OTFPOTD ZOMG NO POLITICS edition 11/4
by joof on Nov 4, 2008 5:28 AM PST
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PrintIt's election day, which means fun times debating and having election parties . Except here, where you'll get sent straight to the Box! So go elsewhere for your election fun and keep your fantastic contraption designs and music talk here!
So, remember to vote, or P Diddy will come to your house and kill you.
EA on what to do if your Red Alert 3 code doesn't work? Guess at it.
Some coolish words. I knew what 6 were.
Turns out girls DO have cooties, at least more then guys do on their hands.
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I couldn't sleep last night
Today is November 4th. Whee!
Samesies
/butthol
Except for the fact I couldn’t sleep because I’m stupid and decided to start my CS assignment late.
54!
Ah
And here I was hoping that you were going to refer to a CounterStrike assignment.
That'd probally be way more exciting then what I'm doing.
This assignment is dumb, while Counter-Strike is just a double click away…
But no, stupid assignment.
54!
Whatever candidate you're voting for is stupid.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Go ahead, throw your vote away!
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Bah, it's not about easy.
Good nicknames shouldn’t be easy, they should be fun. Imagine the great Futurama gifs that Ziodberg will bring us.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I can't say I know much about Futurama, I never watch tv.
And, being that I’m surprisingly lazy, easiness is one of my main issues in this great ’08 election.
Good nicknames are earned not arbitrarily bestowed.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 6:27 AM PST up reply actions
I knew 11 of the words.
Between FC and this, I’m not feeling like the smartest guy on earth right now.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'm usually pretty cocky about my knowledge.
Pretty much my whole life I’ve been the smartest guy in the room.
It’s one of the reasons I’ve grown so attached to this place, it’s a great place to learn about things I haven’t before, and there’s always someone else smarter around that I can leech knowledge from (at least about baseball).
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I knew 12.
Contrail
Dewclaw
Dongle
Emoticon
Fines
Fauxhawk
Fontanelle
Hemidemisemiquaver
Interrobang
Rowel
Tines
Yips
Though, Fines I mostly know as the untra-small dust particles you find on Mars, and Rowel is a word I just learned a couple of weeks ago while watching Jeopardy (my gf qualified to be on Jeopardy).
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
A burrito at 5:30am?
And I’m so glad to have a place of refuge this morning…and some bustabucket to go with it.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 7:04 AM PST reply actions
I'd be up for it; I just didn't think many were of my mindset.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 7:06 AM PST up reply actions
Are you going to use the interrobang more often now?!
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 7:16 AM PST up reply actions
My favorite is tittle,
just because it makes people laugh and then I get to laugh at them without them realizing it.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'm a big fan of philtrum
I complimented a date once on her lovely philtrum and she looked at me like I had a second face growing out of my forehead. That stare didn’t really go away when I explained what a philtrum was, either. Needless to say, that was a one-date relationship.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 7:33 AM PST up reply actions
On the good side, if she knows, or is receptive about the explanation, you've got a keeper.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
This was my gambit
and it failed. Ah well, ’twas a long time ago.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 7:41 AM PST up reply actions
Failed....or suceeded?!
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
good point.
it weeded out, and that’s just as important in the long run, right?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 7:43 AM PST up reply actions
We all can't have a miniTeej living in our computers.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 9:12 AM PST up reply actions
Can you freelance others at our discretion?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 9:16 AM PST up reply actions
I vote we use this opportunity to make grammar-themed gifs.
First up: comma splice!
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Caution boys.
Asked if guys should worry about holding hands with girls, Knight said: “I guess it depends on which girl.”
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 7:10 AM PST reply actions
It's a trap!
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
So I tried to trick my body last night
I got back from New England at about 9pm and stayed up till past midnight, in an effort to exhaust myself so much that I’d not wake up at 4am. I woke up at 4.30. Helpful.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I hear you.
I’m still jet lagged from Orlando. Daylight Savings ending made that even worse.
On the other hand, I have a new favorite beer
I hadn’t been to the Portsmouth Brewery in a few years, and forgot how awesome it is. And then I had the Smuttynose Old Brown Dog (Smuttynose and Portsmouth are sister breweries) and OH MY GOD IT’S AMAZING.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 7:49 AM PST up reply actions
It really is.
I’m usually kinda meh about brown ales, but this one’s got a much stronger flavor than most – it was impressive.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I used to be really against brown ales
but they’ve grown on me a ton in recent months.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 4, 2008 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
Sam Smith's Nut Brown is an easy grab for me...
Decent spending of ~$3 at the store…
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Nov 4, 2008 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
I saw Smuttynose all over the place in Boston and was wildly skeptical
by Jeff Sullivan on Nov 4, 2008 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
Don't be
it’s one of my favorite New England breweries. If you can find it get it. The brown’s revelatory, the stout’s really good (and I’m not a stout fan), and the IPA is full of hoppy goodness.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
At the Publick House and Sunset I was surrounded by too many attractive imports to go domestic
but now I regret my oversight.
by Jeff Sullivan on Nov 4, 2008 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
For the millionth time
“zomg no politics” isn’t supposed to be capitalized at all in order to show that you are tired of writing it.
If you're tired of writing it, why not write something else? Or nothing at all?
But I’ve never gotten that symbolic stuff anyways.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
didn't realize there were rules around exasperation
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 7:44 AM PST up reply actions
Oh god I hate my desk I hate my cubicle I hate this office
I hate these monitors I hate this phone I hate hate hate being back at work.
uhhhhh, welcome back?
I can’t say I’m thrilled to be back either but it sounds like I don’t hate my situation as much as you do. My condolences.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 7:55 AM PST up reply actions
I've got about fifty voicemails
all begging me to do stupid things. “Why can’t I italicize this font?” “Why do I have to restart my computer?”
I’ve got a shit-ton of orders to place with Lenovo and ASUS today as well. I’m not looking forward to this.
Oh and bloody wonderful.
Our desktop backup system crashed again while I was gone. I’m replacing this software today with something that works, I don’t care what it costs.
DLO is good.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
As is Acronis for image based backups.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I was actually thinking about Acronis.
You don’t happen to know if they offer some sort of Enterprise licensing system, do you?
We only use it for a dozen machines, so we just went with the standard group licensing.
The group management is a nice touch. If you get the trial, beware that there are some hangups on initially connecting that they probably haven’t fixed.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I might give them a call later today.
I’ve used Acronis True Image to create base images for some of the identical loaner laptops I have. Really liked how it worked out.
Their online CR people are actually really knowledgeable.
If you hate talking on the phone as much as I do, it’s a very viable option.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I might give that a shot instead.
It’ll have to wait until I get a bunch of other stuff dealt with, though.
I fear having this big chunk of time off as I might not want to return.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 7:58 AM PST up reply actions
Going back to work always sucks
but I find that it sucks less after a longer period of time, oddly enough. Still isn’t pleasant, but you’ve at least lost the muscle memory that says THIS BLOWS and you have to re-learn how much working for a living does, in fact, blow.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 8:01 AM PST up reply actions
Whoa holy shit 150gb?
That makes Comcast look downright generous.
Good grief.
Any average internet user could probably blow through that in a week and a half.
Now if said average internet user uses Netflix's online distribution
they’re at the cap in two or three days.
Assuming it actually works and doesn't just bluescreen your 360.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
20 GB is total bullshit.
I could easily blow through that in no time just using Steam. 150 is somewhat more generous, but still seems small. Capped bandwidth is stupid.
54!
If by "behind the curve"
you mean “more concerned with profits than with products that are on par with the rest of the world” then you’re right.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 8:06 AM PST up reply actions
Eleven days til no more wooooooooooooooooooooooork.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 8:07 AM PST up reply actions
eleven days till November 15!
yeah, I got nothin’.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 8:09 AM PST up reply actions
Not for me.
5th and the 20th.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 8:11 AM PST up reply actions
Someone posted this in another thread
It’s perfect.
that's awesome.
Eustace Tilley rules.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 8:12 AM PST up reply actions
So I go away for four days
and Arsenal completely fall apart, and self-destruct while they’re at it? I was thinking that I’d need a non-big four team to root for here in a year or two; I had no idea it’d be the one I already root for.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Sigh. You're still in the top four.
Villa had a laughable performance yesterday.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 8:17 AM PST up reply actions
I don't think they will be for long
and I don’t think that losing to Hull, Fulham and Stoke mean they should be. I don’t want Wenger fired – without him there’d be no top four status to worry about losing – but I do want him to be more flexible in his team-building philosophy. The kids are great, but they’re not getting it done.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 8:19 AM PST up reply actions
Nope.
I’ve been busy with Farcry 2 and Fable 2.
If you went to PAX I assume you got your copy of Farcry 2 for free.
I haven’t gotten mine in the mail yet. What gives? All my friends were sent their copy already – even my roommate.
aha, that explains it.
This was my first year going and if Ubisoft or any other company does fantastic stuff like this every year I’m definitely going next year. I paid less for the PAX weekend pass than I would have on the game.
I've been playing it on 360.
(Disclaimer: I’m not usually a big RPG guy, and I know nothing of the first two.)
My take: It’s pretty awesome. The atmosphere is fantastic. I can’t help but compare it with Bioshock — deserted environment, creepy music, very immersing. I’m honestly too scared to play it sometimes. I’m only a few hours in, but so far so good.
If you loved Bioshock
you need, NEED, to find a copy of System Shock 2.
I know, I know.
I just don’t have a PC capable of playing video games. I don’t even have a mouse.
Someday.
System Shock 2 is an old game, your machine can handle it.
It’s Bioshock but three billion times better. Except instead of Steampunk it’s cyberpunk.
It's dark when I wake up and drive to work.
It’s dark when I leave work. I hate this time of year.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
It's still light in the mornings here for now
but that’ll be gone in two weeks then we’ll be the Mole People again, never seeing daylight.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 8:30 AM PST up reply actions
I realize this and wonder why I am choosing to move back in late November.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 8:33 AM PST up reply actions
non-humid summers
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 8:33 AM PST up reply actions
Yesterday was so depressing.
Ugh. At least I have a window at my desk now, as opposed to last winter. I’ll see the sun once in a while.
the other angels fan
Bill James new Fielding Bible is out.
Jeter ranked as the worst defensive player in MLB.
Beltre listed as best defensive third baseman. Money quote from the Post: " Carlos Beltran was the only New York player to take the top spot at his position, finishing tops among center fielders. He can put this nerdy prize next to his two actual Gold Gloves."
I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.
The Post will never take an award that has Jeter coming in last seriously
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 8:33 AM PST up reply actions
I know. I just chuckled quite a bit when I read that line.
I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.
by andrewgolfsalot on Nov 4, 2008 8:34 AM PST up reply actions
I laughed at the Jeter quote:
“Maybe it was a computer glitch,” Jeter told The Post during spring training. “Every [shortstop] doesn’t stay in the same spot, every one doesn’t have the same pitching. Every one doesn’t have the same hitters running. It’s impossible to do that.”
What's really hilarious is that if you watch him play, he's a legitmately terrible fielder
it’s like watching Randy Moss trying to block
WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA?
we don’t need to WATCH Jeter to know he’s THE BEST EVER.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 8:44 AM PST up reply actions
There's a guy at DRB that called Dewan a douchebag because he had Longoria rated where he did.
Blind allegiance is funny.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
Hey thewyrm:
if you’re around— I saw a bit on the news last night that some guy is suing a Prudhoe Bay oil rig. Is it your rig, or have you heard about it?
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I just got to use the instantrimshot in class. Whoever posted that yesterday is getting a rec.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 4, 2008 8:42 AM PST reply actions
Me that time, someone else originally.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Well I got it from that time, not the other, so you get credit.
Sucks to be the other guy (or girl)
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 4, 2008 8:47 AM PST up reply actions
That would actually be Brain.
Thanks, though. When do I get to trade them in for my LL kazoo?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
A metric shit-ton.
As for the ratio, I’m too lazy to work that out.
Lenovo is selling the T400 Thinkpad for just under $1000.
I just got my hands on one, and it’s a pretty good laptop considering the prices.
I've never bought a laptop before.
But I might be traveling a little more often, and have the itch to get something. I hate the tiny netbooks, but I really don’t need a ton of computer. I like the looks of some of the budget Lenovo Ideapads. Looking for a 14.1" screen, I think. Not too tiny, but still portable.
the other angels fan
Yes this
I paid more for one with less features than I could have gotten on one at bestbuy, and couldn’t be happier
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Nov 4, 2008 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
Lenovos (specifically the Thinkpad) are tanks.
My R50p is going on five years old and it still runs great.
Get a used Powerbook G4.
~$4-500 ish. The only complaint I have about mine is that it’s a little slow with video and Java.
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Nov 4, 2008 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
I'm still trying to figure out OS X (thanks Lisa!)
But I am finding things to like, and now that I figured out how to connect to my pc network at home I’m set. I’ll still default to a pc first, but the macbook is definitely more portable than what I’ve got
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Nov 4, 2008 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
So what am I getting for lunch today?
Considering that I busted my ass all night last night and had no time to make anything (again).
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Damn, now I'm hungry, too.
Not just regular hungry, but ravenously hungry. And it’s only 10:15.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 4, 2008 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
BOTD...
Bacon wrapped scallops
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Ew?? Man, that looks great.
As for crazy, we have to limit the weekly intake of crazy bacon use. It’s not safe.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
They look like little brains wrapped in bacon.
Scallops give me the shivers.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 4, 2008 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
Scallops are incredible.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
My scallops never look like that.
I bet you could slightly pre-cook the bacon (since scallops cook so fast), then do the whole thing on the grill and it would be delicious.
Man do I love midgets.
You are certainly correct.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
That's what I was thinking.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
The way those look still concerns me though.
I’ve never had my scallops split apart like that and look like brains.
Man do I love midgets.
I think the scallops were blanched. Shellfish will do that sometimes.
Either that or they’re plastic.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
They look nasty, even though I approve of the idea.
This will be on my grill next time the weather is decent.
Man do I love midgets.
That's fine too.
Just skip the blanching.
Man do I love midgets.
Pre-cook the bacon, then wrap the scallops and fry them in a little white wine.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
My wife and I just made those last week.
They are awesome, but you need large scallops to make it work.
Fuckin' sea snails and ocean roaches.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Not a seafood fan I take it?
Man do I love midgets.
I love fish. I love clam chowder because I can't see the clams.
Anything else seafood related disgusts me. It’s an irrational thing.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Try to keep an open mind.
There’s some great seafood out there. The problem is when it’s bad, it’s REALLY bad.
Man do I love midgets.
Like I said, it's an irrational aversion.
I like the taste of shellfish (hence my adoration for clam chowder) but if I have to see it I want to vomit.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
So as long as it's in disguise you're set.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
No, clam chowder is the only thing pretty much.
I’ve been eating it since before I can remember, so I never developed the negative associations.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
I'm with you.
As long as the fish is deep, deep fried (bonus points for beer batter) then I’ll eat it. I can do chowder at times, too. And, occasionally, tuna salad (with lots of mayo, pickles and onions) on white bread suits my fancy. But all other forms of seafood gives me gag reflexes…
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Nov 4, 2008 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
You're missing out.
And that’s coming from a guy who hated all seafood for the first 20 or so years of his life.
Man do I love midgets.
I completely agree.
I am allergic to mussels, clams and oysters which sucks. Beyond that I love it all.
I keep trying to learn to like it...
…but those gag reflexes are very strong.
They abate long enough, however, for me to grill salmon along for my wife and son along side my steak…
This signature space for rent.
I've been away from Seattle for quite a long time, so I'm sad to say I know nothing of this man.
Awful news, though. Fuck people.
That's horrifying
I’m gonna miss that dude.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I couldn't be more pissed off about this.
I know senseless violence happens every day, but this is like the final kick in the balls for this sports season.
Man do I love midgets.
Anyone else enjoy their free Starbucks drip coffee today?
I heard on the radio they were giving them away, and then realized I was right by a Starbucks so I pulled in. I’ve been wanting to try the Pike roast since it was released anyway, and this gave me prime opportunity.
This signature space for rent.
They're not giving out free hot chocolate today, are they?
I hate coffee.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 4, 2008 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
Nope, I asked earlier because coffee sucks
and they said no, it’s just coffee.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
As much as I hate to say it, the Pike roast is actually pretty damned good.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Really?
I’ve never like Starbucks coffee. Tastes burnt to me.
That and the fact I refuse to support Howard for his part in the Sonics debacle.
Man do I love midgets.
The Pike roast is new, and it's by far the best thing they have.
I discovered this summer than when I’m anywhere in the Portland-Everett I-5 corridor that seeing a Starbucks is a reminder of the American preference for familiar mediocrity over unknown excellence. Outside of that area, Starbucks is a shining beacon of all that is right with the world in which we live.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
Seriously, even espresso bars outside on the PNW have terrible coffee.
I don’t understand. Starbucks is popular everywhere, so it’s not an issue of people not being able to tolerate strong coffee.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
However, a word must be said for the excellence of strong chicory coffee in New Orleans.
I swear my spoon can stand up when I order coffee with dessert here.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
You could always try that civet (sp) coffee.
Man do I love midgets.
Pike Place was designed to win over
those who thought the regular brew had a burnt taste.
the other angels fan
Maybe I'll cave once and try it.
Jeanuts makes regular morning stops at Starbucks on the weekends, but I always pass due to the reasons listed above.
Man do I love midgets.
It is free today, though.
Try it today, and if you hate it, it didn’t cost you anything.
the other angels fan
There's one across the street.
Maybe I’ll wander over.
Man do I love midgets.
Best hot chocolate in the world.
Starbucks has an excellent cocoa blend. With a shot of almond extract, it is perfect.
Hahaha I'm looking forward to this.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
Oh dear....
Maverick or Silver Bullet?
Or dare I even ask…
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Nov 4, 2008 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
Is a store giving out cupcakes?
I knew about Starbucks, Krispy Kreme…and Babeland.
the other angels fan
They're all kind of out of the way for me.
Too bad. Not enough time to get one. Although I was just there on Sunday. The carrot cake cupcakes are so good.
the other angels fan
What were you doing in West Seattle?
Since when does anyone outside of West Seattle ever go to West Seattle?
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 4, 2008 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
With the exception of people going to Vashon/Southworth.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 4, 2008 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
What is this "West" Seattle you speak of?
Man do I love midgets.
Now that I think about it I'm in West Seattle close to 5 or 6 times a week.
Yet I haven’t been downtown in about 3 months.
Up by the junction then? Kathy's, I think?
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 4, 2008 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
No, but I went in there once.
I took a dance class at Willamette on a whim and ended up in the student dance concert. Good times.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 4, 2008 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Easy Street, Skylark, best view of Seattle in town.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
I live too inland in West Seattle to remember Alki.
Alki IS pretty ballin’. I also like taking people to Luna Park Cafe, in part because it was in an episode of Bill Nye.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 4, 2008 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
I couldn't figure out how to obtain one and drive my scooter at the same time.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
There was a guy on my ride in this morning
riding a bike with a starbucks cup and a smoke in one hand, and a phone in the other. I wanted to knock him over just on general principle.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Had I not been so focused on him not killing me with his ignorance I probably would have.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
If it weren't for the phone and Starbucks cup, that guy would be my hero.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
I got my free Krispy Kreme!
I happen to have a lot of disdain for Starbucks and won’t drink their free coffee.
That's why they're not explicitly tied to the election any more
They were at first but the FEC told them to knock it off, but the companies are still honoring their commitment to free stuff, which is pretty cool – I’d have figured they’d pull the freebie offers off the table at that point.
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Sneaky bastards.
My girlfriend works in the corporate office of a small pizza chain, and they wanted to do something like this and were told they would be fined. But yeah, I imagine if you just give it to everyone you’re fine.
They changed it so it wasn't.
Now everyone can get one, not just people that say they voted.
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I saw where he lives on WikiMapia.
I always think it’s cool when famous people live in urban(ish)neighborhoods.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Why does ESPN insist on showing us Chicago, Denver, Cleveland and San Antonio for every damn game?
TNT as well with the bleeping Bulls. I just want to see the damn Hornets!
Here?
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
But if that link doesn't work
It’s selectable as part of this massive old DOS game collection torrent.
Warning: You have to register on other sites in order to download it and spend a miniumm amount of time on those sites, or something
And those sites don’t accept 123 Fake Street, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 as a valid address
Ryan Rowland-Smith for President
Just do what I do
find the address of your local Scientology center and use that instead.
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Why does everyone think that Beverly Hills is it's own city?
by seattlebruin on Nov 4, 2008 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
Wait wtf, there are Beverly Hills addresses?
so why are the outskirts part of LA and the area east of it part of LA then?
Argh, SoCal geography is so stupid
by seattlebruin on Nov 4, 2008 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
Well I'll be
I think Google maps may just be screwing with me because it’s listing Westwood as it’s own city too, and I know that’s not true so…
by seattlebruin on Nov 4, 2008 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
Google's messing with your head, dude
a tinfoil hat will stop the waves from getting through.
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Allen Iverson ---> Detroit
for Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess. I have no opinion about this particular matter except to say that “Chauncey Billups” is probably one of the most awesome names I’ve heard in a long damn time.
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Been out of town, don't really care about pro basketball
it was just an excuse to say “Chauncey Billups” more than anything else – and a comment that merely read “Chauncey Billups” would be strange.
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Manu Ginóbili.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Manute Bol.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I'm still a big fan of Phil and Gary Neville's dad
who was named Neville Neville.
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Carnival Cruises:
Now with more Manute Bol!
Man do I love midgets.
I thought Manute Bol was where the LL bowling night was going to be
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Not enough room there.
Man do I love midgets.
Sounds much better than "Trent" Tuiasosopo.
Man do I love midgets.
Steve Smith.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Ben Hur
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Mike Morse
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by PositivePaul on Nov 4, 2008 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Lets see...
Steve Smith: Panthers
Steve Smith: Giants
Steve Smith: Some NBA team
Steve Smith: The son on American Dad?
Steven A Smith: ESPN
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Has anyone here read Larry LaRue's Mariner blog over at the TNT?
I think he’s my new beat writer of choice.
And somewhere Geoff quietly weeps...
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If by weeps....
you mean “plays more 2K8 for his next article”, I say yes.
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I'd say he caught teh stoopid from his commenters.
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..."I got into a fight with Becky
but Becky likes me more now. It must be because of my veteran presence."
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 4, 2008 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
I wish I could properly describe the looks I'm getting at the office right now.
Curse you for making me laugh hysterically.
I heard it's good (per USSM),
but I have not checked it out yet.
Man do I love midgets.
I've been reading through his stuff over the last twenty minutes.
Pretty good, doesn’t play armchair GM, updates frequently.
I expect his analysis is as bad as every other writer not named Larry Stone
but it doesn’t appear that LaRue is an ass like other people in his profession.
I check it each morning for sports news,
but I’ve never read the blogs. I may have to start doing that.
Man do I love midgets.
Definitely not...
Having spent a little bit of last season in the Cheney press box, I met LaRue once. He’s a funny dude, and definitely a celebrity up there.
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by PositivePaul on Nov 4, 2008 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
Wait.
I think it was actually McGrath. I have no idea how I always get them confused, but McGrath covers the R’s and LaRue covers the M’s…
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McGrath is mostly just the opinion guy; the TNT's version of Steve Kelley/Art Thiel
Divish actually covered the R’s (although I still think Curto ended up writing most of the recaps).
Curto wrote all the recaps for road games
Since they do not send a reporter on the road with the team.
SCORE!
There was something cooking in the crock pot when I left for work this morning! That means something yummy when I get home!!
Man do I love midgets.
Lucky.
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I don't know what it is though, I'll just have to be surprised when I get home!
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Yes she is!
She atkes very, very good care of me. And I’m glad since we’re getting married in about six months. I’d hate to be marrying a jerk!
Man do I love midgets.
I am.
Not so sure about her. As my grandpa said, I got the sweet end of this deal! LOL!
Man do I love midgets.
Turns out it's a rump roast with onions and garlic.
We just got half a cow from the ranch up in Eastern WA. Nothing like a freezer full of fresh free range beef!
Man do I love midgets.
Yes it is.
We’re very lucky her family has a cattle ranch up in Molson so we can get beef like this.
Man do I love midgets.
The chest freezer I just bought and the friendship with a meat distributor are two of my most cherished things.
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We have an extra freezer in the garage just for this.
Man do I love midgets.
I love my new house...
Not only do I have the chest freezer that we brought over from our old place, but we also have an old fridge in the garage too. I have more freezer space than I know what to do with. Of course, the old fridge is full of beer and other alcoholic beverages. But even with that, there was room for the box of Sekai Ichi apples that I’ve only ever seen at the Oly farmer’s market (I buy one box every year and eat them in December and January).
Now I need to hook up with a good meat distributor.
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by PositivePaul on Nov 4, 2008 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
Hmm
Now I need to hook up with a good meat distributor.
I’ve seen a few movies that start that way.
the other angels fan
DOH!
Yeah, that sounded bad, didn’t it…
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by PositivePaul on Nov 4, 2008 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
I wish I had a chest freezer.
My extra freezer is just the old side-by-side we used to have inside the house. Still works though. Beef in one side, beer in the other!
Man do I love midgets.
Eldeberry/zinc lozenges really do wonders for a cold.
I feel much better today.
Man do I love midgets.
Zinc is pretty proven.
Eldeberry, who knows. And even if it is a placebo, I don’t care because I’m feeling better.
Man do I love midgets.
Eldeberry certainly soothes a sore throat.
It doesn’t really have curative properties, but it can hide the discomfort.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
I don't care how (or really if) they work,
I’m just glad I feel human today. I’m still only about 85%, but much better than yesterday. They seemed to help Jeanuts as well.
Man do I love midgets.
Does anybody have any experience with long distance hitch-hiking?
Did it work?
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I'm just t hinking if my old Dodge breaks down on the way to Missouri
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Just so you know, the hills have eyes.
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I hear a banjo all of a sudden.
Man do I love midgets.
I did once.
I woke up the next day with my hands and feet taped together and red ink all over my body.
by Sec 108 on Nov 4, 2008 12:44 PM PST up reply actions 9 recs
I had a friend that used to do this all the time.
He stopped when he got robbed, tied up, pistol whipped, threatened with murder and left alone in the woods.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah that's what I don't like
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Sounds unpleasant.
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not really my style
But I’m guessing ACs friend caught a ride f rom a group of people which isn’t very smart
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Nope, just one guy.
He had a gun and picked up some buddies. Hitch hiking is stupid. If your car breaks down, call AAA and take a Greyhound.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
It only take one large determined/demented person.
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Emphasis on the "demented" part.
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I hitchhiked in Chicago once.
Got picked up by a Brazilian guy and a Korean guy. They were on their way from some kind of intramural volleyball. I had just been bowling. Weird times.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 4, 2008 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
Did you have your ball and shoes with you?
That would add to the hilarity of the mental picture I have right now.
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Haha, yes
I had a suitcase-looking bag with two bowling balls and my shoes. I got into the car knowing full well that this might be the worst decision I’ve ever made and half ready to unzip the bag, try to protect myself with my bowling equipment, and dive the fuck out the car.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 4, 2008 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
HAHAHA!!!
I’m glad nothing happened, but the mental picture is hilarious! I’m picturing you fighting off a Brazilian and a Korean “Big Lebowski” style!
Man do I love midgets.
One of our customers must have taken a French bath this morning.
Every single DVD in the return box reeks of cologne.
J.K.L.
He wanted to "suck face" in "On Golden Pond".
Man do I love midgets.
That is an unbelievably stellar movie
and Henry Fonda is awesome in it. I’ll have to ponder the Fonda/Stewart thing.
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
It's tough.
I think Fonda’s amazing portrayal of Lincoln in “Young Mr. Lincoln” and his ability to completely abandon his history as a heroic leading man to play one of the scuzziest villains in cinematic history in “Once Upon a Time in the West” is putting him over the top. Stewart was better at what he did than perhaps anyone else, but the range Fonda had was just amazing.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
I vote Fonda,
just because of the range. Stewart pretty much played Stewart.
In fact, A friend and I were just having a similar discussion about actors the other day, and I placed my vote on the actors with more range, while he went the other way.
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I think it's the range thing that gives it to Fonda for me
I wish Brando had made more great films than he did; he was a stellar actor, but he was very much waylaid by horrendous choices of role.
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
I've never quite understood the facination with Brando myself.
Man do I love midgets.
He was unbelievable in On the Waterfront and Streetcar Named Desire
and the Godfather movies were amazing too. The Stanley Kowalski part was supposed to be an older, more intelligent man; Brando took it in his own direction, and made it iconic. Otherwise, I share your puzzlement.
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not saying he wasn't good.
He just seems to be ranked very high for a guy with three or four big roles to his credit.
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Great movie,
but I still have hard time getting past Hepburn’s head-shaking.
Man do I love midgets.
I'll say it:
One of the most overrated actresses ever.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Sure was beautiful in her day though.
Man do I love midgets.
My former boss/current landlord is the daughter of Dorothy Mcguire.
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My civil procedure professor just mentioned small sample sizes in class.
I smiled; then came here to allow you all to share in my happiness.
I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.
Be sure to include basbeball sample sizes in your next paper.
Man do I love midgets.
I want to get lost inside Neko Case's voice and never find my way out.
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I'm ashamed to say I have never heard Neko Case.
Man do I love midgets.
Go fix that NOW
Start with Furnace Room Lullaby, and if that album doesn’t have you weeping like a three-year-old girl with a skinned knee by the end of it there’s something wrong with you. Then get….hell, there’s no bad Neko Case album. And if you’re on iTunes, get NPR’s Live Songs from All Songs Considered podcast – she did a show at Disney Hall last year that was podcast, and it’s amazing.
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
I love "Blacklisted" and "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood"
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 4, 2008 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
I like Blacklisted slightly better than Fox Confessor
but that’s like saying I like tacos better than I like burritos. They’re both awesome and there’s no bad choice.
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
I think you might want to expound upon this comment because it might be taken as a dig at Patsy Cline.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
Good point, because I love Patsy. Neko's voice worms its way into your soul.
Just this past Saturday my wife had her playing while she was working on the computer. I was in the living room mounting our new TV on the wall.
At one point I realized I was just staring at the instructions blankly while completely lost in the music.
Just because I'm a big fan of customer service
Here is the aforementioned Neko Case at Disney Hall show.
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
I'll need to check that out when I'm not in the office.
I have to have the sound down so low here, it almost isn’t worth it to even listen.
Man do I love midgets.
I'd like to get lost inside Neko Case...
Uh, did I just say that?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 4, 2008 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
SUBTHREAD CLOSED
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
I like it.
Rebus is the new haiku.
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
VesselSpoolSign?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Using words alone is for typewriters.
The internet is a different medium and I feel lacking if I don’t use Google Image Search for a comment once in a while.
the other angels fan
oh this is awesome
I just found out that as a subscriber to the print edition of the New Yorker I get complete online access to every archived edition of the magazine ever; I have the complete New Yorker at home but this is way cooler as it’s not DVD based.
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Missouri has a fucking huge state highway system
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Missouri is a fucking huge state
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Smaller than Washington or Oregon I think
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but less mountainous
so more area to cover with highways.
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
I see that
Driving every mile of primary state highway (even disregarding the supplemental state highways which I’ll never get to in this lifetime) is going to be challenging in 12 months while working 40-60 hour weeks
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Yes
It’s the 22nd largest state
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If you really do go there go visit Fayette.
That is where I lived from 79-81 right before we moved to Seattle.
It is smack dab in the middle of the state and is the county seat for the first ever county in Missouri.
I like the idea of Fayette
I’m just weary that it’s too small to quickly find a job (which I’ll need to do within a week unless I can pre-arrange something)- is Jefferson City nice?
Right now I’m leaning towards Springfield which I like except its proximity in the state isn’t highway driving friendly
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Just visit Fayette, do not live there unless you get work at the college.
I went for a visit this summer and it is shrinking. No one wants to live that rural farm life much anymore.
Jefferson City is also a bit smallish, but there is the fact the Capitol is there.
I’d stick with Springfield just because it is big enough to find work.
Why are you moving again?
Man do I love midgets.
And when?
Are you changing schools?
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
I have absolutely no idea what I want to do with my life
and can’t bring myself to care at all about college or getting out of college- at this point I’m succeeding based strictly on raw intelligence.
I want to take a year off to refresh myself and live a more difficult life to hopefully motivate myself to work hard and want to be in school when I come back
So I’m taking a 1 year leave of absence and moving to Missouri because if I’m going to live somewhere I want it to be somewhere cool but also affordable as my parents won’t and I don’t want them to help with this- so Missouri it is
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Good for you.
that level of self-awareness will serve you well in life. Not to load you down with advice, but as someone who did the same thing (but without leaving Seattle), here’s a couple things to remember:
- if you want to motivate yourself to work hard, get a hard job. Don’t settle for working fast food or menial service stuff – you may need to at first, but push yourself as much as possible as soon as possible.
- Be open to the possibility that you won’t go back within your one-year timeline; going back is important, but make sure you go back because you’re ready, not because you have an arbitrary timeline.
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
The one year timeline is what I'm shooting for now
but it’s mainly just something I can say to my parents to make them more comfortable because when I sit down in person let them know I’m doing this over Thanksgiving they are going to be shocked and unhappy- but it will be a lot better for them if they know I’m going back in a year.
Dealing with the parents is the most difficult part- it’s going to be a lot better to have them on board, but I can’t really make that a huge factor
If I go down there and am not ready to come back I will tackle that when I get there.
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Bold move.
I’ve always regretted not doing this when I was younger. By the time I decided I was willing to do something like this, I was already too tied down here to up and move.
Man do I love midgets.
That's my other thing
This IS the best time in my life to do this. I just fill out a form and turn it into the University and they automatically let me back in and re-award my scholarships as long as I come back within two calendar years- so when I come back it would be like I never left from a financial standpoint
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Which is how you sell it to the folks, by the way
That’s an awesome thing, and you should definitely take advantage of it. Your parents may not be happy at first, but they’ll start to understand as the year goes on, and the fact that you have a college funding “safety net” is a huge thing.
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
Take the opportunity then.
It’s an experience you’ll never get a chance to have again once you get settled into life.
Man do I love midgets.
I'm planning on taking 6 months to a year off after I get my CIS ATA degree
and heading down to Orlando to work at Disneyworld. Lame? You bet, but I’ve always wanted to work there for a while.
Power to you
If it puts a smile on your face there’s no reason not to
The idea of moving to Missouri has me more excited than anything has in a really long time
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I hope you can take abuse from people.
Any customer service experience would be good. I worked at Knott’s Berry Farm on the rides one summer. That was more than enough.
the other angels fan
I'm thinking Customer Service as a possibility
as I do have tech support call center experience at the University that could help me land the job, and it pays fairly well
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I worked at Mills Music and dealt with belligerent, PMS riddled piano teachers
demanding sheet music that’s been out of print for thirty years all day.
I’m good.
I'd think you're set.
Man do I love midgets.
You should be good for Disneyworld
What are you thinking about doing? Wearing a Mickey suit would be awesome
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Ride operator.
I want to work at the Tower of Terror and use my psychopath persona all day.
You probably won't get there in a summer.
Those attractions are the rewards for people who’ve been around for a while, I think. A lot of people want the rides where you’re “in character,” but you always start on the kids’ rides.
the other angels fan
Oh I know.
I’ll be there for a while, so I’ll have some time to work my way up from Small World.
Goofy's Barnstormer!
My favorite roller coaster as a really small child
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Thunder Mountain was mine.
Man do I love midgets.
My parents never wanted to wait in line
I finally got to ride Space Mountain with my Mom and that was the best
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I'm talking about being really little.
When I returned as a teenager, Space Mountain was best. Followed closely by anything where people got their shirts wet, because I was a rabid teenager.
Man do I love midgets.
Right- when I was really little I liked Goofy's Barnstormer
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Never went as a teenager, haven't been there since I was 8
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My dad actually sent us to Disneyland with our aunt the first time we went
because he hated lines so much he wanted no part of Disneyland at all.
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
I went to Disneyland about twelve times.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
Not at all.
We traveled all the time, and I got to see tons of awesome things. I had seen 35+ states before I was 10.
We didn’t have a ton of money, though, so we took the “see as many things for free or cheap as possible” route. Instead of spending a few days at Disneyland, we would hit up seven or eight National Parks, take random backroads into really remote/bizarre places, etc.
I’d love to go to Disneyland and I’m sure I will someday, but I’ve seen things few other people ever would have and it’s made me a better person.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
I'd trade my Disneyland trips for that any day.
Man do I love midgets.
/end ac life history and sociological lesson.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
Somehow things just moved too fast at Disneyland.
I longed to back in distant bizarre places…
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We found a military institution that was surrounded by about eight fences.
There were armed guards at huge towers at each fence, and you couldn’t see any buildings. One of the guards pointed his M-16 (or whatever) at our car and pointed at the road leading away. It was awesome.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
Something similar happened to me with a football field in El Salvador.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
Not as common in the US though.
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I used to work at an elementary school on Ft. Lewis.
Going through the checkpoint every day was scary enough (thos guns are fucking huge) but then on of the other people that worked there (and was in the reserves) told me they had snipers with guns trained on every driver that came through the gate. That was a really weird thing to be made aware of.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
I often wonder of these stories are true,
or just something military people tell you to scare you.
I have some friends that were active duty, and they’ve told me about stumbling through the gates at night without even being stopped or checked for ID.
Man do I love midgets.
I don't doubt it.
This was right after the Iraq war started. The base was pretty much on lockdown.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
That makes sense then.
Man do I love midgets.
This is how my family traveled also.
The first time I went to Disney I was in high school and I paid for the trip myself.
It's for really, really little kids
I went to Disneyworld twice at 4 and 8. When I was 4 I loved the Barnstormer
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I remember the Dumbo ride,
and the teacups. I don’t remember a Goofy ride.
Man do I love midgets.
I was all about the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
Nostalgia ahoy!
I give you Yesterland.
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
I liked the jungle island with all the tunnels.
Man do I love midgets.
Pretty sure it was now that I think about it.
Man do I love midgets.
There's also a few brass bands that play throughout the park
A few friends and myself have mulled around the idea of auditioning for it in the past.
That could work.
You could be down on “main street”.
Man do I love midgets.
I do dread the idea of having to don a marching uniform again, though.
Brings back terrible memories of 95 degree field shows.
Say hello to 95 degree Disney Shows.
I performed at Disneyland when I studied vocal jazz and we had to wear tuxedos. It was 105 that day. No fun I tell ya.
Man do I love midgets.
I've performed at Disneyworld in the past with a marching band
and jazz ensemble. Luckily it was a pleasant 75 both times.
I do know the pain you speak of, though.
In high school I’d regularly be at field corps marching shows in Central Washington and Spokane in September. 95-105 degrees while wearing a thick cotton marching uniform and sprinting from the twenty to the other twenty while playing a 9.5 minute program from memory.
The day would usually end with seven or eight students hospitalized.
Thankfully vocal jazz did not involve any sprinting.
The tuxedos were a bitch for outside shows though.
Man do I love midgets.
You have to be short
and generally female.
At least, that’s the way they were at Knotts. Girls are less likely to get in a fight or get accused of copping a feel.
the other angels fan
Now you just need to get started on that female part Brianna.
Man do I love midgets.
Let me clarify by saying that even if that wasn't an issue
I would never ever ever ever ever want to wear the Mickey suit.
Come on...
They actually prefer vertically challenged people for those jobs.
Man do I love midgets.
I am also 5'4"
I get an endless ration of shit from my coworkers. They just reuse the same 3 or 4 jokes, and I take the fun out of it for them by openly poking fun at my height as well. Combine my height with the fact that on a good day I look about 17 years old, and you can imagine what I have to put up with
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Try being 5-10 and 140, mid-thirties and looking like you're about 19.
Especially when all of my friends are the size of NFL tight ends.
Man do I love midgets.
That's shitty.
I always feel awful when I encounter a group of people and they send the shortest of the group over to stand next to me so everyone can laugh. I hate that shit, and really if it were acceptable to punch each of the other people in the face, I would.
Height jokes are generally lame, nobody is creative. I had one guy last week ask me how the weather was, when I gave the ‘ha your joke is lame laugh’ he kept going, asking me for the forecast. I didn’t even respond, I just stared at him. People are fucking lame.
Heck ya it would be.
Just watch out for TERRORISTS!!!!
Man do I love midgets.
YES
My Panda Express fortune cookie : “You are heading for a land of sunshine and relaxation”
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I got "Stick with your wife."
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Nick Cave's "Babe, I'm On Fire" just came on my iPod
it violates every law of music that I follow – it’s long (14+ minutes), it’s repetititve (the whole thing’s run off one little 4-note bass riff), and oh yeah, it’s 14 minutes long – but somehow it’s awesome. Probably because it’s Nick Cave. Plus, the video rules.
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I can never bring myself to listen to that song straight through. It's simply too long and repetitive for my taste.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 4, 2008 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
I haven't heard it in a couple years so I'm listening to the whole thing
but I don’t think I could do it every day.
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
So here's a bizarre Excel question
I have a list of approximately eighty bazillion lines of numbers. Is there any Excel function or anything I can program in Excel that I can use to find out whether any set of numbers in that list add up to a specified target value?
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I'm probably not the person to ask.
I just figured out how to do IF/THEN expressions in Excel today.
God I suck at Microsoft Office products.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 4, 2008 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
I think it's called "eyeballs and scrolling" unfortunately.
But I’m not an Excel expert.
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I think I have over 4000 rows with values in them, and no way of sorting them that would help in this quest
that’s way too many scrolls/eyeballs.
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
The only thing I could think of is taking those numbers
and designing a quick and dirty VB.NET application to sift through that for you.
If only I knew VB.NET I wouldn't be in this pickle
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
Excel is the one thing I never bothered to learn.
…well that and Access.
I'm self taught in all Microsoft products.
I should really take a class or by a training CD.
Man do I love midgets.
I'm being forced to take an Office 2007 class as part of my CIS associate degree.
I hate Office 2007 so much. It’s pointless. A freaking logic puzzle.
My boss just told me she wants to send me to "hosting" classes when we buy our new software.
Free training, why not?
Man do I love midgets.
I'll take it.
Free training to put on my resume if I ever decide to leave here!
Man do I love midgets.
Any free training = good
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
I've been trying to talk them into Spanish classes for some time now.
Man do I love midgets.
This maybe?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA012260381033.aspx?pid=CL100570551033
Man do I love midgets.
Do you mean you need to see if A1:D1=43?
Or if any combination of A1:Z1=43
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The latter
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
That's a little tougher, let's see if I can find anything in my handy book.
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Social networking rocks.
Man do I love midgets.
This is what I mean by handy book.
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Between everyone here, I'll bet we know someone who does pretty much everything.
Man do I love midgets.
say hi to your mom OH YEAH I WENT THERE
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
I'll bet you someone here either knows one, knows someone who knows one, or knows someone who used to be one.
Man do I love midgets.
Heck, I used to know one.
She used to come to my karoake shows. She took my buddy home one night, and he didn’t quite understand the “arrangement”. LOL!
Man do I love midgets.
Didn't sb get a hooker's number? Doesn't this count?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
Your friend in LV.
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Wasn't even a hooker.
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/8/13/592626/8-13-offtopicablueza#8071670
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I have a couple handy books that are no help
which is why I came here.
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
This really should be easier.
Some nested sum or ifs (or sumif!) ought to do it, but I can’t figure it out right now.
Let me know if you do; this could come in handy.
I'm trying to visualize how I'd do that in VB.NET.
I wish I had stuck with programming.
This looks promising, if you can modify it to your spreadsheet.
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/32755062/how-to-find-the-numbers-t.aspx
If you don’t know anything about VBScript, I could try to walk you through it, but I’d probably need to see the sheet, and I know how that gets in the business world.
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I don't know nothin' about writin' no VBScript
but i can give you the spreadsheet I’m working from – I’ve actually whittled it down to about 21 values instead of the 4000 I was starting with, but still. the spreadsheet has no sensitive information on it or anything – if you have time to look at it, that’d be awesome.
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
Sure, I'll take a look when I get home (leaving now).
fauxsnax
at
gmail
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I designed plastic food in high school.
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Not nearly as interesting as real food.
And I didn’t have the money to actually have the food made, I just drew then out for posters.
I lost to a person that had the money to actually have their stupid CD organizer made by a company.
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Money shouldn't be an issue in high school projects.
I call shenannigans.
Man do I love midgets.
So did I, but the asshole teacher was a friend with the kid's dad anyways.
So it’s not like I was going to win one way or the other.
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That sucks and blows.
Man do I love midgets.
The kid is working at a Walmart now, so I think I won the war.
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Well played.
(hoping this is a joke)
Man do I love midgets.
Actually not.
I’ve always been Faux, and when I had to do a marketing campaign in HS I decided to make fake food for commercials, and set up my first email address under compuserve under that name. Now I just use it when I can’t use Faux.
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You are the man
it’s in your inbox.
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
4222.92+2903.59+835.46+789.51
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I'll send you the spreadsheet back if you want the working formula and want me to show you how to use it.
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that would be awesome
because I can see some use for this outside this one narrow example…thanks for your help!
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 4:56 PM PST up reply actions
No probs, didn't take long at all.
I’ll send some explanation in the reply.
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Everybody stand back. I know regular expressions.
Click for full-size comic.
But honestly, I just know Google and a little bit of scripting to modify other peoples work to my tasks. It’s not a big deal.
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Who the hell put up Chuck Armstrong's page in the LLikipedia?
While technically true, the entry is really lame.
I am going home to stop avoiding the things that I did not successfully avoid today.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 2:59 PM PST reply actions
that's a lot more syllables than just saying "I'm going home to drink"
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by pdb on Nov 4, 2008 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
Wait, doesn't that imply she's drinking at work?
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Perhaps I stopped by Bourbon street.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
Why did Gregg Easterbrook choose this cheerleader picture?
Not the most flattering of all time
I read that as "flattening" at first.
I think he was looking higher then the abdominal region personally.
Man do I love midgets.
Holy shit - it's hailing like crazy here in Northgate.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I've never seen this much hail falling at once.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I just missed it.
Left Seattle about forty minutes ago.
Really? I'm about a mile from Northgate and I'm not even seeing a rain drop.
I suppose it’s coming to me.
It's done now. Lasted about 15 minutes.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Nothing in Shoreline,
but I heard that Bellevue just got nailed with hail as well.
Man do I love midgets.
And the sky was clear and orange across the street.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Big nasty black cloud just moved in above my building in Shoreline.
Man do I love midgets.
That was one evil fucker.
Dumped some serious hail on me as soon as I got out of my car.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 4, 2008 6:25 PM PST up reply actions
Great.
Must be a big old accident just north of me (right on my way home). Just saw a fire engine, aid car and a cop go flying by on 99.
Man do I love midgets.
Very yes
I’ve played it like a thousand times already. Dammit, another game to buy…
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Uh, whoops.
That was for BrianL, if you can’t guess
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I just played the demo for Mirror's Edge.
Freaking awesome.
Wow.
Polls close, and everyone clears out. Nobody else has any computer problems? I get bored just watching cable news.
Give me something else to do, dammit.
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Not active enough.
I’m tempted to get some work done from home.
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This and FB chat work quite well to pass the time.
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Turns out a lot of us felt that way.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Nov 4, 2008 8:37 PM PST up reply actions
As opposed to negatively chatty?
Is there such a thing as Dark Chatter?
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Wow.
I regret the above comment. I guess it’s time for bed.
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I'm working on formatting my new 320 GB portable HD
It’s taking a very very long time. I need this to finish the clean installs of my Vista Laptop, my Macbook, and my 2 desktops (just cleaning everything up). And yes, that’s basically how I’m spending my day off tomorrow. I know how to live it up…
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Are you formatting that NTFS? I'd watch out for Mac compatibilty.
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I've got a couple programs that allow read/write on the Mac
But good looking out. I have much less need for it on the Macbook, so I went with NTFS instead of FAT32 since it’s slower on the Mac, apparently. For the time being, I only need it to stash a couple .dmg’s for the Mac, so no biggy. I used the Mac to set aside a 10gb partition, and left the other 290 for the PC’s
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Good call, sir.
And you’re correct on all counts.
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Phew...
Always helps having somebody else confirm my methods. I’m flying by the seat of my pants with this whole Mac thing. This hard drive is taking forever to format
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It's for the best with a new one.
If you ever redo it, you can quick it.
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Yeah, I'm just impatient as hell
I’ve been waiting a while for it to arrive and I’m the type to stay up all night to do this stuff so I’m now looking at a long night. Oh well, I’ve got Fallout 3 to occupy me in between installs
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It'll probably take a good 4 hours over USB. If you just started, you're safe taking a good nap.
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Yeah, I'm 1:45 in and at 48%
If my kid wasn’t sitting here next to me making all kinds of noise while playing with his toys, then I would snooze off for a few. I don’t normally fall asleep until 1am anyway though.
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Are there any victory gifs?
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That's true, that may have been a redundant sentence
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Oh well
You’re still doing the lord’s work making BRuss gifs
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I've almost got one of them finished up.
I’ll post the link soon as I’m finished.
Please do
It’s like a special sneak preview
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Here we go
First the regular one, about 3.5 megs
Now brace for this one, it’ll take a while to load. Why, because it’s failure in slow motion.
I have no idea why
but when I upload the smaller files on to photo bucket they speed up.
I was going to ask about that
Seemed kinda fast, but I wasn’t sure if that was the intent
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That's why I was unsure of the faster one
Thought it was sped up for emphasis
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Also
Thought you’d find some interest in this
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Very.
I nearly ended up with a Cadillac Ambulance as my first car. I was begging like crazy, but my parents said no. I went to great lengths to track it down, way out in the ass-end of Black Diamond at some run down old repair shop. The dude only wanted $1,500, too…
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80%
Almost done… Good thing I found a House marathon on USA network, which conveniently ends at 9 tonight, just in time for more House
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I sense you are on slippery slope territory.
Tread carefully.
Today is a bad day.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jKpVOiM2aK-VldC5OClLuHM4x5SQD948HED82
Fucking sports teams hate me.
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Damn, not Marty Brodeur
All my favorite players are getting old and either hurt or retired. It’s making it hard to get back into the sport
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Just don't be tempted by Fleury.
He’s a false idol, and will collapse at the most inopportune times. Go for Miller or someone like that.
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Slica, you don't post an email address.
If you have a minute and don’t mind pop me an email, I’ve got a question for you and I’ve been looking to catch up to you for a bit.
So the last few hours have totally sucked ass.
My primary HD crapped out on me. Not completely surprising, since it’s been going bad for a while now, but it still sucks. I have all my video files/music backed up on another drive, so no loss there. However, I lost a bunch of neat programs, images, game saves, and a few other things. Thankfully, most of the games I barely played anymore anyways, and half the images were old and barely used. The big bummer is this “neat downloaded programs” folder that I’ve somehow been able to save and passed on from computer to computer over the last 12 years, has been lost.
So I come to you from an Ubuntu live CD. I’ve been meaning to build me another computer for some time now, and instead of just getting a new HD, I might as well bite the bullet and go all the way.
Recommendations from the more tech savy crowd here? I’m not looking to spend more than $1200-$1500, but I want something to blow my socks off.
A new HDD might be a good stopgap, considering you can get one for next to nothing.
And Alienware has a great deal on the Area 51. 1200 if you don’t get a monitor, 1300 with the Raid 1. That’s a pretty good damn deal.
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Oops, linky.
http://www.alienware.com/products/area-51-7500-desktop.aspx?SysCode=PC-AREA51-7500-PRM&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT
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Damn it.
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Grabbed a 40 GB I had laying around with nothing on it, and installed Ubuntu, which should hold me over for the time being.
Current system I’m looking at is this:
Motherboard ( [SLI] Asus P5N-D Nvidia nForce 750i SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394, Dual PCI-E MB EPU Technology )
Power Supply ( 800 Watt — Power Supply Quad SLI Ready )
Processor ( Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E8400 (2x 3.0GHz/6MB L2 Cache/1333FSB) )
Processor Cooling ( = Quiet = AVC Silent Intel CPU Fan and Heatsink Quiet & Overclocking Proof )
Memory ( 2 GB [1 GB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Corsair )
Video Card ( NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX 512MB w/DVI + TV Out Video )
Hard Drive ( 750 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache] )
I’m gonna harvest the sound card, DVD drives, and a few minor things from the old system.
All and all with case and whatnot, about a tick over $1000. Thoughts?
I'd go dual video for one.
The board supports SLI, it’s a shame to not use it. You won’t realize you need it until you put it in. I do like the choice in cards, though. The 9800GTX is at the perfect level between too much cost, and too cheap to do anything. Too many people buy the 8800 or the 9600 because they’re dirt cheap, and you just don’t get the performance out of them.
The P5N-D supports hardware RAID 1, that’s something I would do for your future. The extra 100$ for the matching 750GB HDD to mirror means you never have to worry about losing data from a HDD crash. If you find you’ve got money to burn, you can bump up to RAID5 with more disks, but stay away from 0+1, it’s not as fault tolerant as other setups.
I assume with the new comp you’re going Vista? Put another 2×1GB in it. If you’re making the choice between this and the dual vid cards, take the RAM. Vista’s a hog on memory, and you can turn off Aero, but not the amount of memory it uses. If you’re going Linux or XP, you could conceivably go either way and get the same performance gain, and upgrade either down the road with minimal hassle.
If I remember right, that AVC fan is the one that comes as a bundle with the Intel processors, right? If it is, it’s probably not worth the money to buy a whole new cooler. If you were just going to buy it outright, I’d step up to the Thermaltake GunMet Orb or something similar instead.
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Coincidentally I'm about to do a rebuild myself
And thanks! It looks like you and Goose just did the leg work/research for me. Now off to price it all, is there anyplace in particular that has the best prices for parts online?
I'm a fan of pricewatch.com, as it'll give you a good representative sample of a lot of different online retailers.
Froogle (or Google shopping, as they disappointingly changed their name to) also has a decent scope, and does a lot of the bigger stores you might need to buy from since you’re out of the country.
If you’re looking for reliability and buying everything from one shop, you can’t go wrong with newegg. They have prices about in the mid-range of most sellers online. Their non-phone CR is good and I’ve had maybe half a dozen problems with them in 6+ years and tens of thousands of dollars worth of parts, and those were all solved with minimal hassle. (No, I don’t work for them or anything.)
Tigerdirect is one that you’ll hear people throw out for good prices, but I’ve had nothing but problems with the parts they send. They buy a lot of factory seconds, and it shows.
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If you don't mind me asking your opinion
Can you give me notes on this stuff that I’m thinking about picking up. I have huge Alienware tower that I’ll be installing all of this into. Already have hard drive, sound card, dvd drvies etc.
O261-2006 :: OCZ / GameXStream / 850-Watt / ATX / 120mm Fan / SATA-Ready / SLI-Ready / Active PFC / Power Supply (5.55 lbs)
K24-5416 :: Kingston HyperX 1024MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz LL Memory (0.2 lbs) 4 of these
E145-9802 :: EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX Video Card – 512MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV (4.9 lbs) 2 of these
CP1-DUO-Q9400 :: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 Processor BX80580Q9400 – 2.66GHz, 6MB Cache, 1333MHz FSB, Yorkfield, Quad-Core, Retail, Socket 775, Processor with Fan (0.45 lbs)
A455-2808 :: Asus P5N-D Motherboard – NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI, Socket 775, ATX, Audio, PCI Express 2.0, Gigabit LAN, S/PDIF, USB 2.0, Firewire, Serial ATA, RAID (3.5 lbs)
Considering that's about the same computer as Goose has (with the upgrades I suggested), I have similar recommendations.
Get another HDD and go RAID1 or RAID5. RAID5 will slow your disk write a little (won’t affect gaming), but it’s worth it for the piece of mind. Either that or find a good RAID card that supports 1+0 and get another 3 HDDs.
Those quad-cores get HOT. If you have liquid cooling in your AW box, good. If not, spend a good 60$ on a decent Thermaltake cooler.
Other than that, you’ve got yourself a pretty good machine. With the money you’re spending on it, you might actually want to consider waiting and getting a i7-based MB and processor instead. It’ll give you lots of room to grow in the future for less cost when you do. We’ve hit about the upper limit of Socket 775 capabilities, so future upgrades are going to require another MB, and everything that comes with it.
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Thanks!
I’ve got a badass aftermarket cooler already, I’ll just slide that over to the new processor. As for the other stuff, I only upgrade once every 5 years or so any way. And the next time I’ll prob just go whole hog and buy a complete system for my retirement from the Army present to myself.
Yeah, I was thinking about going with the RAID before I went to bed, to keep this from happening again, I think I will.
But I’m gonna hold off on the SLI for now. I’m already spending more money that I want to. I can always upgrade later. And yeah the fan does come as a bundle.
Also, I’m sticking with XP for now. I’m waiting on Windows 7 before I upgrade.
Thanks for the input.
Yep
Motherboard ( [SLI] Asus P5N-D Nvidia nForce 750i SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394, Dual PCI-E MB EPU Technology )
I always assume people on this board are PC people.
Otherwise I would have put something in there about a macbook.
It’s sort of a shame the lowest model Mac Pro is 2300$.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
There's at least two Mac people here
and they’re both named Paul. Coincidence? You be the judge. Interesting? Not really. Question as sentence? Absolutely.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Nov 5, 2008 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
Nothing to disclaim
all I did was list facts, not proffer opinions about said facts. Although it should be noted I’m not an expert on what’s interesting, so there’s that I guess.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Nov 5, 2008 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
And a half
But, as seen below, long live Lenovo
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by tootthekazoo on Nov 5, 2008 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Your_Base_Are_Belong_To_Us
Indie.
by .Taylor on Nov 6, 2008 8:33 AM PST reply actions
The thread was dead. I figured what the heck.
Indie.
by .Taylor on Nov 9, 2008 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
NEVAR FORGET
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by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
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