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I just inserted MQM there - MQM being the extremely volatile political party representing the muhajireen (Indian origin Pakistanis) around here. They do a lot of good, like help the poor and kick the Taliban's asses, but then they go around shooting random people for their ethnicity. I talked to an MQM supporter who didn't deny that was messed up last night. Very good.

Edit: Fun fact, I said something like "at least there's no MQM in the UK", just to have to correct myself because their leader (as about half of Pakistan's political/religious leaders) is in exile in London.

Edited, May 29th 2012 3:18pm by Kalivha

Yeah I think I have a 4th or 5th gen one. It's purple, and I <3 it. My sister had a second gen classic I think, and it just recently died after 7 years because she dropped it in a bucket of water while she was washing her car. It lasted a good amount of time for how much she abused it, lol.

If I was going to get a tablet, I'd probably get a kindle fire. I've played with an ipad, but I just don't see the point in spending $500 on one.

No love for HTC tablets?

Maybe I should get one.

I'm sad I can't go to Dubai in 2 weeks (my Pakistan visa is single entry as of right now), I will try to go in July though and meet the BF. Who is coming to Dubai for me. Disposable income...

1. Dell/HP/Alienware/Motorola/HTC upgrade far more often than Apple, actually. There's a new Android phone every other month and Dell/HP seem to upgrade as often as Apple if not more frequently.

2. Sony doesn't have the same software capabilities as an out-of-the-box Mac. Sorry, just truth. You pay an extra couple hundred bucks for the creativity software you get with a Mac.

3. Apple does everything they (we) can to protect what we believe is ours within the law and if others care enough, they can do the same. Every massively successful company does the exact same thing, so it baffles me that you refuse to buy Apple products based on this when every PC maker (hell, every major corporation) does the same.

You can enable right click by tapping on the bottom-right corner of the trackpad. Apple laptops are the best in the business. Towers and all-in-ones Apple may be a little pricey, but their laptops are much better quality. I've owned one laptop that wasn't an Apple, and I'll never own one again because the build quality was sh*t (it was a $2000 Alienware, BTW).


Most of what Apple does is about software integration. For instance, I can click a time/date in my email app and it automatically pulls all of the relevant info from that email and makes a calendar event for me, with zero effort from me. I can then send that calendar event to anyone in my address book with a couple clicks (or taps if on my phone).

I can also put a schedule in my computer (or my phone/tablet) and it's automatically pushed to my other devices. Change it and that gets pushed as well.

It's a small thing, but it makes a pretty big difference. I freak out when I don't have any of my devices around to check weather, schedule, email, etc.

Of course you can get something cheaper from Dell or HP, but for comparable software solutions you're going to be spending as much as an Apple product. The only true way to get something much cheaper than an Apple is to build it yourself, which 90% of the population isn't comfortable/capable of doing. That's what I did with my current gaming PC, but I also have a dual-monitor iMac for work and basically everything but gaming.

Also, there's nothing that compares to an iPad in the tablet market. If there was, the iPad wouldn't have the colossal market share that it does.

From an objective point of view, no one device really compares to the iPhone/iPad/iPod. CPUs Apple will obviously not be a leader in market share for a long time (if ever), but in mobile computing/entertainment it's really hard to say any other company does it better.


Hackintoshes are actually a lot of fun. I got a cheap netbook from a friend and put OS X on it. It runs like sh*t because netbooks are stupid and have no resources, but it's fun to confuse people.

"The International Bittering Units scale, or simply IBU scale, provides a measure of the bitterness of beer, which is provided by the hops used during brewing. Bittering units are measured through the use of a spectrophotometer and solvent extraction. [14]

This technique was adopted at the same time as another method based on measuring the concentration (in milligrams per liter; parts per million w/v) of isomerized α acids in a beer, causing some confusion among small-scale brewers.[15] The American Society of Brewing Chemists, in the introduction to its methods on measuring bitterness, points out some differences between the results of the two methods:

While the results of the IAA [isomerized α acids] methods are practically identical to those obtained by the [I]BU method for beer brewed with fresh hops, the IAAs of beer brewed with old or poorly stored hops, and with certain special hop extracts, can be significantly lower than the [I]BU figure.[14]

The bittering effect is less noticeable in beers with a high quantity of malt, so a higher IBU is needed in heavier beers to balance the flavor. For example, an Imperial Stout may have an IBU of 50, but will taste less bitter than an English Bitter with an IBU of 30, because the latter beer uses much less malt than the former. The technical limit for IBU's is around 100; some have tried to surpass this number, but there is no real gauge after 100 IBUs when it comes to taste threshold. Light lagers without much bitterness will generally have 5 IBUs, while an India Pale Ale may have 100 IBUs or more.[16]"


I have a bottle of Lagunitas Hop Stoopid for tomorrow, it claims to have 102 IBU.
And right now I'm drinking a 3 Fonteinen Oude Kriek which has a lovely sour cherry and lemon flavour.

Got to love the diversity in taste of beers <3

Hop bombs are an acquired taste, try some Left Hand 400 Pound Monkey or Anderson Valley Hop Ottin' IPA before going for the hop bombs. At some point the taste will click and you'll be wanting more of that delicious hoppy bitterness. I'd also advise trying some of De Molen's IPA's but those are likely to be unavailable for you.

Also, I @#%^ing hate you for not appreciating beer while you live close to the holy land of beers.

And that site is praising Pauwel Kwak which, although it has an amazing glass, is a really mediocre beer. And I've read half the articles through Reddit anyway.

I really need to follow my own advice sometimes. Terra Nova wasn't the greatest show out there, but one season with no closure? This one even turned a profit, so what the hell?

They need to start making multi-season deals, or make separate story arcs for each season, because this is getting ridiculous.

I thought France was still the holy land for wines.

Depends on what you like. The West coast is where most of the innovation is happening, France is still a lot of traditional winemaking. Blends and experimentation make wine more fun (and more affordable), similar to what's happening to beer.

I love my iPad and used to love my iPhone. I loved the iPhone right up to the point Apple released a new iPhone and forced my older phone to use the new software which makes it now run like a dog. Swiping between screens now pauses a second each time and the battery now only lasts 24hrs (with bluetooth off!). At the time, there was a lot of people complaining and even talk of a class action but I don't think anything happened. Damned if i'm going to upgrade my phone though - that is like rewarding Apple for screwing me over.


My favourite device in the world is my Kindle though :) When I go on holidays for 3 weeks I used to take a dozen or so novels - my suitcase is so much lighter now (or would be without all the extra baby stuff in there now!)

Kids.

Speaking of which, I just woke up after three hours of sleep in which I had the most surreal (in the sense that it seemed too real) experience of being a father and a federal agent. The memories are fading now, but I'm pretty sure all the conversation took place in English.

I need to check my diet. Something's not right here.

My HTC Wildfire lasts for about 5 days or so before I need to charge it. Then again, I don't use it as a miniature computer all the time.

I like Apple computers.

I like my Android phone.

I love my iPod.

I hate Windows, I spent half a day making win7 run fast and it still seems more sluggish than my 4 year old mac book pro that has half the ram.

Without carrier subsidies, that's comparable to my iPhone.

Apple charges what they charge because people have no problem paying it. It's like owning a Rolex or a Mercedes/BMW/Audi. Quality products that are also somewhat status symbols for people that are concerned about that.

And no one is ever forced to upgrade their OS. People still come into Apple stores using iOS 4 and OSX 10.4 (10.5 came out in 2007). Some features may not be there, but the functionality is still the same.

Try compiling with netbeans on win 7 then get back to me.

Aero, the main visual upgrade, had to die so I could work. UAC also was a killer ad needed to die.

Win 7 sucks for a development machine. Of course I'm fairly certain me n maz are doin way different sh*t on our windows boxes.

UAC is easy to kill. Much less intrusive in 7 than it was in Vista.

And Java just sucks in general. But we gotta use it.

Been listening to this song a lot: Spoiler from Scott Pilgrim vs the World. Emily Haines' voice is awesome.

Edit: Red Hot Chili Peppers announced that they'll be releasing 18 new songs over the next six months asdjfdhbkhaefbk vewfv

Edited, May 30th 2012 5:13am by IDrownFish

I located your problem, Horse. Don't use Win7 for compiling/rendering. Use it for gaming, surfing the web and whatever else you do. You'd be able to turn Aero back on as well.

Or get Win8 when it comes out. I heard it's faster than Win95, lul.

I have a Win8 beta DVD flying around somewhere. From what I've heard, it works pretty well (apart from the app store, which is not even there at all in Win 7, so no big change there).

I like making the first move. It very rarely goes smoothly otherwise because I feel too subby or something.

In other news, @#%^ white people. Bunch of meanie faces.

Damn crackers.

They always seem to break in the tea, leaving one fumbling with one's spoon in a futile attempt to get the bits up, don't you agree?

Haven't had a good spot of tea since I gave up my archaic beliefs for the more hedonistic Rubiaceae treat. Pardon the pseudo-British typing. Just finished Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. It was quite an exhilarating endeavour!

Okay, scrap it, I don't even think endeavor is the correct word. And something just dawned on me. Endeavor is the American spelling while endeavour is the British spelling. How come the NASA space shuttle was named Endeavour and not Endeavor?

You should drink more tea then, tea is jummy.

I put 5 Hour Energy Drink in my coffee this morning. Its the first time in years (if not decades) I've felt jittery.

It tasted horrible.

Edited, May 30th 2012 12:36pm by lolgaxe

Sounds disgusting.

What fun is life without experimentation?