely in love and happy together, and up until about 5-6 months ago (we married 3 months ago), it was beautifully expressed in the bedroom. Frequently.
Our marriage was not consummated until days after our honeymoon (though I sure as hell tried). Also, it has been three weeks since our last sexual encounter and he has not once even *hinted* that he was interested in having sex with me. I really appreciate that he reminds me - several times a day, even - how attracted he is to me, but I need physical reassurance from him. When I hint, make gestures, or ask if he wants to have sex, he turns it down. We take showers together occasionally, and that never even seems to faze him. There's never a reason or excuse as to why. Sometimes he offers to give me oral instead, but I know it's out of guilt or pity, so I never agree. I won't enjoy it as much if it seems like a chore to him. When I'm feeling frisky, I'll give him head, but it's rarely reciprocated and it never leads to sex.
I am just stumped by this "problem". He's a healthy, happy 23 year old. He's not depressed or on any medication, and I know for a fact that he is not cheating on me. As I stated earlier, we have a very solid foundation. (if you're still skeptical: we recently moved to another state, so there is nobody to cheat on me with anyway.)
Even though I know how stupid this sounds, but the more he refuses, the more I feel as if he doesn't find me sexually appealing anymore. I've *always* been confident on my appearances, but to have my new spouse not want to touch me is pretty upsetting. Do you guys or girls have any idea what is going on here? Have any of you experienced this?
EDIT:: Thank you thank you thank you. Many of you have been extremely helpful. I will be giving a lot of thought into the advice I've been given.
I just want to clear up a couple things.
1) We had sex regularly before the marriage, up until a couple months before. We just hadn't made the marriage complete -hence consummated- until days days after the honeymoon.
2) Still. I stick by the no-cheating thing. I am unemployed, he has work a few times a week. Other than that, we are both home with each other. He doesn't spend time on a computer.. the only one we have is my laptop and he hardly uses it. If I were to ever doubt it, I know his passwords.
3) He's not gay. And I am not naive to this type of thing. Also: I have not gotten fat. I am 5'2 and ~100lbs. Nor is he a shallow person.
4) I will get to replying to some of you, but I have some errands to run. |
How should I approach my girlfriend about blowjobs? | I feel really childish and selfish for asking this question, but the truth is that although I'm a 23 year old male who has been going out with my girlfriend since high-school began, I have yet to receive oral sex from her.
We have sex regularly and she enjoys it as much if not more than I do. We've crossed many barriers in our relationship and I have kept honesty first.
However, I can't seem to figure out how to approach her about getting a blowjob. I don't want her to think I'm selfish, and although conversations have began (of her own accord) regarding "returning the favor" those conversations end quickly and she forgets them.
It would help to mention that when she was little she was raped by a close family member, so she may be scared (or something) of blowjobs. She's alluded to this many times as being the reason but her responses aren't sufficient.
Am I being a jerk for wanting something in return? Should I just ignore it and move on, or should I approach her about it? How can I do it without seeming like a total dick?
EDIT: Thanks, reddit. I got the advice I think I needed. |
Dragonman in Colorado (What do you guys think?) | Dragonman is a purveyor of guns in Colorado Springs. I live in Colorado. I haven't been to the guy's place but the cheesiness of his website and videos turn me off although I can sort of see how he is just having fun. I was wondering what you guys think. |
Anyone want to give some good 'finding a job' tips to a soon-to-be-minted CS degree holder? | I'm approaching the end of my junior year of college. I already have a really nice job with serious responsibilities that is completely unrelated to software engineering.
Should I try really hard to get an internship for the summer and abandon my job, or is intern experience irrelevant? Does anyone have any links to good resume writing for software engineers? Should I find an open source project and start contributing immediately? How does the job market look for those starting out? I have met a couple young software engineers and they seem to be doing OK, at least compared to a finance friend who is working at Walmart =(
I attend a very good school and will most likely end with 3.2-3.5 GPA and a second degree in Latin. |
Have you ever pondered if Obama's whole being a Christian thing is a big political charade? | I mean most highly educated academics tend to be either agnostic or atheists, and he is one of them. If you read his books you'll learn that he only embraced Christianity through the United Church (the most liberal church) in his early thirties, before then he was an agnostic. I've always thought that the whole Christianity thing was a political move on his part. I certainly don't blame him, seeing that most americans would never vote for someone who describes himself as an atheist or an agnostic. But is something that has always been in my mind. Any thoughts?
Edit1: I submitted my question on the askreddit subreddit in order to get a broader audience and thus broaden the discussion.
Edit2: I know its not that much proof on my contention that most highly educated academics are either agnostic of atheist but this graph seems to somewhat back up my claim. (Thanks to thesteeeve for the link) |
KOTH Week 2 Match: LYON vs Team KoolAid | Clicky!
I took a demo of the match on Sunday if anyone would like to view. If you played in this match and have a demo as well, please post too.
This was easily one of my favorite matches I've played in a long time. Final score was a 2:2 tie. Very exciting.
The order went: L-KA-KA-L
This is only from my perspective, no third person...sowwy =\ (Match starts a few minutes into video) |
Just wanted to share my foster puppy. I got pics! | 1.
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His name is Bean, he is mostly Italian Greyhound, and he is wonderful. Still being housebroken, but otherwise a dream. So cute, such a snuggly lapdog. |
I've got movie block...any suggestions? | Dear fellow redditors,
I'm bored witless and I'd like to watch a good flick tonight, but no clue what.
Do you have a favorite movie or have you seen anything worth watching lately?
Add: Sweet, thanks for all the suggestions. Think I'm going to start with Pandorum. |
Anybody else find it hard to open a game after they buy it? | I don't know if I'm weird or what, but every time I get a new game I ponder for a while before opening it (unless it's something I've been really anticipating). Sometimes I'll be nervous that it won't be worth the money and I won't be able to return it after I open it for something better, or if I'm pretty sure I'm going to like it I might hesitate because I know how much time I'm going to waste for the next couple of weeks. Right now I'm staring at Mass Effect 2, concerned I'm going to disregard anything I need to do and just vid for a week straight. I obviously play on consoles, but if I used a computer I'm sure I would stare at the Steam website for hours before deciding to buy anything. Anybody else have this problem? |
Something you might not know about steam, that could save you some frustration in the future. | So today I was going through mass effect 1, having a good old time, when suddenly the game crashed. Further investigation showed that it crashed upon attempting to load a new section of the game. I went and looked online for the map file to replace my corrupted one, but I couldn't find any and resigned myself to redownloading and reinstalling the game.
However, I discovered an option under game properties called "Verify integrity of local cache." Upon running that option, steam checked out my installed game files, reported that it had found six corrupt files, and automatically downloaded those six files. It took maybe 5 minutes, and my game was up and running once more.
So yea, if anyone ever runs into a persistent crash on a steam game, check that option out before reinstalling. |
Tire / rim sizing question | A friend loaned me his uber-expensive road bike, on the condition that I tune it up and replace the tires. It's been sitting for years and the tires currently on it are shot, the rubber is rotting and weather-checked, the tubes won't hold air. I figured I'd get a head start on the tune-up by replacing the tires myself, but the new tires I bought don't fit. Clearly there's something about bicycle tire sizing that I don't get.
The rims are Mavic MA-40's. The original tires are Continentals, marked C132, 700 x 23C (23-022). I bought a pair of Specialized all-condition tires, also size 700 x 23C (23-022). And the new tires don't fit. I can get them almost all the way on, but seating the last few inches of the bead is impossible- it is nearly an inch below the edge of the rim, and no matter how hard I push on it I can't lever it up over the rim. Honestly, I'm afraid to try in case it damages the rim.
Is there another component to the tire size that I missed? Besides the numbers marked on the rim is there also something else I need to identify with respect to the tire / rim size? |
r/gaming - Has anyone used a Dingoo a320? | I am looking for opinions on a Dingoo a320]( I believe it is the same as the rebranded [ThinkGeek Retro Game Emulator just cheaper. |
What is the craziest fact you know that most people won't know? | The word "POSH" stands for "Port Out, Starboard Home". It was printed on wealthy passengers tickets who wanted the most desirable cabins on the shady side of the cruise ship. |
Installing Ubuntu using Virtualbox onto a USB flashdisk as a physical drive formatted to ext4. Hour and a half later, progress at 62%. | The host computer is running Vista on a Core 2 Duo 2.5Ghz with 2gb RAM. Haven't had any problems with running virtual machines on Virtualbox before. The flashdisk was previously used as a Readyboost device for about a month.
Extremely frustrating.
Hopefully it will finish by the time i get up tomorrow :[
edit: It's now been stuck at 94% for the past 40 minutes. Before it would at least advance a percent or two every couple minutes, now I'm worried it's stuck like this forever.. |
Anyone use their iPhone as a mouse? | Hello everyone, I got to my hotel earlier in nyc and took out my laptop, only to find that I forgot to bring my wireless mouse from home. I *hate* using the touchpad.
Does anyone use their iPhone as a mouse? And by mouse, I mean you put your iPhone on the desk next to your computer, and move it around ... like a mouse. After some cursory googling I haven't found any app like that yet, just things that allow you to use the iphone touch screen as a touchpad (no), or something called "air mouse" which you apparently use as an air mouse (no) -- anyone know of an app for this? |
Shameless plea for help with Integration by Partial Fractions | So, I'm not sure how kosher it is to ask for help with homework, but I need some help. So here it goes....
Integrate: ʃ2dx/(x^2(x^2-1))
Step A: 2/x^2(x^2-1) = A/x + B/x^2 + C/(x+1) + D/(x-1)
Step B: 2=Ax(x^2-1) + B(x^2-1) + Cx^2(x-1) + Dx^2(x+1)
Step C: 2 = x^3(A+C+D) + x^2(B-C+D) - Ax -B
So for the system:
A+C+D = 0
B-C+D = 0
-A = 0
B = 2
My solution process to this system:
2-C+D=0
C+D=2
C=2/D
2 - 2/D + D = 0
D^2 + 2D - 2 =0
D= (-2 +- 12^1/2)/2
D= (3^1/2 - 1), -(3^1/2 - 1)
So, I think my solutions are:
A = 0
B = 2
C = 1-(3^1/2)
D = (3^1/2)-1
Before I go further, does this seem right to anyone else? Typically this textbook doesn't leave us with square root numerators this early in the homework assignment. |
IETester. Test IE versions in a stand alone browser | For those of you who have not seen this, IETester is a stand alone browser that renders different versions of Internet Explorer for compatability testing. They just released an alpha version, so check it out and see if it helps you!
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So ClimateSkeptics, where is the discussion? | As a newish participant of the ClimeateSkeptics subreddit, I can't help but observe that this thread is mostly comprised of links/submissions but woefully absent of any comments/discussions regarding such links. Is everyone simply over-awed by the submissions or merely sheep-like following along? Where is the discussion and debate? |
Steam game trade/giveaway thread! | Thought I would create a thread for people who have extra copies of steam games who would like to trade for other games, or give them away. Personally, I'm looking for a copy of AvP Classic 2000, and have a HL2 copy to give out. |
Boiling on electric burners (sloooow) | I re-started homebrewing in December (after a 2-year hiatus). My apartment has an electric stove, and the burners are fairly small. The biggest problem I'm having is that I can barely bring the liquid to a boil, even when I cover the pot. Once I get it to a rolling boil it's okay, but getting the wort up to temperature takes 2-3 hours.
Any ideas for dealing with this? Should I just use less liquid? (currently boiling 3 gallons, then adding water up to 5 gallons) Or is there another trick that might save me some time? |
Reddit: Now that I am a certified college dropout, WHAT DO I DO? | So, halfway through my third year at school i get kicked out due to grades. I would be starting a new semester tomorrow, but instead i'm at my house wondering what the hell to do now. I don't think i could stand a customer service job. WHAT DO I DO? |
Dear /r/Pets, looking for help diagnosing a sick kitty. | Don't worry. I'm not crowdsourcing in place of actual medical care. I'm calling to make an appointment with the vet in the morning.
I did want to impose on the expertise of cat owners out there, however. I have a sneezing kitty, who is constantly licking his lips and has a watery discharge coming from one eye. I'm guessing URI. Are these common for cats in winter? Are there preventative measures I can take in the future?
Thanks. |
DAE get goose bumps from wooden popsicle sticks? | I even get it when I think about it. I Get it from other things as well, but the dry timber is the weird one.. |
So, Reddit - post your experiences with dead bodies. | I'll start. I worked for a social service agency. I worked with adults with developmental disabilities. I checked on one young woman who wouldn't answer her door. I let myself in (I had keys) and her TV was on but she was "asleep". I went to shake her awake but she was stiff as a board. I went into panic mode, checked her pulse, and she was cold as ice. I called 911, called my bosses, and was cool as a cucumber all night long, reaching over her corpse for her id, sitting at the edge of her bed as if nothing was wrong, working with the coroner.
Then I went home and fell apart. It lasted several weeks and still is a very sad story in my life. That night, however, it was as if it were an average occurrence. |
Hey /r/science, I have a question on magnetism. | There are two assumptions that I am making about the nature of magnetism when I went through this thought process.
**1.** Magnetic fields propagate at or less than the speed of light.
**2.** Magnetic interactions between objects are actually interactions between the magnetic fields of the objects which transfer that effect to the object producing it.
Suppose you have two magnets, and one is an electromagnet that can be turned on and off. They are separated and linked together by some distance within the range of their magnetic fields and are oriented to repel one another. Now, suppose a large burst of energy is inputed into the electromagnet to produce an extremely short lasting magnetic field. The two magnetic fields repel one another, but when the electromagnet is turned off, its field would still exist for a very short time. Now my question is, would the other magnet continue to repel this short lasting field after the electromagnet is turned off and give the apparatus a slight burst of movement?
I am by no means an expert on magnetism, but I found it an interesting thought experiment. |
Reddit, how should I style my growing hair? | im in the process of growing it out, and it's gotten to the point where im unable to not style it without looking like a fool (kind of resembles a coconut helmet when its down). i usually do a fauxhawk, but its gotten too long for that already, too. im sure a lot of you redditors has grown your hair out, how did you style it? |
I'm thinking about doing my first road race this year, any insight would be appreciated. | I've done a couple of mtb races, and I'm a middle/low of the pack in the cat2 single speed category. Just want to get an idea of what to expect, and what's expected of me. Also should I start off as a cat 5 if I have some racing experience, albeit mtb racing? |
Cheap and effective 2D CAD software for Habitat for Humanity | I work for Habitat for Humanity as an Americorps down in Louisiana. We have an architecture firm that does our blueprints and they're fairly decent. The problem is, they charge $125/hr for any work, and we can't justify that cost just to create a bunch of as-builts. Right now, the way we keep track of changes is to print off an extra copy of the official prints and change dimensions with a pen.
I have familiarity with various CAD programs including AutoCAD, and we're looking for something cheap and effective to deploy on a computer in the office, or my own laptop. I'm already on payroll and would be doing much of it in my spare time, so the cost of my time to learn a new system is negligible. AutoCAD would be fantastic if it didn't cost so damn much. Really all we need is something on which we can draw in 2d and make measurements in American units (feet and inches.)
Can anyone recommend an effective, worthwhile system that can do decent 2D work? It doesn't even have to be able to read the AutoCAD files from our architect, I can manually recreate them. Anything between free and $80 would be nice.
Google's Sketch-Up is about the quality and level of control we need, except that is a 3D program. Not flashy or powerful but simple, quick, and effective. I've tried QCAD but it doesn't look like they've updated anything in a year an half, except their book. TurboCAD has a cheap option, but I don't want to shell out cash without trying it. DoubleCAD I'm using as a demo now, but its almost impossible to get online help about it, and I don't know what features I'll lose when the 30 day trial expires and I have to use their free version.
Thanks DIYers.
Edit: I have access to Windows XP, OSX 10.4, and Ubuntu, so platform isn't a real issue. |
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