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OTFPOTD: October 6th Early Edition (Now in wintergreen flavor)

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It's about midnight, and it's a raining outside. High winds expected again in the Everett area today.

Why am I up so late? I've got to DJ a dance this week and one of my old 1/8" to XLR cables has gone bad and I'm too cheap to buy a new one. In other words, I'm cannibalizing some old cables and soldering them together.

Anyhoo, interesting links of the day:

New Nintendo DS will have a camera built into it, so you might want to wait a little while before buying one PositivePaul.

Deus Ex 3 details emerging. I loved the first Deus Ex and liked the second one. I can't wait for a third one.

Adam Savage gets drunk then runs on a treadmill. Captured in high-speed for your enjoyment.

Next Knights of the Old Republic game to be a MMORPG fuck you Bioware.

Remember DooM? Boy this takes me back.

So does this one.

Potential discussion topics

  • Bill Murray is interested in Ghostbusters 3. Would you watch it?
  • Best root beer: Thomas Kemper. Y/N?
  • Do you enjoy thunderstorms?
  • Has anyone read The Name of the Wind? 

Last week we discussed a lot of Top 11 lists. Here's my Top 11 Favorite Video Games of All Time. Your list/thoughts?

  1. Chrono Trigger
  2. Super Mario World
  3. DooM
  4. Half-Life 2
  5. Deus Ex
  6. System Shock 2
  7. Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
  8. The Dig
  9. Final Fantasy VI (III in Japan)
  10. Mass Effect
  11. Xenosaga

I'm off to play Doctor Frankenstein with these audio cables again.

 

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Up so late? Dude, this isn't late.

*I think my roomate was at that MythBusters thing the video is from.

*KotOR MMORPG = Beyond amazing if done right.

Quick Top 11 Videogames (I’m sure I’m forgetting a game or two.):

1. WWF No Mercy
2. Shenmue
3. Chrono Trigger
4. Star Wars: Kights of the Old Republic
5. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
6. Super Mario 64
7. Harvest Moon 64
8. NCAA Football (Probably 2003 or 2004 was the best)
9. Starcraft
10. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
11. Samba de Amigo (Dreamcast)

by SethGrandpa on Oct 6, 2008 12:44 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm around.

And then – Like a flash – I’m gone. Whoosh.

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Oct 6, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

like flash paper but with less actual fire and not disappearing permanently

wow that analogy died a quick ugly death.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

SB is bloghouse cancer?

More like a bloghouse cancer who led the AL in strikeouts last year, amirite??

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 6:30 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Top 11 places I'd rather be than at work

- Sleeping
- Playing pool
- Driving
- The Rose Bowl
- Pauley Pavilion
- Seattle
- Scrappy’s Beachside Bar, Grill, and Casino
- Lookout Landing
- Gaslamp
- La Jolla
- Angel Stadium
- Las Vegas

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 6:38 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

You know,

I wanted to make a list, but I’m just too damn lazy to come up with 11 different locations on where I’d rather be.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 6:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Haha true.

But every place has it’s ups and downs. For instance. No sour cream here. I am dying to make some damn guacamole. And yet, without sour cream I am helpless. Most unfortunate.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That would be a great idea.

But I don’t think there are any bases close to Osaka or Kyoto. Or, at least, I haven’t seen very many white/black people that would indicate off-duty military people.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed.

I need to play for Okinawa.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tokyo

would probably be cool to live in. But I’d get tired of all the people after awhile. Although I personally haven’t been there, I’ve only heard great thigns about the girls on Okinawa. All the Japanese people are jealous of girls from there.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I never went to Okinawa

and only spent a week in Tokyo last summer so my experience is obviously quite limited.

by coolguyrob on Oct 6, 2008 7:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The way I make it it does.

I can’t make it without it. Well, not as well as I can make it with it. And I just can’t stand shitty guacamole.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Top 11 Places I'd Rather Be Than At Work

♥Seattle
♥My cozy bed
♥Watching What Not to Wear
♥Eating beignets at Cafe du Monde
♥Walking in Audubon Park
♥Powell’s Books
♥Pacific City (though Scrappy’s works too)
♥Disneyland
♥Scooting
♥Drinking a Bloody Mary
♥Lake Nicaragua

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 6, 2008 7:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Video games

- COD 4
- Halo (only the first one)
- NCAA Football 2005
- Madden 2003
- NBA Live 2005
- Tiger Woods 2008
- Gunbound
- Gran Turismo 3
- Escape Velocity: Nova
- Diablo II
- (in anticipation) Midnight Club – LA

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 7:11 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

They celebrate Halloween in Zagreb?

Or are you just having a bunch of Americans over?

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm bringing Halloween to Zagreb

I’m inviting a bunch of Americans from the Embassy as well as all of my Croatian friends.

by coolguyrob on Oct 6, 2008 7:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice.

Halloween is a great holiday only because it gives girls an excuse to dress…..hot.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Two things

At least I’m honest.

And

I don’t make them dress like that. I just enjoy the views. Is this so bad?

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mean Girls.
"Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 6, 2008 7:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

And due to what NOLA just said, that’s all I have to say about that.

by coolguyrob on Oct 6, 2008 7:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hmmmmm

perhaps that gives me an idea for Halloween 2009…

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 7:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd say Halloween is more fun than Mardi Gras.

I mean, everyone has to do Mardi Gras at some point, but Halloween is just the locals being crazy. Less puking, more, um, free expression. If you will.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 6, 2008 7:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd agree here.

And I’ve never done Halloween in either of these cities.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nothing to close, really

everybody’s on their best behavior so I don’t have to be the cranky old man. Halloween in Vegas is fun – but no more fun than most weekend nights in Vegas. Never been to NO though so I have no comparison.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 7:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The incredible creativity of costumes here is what is astonishing.

And we’re going costume hunting this week because if we wait any longer, there will be nothing.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 6, 2008 7:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We need a LL-map somewhere on the Wiki

so we can all put dots for where we are in the world.

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 7:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Isn't BrianL

dean of the LL-Wiki?

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey, where's acblue? He was thinking of doing something with googlemaps and restaurants.

Which reminds me, I need to copy Thai Thom’s menu. There doesn’t exist a copy on the internet, which makes ordering over the phone a pain in the ass.

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Video Games, eh?

Let’s go with:
1) Legend of Zelda – A link to the Past (Yeah, I know, I’m late)
2) Legend of Zelda (NES Version)
3) Deus Ex
4) Terra Cresta (NES)
5) Goldeneye (SNES)
6) Duke Nukem 3D
7) FF – Crystal Chronicles
8) Secret of Mana
9) Starfox 64
10) Super Smash Brothers 64
11) Command and Conquer – Red Alert

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 7:20 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Dear God IE6 is a terrible browser

but my Firefox is doing this wonderful thing where I can’t click on any links and it repeatedly freezes unless I go into my Task Manager first, so I’m stuck using this piece of crap. It won’t even let me download Chrome or install IE7 or 8 so I can at least get some tabbed browsing… blargh

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 7:29 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The one time I used IE7

my computer got pushed within a few inches of it’s life.

9=8

by JI on Oct 6, 2008 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think IBC is the best root beer

"Sit down and watch the game!" www.StopTheWave.com

by ConorGlassey on Oct 6, 2008 7:30 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I remember the low-grade International Boxing Council

They always had matches on standard cable… forget which channel exactly. Still, I always postulated that they should give the winner of each championship match a case of IBC Root Beer along with their belt and prize money.

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 8:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is probably cheaper than buying just the blue M&Ms online.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes and it's wonderful.

I don’t care that it’s an hour away on the train. The pizza even tastes the same!!! It may be the single place in Japan that gives me the biggest thrill so far. Yes. Costco.

And for the record, I do do everything I can to avoid Costco at home. Cause there are too many people and it’s just a mess.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Louisiana has more of a "Sam's Club" value set.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And that's the only one around, too.

BJ’s is sort of an in-between, but that’s only East Coast.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I almost fell over when driving through Austin.

They had an REI. Right next to a Whole Foods, which didn’t surprise me since it’s a Texas company. But that REI blew me away. Lots of logging and mountain climbing in Texas eh?

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

When I first moved to CT

I used to love going to Target the first couple months I lived there, because it was about the only thing that looked and felt familiar. I can only imagine how much more intense that feeling would be in a foreign country.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Exactly how I feel.

Plus beef in Japan is stupid expensive. But it’s reasonable at Costco. So I can only eat beef when I’ve made a costco run recently.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Japanese beef is even more expensive in the US.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No coffee?

I’m at C(2) + T(1)

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 6, 2008 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aww.

I thought I had another morning person here.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can be a morning person sometimes.

It’s the nightowl / insomnia tendencies that hold me back. Today for example, I’m morning person-y!

by royalcurve on Oct 6, 2008 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Then you aren't a TRUE MORNING PERSON.

Us TRUE MORNING PEOPLE are all about waking up before the alarm and being so full of energy that you need to go out and do stuff before work.

Today I rotated my tires and tuned my car after my morning run. Wow, that sounds really bad written down.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here, here!

All anyone really needs is a nice early morning run, followed by a large glass of cold water and a shower that ends cold.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Every part of that sounds great

except the early morning run and the shower that ends cold. And the cold water.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Try it.

You’ll hate yourself for a week, but after that you’ll be great.

You’re halfway there. Don’t you bike to work? Just finish it off with some cold water and a nice cold shower.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I do bike to work

but I can’t imagine on a morning like this taking a cold shower after I do. Much less in December when it’s 39 degrees outside. What’s the benefit? Just increased alertness?

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's like a jumpstart.

Admittedly, it’s probably people that have no internal thermostat that benefit from this (like me). I can be out in the NE 20 degree early morning running in shorts and a tank top.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, that's not so much me

Even this morning – a pretty mild morning – I was wearing long johns and full-fingered gloves for the ride to work. This is an annoying time of year, because I have to carry two sets of clothes – I won’t need the long pants or full gloves this afternoon, but I needed them this morning.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 8:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This. And what's up with the Seattle weather this fall? Awesome.

Can’t do the running, enjoying early morning exercise is out also. Something about 5-8 mile runs in formations every morning ruined it for me. Plus watching everybody finish P.T. and pull out a cigarette. Weird.

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe not where you are.

I had to get up at 4AM when I was down there so I could (kind of) breathe during my morning run. I’m surprised no one there has evolved gills for the summers.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Morning.

I don’t play video games, so I don’t have anything to add to that topic…

Love thunderstorms
Love Bill Murray, but I don’t think I could watch Ghostbusters 3.
Spent all weekend in bed so I can’t really say I’d rather be there than work… for once I’d actually rather be at work.

by royalcurve on Oct 6, 2008 8:18 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Top 11 favorite video games in no particular order

Tecmo Super Bowl
Super Mario 2
Final Fantasy VI
Gauntlet (though it was hard as hell and I could never get myself to play it again)
Starfox 64
We ♥ Katamari
Baseball Simulator 1.000
WWF No Mercy
Final Fantasy Tactics
(any version of) Mario Kart
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 8:26 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Had to be the most complete football game

It had the perfect amount of gameplay, not too complex… the perfect amount of playcalling, not too complex, and it tracked season stats.

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My favorite part of the game

was that there were no defensive plays. You just guessed what play the other team would run. If you guessed exactly right, their blocking collapsed and your entire front seven just bum rushed and killed the QB.

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

As far as root beer is concerned, if I go out to buy root beer, I will pretty much only buy Thomas Kemper.

If for some reason I’m at an A&W restaurant, I will hit that up, I think their root beer is so much better in-store than outside.

I’m going to come up with my top 11 games in a while; I’ve got to take notes.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 6, 2008 8:27 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Okay, if I had to pare it down to 11 of my favorite games, in no particular order

Super Mario Bros. 3
Tetris (Game Boy)
Tecmo Super Bowl
Chrono Trigger
Mega Man X (SNES)
Mario Kart 64
Street Fighter II
NBA Jam
Tetris Attack (or clones Panel de Pon & Pokemon Puzzle League)
Bubble Bobble
Contra

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 6, 2008 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rock Bottom makes pretty dang good root beer

it’s not as carbonated as some root beers, which is a good thing.

SIDE NOTE: If any English person tells you that Dandelion & Burdock tastes “JUST LIKE ROOT BEER”, do not believe them, for it does not.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 8:30 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I do what I can

D&B isn’t really a bad beverage – I wouldn’t go out of my way to drink it, but it’s OK. But if you’re expecting it to be root beer you will be sorely disappointed.

On a somewhat related note, at one of the establishments I visited Saturday, I ordered a cider. Took a sip, thought it tasted completely disgusting, foul, and off, so I went up to the bar to get something else. I said “This cider tastes really off!” and the bartender said “That’s because I gave you (I don’t remember the name but it was a Belgian white) instead”. Once I knew it wasn’t SUPPOSED to be cider, for some reason it tasted better.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was indeed.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Absolutely not.

I usually stick religiously to one kind of drink all night, to avoid mixing-your-liquor ugliness, but when people are buying you drinks, it’s rude to refuse, right? Shoulda refused. Ah well.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was really, really confused

and not yet drunk enough to override that confusion.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Today is starting out well.

Even after my sterling annual evaluation, I was told by my boss to not expect more than a 3% raise because the GM wasn’t handing out any more than that because of the money being poured into the expansion.

And yet despite that, I got a 5% raise. I guess I’m just that damn good.

by Goose on Oct 6, 2008 8:33 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

You know how people set others up for disappointment?

This was the exact opposite of that. Good that you got hooked up.

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Congrats dude. Seems like most people I know are getting the minimum this year.

Something about a panic in the markets, I’m taking my money out of the bank and burying it in the back yard. Which is why I’ve been drinking Folger’s, the new plastic container should last out the coming plague. Apocalypse? Whichever.

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yup.

This year, pretty much everything hurts. But soccer’s somehow trying to top the M’s 2008, and I wish it would stop.

by marc w on Oct 6, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So who do you blame?

I honestly don’t follow Spurs that closely, but there seems to be a big movement to not blame Ramos – is he doing the best he can with a crappy roster or is it down to him?

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Both; he simply has to take his share of the blame

Starts with bizarre usage patterns. Chris Gunter played quite well in the draw at Stamford Bridge….and hasn’t been seen since (instead, they keep plugging a central midfielder at right back and wondering why nothing’s working). Bentley pops up occasionally on the left wing, when he’s as right-footed as Steed Malbranque. More fundamentally, young players simply aren’t improving under Ramos. I don’t know why, but there it is – I think he needs to go. The roster doesn’t suck, but Bentley, Jenas, even Bale look much worse this year. Those are quality players; you need to work to make them look this shitty.

The 800lb gorilla though is that Ramos and Damien Comoli simply aren’t on the same page. Either BOTH go and Levy picks a pair that can work together (as Arnesen and Jol did), or Comoli runs the show. My preference would be for the former, but the team can’t have a director and manager fighting for control like this. It’s ridiculous.

by marc w on Oct 6, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, it's a bit messy to fight it out in public

sounds like Ramos doesn’t really understand his roster, either, which is odd for a manager.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yesssssssssssss

I just looked at the agenda for the weekly review board, and there are only two items on it! Usually the meeting is good and informative, but every once in a while it turns into a “Worst Meeting of All-Time” candidate, and the short ones have no chance for this to happen

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 8:39 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Top 11 Games? Hmmmm

1.Super Metroid
2. Legend of Zelda:A Link to the Past
3.Super Mario World 3
4.Chrono Trigger
5.Final Fantasy VII
6. Megaman II
7. Megaman X
8.Sonic the Hedgehog 2
9.RC Pro AM
10.Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
11. The Command and Conquer Series(sans Generals)

by Goose on Oct 6, 2008 8:52 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The Command and Conquer Series is one the few left that I have zero problem paying for every single time.

And I will be gladly opening up my wallet for Red Alert 3 in 22 days!

C&3 is awesome though.

by Goose on Oct 6, 2008 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can't run RA3 =(

or well I could according to the EAgames website, but it would be the most barebones running ever, so I won’t even bother

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mine's not the best, but it works.

The cool thing is that if you preorder RA3 you get RA2 along with it. And I guess EA has started redistributing RA1 for free.

by Goose on Oct 6, 2008 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really need to build me a new computer, because this one is about 5 years old.

And I’ve had this kit bookmarked for about 3 weeks that would be awesome for about $1200. But…must…save….money. Argh!

by Goose on Oct 6, 2008 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Take that back, it's only $1000, but still.

64 bit quad core 2.4 ghz processor with 8MB l2 Cache
4 GB of memory(DDR2)
500GB Sata II HD
NVIDIA 9800GT
600W Powersupply
NVIDIA 650I SLI Chipset

GOD. Must…Resists…….

by Goose on Oct 6, 2008 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

woooooo four digit Dow!

It’ll be at 8000 by year end no problem at this rate.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 8:57 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Press conferences would be amazing.

But I think Jeff would be more entertaining in a town where the media is kinda crazy. Jeff would be on the back of the New York Post every day if he had a high position with the Yanks or Mets.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 6, 2008 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It would be like WWE Raw

Where they cut to the dugout after [shitty reliever] throws a bunch of suck pitches and blows a three run lead in the 7th… the reliever trudges back his seat, and Jeff comes out of nowhere and whacks him from behind with a steel chair. Hilarity ensues.

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't like chains

TGI Friday’s is a chain. Chili’s is a chain. If I’m owning/running a bar, it’s going to be something people will want to come to, not something I want to roll out to all the people.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Okay, there will only be one Scrappy's

but we’ll open a second chain called Boyd’s or something and make it a nationwide thing

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My lunch was horrible today.

Stupid me signing up to lose weight.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Woohoo!

Oil falls below $90/barrel!

SB free to drive to LA slightly less guiltily than when gas was $4.65/gallon!

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 9:44 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

A really general one

but as far as I know, nothing more specific than oil up, gas up – oil down, gas down

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oil goes up, gas goes up fast

Oil goes down, gas goes down slow. Why? No idea.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll let OPEC know.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's too much knowledge!

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And my favorite part.

Yeah! And what about student drivers using my streets to learn? If you learn to play the drums you got to go to a studio! Go to a parking lot, for God’s sake! Why are you jeopardizing my life? I can’t get behind a student driver!

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

God I love that song.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oil goes up = HOLY SHIT WE HAVE TO RAISE OUR PRICES TO STAY ABOVE WATER!!!!!!

Oil goes down = I guess we should get around to lowering our prices, sometime, how about tomorrow when I have some time free. Oh, wait, I have that business lunch. I’ll have to get around to that next week, maybe.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There really isn't one.

Oil peaked at ~$150/barrel
Gas peaked (nationally) at ~$4.20 a gallon

Oil at the end of last week was ~$96/barrel
Gas (nationally) at the end of last week was ~$3.52

So, Oil = down 36; Gas = down 16.

I wonder what the oil companies profits will be this quarter and the next.

I guess generally when $Oil goes up, $Gas goes up, but it isn’t 1 to 1 or anything like that.

I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.

by andrewgolfsalot on Oct 6, 2008 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Apparently SBN eats percentage signs?

I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.

by andrewgolfsalot on Oct 6, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think it handles one

%

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by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But if you try two

54

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

it thinks it's coding something.

Not sure what the percent sign means in HTML but apparently SBN 2.0 thinks it’s a command of some sort.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

SQL Injection attack prevention?

ASP script blocking?

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Oct 6, 2008 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

uhhhhhhh sure?

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

A lot of custom AJAX work uses double percent as a delimiter.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

there you go then.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's weird to see gas prices now and think to myself, "Holy shit! Gas is cheap!"

In 1999 when I got my first car I was buying gas for $0.99 per gallon.

by Phildopip on Oct 6, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I still remember the day gas crossed $1.00/gal

my dad was angry for something like two days. I thought it was funny.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Really?

In Vegas I never remember paying less than $1.19, and that was in the late 90’s.

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Looking at my list it appears I've forgotten something.

Abe’s Oddysee.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 9:58 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hello

Follow me

That game was pretty awesome. Purely intuitive gameplay.

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No order

1. Baseball Mogul 2009
2. Risk (1996)
3. Final Fantasy VII (screw the haters)
4. NHL 94
5. NCAA 2004
6. GTA VC
7. Mariokart 64
8. Super Mario 64
9. Halflife
10. Bioshock
11.Tetris

by Robert on Oct 6, 2008 10:05 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I've never played VII

What was the rep on that game?

I have played VIII, though. Apparently, people had a lot of problems with that one.

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

People consider VII to not be a real game.

It was a quality game that got way overhyped and then got popular with the casual gaming set, due to the emo-ness.

It’s like the Red Sox of the RPG universe.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's either that or football.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So bring up a topic that people will latch onto more.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How about both

TECMO SUPER BOWL

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ready? Down!

huthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthuthut…

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 6, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So I was looking at upcoming shows in PDX

and I noticed Flogging Molly’s coming to town. Why do I automatically assume that the crowd at this show will be a Boyd convention?

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow that wasn't supposed to be a reply

i’m not good at the internets.

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by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Meh not nessicarily

A bunch of my friends and I like flogging molly and we detest the byod crowd

by Robert on Oct 6, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is my dilemma

I like them OK, but I’m not sure I want to run the risk of being Boyded. I’m probably going to go and take my chances.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I always wear earplugs so I'm not worried about my ears

and I like enough of their songs OK so I’ll probably go check them out. I hope I’m pleasantly surprised by the crowd, but I am also prepared to not be.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is a Henry Rollins spoken word show worth $34 plus fees?

I’ve never seen him do spoken word, people used to say he was great but I’m not sure I care enough about what he has to say these days – I’m not sure I buy his “I’m really angry” schtick any more. But if he’s still a good performer it might be ok.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 10:22 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Henry Rollins spoken word isn't poetry though

it’s politics and culture. If it were poetry I wouldn’t even think of going, because I greatly dislike poetry.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Really it's kinda two true outcomes, but hey.

So Apple does a lot of innovative products, and pretty much what happens is either they “hit a home run,” their stock price leaps, and people pray at the altar of Steve Jobs, or they swing and miss pretty badly, their stock price drops, they start getting worried about bankruptcy, and the pressure’s on in the next AB.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 6, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lack of timely hitting.

Gomez, you just left two runners on. How does that make you feel?

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 6, 2008 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Interrupts your flow don't it? Better call a press conference.

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd like to apologize for this thing I am apologizing for.

I have embarrassed my readers with these actions that I am apologizing for, therefore I’d like to apologize.

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wrong approach silly! You've learned nothing! Try this.

“My grammar and syntax coach messed with my mechanics, and I’ve lost my ‘feel’, and find myself working from behind in the word counts. My editors are selfish, and only think of themselves. What about me. ME??”

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Okay, I'm just writing stupid

But you commenters give me no dang textual support!

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

With a lack of puctuation backing me up, how do expect me to win?

Nice one, ‘textual support". Wish I’d thought of that.

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Singstar is officially the greatest game ever.

How can it be fun to sing “Tonight (I Celebrate My Love)” with 3 other dudes in the room? I dunno, but it is.

by Phildopip on Oct 6, 2008 10:38 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Clutch!

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by andrewgolfsalot on Oct 6, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love corporate speak

Ebay’s cutting 10% of their workforce, which…whatever. Don’t really care. But, when asked about it, this is what the Ebay CEO had to say:

“EBay Chief Executive John Donahoe said the company is "creating efficiency” in areas that require it."

Only corporate America can spin ending 1,600 jobs as creating something.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 10:49 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

They're also buying Bill Me Later, apparently.

I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.

by andrewgolfsalot on Oct 6, 2008 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Interesting.

but that actually kinda makes sense.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Creating urgency, perhaps

Creating a sense of dread in people about the state of the economy, sure.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 6, 2008 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And a sense of dread in their workers

“work harder or be part of the lucky 10%!”

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So I just heard the new Killers song

it’s…..bad. I’m not a huge fan, really, but I did like a couple songs off their first album – but this:

cut the cord
are we human or are we dancer
my sign is vital, my hands are cold
and I’m on my knees looking for the answer
are we human or are we dancer

Seriously? Those are your best lyrics?

oh god it’s horrible.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 10:54 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Yep.

That one was bad, but I think “my sign is vital” is even kinda dumber. The whole thing just smacks of angsty high school pretension, which would be fine if the Killers were 15. But they’re not.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Those Vegas kids really only had an album and a half in them

That cow is milked. They need to get dropped off in front of the Double Down and left behind.

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would have to agree.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

90% of Hot Fuzz, in fact, was old material from their pre-signing days

I think they wrote maybe 2 new songs for that album, and basically rode their $5-show catalogue.

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

BTW, what happened to BrianL on FG?

John posted something on the front page and I’m curious

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 11:03 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

No, not that part

something about how a deleted FanPost and something else yesterday.

I was there for ASUBoyd. It was glorious

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not finding these things.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 6, 2008 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nevermind. I found the two fanposts in question.

Link 1

Link2

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 6, 2008 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Heh,

I hate to say it, Brian, but the reason that you can do the good work you do here is that the rest of the community actively encourages it and frowns on idiotic speech and grammar.

Not quite the same over there.

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hence why I left.

Too much goddamn stupid. I haven’t dealt with that much dumbassery since I was an IRC moderator.

by BrianL on Oct 6, 2008 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think dumbassery is a mandatory requirement for football fandom.

As much as we complain about the stupidity of the average M’s fan, it’s more of a naivety as opposed to an all-out level of serious mental handicappedness.

Now, there are great exceptions to this, but I’m constantly amazed at the difference between passionate baseball fans and passionate football fans.

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Oct 6, 2008 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I plan on following the same policy as linking to HH

in that I won’t link to it. But if you go to the blog he mods and click his pic at the bottom you can see it for yourself. It’s pretty anticlimactic, though.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He mentioned something last night, in a GT maybe?

About having never been baited so hard in his blogging life.

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

From what I hear here

There’s more drama over there then at a sorority.

9=8

by JI on Oct 6, 2008 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's all pretty unnecessary.

I read John’s stuff religiously because he’s awesome at what he does, but I seldom comment because half the posters are morons and the other half are trying to make it as strictly self-policed as LL. 95% of the comments are just people bitching at each other.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 6, 2008 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The only thing I've seen of FG were the two threads linked above

and I gotta say they’ve got the drama market cornered, if only for somebody telling BrianL to “man up and grow a pair”.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

John does great work with his analysis (some of the best out there)

but I’m not going to deal with that community anymore.

by BrianL on Oct 6, 2008 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree with this.

I read that site a LOT.

I can’t remember the last time I commented, though, or for that matter, really read the comment thread (except when prompted to by commentary over here).

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Oct 6, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I just spoke with John and I'm now feeling a lot better about things there.

Changes are coming to FG soon that will make the comment section and community easier to deal with.

by BrianL on Oct 6, 2008 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

AFAIK...

I’m the only REAL Webby award winner here…

I don’t think there’s a category for “best drama”

//being a dork. Sorry.

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by PositivePaul on Oct 6, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No...

…but I can certainly use some cowbell about now…

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by PositivePaul on Oct 6, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Anybody see Sigur Ros last night in Seattle?

I’m going tonight in Portland, and I was wondering how they sound on this tour.

by Phildopip on Oct 6, 2008 11:19 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

If the Seahawks fail again next week

I’ll consider rooting for them to finish with the worst record in the NFL just so we can claim that title.

by BrianL on Oct 6, 2008 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

State. STATE!!! Don't forget the Coug's.

Or forget them, wish I could.

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've got them penciled in for an ass whuppin for the rest of the season.

And a good portion of next season as well. Sucks. The Coug’s of ‘01-’03 would be dominating in the PAC 10 right now, might actually give USC some decent competition.

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pre-1984? The long ago time?

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This would deny the existence of Flock of Seagulls, which is hard for me to accept.

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think the world may be better off.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Without them, one of my favorite Samuel Jackson lines in Pulp Fiction lacks reference.

I’m feeling a conundrum here. Perhaps a paradox. I’d retreat to Scrappy’s for a beer, but apparently it’s now a casino so there’s probably no parking available.

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, in that case. Fine job you're doing. Ample parking day or night.

People spouting ‘howdy neighbour’.

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I do that sometimes with the u's. Not sure where it comes from.

Too much Kipling and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle maybe.

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So now I'm continental? Is that what you are implying?

My dramatic soap opera stink eye probably isn’t transmitted properly through the internet.

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, why I do it. Not the geographical location.

British spelling, which is why I referred to British authors. I read them a lot when I was a kid, maybe that’s where it comes from. ‘It’ being random use of British spelling when I write.
Strangely, not when I talk. Weird.

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not so much.

I was going for snark with the the stink eye comment.
Missed the mark I guess. I don’t think our individual sense of humor really line up.

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I walked along 1st Avenue

I never thought I’d like the M’s like you, root for them like you. With shiskaberries and rally fries, the hydro races hypotizer fans through, and this team sucked right through. So I ran, I ran so far away. I just ran, I ran all night and day.

I couldn’t get away.

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

I finally did it.

I hit the ‘z’ button to try to go through my Google Reader RSS feed.

by Phildopip on Oct 6, 2008 11:53 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I now hit 'Z' on EVERY website.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 6, 2008 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Screw it, I'm bitching about my computer to IT

I can’t function if Excel doesn’t work at all and I can’t move documents around my desktop

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 12:06 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

They told me that they would get someone out here right away since it sounded like an emergency (basically I can't work in any programs since they all just freeze)

and I’m trying to figure out why. Then five minutes later I got an email saying that my ticket was closed on account of them not being able to find my desk, despite me telling them exactly where I sit and my phone number

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, many are smart ones, obviously

But there are also so many hopelessly stupid ones. Standards?

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This would be HR's fault.

If you can come in a spout a bunch of gibberish, the HR dept will hire you as IT. We’ve had people that knew how to play games and chat, and nothing else, hired as IT interns here. If you have a Net Admin that isn’t smart, these same people get hired as full time staff.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mine used to be run by an angry marketing dwarf.

No IT qualifications, just a marketing degree. This changed with my current boss, and his first order of business was to take “Everyone” out of the “Domain Admins” group.

That’s how bad this place was.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You should have seen these computers...

Every one was like a war zone. The first thing we did was wipe every one of them. No AV, no firewalls, everyone was allowed to install whatever they want.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah my task manager comes up

I found the other anti-virus! Symantec anti-virus?

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Norton and SAV on the same machine?

Is that even possible?

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is frightening.

Tell your IT person to uninstall that shit and install AVG.

by BrianL on Oct 6, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We don't have an IT person (singular)

to get help on my computer, I had to call the Los Angeles office. Let’s just leave it at that.

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have a soft spot for SEP.

It’s a lot more streamlined than AVG and has controls for knocking out thumb drives, and a great firewall suite.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I use SEP at home

AVG at the office.

by BrianL on Oct 6, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i think bruin works for northrup

which means an IT department the size of a small town, probably located half in (insert remote Midwestern city) and (insert random Indian call center). So, probably not the most nimble IT area in the world.

On the other hand, it’s a huge company, so they’d have to have the best IT people, right? All that money!

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Perhaps Norton isn't actually installed

just whenever I have IE open it says “Provided by Norton Anti-Virus”

Now I’m just confused

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've seen sales laptops come back that you couldn't start up HJT on.

We just had to wipe it and start over.

Thank FSM for images.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love Lenovos.

With minimal trouble, the same image that I made from the first T42 I got my hands on still drops right onto the new T61s that came in last month.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My R50p is still going strong.

I am thinking about asking my boss for an Asus EeePC, though. I’m growing rather fond of the battery life on those things.

by BrianL on Oct 6, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's rather easy to power a 9" screen for eternity.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Although they have yet to install on-board Verizon cards.

That’s when I’m jumping on the ship.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's perfect when I'm running through our processing plants in a hurry

taking notes on the fly and not having any place to plug in for power.

by BrianL on Oct 6, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We hate you too.

Funny thing, I actually had a person call and say their mouse wasn’t working. When I went over, they were trying to use a fake foam mouse that was given out as a promo by some shipping company.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Was this person missing a cerebral cortex, by chance?

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 6, 2008 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

One time I couldn't figure out why the sound on my Xbox wasn't working and I was getting really annoyed

when I checked the cables for the tenth time, I realized that I had neglected to plug in the sound inputs, and just had the HD video inputs plugged in.

 I felt rather stupid

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

muy disturbando

Muy.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love that movie so much.

That and The Stand.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Stand is fantastic, especially for a made-for-TV movie.

IT? Ehhhh…not so much. I loved it as a kid, but it really hasn’t aged well.

by Phildopip on Oct 6, 2008 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love IT in the same way I love Killer Klowns from Outer Space.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs