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Aside from the poor resolution I also don't understand the price. I purchased a gaming laptop (ASUS G75VW) w/ 16GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD, 750GB HDD, GTX 660m & 3610QM, which runs 1920x1080 for under $1400. This dell laptop has the specifications of my $400 Chromebook. It seems like it has been massively overpriced because it's one of the few machines that runs linux out of the box.


Tell me more about this $400 Chromebook with a 3GHz i7 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB SSD.


If you only look at screen resolution, then his argument held (some) water.

I've got to admit, 768 vertical is a bit poor for developing.


Shameless PSA: the Markus is the most comfortable chair I've ever owned.

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I came up with this great idea, maybe we could just tattoo permanent identification on them so that they're easy to control. Perhaps a number...


Plenty of people stand up for what they believe in and go unnoticed. She is doing the right thing. If she stepped down now, the program would be enforced without resistance.



Paypal? No. I just signed up for an account using my debit card. Instantly, my account is suspicious. They then demand access to my bank accounts and scans of my social security card, birth certificate, photo ID, etc. No thank you.


You don't have AdBlock? I haven't seen an ad (youtube or otherwise) in as long as I can remember.


Honestly, I don't feel a need for AdBlock. I don't consciously see most ads (with the exception of Youtube ones, like I said). They don't even reach my mind. I instinctively know where they are, and my gaze just routes around them.

And in that, I think I'm not the only one. I would guess quite a lot of people have been "trained" the same way.


>facebook has a similar level of information about you and they haven't done much harm with it.

Facebook does not have anywhere near the level of surveillance that the NSA possesses. Please read the article again and do some research on the case. That being said, Facebook does have a lot of information about you. It will remain confidential until CISPA passes, at which point it will be legally beneficial for them to hand over this information to the government.


I still cannot see the US winning this case. They made too many mistakes and the public's perception has shifted to innocence.


In Search of Schrodinger's Cat by John Gribbin (http://www.amazon.com/Search-Schrodingers-Cat-John-Gribbin/d...) is a good starting point for the layman. Some things like the Higgs Boson are abstruse, but superpositions aren't extremely complex.


Schrödinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality the follow up book is also excellent


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