I've never been one to put anything besides keys on a keyring, they'd just get in the way.

I definitely wouldn't put my USB stick on one, gawd knows those are pretty easy to lose (luckily they're cheap too), I've already lost a USB stick and a MP3 player at uni for leaving them in a computer. (even if the computer rooms are restricted and some people feel perfectly safe to leave their laptops there, I don't have the same luck :p). I don't keep anything valuable on them anyways, just PortableApps (http://www.portableapps.com) and random uni junk.

Surely if they're attached to your car keys you can't go anywhere without them?

GrimOswald: I love you.

GrimOswald: I love you.

"Show me, Matty. Show me like you have shown no one before."

They embraced each other...slowly...tenderly. It felt like nothing they had ever felt before. So...different. But also so very, very right.

"Kiss me..." he whispered softly into Matty's ear.

For just that night, there was no Grim, no Matty.

For just that night, they were one.

"Show me, Matty. Show me like you have shown no one before."

They embraced each other...slowly...tenderly. It felt like nothing they had ever felt before. So...different. But also so very, very right.

"Kiss me..." he whispered softly into Matty's ear.

For just that night, there was no Grim, no Matty.

For just that night, they were one. *bows in worship* I'm not worthy!

Wouldn't it just be better to wear the USB stick around your neck?

Ficlets is closing down in little over a month.

A writing community weeps.

You should all get blogs and swap Twitter usernames. Invent yourselves a hashtag.

I never could justify a blog. I don't care about the mundane **** that I do in my life, why would anyone else?

I never could justify a blog. I don't care about the mundane **** that I do in my life, why would anyone else?
obvious solution: blog about something other than your life

I never could justify a blog. I don't care about the mundane **** that I do in my life, why would anyone else?

That would be a sensible opinion were it not posted in reply to a suggestion that people who enjoy writing short fictional works do so on a blog network.

I never could justify a blog. I don't care about the mundane **** that I do in my life, why would anyone else?I don't really care that nobody cares, I just like having something to give me an excuse to write and rant. :p

I get to spend my 18th Birthday doing lots of excercise and fencing.
Yay...

You know who I hate? Those sickos who put pineapple on their keyrings.

A whole pineapple? Or a slice? :confused:

Is this a harkening to that pineapple pizza discussion, or are you serious that people do that? O.o

A whole pineapple? Or a slice? :confused:

Maybe they just engrave the word pineapple onto a dog tag or something like that.

I wish I was better at working out when people are playing along and when they're being dim.

That would be a sensible opinion were it not posted in reply to a suggestion that people who enjoy writing short fictional works do so on a blog network.that would also be a sensible comment if it weren't in reply to a complete idiot.

you should know better than to expect ME to post/read intelligently :p

Hm, speaking of USB drives...
I haven't seen mine for several weeks now and can't remember if I took it to work or borrowed it someone.

I wish I was better at working out when people are playing along and when they're being dim.

Well it's your own fault for not making any sense.

"Show me, Matty. Show me like you have shown no one before."
They embraced each other...slowly...tenderly. It felt like nothing they had ever felt before. So...different. But also so very, very right.
"Kiss me..." he whispered softly into Matty's ear.
For just that night, there was no Grim, no Matty.
For just that night, they were one.

Good lord *loosens collar*

"Show me, Matty. Show me like you have shown no one before."

They embraced each other...slowly...tenderly. It felt like nothing they had ever felt before. So...different. But also so very, very right.

"Kiss me..." he whispered softly into Matty's ear.

For just that night, there was no Grim, no Matty.

For just that night, they were one.

You're too good at that. I'm suspicious.

Both wisdom teeth removed from the right side.
:(

You can't have been very bright in the first place if you let them remove your wisdom teeth. What will become of you now... :(

You can't have been very bright in the first place if you let them remove your wisdom teeth. What will become of you now... :(
I'll become... a person who is no longer bothered by damned wisdom teeth hurting every several weeks or so.
The downside is that IT HURTS RIGHT NOW.

A LOT.

Yeah, it does. :( I had all 4 of mine out at once - do you have to go in later to take out the other two, or are you leaving them? (or already had them removed?)

Did they give you painkillers?

Both wisdom teeth removed from the right side.
:(
Wisdom -50%

I still have all four of mine. I'm a bigmouth. :D

Yeah, it does. :( I had all 4 of mine out at once - do you have to go in later to take out the other two, or are you leaving them? (or already had them removed?)

Did they give you painkillers?

Already had them removed. Like almost 2 years ago. :p
They gave me painkillers, but they don't seem to be doing their work. :P

*sigh* Who reassures the reassurer?

One of my friend's father told her he hated her today. And it's not like one of those awkward conversation enders, no, it went on from there.

They gave me painkillers, but they don't seem to be doing their work. :P
You have to wash them down with liquor to make them work.

There there, Glenn.

*sigh* Who reassures the reassurer?

One of my friend's father told her he hated her today. And it's not like one of those awkward conversation enders, no, it went on from there.

I have a friend who gets that from her mother. I have no idea how she copes. If that was me I just wouldn't talk to her.

That hardly works though.

I have a friend who gets that from her mother. I have no idea how she copes. If that was me I just wouldn't talk to her.
Doesn't exactly work when you're still a minor and depend on your parents to survive.

She did manage to avoid him for the rest of the day, but we had plans for this weekend, so at some point she's going to have to ask him if she can go out. Anyone who isn't involved in this (read: if you're not me) should probably grab some popcorn and watch the fireworks.

I actually just managed to get her to go to sleep a few minutes ago. I hate dysfunctional parents.

Pretty sure that counts as child abuse. You could report it, although I don't know how that works in America.

That hardly works though.

Works pretty well in my experience. People are nasty to me, I just stop hanging out with them. Obviously when you're forced to live with them to survive it works less well, but that was hardly clear, was it?

I have to agree with andrew. if you don't like someone just don't interact with them.

family included. only exception is if you have to live with them, really...and given the situation, I'd stop doing that as soon as possible, myself.

Yeah, she's moving to college this summer. Probably near where I live.

Recieved a letter today saying Cambridge Uni have rejected my application.
Ah well, 'twas expected.

Recieved a letter today saying Cambridge Uni have rejected my application.
Ah well, 'twas expected.
Bad luck, I know how you feel :(

At least they had the decency to send it to you just after Christmas - I got mine on the 23rd of December...


What course had you applied to?

Mathematics, which is highly oversubscribed.
I have offers from other places though on Maths & Physics courses, so I'm not in any kind of problem.
Unless for some reason I don't get an A in Maths or Physics, but that seems unlikely.

I had a couple of problems with my Cambridge app - due to the incompetence of my head of sixth form I only just made the deadline as he didn't realise that to send the UCAS form off online (first year they'd started online apps - shows how old I am :p) he actually had to click the "Send to UCAS" button. I couldn't do anything till he'd sent it...

Also, again due to the incompetence of my head of sixth form the Oxbridge mock interviews were scheduled for the week after my Cambridge interview, which was my first uni interview. So I didn't really do all that well in it...


Still, after visiting Loughborough Uni, I realised that Lufbra was a much better place for Aeronautical Engineering, and even if Cambridge had given me an offer, I would have turned them down and gone to Lufbra.

Of course, coming to the end of my fourth year, I'm regretting going to uni because the workload has been unbelievably stupidly ridiculous :p

Welcome to uni. :p

Of course, coming to the end of my fourth year, I'm regretting going to uni because the workload has been unbelievably stupidly ridiculous :p
Ditto. Although I don't regret it. I just regret not realising that even after I get this degree I won't be qualified for much as I'd need to do a a PhD. And there's little chance of me getting a job if I finish after this degree.

I enjoy what I'm learning. I just wish the workload wasn't so ridiculous. And this is me speaking after the end of the first term. Next term is where it gets really busy.

My car speedometer is faulty and I think it has been for 4 years. I finally got it looked at after driving back home before Xmas. At one point I was in the outside lane of the M1 doing 50.

I think 30mph is 23 on my speedometer, and I think 40 is 30. Past that I'm not really sure, although 60 may be 45-50.

That most certainly isn't good.

My car speedometer is faulty and I think it has been for 4 years. I finally got it looked at after driving back home before Xmas. At one point I was in the outside lane of the M1 doing 50.

I think 30mph is 23 on my speedometer, and I think 40 is 30. Past that I'm not really sure, although 60 may be 45-50.
Isn't the legal limit ±10[%]?

Could you borrow someone's satnav to double check the speeds until you can get it sorted?

Isn't the legal limit ±10mph?

I'm pretty sure that could cost you 3 points. Surely speed cameras would take your pretty picture if you're doing 40 in a 30 zone?
Although they have an odd method when it comes to dealing out penalties and I don't know what it actually is.

My mistake, I put the wrong units in. I meant ±10%. So at 60 your speedo can read anywhere between 54 and 66.

My mistake, I put the wrong units in. I meant ±10%. So at 60 your speedo can read anywhere between 54 and 66.

Ah, that sounds much more reasonable.

My mistake, I put the wrong units in. I meant ±10%. So at 60 your speedo can read anywhere between 54 and 66.
Quick, edit AK's post as well!

Over here if you aren't going at least 10mph over the speed limit you're going to get tailgated v:rolleyes:v

My mistake, I put the wrong units in. I meant ±10%. So at 60 your speedo can read anywhere between 54 and 66.
Well not really. My speedometer only says I'm doing less than what I'm actually doing. So I could be driving along at what I think is 60, doing 80.

And I'm driving up tomorrow. Not a good day to do it really given the temperature and the recent snow. Hopefully the gritters have been out.

Over here if you aren't going at least 10mph over the speed limit you're going to get tailgated v:rolleyes:v
and that's miles! not your sissy kilometers

and that's miles! not your sissy kilometers
Get metric already, you non-SI-conformists! :mad:

The US, Liberia and Burma are the three only countries that haven't officially adopted the SI system.
Where is Obama now with his 'Change'? He could start right now with switching to the metric system.

and that's miles! not your sissy kilometers
We don't have any of those "sissy kilometres" - we use imperial road measurements and are proud of it :D

Despite then filling our car up with litres of hideously expensive petrol and trying to work out fuel consumption in miles per IMPERIAL gallon (not any of those sissy pathetic tiny US gallons) :p

and are proud of it :D

We are?

The only place where I can see imperial measurements are necessary is in pubs.

The only place where I can see imperial measurements are necessary is in pubs.
Why pubs? I can't see anything wrong with buying half a litre of beer, apart from you wouldn't get as drunk. Which is good from the pub's point of view as they'll either sell more beer or have less vomit to clean up :p


Imperial Units would probably have to stay in aviation, at least until the USA goes Metric. Some places like Russia have metric units (cruise at 10,000m, not 30,000ft), and for European and American flights they have to manually calculate each altitude request if their aircraft doesn't have a digital altimeter that can automatically convert (only the newest Airbuses and the can do that)

fun fact: the usa was starting to go metric in the 70's before ronald reagan killed the task force in charge of the transition after ascending to office

fun fact: the usa was starting to go metric in the 70's before ronald reagan killed the task force in charge of the transition after ascending to officereally?! huh. didn't know that

manually calculate
Heh.
Gimli glider (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider)

really?! huh. didn't know that
it's why we buy pop in 2-liters and weights on packaging are shown along with their metric equivalent

Heh.
Gimli glider (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider)
Yup I know all about that one! Although that was fuel load, not altitude.

Damned archaic units of measurement!

I've been laid off from Disney. My last day is Friday.

I've been laid off from Disney. My last day is Friday.

Sorry to hear that.

I've been laid off from Disney. My last day is Friday.

Oof, that sucks. I'm sorry to hear that :/

..

Well, it looks like I got a internship now, but it's a kind of a strange place. They make text-based web browser MMO's, that are based on other's intellectual property's, like most recently they did a game for the movie Wanted. So far they have outsourced any graphics for their game sites. But they want to make the games look better so they will get more graphics into them, but it's still browser text games..

Of the five people working there I will be the only person working with graphics, which means I will get to decide my own workflow and get allot of responsibility. Which is both good and bad I guess, but it also means that I won't be able to get good feedback and help from industry veterans like at other game companies which is kinda the whole reason why we are doing this internship.

I just fear I will get tasks that are more related to web-design than 3D. But we'll see, I'm going to visit them tomorrow and see if it's as bad as I dread.

I've been laid off from Disney. My last day is Friday.
wow, you really called it

any future plans?

Write, act, make a career out of entertaining or, to be blunt, die starving on the streets. I really cannot do the Desk Jockey grind anymore.

die starving on the streets
I bet you could survive several years if you sell off all your computer games related stuff and collectables. :)
Although, that would be a different kind of death then.
You should perhaps slowly trade them in one by one for the best place around the burning garbage can under the bridge. :D

But please, however bad it'll get, don't sell your rights to Jump Leads for the quick money. :eek:
Perhaps found an artist commune with other similar minded persons and start producing a cartoon show on your own.
Probably computer animated and web-based.

Why pubs? I can't see anything wrong with buying half a litre of beer, apart from you wouldn't get as drunk. Which is good from the pub's point of view as they'll either sell more beer or have less vomit to clean up :pYes but it would mean pints would shrink, and the prices wouldn't.

Also it just doesn't sound right... "Can I have half a litre of beer please?".

>< damn it!

my fscking video card fried. it crashed while loading a game and then it didn't show anything when I turned the computer back on.....

Yes but it would mean pints would shrink, and the prices wouldn't.

Also it just doesn't sound right... "Can I have half a litre of beer please?".

But you wouldn't do that. You'd just ask for A Beer. Like if you want 50ml of tequila you don't say that, you ask for 'a double' and the staff know that a single measure is 25ml. (Except in places where it's 35.) The same would apply to beer, and "half a beer" or "a half [measure] of beer" would therefore be 250ml. To be honest, you could do the same thing with 568.26ml and it would be technically metric without anything having changed at all.

(That said, if you drink bottles you can already get beer in 250, 284, 330, 500 and 568ml servings. Cans are generally 440. Nobody knows why.)

Here in Austria you just order "a half".
Or a "large beer"; a "small beer" will get you 354ml.

>< damn it!

my fscking video card fried. it crashed while loading a game and then it didn't show anything when I turned the computer back on.....

Karma for using MySpace?


:p

It's just a joke, don't kill me. :(




:p

Karma for using MySpace?


:p

It's just a joke, don't kill me. :(




:p....didn't consider that...

the computer gods are displeased. I must make a sacrifice....*walks off pondering*

Shotgun your kidney! (not literally)

I'm pretty certain that gods prefer when you sacrifice other people instead of self-sacrifice.

Christianity begs to differ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cilice). D:

Heh I'd like to see Jack Thompson wearing that.
Besides christians are nuts, they don't know what their god really wants.

Besides christians are nuts

I largely agree.

Also, my exams start tomorrow... pah.

I'm pretty certain that gods prefer when you sacrifice other people instead of self-sacrifice.

Or goats...

well these would be the gaming or computer gods, so should I, instead, sacrifice a gaming device of some kind? :p

or perhaps they took a more proactive role and sacrificed my video card for me in advance :p

That would give an use to all my old hardware lying around.

Still no news from Steam Support about getting my hijacked account back :( (see 100%OT)

I'm currently living in the dark ages - we have no running water due to a burst main "down the road" :(

As it only affects a few people (the burst is about 5 miles away, and we're the end of the line), the water company don't seem to be all that keen to fix it...

BAH! I can't find my student card so I will have to pay full price on train tickets for now.

Nooo fun :(

Now my Steam account's been disabled.

What.

Now my Steam account's been disabled.

What.
have you been in contact with the steam folks? i can understand why this might happen if there have been a lot of attempts to break in or whatever. suspicious activities and what have you

And now they've undisabled it again, with an apology. Let's hope that's it :)

I've been morbidly depressed all week over old news, and now I'm catching a cold. :(

I was made redundant and have been unemployed for a month. During the 7 day weeks of 16 hours a day I would have killed for this but it is breaking me. I feel that there's little I am capable of, having spent so much time in one place, and that even if I were more capable I am struggling to find a developer who needs someone with my skills and experience.

I feel like I've wasted the last 4 years for reasons different to the 22 years prior. *glum*

I was made redundant and have been unemployed for a month. During the 7 day weeks of 16 hours a day I would have killed for this but it is breaking me. I feel that there's little I am capable of, having spent so much time in one place, and that even if I were more capable I am struggling to find a developer who needs someone with my skills and experience.

I feel like I've wasted the last 4 years for reasons different to the 22 years prior. *glum*ouch. that sucks. where were you working before?

Babel Media. I coordinated teams of language testers who localised games. It was a high-pressure job which didn't really pay enough or have enough job security (evidently).

Babel are an out-sourcing company who deal with big names like Konami, EA, Atari, Majesco, THQ, etc. I can't say much more than that on account of my NDA - I can only say what's definitely publically available knowledge and I'm not sure what is these days (apart from the aforementioned).

edit: Just found myself on IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3151172/filmovote. Other games I am apparently in the credits of are 300 (PSP) and Crysis Warhead (waaaaaaaaaay down the list).

Babel Media. I coordinated teams of language testers who localised games. It was a high-pressure job which didn't really pay enough or have enough job security (evidently).

Babel are an out-sourcing company who deal with big names like Konami, EA, Atari, Majesco, THQ, etc. I can't say much more than that on account of my NDA - I can only say what's definitely publically available knowledge and I'm not sure what is these days (apart from the aforementioned).

edit: Just found myself on IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3151172/filmovote. Other games I am apparently in the credits of are 300 (PSP) and Crysis Warhead (waaaaaaaaaay down the list).wow. that's gotta be kinda neat finding yourself on a site like that :p

"Neat" might be a bit extreme...

I did some work experience at Babel in Hove during the summer of 2004, were you working there then? I was in the Gray Goose team, if you knew what they were doing.

Yeah, I remember that. I joined about the time they were doing it. I started out on Champ 5 on Xbox, though. Oh, fun days.

Stef, Stef, Stef. You can do anything; you're a capable person. Just turn on that charm of yours. No job is a bad job.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Matt; I hope my potential employers' views are the same.

I did some work experience at Babel in Hove during the summer of 2004, were you working there then? I was in the Gray Goose team, if you knew what they were doing.
how often do teamsters read od anyway

how often do teamsters read od anywaycyph3r seems to read reasonably often, even if the rest don't at all. he's commented on a number of things sporadically in the not-to-distant past.

No job is a bad job.
Wait wait, do you mean that there aren't any bad jobs? Or that not having a job is in itself a bad job? Damn ambiguity!

Wait wait, do you mean that there aren't any bad jobs? Or that not having a job is in itself a bad job? Damn ambiguity!

When ambiguity rears it's ugly head just use logic.

You can't be unemployed and employed at the same time.
If Job equals 0 then Job does not equal 1

Otherwise Zero would be a bad one.

O_o

I mean a lot of things.

I'm sure you'll manage, Vader.

My brother is kinda sunk in a similar spot, although he does have a job, it's a job he doesn't enjoy and he feels miserable because he doesn't think he's capable of doing any other job...

Incidentally, we work together. :P

Hope things work out for you Vader and that you find something enjoyable to do.

My CRT monitor has been flickering a bit lately and just now, went black before returning to normal.
There's also a very faint sound coming from it.

Gah, it's getting more noticable as I write this post.

Hahahaha. CRT. That cheered me up! ;)

My girlfriend's monitor is the same, actually. It goes yellow and flickery now and again but mushing the cable a bit seems to fix it every time.

I laugh at her monitor, too. Don't feel bad. Just hope that mushing the cable a bit works or better yet, buy a nice widescreen TFT. :)

Hope things work out for you Vader and that you find something enjoyable to do.

My CRT monitor has been flickering a bit lately and just now, went black before returning to normal.
There's also a very faint sound coming from it.

Gah, it's getting more noticable as I write this post.well that's what you deserve for using that ancient pile of crap :p

It's stopped for now.
Only seems to happen soon after turning my computer on.

I still hold that CRT quality > LCDs

I have no actual evidence or reason for this, other than personal bias because I have a CRT

The lack of native resolution is about all I can see going for them really. I'd read that they've got a better colour space, but I can't imagine most people care about that.

If you're running at native resolution then a TFT has a far clearer, brighter and more vivid picture. 100% FACT.

well.....thanks to microsoft for being amazing at computer design in general, I've been trying to play Plain Sight (http://www.plainsightgame.com/beta) for the last 45 minutes. the annoying thing is that the game was a 6 minute download, but NOW I have to download some .net framework thing from microsoft and rather than just have it download and install like a NORMAL program, it seems to want to do so as if it were made of retardation that's been crystalized and fed into a computer. i downloaded this .net thing for 10 MINUTES! HOW DOES IT TAKE THAT SMALL A FILE 30 MINUTES TO INSTALL!!?! I've installed fully functioning 10GB games that didn't take this long to install....

That's because it's not a normal program but a full-fledged software framework that integrates itself up the wazoo. :p

The lack of native resolution is about all I can see going for them really. I'd read that they've got a better colour space, but I can't imagine most people care about that.

They also have a wider viewing angle and they're brighter (which also means they glare out less in bright light). The colour thing is important: I use an LCD at work, and at times I wish it was a CRT, just so the whole screen responded the same way to any given colour input.

But LCDs are cheaper, lighter, smaller, and flicker less. And yes, they're better in their native resolution (I think). That's why they're everywhere. The last time I remember seeing a new CRT was one TV ago at my parents'.

That's because it's not a normal program but a full-fledged software framework that integrates itself up the wazoo. :pwell either way that's annoying :p

well either way that's annoying :p

It is annoying, but it's so easy to code for that I for one think it's well worthwhile.

I got my SD card stuck in my Wii's disc drive. Yes, really. I'm now waiting for my triwing screwdriver to arrive.

I got my SD card stuck in my Wii's disc drive. Yes, really. I'm now waiting for my triwing screwdriver to arrive.

... so how did it get there in the first place? :P

I got my SD card stuck in my Wii's disc drive. Yes, really. I'm now waiting for my triwing screwdriver to arrive. / golfclap

I got my SD card stuck in my Wii's disc drive.
Is this (http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/692124/Woman-Puts-Credit-Cards-In-Her-Wii.html) your mother? :D

I'd read about that that same day, quite ironic really :p

The only difference being, I did it unintentionally

This will 100% definitely work and means you can get it out right now:

http://vader.wurmz.net/images/misc/wiii.PNG

It will also get your Wii lovely and clean

This will 100% definitely work and means you can get it out right now:

http://vader.wurmz.net/images/misc/wiii.PNG
My sarcasm sensors aren't working today, so I apologise if that post was supposed to be sarcastic :p

I won't see how that would work, especially since the SD card seems to be wedged between the eject motor and the drive.

I wouldn't call it sarcasm, just silliness. For starters the bin liner would do nothing aside from perhaps clog up the vacuum's nozzle, rather than creating a vacuum. You'd be better off just putting the vacuum nozzle right against the Wii but even that's just silly.

My girlfriend's advice is to stick a knife in there. :/

Best to use an anti-static vacuum cleaner though, as you might cause charged dust particles to fry your wii :p

Mmmmm fried Wii...

My brother suddenly went on a really weird depression and he's sinking faster than even I do when I get depressed. Which is starting to get me worried. Lately he even seems completely paranoid at times.

I keep trying to cheer him up but nothing seems to work.

He's got this idea that we are heading towards an impending doom, economically speaking(family economy, not global), and feels like he doesn't have what it takes to even make a living for himself. He's convinced he can't learn anything and he's convinced there is no job he can perform. He's also convinced that the place we currently work at(which belongs to my grandfather) will inevitably crash to the ground, even tough we are actually doing fine. I mean I carry most of the finances there and we are making profit. Enough profit to sustain the business and all of it's current employees, and some more. Even tough things have gotten a little slow lately, we are still selling quite well. I honestly don't know what's gotten into him... :-/

forgot to mention it, but yesterday my refrigerator went out on me. lost a bit of food and yesterday night I had to buy a new damn fridge. I got a cheap one, but it still ran $550.....stupid being an adult....

I got a cheap one, but it still ran $550.....stupid being an adult....
Cheap? :-/
Here in Austria you get refrigerators from 220€ upwards. The regular 1.2 meter high and 200 liter volume ones.

Negative event indeed. :(
But at least you've got more tipping money.
And no scabies yet.

Cheap? :-/
Here in Austria you get refrigerators from 220€ upwards. The regular 1.2 meter high and 200 liter volume ones.220€ = about $500 if I'm not mistaken?

Negative event indeed. :(
But at least you've got more tipping money.
And no scabies yet.lol, yeah. of the fridge money I deposited about half into my account, and my wife did about the same I believe, so we're good, but it's still highly annoying.

http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=220EUR+in+USD&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=220EUR+in+USD&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8wow, is the exchange rate that low?! well hell. I wanna go shopping over there!

There is a possibility that my brother's issue goes way deeper.

There is a possibility that my brother's issue goes way deeper.
Take him to a shrink.
If he's reluctant, do it the Simpsons way: Tell him you're going to Mount Splashmore with him.

I don't like the idea of him having to rely on pills. Will do if things keep like this, I guess...

My nana* on my Dad's side died a few hours ago, of leukemia.

It's actually the first I've known that she had the disease. I knew she was in a bad way and having frequent blood transfusions, and I know she's been in hospital over the past few days with my Dad up in Leeds visiting her, but... she never said.

But yeah. Kinda hard to say how I feel. I mean, a :( smiley doesn't cut it.


*grandmother

Sorry to hear that, Paul.

Aye, and commiserations to your dad. I imagine you're upset.

:(

Sorry, Paul. I hope you're all OK.

My condolences, Paul.

Bah, Paul... really sorry to hear that, mate... my condolences... :-/

Thanks guys.

Yeah, I don't really know what to say except what they said... Sorry for your loss.

Sorry to hear that Paul. Personally I think sudden deaths are better to cope with than something like terminal cancer, where you know someone is at the end of their life (though thankfully I've never been in that situation). When someone dies, you grieve, but then get on with your life. However I expect that when someone is dying you start grieving before they have died, and continue until after their death. I can't imagine what some people have to go through. So what I'm really trying to say is that it may have been best not to know.

My uncle lasted about 10 months after being diagnosed with cancer. It was the first time I'd had to deal with that situation. I guess the major difference is the effort that goes into looking after them. There's nothing you can say to make it better, all you can do is spend time with them. Sometimes there's a window of opportunity if they are still able for a while, and you can do things with them.

Took my brother to a shrink yesterday. Pretty much had to force him go...
Diagnosed some sort of depression, gave him pills, and now we just wait.

That's good to hear. My only concern is that the pills will make him worse in the long term. I hope he's OK...

I got the SD card out of the Wii, but my disc drive seems permanantly broken, so I had to order a new one. Also, I had to use a glue gun to fix the SD card (the write protect switch had broken off making it read only). On the plus side, I don't need a disc drive to run Miight :D


Also, my phone is completely ****ed up, and constantly presses 4, 5 and 6 in various combinations :(


I think technology hates me today...

I think maybe you abuse it.

That's good to hear. My only concern is that the pills will make him worse in the long term. I hope he's OK...
The guy seemed pretty confident of what he was doing, plus he mentioned that he prefers to stay away from the potent stuff. Also mentioned there are no side effects to the one he gave him. Gonna have to look it up later anyway, right now I'm dropping dead until tomorrow work.

I seem to recall having a friend who was given medication for depression.
Although the drugs were nothing more than pills of sugar. I recommend you read up on what he's got.

I seem to recall having a friend who was given medication for depression.
Although the drugs were nothing more than pills of sugar. I recommend you read up on what he's got.
I highly doubt it's sugar, given we had to buy the stuff on a drug store. I don't think they have the habit of marketing sugar as medicine. :P

As long as they work. who cares?

Tried taking him to a comedy show?

I highly doubt it's sugar, given we had to buy the stuff on a drug store. I don't think they have the habit of marketing sugar as medicine. :Pit's not medicine, it's just supposed to make you THINK it's medicine. so yeah, it probably would be at a drug store :p

it's not medicine, it's just supposed to make you THINK it's medicine. so yeah, it probably would be at a drug store :p
Then they would be selling a rather expensive sugar, and it would be false advertising. I'm all but certain that when they give you a placebo it's usually the doctor who gives it directly to you, instead of writing a fake prescription so you can buy fake medicine.:p

Then they would be selling a rather expensive sugar, and it would be false advertising. I'm all but certain that when they give you a placebo it's usually the doctor who gives it directly to you, instead of writing a fake prescription so you can buy fake medicine.:pfair enough. I honestly wouldn't know one way or another from personal experience.

Well the medicine is called "Pontiride" and the active ingredient is sulpiride.

AFAIK, the packages and blisters of a placebo are labelled with the word "placebo".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cebocap.jpg

Also, they're normally only used in studies with a placebo group.

It's technically Thursday now and I've been sick with this stomach bug since Saturday. I think it's about time I saw a doctor about it, because I've begun to seriously worry about undernourishment. I've been running on fumes all week because I can't freaking digest anything. I'll get insanely hungry, and then try to eat what the hell ever I can even find, lose my appetite halfway through and feel bloated full of god knows what and like I just want to get rid of everything in my digestive tract via whichever end is nearer. There are times when I can barely stay on my own feet for more than a few minutes at a time, and I've been told I'm looking pale. I'm just about literally starving. Gods, I want nothing more than to get the hell over this, go to Denny's and gorge myself on breakfast. I miss being satiated.

Awww you poor little blighter :(

*ruffles Zeor's hair helmet*

Have you tried eating like one piece of fruit every couple of hours? Something like blueberries might be easy to digest, or nuts and seeds as they have high nutritional value for their size.

Just got my January exam results back and they do not look good. Before going into them I was on 77% after completing 24% of my degree. Now I'm on 69% after completing 40% (just averaged 57% on the last exams). Plus, I got just 49% in the cancer module (which is one of the PhDs I've applied for - not likely to get that now. Even the second one I applied for is linked to cancer).

So right now I feel crushed and I'm wondering what the future holds.

Hopefully not cancer.

general negative thought: i need to stop developing romantic feelings for people who are already attached!

Seems to be a popular trend among this thread.

Seems to be a popular trend
:rolleyes:

Doc says, uh, it's a stomach bug, and I should, like, limit my diet to really plain things and wait for it to go away.

Fine use of 20 bucks and two hours of sleeping time. :p

Ah well. I'm feeling a little better today. A little. Hopefully I'll be better by Monday, at least.

Drink fennel/camomile tea and eat zwieback.

Or GRANOLA! >:D

I suppose my computer monitor flashing pink and blue extremely quickly is not good news for my PC :(

Or possibly your monitor.

Or possibly your monitor.It can't be my monitor as 1. Turning it off and on again doesn't work, and 2. When the screen goes bright pink (or any other colour for that matter) the computer doesn't respond (I have a button on the keyboard that should take the PC to standby).

Yeah, if turning something off and on again doesn't fix it, it can't be broken.

Have you tried another video cable?
Loose connections can cause that behaviour.

Have you tried another video cable?
Loose connections can cause that behaviour.
Seconded.

You've tried turnin' it off and on again, so now make sure it's plugged in :p

I had random problems with the awful eMachines monitor that came with my ****ard Bell and it was solved by unplugging the VGA cable from the monitor and plugging it back in and making sure it was screwed in tight. Whenever I plugged it into my PowerBook, OSX would hang for about 20 - 30 seconds - that stopped when I tightened the plug up on the monitor.

unplugging the VGA cable from the monitor and plugging it back in and making sure it was screwed in tight
That too.
If it still fails to solve the issue, try another (new) cable, as the pins of the connectors and/or the wires are bent or broken.

If nothing helps at all, you can always try turning it on and off some more.

lol, why do you continue starring out packard bell? :p

I mean, they're bad but that's got to be annoying.

Presumably he's actually typing 'Craрard Bell'.

Edit: does 'crap' star out automatically?

Edit2: No. Evidently thomasp is just strange.

Edit3: Or, not as good at puns as I am and typing 'Fuсkard Bell'.

Edit4: ****.

Edit5: Yes, that one works.

lol, why do you continue starring out packard bell? :p

I mean, they're bad but that's got to be annoying.
I guess he hates it so much, that he types it out as "Fúckard Bell". :rolleyes:

It can't be my monitor as 1. Turning it off and on again doesn't work, and 2. When the screen goes bright pink (or any other colour for that matter) the computer doesn't respond (I have a button on the keyboard that should take the PC to standby).Have you actually tried the monitor on another computer?

Edit2: No. Evidently thomasp is just strange.


Got it in one!

****tard Bell would work better that ****ard Bell, but frankly the real name is always the best thing to call it.

Have you actually tried the monitor on another computer?No but I don't really think I need to. As the computer doesn't respond when I tell it to standby, it can't be due to the monitor. If it was then that would still work.

I might try changing the cable as suggested and see what happens.

What the hell is wrong with the Xbox marketplace website? There doesn't seem to be an option to login with my existing gamertag... When clicking on the "login" link it just sends me to an account creation screen, and no option to choose an existing gamertag...
What the hell is up with that?

edit: This crap is retarded...

edit2: So I tought, "ok, maybe I can just register a new gamertag and then I'll be able to link it with my 360's gamertag", and so I registered a new one.
There is no such option. So I decided to log out.
Fun fact: You cannot log out, despite the website having a "logout" link in the top right corner! How fun is that?

I decided to floss my teeth and the floss got caught on a tooth/filling. I tried pulling it and heard a noise so thought best to cut it. I thought perhaps brushing my teeth might either loosen it or get the floss caught in the toothbrush (electric). Unfortunately it was the latter. So now picture me with a toothbrush caught to my floss, caught to my tooth. Then I had to cut the toothbrush free (using the blunt scissors that probably have E coli all over them).

I was trying to do work earlier and all the programs kept crashing. I wonder if this day can get worse.

I still have said floss stuck in my teeth.

(using the blunt scissors that probably have E coli all over them)
Enterobacteriaceae are usually intestinal bacteria.
Have you been cutting the hair around your bumhole? :eek:

My mum's water supply has E coli in, but there are UV filters to stop it getting above a certain level. Apparently her water is cleaner than Evian or something. It's good stuff, I must admit, so the E coli must be a good thing.

With that in mind I suggest you suckle on the scissors. It will make your saliva cleaner than Evian and the floss will come out to do butterfly laps of your mouth.

Enterobacteriaceae are usually intestinal bacteria.
Have you been cutting the hair around your bumhole? :eek:No, chicken breast.

I finally got most of the floss out about an hour ago, although there's still a small strand left.

Apparently her water is cleaner than Evian or somethingWell, tap water does undergo stricter quality control checks than bottled water...

I'm gonna get this thread back into its prime topic, RELATIONSHIP FUN!

Dating tips: Never date a girl that really really really hates a guy. Because she'll hate him so much she'll **** him at the first chance he gives her. Because people are rational and therefore are free to do the most illogical things possible.

You'd think that love and hate are opposites, but not really. The opposite of love, as I've often been told, is indifference. Love and hate are neighbors.

In a nutshell, no, nothing pertaining to love ever really makes sense.

You'd think that love and hate are opposites, but not really. The opposite of love, as I've often been told, is indifference. Love and hate are neighbors.

In a nutshell, no, nothing pertaining to love ever really makes sense.well as a rule, opposites have to be similar. technically the opposite of an egg would be Mt Everest or some such, but that tends to not make sense :p

well as a rule, opposites have to be similar. technically the opposite of an egg would be Mt Everest or some such, but that tends to not make sense :p
How the heck would and egg and Mt. Everest be similar then? :confused:
Because they're both white?

well as a rule, opposites have to be similar. technically the opposite of an egg would be Mt Everest or some such, but that tends to not make sense :p
now that's just silly. the opposite of egg is either sperm or a chicken, depending how you choose to look at it

How the heck would and egg and Mt. Everest be similar then? :confused:
Because they're both white?my point was that those WEREN'T similar and as such saying they're opposites just doesn't make any sense. guess I didn't say that clearly :-/

now that's just silly.that would be my point, yes :p

The opposite of an egg is quite clearly bacon. That's why they are so frequently attracted to one another. The ketchup is there to bind them all.

I'm sure someone who knows chemistry can come up with a better way of wording this entire post, comparing a bacon sandwich to atoms.

Eggs are related to mount Everest. For one, they're pointy. For another, if you stack up all the cream eggs ever eaten, it's around 900x the size of Everest.

now that's just silly. the opposite of egg is either sperm or a chicken, depending how you choose to look at itI don't see how they can be opposites of an egg. It's like saying 0.5 is the opposite of 1.

The opposite of an egg is no egg :p

Consider an egg. More specifically, consider what the egg is composed of and how it is structured.
Now consider an entity, which is composed of everything the egg is not and structured in every way an egg is not. The entity you consider, is the egg's opposite.

:p

The opposite of an egg is no egg :p
What about an anti-egg, imaginary egg or complex egg?

:p


*Returns to little engineer-hole*

Mt. Everest basically is an egg. It was squeezed out of a crack in mother nature's tectonic plates. But if it ever hatches, it will probably have apocalyptic fire inside.

The opposite of an egg is a coffin, and the opposite of a pregnant woman is a hearse. :D

anti-egg
Yes, they use these in particle accelerators where they are clashed against normal eggs to explode in a matter-anti-matter reaction to find out more about what sticks our universe together (namely the egg-white).
Mt. Everest basically is an egg. It was squeezed out of a crack in mother nature's tectonic plates. But if it ever hatches, it will probably have apocalyptic fire inside.
That's how Gozilla was born.
Mount Fuji was a similar egg before the top broke off as you can clearly see.
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/tbd/earthday/images/icons/browse/fuji.jpg
The opposite of an egg is a coffin, and the opposite of a pregnant woman is a hearse. :D
HAHAHA! :D

The opposite of an egg is quite clearly bacon. That's why they are so frequently attracted to one another. The ketchup is there to bind them all.You know, just today, I was reflecting on my own distance from reality as we know it, these days -- that all of existance itself seems like something abstract and intangible to me half the time, that maybe nothing is really anything at all... But now that I've read this, I think things have become a little clearer to me, the universe at large a little easier to understand. I like the way you think. I can process this.

Seems a bad start to the year for the aviation industry: Hudson crash, Amazon crash, Buffalo crash and now the Schipol crash... 3 out of those 4 being fatal accidents.

I wonder if there is actually going to be an aviation industry for me to go into when I graduate... :confused:

I wonder if there is actually going to be an aviation industry for me to go into when I graduate... :confused:
There will surely be some jobs for several years until all remaining planes have crashed.
Then you could work as a conductor on a train until all of those have derailed.

Then you could work as a conductor on a train until all of those have derailed.
You're forgetting, I'm in the UK, so that would be about 15 minutes :p

You're forgetting, I'm in the UK, so that would be about 15 minutes :p

Don't be daft. They can't derail unless they actually move around sometimes.

Don't be daft. They can't derail unless they actually move around sometimes.
Ahh good point. I guess the trains could spontaneously jump off the tracks - wouldn't put anything past our rail network!

An air plane could crash and push the train off the tracks.

Doesn't need to crash - could just power the engines up near a train - that'd send the train flying!

What about an anti-egg, imaginary egg or complex egg?

:p


*Returns to little engineer-hole*

Or a mutant or dominant negative egg :p

The opposiite of an egg is quite clearly the corpse of whatever species laid it.
:D

How about a gge?

How about a gge?

Sh*t... I hadn't thought of that.

The opposite of an egg might be a cannibal.

I'm gonna make a poll on BlameThePixel for this!

Is it normal for laptop speakers to go out of tune?

I'm listening to some piano solo music (Beethoven's 26th piano sonata if you must know :p) as I do most nights and the speakers on my laptop seem to be sounding distinctly like an out of tune piano. Yet when I plug in my iPhone headphones into the laptop and listen through those, it sounds fine. Only just started happening :confused:


I think my laptop is dropping hints that it needs to be replaced...

Is it normal for laptop speakers to go out of tune?

I'm listening to some piano solo music (Beethoven's 26th piano sonata if you must know :p) as I do most nights and the speakers on my laptop seem to be sounding distinctly like an out of tune piano. Yet when I plug in my iPhone headphones into the laptop and listen through those, it sounds fine. Only just started happening :confused:


I think my laptop is dropping hints that it needs to be replaced...

Well maybe if you'd bought a Packard Bell laptop...

And don't even think about finishing that last sentence yourself!

Well maybe if you'd bought a Packard Bell laptop...

And don't even think about finishing that last sentence yourself!
:p

If I'd have bought a packard bell laptop they'd have never worked.


My PowerBook does seem very good at dropping subtle hints that now is the time to splash out on one of those nice new unibody 15" MacBook Pros.

Or a Packard Bell for that matter.

Is it normal for laptop speakers to go out of tune?

I'm listening to some piano solo music (Beethoven's 26th piano sonata if you must know :p) as I do most nights and the speakers on my laptop seem to be sounding distinctly like an out of tune piano. Yet when I plug in my iPhone headphones into the laptop and listen through those, it sounds fine. Only just started happening :confused:


I think my laptop is dropping hints that it needs to be replaced...It sometimes happens to mine, I think. Something starts reverbrating and I get a horrible buzz to accompany the music (or Messenger sounds, or whatever).

Is it normal for laptop speakers to go out of tune?

I'm listening to some piano solo music (Beethoven's 26th piano sonata if you must know :p) as I do most nights and the speakers on my laptop seem to be sounding distinctly like an out of tune piano. Yet when I plug in my iPhone headphones into the laptop and listen through those, it sounds fine. Only just started happening :confused:


I think my laptop is dropping hints that it needs to be replaced...

Is it normal for laptop speakers to not suck?

Is it normal for laptop speakers to not suck?
They suck more than usual :p Shame I haven't got space in my uni room for my Harman-Kaardon Soundsticks :(

Trying to solve the last equation required for my Differential Equations coursework...
Either it's really evil, or I made a very irritating error somewhere along the line. Probably both...

My laptop got stolen. I've filed a police report and everything, but I'm not getting it back.

...Ouch. What makes you so sure it's gone for good?

My laptop got stolen. I've filed a police report and everything, but I'm not getting it back.
I hope you didn't have sensible, important or irretrievable data on it. :(

Is it on your head?



No wait, that's glasses...

Is it on your lap?

They got my glasses too

...Ouch. What makes you so sure it's gone for good?

That's not how the police work.

They just note it as stolen so you can claim insurance. They can't actually do anything about it. Even if they catch the thief, they can't get stuff back once it's sold.

On my way back from class I ran into some of my friends on their way to play a soccer game, so I went with them and watched and morally supported. We had a pile of our backpacks about 10 feet behind us (I was never the only one on the sidelines - there were other watchers and subs). All of the backpacks had soccer cleats and socks and stuff in them - mine was the only one with anything valueable. And it was also the only one missing. Who raids soccer players' bags in order to steal things? There was practically no chance for them to gain anything from it, and they just got extremely lucky to get the only valuable one. On the other hand, there were wallets and ID cards plainly visible in the pile too - so why would they take a non-descript bag and why mine?! It doesn't make any sense to me...

I'm hoping with everything I have that it was an accident and/or will turn up in lost and found, but I cant say I'm optimistic...

The worst though is that I had all my notes on my computer. It's a tablet pc, so I take all my notes on it, and now I'm ****ed because I haven't backed my notes up for a few weeks. And we're almost at finals. Thank goodness I have all but my most recent pictures backed up. Ive changed all my passwords lest they try and use my cookies.

I also lost my glasses, my graphing calculator, several midterms/quizzes/homeworks I'd gotten back, my peace of mind, and the bicycle headlight Maxie just bought me. :(

Sorry to hear that, man...
They must have somehow known that you had valuables in there. Maybe you were followed?

I had a similar experience 8 years ago. My laptop was inside our family pick-up truck and my father went to dinner with some of his co-workers with the laptop still inside. It was hidden bellow the back seat, inside a bag that wasn't exactly a laptop bag but fit well enough. While on the parking lot someone broke one of the windows and extracted the laptop from there.
Way too weird for someone just trying their luck with the first vehicle they saw...

I'm trusting my father's word here tho, might not have been what actually happened, but I guess I'll never know.

Every time Apple releases new products my 3.5 year old PowerBook drops another hint that its time to replace it with a newer model... these hints only seem to come when Apple do product updates as well :confused:

For example today I noticed that I've got a couple of dead pixels on the screen that definitely weren't there yesterday! Unfortunately I can't afford a new MacBook Pro just yet, so am going to have to wait and hope this sees me through until I graduate :(

Every time Apple releases new products my 3.5 year old PowerBook drops another hint that its time to replace it with a newer model... these hints only seem to come when Apple do product updates as well :confused:
Yes, Apple uses killswitches to remotely initiate a slow self-destruct sequence which is synchronized with the release of new advertisements.

Next, your right mouse button will die. :)

The clicker on the scrollball on my Mighty Mouse died the other day, so it now no longer centre clicks :p

:eek: But... central-clicks are awesome!

Get a PC. I know, I know; radical and unsavoury but sensible.

Get a PC. I know, I know; radical and unsavoury but sensible.
I've got a PC. It's in a worse condition than my PowerBook :p

That's not how the police work.

They just note it as stolen so you can claim insurance. They can't actually do anything about it. Even if they catch the thief, they can't get stuff back once it's sold.Well, that makes sense. In this stupid-ass real world. :(

I've got a PC. It's in a worse condition than my PowerBook :p
Get a GBA?

Well, that makes sense. In this stupid-ass real world. :(
Bacon and eggs, my friend. Bacon and eggs.

Well, that makes sense. In this stupid-ass real world. :(

Would you prefer they took the videogame attitude and chased the thief around for two minutes and then stop?

Get a PC. I know, I know; radical and unsavoury but sensible.
alternate possibility: get a new mouse (you dumbass)

Would you prefer they took the videogame attitude and chased the thief around for two minutes and then stop?...I'll have to think about it.

I've got a PC. It's in a worse condition than my PowerBook :p
Solution: Get a good PC.
Namely, one that you assembled yourself from quality parts.

You know who to blame first when something fails again.

Problem: I'm a student who needed a Windows desktop PC as quickly and as cheaply as possible and didn't have the time or money to build, so had to look to the second hand market. Nothing *YET* has failed on it (touch wood) but I don't hold out much hope... I did buy an 8Gb pen drive to act as a backup drive for it.

Problem: I'm a student who needed a Windows desktop PC as quickly and as cheaply as possible and didn't have the time or money to build, so had to look to the second hand market. Nothing *YET* has failed on it (touch wood) but I don't hold out much hope... I did buy an 8Gb pen drive to act as a backup drive for it.
Self-assembled PCs are cheaper than pre-assembled ones with the same specifications if you search for the cheapest vendor.

New solution: Sell both your Packard Bell and PowerBook to some gullible, clueless fools.
Use the money to buy a new PC.

Self-assembled PCs are cheaper than pre-assembled ones with the same specifications if you search for the cheapest vendor.

New solution: Sell both your Packard Bell and PowerBook to some gullible, clueless fools.
Use the money to buy a new PC.
Buying second hand when you don't exactly need high performance was by far the cheapest - and quickest - option when I was in the market for a Windows box.

And I doubt I'd get any more than about £150/£200 for both the PB and the PB (since I wouldn't be selling the packard bell's monitor, I'd keep that as I scrapped the old one and bought a bigger one!), given that they are both stupidly old and rather worn out in looks.

Buying second hand when you don't exactly need high performance was by far the cheapest - and quickest - option when I was in the market for a Windows box.
But when buying second hand, you risk that you are the clueless fool that gets crappy hardware.
Hmm, I wonder why the previous owner sold the Packard Bell. Surely not because it was great and working fine. :rolleyes:

Also, no warranty.

But when buying second hand, you risk that you are the clueless fool that gets crappy hardware.
Hmm, I wonder why the previous owner sold the Packard Bell. Surely not because it was great and working fine. :rolleyes:

Also, no warranty.
They sold it because it was 5 years old and they'd bought a laptop instead and it wasn't being used any more. They didn't appear very computer literate so I doubt they'd be aware of any hardware faults.

They sold it because it was 5 years old and they'd bought a laptop instead and it wasn't being used any more. They didn't appear very computer literate so I doubt they'd be aware of any hardware faults.

Wow no wonder. My computer is 4 years old and crashes all the time now. I need a new one really but I might as well do that over the summer after I've finished my degree.