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  1. BrutulTM

    5 major ISPs roll out the "six strikes" policy regarding illegal downloads.

    I think the Hopper takes it one step further and automatically detects and removes the commercials, or at least makes a 1-click action to skip the commercial.
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    2013 NFL Offseason and Draft

    I guess we won't be seeing a Baltimore dynasty anytime soon.
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    Google Glass

    The Verge did a great story on Google Glass this week. I used Google Glass: the future, but with monthly updates
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    Your Own Photography

    ^Definitely dig this shot. Here's one that I took a long time ago when I knew nothing about photography and had a super shitty camera. It's not the greatest exposure but I still kind of like it.
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    Top Chef - Seattle

    Finale format was total bullshit. The finale has always been the one challenge where they drop the reality show bullshit and let them just cook and this time they made it the most reality bullshit challenge of the season. Also, how do you go from staying up all night arguing over who won to...
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    2013 NFL Offseason and Draft

    Alex Smith is a great example of why drafting a QB #1 can fuck your team for years. The Chiefs aren't going to the Superbowl next year, probably not even the playoffs, and Alex will probably be fine as a QB for them and is more of a known quantity than anyone that they could have drafted in the...
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    Getting started in computer programming

    This is pretty much true of all degrees I think. People think they're going to come out of college with a job skill, but all it really does is give you a taste for the world you're getting into and show your prospective employer that you are capable of finishing something difficult. You learn...
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    Embedded Programming and Design

    I had a 4 person team, two of which were a couple that lived together and they decided to break up in the middle of the senior project. Needless to say, they were useless for most of the project and me and the other guy had to do almost everything and even the other guy more or less failed at...
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    Your Own Photography

    The main places where the P&S's fail is in low light or when taking pictures of things that are moving quickly. Also, for a lot of pictures you have to wait for good light no matter how fancy your camera is. One of the main skills in photography is learning to "see" light and then being...
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    Your Own Photography

    Don't think that because you don't have a high end camera that you can't take high quality photos. ADSLRwill be able to take pictures better in difficult conditions and gives you more control, but even low end P&S cameras can take great pictures if the light/conditions are favorable.
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    Home Theater In a Box ?

    I have been burned on refurb shit a couple times now. A lot of times it means it has an intermittent problem. I think half of that stuff is something someone returned because it was defective, they got it in, turned it on for 2 minutes, it worked fine, so they put it in a box and sell it as...
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    Couples Swinging

    Fair enough, but it's something to consider when you start thinking long term. It's probably going to take some therapy to get her to the point of being marriage material and the swinging thing is probably the opposite of that.
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    Office Politics

    Don't over think it. It's not really any different than any other situation. Just don't be a dick and take your cues from your coworkers on things like lunch etc.
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    Couples Swinging

    She's probably into this because her dad either abandoned her or stuck his finger in her at a young age.
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    Political Affiliation

    When someone says "I'm an anarchist" I hear "I'm either stupid or I haven't thought this through". In fact, the best response would be to beat the shit out of them with a lead pipe and then say "Since you're an anarchist, I know you're not going to call the cops about this, and of course you...
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    Smartphones

    Samsung is also toying with their own operating system, although personally I can't really see that taking off at this stage of the game.
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    2013 Oscar Nominations

    I watched Donnie Brasco again this weekend and it is a good movie, but all I could think was I wish that Johnny Depp was Ray Liotta, Bruno Kirby actually was Joe Pesci instead of a guy doing a Joe Pesci impression, and that I was watching Goodfellas instead of a well made Goodfellas ripoff...
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    The Fast Food Thread

    But that fake Mexican chef lady rejected the steak 9 times!
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    2013 Oscar Nominations

    I heard a podcast with Matt Atchity from Rotten Tomatoes and he thinks that the Academy is just jealous of Affleck because he's too good looking and has too hot of a wife so he's not supposed to get to be a hotshot director too. It is true that when you're handicapping the Oscars you're really...
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    March Book of the Month Poll

    I don't really see anything but fantasy or sci-fi ever winning one of these polls on this board. "Lonesome Dove" is one of my all time favorite books though, I highly recommend it. Not sure why it's in the "young adult" section though.
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    Smartphones

    I take no precautions with my Galaxy Nexus and almost never have trouble getting through the day unless I do a whole bunch of downloading on 4G. I live in an area with no cell coverage and the thing is searching all day. I leave LTE, WiFi, and Bluetooth on all the time and today I probably...
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    2013 Oscar Nominations

    If you didn't consider yourself an old man before, this post is where you became one.
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    Spartacus

    Yeah, people comparing this show to Rome is a pretty big stretch. I have watched every episode of Spartacus and mostly enjoyed it, but it's just a video game compared to Rome.
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    2013 Oscar Nominations

    Some seriously bad taste in movies being exposed here. David Duchovny? Has he even been in one good movie? I can't think of one. Jesus fucking Christ.
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    Direct Tv

    Don't know why that is, but the good news is 20 Mbit is plenty fast enough for just about anything you can do on the internet.
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    2013 NFL Offseason and Draft

    Kansas City - Where 49ers quarterbacks go to die.
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    Smartphones

    My HTC Incredible had horrible battery life as well. I just carried a spare battery in my pocket and swapped it when it got low.
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    DIY Marine LEDS

    I used to be an electrical engineer but I don't know anything about DIY aquarium lights, LED or otherwise. I think the aquarium message boards are probably your best bet.
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    Smartphones

    The EVO was one of the first LTE phones. The reason that Apple waited a year to put in LTE was so the chips could be refined and they wouldn't burn so much battery. That said, I do think that LTE iPhones have less battery life than previous models, which is not a surprise.
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    Spartacus

    I'm just having a hard time giving a damn about any of the characters now. I was much more invested in earlier seasons.
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    Google Glass

    It seems kind of neat. It's useless for me because I live in the middle of nowhere, but it has some interesting stuff when I'm in a city.
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    Google Glass

    Saying "comma", "period", "question mark", "exclamation point" and "return" work with Android, at least in the newest version. You have to kind of pause before them to get them to work. BTW, my swiftkeyX just updated to include swype functionality and I now love it so much. I always went...
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    Spartacus

    Much cheaper than filler episodes. I have to say the plot of this season is pretty silly, but then I never watched this show for it's realism.
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    Gold Rush

    I think they could have done that in one hour.
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    Smartphones

    Apple is not nearly as secure as they used to be. Basically everything about the iPhone 5 leaked before it came out. That said, that dude at Verizon is 100% full of shit.
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    Tablets

    Google I/O is March 13th. Pretty good chance of some new nexus stuff being announced then. EDIT: Woops, it's in May, not March. Registration just opens March 13th.
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    Direct Tv

    I switched from Dish to DirecTV about a year and a half ago for free NFL Sunday Ticket. It's better than Dish for sure. I have no complaints even though I don't have the sexy new DVR. NFL Sunday Ticket is godly if you are a football fan and don't live in your team's city. I actually paid for...
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    Political Affiliation

    That's because the deck is stacked against third parties in this country. Ron Paul ran as a libertarian once and then went back to being a Republican because he felt that was the only choice where he had a chance of getting his ideas heard. After Ross Perot they changed the rules so it's...