the first film to be shot entirely in slow motion!

I used to laugh at people who cared about shaving a few seconds off of boot time. I figured it was mostly for bragging rights. Now that I have a laptop with SSD I have changed my tune. The big difference comes when I have to change location. I used to put close the lid, or put the laptop to sleep, but all of that uses power and sometimes I don't know how long until I get a chance to resume working. This meant if something came up and it took me an hour to get back to work, I was nearly out of power.

Now that I can boot in 18 seconds, I am much more likely to simply turn the laptop off. This way, no matter how long it takes me to get around to working again, I always have plenty of battery life left. This is wonderful at busy airports!

Strange... all my friends that use bitcoins have no trouble accessing their funds. Perhaps this is only limited in scope?

Not me! I paid off my loans in 18 months...Just thinking about paying them for 10 years makes me want to go suck a tail pipe. Of course I was very careful with how I paid for my education and spent most of my time at low-cost community colleges. Yes I attended more then one.

for now anyway. I can see a future board meeting going something like this: "We are not seeing the market penetration we desire. The users must not be aware of our fabulous features. Turn everything on by default in the next update so they all see how awesome we really are. No I haven't done any usability research on potential impacts of this and I am sure the end users will simply throw their legs up and pollute their britches with joy" Not that I have much experiance with BBM honestly... this just seems like it always happens at some point.

you're post reminded me of when I used to sell camping equipment. When it came time to show the customers our fine selection of headlamps for hiking/climbing, inevitably while examining it they would end up shining it directly into my eyes. It got the point where I just handed them the flashlight and closed my eyes til I heard it click twice.

a very thoughtful reply indeed. It's little clues like that...

citation needed. I place it before the number because a percent is a decimal.

For the last time, those are SALMON!

You know, it's true -- children are the future.

Friend of mine's Ford died this same way too. Lucky the car was still under warrantee but he was without it for a weekend. It kind of makes me think about the used car market since that is all I buy. Someday I won't be able to buy a 10-year-old car on the cheap because while it may be mechanically sound, none of the controls will work.

haha funny image. really though I got a kick out of picturing it.

See, not all of us own guns for revenge. I keep mine because I have read enough about the sick criminals that invade homes to know I don't want to feel the chill of knowing there is a stranger in my home who has entered with undoubtedly hostile intentions. I don't ever want to hurt a human or animal with my guns. But I will not hesitate to if I feel my or my loved one's safety is in danger. My house has been broken into before. If you have never gone thru that then you really do not understand how it makes you feel. Maybe there is a tinge of vengeance in my motives due to that experience but that is a reason I keep a loud shotgun. Any intruder that hears me rack that thing will likely run away and attempt to steal a clean pair of underwear elsewhere.

haha my mother had the exact same experience. We call it the McBarf in our family. Even better was their slogan, "McBag it!"