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[quote who="kona0197" reply="31" id="3403147"] Good example of no tact and arrogance right there. [/quote] [e digicons]:rolleyes:[/e]

Back on topic though........ As I have exhaustively posted about in ID's thread I purchased a Lumia last November. I have watched both the Windows Phone platform and the app offerings mature significantly since then. MS and Nokia have provided several software updates during this time and are looking to release yet another sometime this November. Usefulness of the platform and/or the apps will of course vary from

[quote who="Wizard1956" reply="22" id="3403109"]Most of us, dare I say the majority of us, at least here at WinCustomize, enjoy his wit and wisdom delivered as-is. He doesn't water it down for anyone...... [e digicons];)[/e] [/quote] I don't know.......there was this one time.........Jafo agreed with me (actually maybe it was twice now....hehe ;) ).......I swear I thought the internet was going to die. :P

I wouldn't know about ' global warming'. I do know the last few winters in my neck of the woods have been warmer etc. (which is definitely odd for us here) and it has actually caused some changes with regard to home/property preparation for some of us. Aside from what I've already posted on this topic many many pages ago I really have nothing to say about 'global warming'.&

Just as I expressed my personal support of it when I say 'it isn't a bad thing', ' my country focuses on redistribution', I'm happy about that......I like that I live there etc. etc. All about [I]personal[/I] support. Morals? Ethics? What are those anymore anyway.......... [e digicons]O:)[/e]

[quote who="kona0197" reply="3" id="3402791"] Nokia would do better if they dump Windows and use Android.[/quote] [e digicons]:X[/e]

[quote]That said, for the most part, your STATE can go nuts. [e digicons];)[/e] [/quote] Well there you have it..........maybe that is part of the [I]problem[/I]? [e digicons]O:)[/e]

[I]Redistributed[/I] money even for services one might never personally use isn't necessarily a bad thing (depends on what of course). In Canada for instance we are all about the redistribution of monies (taxes). While that same focus on redistribution certainly doesn't allow for [I]excellence[/I] in any one category it does however ensure that (in general) our population isn't going hungry, is well-educated and reasonably healthy. These days (in

[quote who="LightStar" reply="27" id="3402031"] I really don't know what people have against MSE, I have been using it since it first came out and have never had a virus or anything else on my PC. It is also the only thing I use, nothing else. Oh, and the results companies publish about anti-virus software and which is best, well lets just say I don't believe in them.[/quote] Agreed. Some of those &#3

@Redneckdude It likely isn't working for you is because you are not properly replacing the smaller system partitions required, thus not having 'bootable' OS'es. There are some automated tools that work well in situations such as these like the product line from EaseUS or for the more technically inclined and non-command-line averse my personal favourite program which does this exact thing very well and more (<a href="http://www.drivesnapsh

[quote who="kona0197" reply="15" id="3396822"] You know I was looking for some serious help. Guess I should have known better. [/quote] Well come on, to be fair Kona you did say "is there any easy fixes"? 'Easy fixing' isn't usually synonymous with 'properly fixed' etc. Having said that. ALL fixing begins with examination . Why is your USB port loos

Agreed.

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hehe ;) Seriously though, Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul are some really great actors. That scene I was alluding to in my previous post where Walt just stands there watching Jessie's girlfriend choke to death on her own vomit......amazing! In my opinion one of the darkest/most evil scenes with Walt. Aaron Paul has just gotten better and better throughout the series and has in my opinion even surpassed Bryan's greatness with seaso

[quote who="doortech1" reply="7" id="3395630"] Really. Nice on a family site.[/quote] Geez doortech1, high-horse much? As has been stated, we're talking about a show that depicts the use and manufacture of meth, depicts the bloody HEAD of a person wobbling around on the back of a turtle, bodies being dissolved in acid, throats being slit, people bleeding out, someone choking to death on her own vomit, young children being subjected to violence (one

Breaking Bad was/is (minus the last half of the 5th season) a fantastic series. I have two main issues with the show as it is now. I believe the writers dragged certain parts of the story out too long (I'm not a fan of writers delaying things in order to hype/play up/ etc.) and for me taking a break halfway through the 5th and final season doesn't amount to much more than being the proverbial cock tease. Secondly, once you've dragged certain aspect

[quote who="flagyl" reply="4" id="3393422"]For those who want multiplayer over everything else, I am asking why, when it makes their fun so dependent upon others as opposed to modding.[/quote] While I grew up playing single-player games and some of those same games are still among the best and most favourite, there is no denying that I have had MORE fun playing multi-player (to be specific multi-player [b]COOP[/b] games). I do agree that MP ADVERSARIAL games are r

[quote]only two of them do not allow the player to mod the game and one of them, PayDay 2, was released on 8/13/2013, so it is still a novel game [/quote] Payday 2 is also MP COOP -only. I believe your post is more applicable to MP ADVERSARIAL gameplay. MP COOP has always been a somewhat different animal (in my opinion) and especially with games such as Payday (and now Payday 2) the payoff there is being able to play the same missions again a

[quote who="Island Dog" reply="17" id="3392948"] To be honest, I've never thought about getting a gaming laptop. Every time I have looked they are ridiculously expensive compared to what you can piece together. [/quote] I agree if the objective was to use the notebook solely as a 'gaming platform', however many/most 'gaming notebooks' these days are billed for those maybe considering a [I]desktop replacement[/I] and/

[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="10" id="3392445"]Are desktops better? DUH! But are they better enough? Depends...for me, not really.[/quote] Exactly what I was thinking. [quote who="psychoak" reply="12" id="3392456"]I like my $800 primary display and my ergonomic keyboard and mouse way too much to go anywhere without them. Tiny keyboards, tiny screens, terrible battery life if you do anything with them...[/quote] I wouldn't call a 17.3"

sounds like a nice setup......how much did that projector and screen run you if you don't mind me asking?

[quote who="Jafo" reply="3" id="3392317"]http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html I count about 38 cards with a better benchmark than a GTX770M. That'll be one reason I'll not be using a laptop for gaming....[/quote] Well sure desktop hardware will always trump notebook hardware in terms of raw power (especially for gaming), but then in my case the last gaming rigs I built for myself had 1GB 4870's in them and the 3GB 770M in

For years I had been building my own custom 'gaming rigs' (powerful desktop machines that required me to sit in my basement office whenever I felt like playing a game). Fast forward a few years with the advent of HDMI TV's and video cards/cables capable of connecting to them easily I began my exodus from the 'basement dungeon'. My wife and kids began finding my powerful desktop gaming rigs sitting in the family and/or living room(s).

[quote who="2of3" reply="193" id="3386307"]I haven't used a W8 phone so I don't really have a real basis for not wanting to switch, but it seems more "set" and less flexible from what I've read/heard.[/quote] Well the phone OS is certainly more [I]closed[/I] but the UI, at least the part of the UI one tends to be most in contact with (ie. the Home Screen) is certainly [I]flexible[/I] with the 'live tiles', ability to pin and resize (turn into a live tile) most anyt

[quote who="2of3" reply="191" id="3386046"] The Lumia 1020 looks promising, but for now I'm still sticking to Android.[/quote] I'm curious, would you mind elaborating as to what is keeping you from switching? Is it your ecosystem investment? I have had a few friends recently switch (some of whom were actually pretty heavily invested in the droid ecosystem) so I'm always curious for reasons either way...... ;)