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Close. It's Plank (http://wiki.go-docky.com/?title=Plank:Introduction) and Unity with the side dashboard hidden.

Work computer - dual screen

wow wow such fluff wow

I still have it! Learning Vala to port it over as a real/native app though.

Infamous: Second Son

Clean install of Ubuntu, upgrading to Trust Tahr now!

This is true, it is possible to a greater degree within a smaller community. But we're not a community consisting of just ~40 members. We have thousands of members (though it's debatable as to how many of them are actually "active" - the point still stands). I updated my post. Public shaming should never be a solution to anything. It's the very thing I would never condone or promote our community to do. Most of you remember Batsu from a few years ago - while it was amusing at times, it was ultimately annoying, and painted the whole forum as a forum of dicks (quite literally at times). It's also listed under every one of the cons section of the above mentioned solutions.

In reality this thread was meaningless with the original post. All four of the points you listed, we have already done - as Zess has pointed out in a previous post. There is never going to be a "true" solution to this where everyone can have their cake and eat it. There will always be disgruntled people. There will always be disagreements. Nothing that has been said, or ever will be said about this is new. Every method has been tried (and I'm not just talking about MH and it's community - but all "file sharing" services/websites). I have been around a lot of forums that have tried everything under the sun to "battle" this. They have all failed - us included. And you know what? They have all shut down because of the tension, and the bickering, and the fighting between it's members over this very issue. The very thing that brought them all together, is the very thing that tore them to pieces in the end. Let's go over each of the proposed solutions from the users that have replied here. Leeching is "condoned" Premise: Users must have X amount of posts. Users must be active within Y amount of days/weeks/months/years. Pros: There is a sense of "community" and "respect" between members and the files they share Cons: The notion of respect and community is a false pretense. All it takes is one person to break one of the golden rules to bring out the pitchforks and torches. Feels highly controlled. Users will be afraid to break one of said rules in fear of being "punished". There is too much "criteria" to meet for such a simple act - clicking a link to download a file Leechers should feel grateful; and if they aren't, should they be 'forced' to Premise: Can be used in combination with the above: "Leeching is condoned" Users must give "thanks" to uploaders to retrieve link. Pros: Uploaders get a sense of gratitude for their "work" Cons: Same as the above; just with one more "golden" rule to follow/jump through. Leechers should credit the uploaders Premise: Can be used in combination with the above: "Leeching in condoned" and "Leechers should feel grateful" Users can share links they find made by uploaders, but must credit said uploaders as the source Pros: Uploaders get a sense of gratitude for their "work" They may gain popularity within the small knit j-music community Cons: Same as the above; just with yet one more "golden" rule to follow/jump through. Must "police" other websites to make sure they're following OUR rules. This is wrong on many levels, as we are then strong-arming other websites. 99.9% of the time, there is absolutely nothing we can do if a link is not given it's due credit People feel offended when they find their uploads elsewhere without credit. Creates unneeded hate within the community Has actually led to racism (think of how you feel when you see the words "Brazilian J-Rock Blog"). This shit has to stop. Uploads should not be re-posted elsewhere Premise: Can be used in combination with the above: "Leeching in condoned", "Leechers should feel grateful", and "Leechers should credit the uploaders" Uploads are exclusive to the community, and should not be shared or posted elsewhere On small occasions you may do so with the permission of the uploader Pros: Uploaders have a sense of security, knowing how, when, and who their uploads are being shared with. Cons: Can be achievable within smaller, close-knit communities. Requires a lot of work to sustain. Ultimately, this is the "utopia" of the internet. It's a very nice image to dream of, but will never be reality. Goes against the very foundation of what the internet is. Causes uploaders to profile other members of the community, and will create instances of people not sharing files to others simply because they don't like them. Again, there is absolutely no way for us to police other websites when (not if) we find a file has been shared outside of the community. I have seen all of this happen many times over. Champ, and any of the other staff members, and even some of you users reading this now, can vouch for this. Do any of these solutions seem like a fix to anything?

My favorite quote for things like this is "quality over quantity".

I personally think the greatest solution to this age-old problem, is not to force "leechers" (whatever the hell that actually means - we're all leeching) to step into the light and give thanks to you mighty people that rip releases, but to instead, force everyone to be anonymous. If you upload/share a file - it would not be associated with an account, but only the details of the release/quality. No comments. No thanks button. A simple link to download. This whole "give credit where credit is due" on this matter is almost sickening. The purpose of sharing music here is just that: sharing; turn people on to new music that they might have never come across or heard before.

It's a virtual host manager (that I aptly called Kappa) I wrote for *nix to save myself from having to open the terminal and creating new virtual host files every time I needed to set up a local website. I'm impressed that you picked up on the fact that it's a Kappa! It's a temporary icon (sprite is from a game) until I make a new one.

Desktop at work

This topic has been brought up many times before here. The problem here is that "Visual Kei" overlaps two sensory categories. What we see, and what we hear. What we see, is Visual Kei. It helps here to actually look at the Japanese. ヴィジュアル系 Obviously ヴィジュアル is simply "Visual" in Katakana form. 系 on the other hand, means "system; lineage; group" Visual System, Visual Lineage, Visual Group. I've seen/heard it translated as Visual Style as well. What we hear, is their chosen style of music (be it rock, metal, pop, etc.) They are two separate things. Now, I think because the majority of visual kei bands go down the route of rock/metal, that it kinda all blurs into one as many bands who define themselves as being "Visual Kei" also have similar music styles - and thus, people have learned to simply lump bands into a Visual Kei Genre. In the end though, it's simply a label. The term "Visual Kei" was originally used as almost a name for the bands that came up with it. It was a means to separate and distinguish themselves from other bands as being something different.

This was my work area from my last apartment. I'll take a new one soon as soon as I clean up :x

EDIT: Slight UI changes

I'm in if we start with watching One Piece from the beginning.

What color scheme is that in sublime text? Solarized Dark?

We'll be here, young padawan.

You can't use Japanese characters for your username. You can, however, use it for your display name which you can change in your user settings (on Deadeyes-star). This is deliberate as having a Japanese name for your login name can cause issues and lock you out of your account. This is the same for other sites, on top of the fact that their website and database need to be configured to store Japanese characters.

Older picture from when I had it done. But as a developer, how could I have not gotten this tattoo!? Caffeine molecule.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11021

They look like kidneys.

I'm with Teletubby on this one. I love the iPhone 5 headphones (even though I use an android!) But then again I'd never spend $100+ on a pair of headphones. My money can be spent on better things. In the end it's simply a matter of different priorities / interests.