Comments for Ryan J.com http://blog.ryanj.com What do you think about it? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:33:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on Pain: Psalms of Extinction by Pain: Cynic Paradise | Ryan J.com http://blog.ryanj.com/index.php/88/comment-page-1#comment-1219 Pain: Cynic Paradise | Ryan J.com Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:28:45 +0000 http://blog.ryanj.com/?p=88#comment-1219 [...] No, don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about physical suffering here. [...] No, don’t get me wrong, I’m not talking about physical suffering here.

]]> Comment on Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Danger of Death… by Ryan J. http://blog.ryanj.com/index.php/335/comment-page-1#comment-1212 Ryan J. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:45:15 +0000 http://blog.ryanj.com/?p=335#comment-1212 Greetings Paul I agree with you that many people went out to purchase gifts for others, but how many were only buying for themselves? Unfortunately we don't know. This statement made by a shopper, taken from NYTimes, is what I find terrifying: ""When they were saying they had to leave, that an employee got killed, people were yelling, 'I've been on line since yesterday morning,' " Ms. Cribbs told The Associated Press. "They kept shopping."" http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/business/29walmart.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Here are some numbers I found on MarketWatch stating where the money was spent: "As expected, many shoppers (50.9%) purchased clothing and accessories over the weekend while 39.0 percent bought books, DVDs, CDs and video games and 35.9 percent purchased consumer electronics. Toys were also big sellers, as 28.5 percent of shoppers bought a toy." http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/NRF-Survey-Finds-Black-Friday/story.aspx?guid={A791F234-12AE-4D46-8239-69F44C87F597} Finding a deal to save money in tough times is wonderful. People shooting each other in Toys R Us or trampling someone to death over clothing, accessories, electronics or what have you is what I see as pathetic. I took a gander at the reCAPTCHA settings and disabled it for registered users. Only a few friends tend to pass through and even then they don't have much to say (maybe because it was a pain in the ass). Thanks for comments! :) Greetings Paul

I agree with you that many people went out to purchase gifts for others, but how many were only buying for themselves? Unfortunately we don’t know. This statement made by a shopper, taken from NYTimes, is what I find terrifying:

“”When they were saying they had to leave, that an employee got killed, people were yelling, ‘I’ve been on line since yesterday morning,’ ” Ms. Cribbs told The Associated Press. “They kept shopping.”"

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/business/29walmart.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Here are some numbers I found on MarketWatch stating where the money was spent:

“As expected, many shoppers (50.9%) purchased clothing and accessories over the weekend while 39.0 percent bought books, DVDs, CDs and video games and 35.9 percent purchased consumer electronics. Toys were also big sellers, as 28.5 percent of shoppers bought a toy.”

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/NRF-Survey-Finds-Black-Friday/story.aspx?guid={A791F234-12AE-4D46-8239-69F44C87F597}

Finding a deal to save money in tough times is wonderful. People shooting each other in Toys R Us or trampling someone to death over clothing, accessories, electronics or what have you is what I see as pathetic.

I took a gander at the reCAPTCHA settings and disabled it for registered users. Only a few friends tend to pass through and even then they don’t have much to say (maybe because it was a pain in the ass).

Thanks for comments! :)

]]> Comment on Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Danger of Death… by paulwhit http://blog.ryanj.com/index.php/335/comment-page-1#comment-1211 paulwhit Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:41:30 +0000 http://blog.ryanj.com/?p=335#comment-1211 Counterpoints are very few, but you seem to have neglected the idea that some people gathered to save money in a tough economy to buy things as gifts for others. Also, your blog is a pain in the ass to comment on. I have to log in AND put in a captcha? Give me a break. Counterpoints are very few, but you seem to have neglected the idea that some people gathered to save money in a tough economy to buy things as gifts for others.

Also, your blog is a pain in the ass to comment on. I have to log in AND put in a captcha? Give me a break.

]]> Comment on Orbit addiction…interesting perk. by Ryan J » Blog Archive » Splenda Sickness and Orbit Gum http://blog.ryanj.com/index.php/32/comment-page-1#comment-1210 Ryan J » Blog Archive » Splenda Sickness and Orbit Gum Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:38:23 +0000 http://blog.ryanj.com/index.php/32#comment-1210 [...] read the words "sucralose" and began to get this overwhelming feeling of annoyance. [...] read the words “sucralose” and began to get this overwhelming feeling of annoyance.

]]> Comment on reCAPTCHA to Register by Spam Filtering x2 | Can't Get Rich http://blog.ryanj.com/index.php/150/comment-page-1#comment-1209 Spam Filtering x2 | Can't Get Rich Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:57:23 +0000 http://blog.ryanj.com/?p=150#comment-1209 [...] reCAPTCHA to Register [...] [...] reCAPTCHA to Register [...]

]]> Comment on BPA in my fav bottle :( by Ryan J » Blog Archive » Finally! A water bottle that doesn’t leak. http://blog.ryanj.com/index.php/192/comment-page-1#comment-1208 Ryan J » Blog Archive » Finally! A water bottle that doesn’t leak. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:20:58 +0000 http://blog.ryanj.com/?p=192#comment-1208 [...] UPDATE 9-17-2008: This bottle contains BPA. Fail. I've been looking for literally months for a water bottle / beverage container that doesn't leak. Reason being that I like to bring my protein shakes with me to work and sip them throughout the day. Well, in the past... I've made quite a handful of messes. My car, my laptop carrying bag, my coat, shirts... the list continues. Last week I spied a nice looking water bottle on the receptionist's desk and hit the jackpot. What I was really looking for was a "leak proof" design (read: it has a rubber seal in it so it actually makes a seal rather than plastic against plastic like all you other idiodic beverage containers currently distribute). Here we are... the Rubbermaid Chug Bottle. Success! No drops, no drips... I am a happy fellow. The receptionist was nice enough to buy me one while she was at her local Meijer (since my Meijer didn't have one - I already checked). Awesome! Thanks Rubbermaid (and an even bigger thanks to the receptionist for being so cool and picking one up for me)!!!!!!! [...] [...] UPDATE 9-17-2008: This bottle contains BPA. Fail. I’ve been looking for literally months for a water bottle / beverage container that doesn’t leak. Reason being that I like to bring my protein shakes with me to work and sip them throughout the day. Well, in the past… I’ve made quite a handful of messes. My car, my laptop carrying bag, my coat, shirts… the list continues. Last week I spied a nice looking water bottle on the receptionist’s desk and hit the jackpot. What I was really looking for was a “leak proof” design (read: it has a rubber seal in it so it actually makes a seal rather than plastic against plastic like all you other idiodic beverage containers currently distribute). Here we are… the Rubbermaid Chug Bottle. Success! No drops, no drips… I am a happy fellow. The receptionist was nice enough to buy me one while she was at her local Meijer (since my Meijer didn’t have one - I already checked). Awesome! Thanks Rubbermaid (and an even bigger thanks to the receptionist for being so cool and picking one up for me)!!!!!!! [...]

]]> Comment on Finally! A water bottle that doesn’t leak. by Ryan J » Blog Archive » BPA in my fav bottle :( http://blog.ryanj.com/index.php/80/comment-page-1#comment-1207 Ryan J » Blog Archive » BPA in my fav bottle :( Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:19:53 +0000 http://blog.ryanj.com/index.php/80#comment-1207 [...] UPDATE to "Finally! A water bottle that doesn’t leak." [...] [...] UPDATE to “Finally! A water bottle that doesn’t leak.” [...]

]]> Comment on Virus winter.exe by Smitfraud http://blog.ryanj.com/index.php/31/comment-page-1#comment-1199 Smitfraud Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:59:06 +0000 http://blog.ryanj.com/index.php/31#comment-1199 Smitfraud is definelty bad stuff. The first time I came across this I had a ton of problems removing it. Now whenever I run into this I do a system restore first then run the free smitfraudfix tool and then run a full scan with Spyware Doctor. If you have Smitfraud I can gurantee you are infected with other threats as well and that is way you need to use other software besides just the smitfraud fix tool. Smitfraud is definelty bad stuff. The first time I came across this I had a ton of problems removing it. Now whenever I run into this I do a system restore first then run the free smitfraudfix tool and then run a full scan with Spyware Doctor. If you have Smitfraud I can gurantee you are infected with other threats as well and that is way you need to use other software besides just the smitfraud fix tool.

]]> Comment on Finally! Syphon of Nathrezim! by Asirae http://blog.ryanj.com/index.php/90/comment-page-1#comment-1190 Asirae Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:48:02 +0000 http://blog.ryanj.com/?p=90#comment-1190 So hawt!! Awesome and congratz! - Asirae http://enhancementshaman.wordpress.com So hawt!! Awesome and congratz!

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]]> Comment on Virus winter.exe by Mako http://blog.ryanj.com/index.php/31/comment-page-1#comment-1187 Mako Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:06:12 +0000 http://blog.ryanj.com/index.php/31#comment-1187 When I boot up in safe mode, my personal user account is missing, replaced by the Administrator account. How can I correct that? When I boot up in safe mode, my personal user account is missing, replaced by the Administrator account. How can I correct that?

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