Posts made by RAM.

I have mixed feelings about this, its owned by the city, thus prices can be subsidized by taxes creating an unrealistically low price that the private sector has no way of competing with. Sounds good... could be good... I just don't know how I feel about the entire execution of it.

@IRJ said:

I didnt even know that existed, but it looks awesome

it has world of warcraft characters and rides all unlicensed of course.

has anyone been to joyland in china?

@scottalanmiller said:


its a broken image symbol. Am I right?

@ITcrackerjack Yeah I was trying to upgrade to a GS5, and was arguing with them because I wanted to upgrade early. They kept saying "you can do NEXT, its the best option". I wasn't convinced seeing as one bill was like $110/month and the bill with the NEXT plan was $120/month, difference was I"d pay $200 for the phone that day, opposed to my lease policy for X months. Ok so if I went with the NEXT plan for 18 months, I'd spend $180 towards my phone, opposed to $200 up front. Sounds fine, yes save a little money... but I don't get to keep it. For me to keep it I have to pay $10 more per month over 6 months, resulting in me spending $40 more than not using next. $40 doesn't sound like much, if I sell it on Ebay for $150, it takes a decent chunk out of my profit margin, but not absurd. But lets all be honest here, all the poor schmucks that fell for this without having all the information.... they're either turning their phone in at 18 months and losing money... or they're getting pissed and jumping ship.

You may get a new phone in 18 months, but AT&T gets a refurbished phone they can turn around and sell for $400+ so they can turn an extra profit at the expense of people who don't read between the lines... and their salesmen have been trained to tell you how it saves you money... and that's the worst part in my opinion.

Don't do the NEXT plan from ATT, its a crock and a scam honestly. You get the 18 month plan for the phone and not a 2 year contract, just the phone itself. During those 18 months you're leasing the phone, IE you pay (according to the salesmen) $40 less than if you do the 2 year contract. $40 sounds awesome now doesn't it? But this is where they don't tell you the following, after the 18 month is up, you can choose to continue to lease your phone for the next 6 months, IE 24 months, and by the end of the 24 months you'll own the phone. Meaning you PAY MORE for the phone.

Whats the catch? What if you're content with upgrading? The phone has to be in "resellable" condition, or you are stuck paying it off over 6 months. And why must it be resellable? Because you return it to them, and get your new phone and no monetary gain. Which lets be honest... odds are you'd want to sell it on Ebay after you were done with it and make a nice $50-$200 profit. Not sure where that guy said I'd be saving $40 comes from.

NEXT is a scam, and they need to clarify what they are saying before trying to sell it to people.

Fact, since Scott has no need for sustenance due to his robotic digestive system producing energy via solar power, he's be privileged enough to save up and purchase the only fish tank that holds a blue whale.

@technobabble said:

@Minion-Queen hmm...are you really saying if you don't get a nap, you might kill someone? LOL! Sometimes I feel like that!

most likely someone who is taking a nap, they're an easy target, hence the life expectancy of nappers being shorter.

screw "naps" I can't do it. I have the sleep habits of a grumpy teenager, I HATE going to sleep, even if its for a quick nap.

Realistically I want a pair, when the price drops to a reasonable price of course. That said I personally started looking at it as goofy, something I'd never use, something I'd never need. Fast forward to just a month ago when I bought the Gear 2 Neo as a joke and realized... this thing is AWESOME. I use it... a LOT and I thought I was going to use it to check time and that's it. Made me think "well if I thought this was a joke and yet I'm using it non-stop... maybe the glass is much more awesome than I previously perceived it as".

I will have google glass, just not for $1,500.

@scottalanmiller said:

I don't really get phone calls so I am safe.

you'll get a white girl wasted voice mail in the morning than

@Bill-Kindle you were coherent at least, you weren't a babbling buffoon... but now I may need to drunk dial you, @scottalanmiller and @Aaron-Studer whenever I get drunk again... which is very VERY rare.

@Gabi said:

Crikey, you know what to say if you get asked out for a drink then. No!!!

I had an interesting scenario about a month ago, my friends are still laughing about it! Strange people everywhere!

Next time I get drunk I'll shoot you an email lets see how that plays out

@Gabi said:

Maybe he thought of you as more of a friend :s

if @scottalanmiller or @Bill-Kindle called me to bullshit, I'd have no issue (they both have my number that's why I'm using them as an example), but if they chose to rape my ear with weird statements and bizarre questions that have no answer... I'd be perturbed by that.

I'm not perturbed by the follow up conversation, that was just as weird as the first... I hope he didn't confuse me with his lover Bill... I haven't had long hair for 3 years.... I might grow it back though....

lol Scott tell my fiancee you get signal everywhere and she'll giggle. Her parents live in Western Maryland, I went to text someone and they said "you have to stand in the drive way, there is no service in the house". I looked at my phone and... full bars, looked at her phone and... nothing. At least my phone doesn't require me to stand in driveways to text lol.

Secondly a VP was trying to send an email from a job site, had to chase his phone around in the air like he was flying a kite until he got a signal... he tripped and dropped his phone in a river. Once again, a feature ATT hasn't given me yet lol.

@Reid-Cooper said:

Yes but.... She has no soul. And she's no Amy Pond.

shiver Kirsten Dunst holds no torch to Karen Gillan, especially with those weird teeth...

Side note, so I did call. Conversation went like this "Hey [persons name] whats goin' on? Just thought I'd call and ask if everything was ok over there". He goes "oh everything is fine, why do you ask?" I respond with "well you called me Sunday night, and it was really confusing".

You're going to have to read what he said as fast as you possibly can, because he said it fast as HELL. "OH I CALLED YOU?? Forget it, disregard that, it never happened, just forget about it, wasn't you, was supposed to be someone else, so don't worry, just forget about it, is that cool? Ok cool, talk to you later man" And hung up... I think my soul is getting murdered soon.

Negative I have not called... yet... just a bit weirded out still by the situation.

@StrongBad said:

That sucks. Are things improving any?

I was suppose to set up a webinar at 12:00 because well... sitting at your desk is way too complicated... and I wasn't reminded until 11:57... glad we're using a workstation that's 14 years old to stream video... only took 7 minutes to boot up....

@scottalanmiller said:

I must be missing something, why would FOG need/have filesystem support?

from my understanding it was unable to clone the EXT4 file system.