Ostiant or Chalenduin

OK people, especially those of you who have experience with these models, I need your help - I am getting ready to replace my old (ancient) laptop, and have narrowed the choice down to three brands:

HP ProBook 4540s, notebookcheck.net review, equiv. of €355 in local shops, 2GB RAM, 320GB HDD
Acer Aspire E1-531, notebookcheck.net review, equiv. of €350 in local shops, 4GB RAM, 750GB HDD
Samsung ATIV Book2 270E5V-K01, notebokcheck.net has a review for another model, Samsung ATIV Book 2 - 270E5E, equiv. of €324 in local shops, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD

One of the guys in our IT department swears in HP and thinks Acer is crap, and I am wary of the reported high glare of Acer's screen; bad because I would be using it to type a lot and would really like to avoid any headaches.

The HP model has the least amount of memory/HDD space, but it is really well done and geared towards heavy office users, with a mat screen and good keyboard. Plus it has a fingerprint sensor! So SF!

Samsung is the cheapest of the three, and also sports a non reflective display. Unfortunately, the review of the model on notebookcheck gives an impression of a not so good keyboard - which as I will be typing a lot, is not good.

I will be paying for whichever laptop I choose in installments, which means the prices will increase by probably another €25-30 due to bank fees and whatnot. Local shops are not very keen on giving you a floor model to test out - they're usually kept under lock and key, behind glass. So I'd appreciate it if I could get feedback from people who have used these/similar models/brands.

I'm crossposting this to several places. Which laptop should I buy?

Steph was, if not the very first friend I made in fandom, then one of the first. Her support was invaluable to me when I lost my mother to breast cancer. In a bitter twist of fate, both she and her husband have now been diagnosed with cancer and as you can imagine, the cost of treatment is eating into their savings. A fundraiser has been set up for them, and if you can donate, every little bit helps.

I just found out the hard way how difficult it is to post something on Dreamwidth via an Android phone. I wanted to insert an image, and the floating box kept jumping around. I was not amused. I suppose next time I will have to try and do it via the http://www.dreamwidth.org/mobile/ interface.

I don't think I ever shared this fic before, so I'm fixing that oversight now.

hey, remember that time when (1590 words) by pollyrepeat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Avengers (2012)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Steve Rogers, Ensemble, Bucky Barnes, Phil Coulson
Summary:

In which Cap makes new friends, becomes an accidental Internet troll, swaps a lot of stories, and gives Bucky Barnes a hug.

I want more stories like this one!

So I kept seeing these around and even managed to fill some wishes (yay!) and I loved the idea so much that I wanted to take part as well. Since the upcoming holidays are not the ones I celebrate, this will be a permanent wish list, modeled after the one posted by dingsi here. I was also inspired by the lists posted by the lovely kayim and denorios.

Let me say two things first:
1. It is okay to want nice things. Post your wishlist! You don't have to be/do something special to "deserve" one! Just accept that sometimes people want to give you nice things! Because it makes them feel good, and/or they think you are rocksauce, or: because!
2. It is okay to not give someone what they want. People can be broke, out of energy, too busy, or simply go "eh, I'm not feeling particularly close to this person" and shrug and scroll past. Doesn't make them bad.

If you have a similar list, would you mind giving me the link in comments? ETA: Also marina created a wishlist index sorted by username.

My Rules/Guidelines:

• I won't post more than 10 list items.
• I'll keep my list up to date - e.g. remove (or set apart, or strike through) granted or outdated wishes.
• I won't expect anything. People aren't obligated to fulfill my wishes, just like I'm not required to fulfill theirs. It's not a popularity contest.
• I'm going to thank people, either privately (phone, email, private message) or publicly in this entry. In case you do NOT want me to mention your name, please let me know somehow!

( Click for the wishlist )

My sister and I went to the newly opened movie theater to see the Avengesr, since she didn't have a chance to seeit in the theater when she came to visit me. She loved the movie, and so did I, but the "He's adopted" line still bothers me. I believe the right reaction to Natasha's "He killed 80 people in two days," should have been, "Yes, and he will be justly punished, just as I was when I stormed into Jotunheim and killed such and such number of Jotun." (By the way, how many Jotun did Thor kill in the movie? I am unable to find this information.)

I mean, what the hell, Thor? First you threaten reprisal for Loki being badmouthed, then suddenly distance yourself by stating he's merely adopted and not a true brother at all. As if an adopted member of the family is not family at all - and this from a guy who just a while ago pointed out to Loki how they were "raised together, played together, fought together," implying gret closeness. Where is that closeness now, when you are in the company of new friends?

You might not agree, but it really pisses me off when someone posts an entry without a title. I agree there's no need to title each reply and comment, but at the very least an entry should have a title.

Another thing is livejournal signing me out, then losing my place. I often leave several tabs open to entries I want to continue reading the following day. Firefox remembers them and reopens them for me. More and more often, livejournal keeps logging me out when I go to refresh said tab, and forcing me to the login page. That wouldn't be bad in and on itself, but it drives me absolutely batty that it then completely erases the history of that tab and I can't even backspace to it! !"#$%&

Does anyone happen to know when searching to exclude will be available on AO3? Last time I asked about it was in September, and have been using the method linked to me by kayim to apply the filter to get only what I'm after? Has anyone tried anything similar? 

ETA OK so half of my post got eaten, and I had included an example of what I was trying to do: 

I'm predominantly a gen reader, but sometimes I do want toread a pairing fic, in which case I usually want the fic to concentrate on just that one pairing. So how do I search just for John Doe/Jane Doe and not John Doe/Jane Doe plus John Doe/Mary Sue and John Doe/Gary Stu?
kayim

is the number of people killed during the siege of Sarajevo - the longest siege in the modern history of warfare. It is a grim record to hold.

The Sarajevo Red Line - 11,541 empty chairs placed on the main street representing the blood of 11,541 victims of the siege.


By valiha at 2012-04-06

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You won't know the difference, but it's easy for us to see just looking at the names that victims were members of all nationalities - Bosniaks, Croats, Serbs. Entire families were wiped out.

My camera saves videos as .3gp files, so i don't know if you'll see this. It's under a minute long.



Daily mail online has an article on today's event.

What's up with LiveJournal? There's a huge

on the page. Is it just me or is it the same for everyone? There are kinkmemes I'm following! It can't be gone!