Dear LiveJournal,

[Andrew]

For plans that do have a limit, I'm pretty sure most providers here just throttle the speed these days. That's how it is with the plan that I'm on.

[Lean]

Pretty stressed on work recently, our team lead (my immediate mentor and a very good friend) has filed her resignation to the company for plentiful reasons I think I now understand. She wants me to take her place as the production team's lead when she formally leaves on January. I felt sad, not because of the workload I'm getting but plainly the idea of her leaving the team and the company altogether.

That plus the usual 5 hours of travel back and forth to work makes up my weekdays.

Also, I will file a vacation leave on December 21.

[Pdub]

Wow. 2 and a half hours each way?

[Lean]

Yeah.

I wonder how I endured that since May of last year.

[JaoSming]

So I've been bitchin' about a possible facility change for my work that would move us up 20 minutes of dirt roads away from town (which is 30 minutes away for me as is). I think for now on I'll just complain about the dirt road/emergency response time rather than the 50 minute commute.......

[Lean]

On the good side of that though: I can sleep during travel time.

[benji]

I upgraded my PC with the new CPU and motherboard that I bought, but now the computer is barely even booting anymore. It starts for a few seconds and then it shuts down by itself. After doing a bunch of testing, it looks like the mainboard may just be defective. I left it at my local pc shop, but i think I'll probably have to RMA this shit...

Did you buy an AS...

Just ordered a CPU/motherboard combo from Newegg, the Intel Core i5 3570K along with the ASUS P8Z77-V. Should hopefully be a nice upgrade.

Oh.

Welcome to the club.

I had three DOA ASUS boards in a row a few years ago.

[formyhunny]

Oh.

Welcome to the club.

I had three DOA ASUS boards in a row a few years ago.

I had 1 last year lol. Exchanged the board on the same week luckily.

[Pdub]

Guess I have been lucky with my two boards from Asus.

[Stress Fracture]

On the good side of that though: I can sleep during travel time.

Isn't it much tiring?

And I'm curious, where do you come from and where do you work?

[shadowgrin]

Lean lives in areas far away from the authorities. Can't have them ruining his online 'gentlemen's club'.

[Lean]

Lean lives in areas far away from the authorities.

No one should no. Not a single one.

And I'm curious, where do you come from and where do you work?

From Valenzuela to Eastwood five days a week.

[el badman]

Oh.

Welcome to the club.

I had three DOA ASUS boards in a row a few years ago.

I had 1 last year lol. Exchanged the board on the same week luckily.

I've bought most of my components from Newegg throughout the years and never had to RMA anything, i guess that was meant to happen at some point. Still pretty fucking annoying, I'm having to use my phone for everything right now...

[benji]

My DOA boards were all coming from Newegg and they were seemingly willing to keep shipping them until one worked. But I was tired of waiting the two months to build the computer so I just got a Gigabyte board instead. (Which was better and cheaper anyhow.)

[el badman]

That's the first time i try an ASUS component, but i had heard that they're pretty well-known for sending non-working crap that has to be returned...Fingers crossed for the next board, but I certainly won't go with that brand again if the new one is also fucked.

[formyhunny]

That's the first time i try an ASUS component, but i had heard that they're pretty well-known for sending non-working crap that has to be returned...Fingers crossed for the next board, but I certainly won't go with that brand again if the new one is also fucked.

I bought Asus again after mine died, but that's because the online store where I bought my parts also had some retail stores too.

[Kenny]

My application to be an exchange student to Cal State was successful. Where in California I'll end up going is still up in the air though. It'll most likely be Fullerton, San Bernardino, Los Angeles or East Bay. It's great news, especially since I had a disappointing semester by my standards. In any case, unless something really bad happens, I'll be doing a fall semester in California

[Qballer]

My application to be an exchange student to Cal State was successful. Where in California I'll end up going is still up in the air though. It'll most likely be Fullerton, San Bernardino, Los Angeles or East Bay. It's great news, especially since I had a disappointing semester by my standards. In any case, unless something really bad happens, I'll be doing a fall semester in California

nice! it would be cool if you wound up here in orange county at fullerton! honestly i dunno if you would be excited for san bernardino or la, they are pretty ghetto schools. my sister went to east bay, didn't like it up there

[Kenny]

Fullerton is actually where I stayed when I went to California in 2010. I really love it there and it's going to be my first preference. But it's also the most expensive one, since they're asking me to prove I have more money for it than the other three. Both San Bernardino and East Bay offer my major and one of my minors, where Fullerton, I'd be doing a minor and a couple of electives. I think Los Angeles is the same deal as Fullerton as well. Anywhere that's a driveable from either Staples or the Honda Center would be cool.

[Qballer]

when do you find out?

[Kenny]

I find out in May about which campus it'll be. My application goes in at the end of January.

[Andrew]

Awesome! Congrats.

[The X]

Hope you go to Cal State Fullerton, if for no other reason than the great Cedric Ceballos played there

[JaoSming]

I have completed all the work needed for my Bachelor's degree.

[Andrew]

Fantastic, well done!

Now you can join us on the Podcast.

[Leftos]

He's running out of excuses, that's for sure.

[shadowgrin]

Yes, a married man with a growing toddler and unused plastic musical instruments and with the holidays nearing to spend time with two families should have enough time to make a podcast about videogames or basketball.

[Cartar]

I have completed all the work needed for my Bachelor's degree.

What did you major in?

[JaoSming]

we'll say Psychology. It's basically a quicker way to get me into Grad school by just taking the pre-reqs. If I went for the full psych degree I'd be there for another year and a half.


I already have an Associate's in Civil Engineering from 6 years ago




and BTW, you guys can keep and enjoy your 2 hour plus podcasts, lol.

[el badman]

Finally got my PC back after two weeks of not having it. I ended up buying another motherboard since those fuckers at Newegg didn't accept my RMA and screwed me over, and it all cost me a pretty penny, but at least I got it back now. And holy fuck, is the SSD the greatest thing ever...20 seconds to fully boot Windows 8 Pro, 4-5 to shutdown, and everything in between is a breeze. I wasn't at first, but I'm definitely convinced that a SSD is the only way to go now.

[Pdub]

Want to know the real way to go? Ssd for the boot drive, large drive for storage and games, and a lot of ram. Use the excess ram as a ram disk which can load different images of virtual drives for incredible performance gains in your games. Lots of affordable ram and it's like every game is on a drive faster than your ssd.

[shadowgrin]

we'll say Psychology. It's basically a quicker way to get me into Grad school by just taking the pre-reqs. If I went for the full psych degree I'd be there for another year and a half.

Good choice of not taking the full degree since you're only considered a psychologist if you have a master's degree. Elitist basterds.

[JaoSming]

[Stress Fracture]

I'm almost 5 years on this forum yet I'm far from 2000 posts.

[dei.]

I'm almost 5 years on this forum yet I'm far from 2000 posts.

[Thierry •]

More than 15 days after my final day of school and a month into my new job, I just found respectable free time today. Am I a sleepwalker or something?

[benji]

I'm almost 5 years on this forum yet I'm far from 2000 posts.

thank darko

[Stress Fracture]

Why?

[Phil89]

So, today is the first 40°C day this summer... could be another one on Monday as well. Fun.

[JaoSming]

So, today was the first -20°F morning this winter... could be another one on Friday as well. Fun.

[koberulz]

So, today is the first 40°C day this summer... could be another one on Monday as well. Fun.

You're lucky. We had a week straight well into the 40s. The minimum temperature, at 2-3 in the morning, was 28-30.

[Andrew]

Had a couple of hot days here over Christmas, but the last couple of days haven't been too bad; hot enough for pedestal fans, not quite hot enough for A/C.

[el badman]

So, today was the first -20°F morning this winter... could be another one on Friday as well. Fun.

Damn, brutal stuff...We had some snow over here and we're in the 20's at night, and already that's cold as hell, so I can't imagine how -20 must feel...

[JaoSming]

meh, I went out in basketball shorts and a t-shirt to start the car to warm it up yesterday morning in it. Hair started freezeing, nipples hurt cause of the shirt, breathing is a bit rough. It's fine.

[Qballer]

yeah we get into the 40s at night here and it's pretty brutal. last monday i actually had a bit of ice on my car's windshield

[JaoSming]

I have lost any respect for you. You were wearing a winter coat then too, werent you.

My car's windows freeze....on the inside, just for being inside it. What is fun is driving in freezing rain, and attempting.....attempting, to subdue the ice's attempt to reclaim your windshield while driving.

[Qballer]

just got offered a marketing position at the top Mercedes-Benz dealerships in the nation. i don't know whether i'm more excited about starting there or quitting disney

[Pdub]

Try to negotiate a deal between then with a fat fee for yourself.

Congrats, anyhow.

I'm in the market for a new car this year. Hit me up of you get this job and notice any amazing deals.

[Andrew]

Good stuff! Congrats man.

[formyhunny]

just got offered a marketing position at the top Mercedes-Benz dealerships in the nation. i don't know whether i'm more excited about starting there or quitting disney

Best to leave an evil corporation such as Disney