Negative Events & Occurences

[Xinos]

Tell me about it. I've been ill since Tuesday. I thought was fine yesterday, went to school even, but tonight the fever returned, so I'm staying home again. Ughh, I feel like crap.

[Paul.Power]

I just came back from a horrible one-week flu! Diseases all around!

Well you're in luck, I haven't played the quarter-final match yet.

Also, yay :)

[Star Worms]

Tell me about it. I've been ill since Tuesday. I thought was fine yesterday, went to school even, but tonight the fever returned, so I'm staying home again. Ughh, I feel like crap.

I'm thinking I didn't have swine flu now. I had all the symptoms except for vomiting, but now I'm fine (except for a cough). The online system said I had swine flu and should take antiviral drugs.

[Akuryou13]

correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the symptoms of swine flu pretty much the same for any major illness up until the point where the last symptoms kick in and you have one extra beyond normal flu/cold/whatever illness?

[Zero72]

Pretty much, I think. I remember hearing that if you start noticing flu-like symptoms, don't bother with over-the-counter stuff, go directly to a hospital.

[SargeMcCluck]

Swine flu, from my experience, was a wussy version of regular influensa. It was definitely not worse than it.

[Akuryou13]

Swine flu, from my experience, was a wussy version of regular influensa. It was definitely not worse than it.that's what I keep hearing, but then it goes and kills someone.

[Xinos]

that's what I keep hearing, but then it goes and kills someone.

People die of regular flu too.

[Akuryou13]

People die of regular flu too.right, but not that often these days. I've heard a fair number of swine flu deaths.

[thomasp]

I thought an awful lot of people (predominantly the elderly) die each year from flu. Like tens or hundreds of thousands worldwide per year.

[Alien King]

right, but not that often these days. I've heard a fair number of swine flu deaths.

Only because people make a fuss over it.
The majority of swine flu victims experience very mild symptoms. It's only a small minority it kills.
More die from seasonal flu each year than have from swine flu I think.*

Basically, you either suffer marginally or die.


*I'm having a hard time finding numbers.

[Akuryou13]

I thought an awful lot of people (predominantly the elderly) die each year from flu. Like tens or hundreds of thousands worldwide per year.elderly I would imagine do. I'm talking about in general. I've heard a fair enough number of people not far off my own age die from it, which I never hear about from normal flu.

of course it may just be a side effect of the general panic surrounding the disease.

[Alien King]

elderly I would imagine do. I'm talking about in general. I've heard a fair enough number of people not far off my own age die from it, which I never hear about from normal flu.

In the earlier days of the outbreak, some suggested it could cause a cytokine storm, that's were your immune system basically goes crazy and kills you. Hence those with a stronger immune system would be more likely to die.

But the younger people who I have heard of who died have usually had medical problems or something. Similar people probably die from typical flu, but nobody gives a damn.

[bloopy]

elderly I would imagine do. I'm talking about in general. I've heard a fair enough number of people not far off my own age die from it, which I never hear about from normal flu.

of course it may just be a side effect of the general panic surrounding the disease.

That's exactly what it is. Regular flu simply isn't newsworthy. I don't know which flu is killing more these days, but I imagine older strains of flu find it harder to spread as people develop immunity.

I'm hearing about how flu vaccines have a corporate agenda behind them, so the media has reasons for trying to make us panic. One interesting thing is that flu vaccines are supposedly less effective in unhealthy people, ie. the people who are likely to die from flu. The main reason for a healthy person to get a flu shot is to stop the spread of the virus rather than to protect their own life.

[Star Worms]

Pretty much, I think. I remember hearing that if you start noticing flu-like symptoms, don't bother with over-the-counter stuff, go directly to a hospital.

We're told to stay clear of hospitals and doctors if we have the flu (unless it's serious).

Walking into hospital with a contagious disease they can do nothing about is going to do wonders for already poorly patients.

[Vader]

If people exposed themselves to more filth at an early age they'd all have as great an immune system as I do. I rarely get ill and if I do it's horrendously bad which to my mind is a sign that 98% of the time I am simply brushing off things which make most people sick.

There should be a ban on all these 99.9% effective surface cleaners and stuff. Live in filth, be healthy. It's simple and cheap.

[Zero72]

If people exposed themselves to more filth at an early age they'd all have as great an immune system as I do. I rarely get ill and if I do it's horrendously bad which to my mind is a sign that 98% of the time I am simply brushing off things which make most people sick.

There should be a ban on all these 99.9% effective surface cleaners and stuff. Live in filth, be healthy. It's simple and cheap."...And now I've got a super goddamn immune system. I could lick the floor under a truck stop urinal."

[thomasp]

If people exposed themselves to more filth at an early age they'd all have as great an immune system as I do. I rarely get ill and if I do it's horrendously bad which to my mind is a sign that 98% of the time I am simply brushing off things which make most people sick.

There should be a ban on all these 99.9% effective surface cleaners and stuff. Live in filth, be healthy. It's simple and cheap.
Did you steal that off BBC News today? :p

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8373690.stm

[Alien King]

So apparently my postcode is under investigation by the TV Licensing people.

"Enquiry officers will be visiting unlicensed student accomodation from 01.11.09"

I doubt it. Especially since it's now the 23rd.
This letter neglects to tell me what to do if I don't need a TV License either, but meh.

[thomasp]

TV Licensing officials don't have power to enter your property though - just shut the door in their face and tell them to come back when they've got a court warrant. Irrespective of whether you are watching TV (legally/illegally) or not.

[SomePerson]

If people exposed themselves to more filth at an early age they'd all have as great an immune system as I do. I rarely get ill and if I do it's horrendously bad which to my mind is a sign that 98% of the time I am simply brushing off things which make most people sick.

There should be a ban on all these 99.9% effective surface cleaners and stuff. Live in filth, be healthy. It's simple and cheap.

I agree 100%.

[FutureWorm]

So apparently my postcode is under investigation by the TV Licensing people.

"Enquiry officers will be visiting unlicensed student accomodation from 01.11.09"

I doubt it. Especially since it's now the 23rd.
This letter neglects to tell me what to do if I don't need a TV License either, but meh.
what does tv licensing even mean

[Alien King]

what does tv licensing even mean

I have to pay someone too much money to watch TV legally.

[bloopy]

Did you steal that off BBC News today? :p

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8373690.stm

I for one look forward to the availability of Staphylococci Hand Cream.

[thomasp]

what does tv licensing even mean
For the benefit of getting some advert-free channels (BBC channels), we have to pay stupidly high sums of money to a waste-of-time government corporation that will then spend most of that money sending threatening letters to students who don't have TVs trying to scare them into buying a TV license.

[Paul.Power]

On the other hand, it's worth every penny just making Rupert Murdoch go FFFFFFFFFFFFFF

A high-quality advert-free website and radio service and the occasional good program like Doctor Who and Last Chance to See are nice bonuses, too.

[Star Worms]

I'm legally allowed to watch TV if I walk into my living room, but if I watch it in my bedroom it's illegal.

[SargeMcCluck]

So apparently my postcode is under investigation by the TV Licensing people.

"Enquiry officers will be visiting unlicensed student accomodation from 01.11.09"

I doubt it. Especially since it's now the 23rd.
This letter neglects to tell me what to do if I don't need a TV License either, but meh.

Just write them a letter saying that you don't own a TV, radio or watch iPlayer.


TV Licensing officials don't have power to enter your property though - just shut the door in their face and tell them to come back when they've got a court warrant. Irrespective of whether you are watching TV (legally/illegally) or not.

Or just be polite and inform them. You know, spend 2 minutes to stop them wasting the money you keep complaining they waste, instead of being unhelpful and as such, assisting with the wasteful spending.


On the other hand, it's worth every penny just making Rupert Murdoch go FFFFFFFFFFFFFF

A high-quality advert-free website and radio service and the occasional good program like Doctor Who and Last Chance to See are nice bonuses, too.

This.


Seriously, the BBC is world renowned for it's quality. If you really don't own a TV, just let them know and it's okay. If you do, stop feeling entitled to TV (it's not a right) and pay up.

[MrBunsy]

Or just be polite and inform them. You know, spend 2 minutes to stop them wasting the money you keep complaining they waste, instead of being unhelpful and as such, assisting with the wasteful spending.

I've heard far too many stories of them ignoring whatever you say for that to be of any use. Far more amusing to just let them waste their time and energy.

[SargeMcCluck]

I got one of those letters, followed the instructions and never heard from them again.

I don't think it's funny personally, just a waste of time and money.

[thomasp]

Just write them a letter saying that you don't own a TV, radio or watch iPlayer.

iPlayer's fine as long as you don't watch the live stuff. I also believe you don't need a license if you just listen to the radio.

Or just be polite and inform them. You know, spend 2 minutes to stop them wasting the money you keep complaining they waste, instead of being unhelpful and as such, assisting with the wasteful spending.

After less than a year, they start sending the letters again telling you that you're watching TV illegally. The letters they send (and I've had many after living in uni halls for the last four years, without a TV, and only watching non-live transmissions on iPlayer) basically say you're guilty until proven innocent and are usually of a very aggressive tone, and get more aggressive as the academic year progresses. And involve phoning a 45p/min number (if I remember rightly) to attempt to get yourself listed as not having a telly.


The thing I hate about the TV license is that they don't do a discounted rate for students living in halls of residence, where each room has to have an individual TV license, whereas a shared house with 5+ students living in it can get by with just one.


For the record, I don't mind the TV license, I just dislike the way they bully students into buying one when they most likely don't need one.

[Xinos]

I had a TV but I never watched it, so I had to lie to them about me not having one. I'm not paying a license to play on my PS2 and GameCube..

I had been sharing the place with some classmates and one of them, David, had just moved out, so I told them it was his TV. Totally not expecting them to call me up one morning and ask for contact details so they could move the license to him :p
But I mentioned he moved back to his parents so they gave up!

[SargeMcCluck]

iPlayer's fine as long as you don't watch the live stuff. I also believe you don't need a license if you just listen to the radio.

Right you are.


After less than a year, they start sending the letters again telling you that you're watching TV illegally. The letters they send (and I've had many after living in uni halls for the last four years, without a TV, and only watching non-live transmissions on iPlayer) basically say you're guilty until proven innocent and are usually of a very aggressive tone, and get more aggressive as the academic year progresses. And involve phoning a 45p/min number (if I remember rightly) to attempt to get yourself listed as not having a telly.


The thing I hate about the TV license is that they don't do a discounted rate for students living in halls of residence, where each room has to have an individual TV license, whereas a shared house with 5+ students living in it can get by with just one.


For the record, I don't mind the TV license, I just dislike the way they bully students into buying one when they most likely don't need one.

I've seen the letters, but I lived in a student dorm and only had the one. Maybe I was lucky, I dunno.

[thomasp]

For the last three years I was getting one every other month and they do get more threatening, trust me! And more red!

[MtlAngelus]

Oh, the drama!

One of our employees(name's Heriberto), who has been working here for over 10 years now, has apparently been stealing from us for the past couple of months.

The guy has never been much of a model employee. He's always been rather reluctant to do his work, often giving a stink eye when asked to do something. It doesn't help that my grandfather and aunts are extremely short tempered people. His relationship with them for almost the entirety of his employment has consisted of getting shouted at, sometimes even for rather petty reasons.

In the past two years tho, this has rather changed. After my aunt died from cancer, my other two aunts hired a salesman. Given he's an excellent salesman this has considerably increased our workload(and income). My brother and I also started working here about the same time, and all this has contributed to change our relationship with our employees. Earlier this year, we realized we needed someone to take care of weighing outgoing merchandise. This was previously done by whoever was in the cash register(either one of my aunts, me or my brother), but with the increased workload it usually led to mistakes because it was difficult handling transactions with customers while keeping track of outgoing merchandise. So we started trusting Heriberto with this task. And he had been doing a pretty good job at it. But yesterday, one of our temp workers(Saul, a guy we hire on a per-day basis depending on how much merchandise we receive) told us that Heriberto sent him to deliver merchandise to someone we haven't sold anything before without writing it down, and later in the day saw him go over there to charge for this merchandise(he told us this because he thought it was fishy and didn't want to get involved in any problems).

Heriberto took a day off today, so we sent Saul over to the place he delivered the merchandise two days ago to charge for the merchandise "in behalf of Heriberto". Meanwhile, our salesman was there pretending to be a customer and recorded the conversation. The guy who received the merchandise said he would pay later because he still hadn't received full payment for it. Our salesman jumped in at that point and started interrogating the guy. Apparently, Heriberto has sent him merchandise at least in other four occasions. Another of our employees also confirmed Heriberto has been doing fishy stuff for a while even with other regular customers.

Needless to say, we're letting him go tomorrow. Problem is, we also employ his brother and his father(who is nearly retired. They both have been employed here longer than Heriberto), who will most likely make a fuss about this. My aunt wants to just fire all three of them. Whole thing is just a shame, really.

[Melon]

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8937/grubrage.png
Well now that's annoying.

EDIT: Yes this is truly worthy of being in this thread.

[Xinos]

Well now that's annoying.

EDIT: Yes this is truly worthy of being in this thread.

Ugh yeah that happened to me too, and it was also two that I missed if I remember correctly. Got the gnome into space though!

[MtlAngelus]

Got the gnome into space too, in my first play-through. On retrospect, I should have left that endeavor for another play-through, it kinda marred my first experience with that game. :p

And I missed one grub.

[SomePerson]

I have no idea what game is being discussed here.

[MtlAngelus]

I have no idea what game is being discussed here.

Half-Life 2: Episode 2

Also: shaaaaaaameeeeeee.

[Xinos]

So I've been noticing that one of my harddrives has been acting up over the last two months, give or take some time, and I suspected it to be my windows disk because my OS would freeze randomly and when Photoshop does it's cache dump all programs lock up for a long time. Then the other day I got bluescreens whenever I tried to boot Windows 7, but my Vista still worked which is on the same drive. So, I bought a new harddrive yesterday to replace it before it completely breaks down. I backed up all my stuff to another drive, took it out and replaced it. All done, I plug in the power cord to my PC again and the power supply dies! Awesome timing! So now I gotta go buy a new one. :(

[Xinos]

Well the new PSU seems to work. Though when the computer is supposed to restart it makes a BLIPP sound just as it shuts off and doesn't boot again, so I need to press the power button. Not sure if that has anything to do with the new problem, which is that my computer now overheats and reaches 90 degrees C. Wooho! I had to remove the heatsink to swap the PSU's and I think that ruined the thermal paste. Patches of it was stuck on the heatsink and some on the CPU (it was already applied to the heatsink when I bought it, so it was probably not very good). At least now I don't blame the new PSU anymore for 'randomly' shutting off the computer.

Tomorrow I'll have to buy some of that stuff then, and I'm also gonna check my eyesight because my glasses are crap (these glasses, they do nothing!).
It's gonna be awesome not having to squint at everything :D

[SargeMcCluck]

Thermal paste is always applied to the base of a heatsink, it's not a sign that the paste is low quality. However, you should always remove the paste and reapply fresh when you lift the heatsink off of the processor.

It's cheap to buy, though. Don't put too much on, that can be just as bad as too little.

Oh, and check if your broken HDD is under warranty. I've had three Seagate drives replaced thanks to that.

[worMatty]

Oh, and check if your broken HDD is under warranty. I've had three Seagate drives replaced thanks to that.

Manufacturer's warranty he means.

[Alien King]

I am now using my old CRT screen.

It's all so damn small.

[FutureWorm]

I am now using my old CRT screen.

It's all so damn small.
gross. be sure to lower your resolution and crank up the refresh rate

[Alien King]

gross. be sure to lower your resolution and crank up the refresh rate

If I lower the resolution, I won't be able to see everything on my Desktop.

[SomePerson]

then don't put so much stuff on your desktop...:p

[worMatty]

then don't put so much stuff on your desktop...:p

(y) Matthew Hills likes this.

[MtlAngelus]

Keep having issues with my iMac, even after repairing the disk and re-installing the OS. As of right now, I can't load Mac OS X, it stays in the while screen with the tiny spinning wheel. I have no problems loading my win7 partition tho. Win7 seems to work fine except for the odd crash every now and then after I've been gaming for a while or after the computer has been suspended for a while.

I suspect it's the HDD, I suppose I'll have to get it checked. T_T

[MrBunsy]

My house in Southampton is heated with storage heaters. Storage heaters only work if you turn them on the night before you want heat, I've just got back after staying with my parents for Christmas and so the heaters had been off. It's damn cold.

On the plus side, my laptop is now idling at the lowest temperature ever of 40C. 15C lower than usual :P


Edit: just found a solution to keep my hands warm - old fashioned light bulb in a desk lamp pointed at keyboard :D

[Xinos]

Put your laptop on your lap top?

[MrBunsy]

Didn't think of that. Doesn't matter now though, had the storage heater on full overnight and it's now bearable in here.

[Paul.Power]

Food poisoning :(

I'm over the worst of it, but still feeling a bit edgy.

Not a great way to start the new year.

[Akuryou13]

Food poisoning :(

I'm over the worst of it, but still feeling a bit edgy.

Not a great way to start the new year.try my Tract Infection....

[Pigbuster]

http://pigbuster.deviantart.com/journal/29447901/

FUN TIMES WITH HOUSE FIRES! :eek::(:eek::(

It really wasn't that bad, thank goodness, but it still leaves me with that weird "My house was just on fire" feeling. More weirded out than freaked out, or something.

[Akuryou13]

I'm amused by the irony of a cat named Toasty in this situation :D

[Zero72]

Damn, man. Good thing the firedudes were so quick to respond.

[thomasp]

http://pigbuster.deviantart.com/journal/29447901/

FUN TIMES WITH HOUSE FIRES! :eek::(:eek::(

It really wasn't that bad, thank goodness, but it still leaves me with that weird "My house was just on fire" feeling. More weirded out than freaked out, or something.
"Playing" really needed to be "with FIRE!!!", rather than 'Shadow Complex' :p

[Melon]

http://pigbuster.deviantart.com/journal/29447901/

FUN TIMES WITH HOUSE FIRES! :eek::(:eek::(

It really wasn't that bad, thank goodness, but it still leaves me with that weird "My house was just on fire" feeling. More weirded out than freaked out, or something.
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=33041

[FutureWorm]

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=33041
that was a good thread

[Slick]

Umm...

*cough*

So all the drama with my g/f is over. Well pretty much. We said f*** off to all the people wanting to tell us otherwise. Annnnd she got kicked out of the other place she was staying because we decided to continue seeing eachother.
So she lives at my house now, which has caused me to pretty much move out for the time being so she has a room and place to stay.
So I've been staying with sort of a 'friend of the family' - that is a lonely old man who likes to talk. I have to drive about 40 extra miles every day if I want to see her or be home to get away from the guy I'm staying with for right now.
So no complaints really... it's just a lot harder than it has been financial wise. My job is going down the ****ter.... and I've been looking for full time work for a looooooong time.
I've been trying to do Home Theater installation... but it's just that no one is hiring worth crap.

So my life has been turned upside down and inside out with living conditions. I don't really mind it... I can handle it. But it's hard. And even though things are harder in this aspect now, it's a lot better than hiding our relationship and being miserable every waking second of the day.

I need a job badly... I'm even really thinking by the end of next week I'm going to go back to my old factory job making Guitar Strings and beg for a job back... even though that job sucked big time... i really need the money and I don't even care if it's second shift. :/ I need it... and badly.

[Akuryou13]

So my life has been turned upside down and inside out with living conditions. I don't really mind it... I can handle it. But it's hard. And even though things are harder in this aspect now, it's a lot better than hiding our relationship and being miserable every waking second of the day.steel isn't forged in cotton. hardships make you a stronger person.

good to hear you're doing better, though!

[MtlAngelus]

WAT.

Today, I decided to go trade some 360 games for some PS3 games.

I took a bus, got off just outside of the central metro station. The place I was going to is a couple of blocks from there.

So there was me, happily walking, when suddenly I spot something brown-ish on the corner of my eye. It was large. I focus my sight and... naked fat crazy lady. X_X

She was just walking there, naked. She looked angry. She then crossed the street despite the stoplight being green, causing several vehicles to stop, also possibly burning their drivers's retinas in the process.

[Akuryou13]

WAT.

Today, I decided to go trade some 360 games for some PS3 games.

I took a bus, got off just outside of the central metro station. The place I was going to is a couple of blocks from there.

So there was me, happily walking, when suddenly I spot something brown-ish on the corner of my eye. It was large. I focus my sight and... naked fat crazy lady. X_X

She was just walking there, naked. She looked angry. She then crossed the street despite the stoplight being green, causing several vehicles to stop, also possibly burning their drivers's retinas in the process. that is awesome :cool:

btw, what city do you go to get games and such? i'm curious.

[MtlAngelus]

that is awesome :cool:

btw, what city do you go to get games and such? i'm curious.
That depends. If I'm looking for new games, I import them from Laredo, Texas through someone else who goes there every week. When I want to trade games or buy used games I go somewhere in the same city I live on (Monterrey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterrey)).

[Akuryou13]

That depends. If I'm looking for new games, I import them from Laredo, Texas through someone else who goes there every week. When I want to trade games or buy used games I go somewhere in the same city I live on (Monterrey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterrey)).was Laredo I was curious about. just been kinda wondering. ignore me :p

[Zero72]

Turns out there's a lot more wrong with my car than the alternator as I initially thought -- the brakes are almost totally rotten too all of a sudden, and the whole thing, from a completely reputable independant garage, will cost me somewhere in the $2800 neck of the woods to repair. Ouch, says my unemployed wallet.

Oh well. It's a Nissan. Fix it up now and it'll be happy for years.

[Alien King]

And so it came to pass that in my drunken haste I bought a Pineapple and Ham Pizza instead of Mushroom and Ham.
It is as appealing as I expected, which is I assure you, not praise.

Although I suppose I am eating it, which says something.

[Akuryou13]

And so it came to pass that in my drunken haste I bought a Pineapple and Ham Pizza instead of Mushroom and Ham.
It is as appealing as I expected, which is I assure you, not praise.

Although I suppose I am eating it, which says something.well that's what you get for eating a FRUIT on a pizza, ffs...

[MrBunsy]

Tomato? :p

[SargeMcCluck]

I sat here this morning thinking "who will be the first to say tomato is a fruit?"

Now I have my answer!

[Akuryou13]

Tomato? :p *headdesk*

everyone knows tomatoes don't count. they're some sort of mutant vegetable. they're like a fruigetable. :p

[SargeMcCluck]

Cucumbers, courgettes, peas (or, to be accurate, a pea pod, the peas themselves are seeds) and many more vegetables are actually fruits. If it has seeds, it's a fruit.

However, this is all botanically. In the culinary arts, however, they are for all intents and purposes, vegetables, and this includes tomato.

[SomePerson]

ur a fruit!!!1 lololol

[AndrewTaylor]

well that's what you get for eating a FRUIT on a pizza, ffs...

That's begging the question somewhat considering pineapple is the only fruit frequently put on pizzas.

[SargeMcCluck]

Computer suddenly turned off. Turned it on again: turned off during the BIOS. Finally got into the BIOS setup - CPU temp 105C. Opened the case, the case fan is spinning at about 180RPM (was so slow I could count the rotations). On my old, crappy laptop.

Also, while that was happening, an eBay auction that was ending soon went up from £25 to around £100 and out of my price range. Damnit!

[Paul.Power]

Computer suddenly turned off. Turned it on again: turned off during the BIOS. Finally got into the BIOS setup - CPU temp 105C. Opened the case, the case fan is spinning at about 180RPM (was so slow I could count the rotations). On my old, crappy laptop.

Also, while that was happening, an eBay auction that was ending soon went up from £25 to around £100 and out of my price range. Damnit!

Join the club. Although my laptop's not getting as hot now that we've vacuumed out the dust from the fans.

[SargeMcCluck]

I should clarify that "on my old, crappy laptop" meant that I am NOW on my old, crappy laptop. My desktop's the one that's had the fan fry, so I just need to buy a replacement.

Unfortunately, we've just had a snowstorm and at the moment you can't even see the roads, so going to town isn't really an option.

[MrBunsy]

I had a rather clunky solution to this problem. 5V from the usb keeps it below 50C during normal use and a 12V supply is needed for games to keep it below 70C

http://www.lukewallin.co.uk/images/my_laptop_fan_small.jpg (http://www.lukewallin.co.uk/images/my_laptop_fan.jpg)

[Alien King]

I should clarify that "on my old, crappy laptop" meant that I am NOW on my old, crappy laptop. My desktop's the one that's had the fan fry, so I just need to buy a replacement.

Take the side of the case off.
Find a household fan.
Done.

[SargeMcCluck]

Hah. That'd work if a case fan was broken, or something. However, a household fan cannot even approach a tiny amount of the cooling power of a heatsink & fan. The CPU hits over 100C within 30 seconds of turning the PC on from cold. No household fan will change that.

[Alien King]

I missed the CPU bit.
There is something clearly wrong with your case fan though if it rotates a mere 3 times a second.

Were you referring to the fan actually connected to the CPU over the heatsink?

[SargeMcCluck]

Yes, the fan that is directly connected to the heatsink made a loud noise, then my PC turned off. I managed to check the CPU temp, and it was far too high. Then I opened the case, and saw how slowly the fan was turning. I removed the heatsink, and tried turning the fan manually to see how it felt, and there was extreme resistance. I took the fan apart, and can't figure out _what_ is causing the resistance.

Anyway, I'll just buy a new heatsink in a few days.

[Zero72]

The space bar on my laptop seems to be slowly going bad.

At least on the left side, which I always use.

[Alien King]

Integration is annoying.
Multiple integration is very annoying and somewhat difficult.

Learning how to do it from a worksheet in one evening* and answering absurd questions borders on the impossible.

*Let's ignore for the moment that I've had two weeks to do this and have only just started.

[thomasp]

Integration isn't annoying, its great fun :D

But then I am doing an engineering PhD, so am therefore not a normal person...

[Alien King]

Integration isn't annoying, its great fun :D

But then I am doing an engineering PhD, so am therefore not a normal person...

And I'm a first year undergrad studying Maths and Physics. :p.
I have yet to sink to such feats of abnormality.

[thomasp]

And I'm a first year undergrad studying Maths and Physics. :p.
I have yet to sink to such feats of abnormality.
It'll come :p

[Alien King]

It'll come :p

I have no doubt...


Bleh, annoying question. Considering the transformation x+y=u, y=uv, evaluate

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/7695/integral01.png

Not sure if I should get dydx = ududv or udvdu (or if it should be -u... or even if I can properly work out a Jacobian Matrix...).


Edit: Finally got (e-1)/2 which looks better than the previous 1/2.

[SupSuper]

Ugh integrals make me sick.

[AndrewTaylor]

Impressively, you have stumped Wolfram.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=int+int+e^(y/(y%2Bx))+dy,+y%3D0..1-x+dx,+x%3D0..1

[Alien King]

Impressively, you have stumped Wolfram.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=int+int+e^(y/(y%2Bx))+dy,+y%3D0..1-x+dx,+x%3D0..1

...
And that was a question I could do.

[FutureWorm]

"hey, looks like you've overdrafted! we'll allow that charge to clear, and then we'll charge you $25 for overdrafting plus another $33 for the actual transaction that led to the overdraft!" -my bank, 2010

next chance i get, i'm pulling all my money out of that stupid account and going to my local credit union

[Akuryou13]

"hey, looks like you've overdrafted! we'll allow that charge to clear, and then we'll charge you $25 for overdrafting plus another $33 for the actual transaction that led to the overdraft!" -my bank, 2010I HATE THAT CRAP!!!! :mad:

they need a "don't fscking let me overdraft in the first place" option...

[thomasp]

"hey, looks like you've overdrafted! we'll allow that charge to clear, and then we'll charge you $25 for overdrafting plus another $33 for the actual transaction that led to the overdraft!" -my bank, 2010

next chance i get, i'm pulling all my money out of that stupid account and going to my local credit union
You're lucky they didn't charge you for the privilege of informing you that you're overdrawn.

[Alien King]

Fencing sucks.

Actually, no. Having to travel to Dundee on a Wednesday morning from Warwick Uni for one match at 1pm sucks. That sucks a lot.
It really sucks because we'll have to repeat it for Glasgow the following week if we beat Dundee.

One match is 9 fights - 3 for each weapon (foil, sabre and épée). Team event, first to 45 in each weapon. Basically, I'll travel 375 miles for 3, 3 minute, bouts. Maybe 6 if I have to do the épée too.

[bloopy]

If it's any consolation, I once did 100 miles of travelling to lose badly in 4 games of chess. I think there was cheese on toast though.

I HATE THAT CRAP!!!! :mad:

they need a "don't fscking let me overdraft in the first place" option...
I was able to turn down the overdraft option here when I opened a student debit card account. I assume I still can't overdraft.

[Alien King]

If it's any consolation, I once did 100 miles of travelling to lose badly in 4 games of chess. I think there was cheese on toast though.

Well hopefully we won't lose. Dundee Uni did lose all their matches (but their in a different league to us, so I don't know how good they are).
Although our team has now been whittled down to about 5 people after learning that we aren't flying, but being driven up by mini-bus.
Close to 400 miles, there and back, in a vehicle that's limited to 60mph...

[SargeMcCluck]

Was robbed for £230 yesterday. Wonderful.

[bonz]

Was robbed for £230 yesterday. Wonderful.
Robbed as in "taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the person of that property, by means of force or fear"?
:eek:

[AndrewTaylor]

I don't think the intent is really "to permanently deprive the person of that property" so much as to grant the robber the monetary value of the property.

[Akuryou13]

so. remember that disney box set I ordered? well it would've come in today apparently, except instead I got a letter from the Department of Homeland Security informing me that my property has been seized due to copyright violations.....

[AndrewTaylor]

Wait, have I fundamentally misunderstood what "homeland security" means?

[Akuryou13]

Wait, have I fundamentally misunderstood what "homeland security" means?no more than I have, apparently.

[FutureWorm]

so. remember that disney box set I ordered? well it would've come in today apparently, except instead I got a letter from the Department of Homeland Security informing me that my property has been seized due to copyright violations.....
ahahaha ****ing called it

[Akuryou13]

ahahaha ****ing called ityeah, yeah, yeah.

[Paul.Power]

I don't think the intent is really "to permanently deprive the person of that property" so much as to grant the robber the monetary value of the property.

Well, unless they're a cartoonish supervillain who enjoys making others suffer. But they're generally a lot rarer than your average robber.

[MtlAngelus]

I'm almost entirely sure it's the HD that is borked in my imac. I'll probably replace it myself once I find a good enough one that fits.

[thomasp]

I'm almost entirely sure it's the HD that is borked in my imac. I'll probably replace it myself once I find a good enough one that fits.
If its still under warranty, get Apple/Apple Authorized Service Provider to replace it. Then take the new drive out and stick it in an external caddy, and stick a bigger one inside the iMac :p You now have a nice shiny external drive too!

[MtlAngelus]

If its still under warranty, get Apple/Apple Authorized Service Provider to replace it. Then take the new drive out and stick it in an external caddy, and stick a bigger one inside the iMac :p You now have a nice shiny external drive too!

It's not under warranty anymore.

[thomasp]

It's not under warranty anymore.
In that case, do it yourself :p

http://www.ifixit.com might help.


Edit:

Hmmm, scrap that, they don't seem to have disassembly instructions for iMacs.

[bloopy]

Was robbed for £230 yesterday. Wonderful.
Mugged in the streets, or something else? Where was your dragonball when you need it?

Wait, have I fundamentally misunderstood what "homeland security" means?
It includes immigration and customs. Every piece of Disney merchandise illegally manufactured by someone other than exploited Haitian workers is a threat to the jobs of US citizens, I think.

[bonz]

http://www.ifixit.com might help.
If that doesn't help, post the images after the "fix" here: http://thereifixedit.com/.
:D

[MtlAngelus]

Well... poop. Marvel vs Capcom 2 is currently on offer on the PSN(50% off) and I wanted some of that, so I attempted to add funds with a credit card. This is a no-go on my US PSN account, because I require a credit card with a US based billing address.
So, I checked the mexican PSN store and found that the offer is apparently also available, but alas there is no option to add funds via a credit card, only through psn prepaid cards. Unfortunately, psn cards are not commercially available here, you can only order them through sony's website or calling a call-center, and then instead of giving you the code they send you the card, which takes days to arrive.

The offer ends wednesday as far as I know, and I won't be able to get a card till friday, because the guy I know who brings stuff from the US only goes on thursdays. D:

It's like the universe is conspiring against me. -.-

[Akuryou13]

so upon attempting to go to sleep last night I crawl into bed and my entire arm starts to go numb. not a comforting sensation. I'd heard about that sort of thing being a sign of a stroke and whether my age is likely to have one of those or not I wasn't playing around. I immediately ran off to the nearest hospital.

I stayed there all night to be told that it's most likely Neuralgia (basically a pinched nerve), and that I'm going to have a nice fancy doctor bill to pay for just to find out it was nothing to worry about.

on top of that i'm now stuck without any sleep waiting for the financial aid offices to open at school because I got a call yesterday at 3 (while I was in the middle of a 3 hour class) that if I didn't go pick up my financial aid check (that I was unaware was even AT said office) before 430 they were going to ship the check back to the lender.... so now I've got to hope they haven't done so just yet and that I can catch them before they do. otherwise I either drop out for a quarter or have to figure out a way to have my lender reissue the check.

[SargeMcCluck]

God, I don't know how you people living in the states cope with your medical system.

[Akuryou13]

God, I don't know how you people living in the states cope with your medical system.it is SO completely retarded....I really do hate it.

[thomasp]

I really can't understand Americans' objections to a national healthcare scheme, like our NHS (only one that perhaps works). Especially as most of the people objecting to it seem to be the ones who stand to lose the least and benefit the most - ie those who cannot afford a decent healthcare package at the moment!

[bloopy]

Doesn't sound that different to here. In 2008, my sister went to the hospital here with an infection, and she was basically up all night before they finally saw her and sorted her out. I actually have no idea if it was covered by health insurance, but I'm guessing it should've been. Still, it would've been a lot faster and less stressful for her to go to an after-hours medical centre and pay the bill.

on top of that i'm now stuck without any sleep waiting for the financial aid offices to open at school because I got a call yesterday at 3 (while I was in the middle of a 3 hour class)
So you couldn't leave the class to go and get your check, but you did answer your phone in the middle of it?

[Akuryou13]

Still, it would've been a lot faster and less stressful for her to go to an after-hours medical centre and pay the bill.I'm new to the area and as far as I know there isn't one of those available.

So you couldn't leave the class to go and get your check, but you did answer your phone in the middle of it?I silenced the call when I got it and checked the message when class let out hours later.

either way I got my checks sorted this morning and the money's been deposited now so it all worked out.

[SargeMcCluck]

Seriously, I find it bad enough in Sweden, where you pay a very small fee each time you visit the doctor (up to a certain amount, after which it becomes free). It's only £8 or so, but I find that so mad. The NHS spoiled me.


Also, horrible fact: Sweden doesn't have cat's eyes. Seriously, what the hell? I only just noticed (I don't drive), but ... no wonder people crash at night here.

[Akuryou13]

cat's eyes, eh? I never knew what they were called. we always called them turtles.

[Alien King]

I really can't understand Americans' objections to a national healthcare scheme, like our NHS (only one that perhaps works). Especially as most of the people objecting to it seem to be the ones who stand to lose the least and benefit the most - ie those who cannot afford a decent healthcare package at the moment!

That's because it sounds like communism!



cat's eyes, eh? I never knew what they were called. we always called them turtles.

Eh? Do turtles have eyes that glow in the dark?*

*Well, not glow, but reflect light really well.

[Akuryou13]

Eh? Do turtles have eyes that glow in the dark?*

*Well, not glow, but reflect light really well.well we have this kind: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Old_road_turtles.jpg

so there isn't a single point of reflection or anything, just a large plate of reflecting pads. sort of like the back of a turtle.

[FutureWorm]

I really can't understand Americans' objections to a national healthcare scheme, like our NHS (only one that perhaps works). Especially as most of the people objecting to it seem to be the ones who stand to lose the least and benefit the most - ie those who cannot afford a decent healthcare package at the moment!
don't try to understand americans; it will only hurt your head

[SargeMcCluck]

That's because it sounds like communism![/bright]

Of course, most communist states didn't/don't have public healthcare, or if they do it's pretty **** (like China's).

Socialism is where it's at (and GOD, it's a) hilarious that Americans in general think socialism is a bad thing, and b) hilarious that anyone can think Obama is a socialist and/or marxist and/or communist. God, he's a slight right wing politician for most of Western Europe, just not completely bat**** crazy like the republicans).

I really can't understand Americans' objections to a national healthcare scheme, like our NHS (only one that perhaps works). Especially as most of the people objecting to it seem to be the ones who stand to lose the least and benefit the most - ie those who cannot afford a decent healthcare package at the moment!

Ignorance, fear, insanity.

Wait, I thought there was an auto double post mod thing on the forum. Did it disappear? I'm too lazy to merge my posts, but I'm sure one of the lovely mods will fix it.

[thomasp]

Ignorance, fear, insanity.

Wait, I thought there was an auto double post mod thing on the forum. Did it disappear? I'm too lazy to merge my posts, but I'm sure one of the lovely mods will fix it.
That disappeared about 4 or 5 years ago :p Consider the posts merged!

[MrBunsy]

well we have this kind: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Old_road_turtles.jpg

so there isn't a single point of reflection or anything, just a large plate of reflecting pads. sort of like the back of a turtle.

If I remember rightly those are road studs, cats' eyes have to be able to be squished. I don't know why I know that.

[bonz]

I really can't understand Americans' objections to a national healthcare scheme, like our NHS (only one that perhaps works). Especially as most of the people objecting to it seem to be the ones who stand to lose the least and benefit the most - ie those who cannot afford a decent healthcare package at the moment!
It's because they all have starry eyes and their heads filled with fantasies about the American Dream, accomplishing everything on their own from rags to riches. A bunch of gun toting cowboys.

I'm sure, they'd like the taste of a little socialism.
How could the economy be strained any worse by free health care, than it is at the moment, with the constant scandals about some bank managers wasting the GDP of whole smaller countries?

[SupSuper]

I really can't understand Americans' objections to a national healthcare scheme, like our NHS (only one that perhaps works). Especially as most of the people objecting to it seem to be the ones who stand to lose the least and benefit the most - ie those who cannot afford a decent healthcare package at the moment!Because taxes, and why should I be paying for the well being of my fellow men/unemployed/immigrant/communist/criminal/pedophile/terrorist/etc.???

[FutureWorm]

Of course, most communist states didn't/don't have public healthcare, or if they do it's pretty **** (like China's).

cuba's is better than the united states in some regards

[SargeMcCluck]

cuba's is better than the united states in some regards

Well yes, but I was meaning compared to civilized society.

[SomePerson]

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

That's what has happened to our political system. Most people don't bother thinking for themselves, they just associate with a party for historical reasons because maybe that's how they were raised, and they follow that party without question. It happens on both sides, but dominantly on the republican side.

So basically politicians claim it's socialist because the insurance companies contribute to their campaigns if they say that, and then the groupthink'd public accepts it without question.

[SargeMcCluck]

The funniest thing is the US idea that socialism is a _bad_ thing.

[Alien King]

I've taken my fencing kit out of my bag and hung it up in my room.
Cheap Tesco air freshener is insufficient to allow me to sleep tonight.

[FutureWorm]

The funniest thing is the US idea that socialism is a _bad_ thing.
socialism is somewhat of a nebulous concept though. define what you mean by "socialism"

[SargeMcCluck]

socialism is somewhat of a nebulous concept though. define what you mean by "socialism"

By socialism I mean .. socialism. Not communism like American media makes it out to be.

Hey, guess what? Sweden has been run by a very socialist group of politicial parties for about 85% of the time post-WW2. It's not exactly a COMMUNISTICAL NIGHTMAER!

Labour in the UK is a socialist party. Okay, New Labour (post-1997) changed hugely, but still, again a lot of the time post-WW2, the UK had a socialist party in power.

I'd define modern socialism (as opposed to say, pre-1900 socialism) as ownership of some key industries (schools, rail, mail service, healthcare to name a few), and tax funded welfare systems. Add to that regulation of the market, and social freedoms (gay marriage, right to choose, etc.). Private businesses exist and are privately owned, as can capital.

I know that when you read about socialism in books or on the intarwebs there's a list of a million varieties of socialism, but I can't think of many countries you'd identify as socialist but not communist that don't fit in to my above definition.

[Akuryou13]

so I've been to the doctor a few times in the past couple months with abdominal pain. I've been a couple times and the doctor has tried a couple different remedies. none of them has worked. he's mentioned cancer at least once since I've gone in. now whatever it is is really bothering me and I'm sitting here worried that I've got cancer and am going to die..... not a pleasant scenario...

[SomePerson]

My cat has cancer and pneumonia. The vet gave him two more days, and said that he'd die by suffocation. We're putting him down tomorrow. It's the humane thing to do, and he's lived a good life... It's just I wish I didn't have a final presentation tomorrow so I could visit and say goodbye :(

[FutureWorm]

aww :( i am sorry to hear about this

[Muzer]

My cat has cancer and pneumonia. The vet gave him two more days, and said that he'd die by suffocation. We're putting him down tomorrow. It's the humane thing to do, and he's lived a good life... It's just I wish I didn't have a final presentation tomorrow so I could visit and say goodbye :(
NOOOOOOO! But cats are so cuddly :((((

[Zero72]

I'm very sorry. :(

[bonz]

so I've been to the doctor a few times in the past couple months with abdominal pain. I've been a couple times and the doctor has tried a couple different remedies. none of them has worked. he's mentioned cancer at least once since I've gone in. now whatever it is is really bothering me and I'm sitting here worried that I've got cancer and am going to die..... not a pleasant scenario...
He has "mentioned" cancer?
How about he sends you to a specialist to actually "check" for it?
I suggest you do that as soon as possible.
Many, if not most cancers have a good chance for healing if detected in early stages and treated appropriately.

And a good advice:
Stick to orthodox medicine!
Don't use any of those alternative, voodoo practices!

A few days ago I saw a report on TV of a gynaecologist here in Austria, who was using a crazy method of pumping ozone gas (!) into the patients abdomen to cure (!) cancer.
He based all this on a single (!) publication of this method made by a veterinarian (!) who researched this on guinea pigs (!) and said himself that it is not to be used on humans.
The last patient died because of heart failure during that ozone pumping shenanigan, in a clinic that didn't even know that the gynaecologist was doing this in their house.

Another case here in Austria from over 10 years back was with a little girl who had a tumor the size of melon (!) in her abdomen, yet, her parents still stuck with a crazy faith healer who tried to cure the tumor with his magic hands, although she was having severe pain, and was dragged across Europe, hiding from authorities.
In the end, social workers and the police forcefully took the girl into chemotherapy and she still lives today.

On the bright side:
If you should ever have to go through chemotherapy, you wouldn't need to worry about hair loss. ;););)

[Alien King]

A few days ago I saw a report on TV of a gynaecologist here in Austria, who was using a crazy method of pumping ozone gas (!) into the patients abdomen to cure (!) cancer.
He based all this on a single (!) publication of this method made by a veterinarian (!) who researched this on guinea pigs (!) and said himself that it is not to be used on humans.
The last patient died because of heart failure during that ozone pumping shenanigan, in a clinic that didn't even know that the gynaecologist was doing this in their house.

Where the hell did that guy get a medical degree!
And curing abdominal cancer doesn't sound like what a gynaecologist should be doing (unless it was Ovarian...).

[bonz]

Where the hell did that guy get a medical degree!
He probably was suckered into voodoo magic after his medical degree.
And curing abdominal cancer doesn't sound like what a gynaecologist should be doing (unless it was Ovarian...).
Yeah, that's what I thought.
The patient who died was a male.

[thomasp]

Where the hell did that guy get a medical degree!


Hollywood Upstairs Medical College (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Riviera) probably.

[Babylon]

Dream 17 is down D:

[bonz]

Dream 17 is down D:
Registration status:
Renewal required.
*** This registration has been SUSPENDED. ***
I've contacted Ben already to renew the registration.

[FutureWorm]

Dream 17 is down D:
so that's what brings you around these parts

[Babylon]

so that's what brings you around these parts

And other things :D I figured I should maybe turn up for a change ;)

[bloopy]

If someone tried to kill themselves, is that a negative event or an unsigned event? Anyway, that's apparently what my doppelgänger's been up to. He's a guy I befriended who happens to have the same first & last name as me, though I don't know him that well. I was last hanging out with him less than a month ago. Sounds like depression & the stress of his job in the navy has got to him. Spending weeks at a time confined to a boat when you're having trouble sleeping can't be good. I don't think I'd been around him enough to notice any signs though.

[KRD]

I've got a rather distant relative [an obscure sort of cousin] who's just returned from his maiden voyage on a large cargo vessel that was having all sorts of naval fun around China and what have you there. He vowed never to do that sort of thing again, to hell with the four years of education and training he was required to complete, and is now looking for a new direction in life. So yeah, I'm beginning to imagine such life can't be easy, even less so if it has to do with a branch of military at the same time.

You eat bad omens for breakfast, though, Bloops. Or scare them away with a combination of haircut and utensil music. Keep it up. :confused:

[bonz]

I heard that if you put out to sea, you better take a lot of rum with you.

[MtlAngelus]

So I got the God of War 3 Ultimate Edition here in my country. And I found out the bad way that over here, it does not include the soundtrack and the Blood and Metal EP downloads. :(

and it cost me almost $50 more than it costs in the US. :(

Oh well, torrents, here I come.

[rambo_6]

i returned briefly

that can only be a negative thing

[KRD]

So I got the God of War 3 Ultimate Edition here in my country. And I found out the bad way that over here, it does not include the soundtrack and the Blood and Metal EP downloads. :(

and it cost me almost $50 more than it costs in the US. :(

Oh well, torrents, here I come.

No need for torrents this time. Seems it's all available from the official website itself, as Wyv found out the other day, though we never figured out whether intentionally or not:

http://www.godofwar.com/ucmdev/groups/public/documents/webasset/g3_trilogy_soundtrack.zip

http://www.godofwar.com/ucmdev/groups/public/documents/webasset/g3_blood_and_metal.zip

[MtlAngelus]

No need for torrents this time. Seems it's all available from the official website itself, as Wyv found out the other day, though we never figured out whether intentionally or not:

http://www.godofwar.com/ucmdev/groups/public/documents/webasset/g3_trilogy_soundtrack.zip

http://www.godofwar.com/ucmdev/groups/public/documents/webasset/g3_blood_and_metal.zip

Woah, thanks for that. That is odd indeed.

[MtlAngelus]

http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/%20Armed%20men%20block%20roads%20in%20Mexico%20/-/1068/883538/-/y0vo79z/-/

http://www.krgv.com/news/local/story/Cartel-Suspects-Killed-in-Shooting-at-Tec-de/MnT0_u8MLU6bj9i54bsjiQ.cspx

Basically, members from either the CDG or the Zetas have been blocking several roads around the city for the past few days. Some people are rumoring that they are just trying to deviate attention from something else. As of right now it's unclear why they have been doing this.

There was also a shooting yesterday early in the morning, it happened in front of the Tecnologico de Monterrey, the largest private university in my city. It's where my brother studied, and it's also where my sister is currently studying. Good timing of hers going to sweden this semester I guess. :p
Two people were killed, allegedly members of the Cartel, and one soldier was injured by a grenade.


edit: Turns out the two guys that died were actually students. Just innocent bystanders. :/

[Xinos]

I learned how to solder today. My headphone's plug started glitching yesterday so I bought a new one and a soldering iron and some wire. A few minutes on youtube and reading up on what cable goes where I was able to successfully repair them.

I did however manage to reverse the channels, but I'm blaming the website as it is April fools day today. :p

Edit: This was meant as a neutral event.

[MrBunsy]

I learned how to solder today. My headphone's plug started glitching yesterday so I bought a new one and a soldering iron and some wire. A few minutes on youtube and reading up on what cable goes where I was able to successfully repair them.

I did however manage to reverse the channels, but I'm blaming the website as it is April fools day today. :p

Next step: surface mount!

[bonz]

a soldering iron and some wire
You should also get some flux (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux_%28metallurgy%29).
Makes your solder joints much cleaner and you need less solder tin.
Also, it's essential if you're gonna work on circuit boards.

[Xinos]

There's flux in the wire :o

[bonz]

There's flux in the wire :o
Ah, yes, but from my experience, the results are still better if you apply the flux to the spots you want the soldering tin to go.

It prevents the tin flow away and literally sucks it by increased surface tension, which greatly helps with solder joints close to each other.

On the other hand you can also mess up the results big time, if you get flux to unwanted areas.

[FutureWorm]

and just as brian got accepted for an internship at spacex, i got my transfer application rejected for a college i really wanted to go to. oh well

[Akuryou13]

and just as brian got accepted for an internship at spacex, i got my transfer application rejected for a college i really wanted to go to. oh wellall things in balance, and all that.

you'll get somewhere good sooner or later.

[SomePerson]

dang! :( .

[bonz]

all things in balance, and all that.

you'll get somewhere good sooner or later.
Yeah, on the day that SpaceX goes bankrupt.
Har har! :D

[thomasp]

Another dream gets shattered. Can't meet eyesight requirements to get a private pilots license :(

[BetongÅsna]

Laser surgery is your friend.

[MtlAngelus]

I don't see how being able to fire lasers from your eyes would net you a private pilot's license.

[bloopy]

On the upside, it'd make a great story for a film:

"They denied his pilot licence, and now he's out to prove them wrong... with laser beams!"

[thomasp]

Laser surgery is your friend.
Can't help in this case. :( I have the human equivalent of "camera shake", and as I'm aware, Canon don't make an image stabilisation lens for human eyes :p

Plus the CAA do frown on chopping your eyes up with lasers...

[Akuryou13]

I don't see how being able to fire lasers from your eyes would net you a private pilot's license.there's a hilarious advertisement on a billboard about 30 miles from here that shows a woman's face with a bright blue laser coming out of her eye. I'm sure it's supposed to imply that the laser is fixing her lens, but it just looks like it's advertising death ray vision. I crack up every time I see it. :D

[BetongÅsna]

Get a photo of that!

[Akuryou13]

Get a photo of that!I'll try to remember to do so next time I go to Hobby Lobby, but I make no promises that'll be any time soon.

[Alien King]

The lock on my door is now broken. I can't lock it.
Also, the room two doors down from me is infested with ants apparently.

[bonz]

The lock on my door is now broken. I can't lock it.
Also, the room two doors down from me is infested with ants apparently.
Put a lot of honey in your room and wait until all ants have moved.
Occupy the now ant-free room.

[MtlAngelus]

I have the same advice as Bonz, except there's no occupying the new room and there's a flamethrower involved. :cool:

[Alien King]

I like Bonz's idea; it solves the broken lock issue too.
But I'll keep hold of this handy flamethrower, just in case the ants decide to make a return trip.

[SomePerson]

4 things I don't want to have to deal with right now, especially concurrently:

1) My computer just blew up. Smelled awful. Now I need a new one.

2) Finals are coming up. I'm supposed to be studying, but

3) Rocket competition is coming up, and we have to finish our rocket SOON. If we don't get our rocket engine done within two weeks we can't test fire, and they probably won't let us launch. And then we have another week after that (finals week...) to finish making the structures before we have to leave for Utah for the real deal launch.

4) The girl I was unofficially dating last year who is now studying abroad and with whom I have been in a state of limbo but there being a possibility of us picking up where we left off when we returned, she pretty much told me off and said we shouldn't hang out when she gets back, pretty much trying to kill any chance of us resuming.


I was starting to get used to 2 and 3, and then 4 came at me and that wasn't optimal timing. But then 1 happened, so I have to deal with 2 and 3, with 4 weighing on my shoulders, and with 1 making my life a royal pain in the ass. :P I guess that's life though, eh?

[Akuryou13]

it never rains.....

[bonz]

I guess that's life though, eh?
Go cruising in your Kuhwagen and play some melancholic songs on your e-balalaika to distract yourself!

[Pigbuster]

I had to stay up all night without any sleep to finish a class paper last week, and now my internal schedule is royally screwed up. Ever since then I've gone to sleep at 6:00 AM and wake up at 2:00 PM or so. It's annoying.

And the paper didn't end up being very good at all anyway because I didn't give half a crap about what I was writing about. Which is probably why I got a C in that class.

And I completely forgot to do class evaluations this semester, which is annoying because I had actual feedback for once, namely how one of the classes was one of the best school experiences I ever had.

:(

The good news is that most of the "do I really WANT an animation degree?" depression/angst I had last semester has evaporated due to having a killer idea for my final animated short. I'm going to have to work my ass off on to make said animation in less than a year, but if I can pull it off it'll be totes dece.

So yes.

[Akuryou13]

The good news is that most of the "do I really WANT an animation degree?" depression/angst I had last semester has evaporated due to having a killer idea for my final animated short. I'm going to have to work my ass off on to make said animation in less than a year, but if I can pull it off it'll be totes dece.

So yes.didn't realize we had another animator here. awesome!

[Pigbuster]

I didn't know you were an animator. :confused:

[Akuryou13]

I didn't know you were an animator. :confused:prospective :p

[Pigbuster]

So.

For the last 2-3 years the animation students of MCAD have been gradually making a sort of mural on the walls of the crappy animation studio. We'd draw things on the wall in pencil and it made up a big collaborative cluster**** of wonderment. It wasn't an "official" mural or whatever the hell, but that really didn't matter.

AND THEN.

THE ****ING COLLEGE PAINTED OVER THE ****ING THING AND NOW IT'S ALL ****ING GONE AND I'M SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AHGUHGURHGUHADKHGOHEIUGHROGHGHFISGHLKFJHKFHGKJLCNV K

I don't actually know any details or anything (such as HOW painted over it is...) but I don't care. Ugh.

For the record, this college doesn't have the best track record with its animation program. The studio itself shares a big space with a bunch of private studios that painters etc. use, and it's not an enclosed space either, with openings leading into hallways/upper floors/etc. Which is usually nice, to have rooms flow into each other. But right on the floor above is the cutting area, where people trim paper/board/flat stuff down to size, and sometimes that stuff gets REALLY LOUD and oh lorrrd. We try to bring things in like a TV or chairs to make things more comfortable for people who are rendering stuff (and there is ALWAYS something rendering), and it always just gets taken away by someone because we have to confirm it or some such bureaucratic bull**** that is completely pointless Bhbhbhhhbhhhhhhhzzzzz I just want a damn room that's quiet and comfortable and with walls that we are allowed to doodle on if we damn well want to.

[bonz]

How about getting a big paper sketch block?
That way, your creations can't get painted over either.

Also, you should have regularly made panoramic photographs of the mural painting.

[Xinos]

Things like that suck, and are usually totally unnecessary. Our first project at school was to make board games which all ended up getting thrown out over the christmas break. The classroom they were kept in was ours until the end of the year when the old students left and we could take over the computer hall. Nobody told us they were going to clear the place out over the break, and they could have easily just moved it to storage, but no.

[SargeMcCluck]

The thing is, that sort of stuff is usually not somebody intentionally being a jackass. In the former case, places often have set dates (say, every 10 years) when certain rooms get painted - they order painters to do it, and the painters are not going to go to the room and then question what they're being paid for. In the latter case, similar things but with the cleaners. If cleaners had to ask someone in charge every time they found something, they'd have to work 24/7. It still sucks when stuff like that happens, but it's not often somebody intentionally thinking "I WILL DESTROY THAT MURAL!"

[SupSuper]

It's still completely inappropriate for an environment like that. Sure, they're getting paid for it, but if that's how much worth the students are compared to their precious painters or cleaners or whatever, it doesn't say a lot about the place. It's like if you worked at an office where cleaners would just randomly come in and clean out all your work in papers, whiteboards, bulletin boards, etc.

Oh wait, that's my university... Yeah I hate that kind of **** too.

[SargeMcCluck]

Thing is, who do you blame? Blaming the cleaners would be dumb, they get terrible pay, and they don't have the time to keep asking their employers "Should I clean this? This? This?", and most employers would get fed up even if they did have time, and hire new cleaners. Blame the people employing the cleaners? They're probably not wanting to ruin everything, they just say "go paint rooms a, b and c" and it happens.

[BetongÅsna]

Our university recently rounded up our cleaners for an 'assembly' in a lecture theatre at 6am aand locked the doors, at which point the police - who'd been hiding behind a screen - came out and arrested them all for being illegal immigrants.

Who was it, exactly, who chose to employ these immigrants? And then they treat them like that? I'd rather be somewhere that treats cleaners better than students than somewhere that treats their cleaners like that.

[Akuryou13]

Our university recently rounded up our cleaners for an 'assembly' in a lecture theatre at 6am aand locked the doors, at which point the police - who'd been hiding behind a screen - came out and arrested them all for being illegal immigrants.

Who was it, exactly, who chose to employ these immigrants? And then they treat them like that? I'd rather be somewhere that treats cleaners better than students than somewhere that treats their cleaners like that....they HIRED them and then got them arrested.....wow.....

[Pigbuster]

Thing is, who do you blame? Blaming the cleaners would be dumb, they get terrible pay, and they don't have the time to keep asking their employers "Should I clean this? This? This?", and most employers would get fed up even if they did have time, and hire new cleaners. Blame the people employing the cleaners? They're probably not wanting to ruin everything, they just say "go paint rooms a, b and c" and it happens.

MCAD works differently. The painting/nail-hole filling is always done by school students on a work study job whenever I see it, and they should've known better. Maybe the school hired other people for the summer painting job, but I've never seen that kind of thing, so I don't know about that.

Our university recently rounded up our cleaners for an 'assembly' in a lecture theatre at 6am aand locked the doors, at which point the police - who'd been hiding behind a screen - came out and arrested them all for being illegal immigrants.

Who was it, exactly, who chose to employ these immigrants? And then they treat them like that? I'd rather be somewhere that treats cleaners better than students than somewhere that treats their cleaners like that.

Nothing like something a hell of a lot worse than what you're complaining about to make you feel petty. :p

[FutureWorm]

Our university recently rounded up our cleaners for an 'assembly' in a lecture theatre at 6am aand locked the doors, at which point the police - who'd been hiding behind a screen - came out and arrested them all for being illegal immigrants.

Who was it, exactly, who chose to employ these immigrants? And then they treat them like that? I'd rather be somewhere that treats cleaners better than students than somewhere that treats their cleaners like that.
that is obscene

[Alien King]

Our university recently rounded up our cleaners for an 'assembly' in a lecture theatre at 6am aand locked the doors, at which point the police - who'd been hiding behind a screen - came out and arrested them all for being illegal immigrants.

Who was it, exactly, who chose to employ these immigrants? And then they treat them like that? I'd rather be somewhere that treats cleaners better than students than somewhere that treats their cleaners like that.

I am... impressed.
It would be wrong to say shocked and neither can I say I'm all that surprised.

[Akuryou13]

so the place I'm living now has been sold and me and all my room mates are being kicked out. we have 30 days. we're not sure if that means specifically from this day or if that means 30 days starting at the beginning of next month, but either way we have almost no time at all to find a new place to live in a town full of college kids all fighting for decent living space.....great.....

[FutureWorm]

so the place I'm living now has been sold and me and all my room mates are being kicked out. we have 30 days. we're not sure if that means specifically from this day or if that means 30 days starting at the beginning of next month, but either way we have almost no time at all to find a new place to live in a town full of college kids all fighting for decent living space.....great.....
did you sign some sort of contract? just kicking out out like that would be a clear breach of contract if you have not yet fulfilled the lease

[Akuryou13]

did you sign some sort of contract? just kicking out out like that would be a clear breach of contract if you have not yet fulfilled the leaseno contract. it was a month-by-month situation, so this is completely legitimate, it just sucks.

[SargeMcCluck]

34C (93F), 80% humidity, in a country that's never heard of AC. Ugh.

[MrBunsy]

That's about the same as the incubator for our tortoise eggs!

Which reminds me...

http://www.lukewallin.co.uk/images/web/baby_tortoise.jpg (http://www.lukewallin.co.uk/images/baby_tortoise.jpg)

http://www.lukewallin.co.uk/images/web/baby_tortoise_again.jpg (http://www.lukewallin.co.uk/images/baby_tortoise_again.jpg)

:D

[SargeMcCluck]

!

I am so jealous right now.

[MtlAngelus]

Now all you need is radioactive waste, and you can assemble a team of anthropomorphic Turtles, which you can teach in the ways of the Ninja so that they can fight evil when they become Teenagers. The radioactive waste will turn you into a giant rat tho, but I think the trade-off is worth it.

[SargeMcCluck]

I'd rather keep them as tiny cute little tortoises, myself.

Also, I get how radiation can make them mutants, but how exactly did it make tortoises become turtles? :p

[MrBunsy]

Now all you need is radioactive waste, and you can assemble a team of anthropomorphic Turtles, which you can teach in the ways of the Ninja so that they can fight evil when they become Teenagers. The radioactive waste will turn you into a giant rat tho, but I think the trade-off is worth it.

Stay away from my little tortoises :p

Second one hatched since then :D But they've buried themselves in the soil so I can't find them to take pics.

[thomasp]

How big will they grow to?

[MtlAngelus]

I'd rather keep them as tiny cute little tortoises, myself.

Also, I get how radiation can make them mutants, but how exactly did it make tortoises become turtles? :p
Bah, semantics!
Stay away from my little tortoises :p

Fine! I'll take my radioactive waste somewhere else!
*storms out of the room*
*trips*
Uh-oh...

[MrBunsy]

How big will they grow to?

Their parents are about 20cm from head to tail, but not quite fully grown yet, so maybe 25cm? They're not a particularly big species.

[GrimOswald]

Their parents are about 20cm from head to tail, but not quite fully grown yet, so maybe 25cm? They're not a particularly big species.

So riding one into town is out of the question then?

[KRD]

Nonsense! Just need a shrink ray now.

[thomasp]

Nonsense! Just need a shrink ray now.
Or a re-bigulation device :p (as opposed to the de-bigulator)

[Xinos]

Or a re-bigulation device :p (as opposed to the de-bigulator)

An growth-ray you mean?

[Paul.Power]

Weird how we're all talking about awesome baby tortoises in NE&O.

[Alien King]

Weird how we're all talking about awesome baby tortoises in NE&O.

It's bad because we don't have them.

[MtlAngelus]

I'm being attacked by suicidal flying cockroaches. D:

I've killed six of em, but more keep showing up...

[Alien King]

I'm being attacked by suicidal flying cockroaches. D:

I've killed six of em, but more keep showing up...

The scent of their dead sends them into a furious murder frenzy.

[bonz]

I'm being attacked by suicidal flying cockroaches. D:

I've killed six of em, but more keep showing up...
This shall be the soundtrack to your bug killing endeavours:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0nQMgaJibc

[BetongÅsna]

My house is now habitually invaded by cats.

[MtlAngelus]

One of our merchandise providers was kidnapped during the weekend. He was in his car with his family when a bunch of trucks got in his way, several masked guys came out of the trucks and just took him like that, in front of his family. His son desperately tried to contact the police, and even the mexican army but both told him there was nothing they could do.

They beat him up pretty badly. He managed to convince them to let him go to be able to get the money they request(no idea how much). While normally you might think of it as a dumb move, in this case it just speaks volumes of how ****ing confident these assholes are that there's nothing he can do. And there really is nothing he can do, he's going to have to pay them.

Gotta love this country.

[Akuryou13]

One of our merchandise providers was kidnapped during the weekend. He was in his car with his family when a bunch of trucks got in his way, several masked guys came out of the trucks and just took him like that, in front of his family. His son desperately tried to contact the police, and even the mexican army but both told him there was nothing they could do.

They beat him up pretty badly. He managed to convince them to let him go to be able to get the money they request(no idea how much). While normally you might think of it as a dumb move, in this case it just speaks volumes of how ****ing confident these assholes are that there's nothing he can do. And there really is nothing he can do, he's going to have to pay them.

Gotta love this country.O_o jesus.....

[bloopy]

And there really is nothing he can do, he's going to have to pay them.

:-/ So I guess they know where he lives? If the police can't do anything, I'd be arming my family with tranquillizer guns or something...

[FutureWorm]

One of our merchandise providers was kidnapped during the weekend. He was in his car with his family when a bunch of trucks got in his way, several masked guys came out of the trucks and just took him like that, in front of his family. His son desperately tried to contact the police, and even the mexican army but both told him there was nothing they could do.

They beat him up pretty badly. He managed to convince them to let him go to be able to get the money they request(no idea how much). While normally you might think of it as a dumb move, in this case it just speaks volumes of how ****ing confident these assholes are that there's nothing he can do. And there really is nothing he can do, he's going to have to pay them.

Gotta love this country.
these sorts of attacks are generally related to the drug cartel, right?

[MtlAngelus]

these sorts of attacks are generally related to the drug cartel, right?
Considering where he lives, it's the most likely scenario. Would also explain why the police nor the army are willing to do anything. Other than being part of it that is, sometimes the perpetrators are members of the police/army as well, either by their own account or sometimes allegedly working for the cartel/ los zetas. It's all a complicated mess of corruption and sh1t, really. You can't really trust anyone in a position to help.

So I guess they know where he lives? If the police can't do anything, I'd be arming my family with tranquillizer guns or something...
I imagine that knowing he is under surveilance would keep him paranoid enough not to attempt this lest he unleash any more attacks from their behalf.

[bonz]

The problem is, once they've extort money from him, they know he'd be the perfect victim for continued "protection" money extortion.
And since they've got a reputation to be ruthless and stop at nothing, he'd have to fear for his and his family's life. :(

[Squirminator2k]

Unemployed again. This time it's more fun because I have an apartment and bills and stuff!

[BetongÅsna]

What happened there, Ben?

[Squirminator2k]

Disney HR reshaping their department. Apparently I am unwanted mass. My supervisor fought to keep me because I was the only design fella they had - they bought Adobe CS4 just for me to use - but the word from the Powers That Be was "we'll hire someone later".

F**kers.

[Xinos]

Sorry to hear that man. I hope you find something soon.

[Pigbuster]

Oh my lord, the (sort of) new dA code seems like a great thing, what with things opening and closing within a single page without reloads. Too bad it's absolutely terrible. If I open more than one tab my entire god damn browser slows to a friggin halt.

Web 2.0, everybody! Hope you like having your system slowed down by loads of unnecessary javascript!

Oh, and the categories are STILL miserably awful. Still the most confusing hierarchy possible, still with overlap, still without icons, YEARS after I've already complained about this. It's the most painful part of the whole uploading process and it drives me nuts. I'm trying to upload an animated GIF that's fanart of Homestuck, but... there's no section for "animation" in the fanart section, and trying to upload to "Other" gives me "You can't upload GIFs to that section" WHAT IN THE HELL IS THE POINT OF THAT JESUS CHRIST. THIS IS THE MOST POPULAR ART WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AND YOU HAVE THE MOST GODAWFUL CATEGORY SYSTEM HUMANELY POSSIBLE FUUUUUUCK.

...Just needed to vent about that. Sorry. Move along, now.

[Akuryou13]

yeah. I don't know how the hell came up with the categories, but they make NO SENSE AT ALL!

I don't have your slow down issues at all, though.

[Zero72]

I'm glad DA is basically dead to me.

[SupSuper]

There are alternatives.

I never got the whole "web 2.0 javascript dynamic ajax techno babble" craze anyways. Just because you're reloading transparently doesn't mean you're not reloading, it just means you're being a lot more complex about it.

[Paul.Power]

So my car insurance goes up because I'm unemployed, but because I'm commuting to my volunteering work it still counts as "Social and Commuting" rather than just Social.

So much for the Big Society :rolleyes:

(oh well, at least the insurance company were nice and decided to knock £60 off as a goodwill gesture. Still more than last time, though)

[Akuryou13]

so I've broken my finger. caught it in some shopping carts at work yesterday and thought I'd twisted it. today it's all bruised and a bit swollen......FUN!

[BetongÅsna]

How will this impede your tournament performance? one is forced to wonder.

[Akuryou13]

How will this impede your tournament performance? one is forced to wonder.not likely at all. it's my ring finger on my left hand. I doubt it'll come into play in the tournament.

it WILL, however, come into play in the game of Humans Vs Zombies that I'm participating in at school. which starts monday, ironically enough.

[Xinos]

Ouch, that must suck. Though I'm pretty sure you broke your finger playing Worms Reloaded against me. Oh the things some people put themselves through just to win. :rolleyes:

[Akuryou13]

Ouch, that must suck. Though I'm pretty sure you broke your finger playing Worms Reloaded against me. Oh the things some people put themselves through just to win. :rolleyes:BLAST! I've been discovered!

[SomePerson]

110 degrees F :(

(43 C for those of you who use Russian units)

[Akuryou13]

110 degrees F :(

(43 C for those of you who use Russian units)ouch! and here in the other La we got our first cool front and are peaking at 80.

[Xinos]

110 degrees F :(

(43 C for those of you who use Russian units)

Russian units? They're Swedish thank you very much.

[Akuryou13]

Russian units? They're Swedish thank you very much.people, people! let's all just calm down and settle on a description we can all agree on: wrong.

:p

[BetongÅsna]

people, people! let's all just calm down and settle on a description we can all agree on: wrong.

:pYou keep telling yourselves that, you brine-dipping, armpit-measuring neanderthals.

[SomePerson]

(Cold War joke ^ )

:P

[Akuryou13]

ok, so after talking to our school clinic's nurse, I've been told my finger ISN'T broken. it's just banged up a bit. either way I can't use it much for the time being.

[thomasp]

I've somehow totally knackered one foot while sitting in my supervisor's office, and I have no idea how. All I know I was in there for two hours, sitting on an incredibly comfy chair and when i came out it hurt like hell to walk

[SargeMcCluck]

people, people! let's all just calm down and settle on a description we can all agree on: wrong.

:p

Agreed. Everyone should do like the Americans and use things the British invented.

[Akuryou13]

Agreed. Everyone should do like the Americans and use things the British invented.you forgot the part where we claim it as our own :cool: