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Mike Mullikin wrote: Many years ago (at home) I did 12-18 month "hiatus" from Windows XP using Ubuntu Linux.
Did the same thing and came to the same conclusion back then, but I just tried Linux Mint out about 2 months ago, and it was blindingly easy to install (on a laptop - notorious for having finicky hardware). So now it's my permanent laptop OS. If Steam had just a few more AAA titles ported to Linux, I could use it as my OS on my desktop.
I'll be seriously considering it once Jetbrains goes live with their cross-platform C# IDE.
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Ah! If only Linux was Windows. 
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Remember to consider the source.
Vaughn-Nichols is a LONG TIME Linux shill. Pretty sure you can find articles by him every year for the last 10-15 years predicting the "Year of Linux". 
Just so you know where I stand: I use W7 at work (it works very well), no plans to go to W10 due to older proprietary apps that will not upgrade. I use all Apple stuff at home. I do have a W7 install and a Linux Mint install at home just for "fun".
There are two types of people in this world: those that pronounce GIF with a soft G, and those who do not deserve to speak words, ever.
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Taylor Swift - Album of the Year? Really? 
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The Grammies probably have to do with music as much as the Oscars have to do with with movies if not even less. It's about popularity, not quality.
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RUs123 wrote: It's about popularity, not quality.
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I call a Taylor / Adele cage fight!
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Ron Anders wrote: I call a Taylor / Adele
nude
Ron Anders wrote: cage fight!
FTFY
Changed at request of RA
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
modified 16-Feb-16 11:17am.
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Please change my quote to reflect what I really said. - Thank You.
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You're probably right though I vaguely remember a time when it wasn't like that. It's just that I thought madam's antics had begun to catch up with her last year and there might be an end in sight. Now they've gone and given her another dollop of vindication, will we ever be free?
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I don't follow her enough to know what she has been up to, so I'm already free. 
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I don't follow her at all but that doesn't stop the likes of her[^]!
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There are dozens of movie and music awards annually to make sure everyone gets an award in something. Most people who live here do not give a damn about these awards. It's mostly 12-17 year olds, primarily female, who keep track of these things.
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Nish Nishant wrote: Most people who live here do not give a damn about these awards. It's mostly 12-17 year olds, primarily female
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The Grammies have as much to do with music as politicians representing their constituents.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Your giving a damn, even a little, belies your vulnerability.
I couldn't care less about actors/actresses/pro-athletes/&etc. Overpaid waste.
Consider this example (for a movie): If you watch a movie and can still pay attention to who the actual actors/actresses are, then they're not very good actors/actresses. They should, if they do their job well, lead you to perceive them only as the character they play.
Now, if you accept that the above is an (the !) important attribute of acting, then consider a logical consequence: it doesn't matter who plays a part - if you accept them for the film's reality then it doesn't matter - and thus there's no reason to pay high-priced hacks when the world is full of talented people who would do the job for waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay le$$.
In my opinion, at least.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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W∴ Balboos wrote: it doesn't matter who plays a part
But it does. In an ideal world it perhaps shouldn't but this is not an ideal world. The high-priced 'hacks' (a description which we'll have to discuss another time) guarantee audiences even for films that are less than stellar so they more than return the investment in them.
There is nothing new in this. Long before TV and even film there were star performers who were cast in theatre productions as much for their ability to put bums on seats as their acting chops; Herbert Tree, Mrs Patrick Campbell, Lillie Langtry, Sarah Siddons, Maurice Barrymore.
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But that's my point - going to see a movie because of who's in it - even though it's a remake of a stinker with no plot. Or the other worthless endeavor: sports stats - effort spent on memorizing pointless nothing by people who won't put the effort into knowing what's happening in the world around them . . . but, in the bathroom, they can discuss 'their' team and argue how many pro's can dance on the head of which pins. But - and this is the big but (butt): they are 'in' with the crowd because they know the proper passwords.
Think of the stupidity of how they note how much money a film's making on some weekend. Then, of course, they point out that it's being overtaken by another films box-office. Never mind having enough brains to consider that it's been out, everyone's seen it, so it's going to lose box-office.
That being said - you're quite right. It just outrages me that those who produce nothing (remember, the writer wrote the story!) get paid so much and produce nothing.
The lemmings will spill into the sea. Their hopes buoyed by their lightened wallets.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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She puts a lot of effort trying to sing. Hard work needs to be rewarded.
it ain’t broke, it doesn’t have enough features yet.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Kamen Nik wrote: She puts a lot of effort trying to sing.
Somehow, I can't agree with this comment.
I don't think she busts her ass - singing. It may be hard for her on the road at times, but I don't think she works as hard as the rest of us, day in, and day out.
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Apparently not enough of you are watching Agent Carter, a work of towering genius, and it's likely to meet with an untimely death at the end of the current series. Please amend this shockingly poor omission immediately and save my favourite show or we'll send back Piers Morgan!
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Y'all come over heea n' say dat now. 
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RyanDev wrote: Ugh, Marvel.
If it's the films, then I agree with you. The TV series which don't feature the well-known superheroes (Agents of SHIELD, Agent Carter, Jessica Jones) have been a lot better however.
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