What made you smile today?

[animus]

When Kobe Bryant made that last second 3 pointer at the buzzer for the win over Miami's Dwayne Wade! That was intense! :p

Yeah that was boss. I got home late and only caught the last 30 seconds of the game, but it was all worth it.

Miami woulda won the game if they didn't do so terribly from the line. They'd be in overtime most likely too if D-Wade didn't split his free throws.

[enkoujin]

I got one of them new "iTouch"es. It took me a while to get it out of its package, but it was well worth it. Now, I just have to catch up on all these Apple and iPod features, background and technical jazz I was ignoring for the last five years...

[Psyke]

I completed my first marathon this morning. Now my body feels like it's going to break anytime..... :p

[Assertn]

Sumotori (http://www.gravitysensation.com/sumotori/) made me smile today.
Seriously. Watch the gameplay demos.

[Penner]

Watching NBC may have driven one viewer insane (http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/12/jeff-zucker-accused-of-celebrity-mind-control.html#more)

[fahoumh]

Seeing these in the mail:

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m231/fahoumh/awesome.jpg

EDIT: uploaded smaller image

[Mr Squiggles]

I think I'm about to reach my GPA goal of a minimum of B+ for all of my classes this semester. :D

considering i started 1st year with an average of C+, I'm pretty stoked about that

[Animeniax]

I think I'm about to reach my GPA goal of a minimum of B+ for all of my classes this semester. :D

considering i started 1st year with an average of C+, I'm pretty stoked about that
Congrats man. Is your school on the +/- system? Mine is implementing it next semester. Currently I have a 2.79 GPA. With hopefully an A and 2 Bs this semester, I should be closer to a B GPA too.

[Buffalobiian]

For a limited time, Australian University/TAFE students can purchase Windows 7 Home Premium for $50AUD.

:D:D:D

[fahoumh]

For a limited time, Australian University/TAFE students can purchase Windows 7 Home Premium for $50AUD.

:D:D:D
Wow, that's cheap. :eek:

[Animeniax]

Aced my Japanese 101 final exam today. And 2 of the 3 most annoying people in the class weren't there (either they took the test at a different time or they skipped it altogether), so it was even better.

Found out I might have got an A instead of a B in my computer science logic class. Here's hoping an 89.54 gets rounded to an A.

[Dark Dragon]

Was expecting to fail my Bio class but it turn out i had a B, so i must have done really well on the final. Manage to get 3 A's in my other classes so i'm feeling really good right now.

[Animeniax]

How do you fail a BIO class that isn't genetics or at least upper division? I've heard a few freshmen saying how "Intro to Bio" class was difficult and that it was a weed-out class. How hard can it be to memorize some processes and animal parts?

I got an A back when I took, just for reference. Different curriculum then, but still, how can it be that much harder?

[Dark Dragon]

Not my thing i suppose, since i usually find it hard to memorize things that i find to be uninteresting. It doesn't help that there's only 2 tests and then the final. Each test was 100 random questions that cover 5 chapters and the final is 200 questions over the entire course.

[Buffalobiian]

How do you fail a BIO class that isn't genetics or at least upper division? I've heard a few freshmen saying how "Intro to Bio" class was difficult and that it was a weed-out class. How hard can it be to memorize some processes and animal parts?

I got an A back when I took, just for reference. Different curriculum then, but still, how can it be that much harder?

Well in high school, my peers were saying biology was arguably the hardest subject there is, mainly because no one got an A in that course. I didn't take biology so I couldn't verify :P

But in university, pharmacology -> the closest thing to biology in the latter parts of my degree, is pretty damn hard for me.

But I guess, like Dark Dragon says, different things are for different people. I found clinical evaluation of evidence, statistics, and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics easy while others were the complete opposite.

[Animeniax]

Well yes pharmacology can be difficult because it concerns chemistry as well as biology. Basic biology, especially in the intro courses, is just memorization, so it's not very different from intro history or government courses. I understand memorization of boring\seemingly meaningless facts is difficult for some people, but if you struggle with intro to biology, you're probably in the wrong program, since the amount of material only gets more numerous.

[Mr Squiggles]

Congrats man. Is your school on the +/- system? Mine is implementing it next semester. Currently I have a 2.79 GPA. With hopefully an A and 2 Bs this semester, I should be closer to a B GPA too.

Yeah its on the +/- system. So that makes me have a GPA of a little bit above 3.33 (at least, I think, since I still have to write two of my exams)

[Ryllharu]

I got 18 books in the mail today.

To be fair, most of them are manga.

It was still a wonderfully heavy box.

[Xelbair]

finding out about this made me smile:
16.06.2010 in warsaw - Sonisphere festival.
Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Antharax, Mastodon and Behemoth.
and I'll be there.

[Animeniax]

Yeah its on the +/- system. So that makes me have a GPA of a little bit above 3.33 (at least, I think, since I still have to write two of my exams)
We'll be on the +/- system next semester. It will suck since I'm an average student, so my GPA will be worse off with all the minuses I'll get.

3 As and 1 B for 12 hours of coursework this semester has moved my GPA from 2.79 to 2.91.

[itadakimasu]

I got a B in my spanish class (Thanks to my wife, and an easy 150 question final exam!) which was the last course I needed to get my AAS degree ! I have to have have them fix a something on my degree plan but as far as i'm concerned, I'm done !!!

I put so much time into this and went way over my needed credits, and finally I get to list a completed degree in my educational background when I apply for a job or something.

[Death BOO Z]

I had my midterm test last week, and the results came in.

I got a perfect score.

One moment of smiling, followed by three years of not being able to live up to the bar I set to myself.

[itadakimasu]

it's hard to guage what my boss is going to say when he walks in my office w\ a smile and tells me " you're not gonna believe this...."

he was in the bathroom, and I guess set his iphone down on top of the toilet paper thing... it fell to the ground, bounced, and landed inside of the toilet...

If I lost my iphone in such a way, i wouldn't want anybody asking me if this was before of after the used the toilet, or if they flushed... so i didn't ask that even though i was very curious.

his iphone won't power on, so i guess it didn't make it :(

[Psyke]

Haha, I can imagine him going "Shit!" inside his cubicle, puzzling others in the toilet :p

[Xelbair]

I've opened bank account today - and it went way faster than i excepted.
Also i've been to my friend's birthday party( and she made a great party)

[samsonlonghair]

I'm smoking high quality tobacco out of a hookah right now. The tasty smoke makes me smile.

[Assertn]

You know how you're single for a while and then all of a sudden several attractive girls out of the blue show interest in you? I smile when that happens.

[Ryllharu]

I was watching a safety training video at work, and rather than listen to the narrative I've heard a half dozen times before, I listened to music instead. I was listening to Sabaton, and there were all these industrial scenes on the screen and then somehow for about 2 minutes, the video meshed perfectly with the music. It was totally awesome.

I also got carded buying a game today. The last time I got carded for alcohol was almost three years ago. Somehow buying Bayonetta earned me a carding, which has never happened to me ever before. If it wasn't so hilarious being carded by someone younger than I am, I might have been a bit offended.

[Penner]

Ah Sabaton... for some reason they are really popular outside of Sweden, and outside of my town, Falun, where they come from.

Most of my friends dislike them aswell.. I'm not really sure why although actually do like the music part.... it's just... i really can't stand the singers voice..

Anyway, got a wee bit offtopic there...

This is what made me smile: Gamer Types (http://www.8-bitarmy.com/files/1969d1db4fb025e2.jpg)

[darkshadow]

Haha that was great, it seems I am nr. 23 :P

[Assertn]

Bought some more sweet threads over on Melrose. Decided to go check out this shop called Blackjack again... haven't been there in about 2 years... but the owner still remembered me and hooked me up with some discounts.

Their online store has some awesome stuff too
http://www.shopblackjack.com/category_s/173.htm

If I had like, $500 to burn, I could probably do so easily on that site.

[xiarary]

I found out the anime I bought shipped today, which made me smile in anticipation of my marathons.

[Buffalobiian]

I found out the anime I bought shipped today, which made me smile in anticipation of my marathons.

What did you buy?

[rockmanj]

I think i'm a 23 too; and I know its wrong, but at a meeting with a principal today, I kinda cracked a smile because she is A.) milf-y and B.) always wears low cut shirts, even in the winter.

[itadakimasu]

My cat is back to normal !!!

he went to the vet yesterday and they said he would be "unstable". which i took to mean, drowsy... and what not... which he was, but he was also very wild and hostile. He was growling and then charging for attack.

Tried to get him in his carrier and he was literally screaming, and i've never heard a cat be that loud in my life... was pretty worried. At some point i was thinking that he did have his rabies vaccination, and that's how a rabid animal would probably act.

He's back to normal now though :)

Update : The vet suspects that he was hallucinating! omfg...

[Buffalobiian]

Update : The vet suspects that he was hallucinating! omfg...

Keep those magic mushrooms to yourself next time ;)

[Psyke]

The guys from my workplace got me this as a end of tour gift today. :)

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3974/43330571.png

[Kraco]

Haha. Seems like the guys from your workplace know you well enough.

[Animeniax]

Seems they like you well enough too. That's a $250+ kit!

[Psyke]

Being their boss helps. Haha, but seriously I was touched :p

[Buffalobiian]

You enjoy that now you lucky bum! It's good that they got you a PG kit too, since there's enough detail on there to look nice without repainting (since you sold your brush and pump), though a quick spray of matte Top Coat would still work wonders.

[Psyke]

Ahh! Matte top coat! Do I need an airbrush for that or can I just buy the spray off the shelf?

[Buffalobiian]

The spray off the shelf works fine. Just get a few cans of it since it runs out fairly quickly (especially with a large kit), and mask/remove those clear parts well.

----------------

I had a little holiday down to the coast for a few days, and during my meals I always had some good eye-candy. 1st dinner at an Italian restaurant/bar had a Japanese couple sitting at a table opposite mine, and the lady looked fabulous for her age (you could tell she's not "young" anymore, but still). I had a nice balcony view of the seaside district during breakfast the next morning coffee, followed by a Chinese lunch that had a waitress in traditional Qi Pao (complete with side splits) walking back and forth, and the buffet dinner after that had too many to count.

Beach cities are always great to look at.

[fahoumh]

The guys from my workplace got me this as a end of tour gift today. :)
That is all kinds of awesome. :eek:

[Xelbair]

i've got my package delivered - with my new mobile phone, nokia e90. In fact i'm writing this post from it. Also today's lessons at gdansk's technical university were great fun(physics 3h + math 3h).
Also for some weird reason mw2 stopped lagging online for me.

@ Psyke - whoa great kit, i'm not into gundam but i would love to assembly that giant.

[Psyke]

@ Psyke - whoa great kit, i'm not into gundam but i would love to assembly that giant.

I just sold my airbrush recently so I'm gonna wait till I invest in some equipment to start on it. But in the meantime I've opened up the package and took a few shots. You can see it in the Gundam model kit thread in the Gundam section :)

[digitalrurouni]

Took my 09 M3 to get it detailed and after seeing it after the detailing was done and then going for a nice drive with some of my favorite music blaring was just what the doctor ordered. It also helped that there was a girl in a BMW Z3 trying to play tag :)

[Xrlderek]

Passed my theoretical driver exam today.
45 questions, you pass with 7 or less wrong answers. I got 7. :)

[Buffalobiian]

What country is this theory test for?

[Xrlderek]

Norway. 4 possibilities each question, only one correct alternative. Most are really easy.. like "Are you allowed to drive drunk in private areas" or simple signs.. some of them are tricky though and I think I missed on every single one of those I didn't know for sure.

[Death BOO Z]

midterm exams season started for me, and my first test is in February . so this week, I'm home, studying, reading and watching anime (well, Avatar:TLAB).
it's been so long that I forgot how much I like staying home. quite much.

[XanBcoo]

Got to play a Rickenbacker bass yesterday for the first time. Those things are pretty rare to find in Guitar Center shops and the damn thing was $3,000+ so I played it as much as I could in the store.

Those things are known for their trebley sound and ringing sustain. Perfect for rock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBlILzKoSnM

[Carnage]

First kiss :)

[Assertn]

I impressed a girl from Kazakhstan with my knowledge about her country, which, of course, comes solely from Borat skits.

[Buffalobiian]

I impressed a girl by knowing what causes earthquakes.

It didn't make me really smile, since I was more perplexed than pleased. It challenged my assumption that it was general knowledge.(Crust, Mantle, Current, Tectonic Plates, Fault Lines, Ring of Fire etc.)

She was an acedemically gifted Senior Highschool student, so she's not ingorant or anything. I guess it just goes back to the saying:

"I know what I happen to know."

[Kraco]

Somebody doesn't know what causes them? Although in yesterday's newspaper there was a letter from somebody suspecting the Haiti earthquake had been manmade...

[itadakimasu]

i'm on the phone w\ this guy for work and he's forgotten about me on hold.... I can't just hang up because I don't have his name or number and i need him to change something in our program.

He left me on speakerphone and he's bullshitting w\ people in some kind of thick arab accent. *sigh*

oh... he came back. after leaving me on speakerphone hold for about 10 minutes.

[fahoumh]

i'm on the phone w\ this guy for work and he's forgotten about me on hold.... I can't just hang up because I don't have his name or number and i need him to change something in our program.

He left me on speakerphone and he's bullshitting w\ people in some kind of thick arab accent. *sigh*

oh... he came back. after leaving me on speakerphone hold for about 10 minutes.
And that made you smile? :confused:

[shinta|hikari]

Seeing Yin in a hat and dress with longer hair.

[Animeniax]

And that made you smile? :confused:
Yeah I figured he meant to post that in the bitching thread. I hate being put on hold.

[fahoumh]

Yeah I figured he meant to post that in the bitching thread. I hate being put on hold.
So do I but sometimes I like to have fun with it. One time I started singing the lyrics to the muzak they were playing and I kept on for a bit after the operator took me off hold...I'm sure she heard, hahaha.

[fahoumh]

Getting this for my birthday from my family really did it for me today:

289

This game was easily one of my favourites. It was actually the main reason I picked up a PS2.

[Assertn]

You know how you're single for a while and then all of a sudden several attractive girls out of the blue show interest in you? I smile when that happens.
Shit... this must be my year... still more coming out of the woodworks.

[XanBcoo]

Just wrote a new song with my old roommate. We spent an hour and a half just jamming out to the same repeating 8 bars of music. He's the only person I've met whose music I can write good bass licks to.

Minor pentatonic scales do the job every damn time :cool:.

[animus]

Whoooo ton of snow in the Northeast, so my Uni's closed.

Predicted to be 12 to 18 inches of snow. It's kinda sad, my cousin lives in Georgia and they close schools down when they get like 1 inch, but we need about a foot up here.

[samsonlonghair]

I showed up at the local theatre a few minutes ago. I asked what time opera tickets went on sale, and the lady at the counter said "in about half an hour." I thanked her and turned around. As I walked away she cried out in a desperate tone, "you're coming back, right!?"

Something about this makes me smile.

[Marik]

It's snowing here in Augusta, GA, which is very rare. :)

Looks like its going to end overnight, sadly.

30901

http://i.imwx.com/v.20100202.0/web/common/wxicons/52/16.gif
Snow ending
Steady snow will taper off and end by the overnight hours. Cloudy with temperatures steady in the low 30s. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Additional snowfall of 1 to 2 inches through 1am.

edit. Someone made a youtube vid. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vuSYAWCv-E)

[darkshadow]

Haha, "global warming my ass" indeed, it hadn't snowed here in december for years either, it always started in like late januari, but now it has been snowing almost constantly since december here.
White Christmas and all :)

[Animeniax]

That's the danger of beautiful occasions like these. People will say "global warming my ass, it's snowing in Georgia!" The issue with global warming is that it causes adverse weather due to disruptions in the weather systems of the world. Snow in Georgia doesn't disprove global warming, it is evidence of it.

[Ryllharu]

I calculated the amortization on my car loan, and thanks to a few hefty payments I've made when I had the money, I'm making out rather well. I've shaved about a year and a half on the term of my loan (and with it the interest!).

[itadakimasu]

breakfast in bed FTW! (eggs+ham, waffles, bacon, orange juice, black tea :) ) WOOOT

[Animeniax]

I've never understood the joy of breakfast in bed. Crumbs and syrup everywhere, and I hate sleeping in filthy conditions.

[Ryllharu]

The fact that I made this post from a DSi. :D

[Xelbair]

is the browser faster than the opera for normal ds? because that one was ridiculously slow..

[Ryllharu]

I can't make the comparison because I never had the browser on my DS Fat. It is still Opera based.

It's slow, but that's because it doesn't have a lot of memory. Gotwoot and such works fine, but sites with lots of stuff all over like yahoo usually crash. You have to be patient. I'd say it is like having a 256k dialup connection.

[animus]

I remembered when I used to play Unreal Tournament on my uncle's PC with a 56k connection which I thought was blazing.

I had a 28.8k connection using some crappy free Dial-up ISP. Oh, the memories.

[Ryllharu]

My family's first modem was 9600 (2400 baud). It was only useful getting updates for Claris Works and checking the occasional newsgroup.

[Xelbair]

My family's first modem achieved speed of maximum 4kbps.
Unlocking system files on my phone made me smile.

[Rekeco]

I taught a few of my students how to play chess, and during S.S.R. they were trying to use their books to hide the fact that they were trying to finish their last chess match.

[Xelbair]

Chess.. damn how much time passed since i last played some..
You just made my day - now, that i remembered that they exist i can play them with someone.

[Nadouku]

See below Bill's post.

[Buffalobiian]

I never knew Japanese technology could be so amazing:

Vocaloid Live 20100310ml - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-xUxnZKg6k

SEGA took it down. :S

[Nadouku]

That was kind of weird. Here's another link:

Vocaloid Live Concert - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slM1T6HF5jw

[Buffalobiian]

Unreal... Is that a hologram? I've never seen one before, but regardless that's pretty sweet, especially Luka's hair.

Can't wait till we close the gap and get real live anime characters!

[XanBcoo]

Vocaloid Live Concert - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slM1T6HF5jw
Christ, it's like a live Gorillaz concert only with the weeaboo cranked up to 11.

[Rekeco]

Christ, it's like a live Gorillaz concert only with the weeaboo cranked up to 11.


Wow, what has Science done?!

Man, honestly though, I'd still pay more to see a live concert with real people over holograms/whatever this is anyday.

[Buffalobiian]

Wow, what has Science done?!

Man, honestly though, I'd still pay more to see a live concert with real people over holograms/whatever this is anyday.

If technology improves further and they have a Sheryl Nome concert I'd see it.

[shinta|hikari]

Oh that would be absolutely awesome. I'd fly to Japan to see that, definitely.

[Psyke]

Oh that would be absolutely awesome. I'd fly to Japan to see that, definitely.

Or they can just beam it out of your TV set by then. 3D TVs are already here in fact :)

[Death BOO Z]

so, that was a due of computer models, singing the voice of a computer program?
we just needs some bots to spam that concert, and the circle would be complete..

from computers, by computers, for computers. the robot revolution is upon us.

[Penner]

It's just too damn cute! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bmhjf0rKe8&feature=fvw)

[XanBcoo]

I'm going to be playing at SXSW this week.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sxsw

I don't think it has quite sunk in yet. It's extremely competitive for fledgling bands to get in. This is pretty huge, and I'm extremely lucky to have fallen in with the right people.

[Buffalobiian]

I'm extremely lucky to have fallen in with the right people.

What do you mean by that? Is it not open to the public or something?

edit: oh, right. Playing. For some reason I understood it as attending. Wow.

[XanBcoo]

No no, it will likely be a free show and barely anyone will show up. Still, the exposure and cred we'll get from this can only help.

I meant that I'm lucky because I personally don't feel I've done anything to deserve a shot at playing there. I'm an average musician at best, we've only played a handful of shows, and much better bands were likely overlooked. Our frontman is just that type of guy though. He knows how to get in and get what he wants.

Edit: This also means I will be in Austin and can see Zooey Deschanel sing with her band. Holy crap, I am giddy.

[rockmanj]

I'm going to be playing at SXSW this week.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sxsw

I don't think it has quite sunk in yet. It's extremely competitive for fledgling bands to get in. This is pretty huge, and I'm extremely lucky to have fallen in with the right people.


Oh wow! Congratulations! I hope you guys rock out! I have finally started recording, and hoping to get back into the Chicago music scene. I hope I can stick with it like you have been doing!

[Animeniax]

No no, it will likely be a free show and barely anyone will show up. Still, the exposure and cred we'll get from this can only help.

I meant that I'm lucky because I personally don't feel I've done anything to deserve a shot at playing there. I'm an average musician at best, we've only played a handful of shows, and much better bands were likely overlooked. Our frontman is just that type of guy though. He knows how to get in and get what he wants.

Edit: This also means I will be in Austin and can see Zooey Deschanel sing with her band. Holy crap, I am giddy.
When are you playing and when is Zooey's band playing?

[XanBcoo]

When are you playing and when is Zooey's band playing?
Schedule says Thursday, Friday, and Saturday for Zooey:

http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/7547

All I know is that we play on Satuday. Not sure where or when. I can PM you details when I found out if you think you can make it out to see us.

[Penner]

Time Warner puts Playboy Channel on kids TV (http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/03/time-warner-puts-playboy-channel-on-kids-tv.html)

[Buffalobiian]

Time Warner puts Playboy Channel on kids TV (http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/03/time-warner-puts-playboy-channel-on-kids-tv.html)

LOL. 6 - 8am. They couldn't have picked a better time :D

[fahoumh]

Getting a "good morning" text from a girl was enough to do it today.

[Buffalobiian]

New modem firmware lets me squeeze an extra 200KB/s from my line.

That's ~35% increase!!

[Rekeco]

Went to the beach and played soccer and football with the misses.

[Ryllharu]

Despite a great deal of things that pissed me off today (not worth mentioning), I pulled into a gas station that surprisingly had Full Service, and for the same price that the other Self-Serve stations had. It was awesome, I felt like I was back in 1994.

Note: My state does not have mandatory Full Service gas stations.

[Buffalobiian]

Man, I want to try full service one time. I've never seen on in Australia. Ever.

[fahoumh]

Man, I want to try full service one time. I've never seen on in Australia. Ever.
I haven't been back to a full-serve station since I started going to self-serve stations 10 years ago. I don't see that many full-serve stations any more but I know of at least one self-serve that offers full service for a few cents more per litre and there is a full-serve by my house which is across the street from a self-serve and there's only a 0.4 cent price difference between them.

[Assertn]

What's the point? So you can just sit in your car? Its not like you can fill up and leave the gas station any faster than if you did it yourself. Seems novel, but I'd rather step outside anyway.

[Xelbair]

Fixed my damned X-fi again so now mic input works.
Finally my new Headphones were delivered(Roccat Kave 5.1 - they are damn awesome).
And party 2 days ago made me smile.

[Animeniax]

What's the point? So you can just sit in your car? Its not like you can fill up and leave the gas station any faster than if you did it yourself. Seems novel, but I'd rather step outside anyway.

While I think full service is just laziness on the part of the elite, I imagine it's like buying off the rack versus getting a tailored suit. Nothing says "disposable income" like paying someone to pump your gas and wash your windshield while you idle away the time in your leather seats listening to music. Makes one feel "better" than others.

[Votkrath]

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Russian_reversal_%28joke%29

This^

[Xelbair]

I've just finished my driving lessons - now i need to take mock theoretical exam and then the national exam... and pass it...and in Gdansk its the hardest one from all cities...

[Xrlderek]

I've just finished my driving lessons - now i need to take mock theoretical exam and then the national exam... and pass it...and in Gdansk its the hardest one from all cities...
Lol I have been doing driving lessons for ages... I've spent like 5000$ or more so far. Is it expensive there too?

[Xelbair]

its 900-1000 pln(approx you can buy 1$ for 3,2 pln) for 30h of driving lessons + theory lessons. Each additional hour is 50pln. Practical exam costs 150pln and theory 100pln.
If you fail 3 exams you have to get 5 extra hours of driving.

P.s take into account that average earnings here are approx 2000 pln.
Also examinators in Gdansk are infamous for doing everything to make you fail the exam...

[Buffalobiian]

Also examinators in Gdansk are infamous for doing everything to make you fail the exam...

Yet don't you come from the land where police don't give a shit about speeding?

My dad's a driving instructor, so that shaved off all my driving lesson costs :D

[Kraco]

Also examinators in Gdansk are infamous for doing everything to make you fail the exam...

Haha. I remember I did a couple of minor mistakes during the driving examination but not enough or nothing that would have prevented it from being accepted. The one thing I specifically remember is that the examiner told me afterwards that I don't need to wait for every granny in the town to cross the street... (Although that certainly wasn't an actual offense as such.)

[Buffalobiian]

My main issue in my driving test was waiting too long at roundabouts.

Didn't stop me passing neither though.

[Xelbair]

Well, here its like this - you see a slow moving car FAR away and you are on sub route(that is you have to wait to get some free space on main route) - you would be able to do this damned left turn 5 times but if you try to even move forward you will fail - because you "forced him" to slow down...
Also the current director of PORD(equivalent of DMV for the gdansk) is a bastard - when he started his work number of people passing fell down by 30-40%.
And in the examination routes(that is the one with highest probability of being on exam) are badly marked - sometimes you have to know that the crossed section on the street does not exist - it was erased few years ago from plans but for some weird it is still on the street, and sometimes its the opposite..

[itadakimasu]

Our hot water for our coffee maker / hot water dispenser isn't working... and there was absolute panic. There was more panic about the lack of coffee this morning than there was when our phone system was messed up yesterday.

Talk about ridiculous. I was literally on 2 simultaneous phone calls and hadsomebody coming into my office in a panic because there's no coffee... I have nothing to do w\ the coffee so i don't know what they were hoping that I could do for them. srsly... ridiculous stuff.

[Kraco]

hadsomebody coming into my office in a panic because there's no coffee... I have nothing to do w\ the coffee so i don't know what they were hoping that I could do for them.

A person called itadakimasu has no right to wonder why people come to him with any nutrients related problems.

[Buffalobiian]

Our hot water for our coffee maker / hot water dispenser isn't working... and there was absolute panic. There was more panic about the lack of coffee this morning than there was when our phone system was messed up yesterday.

Talk about ridiculous. I was literally on 2 simultaneous phone calls and hadsomebody coming into my office in a panic because there's no coffee... I have nothing to do w\ the coffee so i don't know what they were hoping that I could do for them. srsly... ridiculous stuff.

They expected you to hunt down the best deal on ebay.

[Xelbair]

Email from blizzard ... that stated i was chosen for SC2 beta!

[itadakimasu]

no way!

/me goes to look for his!

They should have just made it an open beta... bastards!

[Penner]

"Twilight" Vampire Dildo (http://tantusinc.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Product_Code=VAMP&Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TD)

"Toss it in the fridge for that authentic experience." ... and it SPARKLES IN SUNLIGHT (they have a video showcasing this)

And don't forget to read the "review/comment" below from 03/15/2010.. i seriously laughed out loud.

[Death BOO Z]

And don't forget to read the "review/comment" below from 03/15/2010.. i seriously laughed out loud.
I cried.

sure, 95% of these comments are fake, but that leaves 5 percent of them to be real.
and that makes me sad.

[Penner]

Japanese scientists creates worlds smallest Star Trek 'USS Enterprise' (http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/04/worlds-smallest-star-trek-enterprise-pic.html)

That is one small spaceship :P

[darkshadow]

haha that's awesome

[Buffalobiian]

I've been making backup images of our home computers for years, but today was the first time I've had to use one. (One of our home PC's HDD died - no signs, just won't be detected).

Restoring full functionality in 10mins feels really good :)

[Penner]

Backups are awesome, you can't put a price on peace of mind :D

[itadakimasu]

"I am not sure who started the Dishwasher, but whoever it was could you please go to the kitchen and clean up the overflow. It appears that dishwashing liquid was used in lieu of the Dishwasher Tablets."

This was an email I got that was sent to everybody in the company... it made me laugh because I had a mental image of soap suds all over the place.

[Buffalobiian]

My dad told me about how his colleague got fined $500 today:

1) Undercover police races you
2) You race at 150km/h
3) Police pulls in front of you
4) You tail the police
5) Police sounds siren
6) You pull over
7) Police fines you for speeding
8) Police fines you for tailing too closely (<2sec gap)
9) You curse


10) And you curse.

I didn't enjoy myself hearing this, but...

I smiled.

[darkshadow]

isn't that entrapment lol?

[Buffalobiian]

Heh, no idea. From what I gather, it wasn't "hey, let's race", but more like speeding silently next to you, daring you.

I remember some (non-police) guy did that to us before. Dad raced along with him until we met another car in front doing normal speed. We lined up next to that one and slowed down to match it, barricading the racer guy on the 2-lane street. (there was a concrete wall between us and the opposite lanes).

The guy was pissed and started tailing really really close. We tapped the breaks lightly and scared them shitless :P

[itadakimasu]

I picked up my Associates Degree diploma today :)

I put alot more work into it than I did into all my highschool ventures.

[itadakimasu]

I thought this was pretty funny... This is facebook. I know this girl... names changed to generic names. I just thought it was funny that some dude would call a girl out like that on facebook when she's married and everybody can see it.

Girl : im sitting in dr's office thinkn why me?

Some guy:
Bc u have the herps

Some guy:
whad Husband do now

Husband :
Jonathan, That isn't a appropriate thing to say to my wife... I think you owe her an apology.

[XanBcoo]

How old are the husband and wife?

I think some people over a certain age just don't get the social dynamic of facebook or online communication in general. I haven't seen one person's mom/dad/aunt/grandma make a comment that wasn't incredibly awkward.

Anyway, I'm happy because I played my first ever show with a new band I joined. It was also the first time the sound guy did a decent job because the mix in the on-stage monitors was perfect. My own amp's tone was amazing as well. All the lows were low and beefy and the highs cut right through the guitars and drums.

[Abdula]

So while talking to my mom today she mentions a curious incident that happened in my home country a few days ago. A guy finds out his wife is cheating on him. Naturally being the genius that he is, he decides to go kill the guy his wife was cheating on him with. I'm curious why they never go after the spouse, girlfriend/boyfriend whatever but that is for another time.

Anyway, he goes to the guy's job and proceeds to kill him and the guy's boss walks in, he unfortunately gets killed too. Now at some point our noble enraged husband decides that he is going to decapitate both his victims and personally deliver their heads to the police and he proceeds to do just that. Now here's the kicker, he removes their heads places them in a bucket and goes to the police station. Upon arriving he proudly places the bucket on a desk and declares to the officers present that he has brought them two heads. Naturally everyone wonders what the hell he is talking about and gathers around the bucket. I would assume that our culprit would have been covered in blood or would have at least had some wounds on his body to support his claim that he had just viciously murdered two men but apparently they didn't take him too seriously until he opened the bucket that is. At which point the group of officers around him, some of whom were armed, simultaneously took of running. At least that is how the story goes.

_____________________________________________

On a lighter note, playing Call of Duty today, Search and Destroy on Underpass. Very long, very intense game with every round coming down to a 1 on 1 stand off. Score is tied, round winner takes the match and naturally (yes I love using that word) it's down to one of my not so reliable friends vs one of the better players on the other team. He decides to camp out, puts down a claymore and begins the ever exhausting waiting game. Eventually he gets tired of it and begins to slowly move around vigilantly checking every corner, reacting to every single movement then nothing. He stops moving, stops looking around, stares up at the sky, pulls out a grenade, throws it at his feet and watches it as it goes off, thereby killing himself in quite spectacular fashion. We lose of course.but surprisingly no one is complaining, the guys we were playing against weren't even celebrating, no one is saying a thing. Everyone is simply wondering what the hell happened, then seemingly out of nowhere he suddenly says "Sorry guys I couldn't take the pressure." Uncontrollable laughter ensues :p

[Buffalobiian]

I should set up a thermal and/or hearbeat sensor and/or silencer class just for Underpass. The visibility on that map is low as hell. It's a bit like COD4's Downpour, but less building density and more foliage and hills.

As for your home country's police, I don't know whether to call them chickens or smart. Not smart enough to take the hint the first time maybe, but smart enough to recognise danger(?).

And, of course, not at all very responsible.

[darkshadow]

Got a free copy of assassin's creed 2 today, which is cool since I wanted to play it, but wasn't going to buy it cause of the shitty DRM.

But for the price of free, I can put up with it ;P.

[Penner]

Its funny scary because it's true.

http://www.iesb.net/images/stories/fullfrontalnerdity/ffnIESB133.jpg

[samsonlonghair]

Who the hell are Robert Pattinson and Kristen Steward?

I'm smiling today because it's payday. Time to go get liquored up!

[Death BOO Z]

they are a two pretty decent actors, who got shamed into the worst casting in the universe:
Edward and Bella from Twilight.

it's a horrible fate for both of them, a shame that all the money they make from the movies won't be able to erase.
and they make a lot of money.

[Animeniax]

I'm stressing about my stats final tomorrow, but I just did the math and I need a 45 (out of 100) on the test to get a C to pass the class and a 69 if I want to excel with a B.

I think I'll settle for the C and save myself some gray hairs. If I get a B then that's icing on the cake. This makes me smile.

[Buffalobiian]

I'm stressing about my stats final tomorrow, but I just did the math and I need a 45 (out of 100) on the test to get a C to pass the class and a 69 if I want to excel with a B.

I think I'll settle for the C and save myself some gray hairs. If I get a B then that's icing on the cake. This makes me smile.

Yeah, those little numbers are always good to know.

It's kind of annoying sometimes for my program where we have to pass each individual component in some courses, so you get some cases where if you fail the last test, you fail the course. If you pass it however, you've got enough points to get a Credit (B).

[Animeniax]

Yeah, those little numbers are always good to know.

It's kind of annoying sometimes for my program where we have to pass each individual component in some courses, so you get some cases where if you fail the last test, you fail the course. If you pass it however, you've got enough points to get a Credit (B).

You need a B to pass a class?

I'm pissed next semester a C- will not give you credit for a class that's a prereq for another class. We're moving to the +/- system which sucks in the first place.

[Buffalobiian]

You need a B to pass a class?

No, I needed a C to pass a class. But I'm also required to pass each individual assessment piece to pass that class. So for my final piece of assessment that year, I would get a B overall if I merely passed the last exam (since the other assessments were pretty good). However, if I failed the exam itself (<50%), then I would have failed the class, since I wouldn't have passed each component.

[Dark Dragon]

Just finished my Cost/Budget final and it was pretty brutal.

The subject itself is pretty simple and straight forward. The test however was 10 questions with each being split into 3 separate parts. The professor would only count the question as correct if you got all 3 parts right. We're also given limited information so everything needed to be calculated and worked out. Since getting even just the numbers wrong mean missing the entire question, most of the time went to double checking every calculation.

I was among the first 10 to finish the test and it still took around 4 hours.

[XanBcoo]

I'm stressing about my stats final tomorrow, but I just did the math and I need a 45 (out of 100) on the test to get a C to pass the class and a 69 if I want to excel with a B.

I think I'll settle for the C and save myself some gray hairs. If I get a B then that's icing on the cake. This makes me smile.

Reading posts like this make me smile. I had just joined Gotwoot during my Freshman year of college and I made a ton of posts at 4 in the morning writing papers and studying for finals. Brings back lots of memories.

Good luck, man.

[itadakimasu]

I had to goto work last night... I was out of town since wednesday and didn't have much sleep. I got there and had a total mental block when trying to open the door because I don't usually need to use the keypad.

So, I decided I would just use the back door. There's supposed to be 15 seconds allowed to disarm the alarm. I opened the door and hit a dead sprint all the way to the front of the office to turn off the alarm. I made it in 13 seconds but that didn't matter because it actually goes off right away !!!

But... since our permit was expired, the police were not dispatched and therefore I wasn't given a $500 ticket for false-alarm !

[Buffalobiian]

I had to goto work last night... I was out of town since wednesday and didn't have much sleep. I got there and had a total mental block when trying to open the door because I don't usually need to use the keypad.

So, I decided I would just use the back door. There's supposed to be 15 seconds allowed to disarm the alarm. I opened the door and hit a dead sprint all the way to the front of the office to turn off the alarm. I made it in 13 seconds but that didn't matter because it actually goes off right away !!!

But... since our permit was expired, the police were not dispatched and therefore I wasn't given a $500 ticket for false-alarm !

Shouldn't they normally set the alarm for longer anyway? If it takes you a 13-second dead sprint to get there, then anybody less capable or running (without falling) would get fined pretty often.

[Kraco]

Certainly you wouldn't be paying it in any case if you were told there's a 15 seconds grace time. Whoever misinformed you would get the instant win ticket.

Besides, isn't it usually a security company that sends guards there? You must be a bank employee if real police come directly.

[Buffalobiian]

My cellphone's back from "repairs"!! (after... 4 weeks?)

Yet to see if there are any problems, so here's hoping.

[Psyke]

Bought a netbook :)

http://a.yfrog.com/img444/9475/43fg.jpg

[Buffalobiian]

Bought a netbook :)

http://a.yfrog.com/img444/9475/43fg.jpg

How are you liking it?

Netbooks are a "make or break". Some people love the convenience, while others groan at the performance cut.

I belong to the "break" category.

[Psyke]

It's s....l....o.....w. But being able to surf/type in the car makes up for it. :p

[The Heretic Azazel]

What is the hardest part of eating a vegetable?




































































































The wheelchair.

That made me smile today.

[Animeniax]

What is the hardest part of eating a vegetable?

The wheelchair.

That made me smile today.

Did you mean eating or being a vegetable? I don't get it.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Both....

[Buffalobiian]

Did you mean eating or being a vegetable? I don't get it.
"Vegetable" is interchangeable with "vegetative person", and read that way.

[Animeniax]

"Vegetable" is interchangeable with "vegetative person", and read that way.

Yeah but he said "eating a vegetable". So it seems he meant he had oral sex with a comatose person who is in a wheelchair?

[The Heretic Azazel]

The imagery is of someone cannibalizing a vegetative person, but the wheelchair gets in the way...

God it's not even funny anymore. You're making me frown today, Ani.

[Animeniax]

Do vegetative people usually sit in a wheelchair? I'd imagine they spent much more time laying in bed.

[Kraco]

It was a fine joke to begin with but Ani not getting it made it even funnier.

[Animeniax]

It was a fine joke to begin with but Ani not getting it made it even funnier.

I don't think abuse of comatose patients is anything to joke about or laugh at. I remember the scene from Kill Bill. Somethings should not be joked about or treated in a trivial manner.

[Kraco]

I don't remember cannibalism from either Kill Bills, but it has been a long while since I watched them, I admit. But then again, if somebody is about to get eaten, I'd say the victim being unconscious is more humane.

[Animeniax]

No cannibalism, but Uma's character's comatose body is abused by orderlies.

[The Heretic Azazel]

I don't think abuse of comatose patients is anything to joke about or laugh at. I remember the scene from Kill Bill. Somethings should not be joked about or treated in a trivial manner.

You're in America, it's practically par for the course to make fun of different/unfortunate people here.

Beyond that I think humor is a great way to remind us we're all really the same. Being able to laugh at yourself is especially important.

[Xelbair]

We would first like to express our appreciation for your interest in
FINAL FANTASY XIV, and thank you for your application. It is our
pleasure to inform you that you have been selected for the role of
FINAL FANTASY XIV Beta Tester.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Requested testing platform: Windows PC

Game Login: Your Square Enix Account Login/Password
Tester Site ID/Password: Your Square Enix Account Login/Password
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Applicants selected as testers will be eligible to participate with
the beginning of the second stage of the Alpha Test.
We hope that you will continue to assist us in improving the game
throughout the entirety of the Alpha and Beta Tests.

This in my inbox.

[Kraco]

Windows PC? Maybe I can finally have a look at what these famous or infamous FF's are all about.

[darkshadow]

That won't do you any good, FF11 and FF14 are MMO's, they don't represent what FF is all about at all ;P.

[horse]

missing a day of work over the weekend, thinking I was fired. Went into work today, everything is good, I still have a job, and was scheduled to have today off anyway. :) (phone died last weekend, so no contact) almost got into an accident this morning cause I was so stressed about losing it, but all is good, and now I can relax at home and watch some shows :)

[XanBcoo]

I like your name, horse.

[Ryllharu]

Finally got upgraded to IE8 from IE6 at work.

Doesn't fix everything, but tabs are a godsend.

[Penner]

You're not allowed to use Firefox/Chrome? :P

[Xelbair]

Who with the sane mind lets people use IE?! especially at work...

[XanBcoo]

I had a really nice birthday today :).


Edit: Thank you to whoever told me I needed to display my dob on the forum. I is can read good. Though I don't remember blocking that information, and I've had birthday threads before.

[Marik]

This made me smile. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piWgr8co9hI)

Not only is he on the cover of 2K11, but he's playable as well. :)

[The Heretic Azazel]

I just found this picture of Orihime getting knocked up and then holding her stomach saying "I reject!" (to abort it) I'd post it but I wouldn't want to violate your precious no-porn rule. The FAQ says keep it tasteful and CLEARLY we have different perceptions of taste.

Something should be done about this.

[Buffalobiian]

I just found this picture of Orihime getting knocked up and then holding her stomach saying "I reject!" (to abort it) I'd post it but I wouldn't want to violate your precious no-porn rule. The FAQ says keep it tasteful and CLEARLY we have different perceptions of taste.

Something should be done about this.

You can always link it right?

I mean, as long as you're not posting every porn.jpeg you found that made you smile...

[The Heretic Azazel]

If I get the go ahead from a mod I will. The rules say no porn though.

[UChessmaster]

Someboy got confused and sent a text message to a wrong number, that number is mine, the text translated roughly says.

"wow, what a piece of shit, right after you fucked me, i wasn`t expecting that from you, what a humiliation, but i swear, you`ll regret it!"

Gramatical errors not included.

i answer his/her message saying "honestly? it`s cause you were so bad during sex."

[Penner]

Some guy made his own motion control (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-yR5ozxw4E)

That is some insanely impressive work, i see great things in his future.

[Kraco]

The original 12cm exhaust fan in my Antec case started to exhibit occasional rattling noises, prompting me to seek a solution by acquiring a new fan to replace it. I bought a Noctua fan (I already had an 8cm fan by Noctua). Damn, it's silent. I never realised how much that Antec fan had contributed to my computer's noise level, even when it was still new.

Quite a pricy fan, though. Actually very pricy considering it's just a fan. But the drop in the noise level removed any regrets I might have had.

[David75]

Someboy got confused and sent a text message to a wrong number, that number is mine, the text translated roughly says.

"wow, what a piece of shit, right after you fucked me, i wasn`t expecting that from you, what a humiliation, but i swear, you`ll regret it!"

Gramatical errors not included.

i answer his/her message saying "honestly? it`s cause you were so bad during sex."

Other answer:

"I don't even remember who you are, I can't remember every people I f*ck with"
:D

[Buffalobiian]

The original 12cm exhaust fan in my Antec case started to exhibit occasional rattling noises, prompting me to seek a solution by acquiring a new fan to replace it. I bought a Noctua fan (I already had an 8cm fan by Noctua). Damn, it's silent. I never realised how much that Antec fan had contributed to my computer's noise level, even when it was still new.

Quite a pricy fan, though. Actually very pricy considering it's just a fan. But the drop in the noise level removed any regrets I might have had.

Have you got the fan running on the full 12V, or did you plug in one of the Low Noise Adapters?

Noctua fans are pretty quiet indeed, though I still find running them without a low noise adapter to be still loud.

Apparently undervolting the stock Antec fans are pretty good too, but I haven't personally tried it.

[Kraco]

I decided to try running this on full 12V to gain some insight into its full noise level at first. But it was so nicely silent even at full rpm that I saw no reason to slow it down. I had the stock Antec also at full speed. My case isn't really any gamer's case, so I thought it's better to be safe than sorry. Despite being far more silent, I think this Noctua still moves no less air - if not more.

The model is NF-S12B FLX (http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=25&lng=en) if you are interested.

Although I didn't intend to start a computer part discussion in this thread... It just made me glad that my noisy computer got considerably more silent.

[fahoumh]

With the help of my cousin I was able to finish an assignment that when I first looked at it yesterday afternoon, seemed impossible.

[Penner]

What was the assignment? :O

[Xelbair]

Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer and Metallica at one stage one after another made me smile really hard!
I'm going to sleep - my neck hurts from headbanging too much to use pc..

[The Heretic Azazel]

I want to stab you in the fucking face Xel. I want to see that tour so bad.

Well except for Anthrax. Could have kept it as a thrash tour and replaced Anthrax with Exodus and Destruction.

[Xelbair]

The setlist was great too:
Anthrax:
1. Caught in a Mosh
2. Got the Time (Joe Jackson cover)
3. Indians
4. Antisocial (Trust cover)
5. Madhouse
6. Only
7. Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.)
8. I Am The Law

Megadeth:
1. Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
2. Hangar 18
3. Take No Prisoners
4. Five Magics
5. Poison Was the Cure
6. Lucretia
7. Tornado of Souls
8. Dawn Patrol
9. Rust in Peace... Polaris
10. Headcrushe
11. Sweating Bullets
12. Symphony Of Destruction
13. Peace Sells

Slayer
1. World Painted Blood
2. Jihad
3. War Ensemble
4. Hate Worldwide
5. Dead Skin Mask
6. Angel of Death
7. Beauty Through Order
8. Disciple
9. Mandatory Suicide
10. Chemical Warfare
11. South of Heaven
12. Raining Blood

Metallica:
1. Creeping Death
2. For Whom The Bell Tolls
3. Fue
4. The Four Horsemen
5. Fade To Black
6. That Was Just Your Life
7. Cyanide
8. Sad But True
9. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
10. All Nightmare Long
11. One
12. Master Of Puppets
13. Blackened
14. Nothing Else Matters
15. Enter Sandman
Encore:
16. Stone Cold Crazy (Queen cover)
17. Hit The Lights
18. Seek & Destroy

Pyrotechnical elements were awesome too - Flamethrowers at Fuel, Explosions and fireworks at One, and the big fireworks at, if i remember correctly, Enter Sandman.
I was late for Behemoth(queues for train tickets were so long and the special buses coursing from Central Station to the Bemowo Airfield started at 14 - and behemoth started soon after that).
There were also Helicopter Stunts shown - some guy was making barrel rolls, spirals etc.

P.S. After sleeping my neck hurts more...

[The Heretic Azazel]

Yeah when I saw Metallica do fuel live they almost burned my eyebrows off with the pyro. Man, Rust in Peace performed in its entirety.. I hate living in the asshole of the U.S. Fewer and fewer good acts are coming here and I still have to drive to Memphis to see them.

[Marik]

I got up this morning and went to the GameStop in the mall and was the first one to get the new Xbox 360 S there.

Xbox 360 S 250gb Console - $299.99
Xbox 360 16gb SanDisk Flash Drive - $69.99
4,000 Microsoft Points - $49.99
--
Total $4.41

That made me smile.

Edit. Good look at the new 360.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3774/welcome-to-valhalla-inside-the-new-250gb-xbox-360-slim/1

[XanBcoo]

I just helped convince a friend that a girl having sex with 9 guys over the course of her lifetime does not make her a slut.

Score for the continuing process of eradicating slut-shaming.

[Animeniax]

I just helped convince a friend that a girl having sex with 9 guys over the course of her lifetime does not make her a slut.

Score for the continuing process of eradicating slut-shaming.

Depends on how old she is and how long she's been sexually active. 9 in one year might make her a bit of a slut.

[XanBcoo]

Haha, Depends on your relative definition I guess. My point was not whether or not she was a "slut" in his eyes, but rather that having any amount of sex isn't a bad thing.

Having sex with one guy or wearing the "wrong" type of clothing can make you a slut in some circles, but it doesn't make it a valid criticism of a person's identity, and sexual promiscuity isn't inherently bad. Judgment of a person's behavior is 100% divorced from the amount of sex they have. At least, it should be.

In any case, I think I convinced my friend that this girl wasn't a disgusting, immoral tramp just because she had slept with more guys than he found acceptable by arbitrary standards.

[itadakimasu]

Just watched Full Metel Alchemist : Brotherhood 62 and it was f'ing awesome. The subbing was pretty bad but it was probably the best episode so far.

[fahoumh]

What was the assignment? :O
It was for a 3rd year accounting course. You had to explain the implications of a business's different accounts when moving from the current Canadian GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) to either the IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standard) or ASPE (Accounting Standards for Private Enterprise). Tons of fun.

[Penner]

Yeah... sounds hilarious. :D

[Dark Dragon]

USA winning 1-0, becoming group leader and advancing to the round of 16 in the World Cup.

[XanBcoo]

I was on the edge of my seat. That was an intense goal.

In the same vein, this interview made me laugh: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-becks-war-on-soccer-its-worse-than-curling/

Apparently the rest of the world is shoving soccer down "real" Americans' throats. WE DON'T WANT IT



(we actually do want it)

[Psyke]

Was watching the England game and waiting for the second goal which never came. Anyway I'm glad both the USA and England made it through.

[Animeniax]

I was assigned a bullshit work assignment today but it ended up being pretty awesome. Watched the World Cup all morning, practiced kanji, and got front-row view of all the incoming freshmen girls.

[XanBcoo]

I was assigned a bullshit work assignment today but it ended up being pretty awesome. Watched the World Cup all morning, practiced kanji, and got front-row view of all the incoming freshmen girls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo4kDrWBa6c#t=0m35s

[Animeniax]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo4kDrWBa6c#t=0m35s

That's cold-blooded man. Doesn't apply since I look like your typical 22 year old.

[Marik]

There's a load of people on PSU right now celebrating Sonic's 19th birthday. Sonic and Tails showed up on the 4th floor and people went nuts. Seeing so many people on PSU made me smile, because it hasn't been like that in a couple of years.

[Xelbair]

I picked up my BlazBlue today, and won my first online match with Nu-13 - against guy who was lvl 33!
Instant boost to lvl 10 :D

[rockmanj]

I attended a work ceremony with an open bar last night, which was interesting, to say the least. I was told that I was the center of someone's morality, then like an hour later ditched my coworkers for a shady hook-up.

[Buffalobiian]

Being (wrongly) accused of hacking (without consequence) feels so good. :D

[Marik]

I received an unexpected email from Microsoft that contained a code for 400 free Microsoft Points. I immediately used those points on NeoGeo Battle Coliseum.

[darkshadow]

nice one, NGBC is awesome btw.

[XanBcoo]

Dudes and hot ladies actually standing up and cheering/dancing/rocking the fuck out to my band tonight.

I've never played to such a responsive crowd.

[Marik]

This made me smile. (http://home.comcast.net/%7Esupergotenks/2K11.jpg)

Can't wait to play it.

[Xelbair]

I went to the shooting range today - I've shot 50 bullets using sports pistol, and 5 bullets from glock 17. God how i love glock! Its kick is awesome.

[Assertn]

This made me smile. (http://home.comcast.net/%7Esupergotenks/2K11.jpg)

Can't wait to play it.

"THE GREATEST OF ALL-TIME"?
That seems like a pretty big grammatical error. "all-time" is an adjective, and would be more applicable if it was worded as: "THE ALL-TIME GREATEST"

Otherwise "all-time" sounds like a noun, like "space-time."
Welcome, weary traveler, to the realm of all-time, where NBA 2K11 is THE greatest [game].

[itadakimasu]

I decided to change my tv package to save money. Currently have directv and it's around $120/month w\ basically every channel.

Wound up getting tv through Verizon Fios and bundling w\ my existing 10mbps/2mbps internet.

Final cost comes out to $100/month for the tv w\ hd dvr and 300+ channels and the internet speed gets bumped to 25mbps/25mbps! I can't wait to test it out.

[Penner]

Portable Nintendo64 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANdhSYaBKFg)

How cool is that?

[Buffalobiian]

That guy needs to make me a portable PS3.

[Penner]

Gundam Jet embarks on maiden voyage (http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/18/anas-gundam-jet-embarks-on-maiden-voyage-video/)

Made me smile a little :)

[depthcharge]

While we are talking about planes- 787 (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38298796/ns/business-us_business/)

I want to be a pilot one day.


You dont have to understand Chinese but I think it might help (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn-YesqzvNk&feature=player_embedded)

[darkshadow]

ragequit.....how much joy you give me (http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/2548/hahahaharagequit.jpg)

:D

[Death BOO Z]

That's no regular rage quit.
Akuma has killed the other player. through the network lines.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Today I was standing at the vending machine at work and I had a daydream. Me and a bunch of people were selections in a human vending machine. A guy put his money in and I came out, and he said "shit, I always get the bad one" and threw me away.

[XanBcoo]

My brother bought a vuvuzela. It's the gift that keeps on giving.

[Uchiha Barles]

How adorable is this? I could look at it all day.

http://emmy.eviltrailmix.com/BABYOTTERROLLING.gif

[Animeniax]

I 100% completed Red Dead Redemption today, and that made me smile. It also made me cry a little inside since it was 60 hours of my life of which I could have spent at least 30 hours doing something more productive and worthwhile.

[depthcharge]

Can you be proud or not? (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38382866/ns/business-bloomberg_businessweek/)

[complich8]

Smile: incredible shows up just in time for when it proves necessary.

[Animeniax]

Smile: incredible shows up just in time for when it proves necessary.

Did you need to make a phone call real bad?

People like to buy these super fancy phones when all they do with it is show it off 4% of the time, make calls 95% of the time, and use the other super features 1% of the time.

Not that I'm saying you're doing that.

[complich8]

I do less calling, more texting, and I've been trying to get a decent mobile web platform since my last phone purchase (which had a browser and a data plan, but was completely useless at actually websurfing). So this phone actually satisfies a big piece of what I wanted from my last phone and didn't get.

Besides, the showoff factor only lasts like .... two days. Pretty much once all your friends have seen it, that's done with.

Nah, the necessity was actually the 2 day power outage that my area got hit with. I got to stay online and do some work despite my whole county being pretty much dark... something my old phone wouldn't have been able to help me with at all.

[Penner]

The INTIMIDATOR: A Metal Puzzle That Transforms Into A .45 Caliber Muzzle Loading Pistol (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Po64G72gQo)

So. Awesome.

[Penner]

45 gigapixel photo of Dubai (http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/48492/) (Previous World Record)

70 gigapixel photo of Budapest (http://70gigapixel.cloudapp.net/index_en.html) (New World Record)

Pretty cool.

[Buffalobiian]

Enhance it!

[Animeniax]

Those are pretty cool, but why don't they take mega pictures of places that are actually interesting and beautiful?

[depthcharge]

A hamster and a wheel-Not (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm_zuQxOI5I&feature=player_embedded)

[Ryllharu]

A hamster and a wheel-Not (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm_zuQxOI5I&feature=player_embedded)That was really cool. Definitely got me wondering exact shape and weight the objects inside were to create that effect. An empty box wouldn't do that, nor would a full one with secured objects (like books).


My own: The house got rewired and brought up to code about a week ago. Spent a good hour figuring out what breaker (upgraded from fuses) goes to what again. There are still 3 complete mysteries.

[darkshadow]

Webgame trailer on GameTrailers (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/debut-trailer-burnin-rubber/702296)

Made me smile because I am part of its development :D.

[The Heretic Azazel]

I watched the movie Precious today. Incredibly funny even though it doesn't try to be.

[XanBcoo]

Every time I see the subtitle of that movie "Based on the novel Push by Sapphire" it makes me think of Sapphire from Gotwoot.

[Buffalobiian]

I bought a 2.5" 640GB external HDD for $89 today.

I thought it was a pretty sweet deal. Came with free delivery too (though it meant the delivery man woke me up bright and early.)

[depthcharge]

Overnight priority shipping? I wish I could get a couple of 2 TB hard drives.(hopefully for 80dollars each :)

[Kraco]

Overnight priority shipping? I wish I could get a couple of 2 TB hard drives.(hopefully for 80dollars each :)

You'd have to pay some drug addict to steal them to get them for that price.

I bought a 1TB external HD for 49€ on tuesday. In these parts that was a jolly good deal. Although the transfer speed through USB2 is annoyingly slow compared to the USB3 HD I built earlier, after all, even though I considered the USB3 also disappointingly slow when I was using it.

[Buffalobiian]

You'd have to pay some drug addict to steal them to get them for that price.

I bought a 1TB external HD for 49€ on tuesday. In these parts that was a jolly good deal. Although the transfer speed through USB2 is annoyingly slow compared to the USB3 HD I built earlier, after all, even though I considered the USB3 also disappointingly slow when I was using it.

What transfer speeds do you get using USB3?

I'm getting around 21MB/s write speed on this one (nah, it wasn't overnight.. took a day I think).

My price was only a little cheaper than what I can buy it for normally (and this "special" was from an otherwise generally expensive site), but it's still considered a pretty good buy here. That fact that I could have it with just a click or two made me buy it.

[fahoumh]

I didn't have time to make lunch this morning but my team got pizza so it kinda panned out nicely.

[Kraco]

I'm getting around 21MB/s write speed on this one (nah, it wasn't overnight.. took a day I think).

I'm also getting that same 21MB/s with the USB2 drive. The USB3 drive sports around 51MB/s. I was expecting it to give rates identical to those between internal drives, which are some 20MB/s more, at the very least (well, between my sata and old pata drives, anyway).

[depthcharge]

The preferred hippo! (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/38575783#38575783)

[XanBcoo]

That is incredibly cute.

I am opening for this band tonight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDAXltfj8-Y&feature=av2e

[Death BOO Z]

it came to my attention today, that because the bush family has a very limited imagination when it comes to names that Barbara Bush is the mother, wife, daughter and granddaughter of George Bush.

Texan pride...

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

That is incredibly cute.

I am opening for this band tonight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDAXltfj8-Y&feature=av2e

Thats cool, I remember liking them, well this song, when I was young.... and even then knew the difference between music with substance and soulless garbage.

Not sure why tho when I clicked the link I was expecting some deathcore screaming trashmetal. Seems like thats all anyone does these days. I think I know why, they cant express themselves and reflect their emotions and they need some way to get it out so they just scream. Either that or its just a pathetic trend they think makes you look badass.

I'm all for screaming over music it just needs to be done right, you need to build up to it and its gotta serve a purpose. A rollercoaster that just goes straight down forever cant be fun and only gonna take you to hell. Wow that was a pretty alright metaphor

you have any of your stuff online Xan?

[The Heretic Azazel]

Thats cool, I remember liking them, well this song, when I was young.... and even then knew the difference between music with substance and soulless garbage.

Clearly you didn't.

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

Yeah youre probly right.... I liked all kinds of nonsense back then. I listened to NOW THATS WHAT I CALL MUSIC in the 90's and the radio hahaha. But this was most assuredly "Alternative" to all that, which made it really stand out from the top of the pops. Lyrics aren't too profound but I like the second verse a lot. Its cool I can remember getting the same feeling from it, all those years ago, that I do now.

Nothings made me smile today so far.... albeit Azael's sig got a smirk out of me. Yesterday was a good day tho. Met this girl a while back I could tell we were into eachother right away. She had to get home early so we never talked after that. I had to come back to florida for a bit and that was that. Few weeks ago I guess our friend told her I was talking about her and she added me on facebook but didn't engage anything. Yesterday I felt like talking to someone and just got back into it with her right where we left off. Now I have something strong pulling me back towards Jersey.

And I learned Rocky Raccoon on the ol acoustical. Great song one of my top five beatles tracks. Now I can play 3 count em, 3, songs. Any suggestions what I should learn next? I been playing for a few months.

[Xelbair]

Lillium from elfen lied is a pretty good thing for training(especially if you are not into playing chords). It would be also wise to learn scales. I still have tab for it somewhere on the disk, and if i don't i could tab it out for you :P