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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Sam The Man on Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:49 pm

Sit wrote:Also... I was just wondering if good old Fitzy is alright... too bad I don't have his number anymore, woulda sent him a text.

He is OK, I talked to him on Sunday, Horsham apparently had a couple houses burn down, as well as the golf course.
King Lake is only a 25 minute drive from my house, so its pretty scary to think its that close, where as fires haven't been this close in the past. Lots of people I know have been effected by the fires someway or another. Lots of my older sisters friends have had friends and other loved ones taken away from the fire. Its really scary because lots of fires are still out of control, and if the winds change and it spreads to a local town (Hurstbridge), then is a chance it will come out this way (Greensborough).
I'm really amazed by so much help that lots of school kids are doing to help already, a bunch of kids at a near by school raised around $1000 on Monday, which is even more impressive because the collection was run and organized by students alone, its good to see everyone come together like this, but you never wish for these tragic circumstances.
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Fresh8 on Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:11 pm

Good to hear Fitzy is ok. (Y)

You never wish for a disaster of this magnitude and unfortunately, it looks like this is what we are in for in the future if 'Climate Change' is for real.

I felt very proud to be Aussie after seeing and listening to how the country has pulled together in a time like this. I heard some of the 'horror stories' on the radio... I really feel bad for the volunteer firefighters who are finding remains of people and since I imagine these communities are really close, chances are they are finidng the remains of people they would or could have known. And it's also sad to hear that people would be talking to loved ones who are saying they are trapped and never see them again. And people found in their burnt out cars. It's just a really scary scenario. :(

Well, all we can do is pledge our support and do whatever we can to help. The least one could do is make a donation. For those in Aussieland, make sure you do your shopping this Friday at Coles. All of our profits are going to go to the bushfire victims. (Y) And for those who haven't donated blood before or haven't done it in a while, if you are allowed to give blood, think about doing so! It only takes 10-15 minutes and this is a critical time right now. Blood bank was low before this and it is becoming even more crucial that blood is donated.

Anyone else here heard of any good ways to help out?
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Dan's Brain on Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:56 pm

Donating clothes is a good thing to do. A lot of the people who escaped the fires, did so only with the clothes on their backs. I've got a whole shitload of clothes that I dont need any more and am tracking down ways to donate them.
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Fresh8 on Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:49 am

Try charity bins and I'm sure Salvos would send people to collect them in shopping malls and the what not? I'm not sure.
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Drex on Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:48 am

I'm glad all of you Aussies are OK (Y) Stay safe.
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Andrew on Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:09 am

shadowgrin wrote:Authorities now say the start of the fires might be intentional, possible arson case.
Isn't that some sort of a cop out of the authorities so they can somehow hide their own negligence in having the proper preparation and precaution for the occurrence of such a event? I mean it happened in the past, though it was way back then.


Not really. As X said, often it's as simple as people littering a smouldering cigarette but in some cases it is indeed cold blooded arson. There's only so much preparation you could possibly undertake too, as bushfires spread quickly and become raging infernos in a flash.
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Jugs on Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:29 pm

economics is fucking boring
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Its_asdf on Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:30 pm

I'd have to agree with you on that one, it seems like every econ prof that I've seen/had is dull, monotone and have no enthusiasm for life whatsoever. Oh well, I guess with a subject as dull and boring as economics, you don't have much to look forward to in the future anyway.
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Andrew on Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:51 pm

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Relevance to economics and dull economics professions begins at the 40 second mark.
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Jugs on Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:48 am

economics is boring
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Lamrock on Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:09 pm

Looks like I lost my PSP; two months after I got the fucking thing. Just a few months ago I lost my Creative Zen player, and I thought; never again, but now the $$$ I have lost in portable devices is now $350 this school year. What the fuck is wrong with me lately?
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Doobie on Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:00 am

I'm getting a car for my birthday, but my dad got me a 97 Chevy Blazer. I hate driving big cars like that. It's my first car so I won't complain, but my friend let me drive his escalade before it was pretty tough for me. I guess it'll do,very happy yet mad kinda.
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Patr1ck on Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:16 am

My computer won't POST. Keyboard and mouse lights are not turning on, but my speakers make a sound when I turn it on, so I am not sure if this is a power supply or motherboard problem.

Edit - fixed sort of. Pulled all of the ram out and I got a beep so my mobo is still good. Started botting up with one stick, then two, then three, and it gave me a stop error on booting with the fourth stick in. If it's stable, I don't think I need the extra 250 mb of ram since XP can't detect the whole 4 gb. Although, when turning on the cpu, the fans and led's turn on for a second, and then go off, and then they power back on and the cpu posts. Weird, but it is working.
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Modifly on Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:43 pm

I have to complete 20 pages of portfolio before April 3rd. That means no free times this weekend, no basketball, and lots of frustation. :furious:
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby benji on Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:44 pm

Pdub wrote:Edit - fixed sort of. Pulled all of the ram out and I got a beep so my mobo is still good. Started botting up with one stick, then two, then three, and it gave me a stop error on booting with the fourth stick in. If it's stable, I don't think I need the extra 250 mb of ram since XP can't detect the whole 4 gb. Although, when turning on the cpu, the fans and led's turn on for a second, and then go off, and then they power back on and the cpu posts. Weird, but it is working.

Move the RAM sticks around, if it's not that specific one, the slot is bad, and thus so is the mobo.

Although you might be overdrawing, everytime I've had a computer turn on and then back off without POST, it's been the mobo.

Checking power supplies is easier though (since you can just swap them in and out without caring about component compability beyond providing enough power), and the new kinds are real nice being more watts and like a fourth of the power draw and noise.
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Patr1ck on Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:40 pm

Yeah, it's an 800 watt switching power supply. I switched some of the cables and sometimes the fan would make a vibrating noise when I started up. On another note, I get all the power in my room from an extension cord split to two power strips that have all the plugs used because all the wall sockets shorted out a couple years ago. Yet, amazingly the cpu I am on right now has absolutely no problems.

It also could have been my memory timings just being tooo much. They are rated 4-4-4-12 but that is the dual stick rated timings based on the kit. I read that I need to loosen the timings a bit because I have two. As of right now it's not the slot, I moved the third one over into the fouth slot. Last thing to do would be to pull that one out and replace it with the fourth stick, but I don't think I need that extra 250 mb.

The weird thing was that the most recent blue screens actually had a small pink square area in them.
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Andrew on Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:10 am

Looks like I'll be out $20 thanks to a DVD I sold on eBay which didn't arrive. The buyer went ahead and filed a dispute with PayPal when it could've been resolved in a much more amicable manner but in any case I've offered a full refund but I bet they'll still give me negative feedback; they just seem that kind of person, no matter how reasonable you try to be (especially when it isn't your fault) they're difficult to deal with.

She also complained that it wasn't sent registered post and claimed it should have been for $5 postage, even though I've paid a lot more even for just regular postage on eBay. I mentioned this in my response to the claim but said I'd accept responsibility for that and keep it in mind for future transactions (which I might, but I haven't got any complaints so far except her) and reiterated that I'd give a full refund right now if that's what she wanted. She hasn't responded to that yet so it remains to be seen how fair she's going to be. She also claimed she'd been waiting a full month which I disputed, as the auction ended and the item was posted on March 2nd, not even a full three weeks as yet (but still enough for both of us to be disappointed in Australia Post).

It's the first time I've had problems with eBay but I must admit it's made me wary of selling anything again because since they removed the option to give negative feedback to buyers, there doesn't seem to be a lot of seller protection and if I do get negative feedback I'll certainly be challenging it and letting my feelings known to eBay and PayPal. Probably won't make a difference but it sucks when you try to do the right thing in the face of something that isn't your fault in the first place and you still get screwed. Hopefully that won't happen but I'm not expecting too much of this particular individual.
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby shadowgrin on Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:42 am

"All it takes is one bad day..."

That quote always pops in my mind everytime shite happens because of mundane reasons.

Our group were required to make a calculation program for a particular subject. I wrote the code, it works and runs in the software that we made it in. We even tested it to check if the manually calculated values were precise with the values of the program, works smoothly like Ray Allen's jumpshot. The code was compiled for it to work as a stand alone program without the source software, as required by the instructor. It was done, burned, and submitted.

Then shite happened. The program didn't run in the instructor's PC. Failure. The program was either a hit or miss because of the weight it can pull or lift grades.

Turns out the version of the software we used has a bug which basically makes the stand alone program compiled with it an incompatible piece of shite when opened in other PC's. I just found about it in the manufacturer's own website. The instructor didn't give us a chance to show that it wasn't our fault but a bug of the software itself. It was ok with me even if my grade wasn't changed, at least give a chance to show that it was a persistent problem of the software's compiler and that the made code works in the software so that my other group members can still pass the subject. Still no go.

Basically all in the group failed the subject except one. It doesn't matter that I failed the course but the plight of the other members that did fail weigh heavily upon me because I did handle the programming side of the project. Shite. Another repeat, another delay, another extension. Fucking bugs, now I realize again why I didn't pursue a computer related field even though I'm a bit good at it, I think.

Right now I'm required to do some on-the-job training for school break. I don't feel like doing it because I think I need to relax, recharge, and ignore a bit from all this unnatural pressure.
Worrying about academics, that's unnatural pressure. Being chased by a pack of hungry wolves and running for your very life, now that's natural pressure. You can interchange wolves with either zombies, raptors, or lolcats - whatever scares the very shite out of you. Natural pressure is a good thing people, unnatural one is bad for your health.

But if I take a break, I'll be delayed even more so in finishing univ. I feel like a drone already. I guess I'll just have to suck it up even though I made end up being a mess of a serious person. :seriouscat:
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby NovU on Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:14 pm

fuck i need a job
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Sam The Man on Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:31 pm

Fuck my life.
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Drex on Wed Apr 01, 2009 4:32 am

fuck i need a job

Yeah, me too.
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Andrew on Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:49 am

If you have the means, drive and above all an idea, self-employment isn't a bad way to go. (Y)
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Fresh8 on Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:27 am

Too bad the week only has 7 days and 24 hours each day... just not enough time to do everything. :(

Who else has that problem?
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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby JaoSming on Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:45 pm

who doesn't (with those who work, have a girlfriend, and has responsibility)

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Re: The Letting Off Steam Thread

Postby Andrew on Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:34 pm

Not so much at the moment, but I've definitely been there.
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