The Bitching Thread [Archive] - Page 8

Board of Command

Tue, 04-29-2008, 08:15 PM

A lot of anime groups recently are releasing files with improper file sizes. For example: Code Geass R2 is a 25-episode series, and for that to fit on a single dual-layer DVD, each episode needs to be 325 MB. Instead, Eclipse releases them at 339 MB. Close, but it won't fit. I have to re-encode all of these files to the proper sizes, and each episode takes 2.5 hours of x264 encoding.

Groups should be encoding to sizes that fit on a single or dual-layer DVD. This means the file sizes should vary for each series based on how many episodes there are. Instead, they're still using the "standard" sizes of 170 MB, 233 MB and ~350 MB. It doesn't make any sense. Those sizes were decided upon way back in the day when people burned stuff to CD's. Nowadays, everyone uses DVD's.

XanBcoo

Tue, 04-29-2008, 08:36 PM

My camera runs drains its batteries so damn quickly when it's recording video. I honestly only have time for about 7 minutes of video before it starts shutting itself off. I'm sick and tired of it. If there was a way to record while it was plugged into my laptop, I'd be set, but no. Double AAs only.

Chiodos

Wed, 04-30-2008, 08:08 AM

What annoys me today? Well, the mom in the house.
A friend of mine is going to have a quick sleep over today becuse for personal reasons, he doesn't want to sleep at home.
Nows the thing... the room that he can sleeps in had my brothers clothes one. Like...all he owns. Now she has this... wierd freakout that she has do cancel her appointmen with her friends the day after tomorrow, kill our precous dog Jenny, that I'm an angsty alcoholic and my girlfriend is the unsocial retard ever.

Doesn't make sense, yes? Well, I have no idea either what she meant by all those stuff but I have only the tiniest guesses but damn....she drives you crazy.

Buffalobiian

Wed, 04-30-2008, 08:13 AM

Doesn't make sense, yes?

Nope. Your mum had that reaction because he slept in a room that had your brother's clothes in them, if I comprehended correctly? (I don't think I did... at all)

Chiodos

Wed, 04-30-2008, 08:25 AM

He is going to sleep in the room, wich had all the clothes on, thus, she got this strangest reaction. Now, I am actually not totally suprised by her reaction becuse she has done this wierd things since like...ever.
I do get that one may get upset but how she connected all those things just like that doens't make sense to me and she has done that past these ...well, all my life.
I know she's crazy, egotriped and self sorry but damn, she doesn't realize she has lost a son (me) becuse of that attidude.

Damn bitch, go to hell. Now my mood is ruined for the day.

fahoumh

Wed, 04-30-2008, 01:55 PM

Munsu

Wed, 04-30-2008, 03:46 PM

Say what?
What I understood from that post is that his mother is hearing voices. I could be mistaken.

Abdula

Wed, 04-30-2008, 04:10 PM

Actually I think one of friends just slept in his brother's room which apparently was quite messy and his mom freaked out, canceled some appointment, called him an alcoholic, called his girlfriend an antisocial retard and said she was going to kill his dog. So he thinks she is crazy and that she can't get past her ego and the fact that she feels so sorry for herself and realize that her actions have caused irreparable damage to their relationship. Something to that extent.

fahoumh

Wed, 04-30-2008, 06:08 PM

What I understood from that post is that his mother is hearing voices. I could be mistaken.
Bwahahahaha!

Abdula, thanks for the translation.

Chiodos

Thu, 05-01-2008, 10:28 AM

Animeniax

Thu, 05-01-2008, 11:03 AM

Oh you poor thing, you can't decide on what kind of jacket to buy? Wow your life must be difficult. You're asking a bunch of anime-watching tech geeks for fashion ideas for a summer jacket? Here's an idea: wear the same one you wore last summer.

Death BOO Z

Thu, 05-01-2008, 03:56 PM

MTV2.
I just recently got this channel, and it's full of crap.
about 60% of the time it has commercials, and the rest is 'my chemical romance'.
not kidding, I've seen 5 'my chemical romance' specials this week alone, they aren't even such a good band.
besides, how hard is it to make a decent rock/alternative music channel?
Metallica, R.E.M, Nirvana, Guns&Roses, Kiss, some Linkin park (Limp bizkit, Blink 182, Sum 41, Avril Lavigne, etc) and some new bands. it's not really a problem, just get rid of all those new british rock/pop bands. seriously, MTVdance seemed like the better choice this week..

also, Guys who watch Soap operas.
What the hell is wrong with you?
also, Guys who watch Soap operas (reruns).
Get away from me!

, beny, whine, bitch and away!

Chiodos

Thu, 05-01-2008, 04:00 PM

Not to be the most annoying but My Chemical Romance count as "alternative". The thing it is actually quite hard to converse a TV program that is not "mainstream"-ish enough.
You know...capitalism...and shit.

The Heretic Azazel

Fri, 05-02-2008, 01:27 AM

I know it's the bitching thread but damn, if you order MTV2 and expect entertainment that's fully self-inflicted.

My bitch is the company I work for looks for any avenue to cut my hourly pay and now I've been docked twice, once for performance (not raising enough money) and again for missing an optional Friday shift I already told them I would miss because I was working my other job. Well they wanted me to work the optional Friday because I was out Sunday with a family emergency and made it mandatory.

Do they have to be so greedy to take 50 cents of my pay? Do they not remember the frustration of being on the phones all goddamn day?

Assertn

Fri, 05-02-2008, 03:12 AM

is docking your pay permanent?

I can't see how a company could do that unless they actually prefer having a high employee turn-over rate.

The Heretic Azazel

Fri, 05-02-2008, 11:50 AM

Well if I do 110% this month I'll get that quarter back, and I'm pretty sure after a month is up I get the quarter back for missing that day anyway. People get cuts or raises every month and it gets fucking irritating. And yeah the turnover rate is ridiculous but thats partly because dealing with people on the phones all day is taxing.

Telefundraising is a fucked up business.

docdan63

Tue, 05-06-2008, 02:16 PM

My bitch has been on for a while now. My bitch is that the whole 3 month fuck up on Yahoo's part to let MS buy them, is not turning out any better just for Jerry Yangs Silicon valley 1996 baby. He fucked up, and continues to do so. He blew off Big M and was trying to slowly get them into the $40/share bid. And now, they want to share Google's tech, and give them money for clicks by using their AdSense technology. And becaue of it, for the past 2 nights on and off, Google and Yahoo's sites have been down. Last night I tried to go on before I went to bed and they were down till past 3 this after noon. Just because they're working on getting server crap reorganized for their "partnership" program.

Animeniax

Tue, 05-06-2008, 02:26 PM

That's a pretty weak cause to bitch. Why not just use altavista or msn search until the others are available? Are you a stock owner in Yahoo? Then you'd have a reason to bitch. This namby-pamby griping goes in the "crying over spilt milk" bin.

My bitch: boredom. I'm out of stuff to do. It takes a week or two to get stuff in that I order online, nothing is available locally, and I'm in a transition period so I can't do anything drastic for the next month. I downloaded a bunch of Japanese dramas on my last R&R, but most of them turned out boring or unwatchable. With the bandwidth monitoring, I can't even download stuff to watch here. The only thing I have for fun is playing God of War on the PS2, but I spend about 3 hours a day at work doing that, so I'm burned out on it when I'm at home, besides the trouble of transporting the PS2 and A/V adapter unit back and forth from the office to home. Boredom really is as bad as being too busy.

XanBcoo

Tue, 05-06-2008, 02:41 PM

My bitch: boredom. I'm out of stuff to do.

Wow your life must be difficult.

That's a pretty weak cause to bitch.

Stop telling people whether their reasons to bitch are valid or not. It makes you sound like a hypocrite.

My bitch: I have no one to go to the gym with tomorrow. The guy who usually lifts with me has 2 finals and no time to spare. If I end up going, I'll only be able to complete about half of my usual routine, or at least only do half the weight. I guess I need to be brave and ask a stranger to spot me.

Animeniax

Tue, 05-06-2008, 02:49 PM

Stop telling people whether their reasons to bitch are valid or not. It makes you sound like a hypocrite.

My bitch: I have no one to go to the gym with tomorrow. The guy who usually lifts with me has 2 finals and no time to spare. If I end up going, I'll only be able to complete about half of my usual routine, or at least only do half the weight. I guess I need to be brave and ask a stranger to spot me.
Bitching shouldn't be done so casually, just like posting just for the sake of raising your post count. People complain when someone posts constantly, so I have no problem complaining that people complain too much. If that makes me a hypocrite, then so be it. But really, bitching because a search engine is down? Or because you can't decide what summer jacket to get? Those are more fit for a Whining Thread.

docdan63

Tue, 05-06-2008, 03:09 PM

I was a share holder in Yahoo, not anymore. Not since last Thursday. And I use their yahoo Answers page. I have 4 answers on there I need answered and they all had fresh replies to them just from posting them. And that is cause for a bitch because its a serious product of theirs for serving up ads and serving the online community. So it is good enough to bitch about. More for me I have an online ad company that MS will probably be knocking on my door for anytime with in the next half year or so. And I'm only 23. I'm not going to be a fucking moron like Jerry Yang and deny 44+ billion when my shares are tanking. I'll take a little bit and make myself a billionaire and trust MS to make my company into something great while integrating with their adCenter platform.

My complaint is that I've been bothered more and more by Jerry Yangs business lack of business skills. Google just flew right past them and started 7 years after them. Google's founders are worth twice what yahoos ever were. And on top of that, they don't know how to even monotize their site to its full potential, and it's the most trafficed site on the web. On top of that they haven't even tried since the late 90's. It's pathetic. It bothers me because they don't know how to make money anymore and I'm in the fellow business their in. The companies management is broken. Their engineers keep getting fired (good ones). And now they're messing with Google's business actions. Messing up a perfectly fine company.

I'm bothered as a dot-com businessman. Not so much as a user of their community. Besides I hate Yahoo. I cashed out my options last week and left them alone.

Animeniax

Tue, 05-06-2008, 03:19 PM

Well that makes sense then, so I stand corrected, but not about the summer jacket. Hopefully you can see from your original post why I had reservations about the validity and/or necessity of your bitching. However it still remains to be seen what Yang and co were thinking in not taking the offer from MS.

XanBcoo

Fri, 05-09-2008, 12:04 AM

I need to stop making friends with seniors. Everyone I get friendly with in any of my classes always ends up graduating at the end of that semester.

I just said goodbye to a really interesting dude from my Phonology class, and I don't think I'll ever get to hang out with him because he's graduating and moving to another city. I also have another friend who I would talk to about comedians and weightlifting and stuff, but he's graduating too, and I can't even find him on facebook. Probably never even see him again. The whole thing is really kinda depressing because this has happened almost every semester.

complich8

Fri, 05-09-2008, 12:00 PM

I need to stop making friends with seniors. Everyone I get friendly with in any of my classes always ends up graduating at the end of that semester.

The whole thing is really kinda depressing because this has happened almost every semester.

I was in college for 8 years (for a variety of reasons). I made a whole generation of friends, had them graduate, made another generation of friends, had them graduate, and then started making a third generation before I finally finished up.

Saying goodbye to all your close friends sucks. Doing that 3 times ... sucks a LOT. When two of those three "goodbye" waves include romantic connections... it's just downright depressing.

docdan63

Sat, 05-10-2008, 12:16 AM

I was in college for 8 years (for a variety of reasons). I made a whole generation of friends, had them graduate, made another generation of friends, had them graduate, and then started making a third generation before I finally finished up.

Saying goodbye to all your close friends sucks. Doing that 3 times ... sucks a LOT. When two of those three "goodbye" waves include romantic connections... it's just downright depressing.

That is depressing. You guys must have good people in your schools. I went to a community college for a bit after trying a university. No dice man. I think that a majority of that time I was trying to make friends, it was terrible. They were either all really stupid and/or didn't really know anything about the subject in the class, causing them to drop it quickly. Plus, I don't know about you guys, but it's hard to find people who don't drink, smoke, go to bars or have some public agenda shown through their clothing. It kind of makes you want to vomit a bit.

Another thing was. Most of the time you actually try and make friends, most people are shy to start to get to know or open up too. Girls even really. But I guess that could be because they were trying not to flunk out by focusing on their school work.

Buffalobiian

Sat, 05-10-2008, 02:51 AM

Being assigned group assignments and tutorial workgroups by the college/uni are very good ways to get you to know people. I know all my uni friends that way, since only 3 people from my high school went to the same uni as me. I don't have to worry about this issue since most of the people I know from uni are in my year, and those who aren't I barely ever see them anyway.

When I started high school, a lot of my friends were seniors, and almost graduating ones too, so I know how it feels though.

Chiodos

Sat, 05-10-2008, 03:54 AM

So the current subject is making friends in school, huh? I had a huge trouble when I first started high school, one was for how I did look and the second my ...uuh.. personality. At first glance I thought my class where a totall of "cool badboys" that thought they were something, you know, the usual stuff.
And hey, what to expect when your going to carpentry class?
But in the end, I actually manage, evem my wierdness but it closly made me drop out, big time.
I'm still having friends trouble outside school, though...need to take care of those too..

Death BOO Z

Tue, 05-13-2008, 01:26 PM

I've been home all day, and during that time, there were only 20 mintues I was the only person in the house. in the middle of a school\work day. my mother goes to work at 12:00, my old brother goes at 14:00. my young brother returns from school at 14:00. I had twenty mintues of quiet when my brother went to a tennis class.
something wrong with my family. it's impossible for adults to stay home this late. and it happens every time I'm home. I love my family, but 23:40 hours a day is way over the top.

PSJ

Wed, 05-14-2008, 04:32 PM

Hahaha. Omg. I do need to polish my english. Shit seriously... ^^

The next bitching is this!

I HAVE NO IDEA what to buy for summer jacket!!... Any Gotwoot-ish tip, anyone what I am supposed to buy for this season?

Supposed to buy? There is no "must buys" it all depends on what kind of style you have overall, what you enjoy wearing etc. Get back with some more info and we might be able to hook you up.

rockmanj

Thu, 05-15-2008, 10:56 PM

I say, get a nice linen blazer, maybe cream colored; if you want to be stylish, that is ;-)

Chiodos

Fri, 05-16-2008, 08:04 AM

Wow, that post about the jacket thing was about week years ago. Anyway, I found an über jacket. Took me many, many hours as it seems every shop doesn't seem to have XS : (!!

Sucks to be a short Asian sometimes. Atleast when your very taller girlfriend puts your candy on a very high shelf x)!

itadakimasu

Fri, 05-16-2008, 11:12 AM

I just don't like CC's... they are so overused and i really don't like emails where people just want to cc other people in on it so they don't feel left out.

This is like if you were on the phone and like... hang on, let me 3-way george over here so he can listen to our conversation...

I only CC when absolutely necessary.

Death BOO Z

Fri, 05-16-2008, 11:32 AM

what sort of example can you give to 'necessary' CC and un-necessary ones.

Assertn

Fri, 05-16-2008, 11:54 AM

CCs are used a lot in the professional world.

You've never been in a situation where you are working on something with a team of people, and you're specifically talking to one member of the team but want the others to be able to observe it or provide input/feedback?

Animeniax

Fri, 05-16-2008, 12:16 PM

Yes, cc's are vital in business to communicate and keep everyone informed. It's the worst when some chowderhead claims they didn't get the information and therefore they're not accountable, but your group is still in a bind because of their neglect.

bcc's on the other hand are asking for trouble and are an underhanded way to deal with people. You never know who's being bcc'd, so go with the adage: reread what you write before hitting send.

My bitch: the weather and airline companies. I couldn't fly out on R&R today because of a dust storm at a remote location. So I call Expedia and they transfer me to the airline (United) and I find out they have this ridiculous policy that you can only change your ticket if you buy one level up of service. The next level up of service costs $1500 more, plus a $100 change fee, and still coach class. No thanks. I call up Expedia again and they check around and get me rescheduled for $270 more. So it will cost me almost a full day's work more for my plane ticket. And what's worse, tomorrow might be another bad weather day, so I would have to change my ticket again and pay more fees. I shouldn't gripe because it's pocket change, but money is money and I'd rather spend that $270 on a new monitor instead of lining the airline's pockets.

Assertn

Fri, 05-16-2008, 12:25 PM

Replies to emails that had BCC recipients don't go to BCC recipients though.

I see people use this trick to mass-email notifications, where they put their own email address in the TO field, and then all the recipients in the BCC field. Not only does it keep the recipients' emails private, but it also allows them to reply to the notification without it getting sent to anyone except the original sender.

Animeniax

Fri, 05-16-2008, 12:35 PM

Is that standard for bcc or is it particular to email clients?

Assertn

Fri, 05-16-2008, 12:39 PM

that's the whole point of BCC...it doesn't even end up in the recipients' email clients. It's physically impossible to reply a message to them.

Animeniax

Fri, 05-16-2008, 01:04 PM

Oh right, *bonk self*. I was thinking of another scenario concerning email.

rockmanj

Sun, 05-18-2008, 10:54 PM

Sucks to be a short Asian sometimes. Atleast when your very taller girlfriend puts your candy on a very high shelf x)!

Your girlfriend hides candy from you?? Ahh...the folly of youth~

Chiodos

Mon, 05-19-2008, 09:56 AM

Your girlfriend hides candy from you?? Ahh...the folly of youth~

Haha, I know! Sounds really wierd. She does that every weekend now and then when I don't give her so much attention. It's quite hard to do both the eating part and the latter.

If you do both, won't it turn into a very, very, very wierd food fetisch x)?

rockmanj

Mon, 05-19-2008, 10:04 AM

not a fetish... I mean, sticky things and...err affection dont really mesh that well.

SHIIIIIT! While I was running, I noticed a kind of annoying pressure near my groin area. I stop to check it out, and as it turns out, a pen that was in my pocket became pushed open, and lodged itself firmly into my upper groin area... after going to a doctor and getting it treated, I see that it left quite a large hole...really not sexy at all...

Board of Command

Mon, 05-19-2008, 11:33 PM

I have an intermittent shoulder problem where lifting my left arm above my shoulder at a certain range of outward angles causes excruciating pain. It's not frequent but there's no telling when it'll happen. It started again tonight and it hurts to lift a can of ice tea to my mouth. I have no idea what triggers these episodes of restricted movement or how they end. They just seem to come and go unnoticed.

I should probably go see a doctor the next time it happens after I move back home. I don't even know if it's diagnosable when it's not acting up.

Buffalobiian

Tue, 05-20-2008, 01:45 AM

itadakimasu

Tue, 05-20-2008, 11:09 AM

bit the bullet and went w\ time warner cable since apparently we have nowhere to put a dish....

they installed it last night and they have a splitter that the cable goes into, one goes to the dvr box the other to the modem....

their whole ''customer support'' process sucks and I don't have time to spend on the phone w\ them.. it took me 10 minutes of my 15 minute break just to get the guy to comprehend that they work independently, but not together... then he forwarded me to hold and I don't have time to wait on hold :(

*got home for lunch and power-cycled the modem and router and it came up and worked fine... i just hope that is something i'm going to have to do every day for it to work right.*

rockmanj

Tue, 05-20-2008, 12:55 PM

rockmanj

Tue, 05-20-2008, 01:00 PM

oops...wrong post...sorry

Animeniax

Wed, 05-21-2008, 06:06 AM

I have an intermittent shoulder problem...

I should probably go see a doctor the next time it happens after I move back home. I don't even know if it's diagnosable when it's not acting up.Any idea what caused the injury? It would be cool if it were sports-related, cause then it's something of a war trophy, like scars and stuff.

My bitch: downloading torrents on Comcast while they apply traffic shaping to my connection. When shaping/throttling isn't occurring, I get 100-300kBps per torrent. When their damn sandvine box is running, I get 10-20kBps per torrent. I have limited time to complete these downloads while I'm at home on vacation, then it's back to the desert where all bandwidth usage is monitored and bt and p2p is restricted. I can't wait until I go to uni where hopefully their campus connection doesn't restrict p2p use.

Buffalobiian

Wed, 05-21-2008, 06:48 AM

I can't wait until I go to uni where hopefully their campus connection doesn't restrict p2p use.

Or if they do, just encrypt the traffic.

Animeniax

Wed, 05-21-2008, 07:10 AM

I've been reading up on encryption and ssh tunneling but haven't bothered to mess with it since I'm only in town a couple weeks. I've read in a few instances that it didn't help, as some traffic shaping appliances will still throttle your connection if it thinks you're transferring bt, regardless if they actually detect the presence of bt in your data transfers.

Buffalobiian

Wed, 05-21-2008, 07:17 AM

Hmm, well if they end up throttling you, I guess it's worth a try. It's as easy as ticking the "enable encryption" square under your client settings. Maybe the additional "force encryption" or rather if they're really strict. I guess down here where you pay for traffic, they don't care what you download as long as you pay up.

Board of Command

Wed, 05-21-2008, 06:53 PM

Since you're not seeing a doctor anytime soon, try to keep a diary of it. When it attacks, right down things like what you were doing at the time, what you were doing perhaps an hour prior to it. The time of day and season it was, any medication you had recently. Some joint pains are supposedly related to humidity, so maybe if it was raining recently, and so on.

Some stuff sounds really irrelevant and stupid, but it can actually turn out to be important. That's about all you can do now before seeing a practitioner.
Temperature might have something to do with it. After lying in bed for a while later that night, I noticed the pain was gone and I could move my arm however I wanted. It was much warmer under the bed sheets. Also, I think it only happens in winter or cold weather. I don't recall this ever occurring in summer.

Maybe I should keep a heat patch handy and try that the next time it happens.

shinta|hikari

Thu, 05-29-2008, 11:55 AM

I wanna die.

Buffalobiian

Thu, 05-29-2008, 12:49 PM

Care to elaborate shinta? (Or do you prefer hikari?)

Might bitch while I'm at it. Feel like utter crap from lack of sleep....end semester break will be such a blessing.

shinta|hikari

Thu, 05-29-2008, 01:39 PM

Shinta definitely. Hikari is the name of the female character in a manga I intend (if it ever happens) to make.

I am hesitant to elaborate, since people I know are actually frequent in this forum, but maybe some details are fine, if expressed in the vaguest of ways.

Hope is humanity's greatest tragedy, and dreams are a close second. I bet everyone has had the experience of knowing something is pointless/hopeless but still have an inkling of hope that it is possible, and that combination I believe produces the greatest despair. I just had a dream of a dream (an impossible one at that) coming true, and I got so pissed off upon realizing it did not happen the moment I woke up that I can't help but bitch about it, hence this post.

It is emo anyway, so saying more will just water it down.

itadakimasu

Thu, 05-29-2008, 10:17 PM

current bitch :

got an xbox 360 last week w\ gta 4... everything is fine. I got xbox live signed up today and then goto play gta 4... and guess what? 7-8 hours of playing gone because apparently it whiped out my saved game. WTF is that?

I'm really mad right now. I'm not 14 anymore w\ nothing to do... 7 hours is alot of time to waste on a game. OMFG.

Board of Command

Thu, 05-29-2008, 11:27 PM

It seems like you and technology simply don't belong together.

itadakimasu

Fri, 05-30-2008, 09:36 AM

LOL

forgive my being 2-3 years late getting a current gen console system. I didn't realize that it created a seperate profile for xbox live... logged it in automatically. Once i switched back over my saved game was still there luckily. i kinda like the 360. I was planning on just playing gta 4 through and then selling it and buying a ps3 80gb w\ metal gear 4 but I'm not sure now.

gta 4 bitch : niko, wear a f*#*@in seatbelt !! i've died twice during high speed chases by being ejected from my vehicle.

Chiodos

Fri, 05-30-2008, 11:08 AM

Hahha. You forgot to mention the bike chasing acts and you crash into something and then flies like miles away, only to find your bike trashed and your target gets to a place far away </3...

python862

Fri, 05-30-2008, 02:14 PM

I was planning on just playing gta 4 through and then selling it and buying a ps3 80gb w\ metal gear 4 but I'm not sure now.
Dude, MGS4 will own anything the 360 has coming out in the same timeframe until its release. If I were you (which I'm not, of course) I'd still sell the 360.

My bitch: Vista parental controls.

As I've said in one thread or another, my father pretty much owned me by setting up the parental controls on his laptop. In order to complete this trick, he even set up a profile for me. I should have known then and there that something was up, because there was absolutely nothing wrong with his profile (besides the fact that I had downloaded WinAmp, Flash, Photoshop and Firefox on it, but that's nothing really.). Now, quite a bit of Gotwoot, more than half of the stuff on Newgrounds, and a whole crapload of other things are blocked from my use. This frickin' thing is worse than the school's internet protocol now. Bah.

Buffalobiian

Fri, 05-30-2008, 05:49 PM

Dude, MGS4 will own anything the 360 has coming out in the same timeframe until its release. If I were you (which I'm not, of course) I'd still sell the 360.

My bitch: Vista parental controls.

As I've said in one thread or another, my father pretty much owned me by setting up the parental controls on his laptop. In order to complete this trick, he even set up a profile for me. I should have known then and there that something was up, because there was absolutely nothing wrong with his profile (besides the fact that I had downloaded WinAmp, Flash, Photoshop and Firefox on it, but that's nothing really.). Now, quite a bit of Gotwoot, more than half of the stuff on Newgrounds, and a whole crapload of other things are blocked from my use. This frickin' thing is worse than the school's internet protocol now. Bah.

Is it possible to get a computer by yourself? That's gotta suck though, I'd imagine. We have parental control at our place too.

Only thing is, the manager is me. :D

Animeniax

Fri, 05-30-2008, 06:22 PM

I wish I could have afforded a PC when I was 16. Though they are quite a bit cheaper now, so you shouldn't have a problem saving $500 for a decent budget laptop or desktop.

Fri, 05-30-2008, 07:26 PM

forgive my being 2-3 years late getting a current gen console system. I didn't realize that it created a seperate profile for xbox live... logged it in automatically. Once i switched back over my saved game was still there luckily. i kinda like the 360. I was planning on just playing gta 4 through and then selling it and buying a ps3 80gb w\ metal gear 4 but I'm not sure now.

If you wanted a PS3 to play MGS4 and you also wanted GTA 4...why didn't you just buy a PS3 to play GTA 4 to begin with instead of getting the 360 (unless you wanted the 360 for other games that is)?

Eurasian

Sun, 06-01-2008, 12:50 PM

Why does it have to cost me my first born child to get my flat tire replaced...

Board of Command

Sun, 06-01-2008, 01:40 PM

Fire sale on babies at Eurasian's house.

python862

Sun, 06-01-2008, 01:50 PM

Is it possible to get a computer by yourself?
I already do have a computer - in fact I built it from parts I bought from saved money - I just need a copy of Windows XP to fix up the problem I have (my trial period ended because I stole one fromschool and didn't get the serial in on time).

Board of Command

Sun, 06-01-2008, 01:51 PM

I already do have a computer, I just need a copy of Windows XP to fix up the problem I have (my trial period ended because I stole one fromschool and didn't get the serial in on time).
Wow......you fail?

python862

Sun, 06-01-2008, 01:57 PM

Yes, I fail.

Board of Command

Sun, 06-01-2008, 02:05 PM

1. Denial
2. Acceptance
3. Fail

Archangel

Sun, 06-01-2008, 03:35 PM

1. Denial
2. Acceptance
3. Fail

Python fails at those too.

Buffalobiian

Sun, 06-01-2008, 08:03 PM

I already do have a computer - in fact I built it from parts I bought from saved money - I just need a copy of Windows XP to fix up the problem I have (my trial period ended because I stole one fromschool and didn't get the serial in on time).

You could always start fresh and borrow your dad's Vista disc if he's willing. Or is Vista smarter about multiple installs now?

python862

Sun, 06-01-2008, 09:59 PM

His Vista was pre-installed... and besides, I wouldn't be caught dead with Vista on my computer.

Board of Command

Sun, 06-01-2008, 10:24 PM

Vista > python862

Buffalobiian

Mon, 06-02-2008, 02:10 AM

External Hard Disk failed to show up under My Computer after the XP "dun DUN", followed shortly by the infamous clicks of doom. Luckily it didn't have any important data in it. Anime was all backed onto DVDs. I think there were just a few gigs of movies that are my dad's.

Annoying thing is I didn't even get much use out of it. I've probably only turned it on like 20times, and I'm pretty sure it's lasted no more than 6 months. I would so return it to Samsung straight away if there wasn't the problem; that is Dad bought it off ebay. I'll see what I can do about it. My other one better not die. It's still got all my lecture recordings on it.

MAD:mad:

Kraco

Mon, 06-02-2008, 02:44 AM

I would so return it to Samsung straight away if there wasn't the problem; that is Dad bought it off ebay.

A used HD? It must have been so cheap it won't be much of a loss.

HDs are really the one PC component not wise to buy secondhand unless the price is really good and you aren't planning on saving anything important on it.

Buffalobiian

Mon, 06-02-2008, 02:54 AM

A used HD? It must have been so cheap it won't be much of a loss.

HDs are really the one PC component not wise to buy secondhand unless the price is really good and you aren't planning on saving anything important on it.

I'm pretty sure it's not second hand, but I'll have to check. I'm just not sure if it was an actual online store that sold it though.

Plus, there's no receipt, and I can't find it in the control panel since it's been longer than 60 days.

Chiodos

Mon, 06-02-2008, 05:06 AM

I just missed In Flames. Heard it was like the biggest mosh pit ever ... </3

Buffalobiian

Tue, 06-03-2008, 12:28 AM

I found the quote :)

It was in the box, but I missed it every time I took out the damn thing. Has email, address, website, everything...plus a 1 year warranty.

Board of Command

Tue, 06-03-2008, 10:30 PM

One of my housemates keeps locking the front door, even when there are people inside. For example, he often leaves 5 minutes before me in the morning. He looks right at me, closes the door and locks it. What the hell? I'm going out too.

Animeniax

Tue, 06-03-2008, 10:59 PM

python862

Wed, 06-04-2008, 07:46 AM

Ah... that's gotta suck.

All I really have to bitch about is the sheer exhaustion brought about by football practice, but that's nothing. A little sunburn, a lot of soreness, and quite a bit of fun.

Buffalobiian

Wed, 06-04-2008, 09:28 AM

I don't know man, I gotta side with your roommate on this one. Too much could happen in that 5 minutes, and it would all fall on him for not locking the door when he left.

My sleep schedule is messed up. Two weeks of vacation in the western hemisphere and my biological clock was reset to US central time. Now I'm back in the east and day is night and night is day, so I've been up since 4AM local time. I'll crash around 10AM local, right when I'll be busy with work.

There are drugs that you can take for that, though unless you're a frequent traveler and sufferer, I doubt it's worth it. But yeah, like Python said, screwed up bio-clock sucks. You either have to oversleep or undersleep to fix it, and either way makes you feel shit.

Python, I envy you and the days you're living now. Good times when you can take a break and spend an arvo on a field with friends just about whenever you want. Good times.

Genma

Sat, 06-07-2008, 02:29 PM

So on Thursday I was at the beach and I dove under a wave, but stupidly didn't put my arms up, so I face planted the sand. It didn't hurt at all, but it left me with the most hideous scrape on my forehead. It looks like a friggin' birthmark!

Sucks that I just cut my hair because it would've been covered otherwise.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v600/Rallard88/?action=view&current=283799195_962012987_0.jpg

XanBcoo

Sat, 06-07-2008, 02:34 PM

How many Harry Potter jokes have you gotten since it happened?

Eurasian

Sat, 06-07-2008, 04:20 PM

itadakimasu

Sat, 06-07-2008, 05:26 PM

i was thinking of making a thread for this but decided to just put it in my favorite thread.

I went to deposit my stimulus check yesterday afternoon at the bank. This guy had just got there before me, did not hold the door for me even though i was just behind him.. whatever. So i fill out my deposit slip and notice this guy (kinda big, 6ft / 250 - black wearing wife-beater) is just kind of looking around, then walks out... i goto the door and look and his car is gone and i was thinking, what was he doing? is he going to rob the bank or something?

ok. get back in line and not more then 10-15 seconds later i hear somebody come in and kindof turn around to see 2 black guys in hoodies pulling bandannas over their faces, one of them has a gun he is pointing at people and they tell everybody to get on the floor.... so i did of course. omfg.

I could make this a few pages but I wont. The 2 robbers end up only stealing this poor customers $140 which the bank said was of course his... so he is the only one who got robbed, the bank lost nothing. I was then held hostage for about hour and a half by police and then was able to leave after the FBI guy asked me questions.

risking 10-20 + years in prison for $140 is.... well, its insane. and if there were 3 of them that means splitting that 3 ways... get a fu*(#*%ing job.... jesus.

Animeniax

Sat, 06-07-2008, 10:06 PM

Cool story but you would have saved yourself and us a lot of grief if you had direct deposited that check. You're an IT professional and you still accept paper anything?

Genma

Sun, 06-08-2008, 10:53 AM

How many Harry Potter jokes have you gotten since it happened?

None yet, actually. I think it's because the thing looks more like a giant hindu dot than anything else, so they crack hindu jokes a lot.

It's healed up a little better though, but not by much. :(

itadakimasu

Sun, 06-08-2008, 10:31 PM

I think im sticking to the drive-through for now on when banking is concerned.

also going to try to use this as a way to break our lease without consequence.

Animeniax

Mon, 06-09-2008, 12:35 AM

Why, so then they can rob you and jack your car at the same time? That's no solution. The best bet is to limit the number of visits and amount of time you actually spend anywhere near the bank. Do as much electronically as possible. The tech-phobics will warn you against entrusting too much to our machine overlords, but it's inevitable. Better to assimilate now.

Board of Command

Mon, 06-09-2008, 12:43 AM

The only time I actually use a bank machine is when I need to deposit a cheque.

itadakimasu

Mon, 06-09-2008, 11:40 AM

i do most of my banking online but my taxes and stimulus check weren't direct deposit :(

Current bitch : I want to buy the 80gb ps3 thats coming out thursday w\ metal gear...

I'm seeing them on amazon and ebay for over $600... really hope they don't sell out before I can buy one.

Abdula

Mon, 06-09-2008, 11:53 AM

I think im sticking to the drive-through for now on when banking is concerned.

also going to try to use this as a way to break our lease without consequence.
Wait I'm confused. How is being in a bank when it gets robbed, not to mention that nothing was stolen from the bank itself or you for that matter, going to allow you to get out of your lease?

itadakimasu

Thu, 06-12-2008, 12:17 AM

The bank is like 2 blocks from where we live... its hard to feel safe when things like that happen right next to where you live.

The bank didn't lose money because washington mutual is smart and they have you do transactions at podiums w\ computers then you have to goto a seperate "cash" podium and enter a code given to you by the clerk. They can still force tellers to give them cash but its much longer of a process then a traditional open your damn drawer kind of robbery.

Anyhow... current bitch : i'm too lazy to go out at this hour of night to buy the ps3 and nobody has their websites updated to let me buy one online even though it's now the 12th :( I really hope a bunch of douche bags who have owned ps3's for the past year don't buy up all these ps3's just to sell them for $100-200 profit...

RedX1z

Thu, 06-12-2008, 12:25 AM

I'd say just be patient and hope for the best. I don't think it'd sell out too easily, I think Konami made enough to meet with demands of 1 per customer, so, it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Also, about the problem with the douche bags, it's happening one way or another, it just can't be avoided.

itadakimasu

Thu, 06-12-2008, 12:28 AM

idk... im worried because i was looking on ebay the other day and there are alot of them people bought for $750.... and lots of others @ 600+

im going to try to buy from walmart because they have $1000 gift card w\ purchase.

Assassin

Sun, 06-15-2008, 09:04 PM

I fucking hate pants.

To be more precise, i hate the current fashion trend in jeans. I was at the mall with a friend today and saw this nice pair of white (with a very light hint of blue) jeans. i tried on 32/34 (waist/length) and it was as always, tight around the thighs, but perfect around the waist. Apparently guys nowadays like to have jeans which tape your crotch to your leg...its fucking uncomfortable. I decided to buy it, one size bigger (34/34)...i come home and try them on, and it turns out they're even tighter. WTF?!? how is that even possible.

I very rarely go shopping, and when i do i hardly ever find pants i like, particularly jeans.....so i was rather pissed that the one pair i liked was so fucked up. I dont wanna buy something 4 sizes bigger just to be able to wear it and have 4 inches of slack around the waist. Now i have to go return them, which i hate to do,

Fucking metrosexual fashion....since when did guys start showing off thier asses?

Carnage

Sun, 06-15-2008, 11:16 PM

I found Waldo.

Board of Command

Tue, 06-17-2008, 05:55 PM

My bitch: people who can speak English but choose not to.

I have a few housemates that can speak Cantonese. They can speak English perfectly fine, but when they talk to each other, they always talk in Cantonese and do it very loudly. It's not like they've known each other for a long time; one of the guys only moved in a week ago. So what is this? They're too cool to speak English? Cantonese is so awesome that when they speak it, they have to let everyone else in the house know they're speaking it?

Assassin

Tue, 06-17-2008, 06:27 PM

dont be hatin on the mother tongue BoC

Board of Command

Tue, 06-17-2008, 08:30 PM

It's not my mother tongue. Cantonese is one of those annoying languages. It makes whoever speaking it sound like a flaming douchebag. Some people are okay, but most of the time, if it's a dude speaking Cantonese then he probably sounds like a douche.

Buffalobiian

Tue, 06-17-2008, 09:05 PM

I speak Cantonese

Board of Command

Tue, 06-17-2008, 09:55 PM

It's okay as long as you don't think you're cooler than everyone else because you speak Cantonese.

Eurasian

Tue, 06-17-2008, 11:10 PM

Good job on the recovery BoC!!

=P

Buffalobiian

Tue, 06-17-2008, 11:46 PM

It's okay as long as you don't think you're cooler than everyone else because you speak Cantonese.

It's not because I speak Cantonese :cool:

Good job on the recovery BoC!!
I was wondering what you(BoC) would say. It was quite well done.

Board of Command

Tue, 06-17-2008, 11:51 PM

I was watching the NBA finals game with those two guys just now, and they keep yelling and pissing their pants in Cantonese. I don't know Cantonese so I just sat there and tried to tune them out. It was tough because they were screaming at the top of their lungs.

I would never do something like that to other people. When I'm talking to other Chinese people while non-Mandarin speakers are around, I never speak Mandarin. If I absolutely need to, such as talking with my parents, I do it quietly. In fact, my parents are the only people I speak Mandarin with. I haven't spoken with my parents in over a week, which means I haven't spoken Mandarin in over a week. I don't care. I don't try to announce to the world that I can speak Mandarin and feel like hot shit because of it. Some of my friends don't even know that I can speak Mandarin. I can speak perfectly fine; it's just that I'd rather speak English in an English-speaking society. I'm also much better with English. Why? Because I use it.

On a related note - fobs on the bus. Every day, there are stupid Chinese dudes on the buses I ride who talk and laugh really really loud in Mandarin. WTF is their problem? It bothers me because it gives a bad image to Asian people, which happens to include me.

It's not because I speak Cantonese :cool:
I approve.

Animeniax

Wed, 06-18-2008, 12:10 AM

Do these guys also think Yao Ming is the next coming of Bill Russell/Walt Chamberlain? This Chinese guy I talked to in Beijing got upset when I told him the Rockets were T-mac's team.

I hear you about the FOBs man. They try their hardest to make us westernized Asians look like we're third world too.

Psyke

Wed, 06-18-2008, 08:52 AM

English is definately my better language, since the schools here use English as the medium and I don't have a very wide vocab base for my Mandarin. But still, I almost always use Mandarin when I'm talking to my Chinese friends. It just sounds more casual, and more expressive some times.

Buffalobiian

Wed, 06-18-2008, 09:51 AM

I'll use different languages depending on who I'm talking to and stuff. One thing I've never been able to do is to mix them. I use one or the other. I hear others do it, and it definitely sounds odd. Of course, that is besides the obvious words.

Eurasian

Wed, 06-18-2008, 11:48 AM

Board of Command

Wed, 06-18-2008, 02:30 PM

One thing I've never been able to do is to mix them. I use one or the other. I hear others do it, and it definitely sounds odd. Of course, that is besides the obvious words.
That's another thing about fobs that annoy me. In the middle of every sentence, they'll slot in an English word. It's the cool thing to do in Asia right now, which is a shame.

Buffalobiian

Wed, 06-18-2008, 06:41 PM

If Chinglish means saying different words of a sentence in random Chinese/English, then yes. Abbreviations are alright, like CPU, NBA or KFC. Just words like cup, toilet paper or house. It's not like, bad or anything, since I encourage those who live in places other than their country of heritage to learn their, or their parent's native tongue. It just sounds weird sometimes, that's all.

Board of Command

Wed, 06-18-2008, 07:03 PM

Yesterday my manager came to talk about my situation.

red = Mandarin
blue = English

A lot of fobs from Beijing speak like this. It pisses me off.

Buffalobiian

Wed, 06-18-2008, 07:07 PM

Really? The fobs I see don't usually do that. It's more the ones who were born here (Australia, we speak English), and they'll use English words when they can't find the equivalent in Chinese.

That's why I didn't want to call it bad in my last post, since every effort made to speak another language should be encouraged.

Board of Command

Wed, 06-18-2008, 07:09 PM

It's more the ones who were born here (Australia, we speak English), and they'll use English words when they can't find the equivalent in Chinese.
That's perfectly fine.

Mixing English into Mandarin because you think it's the cool thing to do, on the other hand, is not fine.

Archangel

Wed, 06-18-2008, 07:22 PM

We suffered a similar epidemic around here in Portugal too but it has passed now. Thank God...

Animeniax

Thu, 06-19-2008, 12:55 AM

Well shit, in one week I've managed to break my Shure headphones and burn up my XBox360 power supply. It's costing me $250 to replace them. Just recently I was thinking how lucky I've been that electronics stuff I own usually last a long time with no problems.

Eurasian

Thu, 06-19-2008, 12:58 AM

I almost got abducted...

Mr Squiggles

Thu, 06-19-2008, 01:50 AM

That's perfectly fine.
Mixing English into Mandarin because you think it's the cool thing to do, on the other hand, is not fine.
*Shudders* Reminds me of how some quebequers mix English and French so unashamedly.

@Eurasian: 0.o

Kraco

Thu, 06-19-2008, 02:27 AM

I almost got abducted...

That's what you get by visiting Assertn. He couldn't get enough of you.

Animeniax

Thu, 06-19-2008, 03:00 AM

I almost got abducted...
How does that compare to breaking $150 earphones? And now my Xbox is out of commission and I can't play GTA:IV for at least a week until my new power supply arrives in the mail. You think you've got it bad with a near abduction? Cry baby.

Abdula

Thu, 06-19-2008, 08:33 AM

I almost got abducted...
I don't know if Assertn trying to lock you in his closet would qualify as almost getting abducted but its still your fault because you should know not to trust him.

Psyke

Thu, 06-19-2008, 09:23 AM

Mixing English into Mandarin because you think it's the cool thing to do, on the other hand, is not fine.

You're going to hate Singlish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlish) then. Just like how I hate it, though I think I occasionally use it subconciously. Just check out the grammar section and see the examples, to realise how bad it is. Sad thing is most people here speak this way. Serious. It's even becoming a national problem. :(

Animeniax

Thu, 06-19-2008, 10:05 AM

Why is it so damn cute when the Japanese mix in English words?

XanBcoo

Thu, 06-19-2008, 10:30 AM

You're going to hate Singlish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlish) then. Just like how I hate it, though I think I occasionally use it subconciously. Just check out the grammar section and see the examples, to realise how bad it is. Sad thing is most people here speak this way. Serious. It's even becoming a national problem. :(
I find that really cool. Though it basically looks and sounds like every other existing creole/pidgin language out there.

complich8

Thu, 06-19-2008, 12:28 PM

Why is it so damn cute when the Japanese mix in English words?

It's the nonsensical misuses and mangled mispronunciations, mainly.

Animeniax

Thu, 06-19-2008, 01:34 PM

I really like how they take a word like "klaxon" and transform it into "ku-ra-ku-shon", or "spiral" into "su-pi-ra-lu". Ahh, those crazy Japanezees.

Kraco

Thu, 06-19-2008, 01:54 PM

I think that's the very reason it doesn't always sound so bad in Japan. Deformed like that, the words fuse pretty well into the real Japanese.

Animeniax

Thu, 06-19-2008, 02:39 PM

That's because everything the Japanese do are better. It's the reason they are the model for other Asian cultures, or at least should be. But mostly only for the superficial stuff. If you look any deeper into their culture, it's a cesspool like any other.

XanBcoo

Thu, 06-19-2008, 05:27 PM

Japanese isn't the only language to use loan words in that way. Kinyarwanda is the only one that comes to mind at the moment, but I know there are more.

It's not totally uncommon for languages that don't allow codas (basically a consonant at the end of a syllable), to incorporate loan words by inserting vowels. I know we came across at least 3 in one of my classes last semester.

Board of Command

Thu, 06-19-2008, 05:41 PM

I just got home from work and there were these two Chinese people on the bus mixing English words in to Mandarin. I was angry.

complich8

Thu, 06-19-2008, 06:45 PM

I'm freaking pissed at myself, because I made the mistake of plugging in 6 pretty high-end poweredge 1950's (dual quad-core xeon 3.16, 16gb ram, 4x146gb 10k sas 2.5inch disks) into a 20 amp fused busway access box. It was fine when they were just idle, but when I started initializing raids and installing systems, they suddenly just ... went dark.

Turns out, I was probably pulling in the neighborhood of 25 amps through it, and rather than the 20 amp fuse popping like it's supposed to, the whole frigging busway box seems to have died. This sets me back about a day in what I was doing, because now I've gotta get facilities to come in and put in a new box or two.

I think I'm going to run into this same situation again in the middle of next week, when we power on half a dozen disk shelves in a rack that's already got 3 more of those fairly beefy poweredges on one circuit and is pushing 10-15 amps to the cabinet next to it on the other one.

20 amps just ... isn't enough power.

Board of Command

Thu, 06-19-2008, 07:09 PM

lol noob.....

So what happened to the fuse? Did you ever find out why it didn't blow?

Animeniax

Thu, 06-19-2008, 11:29 PM

And did you have any say in ordering Dell products? Cause I'd be more upset with myself about that.

complich8

Fri, 06-20-2008, 12:34 AM

No idea why the fuse lived and the box died. Maybe the electrician will be able to shed some light tomorrow...

As far as dell stuff goes ... given that we're about 75% a hardcore linux shop, and 25% windows.... who's better? I have some voice on the subject, but based on my experience with them and with other vendors in the same sector, I'm all for it being a dell shop. They make some nice server hardware for just absurdly cheap prices.

Eurasian

Fri, 06-20-2008, 02:23 AM

How does that compare to breaking $150 earphones? And now my Xbox is out of commission and I can't play GTA:IV for at least a week until my new power supply arrives in the mail. You think you've got it bad with a near abduction? Cry baby.
I wonder who is the bigger cry baby here...boo hoo.

Animeniax

Fri, 06-20-2008, 02:38 AM

If they were $10 headphones it wouldn't matter, but we're talking about high-fidelity noise-canceling aural-nirvana headphones here. And a week without GTA:IV when you're deep in the midst of a possible mafia war between the Gambetti's and the Pegorinos is just torture. Pure torture.

At least your problem was only a near abduction. You survived it, next time you'll know better. We were all genuinely concerned. I promise.

Buffalobiian

Fri, 06-20-2008, 03:22 AM

Want to elaborate on your story Eurasian?

Eurasian

Fri, 06-20-2008, 01:41 PM

Want to elaborate on your story Eurasian?
Find me on irc! =)

complich8

Fri, 06-20-2008, 05:19 PM

No idea why the fuse lived and the box died. Maybe the electrician will be able to shed some light tomorrow...

Turns out, the box and the fuse were both fine. It was the power strip (also rated 20A) that died. And it died below 20A, because it's also got a 20A breaker built in that didn't trip.

Now I've got the power distributed a bit better (on two strips on two boxes, about evenly distributed). Had to install another box to make room, but no biggie there.

So yeah .... it was a mistake on my part to plug that much shit in to the same strip, but the strip was also poorly built and died before it should have. All very depressing.

Board of Command

Fri, 06-20-2008, 07:01 PM

Straight from my Facebook:

Today is the first time this term that I forgot to bring my house keys to work. It just so happens that when I got back from work, my room door was locked. I never lock my door, even when I'm gone, so somebody locked it from the inside. Who? I don't now. Somebody.

I tried calling my landlord but she had her phone turned off, so all I got was voice mail. The thing is, her voice mail is always full so that doesn't do me any good.

I walked to the dollar store in the nearby plaza and bought a screwdriver. Dollar store my ass. Nothing was a dollar in that store. The screwdriver costed me $2.50 + tax. Goddamn Koreans...

I unscrewed the fasteners that held the window screen on the outside of the house and pried the screen off with a spoon. Then I lifted my window open and climbed in using a kitchen stool. Luckily my room is on the ground floor and I didn't lock the window. My clothes got covered in dirt but that's okay. I'm back on the computer now and that's all that matters. In a brand new change of clothes, no less.

XanBcoo

Fri, 06-20-2008, 07:19 PM

Upset that you couldn't buy MGS4?

I guess the real thing isn't as exciting as it looks, now is it?

Board of Command

Fri, 06-20-2008, 07:20 PM

I feel like MGS4ing whoever did this to me.

XanBcoo

Sun, 06-22-2008, 12:47 AM

I just bought a jar of Skippy's Natural peanut butter, assuming it would have less saturated fat than the regular kind. Stupid assumption.

I get home and realize it's actually got more saturated fat because of the ingredient they use to keep it from separating. Waste of money and food right there. Shit.

Board of Command

Sun, 06-22-2008, 01:28 AM

Saturated fat PER SERVING. Just dilute it with olive oil or something. Better yet, use peanut oil.

Buffalobiian

Sun, 06-22-2008, 04:32 AM

Saturated fat PER SERVING. Just dilute it with olive oil or something. Better yet, use peanut oil.

Wouldn't you just use less of it?

Animeniax

Sun, 06-22-2008, 04:38 AM

Buffalobiian

Sun, 06-22-2008, 04:49 AM

We've seen your pictures, Xan. You're 21 and seem to be in great health. Why are you worrying about things like saturated fat? Wait until you're in your 30s and 40s. Then it's all anyone talks about, plus cholesterol, carbs, etc. It really does get tiresome listening to them.

I wouldn't wait till 30 my friend. Start as early as you can. What's more important is to do something that you find comfortable and will comply with. There's no use having a healthy eating plan if you don't follow it, so just choose something healthy, even if a little, and stick with it.

I've said this before, but it's worth saying again. Getting old sucks. Yes, it's a part of life, but if you can somewhat control the risks of whether you get old healthily, or get old falling apart, why not? Really, you can enjoy a healthy lifestyle as much as a not-so-healthy one all the same. It's a state of mind. You can't say the same about enjoying living with or without Rheumatoid Arthritis, for example.

A common argument is that a shorter, good quality life is better than a longer, drawn out living death. Whether that's true is up to you. Thing is, life doesn't go that way. There's no telling that a short life is a good quality one, and a long one is tormented by diseases. What's important is to look after yourself while you can, so however long you live, you live it to the max.

Board of Command

Sun, 06-22-2008, 12:06 PM

Wouldn't you just use less of it?
But then you wouldn't be able to cover the entire slice of bread.

XanBcoo

Sun, 06-22-2008, 01:15 PM

We've seen your pictures, Xan. You're 21 and seem to be in great health. Why are you worrying about things like saturated fat? Wait until you're in your 30s and 40s. Then it's all anyone talks about, plus cholesterol, carbs, etc. It really does get tiresome listening to them.
Sorry if I sounded anal about a few grams of saturated fat. I'm still going to eat the peanut butter, because I really don't like wasting food (and it's really not that much more fat). It's just I've been constructing a healthy diet for myself to follow in order to "clean bulk" (getting bigger without getting fatter) and keep doing stupid stuff without double checking first. It's frustrating.

Also Buffalobiian is right about everything he said. It's not so much worrying as it is making sure you're on the right track. I have a friend who worries that he's fat, when he's not and it's very annoying. I myself am making sure that I'm eating in a way that's conducive to my goals.

The Heretic Azazel

Sun, 06-22-2008, 01:26 PM

Can you really be anal in the bitching thread though? I thought that was the point.

Animeniax

Sun, 06-22-2008, 02:42 PM

Yeah I guess, if that's the kind of bitching thread you want here.

XanBcoo

Mon, 06-23-2008, 12:29 AM

George Carlin dies at 71 (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25322638/)

One of the two celebrity deaths I will ever really care about.

Just....Damn it...:(

RyougaZell

Mon, 06-23-2008, 05:18 PM

I don't know what the hell I ate... but something really freaking screwed me.

My damn stomach has been acting on me for several weeks now, and I've passed through several medicines and two doctors already... plus a damn diet.

I've gone down about 8kg (17lb) in just one month... so currently I weight only 63kg (139lb). Bleh... stupid stomach... I need some tacos... and I can't eat them...

Eurasian

Mon, 06-23-2008, 05:52 PM

=OOO
Several weeks seem like a long time.
Do you get stomach aches? Or just that the food passes through your body?

(Tacos sound good. I'll eat on your behalf =P)

IFHTT

Mon, 06-23-2008, 06:20 PM

George Carlin dies at 71 (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25322638/)

One of the two celebrity deaths I will ever really care about.

Just....Damn it...:(

Damn... Today just fucking sucks; added to the bitching list for today...

---

Today's bitch is about the feeling of helplessness brought on by the death of a friend. I received a call that the father (Mark) of a really good friend of mine was involved in a motorcycle accident and that his recovery outlook was grim. Now, I've had to deal with the passing of members of a friend's family before, but something about today was different.

Mark was a really influential person to me growing up. He was like a stand-in dad to me when my own father was battling meth addiction and was hardly around. However, over the last few years I began talking to him less and less as my free time diminished.

Anyway, today at around noon I received the call informing me of details his accident (He wasn't wearing a helmet and was exceeding the speed limit when a car pulled out in front of him) and the less than optimistic description of his chance to recover (His stepbrother's description was something to the effect of "his head was so swollen it was comparable to the size of the 19" tv in the hospital room").

For a few hours I sat here thinking, "Holy hell, I just talked to his dad yesterday for the first time in a few months", and eventually I was hit by the aforementioned feeling of helplessness. Eventually, I decided that sitting here fretting over it wouldn't make anything any better so I decided to be the optimist about it. However my optimism was taken away when I received a second call a few hours later with news of his passing explained to me in these exact words, "They're harvesting his organs"...

This got me thinking about how uselessly I sat around with my thumb in my ass hoping he would be alright, and I became overwhelmed with fury and hatred towards circumstances that are obviously out of my control. I guess it's a fairly common reaction, but it's still a terrible feeling that I just can't seem to shake... and I hate it.

Abdula

Mon, 06-23-2008, 07:00 PM

Well there goes my rare good mood. I've been in that situation more times than I would like to remember and honestly I can't give you any advice other than try and hang in there and don't be too hard on yourself. I would recommend you talk to someone or go out and have some fun. Just do something to get your mind off of it for now until you learn to accept it and find your own way of dealing with it. You should just let go of the anger and doubts and the regrets because nothing good is going to come of it besides that awful helpless feeling is bad enough and even though it may seem like it, anger really doesn't fill the void. Anyway like I said I can't really give you any advice other trying to find a way to deal with it and eventually accept it, because helplessness is the human condition.

itadakimasu

Wed, 06-25-2008, 11:03 AM

one of the VP's tasked me w\ sending out some mass email this morning....

the first one I did I accidentally left the fwd in the subject line... then 10 minutes later tried to recall it but i dont think that works well w\ 2000 + emails.

So now he wants to send another email to try to explain this to the 2000+ people and further spam them... omfg. I'm wondering if I need to start looking for another job

the real bitch is : why the fuck cant you send out your own email.... wtf?

Assassin

Wed, 06-25-2008, 02:03 PM

god dammit...i decided to finally start watching one piece, so i look up a batch torrent. i find a few, so i decide to get the one from a group called C_P since it was the 1-100. i figured that should be more then enough to get me into the series and i'll dl the rest as i start watching. Thanx to my shitty internet connections which wont go beyond 30 kb/s it took 4 days just to get eps 1-10. I start watching rite now and it turns out "C_P" is actually cartoon palace or something like that, and all the eps are the retarded english dubs Fox aired a few years back....the same dubs which originally set me off OP, making it seem incredibly stupid and childish.

:(

XanBcoo

Wed, 06-25-2008, 02:06 PM

Oh come on, you at least have to watch the rubber knife incident (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QokiBFdkJUE).

I don't even watch One Piece and I found that edit hilarious.

RyougaZell

Wed, 06-25-2008, 02:19 PM

Animeniax

Wed, 06-25-2008, 02:23 PM

It's weird, when I misread the poster as Assertn, I felt a pang of sympathy for his troubles getting One Piece episodes. When I realized it was Assassin, I just felt annoyed by the whole thing. Strange how that works, considering how little I care for either.

Assassin

Wed, 06-25-2008, 05:00 PM

you secretly like assertn more then me

</3

Btw, im assuming that whole rubber knife thing didn't actually happen. Where can i see the original?

Eurasian

Wed, 06-25-2008, 09:02 PM

It's okay Assassin. I like you, like about 5% of the time.

complich8

Wed, 06-25-2008, 09:21 PM

My house has fleas. I don't know where they came from, there's a couple of good possible propagation vectors for them... but we've got them, and bad.

http://gallery.complich8.net/d/8806-2/FleaBites01.jpg
I love how the bites trace out the lines of my socks.

On my right leg, there's at least 30 bites. On the left, about 31. Plus three on my arm and three on my side. I've spent the last two days vacuuming and rearranging and re-vacuuming, taping and crushing fleas on the ceramic tile floor outside my bedroom door, and doing laundry multiple times.

Bombing tomorrow.

Eurasian

Wed, 06-25-2008, 09:37 PM

=OOO
Put your saliva on it!! (or was that for mosquito bites...)

But that looks pretty bad...and nasty.
I hope your flea bomb works!

Board of Command

Wed, 06-25-2008, 09:59 PM

I ordered a Radeon 4850 tonight. The price was hard to resist -- $188 after tax/shipping/rebate.

Damn it...........

Animeniax

Wed, 06-25-2008, 11:14 PM

My house has fleas. I don't know where they came from, there's a couple of good possible propagation vectors for them... but we've got them, and bad.
Would that be the flea circus you ordered through the mail?

http://www.memoryelixir.com/fleacircus/images/fleacircuspromo3.jpg

Biting bugs are the worst, especially when they attack in swarms like that. Were you asleep when they attacked or did you just ignore them until it was too late?

complich8

Wed, 06-25-2008, 11:41 PM

just didn't see/feel them. Some of the bites were while I was asleep. Most were probably while I was at my desk, but I didn't feel them until they already happened, and didn't realize it was a flea problem until about 3 days in to the attack.

We've also had a couple flies that we've had a lot of trouble getting rid of (they're smaller, more agile and a lot more responsive than the others), so until enough dots were there to connect, I didn't connect them.

On the bright side, it gave me a good reason to clean my room and the rest of the house and re-cable some stuff, so that's good at least...

Animeniax

Thu, 06-26-2008, 12:03 AM

I do that sometimes. I'll feel little pin pricks and just ignore them, especially after looking down and not seeing anything there. When I check later I always wonder where all of the little red welts on my legs came from, but eventually I'll remember when it probably happened and go nuts trying to exterminate the bastards.

Kraco

Thu, 06-26-2008, 02:53 AM

That's bad. The only insect problem I've ever had were those miniature flies that live in flower pots, but they don't do anything to humans, aside from walking across the LCD, which can be annoying enough but hardly as bad as sucking your blood.

And even those seemed to disappear mostly on their own. I hope you get rid of them.

Animeniax

Thu, 06-26-2008, 02:33 PM

IFHTT

Fri, 06-27-2008, 09:08 PM

I got my replacement Xbox360 power supply in the mail today (I burned up the last one when my voltage converter delayed and dumped 220v into the 110v power supply), so my week long wait to resume playing GTA:IV was finally over. I played for an hour, and sad to say, the magic is gone. I was so looking forward to playing this game again if for nothing more than to help pass the time, and now I can't even enjoy it enough for that. I'm going to finish the game anyway, but man what a letdown.

So as not to ruin it for anyone, it's still a great game and worth playing. I just overdid it by playing 3 hours a day for two weeks straight. The hiatus hurt too.

Same thing happened to me. I was about halfway through the game and my 360 began to suffer from the RRoD, so I had to send my 360 in for repair. Their repair service definitely exceeded my expectations,, my 360 went out on Wednesday and was delivered to my house the following Wednesday. But when I hooked it up and began to play GTA again, I just couldn't ignite the same spark that existed in the beginning. I was pretty disappointed.

Animeniax

Sun, 06-29-2008, 12:17 AM

Well happy to say I got back into GTA:IV, and it was well worth it. Some very interesting events happen later in the game to tie everything together, so it's not just an endless succession of random missions. I'm back, baby!

Abdula

Sun, 06-29-2008, 12:41 AM

So was it money or revenge?

Animeniax

Sun, 06-29-2008, 12:42 AM

Can't say, it would ruin the story for those who haven't gotten to that point. Spoilers are teh sux.

Darky

Mon, 06-30-2008, 01:44 PM

Well i'm pretty pissed of and yet at the same time i can't help but smile.

Had this big test in uni which i couldn't fail or else i'd had to drop out of the course. So i got my grades back and i failed them. So first i was pretty pissed of at myself because i knew i could've done more to prevent it from happening, but lets say i'm way to lazy for my own good. Something i definately have to work on.

So today i got a mail from uni saying that i passed the test after all, and they had me mixed up with someone else. So now i'm no longer pissed off at myself but god do i hate a certain person now for making me go through hell.

There was just no way i would've picked yet another course so this could've pretty much fucked up the rest of my life. Knowing i fucked it up i can handle, now knowing that it could be because of some jackass is seriously pissing me off.

Death BOO Z

Mon, 06-30-2008, 02:20 PM

two bitches, which relate to something good. which doesn't belong in this thread.

1. this week, I'm in a situation that I commune to the big city on a daily basis, and since my parents went abroad, I get to drive the car.
WHY DOESN"T ANYBODY CARPOOL?
it's like thousends of cars with only the driver, and they're all going to the same place. can't they just take three of thier co-workers and get the road clear? it's takes me 70 mintues in the morning (20 mintues spent just to get to the highway) and 25 mintues on the return. I hope the gas prices rise willl put an end to this.
(yes, I'm stating the obvious, but that's what the bitching thread is all about?)

2. I've been to the gym today, for the first time since about forever. there was this giant body builder over there, who looks like he eats unsuspecting cars for breakfast.
apparntly he's one year younger than me, and is in the army. doing a freakin' desk job (which leaves him enough time to go home and train in the gym three hours daily). the guy has a body mass of an APC (and is probably more durable) and he isn't in any special ops unit, or in any combat unit.
fuck this shit. how the hell did they let him out?

Darky

Mon, 06-30-2008, 02:33 PM

Maybe he has the IQ of a toothpick?

Buffalobiian

Mon, 06-30-2008, 06:55 PM

He might be doing this because he wants to get into Sp OPs.

itadakimasu

Tue, 07-01-2008, 06:03 PM

I don't know how many people read the small print. I know that i had not until today when I find out that the new pricing on the iphone on the 11th only applies if you're a new att customer, if you already have an iphone, or if you're eligible for a phone upgrade.....

I guess I shouldn't bitch too much because I'm eligible for an upgrade of my broken phone that I'm still paying insurance for on the 25th of july..

which brings me to another bitch... If i pay $5 a month for 16 months for a $90 phone, when it breaks I should ?

a)get a new phone right away with no questions asked
b)get the shaft and be told to go buy a new phone to replace it
c)get told to call a 1800 number to file a claim, at which point another $50 will be required to replace the broken phone w\ a likely refurbished phone...

WTF is that? a and b are correct answers in my case.... I took my horribly broken phone a while ago and the girl working at the store just tried to sell me a similar phone to mine despite my having insurance...

Assassin

Thu, 07-03-2008, 12:50 AM

so, i still haven't been payed yet....now i work part time for a small company, and i dont really mind if i get my paycheck a day or two late......but i should have gotten this last friday (also my bday i mite add...was looking forward to that :(). I went to the office today, and my weekly time sheets are STILL sitting in the box. seriously, wtf!

I expect someone to atleast pick them up and pretend like they're working towards getting me paid....how the fuck do you not even pick up a time sheet for the money that should've been in my bank account 5 days ago?

i had to spend my bday on a fucking credit card cuz of that!

RyougaZell

Thu, 07-03-2008, 09:45 AM

Today's bitch can be resumed in just a few words:

- The company installed Websense in our network. DAMN IT!

Animeniax

Thu, 07-03-2008, 11:10 AM

Today's bitch can be resumed in just a few words:

- The company installed Websense in our network. DAMN IT!
Ouch man, time to start looking for a new place to work? Though if you have high-speed at home, it's not really worth goofing around online at the office too much. Unless you're IT, in which case it's all there is to do.

Mr Squiggles

Thu, 07-03-2008, 12:46 PM

But if he's IT, it probably means he can bypass it pretty easilly

Animeniax

Thu, 07-03-2008, 12:56 PM

Well yeah, that was kind of my point. But it's actually not true, since company wide network security implementations like Websense are administrated at the higher levels of IT, so your average tech or even sysadmins wouldn't be able to bypass or alter it. If you were cool with the upper tier IT guys and they were in the same office location, then it'd be easier.

RyougaZell

Thu, 07-03-2008, 03:17 PM

Well, one year ago I left IT (I worked on Testing). Now I am a Process Implementator... that is... I give work to IT =P.

But anyway... bypasing WebSense was easy, until the admin installed a new version, and most probably bought a 'websense for dummies' guide cause now it does work =P.

Most of the pages I visit are still accessible (like gotwoot) but I do feel the loss of fanfiction... bleh

complich8

Thu, 07-03-2008, 04:33 PM

if you've got a non-blocked direct outbound port, local privileges to change your browser settings, run arbitrary programs and open ports from localhost to localhost, and a decent nix background, you should be able to get around it regardless...

Still, sucks.

RyougaZell

Sat, 07-05-2008, 11:35 PM

Nah... most of my priviledges were removed once I left IT. =/

Board of Command

Sun, 07-06-2008, 11:55 AM

It pisses me off when people say diamond is the hardest material and you can't break it. They say you can't break a diamond with a steel hammer because diamond is harder than steel.

Basically, it really pisses me off when people throw around words that they don't know the meanings to. The "hardness" of a material has very little to do with whether or not it can be smashed to pieces by a hammer. You can easily smash a diamond to smithereens with a cheap hammer from the dollar store.

You can smash a diamond with a hammer, but you can't smash fingernail clippings to bits. Surely, diamond is harder than your fingernail.

There are many factors that determine how "breakable" a material is like malleability and brittleness. Just because diamond ranks #1 on the Mohs scale doesn't make it the most unbreakable solid.

Animeniax

Sun, 07-06-2008, 12:11 PM

I'm pissed when I buy a product from Japan and there aren't English instructions on the package. Like today I got some mugi-cha and I tried to make a pitcher, but the instructions are all in Japanese! How much water should I add to how many packets? I don't know well enough how exactly this stuff is supposed to taste, so if I make it wrong now, how will I know?

The problem is that I want the Japanese to preserve their culture by not incorporating so much English into their language and to keep the gaijin guessing.

So it really is a paradoxical situation.

@BoC: count me boggled, I never questioned the fact that diamond was the "hardest" material in the world. I need to think outside the box more.

Board of Command

Sun, 07-06-2008, 12:29 PM

@BoC: count me boggled, I never questioned the fact that diamond was the "hardest" material in the world. I need to think outside the box more.
It is the hardest material. It's just that the word "hardness" in this context is often misinterpreted. Hardness is just one material property. There are also other properties that determine in which ways the material can be broken and how easily it can be broken.

Diamond is very easy to break. If you ever get diamond jewelry and someone makes a bet that they can break it, don't ever bet against them.

Buffalobiian

Sun, 07-06-2008, 05:40 PM

XanBcoo

Mon, 07-07-2008, 12:43 AM

I got the strangest fucking complaint at work today from a customer, who told my manager, who told me.

I won't even repeat it it was so embarrassing and out there. Bugged me all evening.

Animeniax

Mon, 07-07-2008, 12:52 AM

Was it about b.o.?

XanBcoo

Mon, 07-07-2008, 02:19 AM

No, I smell awesome all the time.

It was just a confusing comment to make, especially since I didn't do what this person apparently thought I did. I didn't bother questioning the manager further or arguing about it. Just accepted what she said and went about my usual routine, albeit very annoyed.

Kraco

Mon, 07-07-2008, 02:44 AM

Must have been sekuhara...

Animeniax

Mon, 07-07-2008, 04:04 AM

That's something that pisses me off these days. Anything non-standard or indirect can be seen as sexual harassment, even a compliment of innocuous remark. What are shy and nice guys supposed to do, if any awkward attempts they make at flirting or charming the ladies is considered harassing?

Psyke

Mon, 07-07-2008, 09:51 AM

I'm pissed when I buy a product from Japan and there aren't English instructions on the package. Like today I got some mugi-cha and I tried to make a pitcher, but the instructions are all in Japanese!

Here, importers usually attach English instructions via a sticker/label to make things more user friendly. But don't most Japanese products include enough schematic diagrams to make things easy? I remember building Tamiya model cars when I was a kid using only the diagrams on the the instructions. Easy enough after a few trial and error attempts...

Animeniax

Mon, 07-07-2008, 09:58 AM

Here, importers usually attach English instructions via a sticker/label to make things more user friendly. But don't most Japanese products include enough schematic diagrams to make things easy? I remember building Tamiya model cars when I was a kid using only the diagrams on the the instructions. Easy enough after a few trial and error attempts...
The importers do add a label but only with the product name, ingredients, and nutrition information, but seldom do they translate the instructions for preparation. I usually try to decipher the instructions, but rarely have success. I always look for numbers too (to see what temp the water should be and how much I should use, etc), but those usually aren't on there either, which boggles my mind. You're right, a few attempts should yield something usable, but I'm unhappy that it might not be exactly (or even close to) what it should be.

shinta|hikari

Mon, 07-07-2008, 10:10 AM

Strange... Here they also include the procedures in the labels (though inaccurate). Maybe it depends on the country.

Animeniax

Mon, 07-07-2008, 10:15 AM

I guess American companies figure that the average person buying this stuff is probably from the country the product is from, so no need to translate for the few gaijin who might try it out. Like your typical American won't ever buy mugi-cha, but 95% of people who do are probably Japanese living in America. It's a crappy assumption on their part, but mostly valid.

Abdula

Mon, 07-07-2008, 10:20 AM

No, I smell awesome all the time.
Lol, you deserve a cookie for that.

Board of Command

Tue, 07-08-2008, 10:05 PM

Like how women's farts smell like rainbows and roses.

Animeniax

Wed, 07-09-2008, 10:21 AM

I want to smell more women's farts for a better sampling on which to make my judgments.

My bitch today is about those who preach when they don't know any better. They'll rail on and on about how people should live their lives, but you know their life is a mess and they don't know shit. But while they ramble on an on to you, you have no choice but to nod your head and pretend you agree with them, because the alternative is that they'll keep talking until they think you do agree with them.

Abdula

Wed, 07-09-2008, 10:30 AM

Wait Ani are you talking about yourself because that sounds just like you?

Animeniax

Wed, 07-09-2008, 10:37 AM

No because I actually do know what I am talking about and I am right.

Meanwhile I sit here nodding my head when reading anything you post, Abdula.

Abdula

Wed, 07-09-2008, 10:42 AM

No because I actually do know what I am talking about and I am right
I think you just proved my point.

Animeniax

Wed, 07-09-2008, 10:46 AM

I'm still nodding, so you can stop preaching whenever.

The Heretic Azazel

Wed, 07-09-2008, 12:47 PM

But while they ramble on an on to you, you have no choice but to nod your head and pretend you agree with them, because the alternative is that they'll keep talking until they think you do agree with them.

Do what I do and tell them to mind their own fucking business. You'd be surprised how quick they shut their noise-holes.

Animeniax

Wed, 07-09-2008, 01:21 PM

Yeah but you're not at the stage in your life where you have to make nice with people or things can get difficult, especially at work. When people reach middle-age, they think they know what's what, and they won't forgive anyone who tells them differently. It doesn't help that I look young, so they think they're helping me out by talking about life lessons that I already had and don't need any help with. Plus you're a big guy, so you can get away with being brazen. I have no such luck.

Jaitne

Thu, 07-10-2008, 11:57 PM

I had my wisdom teeth taken out and the drugs didn't help. :mad:

Animeniax

Fri, 07-11-2008, 12:00 AM

I had the same problem, except it was because my aggie orthodontist didn't wait for the drugs to kick in before operating. Then by the time he was finished, I had to stumble to the car because the drugs were then in full effect.

Btw, welcome back Jaitne.

Jaitne

Fri, 07-11-2008, 12:54 AM

I don't even remember how I got to the car >.> And all the pills made me sick, so I was incapacitated for an entire week.

Oh, and thank you! :D

Kraco

Fri, 07-11-2008, 02:41 AM

Aye, welcome back!

I never got my wisdom teeth removed (I have no extra wisdom to spare). So, I have no idea of the bloody horrors...

Buffalobiian

Fri, 07-11-2008, 09:01 AM

Mine are all still idling around in me. We've got a mutual contract not to annoy each other. If they don't keep me happy, I'll show no mercy, and vice versa.

I've had teeth removed from the orthodontist though, and I was so glad the anesthetics were in full effect. The extracting wasn't painful, but you'd never want to hear the ear-splitting CRACK and the feeling of something wrenched from your jaw again.
Not to mention the needles. Sharp probing thing squirming around in your mouth.......argh.

RyougaZell

Fri, 07-11-2008, 09:49 AM

I hate designing test cases for projects I was not required to attend to... just because the one that went is lazy I have to do them... send me to the damn meeting instead! so I can know what the fuck is the project about... so I can design the test cases...

The lazy woman who went to the meeting instead of me practically gave the work to do yesterday before I was leaving for home... and she wants it done for today at midday? screw it... I won't have it ready for then. She said she promised it would be done by that time? well to bad...

Buffalobiian

Fri, 07-11-2008, 09:54 AM

Why do you have to put up with it? You don't talk about her like she's your superior, though she may be, and it doesn't sound like it affects you greatly if it doesn't go well.

RyougaZell

Fri, 07-11-2008, 10:04 AM

I'll be talking with the boss today actually... I'll be asking him to send me to the meetings (even though they bore me, but at least I will know what the heck it is about). For now, I'll just do the set, and if they are not okay, too bad...

and yes... she is not my superior...

Animeniax

Fri, 07-11-2008, 10:07 AM

Yeah but is she hot? You don't want to ruin your chances by not caving in to her requests.

RyougaZell

Fri, 07-11-2008, 10:31 AM

dude... that is gross... really gross (you can imagine...)

itadakimasu

Fri, 07-11-2008, 02:15 PM

Current bitching :

I was tasked to price out an additional ip address we need for a web site we're going to be hosting so i did and they told me I'd have to get 5 minimum and that it would be $10 a month... WOW, thats pretty cheap. I was expecting it to be alot more than $10.

but it could not be that easy... could it? of course not. got approval to buy them and then call today and apparently they have a policy about ip blocks and since we already have 5 we would have to get 13 total to get any more ips and in getting 13 more that means we'd have to change all of our current ip settings everywhere.

the 24 hour 'grace period' to make all of this happen seems very small and makes this into a huge pain in the ass.

XanBcoo

Mon, 07-14-2008, 07:58 PM

I've been doing horribly in the gym lately. I started off a new routine this summer quite well, but I've regressed in a few areas. Today was chest day and I couldn't for the life of me lift the weight I had been doing weeks prior. I also ended up doing less reps as well.

Very disheartening. Something has to change.

Animeniax

Mon, 07-14-2008, 11:49 PM

If you don't have one, get a workout buddy. They'll motivate you and keep you going. Also, try wearing weight-lifting gloves. I hear they help you lift heavier than you thought you could. As always, diet and adequate sleep make a big difference.

Best bet is to make an enemy that you might have to fist fight. That will motivate you to work out harder.

XanBcoo

Tue, 07-15-2008, 12:53 AM

Oh, I already go to the gym with a friend of mine every time and motivation isn't ever a problem with me. Your suggestion about sleep might be the problem here, since I haven't been getting much recently (a bitch all on its own). Insomnia is terrible.

I'm making good gains and improvements with all the other exercises, I just need to reconsider my approach to benching.

Buffalobiian

Tue, 07-15-2008, 09:35 AM

Mobile phone networks were blasted to oblivion from sunrise till sundown today. It covered the whole city plus all the surrounding suburbs and affected all carriers. Today I had to pick up someone from the airport as well as meeting up with a group of friends at "Entrance of X" where X has multiple entrances. Everything worked out I guess, despite wasting heaps of time.

itadakimasu

Tue, 07-15-2008, 02:58 PM

I got semi-volunteered into setting up an ultra cheap piece of crap camera system. They are ''wireless'' except for their long power cords and their range is pretty bad... for some reason we ended up w\ this crappy set of cameras as a result of an impulse buy after our last attempted break-in at the office.

So basically we could have spent a few hours shopping around and bought some quality easy to set up ip-based cameras instead of the crap we have and it would have ended up being cheaper after yyou subtract the time i will have spent on them by the time i'm done.

i've already got a good 6 or more hours invested in tinkering w\ these cheap ass cameras ...

Buffalobiian

Wed, 07-16-2008, 09:07 AM

My dad bought some cheap DVD-Rs, and I've been burning stuff on them since a month or two ago. Now I find out that my burner doesn't like it, and about 1-5 chances, a disc's completely unusable. I've gotten into the habit of not verifying the stuff, and deleting after burning. Luckily there wasn't much anime I had to redownload.

Not getting this shoddy brand again. The innocent, white faces of these devils were really deceiving though.

Animeniax

Wed, 07-16-2008, 10:03 AM

What brand are they so we know what not to buy?

Kraco

Wed, 07-16-2008, 10:29 AM

Buying the cheapest media is probably never the brightest of ideas. The bigger brands likely try to maintain some sort of consistent quality level but if you intend to buy a good chunk of decent disks for a decent price without wanting to pay extra for the name in the label, then the only wise choice is to buy only media based on the media code. I vaguely remember mentioning Video help (http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia) here before, but let's say it again: It's a golden site for checking media codes before placing the order.

I have been lately buying consistently Verbatim media, whose media code I've checked every time before ordering (the web store I buy from lists media codes; I wouldn't buy from a shady shop that doesn't). It's good to keep in mind when shopping for these semi-quality brand media that the batch and the factory mean everything. Thus it's essential to check the media code and not just stare at the brand, because these companies get their media from factories here and there and then sell it under their name.

RyougaZell

Wed, 07-16-2008, 10:30 AM

Pengou DVD suck ass. I was the first dvd brand my burner failed to make work.

Mine are all still idling around in me. We've got a mutual contract not to annoy each other. If they don't keep me happy, I'll show no mercy, and vice versa.

I've had teeth removed from the orthodontist though, and I was so glad the anesthetics were in full effect. The extracting wasn't painful, but you'd never want to hear the ear-splitting CRACK and the feeling of something wrenched from your jaw again.
Not to mention the needles. Sharp probing thing squirming around in your mouth.......argh.

Can't believe I missed this... I did not get my wisdom teeth removed either, but I did get 4 molar removed once (during high school... hmm... back in 1997),so they could fix my teeth...

Two removed first week. Two removed the second week.The horror came when the third one was being removed and it cracked inside, leaving half of the root inside. The doctor had to work for an extra painful hour to fix it. I didn't care I was already 16... I was ready to cry damn it. It was freaking painful to be there, waiting for the damn root to be extracted... it did not compare to have the other 3 molar removed. Sad thing? When he finished taking it out... he still took out the last molar... OW!!! =(

Buffalobiian

Thu, 07-17-2008, 01:03 AM

What brand are they so we know what not to buy?

I've thrown the wrapper away. All I can see on the discs are: RITEK INKJET WHITE 8X DVD-R 4.7GB/120MIN

Oh, and did I mention that all 50 discs didn't even come with a spindle? It was all wrapped up with a bottom and top, but no spindle.

Buying the cheapest media is probably never the brightest of ideas. The bigger brands likely try to maintain some sort of consistent quality level but if you intend to buy a good chunk of decent disks for a decent price without wanting to pay extra for the name in the label, then the only wise choice is to buy only media based on the media code. I vaguely remember mentioning Video help here before, but let's say it again: It's a golden site for checking media codes before placing the order.

I went to that site, and searched for the term RITEK. It turns out a heap of media from varying brands have that word in their media code....does that mean RITEK is a supplier or something?

Two removed first week. Two removed the second week.

I had all four molars removed in one go for my treatment. I didn't mind it too much since there wasn't any pain involved with the tooth extraction. What I really REALLY hate is that rack that they put inside your mouth to keep it open and suck saliva out. The tubes that do the sucking are always jammed up against the underside of my mouth near the tongue. I almost cried there. It's that annoying/painful.

Animeniax

Thu, 07-17-2008, 01:18 AM

I've used Ritek DVD-Rs before, but I didn't have any problems with them. Early on when DVD-Rs first came out they were one of the cheaper options compared to the big name brands that were charging too much per DVD. Nowadays I stick to the major brands like TDK, and Verbatim. I wish blank dual-layer DVDs would get cheaper.

Buffalobiian

Thu, 07-17-2008, 01:25 AM

I guess it also depends on your burner. TDK has a good name in my books.I was going to get them, but they weren't on sale, so I looked around for a day or two more. During that time, my dad bought this. I guess I shouldn't bad mouth them too much, 2 stuff ups out of 10 isn't that bad. Just considering the track record of others, it's not that great neither.

Animeniax

Thu, 07-17-2008, 01:49 AM

What speed are you burning at? I always use slower speeds even though my burner and the disks are rated higher. I've had fewer coasters that way.

Kraco

Thu, 07-17-2008, 02:18 AM

I went to that site, and searched for the term RITEK. It turns out a heap of media from varying brands have that word in their media code....does that mean RITEK is a supplier or something?

I've also had some Ritek DVDs in the past and the disks I got were very good ones. However, notice that the Ritek quality can vary from batch to batch, so check the media code, again, before getting any Ritek. Also, like you noticed yourself, Ritek media is sold under varying names.

The media code actually looks always something like this: "MCC 03RG20"; that is, it's not just the name of the manufactorer but also some code for the batch/factory. If you enter this particular code at Video help and scroll down to Verbatim, you will see what kind of media I bought last time.

Well, anyway, you can use also a program like Nero InfoTool to get the media code from a disk you have already bought. You can do that with those current disks of yours and see what kind of feedback they have got from people. If it's all good, then maybe it's just your drive that's unluckily incompatible with your disks.

Edit: Like Ani, I always burn at a lower speed than my drive / disk max. In fact, I use only 8x speed. My drive max is 20x, I think...

Buffalobiian

Thu, 07-17-2008, 07:54 AM

Here's the link with the Media Code:

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia?dvdmediadvdridsearch=RITEKG05....

Mine's some forgotten brand with RITEKG05

Looks like I either got a bad combo of burner and media, or I picked something from the "mixed" bunch.

I always wondered why my burner always burns at 8x, even though the media is capable of higher. Nero InfoTool tells me my drive's max is 8x :(

Board of Command

Sat, 07-19-2008, 01:44 PM

I only buy MCC004 (Verbatim +R 16x) or TYG02 (Taiyo Yuden Premium -R 8x) when it comes to DVD disks. I haven't had problems with bad disks in the past, but these two are among the more reliable disks out there and I just feel more secure burning these. I always burn at 8x or 12x even though my burner is capable of 18x on the MCC004.

My bitch: new Office 2007 default fonts.

People everywhere use the default Calibri front that comes with Word 2007. I hate it. I always write everything in Times New Roman or Arial because that's how it has been ever since Word 95. Calibri is ugly and hard to read because it's anti-aliased. I like my fonts clear and crisp. It pisses me off when people send me documents and it's written in Calibri.

darkshadow

Sun, 07-20-2008, 11:56 AM

i love calibri, and cambria >_>, i especially hate times and verdana

XanBcoo

Sun, 07-20-2008, 12:07 PM

Someone at work threw away my plastic sports bottle when they cleaned out the break room for the night. Why the fuck would you throw something like that away?? Have to go buy a new one now.

Animeniax

Sun, 07-20-2008, 12:19 PM

Wow, 100 pages and almost 2000 posts of bitching and whining.

That sucks Xan, but you can get those bottles for cheap anywhere. Plus they found that some of them contain carcinogenic plastics, so maybe someone just saved your life.

XanBcoo

Sun, 07-20-2008, 12:32 PM

It will take me, at most, 20 minutes to go to HEB and buy a new one for about 2 dollars. But that's not the point. Motherfucker threw away my shit because he didn't know what else to do with it :mad:.

Animeniax

Sun, 07-20-2008, 01:10 PM

In offices with community refrigerators there's usually a sign up that says to label your stuff or it goes in the trash. Does your office have such a sign, or other such policy that you might have ignored to bring this trouble upon yourself?

RyougaZell

Sun, 07-20-2008, 01:13 PM

Hmmm... this reminded me of my office.

Whenever I leave a plastic bottle on my desk, the cleaning personnel decide to clean my desk and throw them away. Always without fail.

For the last 3 weeks I've left a pen standing up... balanced on the flat tip, and it hasn't fallen once, which signals they have not cleaned in 3 weeks.

Thus... if I wish for them to clean, I must get an empty plastic bottle first.

complich8

Sun, 07-20-2008, 04:23 PM

I believe my company doesn't actually clean my office at all. I've never seen evidence that it's been vacuumed, ever.

I think they've been doing other offices, but skipping mine because it's a sysadmin office (and thus always dark, with cables and random old computers in various states of disassembly strewn about the place). But still!

I wouldn't mind if they vacuumed around that crap!

Animeniax

Sun, 07-20-2008, 11:04 PM

Is your office secured while other offices are not? We had that problem at my office since we had a lot of sensitive and expensive IT equipment unsecured, so we locked the office and the cleaning crew didn't have a key. We cleaned up the room ourselves as we could, but that meant no vacuuming or dusting for weeks at a time. I preferred it to thinking someone had been through my work area though. I'm territorial that way.

RyougaZell

Sun, 07-20-2008, 11:48 PM

The company I work is about Telephony and Internet services (mind you... the internet is really bad...). So their 'IT' area is currently on a basement... no special security. Laptops have been stolen several times when the owners idiotically forgot to attach them to the security cables (whatever they are called), lock them up or take them home...

I always lock mine whenever I go out to lunch... people mock me (Process area), but whatever. Im not having that thing stolen from me...