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| 11-11-12 01:29am - 4425 days | #23 | |
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turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I live in LA and I voted against both (the condom measure was technically called "Measure B - Safer Sex in Adult Films") and both passed...  The condom initiative just seemed silly and pedantic, particularly as a government-mandated regulation, like New York City's recent 16 ounces or less soda rule. I don't think of myself as a cold-hearted libertarian but I also don't think districts as populous as New York City or Los Angeles County have the time or the resources to be concerned with soda sizes or condom wearing. No, it's not big government tyranny stamping its jackboot on my Big Gulp or my boy-girl porn (we have health and religious demagogues to do that), it's just politicians dreaming up make-believe ends so that they can justify rather useless legal means. In NYC you can still go to any store and cart away as many 2 liter (way over 16 oz.) bottles as you can afford. And in LA, as others have already mentioned, the porn can be shot outside of LA county so we can see all the rubber-free dicks our hearts desire. What good will come of either law, besides a lot of jokes? As far as Prop 35 is concerned I think it had to do a lot with representation and simple naming rights. Like the PATRIOT Act back in 2001 I don't think voters felt comfortable going against an act that had the words "Human Trafficking" as its title, despite not understanding that we already have laws pertaining to it (I wonder how many actually thought we might not have any laws to deal with this). "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove Edited on Nov 11, 2012, 02:01am (turboshaft: Spelling) | |
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| 11-10-12 10:47pm - 4425 days | #22 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
"Land of the free" is one of our many bullshit campaign slogans, not an actual philosophy. Yes, our culture is "saturated"--to choose an appropriate descriptor--with sex but we're still a country of moral Puritans. Still, some sites operate happily and in the black outside of the San Fernando Valley. Kink.com is in San Francisco, though that's hardly the Bible Best of America. ALSScan is in Maryland, literally on the other side of the continent, so porn won't exactly suffocate in a sea of latex and regulation. But the whole "Land of the Free" thing always gives me a laugh. Try smoking a joint in public like you would a cigarette (which are also highly regulated) and see how "free" you feel when the next cop strolls by. Try saying "fuck" or showing a bare breast on broadcast TV without an accompanying fine. Or compare our prison population to any other country on earth and explain to me how any of it exactly equates to being "free." Sorry, just my  . What was the question again?  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 11-07-12 09:33pm - 4428 days | #90 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Just spitballin' here, but did you reformat the drive when you first got it? I haven't bought a Western Digital in a while but I seem to remember them being one of those brands that includes some bullshit backup/recovery program automatically installed. Though I honestly don't think this would affect speed but anything's possible. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 11-06-12 04:06pm - 4429 days | #81 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
It's more than a name badge. From what I've read they're are completely different except maybe in size and weight. Hiluxes seem to be marketed as work trucks--a role already taken by our cartoonishly large American-make pickups--and a lot of the comfort features (A/C, power seats, automatic transmission, etc.) are options, not standards. Ironic considering that Hilux is supposed to mean "high-luxury," but makes sense when you consider it's not the same as the Tacoma pickup. And as far as why, I'm sure you know about the "Chicken tax" that makes it economically impractical to import light trucks like the Hilux (their Tundra and Tacoma models are made in the U.S.). Besides the chicken tax costs, I think modifying a number of vehicles to meet federal U.S. safety and emissions standards (another reason for fewer Euro and Asian diesels available in the states) would ultimately make them too expensive for most buyers. Still pisses me off though!  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 11-06-12 03:49pm - 4429 days | #8 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
One of the benefits of not living in a swing state is the lack of active campaigning (not having cable service helps too), though it's also a subtle way of being told that your vote doesn't really matter to the candidates. And I honestly hate the electoral system as much as anybody. Until it is put out to pasture and replaced with a true popular vote system I'm not falling for the whole "every vote counts" nonsense I have to hear every election cycle. I still hold strong memories of 2000 and all the numbskullery that followed. Popular votes meant roughly jackshit in that election, and it was an example of why so many don't bother to vote in the first place.  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove Edited on Nov 06, 2012, 03:53pm | |
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| 11-06-12 01:24pm - 4429 days | #79 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Yes, that's about right, though we would sell it as $8.10 9/10. It's amusing to hear people in the U.S. complain about gas prices (or its taxes, regulations, etc.) in the U.S. when you compare them to Europe's. Or that we can label 20 mpg as "efficient" because it's so much better than the 18 mpg that the previous model got. We can still get giant cars and trucks, fairly low gas prices, and licensing requirements that are made up by the states instead of the federal government (I can only imagine the frothing at the mouth a federal driver license proposal would produce). It's not all good though; our various state governments are in love with cameras of all kinds (I know they're a controversy in the U.K.), public transportation is still not taken seriously by a lot of politicians, and we seem to think fossil fuel is an infinite resource. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 11-06-12 01:08pm - 4429 days | #78 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
They generally get cheaper in the fall, especially compared to their peaks in the summer months, but I don't think the elections themselves lower them. I still get irked that they become a heated topic of debate though--there are bigger issues for the president than just the price of regular unleaded. Add in that there is barely a mention of climate change (just a theory!) or conservation (unAmerican!) and I would say the candidates really don't care that much about gas prices in particular or long term energy problems in general. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 11-06-12 12:55pm - 4429 days | #77 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
On some models sold in the U.S. the price difference is considerable. The base price of a U.S.-sold 2-door Volkswagen Golf is around $1500 more than the base price of a 4-door gas version. They list the fuel efficiency as being 6-10 mpg better but I'd bet the price difference would turn people away, as well as the difference at the pump. Still I think there are a lot of compact to midsize cars in the U.S. that would be great with diesel engines. Like all of the Golf's competitors, plus all the small SUVs, crossovers, and if they ever return to the states, small pickups as well. One example of Americans losing out on this is the Ford Ranger pickup, which they stopped making and selling in the U.S. in 2011. Ford now makes a new model to try and rival Toyota's legendary Hilux (also of Top Gear infamy), including offering two diesel options, but it is unlikely to be sold in the U.S. anytime soon. Hey, whatever happened to free trade?  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 11-04-12 11:01pm - 4431 days | #65 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Didn't Top Gear address this a few years ago (since they have an hilariously endless list of complaints for the Prius, as well as its drivers)? They drove a Prius balls-to-the-wall around a track, followed by a BMW with a considerably bigger, non-hybrid engine (might have been diesel though) at the same speed, and the BMW achieved better fuel efficiency. And not to sound like too much of an ass, but I rarely see Priuses (Prii?  ) driven as if fuel efficiency is the goal. Granted, here in LA the city uses them for meter maids, where short, low speed trips are ideal for an engine that shuts off when it idles too long, but private citizens seem to treat it like a lozenge-shaped sports car.Personally, I'd rather have a midsize fully diesel engine for the economy and the extreme long life. Sadly diesel engines outside of steroidal pickups seem to be practically unconstitutional here in the U.S. (Sorry about the late reply Toadsith, just noticed it.) "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 10-15-12 09:14pm - 4451 days | #883 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Well, we actually mean refresh rate, right?  (If this was a video forum there would be a massive flame war already.)I read somewhere around the time the Hobbit trailer was released that a cinematographer had done some tests with audiences in the 1980s that frame rates "maxed out" at 72 FPS, that is there seemed to be no measurable benefit beyond that frame rate (the human brain could not process the information to visualize a "better" picture). Of course, I don't think they were watching sports footage or anything that might have really needed such high frame rates. I've heard that some people didn't like the 48 FPS trailer because it lost the filmic 24 FPS look that we all expect from movies, as opposed to the "fake" look of 30 FPS video that it reminded people of. Figures that I've gotten to a point where I prefer all my porn be shot in home video-looking 30 FPS (or Euro-style 25 FPS), lest I know it's truly all fake!  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 10-15-12 08:50pm - 4451 days | #13 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
No offense, but this is why I have always wondered who bodybuilding mags are really aimed at--just straight men with a purely platonic interest in other men's bodies? Watched a documentary recently where one of the talking heads said that men who put a lot of time and effort into their appearance are ultimately looking for the approval of other men, rather than just trying to attract partners. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 10-15-12 08:43pm - 4451 days | #12 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Not to digress too much from the original thread subject, but I read a article a few months ago about people who work for Google sifting through all the new "questionable" pics that come through Google Images--from the possibly-snuff to the boatloads of genuine child porn that has to be reported to the FBI within 24 hours. Pretty depressing, as they are employed as independent contractors for the first 12 months, not as regular Google employees. I.e., no benefits, etc., and they usually need counseling (and a less psychologically traumatizing job) afterwards. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 10-14-12 05:59pm - 4452 days | #881 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I'd prefer to see it in 48 FPS and HD, then decide if I want to pluck down the money (well, more money) for the 3D experience along with the higher frame rate. Plus, you'd only really be able to see the original 48 FPS in a theater, right? I'd imagine most people's HD TVs would have to be adjusted, assuming the Blu-Ray or whatever version hasn't had the frame rate changed in the first place. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 10-10-12 01:14pm - 4456 days | #49 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
It can be risky in that if and when the drive ever fails you have the potential to lose a lot more data at once depending on how much you have on it. My rule is to back up the really important data--i.e., the non-porn; financial and family stuff, etc.--in multiple places, including maybe even a cloud storage, and have at least a duplicate of your absolute favorite porn on another physically separate drive. Obviously you're going to have to be a little discriminatory and decide what you'd absolutely never want to lose/couldn't replace, but if you claim you can never lose any of your porn--ever!--than hard drive reliability might not be your biggest problem. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 10-10-12 05:22am - 4456 days | #10 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
One of the reasons I've never understood national politicians ripping on the very system that pays, guards, and takes care of them. Seriously, if you hate the federal government that much how 'bout you stop running for reelection and get the fuck out!  Of course the U.S. Congress has a dismally low approval rating, as a whole, but ask people about their own representatives (at least those who can identify them) and the approval ratings skyrocket. "Oh, congress sucks, except for my representative!" And just my luck, the junior U.S. senator who was up for reelection in my state decided, after a single term, not to run again--and he had actually introduced and help pass legislation that affected me in a positive and lasting manner. I guess terms limits only work when they're self-imposed by sane, rational politicians! "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 10-10-12 05:10am - 4456 days | #9 | ||
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I'm American and I can't see them as truly representative either. Worse, I recently read a defense of the ever-growing length of our presidential election campaigns, as if each of the two major candidates raising close to a billion dollars is money well spent. Regardless of what citizens actually think, our Supreme Court has opened up this campaign finance shitstorm even more by defining corporations as people, lest our 1st Amendment crumble under the tyranny of only defining a person as a person.
At least you get to enjoy a little something back in return for your tax dollars. We get a gee-whiz military machine that eats up a fifth of the federal budget and is spread out over nearly every part of the planet. This is also somehow the holy untouchable part of the federal budget to most politicians. Mitt Romney, the theoretically more fiscally conservative presidential candidate, wants to reign in the debt and spending while also expanding the military and cutting all personal income taxes. I'm not sure how any of this nonsense is even possible, but it's probably best contemplated with a strong drink.  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | ||
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| 10-10-12 04:45am - 4456 days | #19 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Not even muscle, otherwise you would literally only get hard when you get hard, not gain any size. No cartilage, because it would be like one of those jelly dildos; firm shape, but not particularly hard or much chance of getting any harder or bigger. No bone, though most other animals do have one (I assume because they didn't evolve to play contact sports? ).While on the topic, one of the crazier things I've read about the human penis (not that I've read that much  ) is that the head is shaped like it is because our earlier ancestors would engage in group sex/rape with the same female. The theory is that the shape evolved out of the male partner being able to get the last genetic word in, so to speak, and push the previous guy's DNA out of the way. (Or, if you're a creationist, it could be that your designer has a thing for orgies and skipping birth control.)I'm sure there's a porn genre in their somewhere, though (I hope) pregnancy is not the intent! "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 10-10-12 04:22am - 4456 days | #18 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Don't forget that if he's circumcised then he will definitely have some scarring, though I would think it would be less obvious than that left by a recent implant. Unfortunately, as far as genital modifications go, circumcision seems to enjoy a lot more acceptance, particularly in the U.S., than other slice-and-dice procedures. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 10-10-12 04:13am - 4456 days | #46 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Some of the best hard drive buying advice right there. Do enough research and eventually you'll find a counterpoint to every "it's the best" review or the inevitable "fuck these guys and their crappy products!" review. All hard drives, and every single part of a computer for that matter, has the potential to fail at one point or another. Add in the factors that most hard drives are not solid state, get mishandled, and that many of us don't bother to backup (you know who you are ), then it's easy to understand why people like Denner are nervous about buying a new one. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 09-02-12 03:13pm - 4494 days | #21 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Are flammable implants what you get went you don't have the money for fire-safe ones? "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 09-01-12 10:24pm - 4495 days | #18 | ||
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
As funny as that sounds, most breast implants give the impression of unnaturally gravity-defying lift, as if a girl is wearing an invisible bra. But super cleavage doesn't seem to be a common issue, and I would think that since Grand Canyon cleavage is fairly unnatural without the help of a robust bra a doctor would try and avoid that (though breasts that spread too far apart is also a complication).
Only if she also has a cleavage piercing too, in which case you're just asking for trouble or are a pretty committed adrenaline junkie/masochist. To each their own!  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove Edited on Sep 01, 2012, 10:31pm (turboshaft: Spelling) | ||
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| 09-01-12 09:54pm - 4495 days | #16 | ||
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I guess that's part of the appeal; that's it not "regular sex," or at least it didn't used to be, though sites still make it clear if something's anal or not (even redundantly so, like when the whole damn site is anal-themed). But I think it's also just part of the whole make-things-more-extreme! zeitgeist we've been seeing in porn since the Internet came along and turned nearly every act and fantasy into its own site. Like how Spinal Tap's amps go to 11, if they ever need "that extra push over the cliff," porn has anal to make hardcore just a little more hardcore. And I don't think it's a US-thing either, because I see plenty of European "anal queens" (are there no princesses in porn royalty?) and plenty of anal content on Euro sites. Hell, anal fisting was something I thought only the Europeans did until American sites started doing it separately from the studios, who still seem quite afraid to release such content to DVD/Blu-Ray. Just ask Seymore Butts.
Minority? Maybe in porn viewer-land, as it's become so popular lately, but it there is still plenty of content where the backdoor is closed for business, unless for some reason you absolutely love EverythingButt minus all the anal. (In that case I would recommend another site. )EverythingButt is also a case of a quality site that appeals to a somewhat specific niche, as I would say it goes beyond what you would find in most "anal" videos. Many of their videos include hard girl-girl, rimming, speculums, enemas, and fisting!  In other words they serve up a full course meal that at times feels like it turns into an eating contest (sorry for the choice of words there...). But look at something in whatever the hell genre HotKinkyJo.xxx and its ilk fall under and they can seem quite tame in comparison, or at the very least a little slower-paced. Let's just say HotKinkyJo aims for Mars while EverythingButt is only aiming for the moon (or a series of lawsuits whenever the theocrats take over). "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | ||
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| 08-29-12 02:58pm - 4498 days | #39 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
It's also a Flinstones reference. (I remember a line from Weird Al's "Bedrock Anthem" and The Google immediately brings up a site about the Hanna-Barbera version of the Shriners.) "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 08-29-12 02:41pm - 4498 days | #13 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Hmm, I think I still prefer the men clothed and the ladies nude. And the fact that so much of women's clothing seems to be designed to flash skin makes me think I'm not alone in this view. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 08-29-12 02:38pm - 4498 days | #12 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Maybe, but I've seen plenty of women with all-too-real tits who would look better dressed, or at least with a well-fitted bra on instead. But then I always find those rare scenes where the girl never takes off her bra to be such insufferable teases! Still, given the benefit of the doubt, I'd always vote undressed. I don't watch porn for the fashion!  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 08-29-12 02:27pm - 4498 days | #14 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Harder softcore, softer hardcore? This thread is making my head spin, and not in a good way!  Call me screwed in the head, but maybe it's just because I naturally gravitate towards/sniff out a site's hardest content and am totally unaware that they do anything "softer." Sort of like how when I was a kid and I first learned about Playboy I didn't know you could actually read it.  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 08-26-12 03:10pm - 4501 days | #48 | ||
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I enjoyed the first two, thought they were a lot of fun for a GTA-ripoff, but I haven't played the third one. I agree though: more fun than GTA! Don't get me wrong, the GTA games, especially GTA IV, are amazing, involved, funny games, but Saints Row just lets you loose on a lot of non-story side challenges, whereas GTA still seems tied heavily to the story, especially since they release expansion packs based mostly on plot. However, I think GTA 5 (or V, or whatever) will be fun since it's going to back to Los Santos, Rockstar's interpretation of Los Angeles that they first did in GTA: San Andreas. That and it will be the first new GTA in four years. (Though I'll still wait to buy it for a third the price used.  ) "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | ||
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| 08-25-12 02:52pm - 4502 days | #5 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
In 2010 one of my personal porn goddesses Aurora Snow wrote about becoming one...at 24! (But age is really just a number, right? ) It's an interesting if slightly depressing read that gives you an idea of how insatiable the industry's appetite is for "fresh" (just-turned 18 ) talent. Ms. Snow certainly wasn't expecting to be a MILF so soon, but she didn't let it stop her either. My own opinion would be mid-30s, maybe even ≥40, though I am certainly no expert on MILFs, in porn or real life. In general I stay away from genres that excessively focus on age--"teen-___", "MILF ___", etc.--because it feels like it's trying to hard, not mention what a ridiculous ruse it is. As others have mentioned, there are plenty of moms in porn who are only in their teens or very early 20s (possibly part of the reason for them being in porn to begin with), while there are "MILFs" that have no children, or even the slightest intention of having any, and can make far hotter porn than girls who are hired simply for their ages and jailbait looks. There are quite a few stars who have somehow survived their "teen" years, have kept working and avoided being trapped in the whole MILF nonsense--Aurora Snow included, though she's less front-and-center than she used to be. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 08-11-12 06:22am - 4516 days | #24 | |
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Also a good reason not to use your laptop to watch movies on DVD/Blu-Ray without a power cord. Great way to drain your battery. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 08-11-12 06:19am - 4516 days | #23 | ||
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Computer manufacturers always try and pull that use-only-our-parts-or-else! shit on consumers in an effort to squeeze out a few bucks (or a few hundred ) for parts that could be bought elsewhere for much less money. Apple is notorious for the amount they charge for parts to upgrade/fix their computers, and that's not counting what their critics consider ripoff entry prices. Their "Apple memory," for example, is usually 3-5x what you would pay from other sellers, and they don't even offer the max RAM their machines are actually capable of using. And they're getting screwy with how they design their machines too. Their newest MacBook Pro laptop with the Retina display apparently has RAM that's soldered to the computer--as in permanently attached--and thus preventing an easy upgrade. I'm not picking on Apple here (I own a couple), but that's just one company, and one that's already making money by the truckload. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | ||
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| 08-11-12 06:02am - 4516 days | #22 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Hasn't flash memory been around for quite a few years, if not in quite the same forms as we are used to now? Super Nintendos uses cartridges to play and saves games, and that system was first sold in 1990-91. (I believe the original Nintendo, which is about ten years older, saves games the same way.) Now, since all game systems are disc-based, they use an internal HDD to save games. Would almost seem to be going backwards if SSDs are so hi-tech and cool, but it does help explain that there are still cost/space issues that make SSDs unattractive for a lot of people/companies. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 07-27-12 08:19pm - 4531 days | #22 | |
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That and it makes them sound like they're doing amateur porn. Seriously, people are there to work, not put their personal relationship on camera. And I would think that if you were to later regret doing porn that you would regret only doing it with a real partner, or even doing just one scene with a partner. Some sites (not sure about studios) I've heard have strict no-boyfriends policies where they don't even want them at a shoot because of jealousy/distraction issues. I can only imagine what I would think if I was watching my girlfriend make por with or in front of a bunch of complete strangers. Granted, I've read of girls who will only work with a select set of guys, but I presume they're usually not boyfriends. (Though one of my favorites, the amazing Aurora Snow, did this for a number of titles and it really irks me--needless to say I absolutely love her girl-girl stuff!  ) "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 07-20-12 10:16pm - 4538 days | #14 | |
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Why? It always worked for Patrick Bateman. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 07-20-12 09:56pm - 4538 days | #13 | |
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turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Hair trigger, or lack thereof? I've often wondered how a guy can make it "acting" through 30-45 minutes (or sometimes even longer) of hard fucking without jumping the gun, so to speak. But when you see how hard it is for him to actually finish at the end it makes a little more sense. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 07-09-12 01:36am - 4550 days | #47 | |
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turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Possibly fashionistas who like porn? But really, I have no idea. Though interestingly enough it seems high fashion uses a lot of semi nude models or just plain provocative advertising. Calvin Klein has generated lots of controversy with its underwear ads over the years. Or those porn star-modeled American Apparel ads, like this one with Faye Reagan. A lot of times they seem to just say "Fuck it, just make it look like softcore porn!" I guess this one is an ad for underwear, or something. It certainly doesn't have me thinking about clothes.  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 07-07-12 02:13am - 4552 days | #10 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Higher resolution, especially on a 15" display, should make it quite sharp and crisp (though I prefer not to describe porn in those terms!), but Apple wouldn't introduce a screen like that without having the OS ready to handle it, which is mostly just scaling the icons and toolbars. There might be a problem with older custom icons but someone has probably already come up with a work around. Sadly, your older lo-res videos and photos are not changing size, though the display isn't so big physically that it would be as obvious. There are already some 4K videos on YouTube though, but videos of this size are more of an issue for hosts' servers and Internet speed than viewers' displays. I'm not sure if we are all ready to see porn that was shot in such high resolution, say like on a Red Epic camera (very professional for porn, but not completely out of reach of a big enough studio). Makeup is going to have to be perfect for closeups, not too mention all the details makeup can't fix!  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 07-07-12 01:49am - 4552 days | #30 | |
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Forgive me if I'm misinterpreting your post, but it sounds like you are blaming the victim because some women aren't "strong enough" to realize what the bad boys really are. Frankly, it can be hard to tell what the future will bring to a relationship, especially as the dynamics change--careers, marriage, kids, etc.--and a "nice guy" (not "super nice," or are they all losers too?) can actually turn out to be a bad guy. I also blame it on partners not being pragmatic in judging who the person they are with really will/can become. The difference for guys is when they are let down it seems to rarely result in getting beaten up. Just my , though to be fair my views on relationships, or at least how they're "supposed" to work, particularly marriage, run from cynical to downright nihilistic. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 07-07-12 01:29am - 4552 days | #29 | |
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turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Not to be too much of a jackass, but the first response I thought of to the question of why men watch porn was it sure beats watching YouTube videos. (That and her editing style was gratingly intolerable.)But c'mon! Asking why men watch porn is like asking why my cat keeps begging for food even though I feed him regularly.  My question is why do some women have to keep wondering why men keep watching porn? Gee honey, now that I think about it, I don't see why I'd want to look at another video or photo of a naked girl ever again. I'm sure I'll just stop thinking about women and sex altogether! "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 07-07-12 01:14am - 4552 days | #40 | |
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turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Back to the original question... Public nudity: For some reason I find this not just boring but beyond boring, as if something that is supposed to be thrilling to do in real life is really quite a snoozer to watch. Seriously, I don't want to see a bunch of non-porn people in the background with their faces all blurred out like I'm sifting through evidence at a trial. Bondage, stereotypical "fetish" content, etc.: Always seems like a lot of fuss for what could have otherwise been good sex, but then some asshole had to drag in an actor with a large gut and/or a really creepy gimp suit while the girl plays the mistress or slave or whoever. How leather and knots become synonymous with hot sex is beyond me, but I guess I just like things a little simpler. CFNM, fully or semi-clothed content: For me, part of the thrill of porn is seeing hot women without those annoying things we call clothes. There isn't room in my book for some clothes, or really nice clothes, but only no clothes. Leave the costumer drama for the mainstream film world to handle. Just a few of my top picks for uninteresting content. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 06-08-12 04:06pm - 4580 days | #21 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I've heard that those who work in emergency rooms--particularly on late night shifts--have tons of crazy stories to tell, particularly when there's a difference between what a patient claims happened and what most likely happened. "It was the damnedest thing doctor..." "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 06-07-12 10:51pm - 4581 days | #11 | |
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Oh good god, I hope it's only from typing!  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 06-07-12 10:49pm - 4581 days | #17 | |||
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Me as well... I just wish I could go back and do the same thing when I'm speaking.  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |||
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| 06-07-12 10:36pm - 4581 days | #36 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Then your best bet is to 1.) become a billionaire; 2.) then start a successful porn site that serves as a model for the industry; and 3.) finally get every legitimate paysite to follow your anti-regional pricing lead. Good luck figuring out which of those steps is the hardest! Personally, if I had a billion or so dollars I think I would prefer to go the start-my-own-space-company route, a la Elon Musk (though he got his fortune from the Internet, so he probably knows better than to spend it all on porn). "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 06-07-12 10:24pm - 4581 days | #6 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
The cynic in me would agree with this first guess. How many sites, not to mention every brick and mortar store under the sun, asks for your e-mail address? One of my pet peeves (out of about a million...  ) is all this "create an account" nonsense you go through every time you buy something online.I guess you can never have too much spam. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 06-07-12 10:19pm - 4581 days | #19 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Sorry to hear about the lungs, but at least you still have your humor (and I assume the same doctor?). Thank goodness for doctor-patient privilege--though I'm sure he can just tell a story without mentioning any names! "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 05-24-12 04:49pm - 4595 days | #10 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Technically, in a democracy, even a representative one, the government's mistakes are the citizens ones. The government, at federal and state levels, is comprised of a large number of citizens employed as its civil servants, carrying out the daily business of keeping our country running in a relatively ordered fashion. It's incorrect to think of it all being totally divorced from private citizens, especially given the number of people who can vote. Still I find it amusing, if also a little baffling, that those who howl for "less government" also wish for a governmental authority to keep certain things in order. For example, someone may hate taxes and all the people and bureaucracy connected to them while at the same time also wishing for more police and stricter laws for them to enforce. On the other side of the debate, people may wish for "greater government control" over say, food and healthcare, but would wish for many of those in areas such as law enforcement and the judicial system to politely piss off and stay out of their private lives. Same symptom, different cure? "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 05-24-12 04:25pm - 4595 days | #9 | |
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turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Yes, Adobe calls Bridge "integrated software," so if you buy Photoshop you get Bridge. Makes sense because it's basically a necessity for organizing any large group of digital images. Bridge can also be quite handy for organizing any type of file or folder, not just images. Another great feature is Batch Rename where you can select files and rename with whatever parameters you feel like (date, time, sequence, text, etc.). Funny to think that Adobe put all the effort into the program for photo editors to organize their files but porn hounds can benefit too! (I'm sure there's a lot of crossover there--how much professional photography is dedicated exclusively to porn?  ) "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 05-24-12 04:13pm - 4595 days | #33 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Can't you get around this by making partitions that are 2TB or smaller? Not the most ideal solution, but you get the whole drive space, just not in a single partition. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 05-24-12 04:08pm - 4595 days | #32 | |
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turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
(This is to anyone who may have an answer, not just lk2fireone.) Not to sound too dumb, but why is almost every single computer component made outside of the U.S.? I understand for end user products like iPads, iPhones, laptops, etc. that there's a lot of assembly involved that requires cheap, mostly regulation-free, manual labor, but why so for somewhat similar individual components? Intel still fabricates a number of their chips in the States, though they have the majority of their assembly plants overseas. Would it ever be possible to do something similar and fabricate hard drive parts in the U.S. then ship them somewhere else to be cheaply assembled? Would seem to address the problem of natural disaster-related supply problems like in east Asia. I'm not so naïve as to think that a lot of companies would really embrace this. Apple is probably the best current example--they charge prices that don't reflect how cheap their overseas labor really is, especially considering other companies use the same workers and factories. There's even a slight hint at Apple products' Americaness when so many have "Designed by Apple in California Assembled in China" printed somewhere on them. Probably just wishful thinking on my part... "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 05-24-12 03:35pm - 4595 days | #832 | |
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turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I hope so too, as I loved World's Greatest Dad, his delightfully offensive 2009 comedy. It's a sort of barometer of my tastes in the comedy genre--if a film pisses off and offends viewers the way that one did, I might just enjoy it. On a side note, I recently saw Bobcat on Real Time with Bill Maher (along with Arsenio Hall of all people) promoting his newest film and I barely recognized him--not quite the manic standup comedian many fans probably know him as. Still very funny though. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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