The Bitching Thread

[Death BOO Z]

a girl who was with me in the army came by the store toady, so I said hello.

I haven't seen such a look of 'get out of my life' since I've tried talking to an Ex of mine..


(alternative version)
I haven't seen such hatred and disgust in someone's eye since I've seen my reflection in the mirror.

[samsonlonghair]

I have a odd job today upgrading hard drives for a doctors office. Sounds easy, right? One problem: This doctors office uses a lot of expensive, proprietary software. The software vendors won't give them the discs. This means I can't just format the new drives because I don't have the software they need.

So I turn to Norton Ghost. For some reason I've had error after error after error. DriveImageXML and Clonezilla are giving me similar problems. Maybe it's because these PCs are taiwanese cheapos.

[Animeniax]

a girl who was with me in the army came by the store toady, so I said hello.

I haven't seen such a look of 'get out of my life' since I've tried talking to an Ex of mine..


(alternative version)
I haven't seen such hatred and disgust in someone's eye since I've seen my reflection in the mirror.
Is she hot? I've seen this powerpoint presentation that's made the rounds on the internet showing all these hot chicks in the Israeli army.


I have a odd job today upgrading hard drives for a doctors office. Sounds easy, right? One problem: This doctors office uses a lot of expensive, proprietary software. The software vendors won't give them the discs. This means I can't just format the new drives because I don't have the software they need.

So I turn to Norton Ghost. For some reason I've had error after error after error. DriveImageXML and Clonezilla are giving me similar problems. Maybe it's because these PCs are taiwanese cheapos.
What kinds of errors? Regardless of where the PCs were made, the hardware should behave the same and the drive imaging software shouldn't have a problem...

Don't double post. Merged
- Xan

[Xelbair]

in worst case the image file is broken...

[Buffalobiian]

It depends on what sort of error you're talking about too. Are they all having trouble reimaging onto the new drive, or reading off the old one? Cuz the latter means the HDD is buggered with read errors already.

Taiwan makes some good computer products too. <<here be urge to revive Mizuchi's infamous quote>>

[XanBcoo]

It's 92 Goddamn degrees in the house because the air conditioner is broken.

I'm in for a long, sticky night. And not in the fun way.

[Buffalobiian]

Screwed-up-computer-Day today.

1 computer randomly froze, another suddenly reverted to USB 1.1 ports, and the laptop's mousepad's tap and double-tap function just doesn't work anymore.

[Buffalobiian]

I bit into some crab last night, and the shell somehow dislodged the metal wire sitting behind my lower-front teeth. (I had braces years back, and I've still got a metal wire sitting behind there. I was allowed to take it out when I was 18.)

Originally the wire held 6 teeth in place, but the cement on the leftmost 2 have broken, and the wire sits at an awkward angle now. Since it's rigid, it now pulls/pushes on the others, numbing them.

The dentist doesn't open till Monday, and even then I'm not sure if I can get a booking :(.

Damn crab.

[Assertn]

god....so much TMI from my roommate.... I need some xanax

[Psyke]

I just saw the pictures of Cobra Commander in the upcoming G.I.Joe movie, and I'm pissed that they messed up. I'd settle for a faceless helmet but they had to make it "cool".

[Animeniax]

I'm tired of dealing with this buddy of mine who's a poster child for bi-polar disorder. One minute he's cool, the next he's not. The problem is it seems to be me that is making him switch on and off. I'm the same as always, but somehow I seem to be able to hit that switch. F*cking annoying sh*t to have to deal with someone like this.

[Paper]

I'm tired of dealing with this buddy of mine who's a poster child for bi-polar disorder. One minute he's cool, the next he's not. The problem is it seems to be me that is making him switch on and off. I'm the same as always, but somehow I seem to be able to hit that switch. F*cking annoying sh*t to have to deal with someone like this.


o_O ......That does sound annoying especially since he is your friend. Do you remember what you did or say before he reverts to his none cool ways?

[Xelbair]

I just got ill and my allergy kicked up stronger than before.

[itadakimasu]

one of our most important servers was down this morning, and when it rebooted, chkdsk started and erased most of the hard drive volume making it unusable... I'm probably going to have to be up all night monitoring the backup status.

the whole day has been a nightmare basically...

[Animeniax]

Do you get OT or comp time for your efforts tonight? If so, and if you can do the monitoring remotely from home, then it's win win cha-ching.

[enkoujin]

I applied for and got this one easy (with very little stress) job that pays well for an easy job.

Problem is - I'm contracted for six months and I can't work Thursday mornings due to time conflict with a university laboratory class, so if I don't sort this out well with my supervisor, I'll have to put down my employment.

[The Heretic Azazel]

After jerking me around for 3 weeks and my drug test and background check coming back clean, Walmart wouldn't hire me because i copped to a weed charge. How the hell was my check for misdemeanors and felonies clean? You have to move to expunge those charges.

I'll be glad when pot is legal

[Death BOO Z]

After jerking me around for 3 weeks and my drug test and background check coming back clean, Walmart wouldn't hire me because i copped to a weed charge. How the hell was my check for misdemeanors and felonies clean? You have to move to expunge those charges.

I'll be glad when pot is legal


when you get custom title, make it "Walmart reject"...


seriously? doesn't walmart hire actual ex-cons and stuff?

[UChessmaster]

I started med school in 2004, there needs to be at least 15 people registering for next term for college to open said term, as time went by several people was left behind because they failed several subjects, next term there won`t be 15 people thus i`m losing a term by default. : (

[rockmanj]

I'm starting to get annoyed by people thinking that I am a teenager -_-.

[itadakimasu]

how old are you rockman?

[itadakimasu]

After jerking me around for 3 weeks and my drug test and background check coming back clean, Walmart wouldn't hire me because i copped to a weed charge. How the hell was my check for misdemeanors and felonies clean? You have to move to expunge those charges.

I'll be glad when pot is legal

That is just plain ridiculous. I'm more worried about the people who don't have petty marijuana charges on their record. I really think that stuff like this should warrant a lawsuit... a previous arrest for weed has nothing to do with any sort of job function you'd be doing at a walmart.

I totally sympathize w\ your situation.

Does walmart use that applicant screening system that places like best buy and target use? where they ask you hundreds of questions and just reword the questions over and over? I think that is the most retarded concept ever... they filter out possibly good applicants and hire douchebags who probably aren't qualified.

[Animeniax]

I started med school in 2004, there needs to be at least 15 people registering for next term for college to open said term, as time went by several people was left behind because they failed several subjects, next term there won`t be 15 people thus i`m losing a term by default. : (
I shouldn't care since you voted to have me banned, but since I'm going back to school I know how you feel. Right now I'm registered for 12 hours for the Fall semester, and each semester after I will only be taking about 12 hours. If one class is canceled, I'll fall outside "full time" status and that could cause problems with taxes and such, not to mention it could add another semester before I could graduate.

Are you talking about not having enough people for a particular class, or for the entire program? That's pretty rough if they cancel the entire term for lack of participation. Maybe you can get an internship or work during the semester off.

[itadakimasu]

I was taking cisco courses and they kinda threw the regulations out the window with them, because all other classes get scrapped if nobody signs up... but I had 2-3 of the cisco courses that were just me and another student.... heck.. I think my last one was just me and the teacher !

It got funny one semester because this one old faculty member's class was scrapped because of not having enough people and they wind up bringing him in to "help out" and then our class only had 3 people in it.

I need 1 credit to have my associates degree ( WOOHOO....) which I'm starting to think will impact me as much as having my GED did when I was 17.

Current bitching.... I think I have pink eye but I don't really want to goto the doctor and miss work so I'm going to tough it out until the end of the day to see if it clears up or not.. could just be bad allergies idk. I'm restraining from any hand to face contact and washing my hands religiously.

[itadakimasu]

Home renovation... week 5...

The inlaws are helping us "remodel" our new house and it's now the 5th week...

Got off work early today and I get home to find no water, flys buzzing around the house ( windows / doors left open most of the day because of in and out traffic ) the cat's been put in my "office" so it smells like cat pee in here.

about to goto the store just to have an excuse to get out of here.

[UChessmaster]

I shouldn't care since you voted to have me banned.

But we voted because we love you. :(


Are you talking about not having enough people for a particular class, or for the entire program? That's pretty rough if they cancel the entire term for lack of participation. Maybe you can get an internship or work during the semester off.

A particular class (Semiology III) wich in turn wont allow me to take Semiology IV the term after, and in order to take the other classes i must take Semiology IV along them as a correquisite.

So this term ill take everything except Semio III and next term i take nothing BUT Semio III.

[Death BOO Z]

a sincere letter

To: All it may concern
Subject: I don't give a damn

I really don't. On a scale of one to ten, with one being the lowest, and ten being 'damn', my level is that I don't give a damnnnn!.
I don't know why it costs so much, I don't know if we're cheaper than the store next to us. I don't know how long the special price will remain, and I don't know why the same product costs less in your town. Truth is, I don't practically care. YOU came here, so obviously you want to buy, and if you came here and didn't immediately leave after seeing the price, then either buy it, or shut the hell up.

It's not that I don't want to do my job, I'll perfectly willing to explain the difference between a 0.5 HB pencil lead head and a 0.9 B2 head. I'll gladly find you whatever stupid cartoon character collage ruled notebook, I really have no problem with my job being a cross between fetch dog and half assed wiki.

But don't think for a second that I care. not for a damn moment I'm really concerned with what gift you should bring to your 12 year old grandson (hint: not a colored pencil. try money), I'm mostly concerned with:
A. making you take the fanciest, most expensive, least sold before product to the registry.
B. Making you get out my face so I could talk and exchange jokes with my coworkers.

Also, your little, beloved, oh so charming son is finally going to school? come with him alone and leave his younger brothers with someone to watch over them (the other parent, his grandma, the television). You (and I mean it, You. not me) don't need this kind of shit, School supplies is expensive enough on it's own - you don't need to buy each one of the little monsters an attention gift.
Also, either bring the fuckin' school list, or shut up when I tell you what's good for you. on this field (as far as you know), I'm the expert. So if I say that most schools require you to bring shit that didn't exist when you were a kid, I know what I'm talking about, and you can't prove I'm lying.

It's okay if you want to see a certain color from this certain model of a Jansport bag, but if I tell you I'm going to the searing hot storage room to look for it, then you better be willing to buy it. or leave immediately afterwards. this isn't a catalog. I'm one day close to demand people to show me the money before doing any shit for them ("sure, I can look for the 5YM superbreak, just show me you got 179.99 NIS to pay for it"). And again, this is the price, there's no discount for asking real nice. and don't ask where you can find this model for a cheaper price, do your own damn research (hint: not in the mall. though, it doesn't matter for jansport, it's the same everywhere).

And I mean it. I WORK HERE. I sell stuff that we keep. as long as I'm wearing the black (with orange letters) outfit, I'm not your friend (actually, seeing as we have an imminence age difference, and you shop in the mall for funz. I'm NEVER your friend). If we don't sell enough, we will go out of business, and I'll have no money. I am not your shopping adviser. at worst case, I can direct you to the closest store of the chain, I'll even call them and ask if they have whatever you're looking for in stock. I won't direct you to our competition.

But that's not the point. the point is, that I don't give a damn. forgot to buy a present to your parents and the store closed five minutes ago? I don't care. (also, Hint: they don't need a digital photo frame, they want attention. but we don't sell attention, and we do sell digital photo frames, do you catch the drift?).

also: dear mall management. it's summer, it's hot. it's a half open mall. we need air conditioning, and if not available, more ventilation. much more ventilation. second point, I see that open space is valuable to you. you know what valuable for the people working there? it's that we can monitor what's happening in our selling space. It's Israel. our two miles long park has three entries, because the city council doesn't want to pay for a fourth security guard. why does our space have six entries, in less than a 20 feet radios? we've got more holes than a heroin shooting Swiss whore (like a Swiss cheese, only a whore). of course I can't be nice to customers (and make entire mall a better place, in the grand scale of things), if there's always a minority standing behind the bags (which are apparently more expensive here than in her town) dressed in full black, with long sleeves and all, just two steps away from the parking lot. Open space my ass, I've never seen a store that doesn't monitor who comes in and out, just put a damn fence around us.

to conclude my point, I'm not a bad sales person (at least not horribly bad), I'm simply a bad person (ok, I'm not a people's person, despite how well I hide it). I know there are much worse jobs than mine, and I'm doing an effort to do my job the best I can. but I don't care about the customers, and if you come in to see whats new after closing time, I will rip your head off and feed it to the cat the sleeps in the mall (yes, we have a cat sleeping inside the building, it's not hygienic, but I don't care, because I simply don't give a damn).


yours truly, a sales man battling to stay sane until September 1st.



long rants are for the flame pit, short rants are for the bitching threads.


edit: obviously, I wrote stay 'sand' instead of stay 'sane'. how hilarious.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Hilarity.

The personal hell of working customer service is universal.

[Ryllharu]

I didn't really mind it too bad at the grocery store seafood counter (except for the rare complete scumbags), it was the boredom that got to me.

Even the people who told me they could drive an hour to the shore to get whatever I was selling 10x cheaper didn't really bother me, at least they were someone to talk to for a few minutes.

[Nadouku]

Ugh, the pain brought by ripping out a nail is not pleasant at all. I tripped over some lines in the hallway and came crashing down, destroying my toe nail in the process. This is like Higurashi torture. :(

[UChessmaster]

DBZ, im thinking of buying some colored pencils to my cute 4 year old cousin that`s starting school, wich is the best and cheapest brand i can get? :P

OH and can you offer a discount?

[itadakimasu]

DBZ has longer rants in the bitching thread than I do. I love it.

[Animeniax]

Starting uni soon. I look like a 20 year old but I'm actually quite a bit older. I'm getting whiplash from all the gorgeous young women walking around, and the school crowd hasn't even arrived to town yet. I feel so out of place. Hopefully I can make the most of it.

Oh yeah, looking at a support job in the IT dept. But it looks like everyone uses Macs, and I hate Macs.

[itadakimasu]

Ani : Perfect !!!

Especially an on-campus job. I worked 2 years as a department assistant and it was great being to be around all the ladies... My friend who got me the job was quite a charactor. He was in his mid 30's but it was hard to tell he was even close to 30. He was picking up all sorts of girls, all the time. I met my wife @ school and lots of other girls before we were dating and some while we were taking a break from dating : )

I'm sure the campus doesn't use all mac's though... I've only had one mac call here at work and I was basically like.. ooooooh... you're using a mac, well... our software is made to run under windows. sorry!

[Xelbair]

Macs... i hate them too - i had to use them for 2 years on my IT lessons...now i pity every mac user. Only good thing i find in macs is bash shell.

[Animeniax]

I can only imagine that Macs are easy to figure out considering they are geared towards the non-tech users who treat computers as appliances. If those folks can get a Mac to work, I'll be able to figure it out.

As far as meeting women, I'll at least get to look at tons of them since the IT help booth is centrally located in the main library/computer usage facility. The thing is, I've pretty much gotten over liking women for their looks. I'm enlightened so I'm more interested in their personality and interests. Guess that comes with age or just not being very successful with the hot ones.

[Animeniax]

Current bitch: AT&fuckingT. Signed up for a phone line with DSL service since Uverse isn't available in my neighborhood and I've heard horror stories about TimeWarner in Austin. Unfortunately it's been a f*cking nightmare getting service from at&t. The installer monkey came out on Tuesday and hooked up the line and it worked ok. A few hours later, no dial tone. I call, the repair won't occur until Friday. There's no problem local to my premises, it's on their side, since there's no service up to the demarc.

So 3 days without service, then I wait around at home all day Friday... and no repair guy shows up. I call their "customer support" line, they see the trouble ticket, and they see no one has made a visit. Nothing they can do to help besides reissue the trouble ticket. No idea when a repair guy can show up. So I get pissed and tell them I want to cancel all services (phone line/DSL/DirecTV). "So sorry, customer service is closed for the day, you'll have to call back tomorrow to cancel services." So I told the guy thanks a lot and to "f*ck off" before hanging up.

[itadakimasu]

That sucks.... I had to call time warner once and spent an hour humoring this guy who even insisted that I restart my computer to reset my NIC... and he got an attitude when I started asking him why I would do that.

Luckily I have FiOS now even though I haven't gotten around to running a cable to my "office" and my wireless is occasionally flaking out.

[Animeniax]

Well it pays to get upset I guess. I called AT&T on Saturday to cancel my services. My call was immediately routed to the cancellations department by the automated system whereas usually you have to go through several selections to get a human. The customer support guy apologized, offered me 1/2 off for 6 months of internet service (savings of $105 over 6 months) and a repair tech would be dispatched that day. I warily agreed, and waited for them to mess it up again by not sending a tech. A couple hours later, a tech arrives, explains he normally doesn't do service on Saturdays or in my area, but got the trouble call and made the visit. Half hour later, phone works and internet too, plus now I got the discount for 6 months (I'll have to follow up to make sure they honor that).

[UChessmaster]

On august 1 i have exactly one month of vacation, having nothing to do i thought "Hey! i`ll get a month of xbox live" so i go to stores and they dont sell 1 month worth of live in my country or the 3 months even, only the whole year one and it cost 120 US$ (in the us it cost somewhere between 50$). I try to get it with my credit card on the xbox marketplace and they won`t accept my credit card cause my card is dominican while my account is american, so i create a dominican account but i can`t do that because they dont accept dominican accounts. So i call my aunt and see if she can get me a card and she says "yeah sure, i`ll get it this week", the following week i ask if she bought it and she says "uhmmm... what card?" so after reexplaining everything she says "oh yeah, sure, i`ll get it this week" on thursday that week i ask her if she got it and she says that she`s sick, i ask what`s wrong and she answers that she only goes out on weekends (what does that has to do with being sick...? w/e ill ask her on weekend), so that weekend i ask yet again and she`s like... "oh... today is wekeend? ok NOW i`m sick" wich made me :mad: she`s clearly not going to buy anything because she`s lazy as hell and "too tired from work" wich irks me because if it were me and she needed me i would get up my bed at ANY time and do w/e i have to do for her in a matter of minutes and she knows it, today is august 17 and i don`t think it`s worth it to try anymore, i just wanted to play live on my vacations and instead i get to look at my wall the whole month (it`s white by the way). :( .

[Animeniax]

Maybe it's your sign that you should spend the time doing something besides playing Xbox during your month off.

I was thinking the same thing though, some companies just make it freaking difficult for you to buy their services. AT&T tried to do that to me, and in the end I saved money for their trouble.

[UChessmaster]

I do what my sig says the other 11 months of the year :p

[Assertn]

Its always good to take a break from changing the world by staring at the wall for a month.

[Kraco]

I'm surprised that even after more than half a month you say the wall is just white. Surely by now you should be seeing shades and irregularities.

[Cal_kashi]

This private message, this pisses me off:

I am sorry for this message and I hope you'll read it.
My name is Jose Miguel and I am from Ecuador, Latin America.
I hope that adim of this forum give me oportunity to make a Great Bonus for the all members of this community.
My economical situation is too bad now, therefore I offer a great stuff with a BONUS for a members of this forum!

So what I am offer?

A SET OF 5 DOUBLE LAYER DVDs WITH 600 AUDIO BOOKS FOR ONLY $57 with a FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING w/tracking number.
Complete Alphabetical AudioBooks Listing you can found here: http://www.mp3s.ec/listing.html

[Buffalobiian]

I wonder how these bots select people for their messages. They certainly didn't go by alphabetical order.

[Cal_kashi]

I wonder how these bots select people for their messages. They certainly didn't go by alphabetical order.

That sort of bullshit is a big no no right?
I'm surprised all the messages weren't purged and the user cock punched banned

[Buffalobiian]

Wait,...he's not a bot? I always had friends who send me ads unknowingly because they're stupid enough to type their usernames/passwords into insecure websites. This is the first I've seen someone advertise like this willingly.
That sort of bullshit is a big no no right?


Right. Now go kick his Ecuador ass.

You got immobilized or something in your previous bitch, right Cal? You moving again?

[Cal_kashi]

Wait,...he's not a bot? I always had friends who send me ads unknowingly because they're stupid enough to type their usernames/passwords into insecure websites. This is the first I've seen someone advertise like this willingly.

Right. Now go kick his Ecuador ass.

You got immobilized or something in your previous bitch, right Cal? You moving again?

I spent a month and a half in a (7) cast(s). A month and a half in a walking boot on crutches.
And as of a week ago I have started rehab and Physical therapy and can almost walk again =D.
It'll be another 3-6 months before the fibula heals, but I should regain my ankle in a few weeks. My knee in a couple more weeks after that.
I may be able to ride my bike (finally) in a month or so.

So I'm kind of still busted. but recovering. If I have to walk from my office to the lab I have to wear das damn boot. If I get to spend all day in the same building I can walk normally, though painfully and with significant limp.

The PT is amazing. I've literally watched my calf muscle grow every day I've been allowed to walk.
I'm almost a whole boy again!

Once I can run and kick again next year, Equador here I come!

[Buffalobiian]

It's August. It's late-winter. It's 28 degrees C @ 3pm.

WTF....:(

[Cal_kashi]

It's August. It's late-winter. It's 28 degrees C @ 3pm.

WTF....:(

global warming ;)

[Ryllharu]

We had several 90°F (32°C) days in March (end of winter) up on the northern east coast of the US.

This is payback.

(I did get to see squirrels on the ground, completely spread out on the ground like they were dead in order to give off as much heat as possible, because there was no shade for them.)

[darkshadow]

It's hot here as well, but its still summer here so yeah.

[Assertn]

Bullshit. This has been the mildest summer I've ever had out here. Plus the weather now feels like its October.

[Ryllharu]

I know I suck at BlazBlue online, I fall for a lot of the cheap crap over and over. Happens to me all the time in lots of games.

But I totally kick some guy's ass who was playing Ragna, and right as I win, the fucker rage quits on me at the last possible second. The first match I actually won in several days, and I get denied.

[Xelbair]

yesterday was a crash day.
My pc graphic card broke, my mums notebook's hdd is probably damaged, my electric guitar is not playing(probably potentiometer broke), good thing that i also have acoustic guitar, my ps3 would not output sound for a half of a day, my guitar hero red drum pad is not responding, and damned red octane put 3 kinds of screw's and i don't have a screwdriver for one type. All happened in one damned day. Oh, and also wi-fi signal was fading randomly, damned interferences.

After i get new graphic card i think I'll put my pc in Faraday's cage...

(ps I'm writing from my laptop)

[Buffalobiian]

yesterday was a crash day.
My pc graphic card broke, my mums notebook's hdd is probably damaged, my electric guitar is not playing(probably potentiometer broke), good thing that i also have acoustic guitar, my ps3 would not output sound for a half of a day, my guitar hero red drum pad is not responding, and damned red octane put 3 kinds of screw's and i don't have a screwdriver for one type. All happened in one damned day. Oh, and also wi-fi signal was fading randomly, damned interferences.

After i get new graphic card i think I'll put my pc in Faraday's cage...

(ps I'm writing from my laptop)

You sure your military wasn't testing out some new electromagnetic-jamming weapon in your local neighbourhood?

That sucks.

[Xelbair]

No idea, that's why I'm putting my pc in Faraday's cage as soon as i get my new graphics card.

[itadakimasu]

I bought a Dell Precision 690 ( yes, on ebay ! )

And the seller never replied to my question about something in the description... I got it today and it looks awesome. Went to plug it in though, and it takes a proprietary power cord !!!!! ZOMG!

I got a killer deal though... it's got 2 3ghz dual core xeons, 4gb, 4x 146gb sas, which i bought 4 750gb WD Raid ediitons to replace w\... got it for $605, and the same system from dell would be around $2,000 easy.

[The Heretic Azazel]

You mind sharing what seller it was? That's a really good deal. I'm due for a new machine, someone stole my laptop the other night. I'm wary about buying a whole computer on eBay unless it comes with a warranty though.

[itadakimasu]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330352061527&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
I'm getting it all set up right now, waiting on the hard drives to initialize (72% after like... 2 hours)

I would definitely keep this system if I needed one... it came better equipped than our 2nd most powerful server and that server ran us like $4500 18 months ago.

[fahoumh]

So I decided to finally clean up the basement and I noticed that my old PSX was laying about I figured I should put it away in its box. I've spent the past hour tearing up the basement looking for the box, plus my other system boxes (N64, DC, GC, SNES) and they are NOWHERE to be found. What's really annoying about this is the fact that I can't remember where I put them but I'm almost 100% sure my mom tossed them out during one of her cleaning binges. What is it with moms and moving things?

[XanBcoo]

Ugh, I hate being sick. Not because of how it feels, but because I've gotten into such a good routine of eating and going to the gym that being sick completely throws a wrench in that. I've already missed two gym days and I'm freaking out. I completely understand that getting proper rest is important, but I can't convince myself of it.

I need to chill.

[itadakimasu]

fahoumh : that sucks !

my mom was telling me that after I get everything moved in @ my house she is going to bring over all my stuff including my nes and snes + games. probably will also include 2 psx's, i don't know why I have 2 but I think they both work.

[Animeniax]

Ugh, I hate being sick. Not because of how it feels, but because I've gotten into such a good routine of eating and going to the gym that being sick completely throws a wrench in that. I've already missed two gym days and I'm freaking out. I completely understand that getting proper rest is important, but I can't convince myself of it.

I need to chill.
I know exactly how you feel man. It's a terrible feeling, wanting to keep in your routine but not being able to. I'm always guilty of getting back into my workout routine before I'm fully recovered, thereby prolonging my illness.

Now with the swine flu, the university is asking students to stay home if they have flu like symptoms to prevent the spread of germs. Good luck with that, considering how much attendance counts towards your grade in most classes nowadays.

[The Heretic Azazel]

I had a professor the other day who said if we missed more than one class we'd probably fail the whole course.

Not ten minutes later he said stay home if you feel like you have the flu. What do they expect us to do, anyway?

[Ryllharu]

I had a professor the other day who said if we missed more than one class we'd probably fail the whole course.

Not ten minutes later he said stay home if you feel like you have the flu. What do they expect us to do, anyway?
1) Not die, as that would tarnish the university's reputation.

2) Fail the course, and provide the university with an extra year's tuition (or at least a summer course).

3) Not get the professor sick, because they like to have office hours so they can demean their students one-on-one, confident that they can do what they want because they have tenure and you can't do jack squat about it.

[Animeniax]

I had a professor the other day who said if we missed more than one class we'd probably fail the whole course.

Not ten minutes later he said stay home if you feel like you have the flu. What do they expect us to do, anyway?
Did you present this conundrum to him in the class?

[XanBcoo]

1) Not die, as that would tarnish the university's reputation.

2) Fail the course, and provide the university with an extra year's tuition (or at least a summer course).

3) Not get the professor sick, because they like to have office hours so they can demean their students one-on-one, confident that they can do what they want because they have tenure and you can't do jack squat about it.
Option 4 includes showing up to office hours with swine flu, coughing all over the professor, and riding out the rest of the semester confident that he won't punish you for missing classes he himself could not attend.

[fahoumh]

fahoumh : that sucks !

my mom was telling me that after I get everything moved in @ my house she is going to bring over all my stuff including my nes and snes + games. probably will also include 2 psx's, i don't know why I have 2 but I think they both work.

After tearing through the basement again, it seems I'm SOL with the boxes. Oh well, I guess.

It's funny how sometimes you end up with doubles of things....if you have 2, the older one maybe doesn't work?

XanBcoo: I'm seriously ROFL @ Option 4

[Animeniax]

Option 4 includes showing up to office hours with swine flu, coughing all over the professor, and riding out the rest of the semester confident that he won't punish you for missing classes he himself could not attend.
I did that before, sort of. The nurse didn't believe that I was sick and didn't want to give me meds or a pass slip. So then I coughed a loogie into a box of bandages on her shelf and she had to throw away the entire box to ensure sterility. Dumb b*tch.

[fahoumh]

It took 3 hours to get from Markham back to Kitchener tonight. Traffic was backed up on the 401 heading West from Highway 25 all the way to Highway 6....it's about 20km between the 2 exits and it took over 1.5 hours. It was brutal, to say the least.

[KitKat]

What, you're an Ontarian, fahoumh? That makes 5 of us now. Not a bad representation.

And on topic: I went to Home Depot yesterday to get some paint, because my roommate and I have been painting our new house but ran out. It turns out that that particular Home Depot is the only one in the whole lower mainland of BC that doesn't carry the particular paint we needed. Laaaame.

[fahoumh]

I've been an Ontarian all my life, KitKat. Who else besides us is from Ontario? And that particular store being the only one not to carry your paint in that whole area is hella lame.

[itadakimasu]

I took my wife to the hospital a couple of weeks ago because she was having trouble breathing + numbness.... and the last time it happened they said one of her lungs wasn't really working so we went to the hospital.

They said "the estimated bill is $350" ok... coool... i thought it would be higher. they had us pay just $50 at the time...


SO... today we get a bill from them for $1050 !!! WTF! it's actually like $1700 and they've added a "discount" of $500+ and doesn't say why... But how do you go from $350 to $1050? that's 1050 is 3 time 350. If you give somebody an estimate, at least make it close.

had they told me my estimated bill was $1000 i would have been like... damn... and been ready to receive a $1000 bill in the mail. BASTARDS!@

[Animeniax]

Maybe you have to submit an insurance claim to cover some of the costs of the testing?

There are so many hot girls on campus, but if you act friendly or try to be helpful to any of them, they all think you're looking for love and act snooty or unfriendly in return. Sigh, it sucks being a nice guy.

[darkshadow]

Then confront them with their fucking attitude, you don't have to put up with that shit.

[Animeniax]

Then confront them with their fucking attitude, you don't have to put up with that shit.

Well, to be honest, I would actually like to hook up with each and every one of them. It's not like I'm going out of my way to help out chunky ugly girls, so really it's my own fault for the most part.

Thanks for the support though.

[Xrlderek]

Both of my OS's on my main computer stopped working, no repair/system restore options seem to help. I guess I have to reinstall. Does anyone know if "Windows server 2008" starts loading forever when the expiration date is exceeded? (it is a trial). I think it expired a week ago.. Other than that nothing had really changed recently on it.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Suddenlink just warned me against copyright violations for downloading an episode of Requiem of the Phantom. They did this before a few years ago, when I had the new War of the Worlds movie on my hard drive.

This ever happened to anyone else?

[Animeniax]

Yeah a buddy of mine got a notice from his ISP when he was sharing Star Wars Episode I on newsgroups a few years back. Apparently LucasFilm was actively checking sites for the users sharing this movie and having the ISPs issue warnings to the offenders to cease and desist.

He stopped sharing the file, nothing else happened.

[Marik]

This dude I know has been getting DMCA notices lately for downloading Queen's Blade. His ISP (Qwest), actually terminated his internet access because of it.

[Buffalobiian]

Suddenlink just warned me against copyright violations for downloading an episode of Requiem of the Phantom. They did this before a few years ago, when I had the new War of the Worlds movie on my hard drive.

This ever happened to anyone else?

Which tracker was the torrent from, as well as the episode?

They've been doing it to CANAAN recently, and Kara no Kyoukai a while back. All I can suggest is if you know your ISP is bitchy about this stuff to use DDL sites:

http://www.fansub.tv/
http://www.animetake.com/
http://www.lolipower.org/
http://kuroba.net/

/deletes Phantom 23 torrent and downloads from above site.

edit: lol, just learnt Phantom is licensed by Funimation. Explains the aggressiveness.

[The Heretic Azazel]

I should have been clear. It was episode 2, I downloaded it from Nyaatorrents. I just read about the Funimation acquisition so I won't worry about it anymore. I will try the DDL sites, for some reason I just never got anything from them.

[Xelbair]

just guard yourselves with peer-guardian while downloading from torrents...

[Buffalobiian]

just guard yourselves with peer-guardian while downloading from torrents...

They can just get the information (ie your IP) from the tracker. As for whether that's enough for them to send you a notice, of if they have to physically download something from you to prove it, I'm not sure.

[Xelbair]

they need to catch you downloading something from torrent - at least here. Take notice that most trackers are probably outside your country, and they would need to study foreign law to get idea how to force them to get their logs.

If they don't need those information in your country just download using proxy located somewhere in Russia or something.

[Animeniax]

I fried the clutch on my car this weekend. It's going to cost me about $1200 to get the clutch replaced. Only good thing about it is I get a stronger clutch disc and flywheel than the stock ones, so I can street race if I want to.

[fahoumh]

That really sucks, dude. It's funny how nothing that ever needs to be repaired/replaced on a car is ever cheap.

$1200?? What are you driving?

[Animeniax]

04 WRX STi. The clutch kit is $350, the new flywheel is $350, new tranny mounts, new short shifter with bushings, plus labor, so it comes out to about $1500. Plus I've had to rent a car in the meantime which will cost another $200. When it rains, it pours.

[fahoumh]

Good grief, man. My cousin has an '07 STi and he tells me they're not easy to work on. Well I hope at least the installation goes without a hitch.

[Assertn]

Was having a text convo with an awesome actress chick (read waitress) and then after I asked her what she's doing this evening..... ..... .....I dropped my phone in the hot tub.

Seriously...I can see 3 text messages in my inbox, but the buttons don't work, so I can't read them. Now I need to get a new phone.

fml

Edit: On the bright side, I had realized just a day or two prior that if my phone was to somehow break down, there were certain people I would have no way of getting back in contact with. Luckily I copied those numbers down.

Edit2: Also, thank god for google voice

[Xelbair]

Neighbors called police that me and my friend were playing too loud on drums/guitar.
a) it was before 10 PM(therefore legal here).
b) we weren't even playing loudly!
c) they could go to us and talk if they were annoyed instead of calling police.

and that this phone probably wont be released outside japan... I would love to have one.
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/05/24/eden-of-the-east-phone/

[Animeniax]

Neighbors called police that me and my friend were playing too loud on drums/guitar.
a) it was before 10 PM(therefore legal here).
b) we weren't even playing loudly!
c) they could go to us and talk if they were annoyed instead of calling police.

and that this phone probably wont be released outside japan... I would love to have one.
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/05/24/eden-of-the-east-phone/

I've always tried to give people a chance and talk to them directly when there are issues or concerns, especially if someone else brings them to my attention but won't say anything to the actual people involved. It's rarely worked out. Either the troublemakers were offended and defiant, or they thought I was the one with the problem with them, in which case they were offended and defiant. I'm learning it's best to backdoor people rather than give them a chance to correct themselves.

[Cal_kashi]

Was having a text convo with an awesome actress chick (read waitress) and then after I asked her what she's doing this evening..... ..... .....I dropped my phone in the hot tub.

Seriously...I can see 3 text messages in my inbox, but the buttons don't work, so I can't read them. Now I need to get a new phone.

fml

Edit: On the bright side, I had realized just a day or two prior that if my phone was to somehow break down, there were certain people I would have no way of getting back in contact with. Luckily I copied those numbers down.

Edit2: Also, thank god for google voice

I'd wager if you take the battery out and dip the phone in de-ionized or distilled water then let it dry completely you may be able to get it working again.

[Ryllharu]

I've heard burying it into rice for a few days works as well.

[Animeniax]

I've heard burying it into rice for a few days works as well.
Ohh, so since the phone is made by Asians, rice will make it all better? Is that what you're saying?? You racist bastard.

[XanBcoo]

Unless you take care of the problem within a few hours then you're phone is pretty much screwed, though. I left my avatar phone in the washing machine a year or two ago, but I was able to save it because I acted quickly.

Basically anything that will suck the moisture out is going to be good for it. Leaving it under a hot lamp, burying it in rice, putting it in the fridge, etc. Best option is using those silicon pellets that come packaged with electronics, since that's what they're for in the first place.

[Dark Dragon]

I've heard burying it into rice for a few days works as well.

I did that when i spilled coke on my phone and it started freaking out, worked like a charm.

[Assertn]

Unless you take care of the problem within a few hours then you're phone is pretty much screwed, though. I left my avatar phone in the washing machine a year or two ago, but I was able to save it because I acted quickly.

Basically anything that will suck the moisture out is going to be good for it. Leaving it under a hot lamp, burying it in rice, putting it in the fridge, etc. Best option is using those silicon pellets that come packaged with electronics, since that's what they're for in the first place.

Interestingly enough my phone appeared to have fixed itself.

At first the buttons were behaving completely differently.
Then an hour or so later, it would refuse to boot up.
Then a few hours after, it would boot up, but no buttons worked, then it would shut down.
The next morning, same thing, followed by constant vibration.
Then I buy an iphone.
This morning I try it again, and everything works fine.

[Kraco]

Best option is using those silicon pellets that come packaged with electronics, since that's what they're for in the first place.

I have been collecting silica gel for while. Last weekend I finally bought a suitable oven safe container with a tight, stretching silicone wrap lid. Gotta regenerate the silica gel one of these days and keep it tightly under that wrap. Just in case I drop my phone into water.

[XanBcoo]

Interestingly enough my phone appeared to have fixed itself.

At first the buttons were behaving completely differently.
Then an hour or so later, it would refuse to boot up.
Then a few hours after, it would boot up, but no buttons worked, then it would shut down.
The next morning, same thing, followed by constant vibration.
Then I buy an iphone.
This morning I try it again, and everything works fine.
Self-healing phones. What a terrifying future we live in.

[Buffalobiian]

No one ever tried an oven?

[itadakimasu]

Symantec sucks balls. I said it. They suck so badly it's amazing that they're still in business.

my company spent $2000+ in january to renew our symantec license for updates, etc.... and yet i'm going to end up spending probably 2 hours today messing w\ this girls computer because symantec is unable to do it's job.

I'm installing vipre antivirus-spyware and am 99% certain that it will remove everything within 15 minutes of running a scan, whereas symantec just shows it to be quarantined over and over and does nothing to stop it from popping up all these windows, etc.

I honestly believe that the only reason symantec is still in business is because they have been around forever and so many people think of symantec / norton when they think antivirus software and people just aren't aware that there are much better programs available nowadays.
</rant>

[Ryllharu]

i'm going to end up spending probably 2 hours today messing w\ this girls computer because symantec is unable to do it's job.

I'm installing vipre antivirus-spyware and am 99% certain that it will remove everythingI'm not going to argue that Symantec sucks (preaching to the choir there), but if this particular girl's computer is going to be a problem, wouldn't this particular issue be with where she is going, or what emails she's opening?

I'm no IT expert, but spyware and adware doesn't just spontaneously congregate onto a single person's computer.

[samsonlonghair]

Symantec sucks balls.
I hate Norton. It makes your computer run like molasses, and it's not even the best antivirus. Malwarebytes antimalware can run circles around Norton. Another Symantec product that sucks is Ghost. I was using Ghost to clone hard drives a few months ago, and it stunk. Terrible software.

[Buffalobiian]

Norton's in business because for some reason it still scores pretty well in tests. Anecdotal evidence all seems to point the other way though. Norton was my first antivirus.

[Animeniax]

I'm not going to argue that Symantec sucks (preaching to the choir there), but if this particular girl's computer is going to be a problem, wouldn't this particular issue be with where she is going, or what emails she's opening?

I'm no IT expert, but spyware and adware doesn't just spontaneously congregate onto a single person's computer.

I have to agree with this. She's obviously going to sites and clicking on prompts that allow these apps to install. I don't know of any antivirus that will stop something from installing if you click on "allow" or "ok" to the install prompt. Maybe she didn't keep the definitions updated.

I use Norton because, like Buff, it was my first and I haven't had any issues with viruses or spyware/malware/adware. Also, my PCs are all beefy enough not to notice any performance hits from NAV.

[UChessmaster]

EVERY case of abortion in here became 100% ilegal, suddenly this country sucks a little bit more.

[itadakimasu]

The same girl had a different rogue antivirus app come up yesterday..> I think somehow the vipre I installed got disabled... or something, I don't know yet. But I ran a quick scan w\ vipre and it came up w\ a whole new list of shit today. I didn't clean any of it so I could scan w\ symantec ( that my coworker re-installed) and that way I can show the comparison later on...

aside from the fact that norton is likely going to take 8 hours to scan and find less than the other program found in 5 minutes.

[Ryllharu]

Just spilled scotch all over my bills.

I'm not sure which part of that is more upsetting/annoying. There's no drying most of them either. Ink is very alcohol soluble. The cell phone bill took the brunt of it luckily. I can pay that online.

(Who am I kidding? Of course it is the scotch)

[Death BOO Z]

shame about the scotch...

then again, are you paying the bills with checks? don't you have an arrangement that they pull the money straight from your credit card or bank account?

around here the 'bills' are just notifications ("we took this much money from you, because of A, B and C. if you think we're wrong, tell us in the next 30 days"), isn't it the same?

[Animeniax]

Just spilled scotch all over my bills.

I'm not sure which part of that is more upsetting/annoying. There's no drying most of them either. Ink is very alcohol soluble. The cell phone bill took the brunt of it luckily. I can pay that online.

(Who am I kidding? Of course it is the scotch)
Hard liquor at 24? Break out the banjo and the moonshine, 'Red, we're havin' a hoe-down tonight!

[Ryllharu]

then again, are you paying the bills with checks? don't you have an arrangement that they pull the money straight from your credit card or bank account?

around here the 'bills' are just notifications ("we took this much money from you, because of A, B and C. if you think we're wrong, tell us in the next 30 days"), isn't it the same?I do that for my car insurance, but otherwise I like to know how much money I'm about to lose out of my checking account. Also gives me a bit more flexibility if I need it.

Hard liquor at 24? Break out the banjo and the moonshine, 'Red, we're havin' a hoe-down tonight!
I'm shooting myself in the foot (also shown in the photo, btw), but funny thing you should mention that...
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5010/imgfp.th.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/i/imgfp.jpg/)

[enkoujin]

These self-righteous crusaders of radical faith set up on campus (for everyone to see) of utmost taboo and forbidden graphics of genocide, starvation, hangings, racial symbolism and connotations as a comparison with aborted fetuses in order to support their pro-life beliefs. They were stubborn, defiant against security, handed out pamphlets and even brought their own children to join their rally.

The biggest problem is that they've been doing this for the last four years on campus.

[Death BOO Z]

These self-righteous crusaders of radical faith set up on campus (for everyone to see) of utmost taboo and forbidden graphics of genocide, starvation, hangings, racial symbolism and connotations as a comparison with aborted fetuses in order to support their pro-life beliefs. They were stubborn, defiant against security, handed out pamphlets and even brought their own children to join their rally.

The biggest problem is that they've been doing this for the last four years on campus.

well, they need to send their kids to collage. and the normal route doesn't apply when a couple has seven kids and no jobs (shouting and swearing randomly at people doesn't pay the bills, I've tried it).
besides, if they do it long enough, then the kids can say in twenty years from now "collage? I don't have a diploma per say. but I've spent some years there, I'm totally qualified for burger flipping!" without actually lying.

if they come talking to you, just tell them that the coming of the anti-Christ has probably been avoided because of abortions.

[enkoujin]

By children, I meant their 7-11 year old children. A lot of the protesters looked like really young adults or in their early thirties.

Apparently, they set up tents, so they were back to rallying up again today.

While I do not have a care in the world if someone supports pro-life or pro-choice, it just seems really bad when other people and their beliefs try to superimpose their opinions on you. It is especially bad when they do it by attributing other events totally unrelated to what they are talking about (misinformation) and they refuse to comply with the law or other people's contrasting positions on these issues.

[Buffalobiian]

Public Library WiFi doesn't let me connect to any SSL encrypted pages.

i.e no email, no banking, no uni-work access.

Kind of sucks when you hoped to do something productive (and required the above services).

[poopdeville]

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5010/imgfp.th.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/i/imgfp.jpg/)

Nasty toe dude. Athlete's foot much? :0p

Actually, that looks like a west coast floor.

[samsonlonghair]

Hard liquor at 24? Break out the banjo and the moonshine, 'Red, we're havin' a hoe-down tonight!
I'm twenty-four, and I love hard liquor. Does that make me a redneck? I don't think so.

Sorry to hear about the scotch Ryllharu.

[Animeniax]

I misread the first post on the page as "just spilled scotch all over my balls."


I'm twenty-four, and I love hard liquor. Does that make me a redneck? I don't think so.
Hard liquor at 24 doesn't necessarily make you a redneck. It would also make you the equivalent of a redneck in whatever racial category fits you.

[samsonlonghair]

I'm white; I live in the country; and I drink bottom-shelf vodka like it's water; but I'm no redneck.

[Animeniax]

Hillbilly then.

[fahoumh]

Today in my Policy class it smelled of B.O. for the entire 1.5 hour lecture. It was ghastly and I think I know who the offender was. Why the fuck do some people insist on NOT using deodorant?

[Buffalobiian]

Today in my Policy class it smelled of B.O. for the entire 1.5 hour lecture. It was ghastly and I think I know who the offender was. Why the fuck do some people insist on NOT using deodorant?

Blame the "All Natural" fad.

Otherwise, maybe allergy in general. That sucks though.

[Animeniax]

There are countries like Bosnia, Macedonia, and India where they do not use deodorant. It's against the law in those places I think.

[fahoumh]

Blame the "All Natural" fad.

Otherwise, maybe allergy in general. That sucks though.

Does the "all natural" fad also include abstaining from soap? Because I don't think it's normal for someone who may not use deodorant but at least showers daily to smell so bad that people can smell them from 10 feet away. The worst part is that it's not even the summer time...or maybe that's a good thing.

I can understand the allergy argument, but there has to be alternative products that serve that market.


There are countries like Bosnia, Macedonia, and India where they do not use deodorant. It's against the law in those places I think.

Really?

[Animeniax]

Really?
Probably not, but the people still don't use deodorant/anti-perspirants.

[The Heretic Azazel]

I am so fucking tired of these little shits running around my goddamn apartment complex. I ordered a business calculator and the delivery was confirmed yesterday. It's not here. I called the post office who contacted the carrier, he said he stuck it in my mailbox and some kid was trying to get him to give the box to him. I thought he would have locked the box but it's unlocked.

I hate living in the fucking ghetto. When your rent is 340 bucks you really get what you pay for. This place is a fucking nightmare.

[itadakimasu]

that's bullshit...

when i was living in the apartments I'd have everything shipped to my office because i'd never be home for delivery, and if they left it on the door step it might not be there when i get home!

on the bright side.... $340 for rent is a bargain !

[Ryllharu]

Pop Quiz~!

Is it snowing out? Yes/No
It is accumulating? Yes/No
In the temperature well above freezing? Yes/No

Why am I going 25 mph (40 kph) on the Interstate?!

[Dark Dragon]

Why am I going 25 mph (40 kph) on the Interstate?!

To create more post for the bitching thread?

But i symphathize, slow drivers are among some of the most annoying people on earth.

[itadakimasu]

they increased the toll roads around here from 55mph to 70mph but half of the people don't realize this, or they just refuse to drive faster than 60.

Actual Bitching from me.... People calling my cell phone and not leaving a message. There is a 99/100 chance that I'm not going to just call your number and be like.... somebody called me from this number... blah blah blah, NO.

I dont have a beeper, I have a cell phone which has voicemail. All you have to do is say who you are and i will call back... it takes 10 seconds.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Sick of the rude ass people at my school. Hordes of people running down the stairs on the left side. Do you drive on the left side of the road, huh!?

Well I guess you do in some countries. You know what I mean.

Then today this girl comes down the stairs as I'm trying to go up, in a narrow staircase near the library. And I have to practically lunge to the side to avoid this bitch while she stares off into space taking up the whole goddamn walk area.

Next time I'm going for a fucking kneecap.

[Buffalobiian]

I remember walking through a narrow doorway before, and this other guy came at the same time from the other side. We when we both moved our shoulders a little to indicate which way we were moving, we saw the other do the same, so stopped to let them go. It happened numerous times before we laughed and moved on. From a bystander's point of view, the shoulder movement was so slight (and plus there was no leg movement), it must have looked like we had a stand-off for a good 5 seconds.

No stairs though.

[Animeniax]

Stocks were doing great today, then one super analyst Dick Bove downgrades Wells Fargo and the entire market drops 100+ points. I wish I had that kind of market manipulation power. Or just the $2k I lost because of this Dick.

[samsonlonghair]

People calling my cell phone and not leaving a message. There is a 99/100 chance that I'm not going to just call your number and be like.... somebody called me from this number... blah blah blah, NO.

I dont have a beeper, I have a cell phone which has voicemail. All you have to do is say who you are and i will call back... it takes 10 seconds.
I feel the exact opposite. I fucking HATE voicemail. It's antiquated technology. It's a backwards system. I miss a call, so some idiot leaves me a message saying, "Hi this is Joe I was just trying to call you. Call me back"
No shit Joe! My cell phone has a little message that says "1 missed call from Joe". I know you were trying to call me. I know how I should call you back. Why do you waste my time leaving me this idiotic message. Now I have to log into my voicemail, type in my five-digit code, listen to your pointless message, and delete it. I probably won't check my voicemail for four or five days, so it'll be a moot point by then. I wish I could just disable voicemail so my phone continues to ring until I pick up or the caller hangs up.

Death to voicemail!

[Sapphire]

Stocks were doing great today, then one super analyst Dick Bove downgrades Wells Fargo and the entire market drops 100+ points. I wish I had that kind of market manipulation power. Or just the $2k I lost because of this Dick.
I want to learn about stocks

[Animeniax]

I want to learn about stocks
I actually know very little about stocks and make all decisions based on gut feelings and headlines on financial websites like google and Marketwatch. Happily I am still on the positive side of the balance sheet, just less so because of what happened today.

[Assertn]

I want to learn about stocks
http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?t=16995

[Sapphire]

Uh yeah that doesnt teach me anything

[Assertn]

ah, touche

[Kraco]

I wish I could just disable voicemail so my phone continues to ring until I pick up or the caller hangs up.

I never activated mine. I think I should have accessed it once to have it turned on, but since I share your hatred towards it, I surely didn't. I don't ever leave messages either in other people's voice mails. It would be very hard for me to do that anyway because the moment my subconsciousness realises a phone call connects to a voicemail, my thumb disconnects the call. Happens before my actual consciousness even knows what's going on.

[Buffalobiian]

I never activated mine. I think I should have accessed it once to have it turned on, but since I share your hatred towards it, I surely didn't. I don't ever leave messages either in other people's voice mails. It would be very hard for me to do that anyway because the moment my subconsciousness realises a phone call connects to a voicemail, my thumb disconnects the call. Happens before my actual consciousness even knows what's going on.

I do the same thing. When I'm ringing on behalf of someone and they didn't pick up, it always ends up as:

A: It went to his voicemail
B: Oh, then leave him a message.
A: I hung up already.

The hatred doesn't just cover the use of voicemail, but also the voice that says "The person you are calling is unavailable, to notify them of your call, plea-" [insert rage here].

[KitKat]

The voicemail thing isn't so much a problem when voicemail costs extra money on top of your phone plan. Ah Canada, home of extortionist phone companies. On the phone plan I had for the last 3 years, I had the basic plan and no extras. No call display or caller ID, no voicemail, no text messaging, nothing. So if someone phoned me and I didn't hear my phone, I'd come back to a message that said, "1 missed call. Unknown." Not that I minded too much since I don't really like talking on the phone. I trained all my friends to email me instead as a faster way of getting in contact with me.

[Buffalobiian]

My biggest problem with mobile phones is that the vibrate option isn't as strong as I'd like it to be. It's especially a problem when I'm wearing shorts, since they fit looser than jeans and pants. Often, with my ipod plugged in, vibrating's the only thing that will alert me to a call. I'm buying a phone with proper music functionality next time.

Current bitch: Downloading a 17GB torrent that's now stuck on 80% with no seeds :(

[XanBcoo]

My biggest problem with mobile phones is that the vibrate option isn't as strong as I'd like it to be. It's especially a problem when I'm wearing shorts, since they fit looser than jeans and pants. Often, with my ipod plugged in, vibrating's the only thing that will alert me to a call. I'm buying a phone with proper music functionality next time.

Current bitch: Downloading a 17GB torrent that's now stuck on 80% with no seeds :(
I've often missed calls because I couldn't feel my phone vibrating while walking.

I also get what I call Phantom Phone Syndrome, where I'll feel a little spasm or vibration or something at the top of my leg and instantly grab for a phone that either isn't ringing or isn't there at all.

[Animeniax]

I also get what I call Phantom Phone Syndrome, where I'll feel a little spasm or vibration or something at the top of my leg and instantly grab for a phone that either isn't ringing or isn't there at all.
I do that fairly often. Does that mean we crave human contact and are pathetic?

[Death BOO Z]

I join you in your misery and loneliness.
it doesn't matter if I silence my phone before classes or not, I could go an entire week with my phone set to ring in full volume and have the nazi march as my ring tone. and still nobody will hear it.

so, right, Phantom phone, it's so annoying.

[itadakimasu]

I'm getting sick : (

I have a not so good feeling in my chest and feel like i need to take deep breaths every so often. After last weeks swine flu paranoia @ work i'm hoping I don't have the swine...

[Animeniax]

It's because you're too scrawny since you rolled a 3 for your constitution attribute. You need to be sturdy and strong, that would help you fight illness.

Swine flu kills fewer people than the regular flu pe ryear. And the regular flu strikes every year.

[Ryllharu]

1. Wash your hands, soap and water, count to 20+ seconds (hot or cold doesn't matter). Don't bother with any of that sanitizer unless you can't find water, it's not nearly as helpful.

2. Don't touch your face...ever.

3. Sneeze and cough into your elbow, encourage everyone around you to do the same.


Three easy tips on avoiding the flu, whatever strain, courtesy of the WHO and CDC.

[XanBcoo]

I do that fairly often. Does that mean we crave human contact and are pathetic?
It's just conditioning. I've kept my phone in the same spot in my pocket for the past 5 or 6 years, so even when I feel the slightest of movements at the top of my left leg, I assume it's the phone buzzing.


2. Don't touch your face...ever.
Fuck, I think I must have touched my face at least 4 times in the process of writing this post.

[Kraco]

I think I must have touched my face at least 4 times in the process of writing this post.

Aside from developing a strong habit of touching your face, it only applies after your hands may have contacted something contaminated. If you are, for example, sitting at home, it doesn't really matter (unless you have potentially diseased people hanging around) or have otherwise managed to compromise your last bastion. Out there, like at work, it's an unfortunate habit indeed.

[Sapphire]

I heard touching your face makes it more oiley aka zit heaven

[Buffalobiian]

I heard touching your face makes it more oiley aka zit heaven

That, as well as black heads. I have anecdotal evidence from people I know (and see).

[Animeniax]

I heard touching your face makes it more oiley aka zit heaven
I don't touch my face precisely because it is oily. I only get zits when I'm stressed I think.

[fahoumh]

Why the fuck do so many people insist on making as much noise as possible in the library? I thought of all places on a university campus, the library is supposed to be the quietest. Instead of that, I'm always surrounded by jackasses who take forever to unload and pack up in the noisiest manner possible. Meanwhile, there are other vapid asshats who have conversations either on their phones or whisper loudly with some other dipshit about the last time they got drunk, nailed some girl, or got nailed by some random guy, etc. When did becoming a dreg of society actually become something of which to be proud?

[Animeniax]

Why the fuck do so many people insist on making as much noise as possible in the library? I thought of all places on a university campus, the library is supposed to be the quietest. Instead of that, I'm always surrounded by jackasses who take forever to unload and pack up in the noisiest manner possible. Meanwhile, there are other vapid asshats who have conversations either on their phones or whisper loudly with some other dipshit about the last time they got drunk, nailed some girl, or got nailed by some random guy, etc. When did becoming a dreg of society actually become something of which to be proud?
The common areas in the library are zoos. It's like a social gathering place for students that's not a bar. I don't study in libraries, though I think it's a skill you need to acquire to be able to work/study/sleep regardless of distractions.

[Ryllharu]

Why the fuck do so many people insist on making as much noise as possible in the library? I thought of all places on a university campus, the library is supposed to be the quietest.Because in my experience, some of the dumbest people go to the library because that is where they believe one goes to study when at college/university. Most of those kind of people don't really even belong in university, they just do it because that is what is expected in their place in society, their parents are paying for it, and they go to college to party. They don't even have an idea what they want to do in life, and a lot of the them are Liberal Arts majors.

I'm generalizing of course, but this was my experience. Our library had group study rooms for discussions and talking, and they were either (a) empty, or (b) full of people so loud you could hear them five bookshelves away from the closed door. Everywhere else was the barely-hushed whispering and people talking on cell phones or not studying playing on laptops (not the commuters, this was at 10pm).

It doesn't work for everyone, but I got around to studying either in my academic buildings (Engineering) or under headphones in my dorm rooms. Music wasn't really distracting and I didn't really listen to it anyway, it becomes white noise. My roommate was similar, he'd study with the television on for the white noise.

The library never gets used for studying, because that is what a lot of the idiots think is the place to go to be smart. It rarely works for them, but most of their classes aren't hard anyway.


Disclaimer: I apologize for any individuals in the Liberal Arts who paid their own way into University or had a true interest in their field of study, European students who passed relevant entrance/placement exams in their respective countries, or anyone else who earned their way into and through college. I also apologize to persons who legitimately used the library for studying (often under the headphones just like me to block out the noise, and those who used the computers in the library to type their papers and written homework assignments. The statements made by Ryllharu in no way represent the views of gotwoot, the university he attended, or anyone else.

[fahoumh]

I used to find good spots to study at my old university but I haven't been able to find anything in the past 4 years I've been at my current one. And the thing is, I'm not sitting in areas where there are tables for groups of people to gather, I'm on the 2nd highest floor along the perimeter where there are single person carrels...which is only the 6th floor because this POS university only has 7-floor library. The 7th floor is even noisier, if you can believe it. After almost 9 years (on and off) in university, you'd figure I'd be able to study with distractions but I can't. For some reason my mind seems to focus on the most annoying thing that most people can ignore.

Maybe I should just get a new set of headphones. I used to study with music all the time, and I think I retained information better because I used to also get better grades then too.

[Ryllharu]

I'm on the 2nd highest floor along the perimeter where there are single person carrels...which is only the 6th floor because this POS university only has 7-floor library. The 7th floor is even noisier, if you can believe it.
I totally believe it. We had a 6-floor library (only four above ground). The top floor was always the loudest. That's where the idiots gather. They want the best view out the windows.

You need to find the microfilm. No one goes there.

[Buffalobiian]

I can never study at university period.

The clothes I'm in aren't as comfortable as home clothes, there's people walking around the place, and I can't be myself.

And I don't like study groups. I do things at my own pace.

[Kraco]

This is strange. No matter how much I try to remember, I can't recall a single instance when any of the libraries of my university would have seemed noisy to me. I did study in a couple of them over the years and there was nothing disturbing me. Other people were also quietly studying or reading publications or something. Nobody was discussing or talking to a cell phone.

Maybe it's because you have to pass an entrance exam over here. Who knows. Or maybe I was just lucky. Or maybe it's because we Finns consider ourselves quiet people, even though that hardly applies to students.

[fahoumh]

I totally believe it. We had a 6-floor library (only four above ground). The top floor was always the loudest. That's where the idiots gather. They want the best view out the windows.

You need to find the microfilm. No one goes there.

I also think the idiots gather on the top floor because they think nobody will be there to disturb their moronic conversations. What's really irritating is how they think they're being studious by just being there during mid-term and final exams even though all they do is prattle on like a bunch of nimrods.

On monday I'll check the microfilm floor. Thanks for the tip!


I can never study at university period.

The clothes I'm in aren't as comfortable as home clothes, there's people walking around the place, and I can't be myself.

And I don't like study groups. I do things at my own pace.

I can never productively study at home because there are too many distractions...like Gotwoot, haha. And study groups are teh suck, I've also always been a lone studier.

What kind of clothes are you wearing to school? I always just wear my normal clothes, although I never wear anything "nice" because anytime I have I usually felt over-dressed so I think I can understand where you're coming from.

Which reminds me of the attire of a majority of university students, a lot of track-pants and Ugg boots. I could go on about how a lot of them are sporting the reprehensible "hobo" look, but I don't want to go off on a rant.


This is strange. No matter how much I try to remember, I can't recall a single instance when any of the libraries of my university would have seemed noisy to me. I did study in a couple of them over the years and there was nothing disturbing me. Other people were also quietly studying or reading publications or something. Nobody was discussing or talking to a cell phone.

Maybe it's because you have to pass an entrance exam over here. Who knows. Or maybe I was just lucky. Or maybe it's because we Finns consider ourselves quiet people, even though that hardly applies to students.

You have no idea how lucky you were.

[Buffalobiian]

What kind of clothes are you wearing to school? I always just wear my normal clothes, although I never wear anything "nice" because anytime I have I usually felt over-dressed so I think I can understand where you're coming from.

Just jeans and shirt or something like that. Maybe a jacket if it's cold. I wear more well-worn, loose fitting clothes at home.

Oh, and no shoes, while I wear joggers to uni.

[fahoumh]

Just jeans and shirt or something like that. Maybe a jacket if it's cold. I wear more well-worn, loose fitting clothes at home.

Oh, and no shoes, while I wear joggers to uni.

LOL, jeans are all I ever wear outside the house. I don't feel comfortable wearing joggers outside the house, but then I only own one pair and I've had them for like 12 or 13 years now. Now that I think about it, I'm surprised they haven't fallen apart. :confused:

[Buffalobiian]

I don't feel comfortable wearing joggers outside the house, but then I only own one pair and I've had them for like 12 or 13 years now.

You feel comfortable wearing joggers inside the house?

[samsonlonghair]

What the hell are joggers?

[Buffalobiian]

What the hell are joggers?

Sneakers.

[fahoumh]

You feel comfortable wearing joggers inside the house?

Joggers = jogging (track) pants. I've never heard people call sneaker shoes "joggers".

EDIT: And I never wear my shoes inside my house or anyone else's for that matter.

[Buffalobiian]

Joggers = jogging (track) pants. I've never heard people call sneaker shoes "joggers".

EDIT: And I never wear my shoes inside my house or anyone else's for that matter.

I've always used "joggers" and "sneakers" interchangeably. I haven't confused anyone yet, but I'll ask some friends in case they're just too nice to correct me :o.

[fahoumh]

According to the Urban Dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=joggers) you're right. I've always heard the term used for jogging/track pants but it could just be a local thing. :confused:

[samsonlonghair]

My ears are ringing. It's driving me nuts.

[Cal_kashi]

I has an ouchie.
It's really windy here today in Silicon Valley. I was riding to work. Going 25 (according to Garmin). A gust lifted up my front end. Seriously, I got lift, and turned my front wheel a little. When my wheel touched the ground the fork snapped in half, broke. I tore up my arms something fierce. My heart rate monitor chest band is scraped out of commission (thank god I was wearing it and my chest is ok.) My fork snapped in half. My front wheel had a few spokes pull out of the hub. So I need a new wheel and fork. I've got some road rash and maybe micro tears in the muscles in my shoulders. All things considered, I'm alright.
It was an unpleasant experience, accentuated by the fact I've been waiting for a month to get my steer tube cut, which I finally got this morning. My poor, poor bike. She's only got some 500 miles. RIP(es) fork.
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq238/user0_cool/P1000725.jpg

[Buffalobiian]

Man that's gotta suck.

Good to hear at least you're not out scraped out of commission. Get it patched up and hit the road again! ;)

[Animeniax]

What material is your front fork made of? Carbon fiber or aluminum or something else? That sucks man. Didn't you just recover from a bad accident?

[Cal_kashi]

um...Actually, if you can figure out for me how to fix a fork I'll give it a shot.
I'm SO lucky I didn't re-fracture my (currently still) shattered fibula. I'm also very greatfull to still have a chest and not just a red spot over my ribs. My arms are messed up really bad. I almost can't drive.
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq238/user0_cool/P1000727.jpg
The zipper broke in half when I went down. =( It's the one thing I can't replace.


What material is your front fork made of? Carbon fiber or aluminum or something else? That sucks man. Didn't you just recover from a bad accident?

I'm on my way to recovery.... Fibula still broken. Doc made me promise not to crash.
Stupid freak accident. Carbon Fiber fork, though I fully believe this would have ruined any fork. Steel would have bent really far, Al would have bent a bit and cracked and CF just snapped. I've got a good 20K+ miles on carbon forks and can't hold anything against them, this was a freak accident.

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq238/user0_cool/P1000726.jpg

[Ryllharu]

um...Actually, if you can figure out for me how to fix a fork I'll give it a shot.
You can't repair load-bearing carbon fiber. Boat hulls, surfboards, car hoods, all repairable to an extent.

But it is impossible to fix that fork in any way where you can use it again. There is no way to reweave the load bearing fibers so that they could take tension/compression.

[Cal_kashi]

You can't repair load-bearing carbon fiber. Boat hulls, surfboards, car hoods, all repairable to an extent.

But it is impossible to fix that fork in any way where you can use it again. There is no way to reweave the load bearing fibers so that they could take tension/compression.

I was thinking of jamming a good stick in there, maybe maple, and duct taping it together... you think not so much?

I see no reason that can't handle 50+ mph stresses.

[Ryllharu]

Do you have a warranty on the frame? A number of carbon fiber bike frames have them (so long as you're the original owner).

Jokes aside, trying to use a repaired carbon fiber frame is a great way to seriously hurt yourself.

[Cal_kashi]

Do you have a warranty on the frame? A number of carbon fiber bike frames have them (so long as you're the original owner).

I've had the frame for about 500 miles. Got a new frame in May the day before I shattered my leg. Finally started riding it recently. I even finally got the steer tube cut today. Shop has been to busy for weeks. Cannondale should replace it, though they may try to recover their costs. If they try that I'm going to claim I think there is a problem with the forks. I've seen forum posts of this fork breaking like this. I figure at worst I'll pay some $3-400. Hopefully nothing. *sniffle* poor frame, I hardly new thee.

No kidding, I won't even ride a frame that's scored past the clear coat. I go WAY too fast to take those risks. Appreciate the advice though, in case I WAS that dumb. =P
Wouldn't it be funny to see though? A broken fork with sticks jammed in it with tape all around it?

[Ryllharu]

Hah, I was really hoping you weren't that dumb. Sorry, I've been at work for 28 hours out of the last 48. My sarcasm detector isn't exactly functioning properly anymore.

<bitch>
Doing crisis work, that isn't part of my job, but because I sit in the same cube as the people whose job it is and we have the same supervisor, we get the pleasure of doing most of the work. Hell, those guys shouldn't even be doing it.
</bitch>

[Cal_kashi]

Hang in there, and spend some time plotting how to ruin the people who are causing you problems. Shouldn't be hard in this economy. If it makes you feel better, I have 2 jobs. I'm in two groups, validation and verification. Both expect 30-40 hours per week. I have long work days... sigh.

A cable just broke on the Bay Bridge.
http://cbs5.com/local/bay.bridge.cable.2.1274773.html
I told ya'll it was windy ;)

[Kraco]

Seeing those pictures my steel bike doesn't anymore feel quite as heavy as before...

[Cal_kashi]

Go give your bike a hug =D. I know I did yesterday; but not tonight. We're fighting and bitch is sleeping on a hook in the garage where she can sit in the dark and think about what she's done.

[Animeniax]

My bike's shifters are kaput. They are Shimano DXs on a Specialized mountain bike. From what I'm reading, these type of "quick shifters" fail a lot and are impossible to repair. Replacing them might be $100 or more. Currently I'm stuck with maybe 3 gears.

With speeds and declines like you'll find in the Bay Area, maybe you should consider wearing riding leathers when you go biking, Cal_kashi?

[Death BOO Z]

what the hell was I thinking?
"Oh, sure, I've nearly failed math at highschool, and I had to take the lowest level exam.. But I bet university level is going to be a whole lot easier.."
I'm probably the greatest idiot in the entire campus.
and it's not like i have any spare time, I get up at 06:00 and return at 17:00, (an hour commute each direction), and for the first two hours of the day, I feel like my legs are made of jellow (I'm going to have nightmares about my legs snapping like those bikes.. spooky).

I'm such a big jerk, and it's proably to late for me to change course (I don't even know if I should try).

[Dark Dragon]

I'm such a big jerk, and it's proably to late for me to change course (I don't even know if I should try).

If they won't let you drop it then i suggest to just try and find out of the school offer any sort of tutoring for that course/subject.

Math is one of those things that require a lot of repetition, and I've had my fair share of difficulties with Calculus. I found it to be a lot easier once i started going over the materials for a short amount of time everyday and try to do a question or two on my own.

[samsonlonghair]

You guys have fancy bikes. I can't imagine paying more than a hundred dollars for a part of a bike. To me a bicycle is supposed to be a cost-cutting instrument: a cheaper mode of transportation. Bicycling is a lot of fun too, but I've never been one to spend much money on fun.

My bicycle is a Frankenstein contraption made of parts from four different yard sale bicycles. I have a flashlight electrical-taped to the handlebars for a headlamp, my back brakes barely work, and my front brakes don't work at all. God, I love my bike.

[Cal_kashi]

You guys have fancy bikes. I can't imagine paying more than a hundred dollars for a part of a bike. To me a bicycle is supposed to be a cost-cutting instrument: a cheaper mode of transportation. Bicycling is a lot of fun too, but I've never been one to spend much money on fun.

My bicycle is a Frankenstein contraption made of parts from four different yard sale bicycles. I have a flashlight electrical-taped to the handlebars for a headlamp, my back brakes barely work, and my front brakes don't work at all. God, I love my bike.

For a basic bike that's true. But I primarily use mine to commute. It's what i bought it for, my goal being to pay it off with saved gas. In the meantime it's important that te bike is strong and fast so that it is a legitimate means of commuting. It's not something someone is likely to do if it takes all day. My ride to work is 45 miles round trip and if I'm feeling really strong that day I can do it in 2 hours round trip. At those speeds it's actually faster for me to ride to work than drive during rush hour. I've also commuted at least 6000 miles since I bought it, (8 months of riding, 4 off for a broken leg). So, my car (at best) gets 20 mi/gallon. That's 300 gallons. At $3/gallon that's $900 bucks. 3000 more miles and it's paid for.
To ride at night I have to bright Nite Rider headlights. One isn't bright enough when I go over 20. I charge them at work when I get in so that I don't use my power and use rechargeable AAA for the rear.
By all means I LOVE riding my bike. IT's the most fun thing in the world for me. But taking into account that I use it instead of driving does the cost make sense? And 1500 is really cheap for a bike. Also, I broke that bike and got a new much better frame so now I have a $3000 bike =D.


My bike's shifters are kaput. They are Shimano DXs on a Specialized mountain bike. From what I'm reading, these type of "quick shifters" fail a lot and are impossible to repair. Replacing them might be $100 or more. Currently I'm stuck with maybe 3 gears.

With speeds and declines like you'll find in the Bay Area, maybe you should consider wearing riding leathers when you go biking, Cal_kashi?
It's true you can't repair them. What you can do is go bike recycling. GO to a college campus, ride around during the day time and look for bikes that are locked up but a bunch of stuff has already been stolen. Like the wheels and the seatpost and saddle etc. Most of them will still have handlebars and shifters. Find your shifters or some that will work. In my mind that's not bike thievery that's reducing land fill.

Leathers would be way to heavy and hot. It's a risk I take riding and it's still worth it. Crashing at 25 messed me up but I'm mostly OK. I've crashed near 40 before and that was hell. I can hit 54 in a 30 right by my house, there are some hills in the east bay where I can regularly hit 60 and once in Orange County I hit 70. That is scary fast, as well as crash and die fast. Never again. You need to find a balance between weight of gear what they provide and temperature. Bike clothes already go a long ways towards protecting your body, assuming you aren't going too fast. When I mountain bike I may get more aggressive. When I go downhilling or it's 3AM and I'm wasted on an illegal trail that drops into Memorial stadium I'll wear armor.


Death BOO Z
I feel like my legs are made of jellow (I'm going to have nightmares about my legs snapping like those bikes.. spooky).

Don't be scared, I have bad luck with things like this. (See below). You have nothing to fear.

I've broken 10 frames in the last 10 years. none from crashing.
4 SPecialized FSR XC's 99,01,02,03.
3 KHS Flite Team frames (all in spring '03)
Simonetti Aluminum custom sprinters frame. (Down tube broke in the middle on a ride, looks like a can would when you tear it apart in your hands, a crack starting on the top of the tube in the middle, spirals all the way around and gets to the top again an inch from where it started)
Cannondale six13, the top tube was pulling out of the lug at the seat-tube/top-tube/seat-stay junction.
And a Steal Schwin MTB, (college commuter)
All failed w/o crashes encouraging failure.

[XanBcoo]

Cal_Kashi, stop double posting man.

[samsonlonghair]

And 1500 is really cheap for a bike. You're crazy. I've spent maybe forty dollars on my bike. I could buy a decent car for fifteen hundred.

[itadakimasu]

cal kashi is off on the university campus parting out peoples bikes !

My sister said they sometimes throw peoples bikes into the trees if they're not locked up.

My current bitching.... If I'm going to have to move around a bunch of people by monday... shouldn't somebody tell me? I shouldn't have a random cubicle dweller telling me these things.++

The problem actually ended up being that after I moved the people, one of them didn't even know they were moving, and 2 of the people weren't ready to move despite my being told to move their computers to other locations... completely rediculous stuff.

[Buffalobiian]

Australian Left 4 Dead 2 censorship comparison (http://games.on.net/article/7314/Left_4_Dead_2_censorship_comparison_now_on_YouTube )

What is this shit?

I'd better be able to get a US version if I buy this from Steam.

[Kraco]

For instance, we miss out on the zombie riot cop character, because even killing an undead cop constitutes violence against an authority figure.

Man, what a lucky country you have. I reckon the history of Australia doesn't know a single case of a dirty cop either. Donning a uniform makes you holy.

[Genma]

Sucks about the L4d2 Australia thing. I'd be pissed.

As for my bitching, I went to some random person's apartment Halloween weekend and poured my beer into used cups. Nearly two weeks later and I'm still sick. I wake up choking on my own mucus every night, it sucks hardcore.

Thought it might be swine flu but no fever. Urghhhhhh....

[samsonlonghair]

That sounds harsh. I hope you pull through Genma.

[Ryllharu]

Opera Link decided that my newly updated laptop was the master version of Opera for some reason, and deleted all my bookmarks. I had to fight it for about 20 minutes to get my bookmarks back, and now I have a real backup instead of believing in Opera's solution for getting them back (which didn't work at all).

Real cute when a feature designed to assist in keeping your bookmarks freaks out and trashes all of them.

[Animeniax]

That's what you get for using a browser called "Opera".

[Buffalobiian]

Opera Link decided that my newly updated laptop was the master version of Opera for some reason, and deleted all my bookmarks. I had to fight it for about 20 minutes to get my bookmarks back, and now I have a real backup instead of believing in Opera's solution for getting them back (which didn't work at all).

Real cute when a feature designed to assist in keeping your bookmarks freaks out and trashes all of them.

I use an add-on in firefox called Xmarks that syncs the bookmarks on my laptop and PC with a server to keep them consistent. I used to back up my bookmarks.html file somewhere, but I haven't done that for a while.

I going to do that now, lest the server decides to wipe everything and sync my computers to that version, since auto-sync is on. (All 187 of them :p)

[Buffalobiian]

Discussions based on turns.

Arguments based on evidence.

Topical nitpicking instead of personal insults.

Is it too much to ask? :(

[Kraco]

Is it too much to ask?

Not on gotwoot irc. We have it all!

[XanBcoo]

Damn, I just took an aptitude test for a company I sent a job application to. I'm applying for a writing job, but they still make everyone take the test, which contained a long math section with questions like:

A certain sum of money is invested at 10%. Twice that amount is invested at 8%. The total amount of interest from both investments is $91. How much is invested at 8%.

I'm sure there are some people who could do that problem relatively quickly. I, however, haven't touched a math problem in 4 years and only answered maybe 2 or 3 out of 30 correctly. I hope I did well enough on the other sections to balance everything out.

[Assertn]

Damn, I just took an aptitude test for a company I sent a job application to. I'm applying for a writing job, but they still make everyone take the test, which contained a long math section with questions like:

A certain sum of money is invested at 10%. Twice that amount is invested at 8%. The total amount of interest from both investments is $91. How much is invested at 8%.

I'm sure there are some people who could do that problem relatively quickly. I, however, haven't touched a math problem in 4 years and only answered maybe 2 or 3 out of 30 correctly. I hope I did well enough on the other sections to balance everything out.

By the limited information, I'm assuming they aren't compounding the interest, so the formula should be simple:
91 = 1.1*x + 2*1.08*x
91 = (1.1 + 2.16)x
$27.91 = x

Since x is amount invested at 10%, that would mean that $55.82 is the amount invested at 8%

[XanBcoo]

Hah, I knew you'd try to answer that.

But the practice test said the answer was $700 dollars.

Anyway, I'm just annoyed because to do well I would have had to do practice problems like these for at least a few weeks. Hopefully everyone did as badly as I did.

[fahoumh]

Assertn, what you calculated makes the $91 as the total return (principal + interest), and not just the interest.

A little late, but here it is anyway:

91 = 0.1*x + 0.08*2x
91 = 0.26x
x = 91/0.26 = 350

So amount invested at 8% is 2x = 2(350) = 700

Anyway, my bitch for today is my Policy class. I studied for a fucking week for the midterm, which we just got back today and I failed. HARD. I can understand my grade if I studied the night before or the day of but I didn't. Even passing the class at this point doesn't even seem possible and I need this class to graduate because it's a core course. I don't understand why they'd make a 4th year class so impossibly difficult when everyone has fought all the way through the program up to this point. You figure by now they'd give us a little bit of a break by now.

[The Heretic Azazel]

I got a parking ticket at this ridiculous school because I was supposedly blocking a drive. I don't see how the hell that's possible, I was parked between two vehicles. Also if I was blocking anything, I'd probably be towed. I got the ticket at 3:30 and I wasn't out of class until 8:30, are they trying to say I was blocking people for that long? Bullshit. I bet I can't even get my fucking diploma next month until I pay the 25 bucks. Nazi fucking parking services acting like they own the place.

[Xelbair]

My driving law lessons are boring as hell...
I understood need to explain every sign, how to check oil etc in your car but god dammit - 1h movie which consisted of statements like the (in)famous "people die when they are killed" in F/SN, with showing three fucking times how each lamp is getting lit, etc. Give me 15 minutes and a car and i can explain it all to someone, and i don't have my driving license yet(I'll get that - if i pass at 1st time - somewhere around January) - it is a common knowledge...

[Kraco]

There are such fools out there driving cars that they must have got their driving license from a cereal box. A person with normal wits would find lessons like that tedious at best but some people really need them.

[Ryllharu]

Here in the US capital of inconsiderate asshole drivers who are convinced they are the best drivers on the road, New England, I sincerely wish that our driver exams were so rigorous. I guarantee that if everyone here was retested, 80-90% would fail.

Just remember, driving is a privilege, not a right.

[samsonlonghair]

Driving may be a privilege, but it's also a necessity. I would never drive if there was a decent public transportation system where I live. In the 1950s GM conspired to have the local train station demolished. Now the only way to get around is by car.

[Buffalobiian]

Are road rule lessons compulsory, or just something you can choose to do?

Here you just have to pass the road-rule test to get your Learner's License. I just studied the book for a week. I would imagine sitting through a class to be quite boring.

The whole "people die when they are killed" is a bit overboard though I think. If people don't get that idea from the start, I doubt they'll get if after you say it a few times in a classroom.

[complich8]

Thinking of crazy driving ...

so my area's getting pounded tonight by what the weather folks are calling "nor-Ida" (because it's the intersection of a noreaster and the remnants of hurricane Ida. And I'm driving home at like 8:30, because I spent a bunch of time in the gym. Middle of a downpour, doing like 45 on the highway, and had three near misses in a stretch of 1000 feet. First was a guy in the left lane encroaching on mine, right next to me, which I had to swerve and hit the brakes to avoid a collision. Second was the aftermath of a previous collision, which involved 4 cars stopped in the middle two lanes of the four "through lanes". No flashers, no brake lights, just tail lights. Come on folks, put on your damned flashers if you're going to park in the middle of a busy highway!

Then as I slid around to avoid that, someone zips past me at about 85 and cuts me off, coming within about 6 inches of my front bumper. This while I'm down to the upper 30's, and going faster than most of the traffic.

Anyway, at least that last guy got pulled over a mile later, which made me happy. Probably woulda been better if the cop were back at the accident site cluing people in to the fact that there were two lanes blocked by wreckage though ...

I like driving, a lot more than taking public transit. But sometimes it's just like ... what the heck are these people doing, ya know?

[itadakimasu]

why would you use an email service that issues a challenge response email to anybody who emails you? If I have to email somebody, click on a link, and type a captcha message each time I email them, i'm not going to bother emailing them.

[Xelbair]

No it was literally like that statement - here is one of quotes "sign 'dangerous turn ahead' means that there is dangerous turn ahead"...and asshole drivers are here as common as in the us, i think. Unfortunately the lessons are obligatory, that is if i want to get a driving license.

[Buffalobiian]

I sent my graphics card back for warranty.

ETA: 6wks ~ 3 months.:eek:

[Kraco]

I sent my graphics card back for warranty.

ETA: 6wks ~ 3 months.:eek:

That's pitiful. Back when I got a video card with the tv-out dead, it took exactly a week for me to get a new one. That was understandable seeing how the store first sent it somewhere, they verified it's broken, and sent the replacement card to the store.

But 6 weeks - 3 months... Did you ask them if it's absolutely necessary for them to tape the card to the back of a tortoise for transportation?

[David75]

That's pitiful. Back when I got a video card with the tv-out dead, it took exactly a week for me to get a new one. That was understandable seeing how the store first sent it somewhere, they verified it's broken, and sent the replacement card to the store.

But 6 weeks - 3 months... Did you ask them if it's absolutely necessary for them to tape the card to the back of a tortoise for transportation?


Well I can bitch about that too....

In France, for many products, you have to wait 4 weeks to several months to get a part replaced... only after you spent weeks negociating with your french representative that the part is dead and under warranty and they have to replace it.
Then you wait long weeks/months, then it arrives in France, and then you have to negociate again for weeks to get the part from their company to you...
Goods usually come from china, via boat...

In the end, for some products, I found a better quality alternative directly from China, where they get their goods...
Things are:
Price is 1/10th or even 1/20th (I have one example even lower) the price paid in France, even with airmail...
I receive goods in about 10 days
I don't care if some fail on me, because I can fry 10 before it costs me the price of one here
If I have some fry on me, I only need 10 days at most to get a replacement if I have a shortage.

The person I work with in China is pleasant, has a relatively good english.

Representative in France, for same products are most of the time unpleasant, even more when there's an RMA involved... so Screw them, there's no meaning in ordering those parts from them other than being screwed yourself.

[darkshadow]

Flash player 10.1 is pretty awesome for ati stream computing users, cause it enables HW accelerated flash playing.
Too bad it only videos on gametrailers.com actually play.............

[itadakimasu]

I went to Frys w\ my wife so she could get something her mom needed... anyhow, we got there 5 minutes before closing so we were rushing, found what she wanted and I was thinking of buying MW2 for PC, which wow... how could they not have?

Anyhow, walking back across the store this book caught my eye, and there was just 1. These shelves are like.... 2 feet deep, it was the 2nd to bottom shelf and just 1 book was there. I go into pick it up... and Fuck me if I didn't slam my forehead full force into the shelf.

Srsly... it was painful and I then tried to play it off despite having clearly been seen by at least 2 frys employees. I iced it when I got home but am hoping it's not dark purple when I wake up in the morning... I have a pretty good sized egg on my forehead : (

[Xelbair]

I bought MW2 for pc, and guess what? it won't run.
there is some damned bug there that prevents it from running, steam blames activision and vice versa... great goddamnit - i can't even get my cash back because this is steam-only game.
and the funny part is - the pirated version worked without any problems..

[Buffalobiian]

I bought MW2 for pc, and guess what? it won't run.
there is some damned bug there that prevents it from running, steam blames activision and vice versa... great goddamnit - i can't even get my cash back because this is steam-only game.
and the funny part is - the pirated version worked without any problems..

I don't suppose you can run the pirated version using your proper key/steam account without getting banned by VAC, can you?

[Xelbair]

Nope, that vers got its steam ripped off.
I'll see what responses i shall get from activision and valve, but from what i heard from other fora it will be like "Its valve's steam fault!" and the valve response will be similar "It is activision's problem"

[Animeniax]

I bought MW2 for pc, and guess what? it won't run.
there is some damned bug there that prevents it from running, steam blames activision and vice versa... great goddamnit - i can't even get my cash back because this is steam-only game.
and the funny part is - the pirated version worked without any problems..
Maybe you should post something about this in the "help me" threads, complete with errors and your PC setup. Might be something as simple as a driver update or some other app running in the background that's causing the problem.

[Xelbair]

That was covered in some faq - I've tried everything solution possible.

[Marik]

Ugh. I just spent the past 7 hours in the Emergency Room with an IV in my arm and a pulse of 124. After going through 4 bags of fluid, some Morphine, and something called Zofran, I don't feel any better. Clear liquids and saltines will be my meals for the next few days, while waiting for the bacteria to pass.

[Animeniax]

Ugh. I just spent the past 7 hours in the Emergency Room with an IV in my arm and a pulse of 124. After going through 4 bags of fluid, some Morphine, and something called Zofran, I don't feel any better. Clear liquids and saltines will be my meals for the next few days, while waiting for the bacteria to pass.
If it doesn't kill you, it can only make you stronger.

[Kraco]

Yet even ICU, 4 bags of IV fluid, morphine, and something called Zofran won't stop Marik from posting release updates. Truly hardcore.

[Buffalobiian]

Oh, so that's why the Naruto release update was late.

I shall delete that hate mail and send you a get-well-soon card instead :p

PS: Did you eat something bad?

[Marik]

Oh, so that's why the Naruto release update was late.

I shall delete that hate mail and send you a get-well-soon card instead :p

PS: Did you eat something bad?
Yeah, I had some wings from across the street. They gave me food poisoning, so I've been diagnosed with Gastroenteritis. I'm gonna stay away from wings for awhile.

Edit: @Kraco below: No, not yet.

[Kraco]

Have you reported the place?

[Buffalobiian]

Following up this post (http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?p=450991&postcount=759) I decided to go ahead with the order.

MS then tells me I will have to do a clean install rather than simply download the upgrade.exe since I'm using xp (for an additional $14 through the post). That's well and all, and since it's kind of necessary, I purchased the $50 license as well as the $14 CD.

After I checked out, I got redirected to the download page, which lists two options:

1) EXE - for upgrading with compatible OS

2) ISO - for clean installations.

^ BUT THEY DON'T TELL YOU THIS UNTIL AFTER YOU PAY NOW DO THEY?

[Psyke]

Woah sounds pretty terrible. Take care Marik!

[Buffalobiian]

Yeah, I had some wings from across the street. They gave me food poisoning, so I've been diagnosed with Gastroenteritis. I'm gonna stay away from wings for awhile.
.

Take this opportunity to try chicken feet. ;)

You may be pleasantly surprised.

[Marik]

Take this opportunity to try chicken feet. ;)

You may be pleasantly surprised.
Sounds like something that will make me even sicker. I'll pass.

:eek: @ the google images of chicken feet.

[Death BOO Z]

bahha, I more tired than a pack mule.
I had a job in the university today. I was there to watch over some Psychometrics exams (an academic admission exam, sort of, like the SAT) taking place, and it took it's toll on me...

day started out good, there was an english-only exam, which was short, and no one interrupted, but then we had the real exam...
50 something people (who were all of the same minority group, woo-hoo!) acting like jerks and making a howl. everything took twice as much time for us as it did for other groups, and we finished more than an hour after everyone else.
I pooped, I crushed for 4 hours when I got home, and now I'm going to bed again..

also, they all had similar sounding names, which I can't pronounce well, so it felt like a memorial service (with extra emphasis on each syllable of the names: "JubRan JubRan", "AhMed AbuSaLim"...).

still, It pays well.
g.night

[itadakimasu]

I discovered I had no internet last night. I'd already spent 10-15 minutes trying to repair my connection... trying wired, wireless, restarting the router... Then I realized the router was showing no internet connection so I called verizon and spent about 10 minutes in their automated system before being transferred.... TO HOLD!

I had to goto bed at some point, had been on hold for over 45 minutes. Woke up in the morning.... and had internet! but now I dont, and have to wait until tomorrow or the next day for a new router to arrive :( srsly.... BOOOO

[Buffalobiian]

I discovered I had no internet last night. I'd already spent 10-15 minutes trying to repair my connection... trying wired, wireless, restarting the router... Then I realized the router was showing no internet connection so I called verizon and spent about 10 minutes in their automated system before being transferred.... TO HOLD!

I had to goto bed at some point, had been on hold for over 45 minutes. Woke up in the morning.... and had internet! but now I dont, and have to wait until tomorrow or the next day for a new router to arrive :( srsly.... BOOOO

So..verizon insists there's nothing wrong at their end? If not, a new router may not be your fix.

[Kraco]

I have very rarely had any troubles with my connection, but the few times there have been, I have suffered from no wait times to catch a person and after the few typical questions the ISP has never tried to insist it's something on my side. Rather, they have always said they will check their own settings and systems (and that has always helped as well). Doesn't sound like this Verizon values its customers too highly.

[itadakimasu]

well, the wireless doesn't seem to work at all.

It almost seems like a DNS issue, but then the router does lock up when you try to access it. I could get to yahoo, google, certain ebay pages, but most other pages wouldn't load.

Wireless doesn't broadcast... If the replacement router doesn't fix it I'm gonna be cranky!

[itadakimasu]

My internet went out sometime on sunday night and I wasted an hour on hold before having to goto bed cause it was late.

My wife called on monday and they sent me an email w\ a UPS tracking number for a new router they were sending out to us.. ok! great. Tuesday, no router... owell, wait til wednesday.

My wife calls back yesterday and they tell her that the routers are not in stock and that it will not ship out until the 31st... are you fucking kidding me? no internet for 2+ weeks? that just doesn't work...

so, i jump on their website and do a tech support chat session and this guy assures me that the router actually shipped yesterday, despite ups's website not showing any results for the tracking number verizon gave me. The guy tells me it will arrive on wednesday for sure.

Wednesday/yesterday : No router... so, I give them a call and now this guy tells me close to what they told my wife before, the order shows pending and he doesn't know where the router is or if they're in stock, or on back order... despite this though, he goes on to tell me that the router will ship that night and get to me today... srsly?

my response to him was immediately to ask him why I've at that point been given 3 completely different answers to the same question.


Anyhow, my internet was back working somehow so i'm not too worried about it, but it was not working monday or tuesday.

On a plus note, they did offer my wife some kind of internet/tv package w\ 25/10mbps internet speed for $79...which I think I will do.

[Xelbair]

Today i lost all of my firefox tabs - that is 1 year worth of tabs(about 50-60, some of them are impossible to get back)...

My mother used mine pc, i warned her 5 fucking times, "watch out for pop-unders and close the main browser, the one with tabs, last" (she of course hates tabs and opens everything in new window...), and guess what? all tabs are gone, and the best part is - it was not her fault that all my tabs are gone, but in fact she closed the main browser first(tabbed one) - it is my fault for using the tabs and keeping them that way, and I'm the stupid one...
Can't they for once say "I'm sorry i messed up, its my fault" instead of telling me that it is my fault?

[Buffalobiian]

You know there's a function called "Bookmark all tabs"?

It may have saved you.

[RyougaZell]

Today i lost all of my firefox tabs - that is 1 year worth of tabs(about 50-60, some of them are impossible to get back)...

My mother used mine pc, i warned her 5 fucking times, "watch out for pop-unders and close the main browser, the one with tabs, last" (she of course hates tabs and opens everything in new window...), and guess what? all tabs are gone, and the best part is - it was not her fault that all my tabs are gone, but in fact she closed the main browser first(tabbed one) - it is my fault for using the tabs and keeping them that way, and I'm the stupid one...
Can't they for once say "I'm sorry i messed up, its my fault" instead of telling me that it is my fault?

After my brothers and sister did that for the 10th time I password protected my session and told them to use the damn guest function.

[Xelbair]

Now it wont happen again, thanks to "about:config" in ff(don't mess up there), and bookmarking all tabs is bad idea for me - I've got too much bookmarks to look there to find anything. Why in the first place firefox allows pop-unders? It does not even have simple option to block them - you have to tweak variables in config manually.

[Ryllharu]

Have you tried organizing your bookmarks into folders? Once I started doing that, I found that I actually started using bookmarks, rather than just making them for sites I'd only visit every six months.

You can even make a "Regular Tabs" folder or something like that.

[Buffalobiian]

My bookmark consists of 222 entries organised into 33 folders/subfolders/sub-subfolders etc.

The biggest tree is 5 deep.

[Xelbair]

When i organize something i spend more time searching there than just looking through chaotic list.
and here's my bitch - new year's party was not so good, even though there was one great girl..


Yet another bitch - my graphics card is broken...again.. goddamnit, i'm writing from my mum's laptop.

[itadakimasu]

Xel : what kinda card did you have?

I haven't posted here in a while so I thought I would !

Movie Theater price gouging... pisses me off. I saw Avatar with my sister saturday and it was $4.50. 1 liter bottle of water? $4.50... that isn't my bitch though.

I went again yesterday because my wife and her brother didn't get to see it. We went to one theater and it was sold out, so then we went to another theater and wow... $9.50 per ticket? srsly? Then you get to the anal rape section that is the concessions... $6.50 for a "small" soda? $8 for a bag of popcorn?

I'm a thrifty guy so stuff like that pisses me off. same thing @ the gym... why would i pay $2.75 for 20oz of powerade if I can go next door and get a 32oz bottle for $1.25 ?