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That was my first thought, but the gap was too large.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Quote: I threw out all the soon-to-be-spoiled food
A real man would have eaten all that food.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Since the fridge wasn't working, you obviously had no cold beer available - the only recourse would be to go to a pub.
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Fortunately, I had plenty of scotch available, else I would have been doomed.
Will Rogers never met me.
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A true developer - always have a backup.
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And here I was thinking "chainsaw" when you said the new 'fridge wouldn't fit. 
Your story reminds me of a time I helped a friend get an old refrigerator out of a basement. The basement steps had been replaced and the doorway modified since the refrigerator had been placed downstairs. It took us a couple hours, a couple 'come-along's, and partial disassembly of the doorway to get the thing out.
Software Zen: delete this;
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You lost me at "fridge". I'm not reading all that. Keep it light, keep it bright, keep it gay.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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(buying in Canada/Québec)
GF is looking for a laptop; basic, usable laptop for mostly Office work; she already have a iPad for "entertainment".
All the tablets we looked at were running windows 8(.1) and some of them have tactile displays (useful ?)
I have to admit, I was completely lost at the stores today looking at the different lower-end CPUs!!
What is the lowest CPU I need to look at ? i3 or i5 ? what are the equivalent AMD cpus (Quad-Core A4-5000?) ?
I assume I need 8gig ram for Win8.1; HD size/speed is not really an issue.
Portability and battery life is not an issue.
The ACER Aspire series seems to be getting nice reviews in the $500-$600 price range.
The Lenovo Flexpad is also getting nice reviews.
Thanks.
Max.
I'd rather be phishing!
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If portability is not required, you will get more bang for your buck with a desktop... 
As with everything, set your budget then get the most ram, biggest HDD and fastest processor you can with your money!!
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I would set the budget then go for the best you can get for that amount. I'd hate to try and spec a machine at the low end, the variations are mind boggling. I would assume that EVERY laptop you could buy will do the minimum you are asking for.
We bought one a few years ago, a net book I think they were called, it did everything we were after and was light and easily portable. It was only ever used for travel as we use a tricked up desktop at home. We then got a laptop that I could use for development, just. Total waste of money, it only ever gets used for email and browsing.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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My wife likes her Lenovo Yoga thingy (Windows 8.1)
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I'd go for the i5 and the bigger size ram. Then I would try to get one of those SSD drives (if budget still allows) and just buy a robust USB drive for my data.
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Send in Oscar!
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Well, we all know us aussies like to get legless, so he'll fit right in. With the trial coming to an end, he may even be afforded the status that should make him a quasi local - legless criminal.. (I'll get my hat)
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THAT IS COOL!!!!
Paint it white and you have a stormtrooper!!!!
I'd rather be phishing!
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Awesome find Kent! 
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That is SO awesome! Can't wait for the day it becomes as available to the public as paintball! Somebody is going to get their ass kicked (most likely me, but what the heck  )
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Stamp collecting is a hobby too, you know people.
Do people still collect them since they became self-adhesive?
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Like this one?[^]
I come across this often enough, the huge fonts, little content, infinite vertical cheezy text and graphics that sort of fits in "chunks" on my monitor...
Personally, I think they suck. There's usually nothing meaningful on them, etc.
Marc
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Perhaps one of these: Single-page application [^]
For when you don't have anything to say...
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Ah yes, Bootstrap abuse.
Don't get me wrong, I like and use Bootstrap. Even in it's un-skinned form. Things like the grid layout and the nav menu components make it too easy to not use.
But when someone starts using the same actual layout as the Bootstrap site? That sort of thing needs to be addressed with large quantities of fire.
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Marc Clifton wrote: Personally, I think they suck.
I agree. They are good, however, when you have no content, because a person who glances at your content will _think_ that you have content. 
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newton.saber wrote: a person who glances at your content will _think_ that you have content
Ah, yes, the old sock-in-the-pants trick. 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Like a PowerPoint, scroll down to see the next slide. One can see the attention-span of their target-audience
Marc Clifton wrote: There's usually nothing meaningful on them
It's not MSDN, that's true.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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