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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 19, 2013 -> 02:50 PM) yeah, wtf was I thinking posting academic economic research?!?! I don't know but we don't need any of that crap here.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 19, 2013 -> 01:46 PM) And Bush used it to launch 2 wars. Does anyone have anything to say other than non-funny one-liner attempts? No, and apparently, neither do you.

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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 19, 2013 -> 08:22 AM) The laffer curve is only useful if it can be used to call for ever-lower tax rates! Everybody wants more and better services, but nobody wants to pay for it.

QUOTE (The Gooch @ Feb 18, 2013 -> 11:32 AM) So I have been working out 4-5 days per week since September. I have been focusing on muscle growth and have seen a lot of improvement there. I have been looking shred a few pounds around my stomach, so that I can get some solid abs for the first time since high school (I am 27 now). I am naturally pretty skinny, but still have a few pounds of stomach fat that I would need to shred. I have never dieted too seriously before and was looking for tips...and yes not drinking beer is on the top of my list. If knows anything that could be useful I would love to hear it. Thanks! Lower your fat intake ever so slightly, and no carbs at night. The problem will fix itself.

Squats, also known as the someday I'll be visiting ptatc for knee rehab workout.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 05:31 PM) I hate being sick and not being able to work out. I hate it so much. I am so close to uncovering my abs again. Yea, I know exactly how you feel. I was like this early this week...had norovirus, and one of the first things I thought was, "damnit there goes a few days, if not a weeks worth of workouts".

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 05:09 PM) LOL I've always found that to be the most bizarre thing when I came across someone doing that in the gym. Why not just do a similar odd rotation for your other exercises, like curls? It's hilarious because your right, so many people do it and its like...why?! What sense does that possibly make? But then again, most people in gyms are there for the wrong reasons to begin with so I understand why and how they have such bad habits.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 12:57 PM) Working in IT Security, we looked into this yesterday. Essentially, we got to the black screen, but couldn't get to the contacts list. It's a pretty convoluted process, but you can get it to work without enough tinkering. They'll have this patched early next week (if not sooner), they've already said as much, along with the Exchange bug. Also as IT security, I wouldn't sound alarm bells unless they let this linger on for weeks on end...I'd assume they won't. And this won't be the last time such a zero day bug is found in just about any product people use. That said, Apple is going to need to be increasingly careful, just as Google has to be...there is a lot of scrutiny on their products right now.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 03:12 PM) I doubt they changed the baseband that much in one .01 revision. I think the problem I saw (this was on RootzWiki) was that people couldn't send SMS. I've given up trying to decipher how important version numbers are based on decimal separation. Others started it, but Google took it to another level with Chrome that totally rendered version numbers meaningless, and others have picked up to keep up...apparently. Chrome has only been around for a few years and its on version 24.something.something.something.random letter already. So who knows how much information they added to a .point release these days.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 02:40 PM) Can be fixed by flashing 4.2.1 radio. I'm actually looking forward to using T-Mobile's LTE on the Nexus 4 once they deploy it by the end of the year. Lot of people having issues with the old .33 radio code when doing this. Also forces you to stay on dated baseband instruction sets. I also read about this on xda, which is where I assume you heard about reflashing the baseband.

Just a little note, Android 4.2.2 contains baseband code that will kill the Nexus LTE hack, which allows those devices to use LTE band 4 (I believe it's that band, anyway).

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 12, 2013 -> 12:54 PM) The difference is less than half an inch. I'd say that's simply "a bit bigger". Its an inch+, actually. S3 = 5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in 4.69 oz i5 = 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 in 3.95 oz ...and I said the S3 isn't that bad, but it's noticeable. You guys are talking about 5" phones, which is even bigger.

Found a pic of CHW. No wonder why he has no problems with all of these huge devices.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 12, 2013 -> 12:26 PM) Okay I don't know about you guys, but I usually carry three things on me in my pants pockets. Keys, wallet, and phone. Unless you have a $500 leather wallet that is prone to scratching, I don't think it's the smartest idea to put your keys with your phone as opposed to your wallet. I keep them separate, I don't see why this matters. I'm 5'7" 165 or so, I tend to wear form fitting cloths, and 5" phones are simply too big for my pockets. I don't care if you wear wear cargo pants like it's 1997 and tie a plaid jacket around your waist so you can carry a tablet, a phablet, and a phone all in the same pocket. I can't. It's not like I'm making it up to be difficult. I could fit something a bit bigger than my iPhone in my pocket comfortably, but I can't fit something THAT big comfortably. If I can feel it when standing or sitting...it bothers me.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 12, 2013 -> 12:11 PM) This. If you have two pockets, why not use both? There's no need to cram everything into one pocket. Keys.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 12, 2013 -> 08:45 AM) I enjoy it also. I'm predicting one from Africa based on Africa having the greatest growing Catholic population in the world. With the way America is going toward religion, they've lost the foothold here and will look toward that area of the world. South American.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 06:55 PM) You must have a thin wallet (no pun intended). It's not that big I keep the bare minimum in it, few Ids, few credit cards and insurance info. And maybe a few pictures I haven't updated in years. A phone a bit bigger than the i5 would be perfect, just not 5". At least not for now, uses tend to change over time and one day that may become a necessity.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 06:10 PM) Why would you want to put other things in there with your phone though? It'll just scratch the phone up. I put my phone in the same pocket as my wallet most of the time. Can't with a 5" phone, contrary to what the person above said...they aren't comfortable to me.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 04:59 PM) My phone is bigger than any iphone and fits in every pocket of every garment of clothing I own. Fit is a relative term. My brothers S3 fits into my pocket, but it's not comfortable.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 03:31 PM) Good riddance. This Pope obviously had a tough act to follow, but I doubt anyone will be too sorry to see him go. Apparently you don't read many newspapers, or much of anything at all then...because there are millions that are already sorry to see him go.

QUOTE (vandy125 @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 03:02 PM) I could explain that view and its consistency to you if you'd like, but that is much farther down the path (and quite a different one) than the one that you are on in your beliefs from what I can see. Of course it is non-sensical to you. If you view God as a human does a colony of ants, then matter of factly, it doesn't matter at all what we do. It is all meaningless. So, there would be no point to giving praise for anything. What point would there actually be in anything we do if God is indeed like that? If there is no God, we are at the same point in my opinion. We can live for our family or for generations on down the line or for ourselves, but none of it is going to last. You and them will eventually be forgotten just like me and my family and everyone else's. We can live a "moral" life (whatever we define that as), make "good" decisions (again whatever we define that as), etc, but we all die.[/s] We are just an asteroid strike (nuclear war, etc) away from the collapse of everything. So, I would ask, what is the point? This question is actually explored really well by many people who attempt to make a point of life (with God, without God, with many gods, etc). To some, there is no point to existence. If you are fine with where you are at in these questions, then that is up to you. However, you could take a look in a different direction to see why people are where they are instead of lumping them in with the ants under a cynical being's magnifying glass. Sure, some have just followed what is around them and are where they are without giving it any thought (I pity them when someone comes along with tough, or just deeper, questions), but there are many who have thought philosophically about another being who they do give praise to that being regardless of what happens in their lives here. I'd rather try to understand why or how that happened before throwing someone in a category and saying "I dislike all of them". Also, to your point about arbitrarily changing rules, I would again hope that you are not lumping everyone into the same boat as again there are many viewpoints where the rules do not change. An example of one such rule that you even cited for a group is to praise God no matter what happens while here. That IS the point. There is a point to existence, and it's everything you went over...to live while you have the opportunity to do so, whether you want to spend that time having a family, raising children, reading, teaching, being an artist, whatever, it doesn't matter...that in and of itself, is the point. So long as it's not destructive. Though you could argue that point to a fair degree, too. I don't have a problem with all religious people, or all religions, I only have a problem with some of them, and some aspects of them. I have a problem that religion, in general, is abused, used, and excused, especially by those that follow it. More people have died in the name of God than for any other reason. Brutal wars are STILL being waged after 2000 years in areas of this world for one reason and one reason alone: religion. That's the people and the part of religion I dislike. I dislike it's inherent hypocrisy, in that nobody can follow the rules set fourth by these controlling, man made religions, and worse, MOST don't even try...hence my point of taking their religion al-la-carte, because it's convenient. Sure, I'm Catholic, but I break commandments with regularity, because it'd be impossible to not. Or the age old, praise God for all that is good, but blame him for nothing that is bad...and why? Because he "has a plan", so don't dare question him. Some feel I should be thankful because I wasn't born into extreme poverty and starvation, like many in the world currently are, so what of them? Should they thank God that they were? Should I thank that same God that it was them and not me? Oh, wait...I know...he "has a plan" for them, right? Wrong. Because if that's the case, and part of that plan constitues extreme suffering, and a slow miserable existence and an even slower more miserable death, then like I said above, that God represents nothing I could love, or even want to understand. And if he doesn't want to explain why, then I feel I have every right to question him, his motives, and his actions...and more, outright blame him for them. Or, being more realistic, I can simply say that God had nothing to do with it...because if God exists, he doesn't care...and if he did care, there is no rational excuse for the suffering he allows across all walks of life...other than the fact he's a dick. I can't get behind any God that allows the continued suffering of the innocent that I see every day in this world...I'm not equipped to understand why, because if he exists, he didn't equip me to do so. What I can do, however, is question exactly what I see...and I can question him in the face of those that tell me to have faith. I'm the sheep that got lost...because God opened the gate when he gave me free will to question everything...including him.

QUOTE (vandy125 @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 11:05 AM) IMO, it can all be a path that starts out with the basic question, "is/are there a god(s) or not?" At that point, you need to define what the word "god" actually means. My thoughts are that we often observe and interact with creatures or beings that cannot observe us or what we are doing. We can influence them without them understanding what is going on. Do we believe that we have the ability to do this, but that there is not another being(s) that is able to do the same to us? IMO, that is an arrogant belief to have, but we've already hit a point where we start getting into philosophical discussions. That is why I call it a path. If you have the view that there is something with the ability to interact with us that we are unable to observe, then you start asking questions about whether or not that being or being(s) would try to interact with us in a way that we actually can understand that they are there, and if they do so, what would it look like? Would it show up in the form of "miracles" that challenge our understanding of how we can observe things working, but are simply another form of the way that everything truly is around us that we do not yet comprehend? Would it show up in the form of a revelation such as "thus saith thus being"? How would it look? Then you start looking to see what you can find and rationally observe. What fits in, what does not fit in, etc. Of course, it is your own choice whether or not you decide to follow such a path, but I wish more people took the time to study a bit of philosophy to take a look at their own beliefs. IMO, the search for and attempt to understand what "truth" is along with our baseline assumptions that we carry with us into our views of "truth" is fascinating. I have no issues with this line of thought, it's not only more realistic, but it's something I can wrap my mind around. What I do not like is written religion that have arbitrarily changing rules over the years, which require constant heaping praise for God for all that is good, whatever/whoever that God may be, while NEVER blaming that same God for anything bad. If you want to liken God to that like which humans are to a colony of ants, that's fine...but I also don't demand the ants praise me for all that is good in their lives, while dismissing my negative actions as 'well, he has a plan, accept that' when I decide to pour lighter fluid on their colony and burn it to the ground...just because. If/when I decide to kill ants because they're 'in the way', I'd not only expect them to question me for it, I'd expect some of them to hate me, too. Of course, the ones that continue to love me regardless of my actions may continue to do so...since I really don't care, either way. And I doubt God, if one exists in that same manner, cares either.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 01:41 AM) http://unleashthephones.com/2013/02/10/sony-xperia-z-review/ There's a nice Xperia Z review for your Sqwert. That phone looks really good...but...it's...Sony. I'm still not sure I can let that go...

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 08:46 AM) Thanks. I didn't read anything that eliminated it from the running as my next phone. Let' see what the other big hitters unveil in the coming weeks. EDIT: One question. I've always had an on-contract phone. If this one never gets released, could I buy an unlocked one and have it activated it the US? I have no idea how that works since I've always been on Sprint and never had to deal with SIM cards. That all depends on Sony. It's possible, yes, but not guaranteed since a lot of foreign chips do not work with American CDMA/GSM/LTE standards.