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#10394 worry

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Posted 19 October 2013 - 04:39 AM

Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame.

They came with white hands and left with red hands.

#10395 Raymond Luxury Yacht

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Posted 19 October 2013 - 05:31 AM

Mezla it sounds like you were embroiled in some serious work drama. What happened that you had to give police statements? Don't you work in a lab?

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#10396 Raymond Luxury Yacht

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Posted 20 October 2013 - 08:34 PM

I'm staying at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego. This place is amazing. It was built I think in the 1880's. So much history. Look it up, neat place.

I think this is where Xanth from days of forum past used to work. Too bad he's not still around ever.

Edit:not Xanth. Optimus prime, whose other forum name was something like Xander or something

This post has been edited by Raymond Luxury Yacht: 21 October 2013 - 12:36 AM

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#10397 Gothos

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Posted 21 October 2013 - 09:50 AM

been frantically searching my youtube history for an ambient group I remember was pretty awesome, couldn't find it... some random thought put the name in my head, and here it is! such an awesome feeling.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

#10398 Mezla PigDog

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Posted 21 October 2013 - 10:30 AM

Last week in this stupid job - doing nothing, it's awesome.

RLY - no police, just corporate lawyers over a Boardroom war of one co-founder trying to oust another in a disagreement over the future of the business and earning themselves a few tens of millions of pounds.

Burn rubber =/= warp speed

#10399 McLovin

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Posted 21 October 2013 - 07:53 PM

I grew a beard as a goof. But everyone at work loves it. So far it's earned: intellectual, mature, manly, sexy, and younger.

Problem is, the Mrs hates it.

OK, I think I got it, but just in case, can you say the whole thing over again? I wasn't really listening.

#10400 tiam

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Posted 21 October 2013 - 09:10 PM

McLovin, on 21 October 2013 - 07:53 PM, said:

Problem is, the Mrs hates me and everything I stand for and doesnt understand how the glorious compliments feed the beard and allow it to thrive.

Fixed

#10401 Mrs Savagely Wishy Washy

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Posted 22 October 2013 - 06:48 PM

http://www.nytimes.c...lo.html?hp&_r=0

just watched this short docu on a disabled street photographer in NY- it's impressive and inspiring, and she's got some pretty cool pics.

but are they worth preserving?
'that judgement does not belong to you.'

#10402 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 22 October 2013 - 11:05 PM

Earlier today I ordered our new computer.

Also just got back from seeing Alter Bridge live. Wow... Just wow..

A Haunting Poem
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.

#10403 Mezla PigDog

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Posted 23 October 2013 - 08:45 AM

Briar King, on 23 October 2013 - 12:29 AM, said:

Haha it's my high schools Homecoming Week so everyone is out rolling houses. 3 of my neighbors got hit last night lmao.

Dare I ask what "rolling houses" means?

And while I'm at it, what the fuck does "Homecoming" mean in US High School parlance?

This post has been edited by Mezla PigDog: 23 October 2013 - 08:46 AM

Burn rubber =/= warp speed

#10404 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 23 October 2013 - 04:31 PM

NEW COMPUTER!!!!! But Windows 8 is a bit confusing... Unless I want to use Bing and IE (which I definitely don't) it flicks to a second desktop which looks a lot like Windows 7... So... If I install Office on one desktop does it mean I can access it from both?

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You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.

#10405 Silencer

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Posted 23 October 2013 - 10:03 PM

Tiste Simeon, on 23 October 2013 - 04:31 PM, said:

Get rid of 8. It is atrocious and deplorably useless.

For example, accessing you favourites in IE-not-run-from-the-traditional-style-desktop? Pretty much impossible. WTF. At least it was in the original version of Win8. Seriously, kill it with fire, it's worse than Mac OS and almost as bad for your blood pressure as Norton. :rant:

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Shinrei said:

<Vote Silencer> For not garnering any heat or any love for that matter. And I'm being serious here, it's like a mental block that is there, and you just keep forgetting it.

#10406 Adjutant Stormy~

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Posted 23 October 2013 - 11:28 PM

Feel like I totally aced this interview!

Had a 2 page tech exam on the end of it that was kinda cool, and had I not spent weeks keeping a dying machine alive probably wouldn't have done as well on.

Fingers crossed.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Aptorian @ Nov 1 2008, 06:13 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=462161"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'>God damn. Mighty drunk. Must ... what is the english movement movement movement for drunk... with out you seemimg drunk?

bla bla bla

Peopleare harrasing me... grrrrrh.

Also people with big noses aren't jews, they're just french

EDIT: We has editted so mucj that5 we're not quite sure... also, leave britney alone.</div>

#10407 worry

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Posted 23 October 2013 - 11:51 PM

Awesome, hope it works out. You know, they say whenever an old computer dies, a toaster gets its wings. :*)

And Silencer is right on. You know, they say when God closes a door, He opens a window, but never via Windows 8.

They came with white hands and left with red hands.

#10408 Slow Ben

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Posted 24 October 2013 - 12:48 AM

Got home from work today and the wife had chili simmering on the oven. Score.

I've always been crazy but its kept me from going insane.

#10409 amphibian

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Posted 24 October 2013 - 01:20 AM

Had a twenty minute long text conversation with Vengy last night. Really made my day because he not only gave me a bunch of laughs, but pointed me out sine good vacation spots.

This place builds friends. Real ones.

I survived the Permian and all I got was this t-shirt.

#10410 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 24 October 2013 - 05:04 AM

Hmmm bit late for getting rid of it but will stick to it & just wing it with the random "we're trying to make this look like a mobile" thingy...

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You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.

#10411 Silencer

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Posted 24 October 2013 - 05:25 AM

Tiste Simeon, on 24 October 2013 - 05:04 AM, said:

Hmmm bit late for getting rid of it but will stick to it & just wing it with the random "we're trying to make this look like a mobile" thingy...

It's never too late to get rid of Windows 8.

Seriously, format your drive and install a proper OS on there. Because otherwise? In six months when you are about to throw your computer out the window (no pun intended), you will think back on this post and feel incredibly stupid.

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Shinrei said:

<Vote Silencer> For not garnering any heat or any love for that matter. And I'm being serious here, it's like a mental block that is there, and you just keep forgetting it.

#10412 Adjutant Stormy~

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Posted 24 October 2013 - 10:06 AM

It sucks. But it doesn't have to!

There a tons of 3rd party products to fix what ails ya for Win8

#10413 Silencer

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Posted 24 October 2013 - 10:19 AM

Adjutant Stormy~, on 24 October 2013 - 10:06 AM, said:

It sucks. But it doesn't have to!

There a tons of 3rd party products to fix what ails ya for Win8

One can but hope they're all free.

However, why bother fixing an inherently flawed, testbed, bugged, and soon-to-be-irrelevant, hybrid-interface system (because that bit there...that was always going to be the problem), when you can get an off-the-shelf sorted and stable OS which works how you like it to, and doesn't need "fixing" (i.e. patching to make it do what it should) OS for either a small sum relative to the cost of your computer or indeed, free, if you *ahem* happen to have one lying around somewhere?

I mean, really. Never mind the inevitable compatibility issues with said third-party products when either they stop updating them or Windows 8 starts trying to shut them out. >.>

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Shinrei said:

<Vote Silencer> For not garnering any heat or any love for that matter. And I'm being serious here, it's like a mental block that is there, and you just keep forgetting it.