The Bitching Thread

[Buffalobiian]

Company blocking stuff

Do they have any open proxies unblocked? If not, you can always try them.

@Killa-Eyez: I haven't got any nice things to say, besides that the Bitching Thread's always open for ya. Unless we get fed up of your personality and ban you



j/k Like Ani said, starting fresh yet knowing you've got good friends to lean on sounds like a refreshing idea. Endure and build on those experiences. As someone once said, anything that doesn't kill you will make you stronger.


(There are exceptions, but heck, fuck exceptions)

[Death BOO Z]

it's probably the best for you, Killaz.

fuck your old life if you didn't like them, you're talented enough to start a new ones.

[Killa-Eyez]

My thoughts exactly guys. I currently live in The Hague and lived since I got out of the children's home. Only got bad memories here. While in the children's home I lived in Rotterdam and I had a good childhood there. It's where my best friend lives, so I'll be good.
Thanks for showing your support!

[saman]

three days ago, i got a call for an interview at med school at my university. since then, i've been freaking out almost constantly. i can't sleep because my head keeps going through interview scenarios, and i can't eat because just thinking about it makes my appetite vanish.

actually, the interview itself is not my biggest worry. that i know i can do well on, provided i'm prepared. i'm just freaking out at the prospect of not getting in, considering my grades. getting in would be the best thing that may ever happen to me, and not getting in would break my heart.

it's going be a looong four months.

[Animeniax]

Do they have any open proxies unblocked? If not, you can always try them.

They have all the main proxies blocked, they're very thorough. Some guys I know have cgi proxies but those are unreliable and get shut down all the time.

I found out today that theonion.com is blocked now! Could be a last straw for me...

[itadakimasu]

i'm running xp-64 on my computer and my wifes also. Itunes wasn't recognizing my wifes itouch, so i found a work-around that involved editing a few lines of code in the msi file. it worked fine, but I made the mistake of updating the itouch and the damn thing is bricked.

i'm glad i didn't use my iphone first... supposedly you can plug it into a 32-bit OS and restore it w\ itunes. On 64 it just comes up as a generic usb device and won't load any drivers : (

f*#ing apple...

[RyougaZell]

My company has gone communist with blocking internet sites this week, due to supposed continued (and erroneously reported) network abuse..

Welcome to my world.

At least our 'security executive' had to change from Websense to Iprism because it was too expensive. Iprism is easier to bypass.

[itadakimasu]

if we were going to block web traffic, I'd probably be the person tasked w\ setting it all up anyhow

we were looking into websense at one point but for a small company its way too expensive.

[Animeniax]

Welcome to my world.

At least our 'security executive' had to change from Websense to Iprism because it was too expensive. Iprism is easier to bypass.

They use Smartfilter at my company. I've checked around, seems pretty difficult to bypass, or I don't know much about network security. It's another nail in the coffin in my time at this company and in this place. Considering I'm in the IT department, exceptions should be made .

[RyougaZell]

Part of a followup to your post Ani, and part bitching.

Iprism was placed, and while its easier to bypass, I think the security guy is an asshole.

The initial placement of Websense was because they didn't want us browsing for Football pages (Soccer for the americans) during the last World Cup. Then they left it there because they didn't want us browsing info on the Local Cups.

Now with Iprism in place all the damn Football pages are open while the Videogame pages are blocked. WTF?? This is Mexico damn it!! 99% of the employes browse Football while only about 30~40% of the employees browse videogames. He is an idiot. Period.

[Animeniax]

So is the security guy not a fan of video games? I've never trusted people in IT who don't like video games.

My current bitch: the DVD drive on the X360 is on the fritz and has been for a few days. It won't read disks and claims the disk is dirty or can't be played. Checking around it's a well known problem with X360 DVD drives. I have the Samsung 943A which is cool since it's supposedly easy to replace. The past few mornings I have had to open and close the DVD door and power the unit on and off several times to get it to read the disk. This morning nothing is helping, it won't fire up NFS: Most Wanted. Sigh.

[Buffalobiian]

I just found out I've got an extra course per semester to do this year, which is a bitch. Our practical placements also start in semester 1, rather than just semester 2, meaning coughing out 4-6 hours of unpaid "experience work" each week for who knows how long.

Oh, and after not running at all for like 3 months and not playing a serious game of soccer in 2 years, I barely lasted 15mins into the game. That sucks too.

[KitKat]

Oh, and after not running at all for like 3 months and not playing a serious game of soccer in 2 years, I barely lasted 15mins into the game. That sucks too.

A friend of mine is trying to convince me to join his soccer league, because they need more girls on the team. I'm considering it, but I know if I do the first few weeks are going to be really rough, since I haven't played at all in a few years. Ganbatte Bill!

My current depressing news is that I can't afford to pay my tuition that's due on Monday. I have maybe enough money in my bank account to buy groceries for the next two weeks. Looks like I'm going to be taking out another loan. I really need a job. *sigh*

[Munsu]

Do a bake sale.

[Nadouku]

My friends and I decided to order pizza from Pizza Hut after we played some games and were hungry. We ordered the Family Fest and they said, "Alrighty, your order will be there in about 30 minutes." One hour has passed, and I decided to give them a call. "Oh, sorry, we forgot to send out your order. Okay, we'll be there in 30 minutes, pronto." Another hour has passed, and my friend decided to lay some steam on the Pizza Hut. We drove up there and guess what? Pizza Hut was freaking closed. We decided to eat somewhere else afterwards.

[Kraco]

Haha. You should call the Pizza Hut main headquarters and suggest they grant that particular restaurant an award for superb customer service.

Edit: I have actually eaten only once at Pizza Hut (in Stockholm), and that time me and a buddy ordered small sized pizzas, they brought medium size by mistake. Naturally we only paid for small. So, I don't personally have anything to complain about.

[RyougaZell]

If I ever want to eat a good and hot pizza I end up buying it directly in the restaurant because their customer service plainly sucks. They never deliver on time, claim they did and deliver the product cold.

[Buffalobiian]

They never deliver on time, claim they did and deliver the product cold.

We do

[RyougaZell]

We do

You aren't here on Mexico Bill

(check your pms)

[itadakimasu]

They have pizza hut in mexico ?

The last time I personally dealt w\ pizza hut, we'd just got back in town from a 12+ hour drive and decided it would be faster to pick it up.... Wrong. I gave them a good 15-20 minutes before I got there and then waited 15 minutes and no sign of any service at all.