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This Georgia Tech v UGA game is crazy

Zzonked wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

Of course you should know better, but do you really think that causing someone the massive financial hardship of losing an already shit job with no chance of a good reference and the humiliation of having it plastered all over the internet is a fair or proportionate punishment?  Racists are still people, they still suffer.

I agree, the Suarez ban was way too harsh.

Exactly. Sure Suarez didn't lose his job or suffer major financial hardship, but he was punished for being a racist. It doesn't matter what your education level or level is. Besides, it's not like these people online are never going to find another job.

Losing your job for being racist isn't exactly going to make you less racist. Certainly not if you have the level of ignorance required to be that racist.

SBSP wrote:Losing your job for being racist isn't exactly going to make you less racist. Certainly not if you have the level of ignorance required to be that racist.

It will make you watch what you're saying in public though. You can see examples of them apologizing online after they were fired.

This is why I'm a fan of corporal punishment. Like those racist people are dicks and I want them to know it, but I also don't want to ruin their lives, and those of their probably innocent children. So unless you're job involves being in a position where you can actually hurt people of color, I'd be content with having someone pimp slap them so hard the guy dishing it outs comes up of the ground.

I guess mandatory sensitivity training is another idea but that's not as fun fantasizing about.

Sensitivity training sounds like a useless activity.

I'm imagining the sensitivity training from The Office.

Does anyone here own a Kindle Fire 6/7?

Glen Miller wrote:Does anyone here own a Kindle Fire 6/7?

I do, was given it free at work, why?

I was just wondering if it can replace an iPad.  I basically only need it to read PdF files and surf the web, with added bonuses being the NBC Sports App for watching football and Sudoku.  If it does work, how do you find the screen size?

Glen Miller wrote:I was just wondering if it can replace an iPad.  I basically only need it to read PdF files and surf the web, with added bonuses being the NBC Sports App for watching football and Sudoku.  If it does work, how do you find the screen size?

It can certainly read PDFs and browse the internet, I don't know about that App though, couldn't say if it was even available, the Kindle uses a separate App store, which is annoying. The screen size is fine, but if I was going for a tablet in that size range then I'd prefer the Samsung Tab 3 or 4 due to the better interface and range of apps, they're the only two I've used for any serious period of time though.

The app is apparently on the Kindle store.   



That seems like a very decent deal. The larger Kindle costs over 100 dollars more than that.  Is there anything wrong with that that I'm missing?

Never used one but it looks like a good deal to me. It's not the most recent version, that's the Tab S, but I'm sure it's perfectly good for what you need it for.

Glen Miller wrote:The app is apparently on the Kindle store.   



That seems like a very decent deal. The larger Kindle costs over 100 dollars more than that.  Is there anything wrong with that that I'm missing?

The Fire HD 7?

My apps seem to crash a lot on my iPad, but it's 3/4 years old and an iPad 1.  I shouldn't experience the same problems with this, should I?

Might use my Christmas money to get it.

FCB wrote:

Glen Miller wrote:The app is apparently on the Kindle store.   



That seems like a very decent deal. The larger Kindle costs over 100 dollars more than that.  Is there anything wrong with that that I'm missing?

The Fire HD 7?

That's really, really cheap and I will consider it, but I am not sure whether the screen is big enough.  I was trying out my grandmother's and it seemed really small.

Glen Miller wrote:I value mercy very highly, and that naming-and-shaming just doesn't really sit well with me.  They are clearly ignorant, especially to post it online, but we all say silly things from time to time and I would prefer it if somebody contacted me about what I said instead of organizing some sort of online witch-hunt. 


“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.”

Glen Miller wrote:

FCB wrote:

The Fire HD 7?

That's really, really cheap and I will consider it, but I am not sure whether the screen is big enough.  I was trying out my grandmother's and it seemed really small.

I was asking which device you were referring to. I see that you mean the Fire HD 8.9.

Both the Galaxy Tab 4 (10.1) and the Fire HD 8.9 are roughly the same dimensions. The Galaxy just has about an inch more screen space. The resolution on the Fire is much better than the Galaxy. The Galaxy has a 3 megapixel camera versus the 8 megapixel one on the Fire. The Fire also has a better processor and RAM. I haven't used the Fire before or it's Fire OS, so I can't comment on that software.

Thank you, mf.  I will keep that in mind.

What's your budget?

FCB wrote:What's your budget?

I wouldn't really want to spend more than 300, I really just want a cheaper alternative to a new iPad.

Glen Miller wrote:

FCB wrote:What's your budget?

I wouldn't really want to spend more than 300, I really just want a cheaper alternative to a new iPad.

Well the iPad Air 2 is $500. If you can shell out $350, you can get some really good tablets.

Would you mind exaggerating? I would appreciate it.

Glen Miller wrote:Would you mind exaggerating? I would appreciate it.

The Nexus 9, Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5, Amazon Fire HD 8.9, and the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition. All those are in the $350-400 range (you might find them cheaper now because of deals going on). That's still $100-150 cheaper than an iPad Air 2 for equal or better quality.

EDIT: I'm considering buying a Nexus 9 for my mom.

i've spent almost an hour making these cheesesteaks when i'm going to devour them within 5 minutes

i hate cooking nice shit ffs

phone fell into the sink last night

everything was working immediately after it got wet, now it won't even charge

You should have put it into a cup of rice.

By the way, Glen. I ended up getting the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 for my mom. It was $379 yesterday on Amazon.

Glen Miller wrote:You should have put it into a cup of rice.

thanks cap`n hindsight you shithead