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QUOTE (Jake @ May 27, 2014 -> 06:09 PM) So the reason something like reparations might make sense is because we've hardly done a damn thing to make up for the way things went. Just doing nothing now, feeling personally blameless, conveniently lets us live in a system that was rigged in our favor. Sure, there have been other injustices and there are all kinds of intricacies of society that play for and against different people, but there's nothing quite like the treatment of blacks in the USA - that is, other than our treatment of women, which is a kind of similar issue that we still feel the vestiges of in multiple areas of life. I agree with the poster above you, it has to be more recent and harm has to be proven it was done specifically to YOU, not to some ancestor of yours you never met. My "ancestors" lost everything they owned in Nazi Germany, and these are people I actually know today who are still alive, and we aren't getting any of it back. Do yourself a favor and stop pretending s*** like this only happens and/or happened to women and other races. News flash, it's happened to plenty of white people, too. Time to move on, guilty white man who's only crime is being white. ITT: White guilt.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 25, 2014 -> 07:34 PM) DOFP was ok, even pretty good, but First Class was clearly better. The roles were better written, deeper, and more well played, and the action scenes in DOFP didn't measure up to what I was hoping for. I loved First Class aside from the abundance of incredibly stupid mutants they included in it...but the main characters were all great.

QUOTE (Reddy @ May 21, 2014 -> 10:08 AM) Totally - but 2-3 days is still something. And I bet you'll have a bit of a resurgence once the kids leave the nest. My parents have started traveling like crazy these days. Just never say never. That's a LOONNNNNNG time from now, and while I'll surely look forward to that, right now I'm looking forward to what I have now. I'm in no hurry to get old and watch my kids move away.

QUOTE (Reddy @ May 21, 2014 -> 12:09 AM) (and Y2HH those days are so not behind you. please) The days where I can go off with just friends are behind me, and beyond that, the carefree attitude I once had is gone. It's all about my family/kids now, and on the rare occasion I go anywhere without them, it's a 2-3 day trip, not a the 20 day road trips of my past.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 20, 2014 -> 12:43 PM) Anyone here an Apple Macbook user? About to buy one in the near future and mainly interested in how much money to push into the processor. Don't run games or play many movies/videos/stuff like that, just lots of internet windows and typically Office applications open at the same time, along with occasionally science-related programs that process data in the background. Options I see are 2.4 GHz, 2.9 GHz, and 2.9 GHz with a turbo boost with a gradually increasing price on each. Without advice I'd probably just plop self down in the middle but anyone have any tips or good links discussing the topic? Since you aren't going to be running much that really pushes the processor, I wouldn't worry about sinking a bunch of money into one. At least, that depends on these science related programs you plan on running, as those can actually be very CPU intensive, unless programmed to take advantage of the GPU to assist. Games mostly rely on graphics processors more than CPU's these days. ...I wouldn't worry too much about the raw processing power, memory means more.

QUOTE (TRU @ May 20, 2014 -> 10:24 AM) I need to get rid of bad stomach fat. I know its mainly due to my poor diet. I eat a lot of junk and constantly drink sodas. I also am not too sure about where all this weight really is. I know I have somewhat of a gut, but I have not noticed any increase in my pant size. I weighed about 205-210 coming out of high school. Right now I am about 230-235. Yet I have a pair of cargo shorts I bought in like 2004 that still fit the same today. So I know my waist isn't whats been getting bigger. I have had P90X for about 4 years now, and have yet to get past 2 weeks of it mainly due to just not wanting to do it. It's imperative you find an activity you ENJOY doing, whether that be running, cycling, rollerblading, weight lifting, or even P90X, whatever it is you choose for exercise, if you enjoy it, it's no longer exercise in the traditional sense. Then, use that specific activity as a challenge to see how far you can push yourself, within reason. Then comes diet, and since you are already aware of the issue, which is eating junk and drinking soda constantly, you have to pull on the reins a bit and learn the manage yourself. If you currently drink 4 sodas a day, cut it to 2 or 3, and a few weeks later cut it to 1 or 2. If you drink 2 teaspoons of sugar in your coffee, cut it to 1, and so on...and if you make these small changes for everything you eat/drink throughout a day, it adds up to a huge amount of dead calories saved per week, without completely giving up the things you love. You don't have to take s*** from yourself...you know whats good and whats bad, and no matter how much you "want it", it's still your decision to actually eat/drink that much of it. There is absolutely nothing wrong with junk food, there is only something wrong with a person being unable, or unwilling to say I've had enough.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 20, 2014 -> 11:35 AM) Your diet is going to explain 75% of your results and pretty much 100% of your weight loss results. Exercise, though, is going to affect the way the weight is lost - even the most basic of exercises will help you preserve muscle mass and cause you to lose more "bad" weight than otherwise This, right here.

QUOTE (Reddy @ May 12, 2014 -> 09:55 PM) On this we agree 100% - i think the added stricture was something we came up with to try and secure more funding, since we felt like there wasn't a "hook"... but you're totally right that it feels disingenuous and that's the LAST thing I want this trip, experience and film to be. Don't take these opinions of mine as anything more than that, I'm not saying it feels disingenuous *yet*, but the more rules and hooks you add to this strictly to pique interest, the more that feeling will creep into the equation. I still love this, as stated, I've done trips like this and I'm a bit jealous those days are behind me.

QUOTE (Reddy @ May 12, 2014 -> 07:10 PM) Of course it's been done before. We aren't under any impression we're re-inventing the wheel here. Here's where I see a difference, and where I see this being worth doing: In talking with friends there seems to be a pervasive feeling that as a generation we don't have the type of accessibility to adventure that has existed in the past. Other generations - for better or worse - sort of had adventure built in. There were the wars. There were the 60s and civil rights. There wasn't facebook. There weren't cell phones. People hitch-hiked and worked odd jobs from coast to coast - like you mentioned. But the Kerouac "On the Road" ideal legitimately is no longer possible for a host of reasons. The world has changed. What we're trying to do is bridge the gap and show young people (and old too, if it resonates) who are feeling trapped that you don't need a fat wallet and a 401k. We're trying to reclaim adventure for a generation that's letting it slip through its fingers while they tweet, text and tinder their way through life. We're not making this for people with money. People who want to do what we're doing, but spend a bunch of $ on hotels and good food along the way - that's great! I wish I were them! But I'm not. So I have to make do with what I've got, as do all my friends who are in the same boat as me - and we're all pushing 30. It's not like we're a bunch of "lazy" millennials. We bust our asses. It's simply that at this juncture, living in NYC - or any major city - supply outweighs demand in terms of the job market, leaving many, many people despondent and hopeless. Anyway let's not get into THAT discussion here. I totally value your thoughts on this and it's actually extremely helpful because it's giving me insight into how people are reacting to what we're laying down and what struggles we're going to face on the fundraising side of things. I love when you play my foil. Haha. I just also truly happen to think this could be a valuable story worth telling in the context we're going to tell it - especially at this time in history. And to ME it doesn't feel like the film will cheapen the experience - because this is a medium I love, and telling stories is my art. Bringing that with me on the road makes all the sense in the world. (But don't worry, I'm taking everything you've said seriously and will consider it further - they're absolutely incredibly good points) I absolutely understand all of this thinking, I'd just say don't overthink the project...the more rules, regulations and barriers you add, the less authentic it will feel. One of the biggest issues I have with documentaries these days is they often come across as forced because they don't allow the facts to speak for themselves, and often bend reality in order to speak for the facts. In relation to this type of documentary, let the road dictate where you go, how you got there, and what it took to do so, it doesn't have to be more complicated than that. The struggles you meet along the way, such as a flat tire, getting stuck in a ditch, or stranded in a torrential downpour while in your tents should be naturally occurring, not something you forced upon yourselves because you were 5$ short and ended up having to stay an extra night so your weekly funds could "reset".

QUOTE (Reddy @ May 11, 2014 -> 08:21 PM) Haha yyyeaahhh we're trying to keep it as cheap as possible - in fact we've decided to up the ante a bit. The average American spends $150/week on food - and to prove that an adventure of this magnitude really IS accessible to people, we're going to do it for $100/week each. And I don't just mean food - but everything - from camping gear to food, even gas. All for a hundred a week. This isn't a hangover type thing so much as it is a Top Gear type thing if any of you watch that show. But we simply want to take back adventure for the everyman and prove that you DON'T need financial stability or a heavy black credit card to be able to afford to have a life changing experience. I think what you're doing is a fun, fantastic idea, but setting yourself arbitrary limits on spending isn't going to add much to the experience, to be perfectly honest. Not only has this been done before, but it's been done to even more extremes, such as not spending any money you didn't earn along the way via picking up odd jobs, etc. People full well understand this can be done on the cheap (it already has been many times), but most don't WANT to do these things like this on the cheap...they want to do them for the memories, and most prefer their memories weren't made into a struggle by set artificial limits. Just do the damn trip, catalog it, and have a blast seeing things most people have no idea exist, on roads few travel. It doesn't matter if you spent 100$ a week to do that, or 150$. The only way a trip like this costs a lot is if you pull a Bear Grylls and go to a hotel the second the cameras stop rolling. Take your own advice and ... just go.

"From the point of ignition To the final drive The point of the journey is not to arrive." -RUSH I love this, Reddy, and have done many similar treks in my lifetime, and as cool as it sounds, I'd implore you to not overly commercialize it. This is an experience in which you will individually find yourselves, and nobody that watches or listens will ever quite understand what that means. It will change you, in ways you cannot imagine, and attempting to show others will merely end in disappointment in that they will NEVER comprehend the experience, or what it meant to you, and that it will mean more with each passing year. And I'd have to ask, how are you filming this, or recording it, if the main premise is a trek without technology? That negative sentiment aside, I'm glad you are doing this, but be careful you don't go from raw to forced simply to snag film. If the experience feels like a setup for the sake of footage, it will fall short of its premise. We rented vehicles picking them up at point A and dropping them off at point B when doing this...and I can tell you, I've had some amazing experiences, met some amazing people, and the opposite...to truly harrowing* experiences that seemed like stuff that doesn't really happen to people. * We were once chased though a forest for over an hour by some back country meth cookers we happened upon during a late night hike. And that hour felt like a lifetime. It was, without a doubt, one of the scariest -- and longest -- moments of my life. Oh, and it's good to see you again in these parts of the Internets, Reddy!

My vision is still in a state of change. Went from -0.50 / -0.50 to -0.75 / -1.00 over the past 2 years. I tried the contact thing last time, along with glasses, and I could never see as well with the contacts (it fixed my vision, just not as clearly as the glasses did), so this time I just went with a pair of Nike Vision prescription sunglasses with color changing lenses as a compromise. Now I can wear them in the office or at a sports game and I'm all set.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 29, 2014 -> 09:02 AM) JPMorgan thinks that would be an easy Tuesday. JPMorgan is too big to fail tho...or something.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Apr 29, 2014 -> 01:15 AM) They were put on a freeze for about a week due to possible investigation. But there is no longer going to be any investigation and they are open for trading again. This obviously scared a lot of people off and it plummeted as a result. Quite a few questionable things surrounding that and other stocks in that sector have occurred in the past few months. From SeekingAlpha: * There has been a variety of questionable insider share sales in the past few weeks. * Two members of management received compensation which represented ~24% of 2013 revenues, despite the company’s profitability deteriorating year-over-year. * One director has resigned from the board. * FINRA had previously warned investors about scams in the marijuana space; PHOT is the fifth marijuana stock to be halted this year. Also of note, a class action lawsuit has been launched against Growlife (PHOT). http://seekingalpha.com/article/2165283-gr...iday-april-25th http://finance.yahoo.com/news/investor-ale...-184400424.html That's just a whirlwind of terrible news for any stock, especially one in a sector under such heavy scrutiny.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 25, 2014 -> 01:30 PM) Now things have gone too far.... Verizon location tracking will now follow customers from mobile to desktop Install disconnect (disconnect.me) extension in your browsers. Problem solved.

QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 24, 2014 -> 12:49 PM) Save up a $1000 and put it in savings then avoid thec redit card trap. "Borrow" from yourself and always, always, avoid paying interest. I take things further than this... I charge EVERYTHING I do, doesn't matter what it is, on my Discover or my AmEx Blue Cash -- both cards give me 1% to 5% off on everything I buy -- and I pay off everything in full every month. This way I'm completely protected from fraud on all purchases, and I get a discount on everything I buy.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 05:13 PM) I've blown out my shoulder by overuse before so if it hurts, dont push it. Do legs and cardio and rest that motha. Shoulder injuries SUCK Shoulders are the one area I try to be extra careful with, regardless of what I do. There is so much that can go wrong in there from the most innocent of mistakes. Whenever I so much as tweak a shoulder, even if it's just minor, I do exactly what you said, I stay away from it and do legs or something else to let it rest.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 02:03 PM) I hurt my right shoulder working out (I use mostly machines, but do curls with a bar). I switched to lighter weights for a week or two, but then couldn't even play catch over the weekend. Not asking for medical advice, just opinions based on experience: How long should I completely rest it before easing back in to workouts or (God forbid) having it checked? I am planning on giving it at least a full week while dosing with Aleve. If it's that bad that you're taking drugs (Alive) to lessen the pain, it's possibly a severe strain due to overuse. Are you able to raise your arm above shoulder level? If so, is it more painful than normal when you do it? You should rest it until you don't feel pain for full recovery, and depending on which muscles or tendons you affected, that could take anywhere from a week to several weeks. Your body usually lets you know when something is wrong, we just have a tendency to ignore the signals.

There was a time I brought this very thing up in a random thread on this board and I was called crazy. I said then they toy with charges whenever possible in order to artificially lower crime statistics and as previously stated, I was called a loon.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 11, 2014 -> 03:33 PM) When are networks shifting to 4k? Or are they ever? Anyone been reading up on it? I thought I read somewhere that House of Cards was filmed in 4k. House of Cards is delivered over data networks, but the 4k stream still requires a large amount of bandwidth most people don't have right now. Broadcast TV/Cable/Sat will probably not upgrade to anything near 4k for more than a decade to come, if even that soon. They currently broadcast at 720p/1080i, and they're doing that WITH massive compression. Not to mention, they JUST upgraded everything to HD, I don't see them upgrading all the broadcast hardware they just upgraded again for 4k. Outside of movie theaters and very very large screens, there is no need for 4k. It's not the visual jump experienced from old broadcast tv/vhs to HDtv on smaller screens. This is another spec race that doesn't make much sense in most formats. What I mean by this is just like with 1080p on screens less than 50" is indistinguishable from 720p, etc. 4K would only be truly useful on screens bigger than say 100", and even than, probably only for videophiles who claim they can see differences when they really can't. Let's keep in mind, just like their audiophile counterparts, they overwhelmingly fail double-blind hearing/sight tests whenever they're given them.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 11, 2014 -> 10:40 AM) Be ready to have people in this thread tell you how wrong you are. That'd be because he *is* wrong. When it comes to refresh rates/sports, nothing comes close to plasma. The issue with plasma has never been one of picture quality or refresh speed, the issue was of burn-in and it's non-efficient use of electricity in comparison to LCD sets. And as someone else correctly pointed out, LED *is* LCD, with different back lighting.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Apr 1, 2014 -> 08:52 AM) While fees are being mentioned... I'm looking to do some online investing. What sites/services are good for avoiding fees and charges and other ripoffs? I am not the type of investor who is going to be making lots of trades or messing with individual stocks. More of a "dump into an index fund and leave it alone" type deal. Most of the discount brokers like ETrade, Ameritrade, etc., will have around the same commission prices, which you pay on any buy or sell, but on top of that, the funds you invest in will have fees of their own. If you stick with Index funds, the fees will be quite low, usually around 0.10%, versus some mutual funds which are often 1 to 2%.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 1, 2014 -> 08:22 AM) The sad thing is...it isn't just day traders who are being stolen from. It's "people who invest their retirement savings in the stock market". What truly baffles me about investing is that people just don't care. I mean, it's their own money going into these 401k plans, and they just don't care enough to research what they're investing in or why. The high frequency traders stealing from 401k investors is just a fraction of the pie ... people are getting robbed blind because they invest in BAD mutual funds, with 1+% fees. I looked at a few of my friends 401k's and had to reallocate for them, because they were paying huge fees on poor funds that weren't even performing in line with the S&P500, and if they were, it wouldn't matter since the amount of money getting skimmed removed any gain.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 01:22 PM) Pretty good story on Wall Street and how some insiders are rigging the system: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-the-us-stock-market-rigged/ This is exactly what I was talking about (above) when it comes to day trading, and why I think it's a suckers game. I never buy stock at "market"...I always put a limit price on purchases because of this.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 12:13 PM) This sort of thing makes me support castration as a possible punishment: http://gawker.com/du-pont-heir-sentenced-t...3-ye-1555200148 Stopped reading immediately after reading headline. I cannot read that.