Mountain Lion, unlike an App, is not tied to the ID, and will update w/o an App Store login. [
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Become an online survey taker. Earn cash and rewards!
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LOL you had me at "sane Australian Cattle Dog". Good luck. My father loves those things, and has had 5 or 6 over the years. But not one of them has been "sane". :)... [
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I don't think it means anything. I don't think we have a choice. [
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Volumetric answer: I filled a five gallon water jug with mixed change. Was nearly $1600. [
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This happened to me. I did not google the defendant until I was dismissed from the jury. Then I googled him and my attitude changed dramatically. I'd have been much more inclined to vote guilty with that information. Even without having attended... [
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It really seems to me that this discussion is a lot like "the biggest number" problem. Who can imagine two universes? Can something in the universe describe something bigger than the universe? Of course it can! Case closed!... [
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Thanks everyone, great responses. I'm curious about the comments that were removed, were they from people telling me to stop smoking? That's hilarious.
It's looking like rollies are the answer. Oh, and to answer Lucinda: Upstate means near... [
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I like jak68's answer. Watch out for complex answers to this problem. The bottom line is to stop caring. About everything. Just stop giving a sh*t. I know it sounds like giving up, but I have found that this system allows me to really enjoy life.... [
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Keep in mind, though, that your IT department probably does not sit around watching everyone's traffic to try and see if you're doing anything "bad."
Bored IT guys don't look for "bad", they look for... [
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Hi everyone, long time reader, first time poster.
Back in the eighties, we called this industrial music, because it sounded like machines. We didn't care how it got made, or by whom. "Industrial music" seems to refer to something else... [
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Here's how I read it. I'm assuming the following: The weather guy is probably still a little stoned. Those bad jackets are likely a running joke in the studio. No one EVER needs a jacket where they live. The weather report is always the same, day... [
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At least carnivores generally have the decency to kill their food. Vegetarians are like zombies, they eat their food while it's still alive! How horrifying!... [
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Yeah, it's not a reinvention of email. I see it as a reinvention of what we thought we needed email for. It's the kind of thing that could be incredibly useful if everyone had it.... [
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I call them laptops. We keep our house cool and I heat this tiny little space over my lap with a rectangle made of aluminum.
Also, HappyHippo, really? What an interesting idea. I remember farmers worrying about barn fires for the same reason,... [
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It's probably not relevant, but I feel compelled to point out that it's not the source of the diamonds that makes them the cause of suffering. It's the wanting of the diamond in the first place, that creates the demand, that generates the atrocities.... [
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The pics subreddit is great. By going there once a day, I can pinpoint the exact moment when something becomes overexposed. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to buy a three-wolf shirt from Ikea.... [
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Is this relevant here? If We Started Dating... [
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I've been down this road and I've tried a million things but I always end up back where I started. My current system is portable, accessible from virtually anywhere, has a simple easy to learn interface, and never needs batteries. I use a notebook.... [
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Because I tend to trust 100% and don't like to be disappointed in that department.
This is wrong, and puts a burden on your acquaintances. If you trust 100% you will almost always be disappointed. Your brother is not your keeper, you... [
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One way to learn to love or hate poetry:
Continue to hate poetry for most of your life. Give it another chance once in a while, but come away disappointed and aggravated. Until one day you accidentally run across a poem that speaks to the heart of... [
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Smut sounds fun. We've lately been playing the f*cking game. Can I say f*cking on Ask? Anyway here's how to play. Go to Google image search, turn off Safe Search. Pick any word, and add "f*cking". See how many pages you can next... [
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I'm enjoying the moralizing going on in this thread. I can't tell you what's right and wrong, but I have huge sympathies for your situation, and here is what I did in a similar situation. This might not be helpful, but might give you some other... [
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My advice is don't role play. Games can be silly and it can be hard to suspend disbelief. Do what you want, dress how you want, say what you want, but make it real. If you want that wench to bare her booty, tell her so and mean it.... [
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Another angle on the issue. Whoever can receive email sent to the admin contact pwns the domain. [
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The three R's: Reactor, Reason, and Reaper.
Reactor for building synth, Reason for sequencing and receiving MIDI, and Reaper for multitracking the output. And definitely some kind of firewire audio interface breakout box. The more inputs the... [
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Another approach. I do this in meetings, it helps me concentrate. Draw- put ink down on the paper and don't pay attention to what you're doing. Just fill the space. This works for me in meetings, because I'm listening and thinking about the... [
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There have been prostitutes stationed around that church for hundreds of years, that's not a recent thing. Ahh, Amsterdam, where else can I see hippies, businessmen, Japanese tourists, beautiful whores, endless bicycles, weed openly for sale, real... [
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