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Comment: Re:'Kill shot' cameras (Score 1) 263

There is a bento place nearby that serves both Buffalo (Bison, dammit! But they call it Buffalo,) and Elk. The Elk is *VERY* hit-and-miss. Even the best I've had, I didn't like.

And, no offense to my wife, but she sucks at preparing meat dishes - and while I can do a decent job on meat dishes, I have tried once (my grandfather was an avid hunter-for-food, and gave me a frozen chunk,) and did a horrible job on Elk. Even my grandmother's preparation was "iffy".

But there are a few other meat types that I just don't like the taste of, that others love (turkey, for example.) So it's probably a combination of iffy preparation and just plain dislike.

Comment: Interesting: "Film is dead", but no "film"... (Score 1) 409

by Anonymous Freak (#39344679) Attached to: What Is Your Favorite Way of Watching a Movie

What's wrong with a good 8mm or 16mm print projected at home?

For feature films, I prefer to watch them on a large screen, with comfortable seats, surrounded by others who will enjoy the feature in the manner the creators intended. i.e. if a "kid's movie", around kids who will laugh and giggle appropriately (including my own kid, obviously, 'cause otherwise that would be weird,) for a drama, around others who will treat the movie seriously, and not crack wise loudly during the show.

For re-watching, at home, on a large-ish TV, at a good volume, with a supply of snacks and access to a 'pause' button.

Comment: Re:'Kill shot' cameras (Score 2) 263

by Anonymous Freak (#39344291) Attached to: Camera Gun Would Let Hunters Get Killer Wildlife Shots

Yeah, I'm not big on hunting - largely because I think hunting for "sport" is stupid, if I hunt, I'll hunt because I want to eat what I caught. Considering I have yet to find a place to hunt Angus Beef Stock, and Elk tastes like crap, I won't be hunting anytime soon.

But *THIS* is interesting. I enjoy target shooting, and this would be an activity the difficulty of hunting, without worrying about having to haul/clean/eat something I have no interest in eating.

Comment: Answers a lot. (Score 4, Interesting) 88

by Anonymous Freak (#39216471) Attached to: LinkedIn Profiles Contain Fewer Lies Than Resumes

I am on the "interview" team at work (interviewing candidates,) and I usually try to search for each applicant on LinkedIn, etc. I have noticed that when job titles differ from resume to LinkedIn, they are almost uniformly less-inflated on LinkedIn. (One applicant's resume read as almost completely different than their LinkedIn history - it even took effort to realize that the LinkedIn profile showed the contract agency, with the client company in the small print, while the resume showed only the client company, in nearly every job.)

Comment: Any "full price" phone on prepaid voice-only plans (Score 1) 294

by Anonymous Freak (#39142085) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Mobile Phone Solution With No Data Plan?

You can pay $650 for an iPhone 4S unlocked and contract-free, then pay AT&T or T-Mobile 10 cents a minute for voice (or do one of the fixed number of minutes plans for slightly cheaper, even up to unlimited minutes,) without adding a data plan. ($375 for an iPhone 3GS, $650 for Droid Razr Maxx, etc...)

Comment: Re:Not a problem... (Score 1) 1065

by Anonymous Freak (#39128877) Attached to: The Zuckerberg Tax

Corporate tax rate of 25%? Bull. I *NEVER* paid anywhere *NEAR* 25% in corporate taxes. I was closer to 5%. And had I been willing to pay an accountant more, I could have dropped that to my state minimum $150 every year, guaranteed. (But my business was small enough that I would have lost money paying an accountant to do the work to drop from 5% to $150.)

That only pans out if corporations don't take advantage of tax loopholes to pay lower rates. Which they almost always do. See GE, etc, some of which pay ZERO in taxes, and get refunds!

Comment: Uh, a mix, like most places... (Score 1) 498

by Anonymous Freak (#38799781) Attached to: Where does your electricity come from?

According to my power company:
28% Natural Gas
25% Coal
9% Market Purchases
6% utility-owned Hydro
16% Long-term Hydro Contracts
11% Wind
5% Long-term Market Contracts

With one "unit" (200KWh) of "New Wind"; which means that the first 200KWh per month of my usage is 100% "New Wind", any usage beyond that is the above mix.

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