Recent content by thirdshop

zsw90Americans can't even label a world map. Distinguishing between iPhone models........ ya that's not gonna happen. It's easy to label countries if you live in a place surrounded by other countries. How many states can you label? People tend to remember information that is pertinent and...

wont run under 64bit... :(

smekerIts interesting there is nothing about built quality.Both Toyota and Lexus cars have wheels, doors, seats, and engine but Lexus is Lexus.Salute! Toyota manufactures Lexus.

thirdshopRemember the name from way back in Tom's history...late '90's or so...I think he was the founder of Toms Hardware guide..if I remember correctly, he was a doctor or something that got caught up in computers and overclocking. But both parents being English teachers...ugh. Whoops, my...

KevinTMCBarely well enough to be understood, I'm afraid. High school was a long time ago and I haven't kept up with it.You're right...the prose quality is admirable if it's coming from a non-native speaker. (I did notice the byline, but did not recognize the name; and I've had born-and-bred...

KevinTMC"no one really took Apple serious back then""but you just did not take them that serious"Sorry, but I stopped reading after the second time the writer did that.It's serious-LY. Seriously. The adverb form is seriously. Serious...LY.Tom Lehrer could have been a big help here...

soccer, the international sport of choice for special ed.

soccer fails

Umm... Your statement has almost no relevance at all.. It doesn't matter where is ancestors were born. Because most countries agree to a fairly standard "If you were born here, or 1 parent is a native" then you are a citizen. I'm part Italian(from my grandfather), but I guarantee you that I have...

shit, prove

american09Maybe if people from other countries would stand up for themselves against their own govts until their govts were forced to acknowledge and provide those same ten amendments then so many people everywhere would not have to leave the places where their names came from just to live as...

Wow, a liver transplant within four months...average wait time for a liver is one year, little longer for the California (lots of bad livers in Cali). Amazing how he was able to get a liver in Tennessee ahead of who knows how many people. Maybe some apple fanboy sacrificed themselves for their...

vettedude Netbook is now just a generic word like Ziplock bags. Just because a name becomes popular it is used as a generic term for similar items, the name itself is still trademarked and cannot be used by other companies to brand their products; examples abound such as Kleenex is used...

whoops, Act IV, Scene II of Henry VI

to quote Shakespeare "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers". - (Act IV, Scene II).