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OTFPOTD 11-18-02008: Last Night Never Happened Edition

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Well, parts of it at least.

Star-divide

Hey look, new manager.

Stop the madness, Seattle City Light. This is way too close to being the saddest thing ever to happen in the history of the world.

Happy birthday, one of the only redeeming qualities of Next Friday. (Pinky was tight as well.)

I just watched the new(est) Werner Herzog movie, "Encounters at the End of the World" for the second time tonight. It's a documentary about (amongst other things) the people that live and work in Antarctica. While discussing his reasons for asking the National Science Foundation for funding to make the film, Herzog offers the following as part of his explanation:

"Why is it that a sophisticated animal like a chimpanzee does not utilize inferior creatures? He could straddle a goat and ride off into the sunset."

The above line is juxstaposed over a painting of a chimpanzee riding a goat off into the sunset.

Werner Herzog was once shot in the leg while giving an interview. When asked how he was doing, he responded "It was a very insignificant bullet."

Werner Herzog is fucking crazy, but he is above all else a fucking genius. I love Werner Herzog.

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Starlight
Far away. This ship has taken me far away. Far away from the memories Of the people who care if I live or die.
Starlight. I will be chasing a starlight. Until the end of my life. I don’t know if it’s worth it anymore.
Hold you in my arms. I just wanted to hold you in my arms.
My life. You electrify my life. Let’s conspire to ignite All the souls that would die just to feel alive.
I’ll never let you go If you promise not to fade away. Never fade away
Our hopes and expectations. Black holes and revelations. Our hopes and expectations. Black holes and revelations. Hold you in my arms. I just wanted to hold you in my arms
Far away. This ship has taken me far away. Far away from the memories Of the people who care if I live or die.
I’ll never let you go If you promise not to fade away. Never fade away.
Our hopes and expectations. Black holes and revelations. Our hopes and expectations. Black holes and revelations. Hold you in my arms. I just wanted to hold you in my arms.
I just wanted to hold

I’m having a Muse-ish morning.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Nov 18, 2008 6:18 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I had jubel on nitro the other night

it’s much better on nitro this year.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 8:30 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Kiwi is sadder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 8:34 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

How...very depressing.

Fuck you, now I’m sad.

by BrianL on Nov 18, 2008 8:42 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Holy crap, this is the first thing I thought of when I read the post and tags.

When I watch this, sometimes I replace the kiwi with Bill Bavasi, and pretend the trees are baseball players. He couldn’t put together a winning team, but god dammit I wish he had died trying.

by dpseadv on Nov 18, 2008 9:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This reminds me of a buddy who did not realize the kid dies at the end of Radio Flyer.

He’s all like “Dude what are you talking about? He takes off and sends his brother all those postcards!” And I’m like “No dude, that was his mom sending those postcards to spare him the grief, but deep down he knew the truth.” My buddy refused to believe the truth, it was kind of sad.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Nov 18, 2008 9:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wait, that kid dies?

I had thought that was an ending like Shane, kind of ambiguous about the whole thing but nothing for sure. Haven’t seen Radio Flyer since it came out though and my memory of it is a bit fuzzy

by dpseadv on Nov 18, 2008 9:38 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Which ending is more plausable to you?

His abusive father kills his brother but he cannot deal with the pain, so his mother aides his fantasy of the radio flyer and continuously sends him postcards from around the world. Or two children build a flying machine from a wagon and a boy uses it to fly around the world never returning to see the brother he left behind?

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Nov 18, 2008 9:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

At least he dies happy.

That’s the only redeeming part.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 10:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It really points to the only fear I have.

I don’t mind the thought of death, but the only thing that gets to me is, “Am I even planting the trees to give myself the illusion of happiness later on in life?”

That movie makes me question the point of all the goals I’ve set for myself in life, and wonder if they’re even the things I want in the end.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 10:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You know, I dumped my job to be a stay at home dad.

And I really enjoyed my job. And raising twins, right now I’m so busy with the diapers and meal planning, let alone trying to keep up with reading, arts & craft projects, etc- I barely have the ability to stop and appreciate how great I’ve got it. Matter of fact I can’t even comprehend it at the moment. My fantasy life is a condo overlooking downtown Seattle with an unobstructed view of the Olympics, with all my money actually MY money.

The only reason I know how good things are for me right now, is every 60+ year old who tells me how much they would have liked to have been able to spend that much time with their own kids. The thing is, even if you could go back and do it different, I don’t really think it works that way. There’s just another way of doing it.

by dpseadv on Nov 18, 2008 2:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What's with the nails in the tree?

That’s the part I don’t get.

by Wilder. on Nov 18, 2008 10:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

????

How else is he going to keep the trees in place?

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Nov 18, 2008 10:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He nailed all those trees to the cliff wall?

His life’s work ended in him committing suicide?

This is some deep shit.

by Wilder. on Nov 18, 2008 10:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sure is.

I saw that a long time ago, but watched it again since it came up here. My son was sitting next to me on the couch and laughed while watching it. I just got real sad while watching it. Funny how perception can change from being an innocent child to an adult with a cynical outlook on life

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Nov 18, 2008 10:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is the only thing in my life that will make me tear up.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 10:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Meh.

It just made me uncomfortable.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 10:39 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Radio Flyer?

I have never seen this.

by royalcurve on Nov 18, 2008 10:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Umm....

reply fail?

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 11:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Was it?

I was replying to you saying it made you tear up.

by royalcurve on Nov 18, 2008 11:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was replying to Wilder talking about Kiwi and nailing trees to the cliff.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 11:04 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Just wanted to make sure noone thought I was crying at radio flyer.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 12:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Okay. I JUST saw the Kiwi clip.

I somehow missed the link at the very top and thought you were talking about a New Zealander in Radio Flyer…. the whole thing was confusing to me until just now. And that is one of the saddest and loveliest things I’ve seen in a good long time. Made me tear up, too. Sorry to misrepresent you, Faux.

by royalcurve on Nov 18, 2008 12:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Aha, makes more sense.

Misrepresenting though? Not so much. I was just protecting my male-based honor.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 12:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You realize in movies nothing "really" dies, right?

Well, except for OldBoy. I’m sure that octopus had it coming, though.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 12:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And whenever I go on a plane, something awesome happens here and I only get to see it after.

Fuckers.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 8:34 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

are you in Vegas now?

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 8:39 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not yet, I'm back for the day to do laundry and get ready for LV.

Hence the sporadic posting.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 10:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I wonder how much of the character Verner on Entourage is based on Herzog.

Yes, I watch Entourage. So what?

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 8:38 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Gave it up when I admitted to watching Grey's Anatomy

but at least Entourage has strippers in it. So that’s something. And, there was a commercial for the new season of Flight Of The Conchords before it, which is awesome.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 8:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wait, you checked your man card in for Grey's?

How did I not know this.

Sweet. Now I don’t feel so alone…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Nov 18, 2008 11:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Although I'm about done with Grey's at this point

the minute a character starts making out with a ghost is as good a time as any to jump ship.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 11:04 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I saw Bill Medley do that song this summer in Branson

They ran a montage of that movie while he was singing. I almost puked.

by Sec 108 on Nov 18, 2008 11:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Let me elaborate.

My in-laws still live in the Midwest and we are somewhat obligated to go on these vacations to some random resort every summer. This year they picked Branson.

I have a good friend who is the guitarist in Paul Revere and the Raiders and they do a show there with Bill Medley. He hooked us up with awesome seats as a favor to me and I took my Mother and Father-in-law to the show.

They loved it, so I scored big points. Yes, I am a sell out, but I still love the Raiders.

by Sec 108 on Nov 18, 2008 11:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You're excused,

but personally I would have made up some crazy story to explain it.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 11:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

BTW, my wife and I were fairly sure

That Bill Medley was wearing Depends. We were also the only people under 50yo there.

by Sec 108 on Nov 18, 2008 11:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Branson terrifies me.

I’ve never been, and it’s not even a place where I want to go gawk at people – it just flat-out terrifies me.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 11:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Branson is the most horrible place on earth.

Went there for Thanksgiving two years ago. My parents and I left two days after arriving, leaving my sister all alone to be tortured by my grandparents for three more days.

Worst. “Vacation.” Ever.

by Wilder. on Nov 18, 2008 11:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Praiseworld?

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 11:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There are roller coasters there

As a roller coaster junkie that kept me busy for two days. They also had a disc golf course that I snuck off to when I needed alone time.

by Sec 108 on Nov 18, 2008 11:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Okay, the fact that you have a friend in PR&R mitigates a lot.

And the mollifying the in-laws probably takes care of the rest. You are indeed the best husband/son-in-law ever.

Please tell me there were a lot of drinks consumed.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 11:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I'm tryin' to figure out that plotline...

And Dr. Hahn’s abrupt departure, per the network’s urging, was, well, disrupting…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Nov 18, 2008 11:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The only thing I can figure was that after the writers strike

a bunch of writers from Passions came over, couldn’t make the monkey-nurse idea fly again, so said “Okay, how about a relationship with a dead guy? AWESOME!”

Either that or the writers are trying to drive Heigl off the show after her whole “I had bad material last year” thing – you want bad material, KH? HERE YOU GO!

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 11:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

EXACTLY oh wait

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 10:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Should I care?

Isn’t that an HBO show or something like that?

by Sec 108 on Nov 18, 2008 8:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, it's kind of a rich frat-boy douchebag show on HBO

but Jeremy Piven’s character alone makes it worth watching.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 8:45 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, they're Hollywood actors, not frat-boys

on the show, I mean. The main character is a pretty big movie star and he’s surrounded by his boys from Queens; the effect is a rolling posse. It’s not fully frat-boy, it’s more spoiled-nouveau-rich-kid, but it’s got its moments. And Jeremy Piven plays the lead character’s agent, he’s completely awesome – his character is based on Ari Emmanuel, Rahm’s brother, who is a pretty legendary Hollywood douchebag agent.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 8:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ah yes I have heard of it.

I have some friends who love that show.

My favorite show is called Lookout Landing meltdown. If I am lucky it airs at least once a month, sometimes more. It has no scheduled show times though.

by Sec 108 on Nov 18, 2008 8:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's the best show going

the problem is it can’t be scripted or predicted.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 8:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I can understand why Dave is getting sick of this poll

There is a fanpost up this morning on Halos Heaven (no, I won’t link to it) encouraging everyone to vote against Dave to stick it to the Mariners. It disgusts me.

I previously posted as "Man From Nantucket"

by mem on Nov 18, 2008 9:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I just noticed the person posting that just signed up

That was their first posting. Probably not even a baseball fan.

I previously posted as "Man From Nantucket"

by mem on Nov 18, 2008 9:38 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe it's reverse psychology, get the Halos crowd fired up in defense of a SB/blogger of note

Only without actually asking for their support. Give them a reason to get over their indifference, or something along those lines.

by dpseadv on Nov 18, 2008 9:42 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

P.S. how can we leave a blog once we've joined it?

I only have a desire to be a member of Field Gulls, DRB, Bruins Nation, Dawg Pound and one other SBN blog

by seattlebruin on Nov 18, 2008 9:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Last thing I remember, I was Running for the door....

I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
relax, said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can checkout any time you like,
But you can never leave!

I previously posted as "Man From Nantucket"

by mem on Nov 18, 2008 9:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Graham put the kibosh on us.

As fun as ruffling the feathers of some Angels fans would be, I very much fear his wrath.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Nov 18, 2008 10:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Already did

the thing that amuses me the most is the thought process from a week ago and from today
ONE WEEK AGO: Hey cool, I can help Dave out, and even though I don’t comment on USSM, it would be nice to see someone who does such good work get rewarded for it!
NOW: I care more that Dave wins than I care about who the Mariners next manager is because DK has had some… interesting posts on the subject

by seattlebruin on Nov 18, 2008 9:37 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

BOTD...

Ummmm…. Bacon ice cream?

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 18, 2008 9:16 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 10:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I just started up on a...rather important project that could make or break my tenure at this office.

If I succeed I could very well be looking at a sizable pay raise. If I fail…I’d rather not think about that.

by BrianL on Nov 18, 2008 9:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Seconded.

My first instinct was to crack wise, as the part of you actually failing didn’t really register as a possibility. There are moments when I’m completely blind to things like that, hopefully I’m not an insensitive prick.

by dpseadv on Nov 18, 2008 9:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

arghghgeklsdkfojfe!!! Man that's just sitting there and I want to hit it out of the park.

But the comment I want to make would only be made by an insensitive prick

by dpseadv on Nov 18, 2008 10:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Swing away next time.

I enjoy a good laugh at my own expense.

by Sec 108 on Nov 18, 2008 10:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm never sure where the line is, so I leave that stuff to the people with proper funny bones.

Basically I’m a chickenshit bastard and need to just grab a set and let ’er rip once in awhile.

by dpseadv on Nov 18, 2008 10:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've said it before, but I will say it again.

Make fun of me all you want. It won’t bother me.

What gets under my skin is ripping on folks who cannot defend themselves.

by Sec 108 on Nov 18, 2008 10:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Actually my comment was on me, only with buildup and chatter it really really won't be funny now.

’Don’t worry about me, save your sympathy for ‘the wife’.

Kind of snarky, yet still a bit of a setup for other guy. I’m more of the straight man than the punchline guy in the group I run with.

by dpseadv on Nov 18, 2008 10:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What happened? My modem broke at home. Link?

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 18, 2008 9:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Holy crap, where have you been

There were like, 15 MILLION posts last night in the Spare Dave 5 Seconds thread, and like, I heard in the locker room that people were making shit up about him, and like, it was totally unreal dude. Like rad

by dpseadv on Nov 18, 2008 9:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He's into field hockey players?

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 18, 2008 9:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I thought those guys were called lacrosse players?

Anyway, Title 9 man, I’m pretty sure they sport some female teams.

by dpseadv on Nov 18, 2008 9:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Dear Corco

hopefully this puts a smile on your hungover face

by seattlebruin on Nov 18, 2008 9:59 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

No word from the good Mr. Corcoran today

I wonder if he’s still drunk or dead.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 10:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This guy is their Big Ten blogger...

“Those who can’t do… Blog.”

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 18, 2008 10:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Although, with all due respect to Jeff, I don't know his level of baseball talent!

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 18, 2008 10:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fire that motherfucker

I don’t care if you’re an Ohio State fan or a Michigan fan- there is one thing both sides can agree on and that is that there is nothing more important ever then the Ohio State-Michigan game

Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org

by I'm NOT Corco on Nov 18, 2008 10:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You know what's fun?

Trying to convince a business unit that converting them to new software will in fact require all new processes, all new procedures, all new documentation, all new reports, and all new ancillary systems.

And it’s fun trying to do this for months on end, only to have the leader of the business unit keep insisting that the project will only significantly impact their area in that his people will only be incurring training costs. Couple this with his belief that the project will actually save money because “the new hardware’s cheaper and runs more efficiently” while entirely forgetting that is actually an infinitesimal savings compared to the money his area will have to spend to get this system in and integrated.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 10:09 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, but there's like six jobs left in the city right now and I want to keep this one

so I have to navigate somewhat carefully.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 10:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hold out for Fashionable Male.

(Nerd points to everyone who get the reference)

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Nov 18, 2008 10:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I wanted to put that on my resume

Store Manager, Linens N Things, 2008-Present
- Oversaw and supervised 50 employees on a day-to-day basis
- Completed inventory ahead of management-dictated schedule
- Oversaw massive company wide failure and layoffs of all employees at store

by seattlebruin on Nov 18, 2008 10:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I had to change the first line a bit

 - Oversaw and supervised 50 40 20 15 4 2 employees on a day-to-day basis

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 10:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

First interview question

“I see here it says you supervised over 1 employees at your last managerial position. Does this include yourself?”

by seattlebruin on Nov 18, 2008 10:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, not at first

but I took the initiative to start supervising my own activities.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 10:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Guys, Paramore is like a disease.

I have listened to the album Riot! like three full times already today. I need help!

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Nov 18, 2008 10:16 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

The Lazy Cowgirls are always good for whatever musical ills you may have

but other than that it may be time to remove the Paramore from your itunes.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 10:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I have tried.

Every time I am about to I see Hayley’s cute face all pouty.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Nov 18, 2008 10:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I have a tech question for alyou you computer specialists out there.

I just got all my new computer guts for my desktop (mother board, power supply, processor, video card and ram) I’ve replaced all of these parts at one time or another individually on other systems, but never all at once. So I installed all of the parts, checked and rechecked and then powered up. When I hit the on swtich after about 5 seconds I get a long beep followed by 3 short ones, and then nothing. What did I do wrong?

by coolguyrob on Nov 18, 2008 10:19 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

OH MY GOD DUCK IT'S GONNA BLOW

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 10:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What is the brand and model of the motherboard?

You’re getting an error code of some sort.

by BrianL on Nov 18, 2008 10:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

One long, three short indicates no video card or bad video card RAM.

Make sure you have your video card seated in the BLUE SLI slot. If it is already in there, pull it out and re-seat it.

by BrianL on Nov 18, 2008 10:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh oh oh.

I just remembered something that threw me for a loop when I built my last computer. On your graphics card there’s probably a slot where you need to plug in power from the power supply. If you forgot to do that you’ll get the error.

by BrianL on Nov 18, 2008 10:37 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You have multiple SLI slots on the mboard, right?

You have to have it in the top slot for just one card (closest to the ports).

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 10:48 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I had this happen with my new rig that I built last week.

Might be your DVI cord. When I was troubleshooting the problem, I tried a spare cord I had lying around and it worked just fine.

by Goose on Nov 18, 2008 11:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is definitely worse than that.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 11:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Some simple advice from Dr. Seuss:
If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, and the bus is interrupted as a very last resort, and the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort, then the socket packet pocket has an error to report.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 18, 2008 11:42 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

.
If the label on the cable on the table at your house, says the network is connected to the button on your mouse, but your packets want to tunnel on another protocol, that’s repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall, and your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss, so your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse, then you may as well reboot it and go out with a bang, ‘cause as sure as I’m a poet, your system’s gonna hang.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 18, 2008 11:52 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

The BIOS screen would have popped up before the HDD was even checked.

I would take everything out but the Proc, turn it on, then add pieces one by one turning it on each time.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 10:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is your best bet.

Try to isolate the cause of the error code.

by BrianL on Nov 18, 2008 10:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Start with that.

See what it does with no proc, though.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 10:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Bummer

that cooling tower is a mother fucker to get in and out.

by coolguyrob on Nov 18, 2008 10:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wait a sec.

If you’re still getting a Video error while the proc is the only thing in, that’s ok.

You just want to make sure that the beeps stay the same.

Then try with just the proc and vid

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 10:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sorry, my bad, lost track of the convo.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 10:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If you don't get a different set of beeps, you may have gotten a DOA vid card.

You don’t have a voltmeter to check out pinouts, do you?

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 11:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No voltmeter.

Ok, with no cards just processor I get 1 long, 3 short, then in 6 second 1 more short.

by coolguyrob on Nov 18, 2008 11:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ah fuck me up the goat ass.

Tried the old video card and it started up just fine. But the lights come on the new one when I powere comp up. I’ll keep trying to see if it’s just not seating correctly.

by coolguyrob on Nov 18, 2008 11:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My dad used to say something like that -

“I’ve been to a 1-legged ass-kickin contest and a goat ropin’, but I never seen some shit like that!”

by coolguyrob on Nov 18, 2008 11:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sounds like your new video card is dead.

Did you mail-order it or purchase it from a local store?

by BrianL on Nov 18, 2008 11:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Mail order from Newegg.

But things are looking up. I tried powering up with the new video card while pushing it in really hard with my hand and the system started up.

by coolguyrob on Nov 18, 2008 11:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

are you sure it was three short beeps?

Do you have a floppy drive? A friend had to replace theirs when they got one long beep followed by two short ones after rebuilding…

However, I have heard of the long beep, 3 short beep code once during an upgrade. This is what happemed:
The SATA connectors were touching the underside of the end of the GFX card which prevented it from seating 100% correctly. They are long cards and it can get crowded-easy to miss. The long beep, 3 beep code I believe indicates a graphic problem. My card looked like it was seated right but it was SLIGHTLY angled up . Moving the drives to different SATA connectors solved the problem for me.

by Smith18 on Nov 18, 2008 10:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ah thanks

Good to know. (I am no where near a “computer expert”)

by Smith18 on Nov 18, 2008 10:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Certainly not!

Unless that is a joke/sarcasm
I can “get by”, taken some computer classes, and can build or upgrade a basic computer but can’t create a cool Alienware computer on my own

by Smith18 on Nov 18, 2008 10:37 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I make computers with freon cooling for friends.

But you can’t ship them or put them on a plane, so there’s no real market outside of the area. :(

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 10:49 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ahh that's cool!

I admittedly haven’t delved into the world of adding “extras”.
One of my computers could have really used a cooling system like that

by Smith18 on Nov 18, 2008 10:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I have it open right next to me so I will check for that too.

I do have a floppy drive, but I didn’t hook it into the new mother board because I haven’t used a floppy drive in like 10 years.

by coolguyrob on Nov 18, 2008 10:31 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't know anyone who uses a floppy drive anymore

But my friend’s computer got mad when he tried to build one without it haha

by Smith18 on Nov 18, 2008 10:38 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fuck me. God Damn fucking fuck face.

I fucking hate him and I hope he chokes on all the fucking hair he lost off his head that fucking balding cockmouth.

54!

by joof on Nov 18, 2008 11:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ryan Howard got 2nd in the NL.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 11:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

is this really a surprise?

it’s annoying, but I figured that’s the way it’d go.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 11:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not surprising at all.

But it appears that Mauer finished nowhere even close. Pretty embarrassing for the BBWAA.

by Teej on Nov 18, 2008 11:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

True.

There are a few who are on the good side, though.

by Teej on Nov 18, 2008 11:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is awesome because Jeter never won

not even in the year he (sort of) deserved to win.

Furcal

by JI on Nov 18, 2008 11:41 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Morneau was second?

ahahahahahahaha

Bret Boone never won either.

Furcal

by JI on Nov 18, 2008 11:42 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The only beauty of my new work schedule.

I’m off in an hour. Then I get to eat some shitty food, lay down for a few hours, and do it all again tomorrow.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Nov 18, 2008 11:38 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Still splitting room?

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 11:39 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I hate sharing a room with someone who works your same shift. It sucks ass.

At least this guy is way cool about it and tries to be as quiet as possible.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Nov 18, 2008 11:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes.

And it blows ass. Generally you share a room with someone who works opposite you as to not share sleeping time. The camp I am staying at right now does not have enough rooms though.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Nov 18, 2008 11:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So you work while they sleep, and so on...

But the same sleep schedule isn’t too bad if the other guy doesn’t snore or something.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 11:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You should post a picture of your quarters.

I want to see what this hell hole looks like.

by Wilder. on Nov 18, 2008 11:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's just a closet full of coffee filters.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 18, 2008 11:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

A colostomy bag.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 18, 2008 11:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Handkerchiefs seemed to have lasted a while,

and the idea isn’t all that different.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 12:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Snot and crap are two different things

I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.

by InSpokane on Nov 18, 2008 12:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I would argue because you only have to do that to a kid for 4 years max.

I’m probably going to live for another 30+.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 12:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Just like anything else that's "non" disposable,

you have to replace it occasionally. People buy new handkerchiefs..

Note: Thingray is 100% against the use of handkerchiefs and reusable TP. I’m merely playing the devil’s advocate here.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 12:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not my point.

I can see washing diapers for 4 or so years per child. I can’t see washing my shit covered kitchen towels every few days for the rest of my life, whether I rotate in new ones or not.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 12:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ok ok ok ok my sandwich is trying to come out of my nose already

holy shitballs this is the funniest thread i’ve ever read, I can’t breathe

by dpseadv on Nov 18, 2008 2:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Blackberries are cheap now

I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.

by InSpokane on Nov 18, 2008 12:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My company buy me a blackberry!?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHaHaHaHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No, I bought it myself. I even bought the laptop I use as a work computer myself because the ones they would give me suck ass.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Nov 18, 2008 12:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Why'd the little bastard climb the pole anyway?

My cat gets stuck on the roof about once a year, and I just laugh at him until he finds his own way down.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 12:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Coyote leaves, cat climbs down....

My cats run up trees to get away from animals, and when the threat is gone, they return… I’ve never quite understood why occasionally an animal just decides to stay treed.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 12:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

sadder than that scene in Stroszek?

And by scene, I mean that whole movie.

Also Mister Lonely comes out today starring (or at least containing) Werner Herzog.

Your favorite meme is dead

by Edanger6 on Nov 18, 2008 12:02 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Have fun bunking with another guy.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 12:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hmmm.

So THAT’S why Sports and Bremertonians disappeared — the Nisqually Quake transported Bremerton to off the coast of Africa (click the picture to enlarge it).

(From Geoff Baker’s employer)

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Nov 18, 2008 12:08 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Already fixed.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 18, 2008 12:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

AHH NOO!!!

WHAT THE FUCK

J.K.L.

by acblue on Nov 18, 2008 12:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Today's Nostalgic Fun Fact

Remember the animated series “Gargoyles”?

Demona, the evil woman Gargoyle, was voiced by Marina Sirtis. That’s right. Counselor Troi.

(This fun fact is still not as cool as Uncle Phil from Fresh Prince of Bel Air being TMNT’s Shredder)

by BrianL on Nov 18, 2008 12:14 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Somehow I don't think your "Random 90s Cartoon & Star Trek Fun Fact"

will become the next BOTD.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 12:32 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, that surprised me as well.

And also, after not liking her at first, the Nostalgia Chick is starting to grow on me.

by Goose on Nov 18, 2008 12:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And today's Nostalgia Critic was awesome as usual.

“Wait. Johhny Cage dies? This movie is looking up already!”

by Goose on Nov 18, 2008 12:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think Ray Romano needs to worry...

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 18, 2008 12:20 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I wonder if this is what NPH branded women with in H&K2?

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 12:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It will always be relevant.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 12:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ah yes, relevant.

In 30 years when her grandkids ask her about it, they’ll know exactly who Ray Romano is.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 12:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And she can share the story of how she finally did it.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 12:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hope it's a short story.

Prison visits aren’t very long.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 12:27 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You'd get jail time for performing a public service?

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 12:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Meh.

He seems like I nice guy, I just don’t watch or enjoy his show.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 12:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Kind of rules out any sort of alibi...

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 18, 2008 12:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The Bart, The

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 12:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

She should have made the bottom Henna.

So she could swap it out as necessary.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 12:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I hate Ray Romano too but that is crazy

I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.

by InSpokane on Nov 18, 2008 12:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Is that a comma or a mole?

"Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Ben Franklin

by Jed MC on Nov 18, 2008 1:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Okay, I'm starting to regret my choice to go without cold medicine today.

I felt stoned all day yesterday at work, and wanted my head clear today, but now I’m starting to suffer..

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 12:24 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I love Stumbleupon.

Bahahaha!

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 18, 2008 12:28 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Never stopped me.

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

by Faux on Nov 18, 2008 12:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Teej

I finally got around to listening to the entirety of Paper Trails (I usually have a delay time from when I download something to when I actually listen to it) and it’s catchy as all hell. My favorite songs are Whatever You Like and Slide Show but there’s really so many good songs on it.
Thr33 Ringz can’t be described as anything other than what you would expect from T-Pain, with a few good songs and a bundle of obnoxious skits

by Fogel on Nov 18, 2008 12:42 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Blame it on kos

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 12:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

now you can come sing a good song to me in person

to wash that out of my brain.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 12:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Did you go see them this weekend?

I was really bummed I couldn’t come up for that.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 1:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh yes.

Reaffirmed my belief that pogoing is in fact the best dance in the world.

Embarassing moment; I lost an earplug about halfway through the set and couldn’t really hear all that well. Nardwuar sang the first line of “Don’t Hump the Dog” and put the mic in my face. I couldn’t hear what he was saying and just stood there looking like an idiot. I did get to hold him up when he played keyboard while crowdsurfing, however.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Nov 18, 2008 1:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I should put you in touch with a friend of mine

a guy I used to go to a ton of shows with, but now he always complains that he has no one to go to shows with any more. He’s got very similar tastes, he was there as well.

I used to get sore calves from pogoing at Fastbacks shows.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 1:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What's his name?

There’s a chance I know him.

by acblue on Nov 18, 2008 1:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hampton.

Blondish hair, mod/bowl cut, about 5’ 10" or so, usually wears a Royal Mail jacket to shows these days.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 1:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Is he in any bands?

I swear I’ve met a fellow that fits this description.

by acblue on Nov 18, 2008 1:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He isn't, hasn't been since high school I don't think

but he is friends with a lot of Seattle band- and ex-band types (Kurt Bloch, Kim Warnick, Rob Morgan, the guys from Coconut Coolouts, the list goes on) and he goes to a TON of shows – used to go to 2-3 a week, but now he’s got a kid and lives in Everett so he doesn’t get down as much as he used to.

I’ll send both of you an email.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 1:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Kurt Bloch was there.

Pretty sure I know who you’re talking about because I saw him talking to a guy that fits your description that I see at many shows.

by acblue on Nov 18, 2008 1:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

.

And nothing else compares
Oh no nothing else compares
Oh and nothing else compares

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Nov 18, 2008 1:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So far this thread

has namechecked Juice Newton, Bill Medley, and Milli Vanilli. Just pointing that out.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 1:07 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

All in a days work.

And don’t forget Ray Romano.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Nov 18, 2008 1:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was just going for bad musicians

but bad actors will also fit in there.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 1:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I hope you're happy

and I fully expect at least one Little River Band reference OH CRAP NOW I’VE DONE IT MYSELF

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 1:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

For anyone that's interested:

Click for full size. Seattle has a great alt-comedy community and the Entertainment Show is always a blast. If you’re not doing anything next Tuesday night, come on down.

by acblue on Nov 18, 2008 1:40 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Well that little computer adventure really sucked.

I finalyl got the system to start, but then I started getting the blue screen of death flashing when windows was loading. I figured that my old hard drive (old settings and all) didn;t like the new hardware and was being cranky about it. I had been asking you all for advice on my laptop while wroking on the big one. As I was plugging the desktop in back in the computer room I heard the laptop from the other room give the “my batteries are dying you asshole so fuck you I’m going to sleep” message. No prob I’ll just bring it in here and plug it in to use while I work on the desk top. There is no floor. Fuckin laptop must’ve got jealous of the desktop and also went into blue screen of death mode. WTF? Now I had 2 non-working systems and no way to jump on internet to help troubleshoot. Though now that I think about it, I could’ve used the blackberry. But since all I had on the desktop was games I just decided to re format and put in my recovery disk. I have no idea how it happened but it ended up installing an additional windows xp onto the same drive as the other one (C:). When I start the computer it asks me which one I want to use giving me 2 options each saying windos xp professional. If I choose the top one, it goes to what I am currently using, and it says it’s on C: drive. If I choose the bottom one, it goes blue screen and then just restarts. Uh, W.T.F???

by coolguyrob on Nov 18, 2008 2:00 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Doesn't sound like your C drive got a full format.

I’d fdisk it from a DOS boot disk and reinstall the OS again.

by BrianL on Nov 18, 2008 2:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

fdisk?

Plus I don’t have a DOS boot disk. Just the alienware recovery disk and my xp pro disk

by coolguyrob on Nov 18, 2008 2:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ah hah.

Don’t use the Alienware recovery disk, wasn’t designed for the home-made system you’ve got. Shove the XP pro disk in there.

When the XP disk gives you a format option, run a full NTFS format.

by BrianL on Nov 18, 2008 2:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Speaking of hard drives, Brian

I went to Fry’s last night. Sold out of the TB’s. I blame you for buying the one that would have gone to me instead. Quit hoarding terabytes and share with the rest of the common world

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Nov 18, 2008 4:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I know

Thankfully they did a raincheck for me, so I can pick one up when they go on sale again. I’m going to use it as a secondary to the main HD on my computer, which is only 80GB.

Wow, I just realized that 5 years ago, I would have never felt the need to not only have more than 80GB, but would also have rarely said “only” 80GB. And now I’m buying a terabyte for a hundred bucks. Wow

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Nov 18, 2008 4:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

and

a year from now you’ll be buying a 10TB drive for $250 or less. There is no ceiling. This is a very good thing.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 4:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I agree completely

Just amazing to me, though. Like that old quote from Bill Gates where he said that nobody would ever need more than 32mb for anything.

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Nov 18, 2008 4:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I can imagine

But stuff like that makes sense. Obviously the average person has no need for much more than 500GB, really, and even that is pushing it. I really don’t even need more than that, but I could spend $75 for 500, or $110 for 1TB. Might as well, because in the long run it won’t hurt to have it there

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Nov 18, 2008 4:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I have about 1.2 TB altogether here at home.

A 750 GB set up in Raid 1 as my primary drive.
A 300 GB that basically just has all my media on it.
1 150 GB that I’m still trying to recover data off of, but ultimately will be an emergency drive.
And I think I have a few 40 and 80 GB’s hanging around somewhere that are blank.

by Goose on Nov 18, 2008 4:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I have an 80 and two 120's that house all the media from my old computer

And a 320 portable that I use to move things from place to place. My Thinkpad has 120 on it and is completely full right now with music, my Macbook (Thanks RC!) has 60 and is relatively clean, and my new Desktop has an 80 which is completely empty. The TB will be used to house all my music and movies. I use it as a server essentially, running the music and movies to my Xbox 360, as well as to the laptops when I’m busting around the house. I plan on making the music and movies accessible as a web server so I can get to them from anywhere. Just not quite sure how yet. Anybody with suggestions?

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Nov 18, 2008 4:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Then I will be the gullible loser sidekick

Just give me one. I will gladly pay you pennies on the dollar for the drive you just purchased.

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Nov 18, 2008 4:43 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Narf!

Daaah, where’s my hard drive, Brain Brian?

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Nov 18, 2008 5:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Soon, my friend.

After we find $1,614,000 to build the gyroscopic transducer chip and take over the world you will be swimming in hard drives.

by BrianL on Nov 18, 2008 5:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You're so smart

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Nov 18, 2008 5:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think so, Brain...

…but burlap chafes me so.

by James F'n X on Nov 18, 2008 5:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Far fucking out.

I do, however, have access to all of my saved games from this version. Now I’ll just back those up and reformat the whole damn thing.

by coolguyrob on Nov 18, 2008 2:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Speaking of which, yesterday I ordered me a HDD enclosure so I could access my media stuff on one of my old drives

Because I completely forgot to make sure this new MB had IDE ports.

Anybody have any experience with these HDD enclosures? Good? Bad?

by Goose on Nov 18, 2008 2:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The thing is, I'm planning on using this drive still until I get around to getting another SATA drive.

Do those converters work well for continuous use, or are they just good for quickly getting data off drives?

by Goose on Nov 18, 2008 2:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

When pressed I've used these continually.

For what you’re doing you might want to stick with the enclosure.

by BrianL on Nov 18, 2008 2:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Depends on who you ask and how they're defining that write/read speed.

However USB 3.0 will be the final nail in Firewire’s coffin.

by BrianL on Nov 18, 2008 2:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, but USB 3.0 just got introduced

and it will crush both 2.0 and Firewire, so firewire is indeed dead.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 2:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Except Firewire 800...

But rocks.

Firewire’s fate was sealed when it was removed from the entry-level Macbooks. It’s not long for the future, which is too bad because it totally kicks USB’s butt.

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Nov 18, 2008 10:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Now that is a neat product

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by I'm NOT Corco on Nov 18, 2008 2:32 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's acctually rediculous how quick things changed.

2007 started off well, and just kept getting better, and hit a crescendo at around Christmas. And as soon as the calender changes, everything get fucked up. And just kept getting worse.

Yay for humans being awesome at making up patterns!

54!

by joof on Nov 18, 2008 2:59 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

November has sucked (being so sick and all)

but 2008 has been an okay year.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 2:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I have no major complaints with 2008

it has definitely been a calmer year than 2007.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 2:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That would be true

but wedding years are also COMPLETELY INSANE with wedding crap. It’s good, but definitely exhausting. Which reminds me. When you honeymoon, go somewhere and relax – me and mrs. pdb went on an epic trek around my favorite parts of Western Europe, which was all kinds of awesome, but we did way too much and didn’t have enough downtime.

When we got back it took us a month to get over how tired we were from the wedding runup and the honeymoon. Wouldn’t trade a minute of it, but I would say in hindsight that a relaxing honeymoon might have been a better choice.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 3:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We're spending the wedding night at a local hotel,

then heading off to Cannon Beach for about a week before heading up the coast for a few days. We might spend a day or two in Astoria or something.

In other words, no huge plans, just going to one of our favorite places (and the place we got engaged).

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 3:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I got sick on my honeymoon which was lame

But I also got 4 aces playing video poker which paid for most of our trip. Plus I sat on the beach in November which is always good.

by Sec 108 on Nov 18, 2008 3:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sick - sucks.

Beach + 4 aces = good

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 3:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

On another note,

the majority of the wedding is already planned. We even got the invitations in the mail the other day. Dress is bought, hall reserved, tuxes ordered, photography is set up, food is arranged….

Still some stuff to work on like flowers and other small stuff, but the BIG stuff is mostly handled.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 3:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Even still

you’ll be surprised how stressful the last month before the wedding is. And how little of that stress is actually yours.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 3:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm sure it will be stressful.

Booze takes care of that! LOL!

But I know one of the hardest parts is going to be letting other people take care of things as the day gets closer. I know Jeanuts and I are going to want to directly supervise EVERYTHING, and there’s just no way you can do that.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 3:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And there's no way you should

in all honesty, of all the money we spent on the wedding (which wasn’t a lot), the most valuable money we spent was the $500 on a wedding coordinator. I didn’t want to do it, but it’s the best thing we did – she ran EVERYTHING from the week prior to the wedding to the entire night itself.

She choreographed the ceremony, figured out timing, worked with all our vendors to make sure everything showed up when/where it was supposed to, and just generally made the day before and the day of a lot less stressful. I can’t recommend this highly enough.

You may think you can do it (I thought I could), but you’ll have so many balls in the air the week of the wedding you won’t know which way is up.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 3:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Something to think about.

The thing is that we’re not really using any “vendors”, everything is being done by friends who do each specific service for a living.

It might still be smart to either hire or “assign” a wedding coordinator though. We have friends who do this “type” of thing as well.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 3:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Find them and use them.

A point person is invaluable on the day of your wedding. On that day, the last thing either of you will want to worry about is where the food is, where the flowers are, what’s up with the music, etc. Pick someone you trust, deputize them to do all the coordination for you, and let them know they’re running the show and that they are to solve things before they get to you.

I can’t really stress strongly enough how useful this is.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 3:36 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think I know just the person.

Now the hard part will be convincing our families that they AREN’T the ones in charge! LOL!

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 3:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You laugh but that's exactly what happened to us

even though we told everyone we paid for a coordinator, certain people (coughinlawscough) decided that they could do a better job even though they had just gotten to town the day before and had no idea what we were doing. They had to be pulled aside by a few other people and told to keep out of the way.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 3:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I fully expect this to happen with both of our families.

But I also know bouncers who can handle that problem!

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 3:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's been mine too

And I even got to do it in a fun and special way, which was great. However, the 12 months leading up to it were pretty rotten for me. I don’t have my hills and valleys conveniently with calendar changes. Mine usually shift around the summertime

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Nov 18, 2008 4:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Marriage works this way too.

Just another thing school does to help you prepare.

by Sec 108 on Nov 18, 2008 3:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We just paid for ITT for the oldest boy,

I know how this one feels.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 3:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

See I think my financial situation got better

It was some of my leisure activities that took the hit.

I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.

by InSpokane on Nov 18, 2008 3:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So far so good for me on this one.

I still have all my leisure activities, and I’ve added some as well.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 3:36 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It was not a complaint for sure

But now we have more shared things.

I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.

by InSpokane on Nov 18, 2008 3:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I am not complaining really,

But never see my paychecks as they go straight into her account and I then get an allowance.

by Sec 108 on Nov 18, 2008 3:36 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We've gone eight years this way,

and it’s worked really well, so we’re just not changing anything. We do have a joint account for large expenditures though, we just make our own deposits to it.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 3:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I registered yesterday.

I really, really, REALLY hope my Perkins application gets approved.

by acblue on Nov 18, 2008 3:36 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'd be afraid that would be the thin end of the wedge

first the Roomba just whirs around your house, silently, cleaning away. Then one day, it gets the rest of the appliances involved in some sort of unholy robot/appliance alliance, they foment an uprising, and before you know it, they’re taking over your house and you’re sleeping on the lawn.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 3:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

the toaster is the one you have to fear most

you’re in the bathtub, minding your own business; one word from the Roomba and SIZZZZZZZZZZLE you’re done.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 3:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Don't forget the heating blanket

He was a real whiner as well

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Nov 18, 2008 4:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

KIIIIIIRBY!

I love that movie

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Nov 18, 2008 4:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ask and ye shall receive (click for link)

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Nov 18, 2008 4:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well look at that,

I never even knew the toaster went to Mars.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 18, 2008 4:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sure did

How about the Land Before Time series? When I left my son with the babysitter today he was watching number TEN, and I know it’s gone even higher than that.

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Nov 18, 2008 5:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Bought my mom a Roomba two Christmas's ago.

Totally worth the money. I can’t wait until next week when I get to watch it go around the room again.

by Wilder. on Nov 18, 2008 4:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Roombas are addictive

beware. We’ve got the roomba and scooba (the mop type robot). Oh, and stock in IRBT (which has fared remarkably poorly for a company that keeps getting govt. contracts).

by marc w on Nov 18, 2008 4:36 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

In other news, MLB is thankfully getting rid of Silverlight and going with Flash.

Link

“Flash provides a TV-like experience. You turn it on and it works,” said Bob Bowman, president and CEO of MLBAM.

Unlike Silverlight, which hardly ever works.

by Goose on Nov 18, 2008 6:01 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

This is a positive.

Although Silverlight’s been working good for me for listening to The End at work.

by James F'n X on Nov 18, 2008 6:37 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You turn it on and it works

Furcal

by JI on Nov 18, 2008 8:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Late

Also, if anyone is below a junior in high school, I recommend not getting into the IB program.

by Mariner John on Nov 18, 2008 9:07 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

IB.... those two letters make me twitch.

Single most useless piece of paper I’ve nearly killed myself for.

by James F'n X on Nov 18, 2008 9:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

IB?

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 9:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ah.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 9:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Thank God I'm not alone in this regard.

Fuck you extended essay and historical investigation.

Also, I hate English class. I seriously see no educational purpose for making shit up and trying to justify it with evidence.

by Mariner John on Nov 18, 2008 9:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

All we do is read literature.

And analyse the shit out of it. Literally everyday is reading an Emily Dickinson poem and finding the meaning in it. I do find certain classes interesting but this particular variety of English is annoying. Plus the teacher is annoying.

by Mariner John on Nov 18, 2008 9:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

that would have been useful to learn in high school

I didn’t learn that stuff until college philosophy courses.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 9:32 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The instructor would turn us on each other every Friday.

He’d assign a debate topic at the start of the week and by the end of the week we were supposed to have studied up and taken a side. The entire period would be an all-out debate between the students.

The moment one student used a fallacious argument, someone was supposed to stop the debate and list the specific fallacy and the reason that student’s argument fell under it.

by BrianL on Nov 18, 2008 9:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

that would have been a most excellent class

I don’t think my entire four years of high school came anywhere close to that.

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

by pdb on Nov 18, 2008 9:36 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This teacher was a master at his craft.

Former military Drill Sargent. Scared the living shit out of us despite being all of 5’8".

Normally high school students would rebel against that kind of a teacher, but he knew how to gain the respect of his students. His class was extremely hard, but he was an extraordinarily fair instructor.

by BrianL on Nov 18, 2008 9:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This would work.

My “Theory of Knowledge” class I had to take was somewhat similar to that except it only dealt briefly with logical fallacies.

I look forward to actually taking interesting classes in college.

by Mariner John on Nov 18, 2008 9:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Historical investigation? This is new.

I did my extended essay in mathematics, mainly cause no one else was.

Is historical investigation what they were calling guided coursework?

by James F'n X on Nov 18, 2008 9:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's the interal assessment for history.

Basically find a history question and write 1600 words answering the question. Not too difficult but we did a practice one last year that I actually enjoyed and the one I’m doing this year that is actually going to the IB is going to suck because it’s on Quebec and I have two sources. Plus my extended essay is on history so I’m a little burnt out on it right now.

by Mariner John on Nov 18, 2008 9:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's IB for you

Sucking every little bit of joy out of your life in 11th and 12th grade.

Hopefully things have changed in the last 10 years, UW didn’t even recognize IB when I got it in 98.

by James F'n X on Nov 18, 2008 9:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I only managed to stomach about a month of IB before I dropped back into the AP program.

I stressed out over those classes so much my parents started to worry about my health.

by BrianL on Nov 18, 2008 9:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I sometimes question why I post here.

Compared to a pile of you guys I have to rub two sticks together just to put a simple sentence together.

by dpseadv on Nov 18, 2008 9:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Believe me I have communication problems

I have difficulties formulating a sentence that doesn’t extend way beyond how long it should be.

by Mariner John on Nov 18, 2008 9:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I always remind myself of a line from 'River Runs Through It'.

Where the boy’s dad keeps making him rewrite a paper, telling him ‘less’ every time.

by dpseadv on Nov 18, 2008 9:54 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Trust me, I'm not here to play compare the brain.

It is cool (and a bit schadenfreudey) to see someone going through what I went through, though.

by James F'n X on Nov 18, 2008 9:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nah, I'm not giving you crap.

It just blows my mind the options available now. And the options kids in bigger urban schools had compared to where I went.

by dpseadv on Nov 18, 2008 9:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You know who blows my mind

My Grandfather could multiply 4 digit numbers in his head. He said most of the kids he went to school with could do it.

by dpseadv on Nov 18, 2008 10:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You an probably train yourself to do it piecewise.

I’m much more of a numbers guy, so that sorta thing makes sense to me.

by James F'n X on Nov 18, 2008 10:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've been able to run some 3 digit against 4 digit

But only now and then. Somebody starts talking and poof!

by dpseadv on Nov 18, 2008 10:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

When I hit college after the army, the 2nd generation of head start students were showing up in big numbers

WSU was really raking them over the coals, it was a bunch of crap. A friend of mine has two daughters that both received doctorates in pharmacology before they were 22. He had to fight the admin tooth and nail to get their head start classes recognized, or they probably would have tacked on another couple of years to that.

Its a load of crap when you think about the tax money that gets wasted because one college claims they have more rigorous standards than another (especially when they are in the same state). The classes lost when you transfer from quarters to semester systems is another thing that sets me off.

by dpseadv on Nov 18, 2008 9:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nah that's running start.

Head Start is a program that allows high school students to attend community college classes during school hours.

by BrianL on Nov 18, 2008 9:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I did IB English and History and I did quite well.

I was smart enough not to try IB science or math. Or not smart enough maybe.

by acblue on Nov 18, 2008 11:27 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah but I got to skip class and spin cookies on the ice in the parking lot

I’ll take that over education 25 days a week

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by I'm NOT Corco on Nov 18, 2008 11:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I did well in the classes I gave a shit about.

I did poorly in the classes I thought were stupid even though I could have quite easily done well in them.

by acblue on Nov 18, 2008 11:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I did about the same thing.

I had this Spanish II class my senior year. I didn’t want the class, but I had to have something to fill the time slot, so I told the counselor just to put it wherever. The teacher was also a major dick. So I did as little work as possible and purposely ended up with the 3rd lowest grade in the class. It brought my GAP down to 3.3, but I didn’t give a shit.

by Goose on Nov 19, 2008 12:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs