Most characters in most movies are “only there to prop up someone else’s stories,” that’s why they’re called supporting characters.  Occasionally some of them are people of color, and in Tarantino movies they’re frequently historical figures.  There’s nothing inherently wrong with that.

The anime movie "Summer Wars" is pretty much about this exact premise. Except I think it might have been 2048-bit encryption in the movie.

This site can go eat a bag of dicks.

Saying mass and weight are the same is like saying velocity and speed are the same. In both cases they are related by a common property, but they are not equivalent. They are not "the same".

I just keep trying over and over while I'm here at work and using the computer anyway. If it finishes, great. If not, I'll just try again later.

Kinda surprised Apple wasn't better prepared for this one. Not upset mind you, just surprised.

yeah, it did eventually. Just took a couple of hours

Currently getting the infamous "We'll Be Back Soon" page...

For starters, that's not really how averages work. More importantly, I think you need to consider things like families. Have you ever seen the lines outside of schools where parents wait to pick up their kids? I know I've been in lines like this that could last for an hour each day (maybe a half hour picking…

My rule is to never lend money I expect back. There is nothing that will start hard feelings faster than someone who "forgets" to pay money back, so I just avoid it by only lending money that I don't expect to get back. That way, if I do get paid back it is great, if not it's no big deal.

That's pretty cool.

Thanks for adding the "fastboot oem unlock" — Of course Lifehacker would leave out that kinda vital step. I mean, of course they would!

This is a much better guide! It's sad when users comment a guide that's better and far easier than the one posted. This is actually easier to read.

There's a link like four lines above that which explains what ADB is and how to install it.

Since everyone is asking:

The controversy over this really cracks me up. What a sick society we live in where criminals get caught red handed and they get to plead "not guilty" and we have to go through a trial and they can then get off on mistrial technicalities.

Well if there's incriminating evidence on there and you unlock it for them, they're going to seize it anyway. Either way you aren't keeping your phone, but only one way incriminates you.

Personally, I actually very rarely feel the need to root my phone anymore. I have a rooted Nexus 7 that I'm using to try out the L release, but if I weren't using it for work, I'd be perfectly happy without root.

I'm firmly in the rooting camp, but I think most people here have that argument covered for me. Instead, I want to share an argument/tip for the more middle of the road crowd:

its real thermal, complete with calibrated temp scales and thermography apps. I've worked on the units ;-)

You obviously do not live in Denver. The way parallel parking here works is