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I find that the easiest way to get Windows 8 to look and operate like Windows 7 is just to ignore Metro (the tiles) and just go to the desktop. Seriously, metro is just a full screen version of the old Start menu, but the Windows 8 desktop looks and functions exactly like the Windows 7 version witho...

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I'll just say that there's a difference between someone wielding a gun in their home for defense of one's own family and property and having one present at all times in a classroom with 30 unpredictable kids. I'd sooner have a gun in my home than in my classroom.

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Interesting... And by "interesting" I mean ridiculous: Utah Teachers Trained to Use Guns Sounds intelligent enough to me, as long as they keep up to date on their training. The problem is that teachers are not cops, and some "intro to guns" course isn't going to make them react ...

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Interesting... And by "interesting" I mean ridiculous: Utah Teachers Trained to Use Guns

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- The complete series of Babylon 5 (one of the greatest science fiction televisions series of all time) - Clothes - $150 amazon gift certificate - A whole lot of chocolates, homemade cookies, 3 mugs, and various other small gifts from students - I also got a new touchscreen Windows 8 laptop a few we...

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The joke was definitely in poor taste, but before I personally take offense over things like this, I consider whether the people behind it are genuinely racist, or they just thought (however mistakenly) that they were being funny. In this case I think it's the latter. I think that the apology is suf...

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I agree about trimming the action scenes, but as for the Thorin/Azog subplot, I think that this part of the story benefited from having a main antagonist. And there'll probably be a great final showdown between them in the Battle of Five Armies.

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My random thoughts about The Hobbit: - It was good, but not amazing. - The biggest problem was the length. I believe it's about 15-20 minutes shy of 3 hours, which of course makes it shorter than any of the LotR films, but there's less story to tell here. I think most people who are familiar with Th...

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If the teachers in that school had been armed and trained to use a gun, this would have ended very differently.

All I have to say to that is that teachers aren't cops, and most of us would not feel comfortable or safer with guns in our classrooms.

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I'm seeing The Hobbit tonight so I can't comment yet, but given the weaker source material I've never expected The Hobbit films to be as good as LotR.

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Yeah, that's pretty much the answer I was expecting. The thing is, I have lost pretty much everything to do with my router. That is, the manual, the set up CD, administrator passwords... everything. And believe me, I NEVER lose this stuff. I still have discs and manuals for devices I got rid of year...

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I've got a challenge for our technically inclined members. My google-fu is pretty good, if I do say so myself, but I've had surprisingly little success finding a solution to this: I just got a new Windows 8 laptop. I'm loving it so far except for one rather big problem. Apparently Win8 doesn't allow...

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I've got several. That is, more than a few, but less than dozens. The point is, for every one of us, there's a lot more EG fans out there who haven't found their way to pweb or hatrack. Hell, it's required reading at the school I teach at, so there's at least a couple of thousand kids in my area who...

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Unless, of course, someone from ONE of the SIX Production Companies wants to release some sort of teaser to prove that they are on target. While it would be reassuring, I still think it's early to get antsy about the lack of a trailer. It's still almost a year until November, and many movies don't ...

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I've read The Lord of the Rings several times over the years, but I've actually only read The Hobbit once. In preparation for the first film (which I already have reserved seats for) I will now read it again for the first time since high school.

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George Lucas Will Use Disney $4 Billion to Fund Education

First he creates Star Wars, now this. Can George Lucas be any more awesome?

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What the hell?? That's weird.

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That's the song, but it sounds like someone recorded it by holding a mic to their speaker and then put it online. It really doesn't do it justice I'm afraid. This one's better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFlGZwkY1p0&feature=related" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Hop...

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That's what you get for using an iPad. I hear that they're also notorious for accidental double posts.

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Is it just me, or is This one of the most beautiful and epic movie songs ever?

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They will not dwell with the honoured dead in Sto-vo-kor!

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Which is actually pretty sad when you consider that the brain doesn't even totally finish developing until around 20-21, so we basically get about an 8 year window when our brains are at their peak, and so many people do their best to wreak it with drugs and alcohol during those years.

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I'm definitely talking about non-tongue in cheek references here.

I often give "back in my day..." speeches to my students to emphasize how "old" I am.

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Irrational irritation: when people my age (I'm a couple of weeks shy of 29) go on about "getting old". Recent examples include a facebook status which reads, "was asked if I'm over 25 when buying a lottery ticket... Made my day!" This person is 29, it's not an amazing feat to pas...

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Hobbit-themed flight safety video a YouTube hit

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I'm still betting that they attach a trailer to the Twilight movie com November.

I think you'll lose that bet. That would be rather early for a trailer even if everything was going well, wouldn't it?

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But they won't be thrown away! They'll still be there, waiting to be read and enjoyed. I understand that, and I've made that point to other EU fans who are more upset at the prospect than I am. But it won't be the same knowing that these stories simply don't count within the larger mythos anymore. ...

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You're preaching to the choir, dude...

And I've gained a few more volumes since this pic.

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My copies of the Jedi Academy Trilogy and Darksaber are even autographed and personalized by Kevin J. Anderson.

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Also the EU-ness of having Jedi marry doesn't exactly square with the prequel trilogy Jedi-don't-love storyline. That could be explained pretty quickly as one of Luke's decisions in founding the new order. Yeah, this has been addressed in the EU. Luke founded a New Jedi Order. Emphasis on the new ....

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If Disney doesn't do the right thing and recognize EU, I'm disowning Star Wars. VII had BETTER be either Truce at Bakura, something from the X-Wing series, Courtship of Princess Leia, or Heir to the Empire. Anything else and I'm outta here. http://www.slashfilm.com/disney-buys-lucasfilm-new-star-wa...

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The skeptic in me wants to say that that's probably fake, but in just 5 years of teaching I have seen and heard firsthand reports of dumber things.

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I'm not sure if I should find this sad or funny: Kids Suspended for Seeing Teacher's Topless iPad Pic Personally, I don't see a need to punish anyone involved here. Obviously not the kids. They didn't do anything wrong. As one of them said, they could have done nothing and left the picture there, or...

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I don't know how or why but I've somehow become a lurker. Pweb is my homepage, so I'm always around, but I haven't posted in over a month!

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That picture's even awesomer if you get the Dragon Ball Z reference.

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