The Off Topic Topic

[crazy canuck]

As long as you realize your cable provider isn't giving you anywhere close to that kind of quality with the video compression through their pipes.

Ok, but are you really going to get disks to watch?

[Liep]

There are still long queues outside the election locations for the municipal election even if it's suppose to end now. Never thought I should see that happen. Last election they struggled to just get over half of the voters out; I, of course, have already voted. 

[derspiess]

I guess another question is: are movies on Blu-Ray somehow better than movies you would d/l from say Netflix?

They are, but I don't know if you'll notice a whole lot of difference.  And unfortunately Windows still won't play blu-ray natively, so you'd have to use annoying third party software-- or VLC I guess.

Personally I'd put a blu-ray drive on any system build I do, but if you want to keep things simple just do the Netflix thing.

[derspiess]

Yeah, there are better stand-alone Blu-Rays out there that are less expensive than the PS3, which wasn't exactly a top-of-the-line Blu-Ray when it came out in the first place.  It's passable, though.

Actually I think the PS3 has always been one of the better players out there from the beginning.

[CountDeMoney]

As long as you realize your cable provider isn't giving you anywhere close to that kind of quality with the video compression through their pipes.

Ok, but are you really going to get disks to watch?

Depends.  Not every film is online yet, and sometimes you like to lay them down to other media.

[Zanza]

6 more days in the office this year!

[Ed Anger]

0 days in the office this year!

[Maladict]

Overtime compensation is awesome. As I need to do it before the year ends, the start of my Christmas break has advanced to noon, December 17th.
Just 12 more hours and I get 3 weeks off for free.

[mongers]

Overtime compensation is awesome. As I need to do it before the year ends, the start of my Christmas break has advanced to noon, December 17th.
Just 12 more hours and I get 3 weeks off for free.

Aren't you worried North Americans, chained to their desks, will regard you as a typical Euro-slacker ?

[Maladict]

Aren't you worried North Americans, chained to their desks, will regard you as a typical Euro-slacker ?

It definitely will keep me up at night. That and the knowledge I can sleep in. 

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

My wife says she doesn't care about the difference between HD and standard def, and I think she says it just to piss me off.

One of my wife's pressing concerns after getting burgled (on Thursday) was to make sure we replaced the TV before Sunday.

[Phillip V]

A Cold War Fought by Women

'New evidence shows that female aggression is the most important factor explaining the pressures that young women feel to meet standards of sexual conduct and physical appearance... The experiment and other research suggest the stigma of female promiscuity is enforced mainly by women.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/19/science/a-cold-war-fought-by-women.html

One of these outfits worn in a study on female aggression provoked a sort of "mean girl" form of indirect aggression. The other attracted little notice at all.

[derspiess]

My wife says she doesn't care about the difference between HD and standard def, and I think she says it just to piss me off.

One of my wife's pressing concerns after getting burgled (on Thursday) was to make sure we replaced the TV before Sunday.

You have a keeper.  And sorry to hear about the burglary.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

My wife says she doesn't care about the difference between HD and standard def, and I think she says it just to piss me off.

One of my wife's pressing concerns after getting burgled (on Thursday) was to make sure we replaced the TV before Sunday.

You have a keeper.  And sorry to hear about the burglary.

I just re-read this, and realized I made it sound like this just happened.  It was 4 years ago.

[DGuller]

A Cold War Fought by Women

'New evidence shows that female aggression is the most important factor explaining the pressures that young women feel to meet standards of sexual conduct and physical appearance... The experiment and other research suggest the stigma of female promiscuity is enforced mainly by women.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/19/science/a-cold-war-fought-by-women.html

One of these outfits worn in a study on female aggression provoked a sort of "mean girl" form of indirect aggression. The other attracted little notice at all.

Well, duh.  Promiscuity brings down the implied price of sex that women charge.