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Postby Prusslandia » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:41 pm

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Hurdegaryp wrote:So you're like a female Patrick Bateman?

I'd settle for having Patrick Bateman. Nothing says exciting relationship like dodging axe swings.

What about Dexter ?
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Postby Edgy Opinions » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:43 pm

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Ethel mermania wrote:It's not a betrayal, but a Web browser on A phone is an incredible thing. I can look shit up in a meeting and sound intelligent. Or I can play nationstates and not kill an idiot co-worker

Plus all the world's porn at the palm of your hand :3 What more could one ask for? ^-^

You need extensions to block trackers and unwanted scripts to block viruses and other annoying software/popups in porn sites.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:44 pm

Kiruri wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:It's not a betrayal, but a Web browser on A phone is an incredible thing. I can look shit up in a meeting and sound intelligent. Or I can play nationstates and not kill an idiot co-worker


Plus all the world's porn at the palm of your hand :3 What more could one ask for? ^-^

It amazes me that there is more computational horsepower in my cell phone, than there was used in the Apollo moon program.
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Postby Kiruri » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:45 pm

Edgy Opinions wrote:
Kiruri wrote:Plus all the world's porn at the palm of your hand :3 What more could one ask for? ^-^

You need extensions to block trackers and unwanted scripts to block viruses and other annoying software/popups in porn sites.

That's why there's anti-virus apps and all that crap. Problem-o solved-o so no worries there.
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Postby Gallade » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:46 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Edgy Opinions wrote:When I need a phone, I use old versions of the phones of the people with whom I share a household.

My first model in 2007-09 was a 1998 Nokia, from my stepmother. In 2010-11 I used in rare instances my mom's old phone from a company that wasn't as useful for her (we pay for them through "credits" rather than bills, it's more convenient).

I hated it in both cases.

When I was left without internet for 15 days I tried using the internet through my mom's new model. What a horrible thing. How can people betray computers for these aberrations is out of my mind.

It's not a betrayal, but a Web browser on A phone is an incredible thing. I can look shit up in a meeting and sound intelligent. Or I can play nationstates and not kill an idiot co-worker

Phones are an incredible example of how quickly technology improves with the proper demand, they're nifty. I remember when polytone ringtones were this super futuristic change to monotones, then colour screens came along and it was all super exciting. Now people get pissy when a device that not fifteen years ago could only save fifty phone numbers doesn't load a webpage in a microsecond.
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Postby Kiruri » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:47 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Kiruri wrote:
Plus all the world's porn at the palm of your hand :3 What more could one ask for? ^-^

It amazes me that there is more computational horsepower in my cell phone, than there was used in the Apollo moon program.

That's what I like abou technology. As the years go by, stuff becomes smaller and cheaper and better quality ^_^
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Postby The Holy Therns » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:47 pm

Gallade wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:It's not a betrayal, but a Web browser on A phone is an incredible thing. I can look shit up in a meeting and sound intelligent. Or I can play nationstates and not kill an idiot co-worker

Phones are an incredible example of how quickly technology improves with the proper demand, they're nifty. I remember when polytone ringtones were this super futuristic change to monotones, then colour screens came along and it was all super exciting. Now people get pissy when a device that not fifteen years ago could only save fifty phone numbers doesn't load a webpage in a microsecond.


You modern people and your smartphones.
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Postby Second Blazing » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:48 pm

Edgy Opinions wrote:
Second Blazing wrote:So you just don't have a phone or your parents pay or what?

When I need a phone, I use old versions of the phones of the people with whom I share a household.

My first model in 2007-09 was a 1998 Nokia, from my stepmother. In 2010-11 I used in rare instances my mom's old phone from a company that wasn't as useful for her (we pay for them through "credits" rather than bills, it's more convenient).

I hated it in both cases.

When I was left without internet for 15 days I tried using the internet through my mom's new model. What a horrible thing. How can people betray computers for these aberrations is out of my mind.


So you're on prepaid plan then?
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Postby Kiruri » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:50 pm

Gallade wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:It's not a betrayal, but a Web browser on A phone is an incredible thing. I can look shit up in a meeting and sound intelligent. Or I can play nationstates and not kill an idiot co-worker

Phones are an incredible example of how quickly technology improves with the proper demand, they're nifty. I remember when polytone ringtones were this super futuristic change to monotones, then colour screens came along and it was all super exciting. Now people get pissy when a device that not fifteen years ago could only save fifty phone numbers doesn't load a webpage in a microsecond.


We were born in different generations. I expect my webpages to load in less than a microsecond because I never lived through an era of having to wait for them to load up within a minute. I've expectations for things to be as instantaneous as possible. It's only natural ;P Like the way nobody today know's beyond two phone numbers cus with a touch of an app all your 100+ phone numbers are there for you to see. Hell, you don't even need to find the contact, just type up the name on the dial pad and a list appears with the number(s) you want. Hehehe :P
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:52 pm

Gallade wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:It's not a betrayal, but a Web browser on A phone is an incredible thing. I can look shit up in a meeting and sound intelligent. Or I can play nationstates and not kill an idiot co-worker

Phones are an incredible example of how quickly technology improves with the proper demand, they're nifty. I remember when polytone ringtones were this super futuristic change to monotones, then colour screens came along and it was all super exciting. Now people get pissy when a device that not fifteen years ago could only save fifty phone numbers doesn't load a webpage in a microsecond.

The demand is incedible, for many years the iPhone carried apple. Which reminds me I have to pay the cellphone bill.
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Postby Gallade » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:52 pm

Kiruri wrote:
Gallade wrote:Phones are an incredible example of how quickly technology improves with the proper demand, they're nifty. I remember when polytone ringtones were this super futuristic change to monotones, then colour screens came along and it was all super exciting. Now people get pissy when a device that not fifteen years ago could only save fifty phone numbers doesn't load a webpage in a microsecond.


We were born in different generations. I expect my webpages to load in less than a microsecond because I never lived through an era of having to wait for them to load up within a minute. I've expectations for things to be as instantaneous as possible. It's only natural ;P Like the

The end of your post there is suffering from dial-up syndrome.

Who used the phone?!
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:54 pm

Kiruri wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:It amazes me that there is more computational horsepower in my cell phone, than there was used in the Apollo moon program.

That's what I like abou technology. As the years go by, stuff becomes smaller and cheaper and better quality ^_^

They use IBM 360's and Sperry rand mainframes, multimillion dollar machines. I have a top of the line Samsung 600 dollars, multiple gigabit processors. 700 bucks.
The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.

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Kiruri
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Postby Kiruri » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:55 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Gallade wrote:Phones are an incredible example of how quickly technology improves with the proper demand, they're nifty. I remember when polytone ringtones were this super futuristic change to monotones, then colour screens came along and it was all super exciting. Now people get pissy when a device that not fifteen years ago could only save fifty phone numbers doesn't load a webpage in a microsecond.

The demand is incedible, for many years the iPhone carried apple. Which reminds me I have to pay the cellphone bill.

Doesn't it still? Oh, that bring up another curious topic. "Wearable technology". I guess there may be a market for it but I doubt it's super big. A watch that does the same stuff a cellphone does but not as good as the cellphone. I guess that's an example of where technology kinda becomes useless.

EDIT: The better word would be pointless not useless :P What's the point of a "smart-watch"?
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:59 pm

Kiruri wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:The demand is incedible, for many years the iPhone carried apple. Which reminds me I have to pay the cellphone bill.

Doesn't it still? Oh, that bring up another curious topic. "Wearable technology". I guess there may be a market for it but I doubt it's super big. A watch that does the same stuff a cellphone does but not as good as the cellphone. I guess that's an example of where technology kinda becomes useless.

EDIT: The better word would be pointless not useless :P What's the point of a "smart-watch"?

For now uri, for now, this is just the first cut. Put Bluetooth in the watch and it controls the phone.
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:59 pm

Tofu burgers are an abomination. O.o
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Postby Kiruri » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:59 pm

Gallade wrote:
Kiruri wrote:
We were born in different generations. I expect my webpages to load in less than a microsecond because I never lived through an era of having to wait for them to load up within a minute. I've expectations for things to be as instantaneous as possible. It's only natural ;P Like the

The end of your post there is suffering from dial-up syndrome.

Who used the phone?!

Actually, the opposite. Internet so fast that I didn't have time to stop the webpage from loading. Damned fast loading internet >:X
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Postby Barboneia » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:00 pm

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:Tofu burgers are an abomination. O.o

MUH BOKA BURGERS
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Postby Edgy Opinions » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:00 pm

Kiruri wrote:
Edgy Opinions wrote:You need extensions to block trackers and unwanted scripts to block viruses and other annoying software/popups in porn sites.

That's why there's anti-virus apps and all that crap. Problem-o solved-o so no worries there.

They were never effective in PCs so I doubt they'd be in phones. Protection embedded in the very browser is more trustworthy.
Second Blazing wrote:So you're on prepaid plan then?

That's the standard we use, yes.

I've never needed phones ever since I left school anyway, though. I think that phone was already discarded.
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:01 pm

Barboneia wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:Tofu burgers are an abomination. O.o

MUH BOKA BURGERS


Bless you. Allergies?
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Postby Kiruri » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:01 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Kiruri wrote:That's what I like abou technology. As the years go by, stuff becomes smaller and cheaper and better quality ^_^

They use IBM 360's and Sperry rand mainframes, multimillion dollar machines. I have a top of the line Samsung 600 dollars, multiple gigabit processors. 700 bucks.

Yeah :p Exactly ^-^ Which reminds me... with what could I blackmail my father into buying me the s6...hrmmm...I'm two digits behind..! :(
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Postby Edgy Opinions » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:01 pm

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:Tofu burgers are an abomination. O.o

People are so slow. Tofu to me is a dairy rather than meat substitute.

Stuff like burgers should be made from soy protein and seitan.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:02 pm

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:Tofu burgers are an abomination. O.o

Soy is evil
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:02 pm

Edgy Opinions wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:Tofu burgers are an abomination. O.o

People are so slow. Tofu to me is a dairy rather than meat substitute.

Stuff like burgers should be made from soy protein and seitan.


Tofu should be relegated to soups, like miso.
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Postby Edgy Opinions » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:03 pm

Gallade wrote:Phones are an incredible example of how quickly technology improves with the proper demand, they're nifty. I remember when polytone ringtones were this super futuristic change to monotones, then colour screens came along and it was all super exciting. Now people get pissy when a device that not fifteen years ago could only save fifty phone numbers doesn't load a webpage in a microsecond.

It's not that they're slow, but they're so alien. I don't have any idea of how to work editing and forum interfaces. It'd be so much better if I could use them with a mouse and they'd work like mini-PCs.
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Anti: your gender (undo it interacting with me), Born This Way (also medicalism/pathologization/eugenics), outer space, abuse/predation, owners, power, hierarchy, internalization/privilege goggles (essential to the continuity of identity with power/hierarchy systems), essentialism/determinism, nihilism/defeatism

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Postby Barboneia » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:03 pm

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Barboneia wrote:MUH BOKA BURGERS


Bless you. Allergies?

Suprisingly, despite my nasally voice and constantly congested nose, I have none.
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