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QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 8, 2012 -> 11:47 AM) Yeah, that thing's ridiculous. They plan on coming out with a 5.5 inch one, better get some bigger pockets. I do like that it was designed for note taking, but I'd rather buy a separate tablet for that. What I would like, however, is for a phone that has nothing but a screen in the front (no surrounding bezel). You can then make the screen like 5 inches without having to worry about form factor. The Galaxy Nexus sort of started doing that already. Bezels are necessary to prevent accidental screen touch. Without a bezel, every time you touched an edge, you'd accidentally move, press or shift the screen from touch sensor. You can see this at play if you've ever moved a tablet from one hand or the other and accidentally grabbed slightly too much...it turns the page, etc...it does something you didn't want or intend...and it's annoying. That's why they use bezels. They're not just for show.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 8, 2012 -> 11:05 AM) Not everyone has hands the size of a 9 year old. And not everyone is a civilized Sasquatch.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Jun 8, 2012 -> 10:39 AM) The entire system is broken...and don't start with the blind support. If you think that some GOPers don't blindly support candidates...well then, you are...blind. This just shows that money wins elections...not issues. So again I say, the system in broken. He actually somewhat said that in the post you replied too.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 8, 2012 -> 10:30 AM) Apple always did have a nice warranty. I went through like 4 iPods once. The first one had a broken home button, second one had poor screen quality. Third one just stopped working. They ended up giving me a refurb for the last one and I still have it. The battery is pretty much dead, I might get like 3-4 hours of full operation on it. I feel as if the iPhone and the iPod touch were incredibly awesome when they first released, because they were more or less the first of their kind. Now they just feel small and bland to me. I personally find Apples iPhone, in modern times, a bit undersized...however, not absurdly over-sized like a lot of modern Androids. That's not to say there aren't Android based devices available that are of good portable size. I personally think the sweet spot for a phone/all-in-one portable device is around 4.0-4.2 inches diagonal, no smaller, no bigger. While Apple falls short of that (for now), many Android's have way overshot it, but not all. The iPhone 5 will be probably hit 4", which is exactly what I'd like to see. As for bland...that's the point. Apple's modern tech is usually bland/simple, but sleek looking...their entire design philosophy is simplicity, where a lot of their competitors point is counter to that view, full of bells and whistles, which IMO complicates everything. TL;DR: Apples iPhone is a bit undersized, but not as over sized as some Android's. Design is intended to be bland/simple.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 8, 2012 -> 10:28 AM) The subsidies Sprint and Verizon pay are ridiculous, especially Sprint, who took a $15.5 billion gamble. They paid through the nose so much that they're going to sell iPhones on prepaid plans with Virgin Mobile. The cost? $650 for an iPhone 4S,$550 for an iPhone 4. iPhone 4 = 2 years old, $550, that's far from reasonably priced. It also shows just how much the carriers have to subsidize the phones to get them affordable. Apple is charging these carriers a whole ton of money and I'm not totally sure that they're really making as much money as they should on it. And the carriers, in exchange, get to force charge you for overpriced data plans and text messaging plans not to mention locking you into 'contracts', which is an absurd practice. Apple is charging what carriers and people are paying. Sprint and Verizon entered into those agreements willingly, I might add. So I don't see your point here.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 8, 2012 -> 08:34 AM) I seriously have to be the only person to ever have bad experience with Apple products. My MacBook CPU gets to over 100* Celsius if I dare open more than 3 programs. That seems a bit excessive... Why not kick the fans and make sure they're operating as expected...or...as you want. Get this: http://www.eidac.de/?p=207 Problem should be solved, unless something's just wrong with your CPU. Edit: Allows you to control the speed of each individual fan in whatever model Mac you own...if your CPU seems to run hot (and yours seems possibly running at broken heat ranges), this will let you control the fan that sits above your CPU and cool it.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 8, 2012 -> 08:31 AM) Not only that but the quality of their devices. My mother, also in her 60's, has broken more laptops and cellphones over the course of the last decade than probably any other person on earth. They might last 3-4 months due to her spilling things in them, her dogs drooling on them, her dropping them, etc. She's now had an iPad and an iPhone for 2 years now and neither of them has so much as a scratch on them. I've been an iPhone user since the first generation...and I've NEVER used a case on ANY of my iPhones. And I've broken or cracked exactly zero of them over that span of time. Zero. And I've dropped a number of them on sidewalks, in parking lots, etc...some people just aren't lucky. It's a phone...not a football, not a wrench...a phone. Made of glass, silicon, plastic and metal...they're not supposed to be invincible. It's no different than a laptop or tablet...you don't go around dropping those and complain if/when they break. I've been in IT for well over 10 years as a professional, and before that, for over 10 years as an enthusiast...dating way back to the 1980's and my Commodore 64. I've seen technology grow and change, and I've tended -- over that time -- to grow and change with it without regard to brand loyalty. I'm loyal to my users, and my time. My parents and Windows did not mix. Since moving them to OSX, their "tech support" calls have fallen from once a day to once a year. Yes, please.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jun 8, 2012 -> 12:54 AM) It's quite amazing how easy it is for them, once they herd the sheep. This is such nonsense it's not even funny. Why are people sheep if they love something that you don't love? It has nothing to do with "sheep"...it has everything to do with having a device that's so easy to use that my parents -- who are in their mid 60's -- can use it without calling me constantly for help.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 7, 2012 -> 10:10 PM) Jake could have easily pitched a shutout...he was pretty unlucky in that second inning. Hawk has no patience for guys that walk people...he always would get on Jose for that too...Contreras would give up two runs but because he walked 5 people, Hawk would be on his case the entire game. Yea well, I agree with Hawk on that point. Walks irk me unlike anything else in baseball.

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ Jun 7, 2012 -> 10:07 PM) That's a really good point. I don't remember this point. I remember EJ giving up 6 runs in games like that, not 3.

QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Jun 7, 2012 -> 10:05 PM) i love how hawk just keeps praising peavy and that it was a gutsy performance yet ripped edwin jackson when he had starts like that When did Hawk rip EJ for pitching 6 innings and letting up just 3ER?!?!

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 7, 2012 -> 09:48 PM) Two words...App Store. The other manufacturers don't get commission from the apps Google has on Google Play. Google gets that money. Apple gets 30% commission on everything from the app store. It might not be the entire reason, but it has a lot to do with it. Apples subsidies are also way higher per phone. Regardless of that, doesn't matter how they're doing it, just that they are.

While Android phones, by sheer numbers, often outsell Apple's iPhone on a worldwide basis...the number that actually matters is the profits... Apple's share of the mobile phone market's profits is a whopping 75%. Yes, you read that right...75%. That means the remaining 25% of it is shared between Samsung, Motorola, HTC, Research in Motion, Nokia, etc... That's why Apple doesn't care who it pisses off...the money talks...and right now it's saying Apple is -- by far -- #1.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 6, 2012 -> 10:18 AM) Who's saying that the system is broken or that democracy has failed here? eta: ACORN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!11!!!!!!!!!!!!! No...just some random idiot that doesn't realize democracy worked exactly as it should...a candidate won because more people voted for him.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 6, 2012 -> 08:46 AM) It limited the on-campus organizing and voter drives. Yet another excuse. This recall has been going on for MONTHS. It's all over the internet, it's all over CNN, MSNBC, FOX, whatever news you watch...they've talked about it for a long time. If you have ANY semblance of an education, and lived in Wisconsin, you know this election was happening. If you require on-campus organizing and voter drives to vote, you're looking for an excuse -- any excuse -- to not care.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2012 -> 08:53 AM) Police departments shouldn't hire qualified people for non-enforcent positions, they should fill those positions with people who were in different jobs for 30 years and spend the money to reeducate them. After all, guys who started driving police cars in the 80s are awesome at database and resource management strategies. Yeah. Nobody even knows what you're talking about anymore. Database and resource management? Yes, hire DBA's and IT people for those positions, not cops, jackass (which they do), police do not do these jobs. You're purposeful ignorance here is amusing, but ultimately, it makes you look like a smart person TRYING to be a moron. I know you're smart enough to know there are plenty of jobs that police can and DO perform that do not require special skills, that are not "on the street". There are plenty of internal desk positions at your local police station that do not require "qualifications" beyond being able to write and/or type. So honestly -- and pretty please, with sugar on top -- stop responding to me unless you actually have something of substance to add. Do you know that when police get "suspended" from active duty, they stick them in desk positions? The same desk positions I'm talking bout now...ones that do NOT require DBA/IT educations to perform. Now seriously, stop pretending jobs don't exist that older police cannot do INTERNALLY...while younger officers take the streets.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Jun 6, 2012 -> 08:37 AM) I have to say. As much as I dislike Walker, I really dislike recall elections. Elections have s***ty consequences sometimes, and unfortunately for Democrats - not showing up in 2010 for their guy will cost them over the next few years. Also, having the election in the summer was probably not a great idea for recall advocates either. This limited the college vote significantly and actually could have been the difference. There was one bright spot in all this though for the Democratic party, one Wisconsin senator was successfully recalled giving the Democrats control of a chamber and therefore preventing the worst of the Walker excesses. Yea, because those college educated kids don't know what the f*** a absentee ballot is. This is nothing but an excuse, and a poor one at that. They pretend to be educated but don't know what absentee voting is? The actual answer is they don't actually care...they just like people thinking they care. I mean...this took me all of two seconds to find on Google: http://gab.wi.gov/elections-voting/voters/absentee

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2012 -> 08:28 AM) We don't keep police and fire and construction desk jobs around ajobs taxpayer funded jobs program. They already do this now. I'm simply saying they can shift their way of doing it. Remove older officers from street duty and put them on desk duty...right now you have a mix of older/younger on desk duty...IMO, younger able bodied police should be on the street, not working behind desks...but it's what they do...some younger officers never see street duty after their probation period ends, they somehow end up working desk jobs their entire lives. IMO, it's a waste of a youthful body.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 07:47 PM) Is it acceptable or useful to keep police officers and firefighters on the payroll until age 67? Or even 55 in many cases? In the event that they are physically unable to do those jobs until the rising social security eligibility age, what do we do with them? For that matter, is it acceptable to have ANYONE working until 67? Not sure...but we seem to do it anyway. As I said, there are jobs in those departments that do NOT require young bodies...they could be moved to those jobs. It's not rocket science, guys...let's stop pretending it is. Not every officer or fireman is a "street worker"...a LOT of them work simple desk jobs that any elder on their force could perform.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 06:58 PM) I'm honestly not sure where to put this. I had it in the catch-all, but it's more job related. So, I thought I'd post it here instead. I graduated college in 2005 with a degree in radio broadcasting, but currently work in IT. I often regret not sticking with my original plan to major in Architecture. There's been something nagging me about that career path recently, I just dont know why. But I think the time in my life to go to school has passed. I'm almost 29 (yes, still young), but my current job doesn't give me a lot of time or money. Plus, I have two kids under 4. I'm about to finish paying of my wife's and my college loans next year. the idea of incurring MORE loans even if I COULD find time to go back to school is bothersome. If there are any architects around this forum, what would a "second career" architect school path look like? Would it even really be feasible? A close friend of mine works for an architect firm...and from what he tells me...it's one of the worst professions you could be relying on right now. How true that actually is, I don't know...but judging by the real estate market, including corporate...I don't doubt his word.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 10:03 AM) How do you unlock spells without proceeding through the story though and leveling up? Run around killing mobs? I need to get online and find the "best" mix of talents/skills to be using. No, you don't unlock spells (and their runes) without leveling up ... what you can do is unlock your bars so you can place any sort of talent in that slot, versus the ones they -- by default -- lock you into choosing. Without doing this, the game is practically impossible on higher levels.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 10:59 AM) That'd be fair, right? I pay their pension, they can pay into my 401k. Most don't pay into SS, either. So while I understand their pension meant everything to them, why is it my fault that their pensions are underfunded and/or being robbed by elected and politicians that their own unions backed? I paid all the necessary taxes to fund that pension...which was stolen, so what do they do? Raise my taxes more...and more. They had no oversight...and it's not like this was a secret...they've known about the pension issue for YEARS and did nothing. They went through MULTIPLE local and state elections and kept the same people in office...and did nothing. Over and over again... It comes to my attention that the people that lost all their 401k money with Enron were not "rescued"...but when government backed unions f*** up...they should be? If you know these elected officials, both of the unions and of the politicians, are going to be the ones managing your pension money, maybe you should make sure you elect good leaders, instead of those hand picked by unions that continued to rob you blind year after year. That or do what I did...manage your own money and get a NON union job so you don't have to worry about someone else managing it for you.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 10:30 AM) I work at job sites frequently enough, I do not deny what you are saying. Just last week I had to wait 1-1/2 hours for someone to go get me a tape measurer. I'm just pointing out that we're no less guilty of it when we're browsing ST during working hours. And I'm not asking for public workers to pay into my retirement fund, either.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 10:21 AM) Says the guy posting on SoxTalk... I didn't choose that line of work...it's not for me. That doesn't mean I don't know people who do these jobs, who tell me exactly how it works. That and every time you drive through a construction zone, you will witness exactly what I described.