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  1. heh, who told you to buy HP :/

    Actually HP usually makes some good computers, note the word usually.

    I would certainly rank them higher then Gateway, or Emachines but at current rate lower then Dell (seriously Dell where the heck was this quality last time I owned a Dell!)

  2. Full disclosure: My previous computer had firefox and adblock installed and I used it extensively. I am now using firefox without adblock.

    Adblock is a tool, and just like any tool, it has the potential to be use for good and evil. A sledge hammer is a tool as well, but it is challenging to use constructively for a task like hanging pictures on your wall.

    If you are using it to make a site useable (your definition: stop viruses or flash ads or music ads) you are doing one or more of four things:

    1. Using the program ineffectively (looking at and blocking ads one at a time) (ethically grey, but I won't fault you)

    I Tweaked adblock just enough so it blocks enough but doesnt block everything.

    The one website I use it for the most is deviantart and sometimes some sites that I occasional visit.

    Make no mistake I know why ads exist on these websites however that doesnt mean I have to like it.

    Now small ad banners I dont mind, but load your page with all kinds of flash ads that are set to autoplay then then we have troubles.

  3. The main reason why I use something like adblock is to stop things like flash ads, that can slow down even the most powerful computers.

    Plus some people like to listen to music when browsing, I know I do and I get annoyed when I am listening to a song by Aerosmith and have to pause it beacause some website desides to play an ad where I cant disable the sound.

    So instead of listening to Dude (Looks Like a Lady) , I am listening to a swiffer commercial.

    Very frustrating, there is a difference between ad revenue and having adds that are impossible to deal with without some add on.

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  4. To explain, Android is the OS and the Launcher is the GUI.

    Take Linux, for example.

    Well just in case they dont know what linux is let me sum up:

    In the computer world there is big debate between PC vs Mac, PC referring to computers using Windows and Mac referring to apple based computers with OSX.

    Linux is an alternative to both, offering an alternative to both the above.

    Linux is a kernel, the core of a OS thus why if you look up linux you see so many names crop up.

    Also its open source meaning its not a closed off system like windows or OSX.

    Now just in case you dont know what open source is, open source is a term to describe software not bogged down by some big company, instead its code anyone can modify and or use.

    You may wonder "well it must be insecure then!" no because the code is open you can make open source software ten times more secure then closed source ones.

    Of course exploits do happen.

    Anyhow Linux is the most popular OS outside of the main 2, and yes if you are using android you are using linux as android is based off linux.

  5. Don't get me wrong. I will watch this movie day one, no doubt in my mind, but!

    I'm really not that excited about it, though. Nolan made 2 incredible batman movies so far, but nothing I've seen so far really tickles my fancy.

    Well may I ask why?

    The thing is that I personally think the Nolan Batman films are the best ones out there as they are more of a character study then action pieces.

    Its more about the characters then it is about Batman going around beating up villains.

    And for me this works really well, compare that to the Burton films for example.

    The first Tim Burton film when you boil it down is just another 80's action film, dont get me wrong its a good movie but its sacrifices story for action.

    Batman Returns is not any better.

    Then you have the Schumacher films, and enough is said about them already.

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  6. Last Roundup... could it be an episode where Granny Smith dies?

    I mean death is not a subject not touched yet in this show, much less any show as death is usually thought of as something forbidden in kids animation shows these days but its possible.

    But maybe we could get a episode centered around the moral "How we deal with death is just as important as we deal with life", as kids got to know how to deal with death sometime

  7. I guess I can understand them taking down the archives, because that was a way for people to download, keep, share episodes for free. Eventually Hasbro might have a loss that way. Youtube, on the other hand, doesn't involve any downloading, so viewers aren't getting anything 'to keep', and makes much more sense as a marketing device. Therefore, although the Ponyarchive thing doesn't worry me too much, the fact that some Youtube channels have been taken down worries me more. Before we said it was trolls, but with this message being sent, who's to say?

    Also, keeping the archive up was a stupid idea in my opinion, and that idiotic response they sent only made it worse. We definitely don't want to start a war here.

    This whole thing seems ominous. It makes me anxious for the future of ponies, and more specifically for people like me, outside of the US, who would happily buy episodes from iTunes if only they were able...

    Well as mentioned there are ways around to downloading things from youtube.

    Personally I dont abuse it that much.

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