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Nah, it doesn't crash my office PC. And the home PC crashes a lot even when I'm not playing BF4. Considering all the hate and angry comments I see about BF4, it's been quite stable and problem free for me. I had the same problem connecting to games like everyone else but that's apparently been resolved with the last patch. Now it's just little annoyances in the game but it rarely crashes. Knock on wood.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
My community practice class decided to order some custom shirts, we were given the option of choosing one shirt or two. AFTER we picked, the person in charge said that one shirt will cost 420$, so logically two shirts will cost... 560$. Can someone explain this fuckery?
What are these "custom" shirts?
Why did they not have the price beforehand?
Are these USD?
A) Just printed logo or somethingQuote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
B) Apparently it goes like this, if we reach 40 shirts we get a discount, we didn`t, but she decided it was "unfair" for those that picked two so she`s giving the discount to doubles while charging extra to singles. Beyond retarded in my opinion.
C) Dominican pesos, 400 = roughly 10 dollars.
Actually that's usually how it works, buy more -> save more. It encourages people to buy in volume.
Right, but you shouldn`t add extra weight to those that buy less. If you buy a shirt for 10 pesos and I decide to buy two, logically I should pay 20 pesos. Instead we`re charging 14 to whoever bought one, while whoever bought two ends up paying 8 per shirt, because we didn`t collectively achieved a discount we never qualified for in the first place (there`s only 20 of us, assuming EVERYONE would buy two is ridiculous.)
lol, domenican pesos. I just thought "wtf, a shirt for 420 Dollars? GTFO!"
Are Dominican pesos written with a $ sign? They aren't even called dollars.
It's the dollar sign.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
I heard once that the $ started as a symbol for pesos
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I've been without power for over 16 hours here in Augusta. Fuck this ice storm...
Hope you have a fireplace and maybe a gas generator.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marik
Would many layers of clothes suffice? The lack of hot food (I use electric stoves) would be the main torture for me.
And Internet too I suppose.
Do you have a bbq/grill and some propane or charcoal? That would take care of hot food, and the nostalgia and campiness of cooking over a fire would be fun family time. Keeping warm would be the least of my worries, what with a fireplace and warm clothing.
I've got a gas stove outside but I don't know if it works. Bbq is likely to be in worse condition. Last time this happened I drove out for takeout.
Uh...while the real threat is freezing to death (when lacking a fireplace/woodstove/kerosene heater), the biggest issue is having the water pipes in your house freeze and burst.
That's why extended power outages in the winter are so bad. A woodstove unfortunately isn't always enough to save the pipes in your residence, because they're usually in the basement or next to exterior walls. Once the pipe thaws, you're lucky if you don't lose a part of your home to severe water damage.
In the summer, an extended outage is an inconvenience. In the winter, it's a real danger.
Someone should invent a system to purge a house's water pipes for such a situation. I'll take 5% of profits for suggesting the idea.
Such systems have existed forever. Although regular residential properties might not have the lower and upper valves and suitable plumbing designed for it. Estates meant only to be used for a part of the year, usually the summer obviously, and left cold during winters may have been built so, especially in the past, unless they have automatic heating keeping either the whole building or just the pipes above 0C. The latter solution is increasingly popular (because it's so easy), but like Ryll said, if power disappears for days during a cold period, then the owner will become familiar with filling insurance claim forms.Quote:
Originally Posted by Animeniax
Another idea I have is a house switch to divert grey water from the return pipes into a tank that you can use to water your lawn. This would only divert water from sinks and maybe the shower/bathtub, not the toilet for obvious reasons. While I think this idea isn't new either, making them feasible and cost effective for the average single family home could be big money. Once again, I'll take 5% for suggesting it.