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Imp

Imp

Lifer
Feb 8, 2000
18,828
184
106
Making stupid game recording video, developer and publisher appears to be okay with these and has a note saying so on their site, but I'm still stripping the audio in case the sound gets flagged for copyright -- even though I've turned the music to zero. Need me money and lawyers...
 
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nageov3t

Lifer
Feb 18, 2004
42,808
83
91
dave_the_nerd said:
We put some higher-capacity drives in one of the SANs at work. Because mixing drive capacities can hurt performance in certain circumstances (including ours) we are striping out and decommissioning a bunch of newly-obsolete 1TB data drives. (So basically, we're trading 72 1TB drives for 36 4TB drives in the 7200rpm tier, and 48 450GB drives for 48 900GB drives in the 10,000 rpm tier.)

We've been striping out disks for approximately three weeks now. 3 of the old disks (so far) just gave up and failed altogether due to stress.
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the people before me implemented archival storage in a catastrophic manner that's affecting production workload.

the upside is that since it's partially the vendor's fault (for not warning the people that what they were doing was an awful, awful idea), they end us taking us out for lunch a lot to try and stay in our good graces.
 
T

Train

Lifer
Jun 22, 2000
13,591
87
91
www.bing.com
JulesMaximus said:
I was at work when my wife sent me an e-mail informing me that our neighbor is sunbathing nude in her backyard (we can see into their backyard from our master bedroom).

And she's hot! FML!!!
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I would have told my wife "pics or it didn't happen" and she probably would have delivered.
 
Imp

Imp

Lifer
Feb 8, 2000
18,828
184
106
The plastic wrap on my curry + rice frozen dinner was broken on one side, peeled back a bit. Cardboard box was fine. Hope no one took a dump in that bleached white rice that I couldn't see... Threw away the rice and kept the curry.

No one gets my stereo in case something happens.
 
CraKaJaX

CraKaJaX

Lifer
Dec 26, 2004
11,905
148
101
Thread about Jules' hot naked neighbor is still not locked. In addition and more importantly, Jules is still not banned. He must know somebody here.......
 
Imp

Imp

Lifer
Feb 8, 2000
18,828
184
106
Emmy nominations came out today. Again, same damn 5 shows every damn year, most boring circle jerk ever.
 
Imp

Imp

Lifer
Feb 8, 2000
18,828
184
106
Anubis said:
and those 5 are?
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Game of Thrones, House of Cards, Veep, Homeland, Downton Abby, The Americans, and some form of Breaking Bad (Better Call Saul).

Outlander can't even get a non-technical award nomination.
 
Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
70,905
13,920
126
www.anyf.ca
I'm working on a solar power pack project for fun that I had all year to finish and wanted done by my next camping trip, which completely snuck up on me. Now time is going by too fast during my week off and I literally feel like I'm racing against the clock to get it done. I don't NEED it, but still want it.
 
lxskllr

lxskllr

No Lifer
Nov 30, 2004
60,540
10,908
126
Got soaked in the rain yesterday, and when I pulled my puukko out today, it had rust on the blade. Water got down in the sheath. It has a plastic insert in the sheath, and I'm guessing it doesn't have drain holes. If it wasn't a pita, I'd split the stitching on the sheath, and drill the insert, but that's a lot of trouble, and I probably wouldn't stitch it back as well as factory condition. The knife is currently drying out.
 
lxskllr

lxskllr

No Lifer
Nov 30, 2004
60,540
10,908
126
Not sure if this is a fwp. It has some distinct third world qualities...

Went to Little Caesar today, and got a pizza. $5.30. The price dropped! I've been trying to maximize quarter acquisition for my daughter's laundry when she goes to school. I could just go buy a couple rolls, but it gives me a chance to do trivial math in my head, and I deal with cash only, so I have plenty of opportunity to get quarters over the counter. I give the guy $20.05, and the hilarity starts...

him: Why 5¢? it would be easier with just the $20

me: (thinking to myself the nickle actually makes it easier) that would be $14.75 back

him: I'm not good doing math in my head

him: starts counting money, and saying $14.75 aloud to himself. Pulls out a $10(we're doing well so far). Sloowly pulls out four $1s(uh oh, trouble's brewing). Gets two quarters, stumbles, then starts adding dimes.

me: D^:

me: that should be three quarters

him: hands me the change and my pizza.

Holy shit! that was like watching an adult struggle over a dick and jane book. I wrote something very similar in the past about a Little Caesar girl. Something's very wrong in that shop. I think there may be lead in the flour or something...
 
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Pardus

Diamond Member
Jun 29, 2000
8,197
21
81
lxskllr said:
Not sure if this is a fwp. It has some distinct third world qualities...

Went to Little Caesar today, and got a pizza. $5.30. The price dropped! I've been trying to maximize quarter acquisition for my daughter's laundry when she goes to school. I could just go buy a couple rolls, but it gives me a chance to do trivial math in my head, and I deal with cash only, so I have plenty of opportunity to get quarters over the counter. I give the guy $20.05, and the hilarity starts...

him: Why 5¢? it would be easier with just the $20

me: (thinking to myself the nickle actually makes it easier) that would be $14.75 back

him: I'm not good doing math in my head

him: starts counting money, and saying $14.75 aloud to himself. Pulls out a $10(we're doing well so far). Sloowly pulls out four $1s(uh oh, trouble's brewing). Gets two quarters, stumbles, then starts adding dimes.

me: D^:

me: that should be three quarters

him: hands me the change and my pizza.

Holy shit! that was like watching an adult struggle over a dick and jane book. I wrote something very similar in the past about a Little Caesar girl. Something's very wrong in that shop. I think there may be lead in the flour or something...
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Math is a lost among today's millennials. Same thing happened to me at a local supermarket. Check out price was $2.25, handed the cashier a $5 dollar bill, two dimes, and a nickel. He looks at the money confused and perplexed and then says to me, you gave me too much. If he was a deer, I would have put him out of his misery.
 
Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
70,905
13,920
126
www.anyf.ca
Pardus said:
Math is a lost among today's millennials. Same thing happened to me at a local supermarket. Check out price was $2.25, handed the cashier a $5 dollar bill, two dimes, and a nickel. He looks at the money confused and perplexed and then says to me, you gave me too much. If he was a deer, I would have put him out of his misery.
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To be fair I imagine being cashier becomes very monotonous, doing something like that just throws off their regular game. I personally would suck as a cashier, I can't do math in my head to save my life especially at the heat of the moment. Piece of paper and pencil I could easily figure it out fast but then that would just look stupid.
 
pete6032

pete6032

Diamond Member
Dec 3, 2010
8,230
3,641
136
Pardus said:
Math is a lost among today's millennials. Same thing happened to me at a local supermarket. Check out price was $2.25, handed the cashier a $5 dollar bill, two dimes, and a nickel. He looks at the money confused and perplexed and then says to me, you gave me too much. If he was a deer, I would have put him out of his misery.
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Hi there. I am a millennial. You get $3 back.
 
Svnla

Svnla

Lifer
Nov 10, 2003
17,986
1,388
126
It is past 10 p.m. and the temperature outside is over 80 degree plus humidity. Next week will be in the upper 90s or even 100 plus humidity = heat index of over 100. Yike.

Thank goodness I do not work outside.
 
Ichinisan

Ichinisan

Lifer
Oct 9, 2002
28,298
1,235
136
lxskllr said:
Not sure if this is a fwp. It has some distinct third world qualities...

Went to Little Caesar today, and got a pizza. $5.30. The price dropped! I've been trying to maximize quarter acquisition for my daughter's laundry when she goes to school. I could just go buy a couple rolls, but it gives me a chance to do trivial math in my head, and I deal with cash only, so I have plenty of opportunity to get quarters over the counter. I give the guy $20.05, and the hilarity starts...

him: Why 5¢? it would be easier with just the $20

me: (thinking to myself the nickle actually makes it easier) that would be $14.75 back

him: I'm not good doing math in my head

him: starts counting money, and saying $14.75 aloud to himself. Pulls out a $10(we're doing well so far). Sloowly pulls out four $1s(uh oh, trouble's brewing). Gets two quarters, stumbles, then starts adding dimes.

me: D^:

me: that should be three quarters

him: hands me the change and my pizza.

Holy shit! that was like watching an adult struggle over a dick and jane book. I wrote something very similar in the past about a Little Caesar girl. Something's very wrong in that shop. I think there may be lead in the flour or something...
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Everyone Involved In Pizza's Preparation, Delivery, Purchase Extremely High
 
Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
70,905
13,920
126
www.anyf.ca
Svnla said:
It is past 10 p.m. and the temperature outside is over 80 degree plus humidity. Next week will be in the upper 90s or even 100 plus humidity = heat index of over 100. Yike.

Thank goodness I do not work outside.
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That's brutal. We had a heat wave last week but heat waves here always turn into thunder/rain storms then it cools off. I got my new central air to keep me cool. Glad I don't work outside either though. Temp here is either too hot or too cold.

I remember seeing some people working on steel structures at -40. You could not pay me enough for that.
 
John Connor

John Connor

Lifer
Nov 30, 2012
22,757
619
121
I feel like crap. Both inside my body and soul. I need to cut out the crappy food and the crappy news with nothing but shootings and shit.
 
Puffnstuff

Puffnstuff

Lifer
Mar 9, 2005
16,255
4,928
136
Red Squirrel said:
That's brutal. We had a heat wave last week but heat waves here always turn into thunder/rain storms then it cools off. I got my new central air to keep me cool. Glad I don't work outside either though. Temp here is either too hot or too cold.

I remember seeing some people working on steel structures at -40. You could not pay me enough for that.
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Y'all should come on down to Jacksonville, Fl which is in the humid subtropical climate area where are humidity hovers around 100% during the summer. Last week our day time temps were around 100 along with this humidity making for some very uncomfortable outside experiences. Best time of the year around here is from the fall into early spring and the humidity isn't too bad making it very comfortable day and night.
 
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