in this moment thats simply what i thought, yeah, totally exaggerated, you're right. but thats what was in my mind at that moment. after all, there are enough idiots around in this world... Maybe i should stop reading the news

On my daily walks with the dog i one day spotted something in a silver box near the path and found it was a small aluminium box. I personally did not think that it could be related to geocaching at all and called the local polica station and asked them what to do, as in this case it was me who was afraid to touch or open it because i thought this is a bomb ... Well, one of the first things this police officer said was

"i bet this is one of those geocaching boxes, that is not uncommon these days"
So i asked him: "shall i really open it"
officer: "yes, open it"
"and what if it is a bomb and i blow up?"
officer: "then i will keep my ears shut!" :-)

of course there was nothing interesting in this box and no bomb at all. but i really had to laugh about this quite cool and funny officer

14 beers
a bag of salt & vinegar potato chips
an entire large pizza with everything on it
a bag of hostess donuts (about 20)
2 cinnamon buns
a slim jim
a bag of beef jerky
2 chicken sandwiches with lots of dill pickles on them
a bowl of cocoa puffs
2 slices of double fudge cake

It's nice being on vacation! And having a high metabolism helps too...

/ducks

You're assuming that he listens to the stock player instead of a streaming music service like Slacker or Pandora. The Iphone/Ipod kills those apps if you hit the home button. I couldn't even stream the comedy channel from Slacker and use my grocery list app while shopping (need something funny while I shop so I don't run over people with my cart) until I ran the jailbreak.

That's nice that the "games wreck your life" attitude works for you.

I was once able to spend hours every day trying out all the new games or grinding away in EverQuest or WoW, hiding from "the real world" behind my computer screen or television. Then I let my friend talk me into dropping my games to get socially involved. I met a great woman, we hit it off and eventually started living together. Skip ahead in time a bit, I now have two kids, a job, and I am going back to school full time. We travel every weekend to see family or visit "fun" places for the kids. There's so much "life" going on that I have little to no time for gaming anymore.

I'd give anything to go back in time and kick my friend in the teeth.

We don't use Decrapifier. We have in-house software that guides the "agent" through a process that eliminates programs from add/remove, then shortcuts, and startup items. User preference is invoked at each step of the process, meaning there is no set rules for what to remove and what to leave. My personal policy is to remove anything that has a time-bomb built into it, such as 15-minute game demos or other trial versions of software. Also on the list are special OEM programs that "assist" the user in updating the 15 useless OEM programs that do things like monitor wireless activity, check file associations, and boost the launch speed of certain apps.

Obviously we are removing some things that sponsors have paid to have placed there, but our "Optimization" program only exists because many people don't want that crap cluttering up their new PC. I can't say I blame them, but then again it does help drop the price of the computer a bit.