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Did someone say Hard Gay?









You're welcome.

New York City is an honorary red state after 9/11. Even if it's full of Jews and liberals, goldarnit.

*spits*

Is networking really ever stable on any platform? I don't think I've ever used a large network on any OS that didn't cause huge problems.

I was running Windows 98 on dial-up the last time I had a virus problem on a PC. The security angle really doesn't seem relevant to me. And like I said, I couldn't tell you the last time Windows crashed on me, but it's been years.

If Apple products work for you, that's great, but a lot of the "downsides" to using a Windows-based PC have pretty much become mythological anymore unless you're visiting www.givemeavirusandcrashmycomputer.com

Three minutes of searching has revealed that the woman who most recently contacted me writes Kirk/Spock BDSM fan-fiction.

Welp.

[My ideal someone:]

I've more or less abandoned my OkCupid profile, but it's not the only profile I've made on dating sites. Sometimes I make them just for fun and so I can browse and people-watch rather than any intention of contacting anyone. That's why I still get spam from the Atlasphere. 

That said, once in a while I still get emails on these sites despite me only logging in once in a blue moon, and they're never from anyone I see being a good match for me. It comes down to:

My ideal someone: A semi-nerdy intelligent tomboy who reads and thinks for herself but still looks good in a dress when we go out dancing. (Also someone to learn to dance better with.)

What I'm attracting: Persons of occasionally questionable gender whose interests are basically just lists of British bands from the 80's that I've never heard of and references to Marxism.

Obviously I'm doing something way, way wrong.

Having a character based on you played by Sarah Horseface Parker is an insult in and of itself.

Really, what is Yogi doing spending all that time with Booboo? What's going on there? Should we be calling CPS? Is "pic-a-nic basket" a euphemism? Is Ranger Smith's cabin full of recording equipment?

The people deserve answers.

[Oh, and as part of calculating how much you owe they are considering putting a gps in your vehicle.]

It seems that those pesky fuel efficient cars are causing some problems as far as funding for highway maintenance.  Not to worry though, a new tax has been proposed.


Because greater fuel economy is letting motorists drive more miles using less gas, the current gas tax that funds the federal government's efforts to build and maintain highways isn't generating enough money.

A driving tax, officially known as a "vehicle miles traveled" tax, could close that gap.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/18/news/economy/gas_tax_drivers/index.htm?hpt=T2


Oh, and as part of calculating how much you owe they are considering putting a gps in your vehicle.

WTH?  Can't they just require the mileage to be reported as part of the annual safety/emissions inspection.

I know some states require those inspections, but I've never lived in one of them.

EDIT: Oh hey multiple pages.

The people bitching about the news pre-empting their "reality" TV shows... goddamn. 

Pedobear has ruined all of ursinekind for me.

With me, it's just plain curiosity. I can get paying more for a Mac if you're doing a lot of media work because they're supposed to be pretty good for that kind of stuff. I know that's what we used when I was in journalism classes way back in the day. But for home use, when you're just doing the usual web-surfing/word processing/storing pictures/etc. that seems to be what most people use computers for anymore, I guess I don't see any difference except that Macs are more expensive and have the brand name. I'm not against people using Apple products, and I'm certainly not a Microsoft loyalist (it's hard to believe there could be such a thing)... I just don't see where there's an meaningful advantage to using a Mac for the average person that justifies the price.

But I guess that's where personal preference comes in and reminds us that people aren't necessarily rational actors motivated solely by black and white cost-benefit analyses.

Now if someone's using a Mac because s/he wants to stick it to Bill Gates, that's hilarious to me, not only because Gates is off doing his own thing anymore without Microsoft, but also because the way Apple seems to hold back features they could put in their devices so they can release updated versions that include those features a year down the road (after the original nerfed version has sold a few million units) says to me that Steve Jobs has no compunctions about sticking it to Apple fans if it'll make him money. It's similar to what Nintendo's been doing with its portables ever since the GBA...

I use Windows because

1) It comes on the computers I buy,
2) I've been using it since I was a teenager so I already know how to do everything in it, and
3) I just plain don't do anything on a computer that Windows isn't perfectly good for.

So basically, cost, familiarity and lack of reason to use anything else.

I don't even know the last time I saw the BSOD on my own computer. I'm running XP and Windows 7 on different machines and they both seem pretty damn stable. But then I don't play PC games or make media files, either.

Really, when it comes to Apple, the whole Mac thing isn't even my main concern with them. It's this: what is the point of an iPod or an iPad? I have a modern cell phone with an earphone jack and a laptop with a built in wireless card. What possible function could an iPod or iPad fill that isn't already being served by one of those two devices, and for less money? Is there any reason at all to own either outside of trying to be trendy? I don't get it.

Hello, new Facebook link.

Goddammit.