The difference being that Galaxy Quest was actually good...

You need not look at what other countries are doing when the states with-in your country do exactly that, as they do in mine.

Like Walmart?

And mine has a hard drive connected to it for wireless network based backups.

Damn it, I hate replying to the wrong thread!

I guess you haven't been to the App store for a while then :)

EVE Online is a very different kind of MMO that has evolved significantly over time. I haven't played anything else quite like it. I played the beta for it (Armageddon day was so much fun) played a few months here and there over the years and more recently I redeem my 5 free days I get periodically to check out how things have changed how and diligently train some skills.

They have lessened the big startup curve (by eliminating the learning skills, which for players that had them had the skill points refunded for people to allocate into other skills) so you can get into the skills you want to use more quickly and you get a bit more of a skills push when you first start than when EVE first launched etc etc. There is the certificate planning system that helps new comers decide what skills they should be working on, and even veterans can benefit from this, since you can inspect what competencies pilots have before signing them up. The storyline missions structures put in also help pilots on their way getting them so good items and ships to give them a leg up.

Its one of those games that rewards a big investment and is ideal for those types of gamers that like lots of detail in a game. But it can also be punishingly gruelling. In the old days you could fly off exploring into low security space and see the sights, leaving your tin can at the EVE gate arrival system and hunting down that meddlesome Monolith. The people you encountered there as well were usually very nice too. Many a times they could of made life hell, but instead we would form up temporary groups, go exploring together and just have a good time. Nowadays your likely to get podded in next to no time unless you take very good precautions, thankfully however you don't need jump can maps anymore to get within jumping distance of a gate for a quick exit.

It could be said that EVE got off to a bit of a shaky start but they have worked hard and kept EVE evolving and growing its user base. The new expansion with the new character creation was lots of fun and I'm looking forward to the captains lounge that will be coming in the future (should net me another 5 free days).

I have a lot of nostalgia for EVE, even though I don't play it anymore. Its very good at what it does, but I just can't make that sort of investment for a game anymore. I've had a lot of fun playing it, and its nice for people to think twice about attacking me in low sec when they see the age of my character (though the recruiters come out to get me at every turn lol) but its just not for me anymore. I dabble and visit in EVE but thats all.

As someone that uses their iPad as an eReader, changing the iPad screen orientation lock was very VERY annoying. I knew it was coming back, however it would of been nice for the Apple "do you have a clue" department to of made the button configurable in the first place rather than letting the lawyers make the programming decisions.

It's also a good idea to configure iTunes so that it always asks to confirm when purchasing something rather than checkbox-ing that dialog away.

Whenever I am considering a purchase from the App store I read other users comments. There are endless complaints about apps that have micro payment systems installed, and about apps that are listed as free but require an in-app purchase to activate and use (that I consider most misleading and refuse to buy them just on principle).

If you want to stop them then you must stop consuming from them, both through legitimate purchasing and piracy.

The URL/Search bar is what I use most in Chrome because I hate using bookmarks. I would much rather spend a few seconds typing in part of the domain name and have it resolved to the website I want than trolling through a bunch of bookmarks looking for the site that I want to visit. I do bookmark hard to find things occasionally but they get deleted after a short while usually because I only need them for a short time.

Its how I use my Mac as well, using Spotlight to launch programs not on my Dock. I've just become sick to death of going through menu's to get to what I want.

That just happens when you forget it's in there.

Well I own an iPad, and while I can buy books from Apple and Amazon (which I have), I can also load on books and documents from other sources and read those too. In fact there is a document interface in iTunes that allows exactly that.

I don't sit around much in cafes reading books and the like, I usually get a coffee and such eat and drink with a few friends then be on our way, that is until I am out travelling to different cities for work or something. Then cafes become a nice escape from the hotel rooms when you don't have much else to look at or do in whatever place your in.

On one skiing trip the local Starbucks was just simply amazing. Great friendly people open fireplace and they didn't mind people sitting around reading and whatever for as long as they wanted. I'm not the sort of person that want's to be stuck in the hotel room all night nor out drinking every night in the party towns so a cafe can make a nice difference in burning away some time if its welcoming and friendly to peoples different needs.

As for that Starbucks, everyone just kept on coming back since it did a great job of keeping people happy in a relatively small tourist town without many options.

I played the original when it was released but unfortunately I don't remember it very well. Well I remember giving money to strippers and doing something with a toilet, but thats about it.