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Off Topic / randomness

« on: July 13, 2011, 07:37:21 pm »

Quote from: "ManicVelocity"

Quote from: "Tbone"
The "girl with a boyfriend" from a few months past is now contacting me for revenge sex against her now ex boyfriend. I'm considering in order to have revenge sex with her because of her, though I'm sure she's just all talk, per usual.

Tbone, this is the voice of experience speaking to you. Do not stick your dick in crazy.

QFT

Crazy just isn't worth a roll in the sack.

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So after reading your input I have a little comfort in my direction.

Your conclusions were basically the same as mine for a lot of the same reasons. I was looking at a tab for myself for a while but it was my daughter wanting a reader that drove me to look seriously. We started at Amazon looking at Kindles, went to B&N and looked at the Nook and Nook color. Down the road to Best Buy and we saw the standard iPads and then a few other tablets including the one you picked up.

So my evaluation was that the color nook (at $249) does a little more than the standard B&W reader but it's not a full on tablet PC. If you want a reader with B&W high contrast that is a work horse even in full sun go grab the Kindle or Nook basic model for $140ish or less. Simple, long life battery, no frills but B&W. That being said if you want a more diverse social media consumption apppliance with websites, email, social media, videos, and multiple readers (B&N, Kindle, ibooks) you really do yourself justice by spending the few extra dollars to get a Transfomer which I think priced out at just a little over $300. Add the extra 16 GB to get to 32 GB total for a little over $100 and the optional keyboard for another $135 or so and you have something in the area of $550 which is basically a low end laptop.

I can't see getting the basic readers (color matters to me and therefore it matters to my daughter) so then I'm just sorta stuck at how much more does she (or me because I'm gonna write mine off as a business related expense) need?

I think I need more knowledge about the OS and interoperability at this point. I love how Apple integrates but isn't iPad still a single task OS? No Flash? Tether challenged unless I get an AT&T contract? Meh.. a lot more to learn in my opinion.

Love to know how the keyboard works for you if you can steal your friend's for a little.

Thanks again for the good discussion.

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Off Topic / randomness

« on: July 10, 2011, 01:23:50 pm »

Quote from: "Fuse"

I won't do ipads. They're good products, but I like to tweak and hack my devices which android lends itself to very well.
I got the asus transformer. Love it. There are a few quirks I'm not thrilled with, but it's am amazing option for the price ($400).

I was looking at that one actually. Did you grab the 32 gb one? I was thinking that one with the optional keyboard (and it has an additional battery) for when I need to work a little more and compose full on emails/documents where I need a little more than just the touch pad on the go.

What is it you don't like about it? Any real short comings/game breakers?

Thanks for the input.

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Off Topic / Google+ Invites

« on: July 09, 2011, 07:29:21 pm »

Quote from: "Enoch"

Quote from: "Mharz"
If anyone can shoot me an invite I'd appreciate it much.

christopher.karl.hilton@gmail.com

Thanks!

Sent.

I'm in! So now that I'm one of the cool kids what do we do with this new found googliciousness? (yeah I made that word up..)

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Off Topic / randomness

« on: July 09, 2011, 07:22:00 pm »

Quote from: "Fuse"

I just got a tablet. It's even better.

Looking at tablets right now. I'm sure you did a comparison? Any tidbits of wisdom you can share? Android?

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Off Topic / Google+ Invites

« on: July 09, 2011, 07:19:09 pm »

If anyone can shoot me an invite I'd appreciate it much.

christopher.karl.hilton@gmail.com

Thanks!

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General / FA should enter the "2011 Recruitment Video Awards"

« on: June 13, 2011, 07:47:28 pm »

I lasted to 1:34 seconds. Did I miss anything? No?

That video makes me want to roll a sith, go to their server, and wage a war.

That is all.

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Non-VR Games / FINALLY!!! Motivation to remove WoW from my HDD!

« on: June 09, 2011, 06:10:55 pm »

Empty in box makes me sad.

Gratz to you all that got the email.

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News and Announcements / Re: 45 Minute Gameplay Demo of Tatooine with Daniel Erickson

« on: June 07, 2011, 05:37:52 pm »

I love the text updates during the day while I'm slaving away in lab. I hope someone has a hi def recording of it all.

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Non-VR Games / New E3 Trailer

« on: June 06, 2011, 06:35:47 pm »

Okay props to the smuggler. Cool as ice.

And I'm going to hand it to the trooper taking out the trash with the commando mini-gun.

But wait.. did you see the "Oh, my padiwan is in trouble let me throw my lightsaber 30 meters block a lightsaber slash that would kill her" moment?

Simply stunning.

My only complaint..

Time to clean up the galaxy.

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News and Announcements / Re: E3 and Advanced Classes Info

« on: June 03, 2011, 11:10:28 pm »

Nice find. I wish they had an ability tree with full mouseover for each class.

Not that I want to start min/maxing before I have the game or anything.. :roll1:

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Non-VR Games / Re: "Outside possibility" that SWT

« on: May 05, 2011, 06:38:54 pm »

I'm going on record now and saying Tuesday November 15th.

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Off Topic / randomness

« on: April 15, 2011, 08:30:49 pm »

Quote from: "Lits"

I seconded the "stay a student as long as possible" idea...

That's what they make graduate degrees for of course!

Not that I did that.. for a while... a long while.

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General / Re: Welcome Kassandra!

« on: April 14, 2011, 08:16:31 am »

Welcome!

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Non-VR Games / Ideal Guild Quiz

« on: April 14, 2011, 08:15:43 am »

After sleeping on this I think a side benefit of taking this test will allow us to identify other groups of players we might want to form supportive alliances with when the game goes live.

Just a thought.

~M