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« on: August 15, 2014, 08:47:02 AM »
We're all technology junkies around here. These are the devices I use daily (not counting my work-related ones): - Samsung Galaxy S3 Phone: Running Cyanogenmod on it. I'm pretty much tied to this, it's my main gadget I can't live without. Email, text, music, phone calls, web. It's normally in my pants pocket. It connects automatically via Bluetooth in my car for music. The one complaint I have about this phone is that they designed it with a battery that I consider to be undercapacity. It was barely adequate when new, and now that I've had it for a year and a half or so, with normal battery degredation, it's becoming a problem, so I'll likely need to buy a new battery for it soon.
- Nexus 7 Tablet: A really wonderful device, I mostly use it at home, and I always bring it with me to tabletop gaming sessions. I stream music with it, use it for showing players pieces of maps, illustrations, etc. It's also what I normally surf the web with in the morning before I leave for work. Generally speaking, if you see me make a post before 7:30 AM here, it was from my Nexus 7 tablet. I have one of these that is really handy to use with this tablet. With that little keyboard, my Nexus 7 is what I would consider to be about a 50%-60% laptop replacement. Very light and convenient, but a bit awkward if I try to push the limits.
- Toshiba Chromebook: I have been reluctant to replace my stable of aging laptops at home due to the expense of doing so. I bought this Chromebook a couple of months ago, intending it as an 80% replacement for the functionality of my standard laptops. As it turns out, I'm using it more like a 90%+ replacement. Extremely fast, 10 hour battery life, very well made/constructed, the only time I boot up one of my regular laptops at home now is when I need to do something very specific with them, like rip a CD or something.
- Amazon Kindle 3: I use this e-reader every day. I'm a pretty voracious reader (as anyone perusing the Book Thread might know), and this device is never far away from me. I love the e-ink display -- I can't read entire books on an LCD -- and up until recently, this gadget could go about 3 weeks between chargings (now it's more like a week). I'm not overly impressed with the newer versions of this device, so I'm not 100% sure what I'm going to do once I finally need to replace it.
So what are your essential devices and why? EDIT: W.T.F., sweet lovin'?
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« on: August 14, 2014, 06:59:57 PM »
1. Moral flexibility
2. Taste
3. Indomitability
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« on: August 14, 2014, 06:56:45 PM »
Min, did you ever finish Xenocide?
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« on: August 14, 2014, 06:45:13 PM »
1.The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2.Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
3.Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
4.Darth Plagueis by James Luceno
5.Shadow Hunter by Michael Reaves
6.Lockdown by Joe Schreiber
7.Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
8.The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
9.Hannibal by Thomas Harris
10. Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris
11. The Gunslinger by Stephen King
12. The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
13. The Waste Lands by Stephen King
14. Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
15. Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
16. Song of Susannah by Stephen King
17. The Dark Tower (book VII) by Stephen King
18. The Wind Through The Keyhole (book 4.5) by Stephen King
19. The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
20. Desperation by Stephen King
21. The Regulators by Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
22. Dexter's Final Cut by Jeff Lindsay
23. Shaka Zulu by Joshua Sinclair
24. The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
25. The Last Ringbearer by Kirill Yeskov
26. Logan's Run by William F. Nolan
27. Logan's World by William F. Nolan I last read William F. Nolan's "Logan" trilogy when I was about 15 and I remember liking them a lot. However, that was so long ago that I barely remember them, so it's almost like reading them for the first time. I blew through the first two pretty quickly. So... Currently I'm reading Logan's Search by William F. Nolan.
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« on: August 07, 2014, 07:20:53 PM »
This needs to be written. I want to read this book.
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« on: August 07, 2014, 07:20:03 PM »
I also got a 26. I actually figured I'd score higher than that...
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« on: August 06, 2014, 07:49:29 PM »
1.The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2.Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
3.Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
4.Darth Plagueis by James Luceno
5.Shadow Hunter by Michael Reaves
6.Lockdown by Joe Schreiber
7.Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
8.The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
9.Hannibal by Thomas Harris
10. Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris
11. The Gunslinger by Stephen King
12. The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
13. The Waste Lands by Stephen King
14. Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
15. Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
16. Song of Susannah by Stephen King
17. The Dark Tower (book VII) by Stephen King
18. The Wind Through The Keyhole (book 4.5) by Stephen King
19. The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
20. Desperation by Stephen King
21. The Regulators by Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
22. Dexter's Final Cut by Jeff Lindsay
23. Shaka Zulu by Joshua Sinclair
24. The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
25. The Last Ringbearer by Kirill Yeskov I was pretty blown away by The Last Ringbearer. Those of you who are Tolkien fans need to read this book. Beyond simple fan fiction, this is a reimagining of Arda from the point of view of Mordor, and it's not what you think. Well written, engaging, bold, and written with a voice that is simultaneously tongue-in-cheek and incredibly tragic, this novel feels like something that needed to be said, even if the Tolkien estate wants this author to burn at the stake. I consider this to be an important work, and I highly recommend it. If nothing else, The Last Ringbearer needs to be read because there are those out there who don't want you to. Currently I'm reading Logan's Run by William F. Nolan.
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« on: August 06, 2014, 07:44:03 PM »
This was from Saturday, when I was lamenting the lack of drinkable coffee where I spent my weekend. 
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« on: August 02, 2014, 11:19:55 PM »
Oooh! I haven't gotten to that one yet. How is it?
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« on: August 02, 2014, 11:17:46 AM »
Techno Ghosts
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« on: August 02, 2014, 11:13:16 AM »
1.The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2.Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
3.Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
4.Darth Plagueis by James Luceno
5.Shadow Hunter by Michael Reaves
6.Lockdown by Joe Schreiber
7.Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
8.The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
9.Hannibal by Thomas Harris
10. Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris
11. The Gunslinger by Stephen King
12. The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
13. The Waste Lands by Stephen King
14. Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
15. Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
16. Song of Susannah by Stephen King
17. The Dark Tower (book VII) by Stephen King
18. The Wind Through The Keyhole (book 4.5) by Stephen King
19. The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
20. Desperation by Stephen King
21. The Regulators by Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
22. Dexter's Final Cut by Jeff Lindsay
23. Shaka Zulu by Joshua Sinclair
24. The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks I finally finished The Sword of Shannara. It took me a ridiculous amount of time because it was so painful. I don't know why I did that to myself. So, since I read something that was derivative of the Lord of the Rings that was basically a shameless ripoff of it, I decided that I might as well read something openly derivative of it that's better. So I'm currently reading The Last Ringbearer, by Kirill Yeskov. I'm about halfway through it and so far it's amazing. If you're a Tolkien fan, I highly recommend it. Shannara, not so much.
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« on: July 31, 2014, 09:24:43 PM »
I thought you already had that.
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« on: July 31, 2014, 08:33:31 PM »
Ink Sense The ability to find the best-working pen from a pen cup on the first try, every time.
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« on: July 29, 2014, 10:18:58 PM »
This sounds like Foot Hockey Porn Ball....
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« on: July 28, 2014, 07:15:30 PM »
Coolio Point Valuation The ability to immediately assess the relative value of Coolio Points on the open market.
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« on: July 25, 2014, 09:16:22 PM »
Neural Interface -- The ability to interface with any computer of any kind mentally, because it's so much faster and efficient that way.
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« on: July 25, 2014, 09:08:20 PM »
I'm holding out for Christina Hendricks.  
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« on: July 25, 2014, 09:04:11 PM »
VTbew.
Bew bew bew bew!
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« on: July 23, 2014, 09:37:49 PM »
Speaking of, I JUST SENT YOU LIKE NINE EMAILS CHRIS WHY HAVEN'T YOU RESPONDED TO ALL OF THEM I SENT THEM 4 MINUTES AGO ALREADY!!!!!!!!1111
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« on: July 23, 2014, 09:31:11 PM »
Stupid Council of Nicaea!!! 
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« on: July 21, 2014, 07:47:51 PM »
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« on: July 20, 2014, 11:04:23 AM »
I got the same as Jaepheth, so now we're besties.
Antinomianism
You are Antinomianism!
Antinomianism teaches that, since salvation is by faith alone, Christians are under no obligation to obey any moral law. Views of this sort were held by various Gnostic sects in the early centuries of the church, who argued that laws governing human behaviour were of no account since the inward spiritual essence of the human person could never be affected by the actions of the physical body. The term "antinomianism" itself, however, only arose in the aftermath of the continental Reformation, in which some of the more extreme followers of Luther understood the new emphasis on salvation through faith to invalidate the validity of any standard of moral law. Although Luther himself condemned this belief as a heresy, bitter antinomian controversies continued to spring up within Lutheranism and within English Puritanism throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The doctrine is condemned in the Lutheran Book of Concord and in the Decree on Justification of the Council of Trent.
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« on: July 20, 2014, 10:05:35 AM »
Had a dream where 4 other friends of mine were always talking about these books they were reading, and they were trying to get me to check them out too. Turns out they were Batman novels. And there were like 30 of them. They even had this log book that listed each chapter in each book, and you had to initial next to each one after you read it. That way nobody could talk about any chapters in front of anyone else who hadn't read that one yet, so as to avoid spoilers. Weird Tingly Feeling, brain. Whatever you're trying to tell me, I'm not following it. EDIT: LOL, I'd totally forgotten about the "W.T.F." filter! 
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« on: July 18, 2014, 07:11:54 PM »
Dream Jerk
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« on: July 17, 2014, 11:53:47 AM »
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