PAD (Puzzle and Dragons) is my new addiction as of late. The game is a crossover between Bejeweled and those Card collecting/trading games, and, thankfully, the game limits you on the number of plays based on what they call “stamina”.
A site called MacRumors is a site that I frequent. It is a site for news and rumors regarding Apple and its products.
Yesterday, I was reading a thread Microsoft Inaccurately Depicts Windows Tablet as Larger than iPad in New Comparison Ad that had the daily users going at it as usual, when a user named 2IS got in the mix. The user would state false statements and obvious incorrect math that would stir others into trying to correct him, when he obviously had no intention of being corrected, which would heat up the others more.
It was obvious to me that the user was what the Internet would define as a “troll”, and so I called him out in a post saying “He’s just a troll”, which was immediately taken down and slapped with a warning by an admin dejo. He said name-calling is not allowed and I should read the rules before going back to the forums. So, I went back to the thread and posted “Looks like my previous post was deleted. Look guys, 2IS is just trolling you guys. Just ignore him.” The next day, I visited the site to face with this:
You do not have access to the MacRumors Forums
Your access to the MacRumors Forums has been temporarily or permanently suspended.
Suspension expiration date and time:
May 24, 2013, 04:00 PM
Reason for suspension:Reposting name-calling and ignoring moderation.
If a date and time are shown above, the suspension is temporary. If the word Never appears instead then the suspension is permanent.
“You’re a troll” vs “You’re trolling” seemed different to me, but not according to dejo.
Dejo is an asshole with a power trip. /rant
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A user on Slickdeals.net, a popular site that lists daily deals that I frequent, recently posted a thread on their forums listing a number of users that were hit with fraudulent charges on their credit cards after recent purchases at rakuten.com. Rakuten.com was formerly buy.com, which I had no problems with, but after recently buying an AppleTV off of Rakuten.com, I was hit with a $700+ charge from Sears on my discover card.
People are suggesting to use PayPal, but I would stay away from Rakuten.com for the time being.
I can finally rejoice! I was happy with my new PS3 Blu-ray Disc Remote Control since I watch most of my media on my PS3. The only downside was I couldn’t get it to work with my Samsung TV (model LN52B610 52″ 1080P LCD HDTV), but after having read the manual I realized I can make it work… but I needed the programming code.
The manual lists the possible codes for Samsung TVs: 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468. I tried them all and gathered that both 464 and 465 worked. I was happy for a bit but realized that the remote didn’t work quite anything like the original Samsung remote: the directional buttons were used as volume/channel control, and some other buttons like Return didn’t do anything. I figured the features were just limited for universal remote controls.
After a few hours, I couldn’t stand the fact that I had limited control over my TV, so I started investigating. Considering both codes 464 and 465 work, there have got to be others, and maybe one of them will allow my remote control to give me full control.
I finally hit the jackpot when I ran into an Amazon review. The author suggested using code 304, and lo and behold, it worked!
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