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#1 Inger1
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Despite the appeal of dating a celebrity who would be good looking, rich and famous, I doubt I'd be able to handle the stresses that would accompany such a relationship. Dealing with the paparazzi, her fans, her hectic work schedule, etc. would all be too much for me.

I have my eye on a friend who has friend zoned me and I would want it to be her.

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I would go 1 week into the future for only a couple of minutes, learn the winning lottery numbers for next weeks big draw then travel back to my time period. After winning the lotto with said numbers I would then destroy the time machine. Travelling into the past would be incredible but I wouldn't trust that I could get there without causing some sort of impact that could drastically change the future. Subsequently, I wouldn't want to travel and learn a lot about the future because I don't want to know and be worried about all the bad things that would be coming.

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R rated does not necessarily have to always imply excessive gore, violence and/or nudity. Just the tone and material of the movie could/would be construed as being only acceptable for adults.

While western audiences have mostly envisioned animation as being for children, Japan and many of the other East Asian Markets effectively utilize anime as the medium for dark, gritty works. Animation allows you to do things that are either unrealistically expensive to do with real life actors or just simply impossible to portray period. Mature animated series such as Ghost in the Shell, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Akira, etc. shows the animated medium can be used effectively for more mature titles. If the movie is well written, well animated and well directed it can be an excellent movie.

That being said I could never imagine Pixar ever doing an R-rated title. While I'm sure they could produce an excellent work it just deviates too much from existing portfolio and their brand image. THey make truck loads of money crafting flicks for all audiences and I don't see them jepordizing that.

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#4 Inger1
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I'll just leave this here

As others have said tho, the trick really is just to have confidence. As long as you're forward and confident you have just as much of a chance if not a better chance than the "jerks"

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I've never met someone that has killed another person but I do know someone who has had loved ones murdered.

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#6 Inger1
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First I'm going to assume you're talking about the line-up of droid phones from Verizon and not all android phones in general. If this is true then I highly recommend you widen your view to include all android devices and not just the droid series from Verizon. Don't get me wrong, the droid line-up includes some awesome phones but you'd be missing out on some of the even more spectacular android devices; things like the Nexus 2, Optimus 2X, Atrix, Galaxy S2, and many many more.

Now in response to your statement about there being "50 million droids" its because android and the droid lineup itself includes a wide number of different manufacturers. HTC, Sony Ericsson, Motorolla, Samsung, LG, Acer, Dell, Asus, and more all manufacture their own android devices. The android operating system was created and is maintained by Google, they subsequently make the OS available to all these manufacturers to load onto their devices. Think of Android like the Windows OS, Microsoft makes Windows but its used by HP, Dell, Toshiba, Sony, Acer and many more laptops.

All of this gives Android one advantage over the iPhone: diversity. Theres many different models and looks to choose from, some with physical keyboards, some without, all of which however use the same basic operating system. Thats something you can't get from Apple, you like their design or theres no other choice.

In terms of build quality and looks from each of these manufacturers this is where Apple is ahead of the game. While no Android device has suffered a severe defect like the "death grip" on the iPhone 4. You also won't see anything substantially out of the box from current Android devices. They're mostly pretty standard fare, plastic or rubber materials, rectangular or roundish designs, and as I said previously some will have keyboards some won't. HTC has some aluminum unibody designs on their Android phones but in general you won't find anything as innovative as the glass design used on the iPhone4. Quality however isn't an issue among any of the manufacturers for HIGH END android devices. I haven't read of any massive recalls or complaints about any of the top of the line Android devices.

Now, in terms of differentiating factors between iOS and Android one difference you can expect is customization. Android has a large number of customization options that are not available on iOS. These are things like resizeable widgets, and folders. iOS does has a slight advantage in stability, it tends to be a bit smoother when transitioning between homepages. Also, since Google operates Android, the integration with Googles services is well ahead of what you get on iOS and other devices. Google Maps on Android is heads and shoulders above what you get in iOS, theres also better integration with gmail and google docs. Unfortunately its not as easy compared to Apple with MobileMe for locating your device and remotely wiping it, its possible but not as streamlined. In terms of apps, now adays you will pretty much get the exact same experience between an iPhone and an Android device. Android and iOS are the 2 dominant players in the mobile world so all the big apps from the large companies get released on both platforms. In general I have noticed iOS releases tend to get priority and get released first, but an Android release usually follows in the following weeks. Android does have a small advantage in terms of apps in that it allows you to download apps directly from websites rather than restricting you to the official store like iOS does. On a final note, I personally find the iOS notification system to be infuriating, the popups are terribly annoying, everytime I get a message it interrupts what I'm doing. Android has no such issue, all notifications are steamlined into a notification taskbar or ticker at the top of your screen. A notification will scroll by on the bar and you can choose to address it when you want.

Overall each OS has its pros and cons. I STRONGLY recommend interacting with a live device yourself in a store just to get a feel of what the experience is like.

Finally in terms of the "best" Android, well thats quite subjective. As I said previously, a large number of different manufacturers all produce Android devices, this creates a diversity in each Android phone. All the manufacturers place their own custom UI skin overtop of Android, HTC has Sense, Motorolla has Blur, Samsung has TouchWiz. This is all to add a unique element to the device in order to differentiate from other Android manufacturers. In general each of these skins gets the job done however none of them truely enhance the original Android experience. There are a couple phones that come free of skins like the Nexus 1 and 2, the G2 from TMobile, the ORIGINAL Droid, not the Droid 2 and most ppl tend to prefer the original Android experience rather than have a skin on top. Like I said, the skin gets the job done but its not really an improvement either.

In any case my nomination for the current "best" Android device is the Samsung Galaxy S2. It has an incredible display (even better than the retina display in the iPhone 4), a dual core processor, great camera, great build quality and is just a fantastic device.

This got a little longer than I wanted but as you can see, I'm pretty passionate about phones :P.

For the lazy, the TLDR version: try out the phones yourself, only you know what you really like. My personal nomination for best android phone is the Galaxy S2.

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Well it depends how "picky" you are with electronics. Its doubtful (with 99% feedback) that the seller would sell you anything that is broken or damaged in any way. On the other hand, its highly likely there will most likely be some if not alot of cosmetic wear. Things like scratches or minor dents will be quite common.

Also with used things theres always the chance the item may still be functioning but have been previously dropped or had something spilled on it.

Personally I never buy used electronics simply because I don't know what the previous owner has done to it. If its a good deal however and you're not worried about cosmetic wear and tear its not a terrible idea.

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#8 Inger1
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I live in Canada where we don't do standardized tests for University admission (thank god)

I just wrote the LSAT last month tho, my first experience with a standardized test but it wasn't anything particularly special.

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#9 Inger1
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I was at work; I remember one of my coworkers coming and breaking the news and I just laughed because I thought she was joking.

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#10 Inger1
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Its not just the hours of sleep that are important but the time you sleep as well. The body naturally has certain rhythms where it expects you to be resting according to your past history and according to the time of day. Staying up until 2 or 3 in the morning and then sleeping in until 10 or 11 isn't equivalent to sleeping at 12 and waking up at 8 and this is because of the body's rhythms.

Things like cortisone and adrenaline are naturally released in the early morning to prep for awakening/physical activity, all of that is wasted if you're "sleeping in". Serotonin(happiness chemical) is released during daylight and thus sleeping in causes your body to release less. Melatonin(chemical that induces sleep) is naturally released during prolonged darkness causing you to be less productive and tired when staying up late. Theres many more but those are all I can remember off the top of my head.