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I'm in the process of learning Spanish... partly for shits and giggles, partly for future usage.

It's a nice language. And once you know Spanish, French is somewhat easy to pick up, maybe even Italian from what I've heard -- I went the other way around, knew some French, helped me understand the structure of Spanish.
 
It's funny here it's usually 1 for English and 2 for French. Depending on where you're calling typically the difference is the way it shows up on the service rep's phone so they can answer in the right language. Also the non bilingual people will just be assigned to the one "skillset".

Best is one time I was dealing with this tech support company, VERY thick Indian accent. told the guy I figured it out and hung up. I called back and picked French hoping I get someone from the US or Canada. Got the same Indian guy, trying to talk in French.
 
Got pissed off at a video game that had too much filler in the end and it took me too darn long to finish it.
 
Red Squirrel said:
It's funny here it's usually 1 for English and 2 for French. Depending on where you're calling typically the difference is the way it shows up on the service rep's phone so they can answer in the right language. Also the non bilingual people will just be assigned to the one "skillset".

Best is one time I was dealing with this tech support company, VERY thick Indian accent. told the guy I figured it out and hung up. I called back and picked French hoping I get someone from the US or Canada. Got the same Indian guy, trying to talk in French.
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With most decent support numbers you can ask for an english speaker.

For the main company I call, you'd be routed to Australia instead of India for evening calls.
 
alkemyst said:
Chances are privacy or not someone knows about it on the network.
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no one really cares on the network end (and tbh, I don't even think my boss gives a shit), I just wouldn't want to give the impression to five hundred people randomly walking past my desk that I'm wasting time, when most of my personal internet time is in 30-second bursts of jotting out a post or skimming a news article while waiting on a process to run or a long download on a client server.
 
loki8481 said:
no one really cares on the network end (and tbh, I don't even think my boss gives a shit), I just wouldn't want to give the impression to five hundred people randomly walking past my desk that I'm wasting time, when most of my personal internet time is in 30-second bursts of jotting out a post or skimming a news article while waiting on a process to run or a long download on a client server.
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With that much traffic walking around your cube, how do you get anything done?
 
Trying to get phpmail to work on my blog and forum I just created for the hell of it out of boredom. The host seems to be the problem and I'm ready to move everything to a new host if they don't fix this crap! I spent hours/days making the sites and now new members can't join. For the forum I disabled E-mail verification, but Wordpress needs E-mail. Damn it all! 😡
 
Cash flow sucks, profits good- debit to reciveables good -cash in account bad . Something you'll never here as a business major in school; " The bigger the account, the slower they pay."
 
I have a computer in that needs a new drive (dying HDD, replacing with SSD).

Officially, this computer supports 2GB RAM (DDR2) maximum (2 slots only on board), though it was running Win7 64. I'm pondering whether to put the 32-bit or 64-bit version on when installing Windows on to the SSD.

I think that while I trust Asus to get their specs right, there's always a chance it might support 4GB RAM, making the 64-bit version a more viable option. Once again I am puzzled by the tonne of DDR2 memory modules I have spare, unfortunately they're all 1GB modules or less. I remembered that my parents have a spare 2GB module that I haven't put back in their PC yet (I had been testing an intermittent stability issue which I've since resolved).

I go to my parents' home and retrieve the module, come back home and then I can't find my screwdriver. I look in every stupid place I can think of for said screwdriver, because of my occasional tendency to wander around the house with something in my hand, then when I'm distracted, I put the item down... wherever... and forget about it. About fifteen minutes later I discovered the screwdriver underneath the anti-static bag that had the module in from my parents' PC.

The PC boots with 3GB RAM installed. Dammit, if only I had another module so I can be sure it takes 4GB. I have a spare PC sitting in the corner, perhaps that has a 2GB module in that I could have sworn I had.

I tried to open the case, but one screw won't unscrew. I tried to wedge a flat-blade screwdriver between it and the case lid several times, no luck. I then tried wedging that screwdriver between the chassis and the case lid a few times, no luck. My patience was running thin at this point. I then tried wedging from the opposite direction, and with a two screwdriver effort I finally got the case lid off. I then discover that there's only a 1GB module inside.... grr.

I then remembered that my policy is that I'll use the 32-bit version of Windows on a machine that doesn't support >4GB RAM, who cares whether it can support 2 - 4, it really doesn't make any difference. Maybe 45 minutes wasted on a total wild goose chase.
 
Clue was the last viewed film on my Netflix account. The preview screen was zoomed in on Yvettes giant rack.
Female students in the library did not appreciate it.
 
alkemyst said:
With that much traffic walking around your cube, how do you get anything done?
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the way it's going to be after the remodel, desks are going too be in groups of 6 (3 desks on each side with people facing back to back, and a half-wall between each work station) and aisles on each side where people will be walking past all day since our section will be close to the door.

currently we're in groups of 4, with two cubicles bordering a wall and two cubicles bordering the aisle.

at least I secured a middle desk for myself, but it's a downgrade from my current cube which has a wall on one side and a 75% empty desk on the other (my boss sits there, but he's offsite more often than not)
 
Found out in another thread that Surge is back... went to the convenience store inside our building to find they're not selling it (yet). Now I have to wait to buy over priced sugar water.
 
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