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Is this really "the lowest point in our nation’s history that they can remember"?
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017 11:51 PM
Quote:you are fully immersed in the Micro$haft Windows Virus mentality.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:Quote:You're probably right. I have had firefox crash on me on occasion when I have a lot of tabs open, usually when my computer has been on for days at a time. I won't say that I've never had more than 50 tabs open at a time, but at that point I was getting a bit carried away and/or lazy and figured I had the crash coming to me.
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:Opera is the Free high speed browser on a data diet. Fastest, most durable and resilient, very small file size, and wastes the least RAM.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Meh... everybody has their own favorite. I've been using Firefox now for probably at least 15 years now and I love it. I never saw the need to change. There might be things I'm missing out on, but if Firefox can't do it I've yet to find something I wanted to make it do that I couldn't find an add-on for.
I never liked Internet Explorer, and Edge doesn't seem to be any better.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Here's a test for you:
Open new tabs by selecting threads, but "open in a new tab"
Like 20 or 50 tabs all at once. Then close all but one.
Open another 20 to 50 threads, in new tabs.
Repeat this until your browser crashes, noting how many you could do.
Windows Virus would normally crash on n the first 20-50. Firefox/Mozilla would you oft last for 1 or 2 hundred.
Opera went for thousands, I never can make it crash.
If text thread don't crash your browser, go for graphics. Like a photo album, with links not on the same server. Or else pron, there are often lots of linkys to other videos/images.
I never needed an "add-on". Opera just works.
You had a computer crash coming to you?
Really?
Before Windows, computers were NOT supposed to crash. Crashes were caused by bugs, and needed to be corrected. The failure (or actually, the success of their business model) of Windows has been crashes, problems, failures, glitches acceptable, and even expected. GASP! Whenever this happens you must rush out to throw your $ at Micro$haft for your fix of their newest Virus, and install it in your computer.
Computers are supposed to work.
Computers are supposed to be the slaves of men.
You are not supposed to be the Slave to your computer. Only mastermind Billy Gates has convinced you to succumb to this paradigm.
Don't put up with defective computer software, and your life will be easier and more pleasant.
I just remembered. The laptop I just used for updating all my financial info, Football data, vehicle records is an IBM Thinkpad from, I believe, 1994. Never had a problem. It keeps working, I have no worries, because I don't run the Windows Virus on it.
I've been using Opera for about 15 years, IIRC. Why should I change from the one that works?
Having easy quick access to gobs of different sources and references is like having whole encyclopedias at your fingertips. I don't care how many tabs I have open, as long as I can find which one has the link I want to double check. No need to close a tab and lose the link that evaded you for hours. I've had more tabs open than I could even see - denser than a picket fence, and the fence posts just get narrower. When the tabs get narrower than a pixel width, then it becomes more difficult to select the tab you desire. That is when I close some tabs that I don't think I'll need anymore, to make the other tabs wider.
That is maximizing my productivity and efficiency. But no need to be afraid of crashes in your self-imposed cage.
Opera is so small you could fit it on even the smallest thumbdrive.
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Can you download videos off of youtube and double click on any image and have the images automatically downloaded to the folder you specify for them? These are the only add-ons that I can think I've ever needed, although there's probably thousands mNOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Thursday, November 16, 2017 12:26 AM
Meh... If it bothered me enough to do something about it, I would have. I'm obviously not the type to "be a slave" to anything, let alone my computer. I think you might be being a tad melodramatic here.
At the end of the day I get done whatever I'm looking to get done. I don't really care about security since I'm not doing anything that I'd really care if anybody gets their hands on, and if somebody steals my credit info somehow I'm not on the hook for anything that happens with it.
Firefox does what I need it to do just fine. If I have to close it down every few days it's really not much of a bother. It's certainly not enough to get me to learn how to use another program that does the same thing.
Windows 10, on the other hand, is making me make the switch to Linux. Not because of any security flaws or failures. But because they're dumbing it down so much for the masses that some actual useful tools that were taken for granted are either gone or just don't work well anymore. Hell... Deleting a folder with a lot of files can now take ages to accomplish. This should be a 3 second ordeal. I don't know what they were thinking.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 12:31 AM
Quote:Briefly.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Meh... If it bothered me enough to do something about it, I would have. I'm obviously not the type to "be a slave" to anything, let alone my computer. I think you might be being a tad melodramatic here.
At the end of the day I get done whatever I'm looking to get done. I don't really care about security since I'm not doing anything that I'd really care if anybody gets their hands on, and if somebody steals my credit info somehow I'm not on the hook for anything that happens with it.
Firefox does what I need it to do just fine. If I have to close it down every few days it's really not much of a bother. It's certainly not enough to get me to learn how to use another program that does the same thing.
Windows 10, on the other hand, is making me make the switch to Linux. Not because of any security flaws or failures. But because they're dumbing it down so much for the masses that some actual useful tools that were taken for granted are either gone or just don't work well anymore. Hell... Deleting a folder with a lot of files can now take ages to accomplish. This should be a 3 second ordeal. I don't know what they were thinking.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Opera.
Free.
Quick.
Free.
Easy.
Free.
Quick download and install.
Free.
Use it when you feel like it.
Free.
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 1:20 AM
LOL... alright. Doesn't hurt anything to try it out.
I feel like you're trying to recruit me for a cult. :)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 1:24 AM
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Well, here is the response that I had written before. I may not get back to this site for a while; if I'm really good I should be very busy for the next few months (at least six months, but I doubt my good intentions will last that long!)
Quote:Usually, questions in this kind of survey aren't asked like "did you rape someone?" They usually ask about very specific behaviors:
SIX, there IS such as thing as statistical sampling. I know that it can be subject to abuse, and it can only provide an estimate (look at Hillary's polling) but it would be very difficult to conjure up a 13+% value out of near-zero. Rape and sexual assault .... respondents would want to hide those behaviors, don't you think?- SIGNY
Yes. I do think. I've asked Kiki to show me the questions asked. I'm going to go right ahead and assume that the questions in this study were as convoluted as your average ethics test given when applying for a job. Tests that I've stated on several occasions that I am VERY bad at. Which leads me to wonder how many questions were answered "wrong" simply because somebody was overthinking it.- SIX
Did you have sex with someone who was too drunk to stand up?
Did you touch someone's genitals without permission?
That's one of the ways that these surveys get around the problem of vague questions and/or the use of "trigger" words; but it may or may not apply in this case.Quote:You say this like it's a bad thing. How would YOU feel if some bigger guy grabbed your crotch without permission?
First and foremost though, is how the statistics are presented to the general public by the MSM. They constantly throw in Rape with Sexual Assault, and do very little to distinguish the two. You can't deny that whenever these statistics are shown to the public, the emphasis on RAPE is key, and disingenuously inflates the belief that rape is far more prevalent than it actually is.
This is an even larger problem since almost anything these days can be considered sexual assault.- SIX
Quote:Well, if you don't believe that 13+% of men are pigs, what percentage do YOU place it at? And what are your reasons for picking that number?
I don't know what's going on with you two (SIX, JSF). Why is it so hard for you to accept that a significant minority of men are pigs? Is it because YOU'VE never done any such thing in the past? - SIGNY
I don't accept it because I don't believe it's true.- SIXQuote:So, what level of coverage at what level of crime do you think is appropriate, and why?
Do you feel that women are making too much of a fuss about too little? Or that if women gain protections in this area, that you'll somehow be attacked?- SIGNY
I believe that the government and the MSM are making too much out of too little.- SIXQuote:I'm awfully sorry SIX, I thought I read your posts with care, but I don't recall that(those) post(s) addressing the "why this is happening" so can you give a quick recap?
I've also given potential reasons why this is happening.- SIXQuote:Maybe there should be a WOMEN Going Their Own Way (WGTOW) movement. If women were to rely on EACH OTHER for practical support and validation, they wouldn't feel compelled to attach themselve
A possible consequence of this...
As I stated above, I believe that a lot of men are going to opt-out of relationships and interactions with women altogether. For this and several of the other reasons I've talked about earlier in this thread.
This is already happening (see the MGTOW movement).
And my question to anybody who doesn't see where I'm coming from here is simple.
When men in large quantities start to opt-out of even attempting relationships with women, who is the more likely group to do so? The super-charged sex-tyrannosaurus types? Or the guys who weren't ever going to do any of this in the first place?- SIXNOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Thursday, November 16, 2017 7:51 AM
Quote:Aww, too bad. I felt like we were really getting somewhere.
Yanno what? I feel like we've hit an impasse and this conversation is not going to go any further.- SIX
Quote:Agreed.
I guess my advice to college age girls would be to either stay in packs when drinking, or don't get drunk. If you really have a 13% chance that any given male is going to rape you or grab your pussy, this is probably not bad advice.- SIX
I just hope that my take-home message on discrimination didn't get lost in the shuffle: That just because one group is discriminated against in favor of another, doesn't mean that the favored group ALSO isn't discriminated against, sometimes along the same metrics and sometimes along others. Equality is one thing that ISN'T a zero-sum game. In fact, by definition, it has to be spread around, equally.
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And now, back to our originally scheduled program ....
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 8:04 AM
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:
One of the constant features of these cases of alleged (and proven) sexual abuse is the sheer number of women who are being assaulted over years and years with no reports being generated. Look at the nymber of girl Olympic gymnasts who were being raped by the team doctor, or the number of women allegedly abused by Weinstein, or Bill Cosby. In some ways, this is akin to the Sandusky crimes. How many children were abused over how many years? What is wrong with our system that this can go on for so long with nobody noticing? Part of the problem is that if you have a differential in age or power, the victims can be intimidated; part of the problem is that the crime happens in private; part of the problem is that it is being enabled by people close to the criminal. This is like what happened in my workplace (before significant protections were enacted) where there was one supervisor who made my work life an living hell for 5 years; I thought I was the only one but 20-40 years later I learned that he victimized many others. Multiple omplaints come out when one brave person complains first.- SIGNY
Just like Roy Moore - right?- GSTRING
You might not have noticed, but I haven't weighed in on the guilt (or not) of Bill Cosby, Bill Clinton, Harvey Weinstein, Jerry Sandusky or Roy Moore, except that I have accepted the verdicts of jury trials. In complex cases where evidence may be equivocal, I feel that I don't have enough time to even find all of the relevant evidence, much less parse all of the available information in an objective way. So I withhold judgment on specific accusations.
In the case of Harvey Weinstein, he left a trail of evidence with a number of NDAs (which should be admissible in trial), a tape recording, and the statements of eyewitnesses.
I don't know at what point the sheer number of allegations itself becomes evidence, even tho the individual cases may be weak. I haven't thought enough about it to figure out a way where complaints can be heard and not create a witch hunt. I'm sure this is an important topic to lawyers, but there are other things that interest me a lot more.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
And I was a lot more interested to see if you agreed with yourself. Seems almost as if iwhen something happens to you it’s one thing, and when it happens to others it’s something else.
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 8:08 AM
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Originally posted by THGRRI:
G, traveling, posting as CaptainCrunch. Replies may be spotty or non existant.
Enjoying yourself I hope.
Yes, thx T. Nothing is as inspiring as travel imho, no matter how short the distance. I highly recommend it!
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 9:27 AM
Quote:I have no idea what you're trying to say. If something happens to me, I KNOW what happened. If someone tells the press what happened to them, I DON'T know what happened, I only know what they "said" happened. It's important to differentiate between what someone SAYS and what ACTUALLY HAPPENED; the two can be very different.
And I was a lot more interested to see if you agreed with yourself. Seems almost as if iwhen something happens to you it’s one thing, and when it happens to others it’s something else.- GSTRING
Sometimes you're just ... weird.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 9:57 AM
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Aww, too bad. I felt like we were really getting somewhere.
Yanno what? I feel like we've hit an impasse and this conversation is not going to go any further.- SIXQuote:Agreed.
I guess my advice to college age girls would be to either stay in packs when drinking, or don't get drunk. If you really have a 13% chance that any given male is going to rape you or grab your pussy, this is probably not bad advice.- SIX
I just hope that my take-home message on discrimination didn't get lost in the shuffle: That just because one group is discriminated against in favor of another, doesn't mean that the favored group ALSO isn't discriminated against, sometimes along the same metrics and sometimes along others. Equality is one thing that ISN'T a zero-sum game. In fact, by definition, it has to be spread around, equally.
I get what you're saying, but I'm going to risk being accused of "victim blaming" when I say that a lot of the issues that (some) women complain about today are things that they could (and many do) easily avoid if they do for themselves and I don't see how it does women any good to talk about being strong and independent and then out of the other side of their mouth demand special protections based off their gender.
I think the biggest problem with the Feminist movement today is the desire to have equal rights that men do, while also maintaining protections and special treatments that had before they had the equal rights too.
If you don't want to have sex when you're drunk, don't get drunk and have sex. I don't know how much simpler that can be.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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