Walsingham Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Human beings are indeed disgusting things Speak for yourself. 1 "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 It's been over a year since I've done any Windows updating. Yes, I'm like that. So I finally get around to it, check the ones I want, hit "do it" ... an hour later it's still downloading. It's not huge size wise. For a long time it was stuck at 0%. Now it's almost done downloading. Also, accidentally deleted the Administrative/Summary error log file thingie Windows has. I wonder if that'll make anything explode. I'm hoping it'll just recreate itself... I used to love computers/being a geek about how they work, diving into their innards. Yeah, I'm so over that now. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Finally...all updated. That took forever. The past few months I've had more eyestrain/fatigue when at the pc for hours. Dry eyes, almost but not quite headaches, that sort of thing. I read some articles about blue light/monitors/melatonin and other stuff, so I bought some amber/polarizing sunglasses and tried wearing them if doing something like gaming or whatever for long periods. It doesn't help me get to sleep any earlier, and I have no clue about retinal damages, but it sure helps with the eye fatigue. Only problem is that it means I'm "one of those douchebags who wear sunglasses at night." ... “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Work email archiving is becoming an epic task, with my craptastic PC here. Rather boggling how large my .pst files are, the smallest is 4 gigs. 95% of it is irrelevant too. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 A friend of mine is going to work for an awesome animation studio, and while I'm excited for him I also feel extremely jealous despite the fact that jealousy is unproductive. Stupid feelings not working in accordance with rationality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarex Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 You're not jealous, you are envious. "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Oh my god I just had to look that up and I realize I've been using the word jealousy wrong for my entire English speaking life. Our translation for jealous and envious are the same word so I always just figured they were synonyms in English. Now I'm envious AND ashamed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Oh my god I just had to look that up and I realize I've been using the word jealousy wrong for my entire English speaking life. Our translation for jealous and envious are the same word so I always just figured they were synonyms in English. Now I'm envious AND ashamed. No I don't think you used the word jealous in the wrong context, both envious and jealousy would be applicable http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/jealous "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Oh, huh. Well, now I'm jealous and relieved. That's weird. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Oh, huh. Well, now I'm jealous and relieved. That's weird. "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 I thought Jealous and envious were the same. Fwiiw. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 I think I ****ed up on my Chem final. [Rants on why an Economics major even needs that ****] 2 "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "you're a damned filthy lying robot and you deserve to die and burn in hell." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "I love cheese despite the pain and carnage." - ShadySands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Just got home from a work trip to Atlanta. Got tickets to see the Alabama/Mizzou SEC championship game. Loved it. Work trip went well, weather wasn't too bad. I think Tommy is mad I didn't take him because I usually do. He won't come to me or let me pet him. He'll come around. My other dog Sunny doesn't care. She was just happy I was home. 2 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadedWolf Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Finally...all updated. That took forever. The past few months I've had more eyestrain/fatigue when at the pc for hours. Dry eyes, almost but not quite headaches, that sort of thing. I read some articles about blue light/monitors/melatonin and other stuff, so I bought some amber/polarizing sunglasses and tried wearing them if doing something like gaming or whatever for long periods. It doesn't help me get to sleep any earlier, and I have no clue about retinal damages, but it sure helps with the eye fatigue. Only problem is that it means I'm "one of those douchebags who wear sunglasses at night." ... Have you tried something like https://justgetflux.com/ ? You can set it to dim the blue lights at night. By the way, this thread always makes me think of... What I did today? Why, tried to take over the world, of course... Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Spent the day being a recluse and feeling a bit blue re: a lost friend. Sister/brother in-laws are in town. That might cheer me up a little. They're always entertaining. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Spent the day being a recluse and feeling a bit blue re: a lost friend. Sister/brother in-laws are in town. That might cheer me up a little. They're always entertaining. Sorry to hear that "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Trying to study for my last 2 finals tomorrow but too many distractions Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManifestedISO Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Good luck, amigo. Chew gum during the exams, incognito, it's proven to elevate memory recall. 2 All Stop. On Screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 (edited) Good luck, amigo. Chew gum during the exams, incognito, it's proven to elevate memory recall. And other cognitive faculties. Fact. EDIT: I have decided to invent a device for police to use in restraining suspects. It will be hand-held, apply itself on physical contact, but will not leave any bruising or distress. It will 100% prevent hostile thoughts in the suspect, without depriving them of free will or making feel disempowered. Further, once the initial effects wear off it will make the subject totally rethink their worldview and become at least 20% less likely to be selfish. I will market this device under the name 'libsaber'. Edited December 9, 2014 by Walsingham 1 "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 So long, Ralph Baer (92yo), inventor of the "brown box" gaming console, and more importantly, this: 2 “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woldan Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 (edited) Good luck, amigo. Chew gum during the exams, incognito, it's proven to elevate memory recall. And other cognitive faculties. Fact. EDIT: I have decided to invent a device for police to use in restraining suspects. It will be hand-held, apply itself on physical contact, but will not leave any bruising or distress. It will 100% prevent hostile thoughts in the suspect, without depriving them of free will or making feel disempowered. Further, once the initial effects wear off it will make the subject totally rethink their worldview and become at least 20% less likely to be selfish. I will market this device under the name 'libsaber'. Just take a pepper spray and swap the pepper with liquid pot. Edited December 9, 2014 by Woldan I gazed at the dead, and for one dark moment I saw a banquet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDeranged Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Spent the day being a recluse and feeling a bit blue re: a lost friend. Sister/brother in-laws are in town. That might cheer me up a little. They're always entertaining. Sorry to hear that LadyC, when dealing with death I've found family and friends always help, even if it's just a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Hauled the Christmas tree and all my wife's tchotchkes out of the garage and into the house. I loves me a pre-lit tree. Ive got to hand it to her, the house looks great when shes done. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Tchotchkes? Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Tchotchke. She has three of those plastic tubs full of Santa's, snowmen, globes, etc... "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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