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I also like it, so now we're a majority! 
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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That majority is getting bigger. Me too.
This space for rent
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Add my vote to the rest, plus the votes of two family members.
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Nice signature 
My long term goal is to live forever. So far, so good...
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I gave up caring about my operating system. I spend most of my day in Visual Studio and a web browser. As long as those work, the supporting platform is not much of an issue.
Hogan
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You've been here eight months, and your only contribution to the site is two Lounge threads in two days proclaiming that W10 is a "con job".
Keep it up. We enjoy voting trolls off the site. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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My next stop, after Win7, is Linux.
I'll not make a rant - although it's oh-so-tempting - but put it down to one of the greatest affronts: you cannot turn off updates, and if your a home user, you cannot even stop them. When MicroScurge will buy me the computer then they can behave like they own it. Until then, I know a nice place I'd shove a splintery broomstick.
Which I would then proceed to twist: slowly to the right, then slowly to the left, then back to the right . . .
| "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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Many years ago (at home) I did 12-18 month "hiatus" from Windows XP using Ubuntu Linux. This was right before Windows 7 was released. A couple things were tricky to set-up (Brother printer / scanner, Dell DJ music player, etc...) but once it was working it was pretty solid. I could do nearly everything I needed to but it certainly had its quirks. Sometimes simple things with Windows were quite difficult with Linux. Lack of a decent CAD program hurt a bit...
Eventually the Linux quirks drove me to an iMac which still runs wonderfully today.
I keep a Linux Mint PC around for fun. I don't do much with it so I'm not sure how many of the quirks remain.
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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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. 
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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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? 
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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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?
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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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[^]!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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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.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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