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Comment Other things that talk to you (Score 2) 236

Does anyone actually like pieces of technology that talk to you? I'm reminded of a printer a coworker told me about (lexmark I think he said) that would annoyingly let you know what it's doing. And am I the only one that turns off my GPS' voice output. Don't get me started on those dignity removing phone systems that you have to speak to instead of pushing a button for your selection.

Comment Re:So... (Score 1) 1017

A little off topic, but I'll lend some personal experience here. Aged 24, at a DUI checkpoint, I blew UNDER the legal limit, was very polite and showed no inability to drive safely. I was thrown in cuffs, notified I'm under arrest for driving while intoxicated, taken to a hospital, video taped, took my blood. Meanwhile I was sitting near people noticably intoxicated or apprehended for doing far more nefarious acts than I. Still in cuffs, the cop wouldn't let me fish my phone out of my pocket to wake my girlfriend up at 2AM to come pick me up at the hospital--so he made the call and of course scared the shit out of her. I was notified that if I was over the limit I could be charged for up to a year. I wasn't charged, nor had I done anything illegal.....however I was so petrified of my name being in the paper or otherwise defamed, along with losing my rights for a night. To this day I've never even gotten a speeding ticket, getting thrown in the back of a cop car was not something I enjoyed.

Comment Re:Now I know I'm among friends here on slashdot (Score 1) 840

Just because someone disagrees with you, does not make them a hipster. Your typical macro-brewery brews a less flavorful beer, and that's all there is to it. They don't use varied ingredients, which is actually reminiscent of most German beer. Liking one flavor of beer isn't about right or wrong, because it's an opinion. Also re: Sam Adams, they make one of the most exclusive (hipster....beer snob?) beers in the world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Adams_(beer)#Utopias

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