Can't find a copy online with 30 seconds of searching, but my favourite throat singing is Yat-Kha's version of Led Zep's When The Levee Breaks.

I recommend it enough to make this mostly useless comment.

Good metro apps are few and far in between, and the ones that do exist are usually gimped versions. It looks like it would be great with the tablet mode for general browsing, but really, without either iOS or Android's app ecosystem, the usefulness of a touchscreen is severely diminished. I don't believe it has Wacom-level precision for pen input (like Surface), which in itself would make it a great note taking device.

I don't like W8/8.1 on my desktop either, and regret upgrading from W7. For whatever reason I can't get access to user accounts settings (which has for some unknown reason been incorporated into Metro unlike virtually all other settings) because it crashes/hangs whenever I try to open it. So now I'm stuck with entering a password on my account each time I restart when I have absolutely no need to have one.

I had a couple of virtualised apps (I had a version of MS Office in an .exe file that I could run from a flash drive) but that no longer works probably due to compatibility issues.

My laptop's internet settings for some reason no longer remember passwords and I have to type it in each time. Meanwhile I see no tangible benefits. It loads slightly faster, maybe? But with an SSD the difference is marginal. W7's side-snap was genuinely a good idea. Meanwhile, W8 doesn't offer anything like that.

Metro apps are mostly useless to me. I'm glad that they're going to allow them to run natively in the desktop environment in W10 instead of co-existing through a finnicky side-screen mode but unless they actually offer improved functionality or ease of use over desktop (unlikely), I don't see me using them there either.

Gambit is hardly the most useless person to grace an x-team, neither is Jubilee, that honor goes to Skin. Gambit at least has hyper agility and is never without something to charge (even if he isn't able to throw it).

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Wolverine, the most useless X-Man has been added as a related post - related requested by eric3579.

Hi @Krupo, you raise interesting points, I'm not sure I can address all of them, even though I think a few issues are worth talking about. I'm sorry you felt I was unfair towards @dag, I can assure you that wasn't my intention, because even after reading your post, I'm not sure I see much difference between taxing individuals and mining companies (at least for the point I was trying to make, IIRC).

I wonder what is it about a natural resource that is underground (and that is mostly useless unless extracted), that makes it such a crime to extract and sell it without some additional taxation. It's not like removing oil or minerals is damaging anybody, and it wasn't actually available until someone extracted it. Sure, if there's pollution, or destruction of property, they should pay. However, just paying because it's a "natural resource", when they're the ones making the resource available to society, seems wrong to me, but I guess those who benefit from taking other people's money can always come up with rationalizations to collect a tax.

If we do charge more taxes for mining, though, won't the company just transfer the taxes to the final product, taxing consumers and other industries? More importantly, will raising taxes contribute in any way to better wealth distribution?

Remember, taxation doesn't mean giving money back to society as we often like to think, it just means giving money to government. That's a big difference. Government uses money not just for operation, but as a tool to further its own political agenda, one that sometimes involves corruption, and the added power that comes with it. Why is it best for society to give government more power? Why is society better off by giving government more fuel for waste or corruption?

The reason I mention corruption is because I believe it's an important contributing factor to wealth inequality. I also happen to think corruption plays a significant part in how a government operates, even in the fairest of democracies.

Agree with all of the above.
The most useless survival technique I've ever seen.
"Oy mate, just gotta have nets on ya at all times, besides the expertise required to piss off venomous snakes and not get bitten..."

I rather have my nice, large, solid-wood, comfy, king-sized bed with a high end tempur-pedic mattress, my handmade armorie, and a nice, solid wood desk. Sleeping on cheap-particle board and foam as an adult seems like the most useless idea to me.

Ha. Tons of people shoot themselves when the gun is "properly cleared." That's probably the number one way to shoot yourself, or others. "Oh, it's empty, don't worry."

The safest gun is also the most useless gun. You have seconds to respond to an armed shooter, so having to take out the flag, take out the barrel lock, take off the trigger lock, unlock the ammo, load the ammo and shoot . . . . A useful gun is not a safe gun. A object designed solely to kill humans more efficiently is never "safe."

@rebuilder

There's very good data showing test scores correlate with all socially valued outcomes.

That includes professional development, health outcomes (managing our personal health in the 21st century is complicated), lower divorce rates, lower rates of out-of-wedlock births, lower crime rates, etc.

I agree, however, that school is mostly useless. I encourage young people to get their highschool equivalency at age 12-16. Get a 4 year degree if you absolutely must, but do it as fast as possible. Aim to move to a tech hub like Silicon Valley or Austin, Texas to become a programmer, designer, marketer, bizdev guy etc.

Only worse. At least hypnotoad doesn't (necessarily) correspond with the real world.>> ^dannym3141:

God this is like hynotoad.

>> ^renatojj:

They still have work to do, apparently it creates mostly useless things that are worn out and ready to be disposed.
That's the other incredible thing. Products created using this method actually improve in quality as you use them.

They still have work to do, apparently it creates mostly useless things that are worn out and ready to be disposed.

I somewhat agree with this review. It certainly is a shallow game, with some odd mechanics and a really bad quest system. That said, the variety of guns is huge so it's real fun when you find something new. The combat is invigorating and can be quite challenging (especially in co-op). But really this game isn't about story, or snappy mechanics, or innovative design. It's about finding ever-bigger guns and blowing the heads off random bandit bad guys.

I think one of the bad things is your fun is directly related to your luck in finding good weapons. I'm sure many folks have had bad luck and spent a few hours with a new character and gotten shit guns throughout. For me it was the Siren who (early on) has about the most useless special power of all four classes. I really, really liked the Siren from the first game so I stick with the class but it took about 10 hours or so before Siren began to get fun as I unlocked better talents and 'FINALLY' found a few decent guns.

If you wanna put it back, I won't fight. Channel reassignment is something I do out of compulsion, not out of caring about channels. I think the channels are mostly useless, actually.
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But it seems to be fairly clear that this video has essentially been set up and intended to portray Shell in a comedic way. It might not advertise a product but in a way it's brand (anti)advertisement. With it's false premise, unusual incident and insinuations of being the real deal, it also possesses traits usually attributed to (intended) viral videos.


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*nochannel

keeping:
*eco

adding:
*comedy

losing:
-viral (channel is for viral advertising only, not any video that happens to go viral)