YNM Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 1 hour ago, The_Cat_In_Space said: Because we are only allowed to use our computers for educational stuff (as it's a school computer). XD When I had my national examination (end-of-school test you might say) in high school, our school participated in a trial for computer-based test. We often would arrive sooner than the schedule, just to play that dinosaur-game thingy in chrome (the software was based off chrome I think) XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 On 4/17/2018 at 8:27 PM, Confused Scientist said: Snip.. Just clicked on the Vinegaroom Wikipedia article, and now I won't be able to sleep. Which brings my to today's complaint: Arachnaphobia and Insectophobia! Those things are little crawly scuttly demons from the fiery pits of hell... Really though. How would something like that evolve? I see almost no advantage... Given that most insects and arachnids live under three years. Either that or we got really, reaaaaaly lucky on the evolution lottery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confused Scientist Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Kernel Kraken said: Just clicked on the Vinegaroom Wikipedia article, and now I won't be able to sleep. They're harmless, they just smell like vinegar. Also, it's vinegaroon, with an "n". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 8 hours ago, Confused Scientist said: They're harmless, they just smell like vinegar. Hence the term 'Irrational Fear' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfiles Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 (edited) My local Walmart is refusing to sell the new Nintendo Labo Kits that were released today! They have them in stock, now. They know today is the release date. They just can't sell them, cause someone higher up the chain screwed something up. Apparently, they dun goofed. The store did not get updated "mods" for the Nintendo shelf section. "Mods" is short for modulars. That's basically their product placement guide that instructs where each item goes on the shelf. Apparently, if the mods don't show a product occupying shelf space, they can't sell it, and since they did not get their mods updated in time for the product release date... No Labo! I was real annoyed too, cause online, it said local pickup was an option, so I went ahead and drove there! Now, I got a notification that the medium sized Instant Pot that I ordered arrived... So I get to drive BACK to Walmart... I had bought another brand of similar digital pressure cooker, and really liked it, but found it way too small. Their shelf layout has the brand I bought in one aisle, with rice cookers (I originally wanted a rice cooker, but saw the extra features and decided to go for it), and the larger digital pressure cookers on a completely different aisle with the slow cookers! I "settled" on the very tiny one, cause I didn't even see a bigger model! Well, I ended up letting a friend take the tiny one, cause I wanted one big enough to participate in potluck at work, make more than individual servings (that I could just toss int he fridge), but not so enormous as to feed a whole family. So what does Walmart have? An out of date display model of the medium model, no medium model in stock, and the mini model's boxes by the medium display... Apparently, It looks like Walmart now only stocks the Mini and the feed-an-Army size, and I mistakenly bought the mini... just of another brand now... I returned it last week, and ordered the medium model online, with free store pickup (so an $80 cooker wouldn't sit unattended in front of my door, while I was at work). ... And now I get to drive back to Walmart, for the second time today, so I can pick it up and be reminded that they derped up the Labo release, and I can't have one yet. Edited April 20, 2018 by richfiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 4 hours ago, richfiles said: I can't have one yet. Wonder if its possible to buy online for local pickup.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Daily complaint: nothing so far. Today is going to be a good day, and gosh darnit, people either like me or are annoyed enough that they agree with whatever I say to make me shut up! Oops, complaining thread... Uh.. Grr... That Stuart Smalley's voice is slightly annoying to listen too! 6 hours ago, richfiles said: My local Walmart is refusing to sell the new Nintendo Labo Kits that were released today! They have them in stock, now. They know today is the release date. They just can't sell them, cause someone higher up the chain screwed something up. Apparently, they dun goofed. The store did not get updated "mods" for the Nintendo shelf section. "Mods" is short for modulars. That's basically their product placement guide that instructs where each item goes on the shelf. Apparently, if the mods don't show a product occupying shelf space, they can't sell it, and since they did not get their mods updated in time for the product release date... No Labo! I was real annoyed too, cause online, it said local pickup was an option, so I went ahead and drove there! Now, I got a notification that the medium sized Instant Pot that I ordered arrived... So I get to drive BACK to Walmart... I had bought another brand of similar digital pressure cooker, and really liked it, but found it way too small. Their shelf layout has the brand I bought in one aisle, with rice cookers (I originally wanted a rice cooker, but saw the extra features and decided to go for it), and the larger digital pressure cookers on a completely different aisle with the slow cookers! I "settled" on the very tiny one, cause I didn't even see a bigger model! Well, I ended up letting a friend take the tiny one, cause I wanted one big enough to participate in potluck at work, make more than individual servings (that I could just toss int he fridge), but not so enormous as to feed a whole family. So what does Walmart have? An out of date display model of the medium model, no medium model in stock, and the mini model's boxes by the medium display... Apparently, It looks like Walmart now only stocks the Mini and the feed-an-Army size, and I mistakenly bought the mini... just of another brand now... I returned it last week, and ordered the medium model online, with free store pickup (so an $80 cooker wouldn't sit unattended in front of my door, while I was at work). ... And now I get to drive back to Walmart, for the second time today, so I can pick it up and be reminded that they derped up the Labo release, and I can't have one yet. Amazon, my friend! Capitalism moves forwards without human interaction, just the way I like it! https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.com/&ved=2ahUKEwjPypXFxsraAhUMOawKHfpAAJEQFjAAegQIABAD&usg=AOvVaw0dQbbmFVKaWRLUIdNVceg- (Sorry for the sarcasm, I had to quote Earnest Cline here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfiles Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 They eventually got their mods updated, and I bought one... Then I stayed up till 7 in the morning building the piano. I'm sooooo tired! I'd like to complain that I'm an idiot. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 My wife went grocery shopping yesterday, but didn't buy bacon or sausages. So now she doesn't have anything greasy to go with the omelettes and pancakes she's thinking of making for breakfast this morning j hhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee And now my cat decides to sit on the keyboard of my laptop. I keep having to remind him that it's NOT a bun warmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 (edited) I kinda wish that the mods wouldn't censor 'Personal Attack/ Insult' posts aimed at me. My favourite thing about the internet is dealing with 'haters'. Not by returning insults, but with blatant sarcasm and/ or killing them with kindness. It works so well in real life that I've only ever gotten in one fight (that I subsequently lost, but whatever). Like a 'Oh, BooHoo! Someone on the internet dosen't love me!' kind of thing. Just my two cents, I'm surprised I don't get much flak on the interwebs anymore considering my less orthodoxed political views on hot topics like gun control or something else, like how Roblox is a good game and not a Minecraft ripoff. Edited April 22, 2018 by Kernel Kraken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfiles Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 8 minutes ago, Kernel Kraken said: Roblox is a good game and not a Minecraft ripoff. HIIIIISSSSSSSS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, richfiles said: HIIIIISSSSSSSS!!! Roblox came out in 2006 and the concept was made in 1998. Minecraft started development in 2009 and was released in 1.0 in (I believe) 2012. I like both games but seriously people, get your facts strait. This is why I can't stand fanboys or haters, they both never do any research and go with what they 'think' is true... Also the Roblox is a cruddy Legos thing: Roblox is a free Lego set with no limitations to what peices you can use that anyone can access. Edited April 22, 2018 by Kernel Kraken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox101 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 I never heard of Roblox or played Minecraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 3 minutes ago, silverfox101 said: I never heard of Roblox or played Minecraft. HIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox101 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 You know what I cant believe IRC is still a thing, its been ?? years since I used it, I thought it would have gone to the great server in the sky years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Whenever i say its way too hot outside, they usually respond with: I bet you will still complain when its colder, so just stop whining. Ok *ahem* listen here you son of a gun. Have you ever heard me complain about it being too cold outside? No! Why? Because isn't it awesome that everything, all the pesticides, all the diseases, and all other things that can kill us and make us suffer, are hibernating, and we, along with other animals, have the entire hemisphere all to ourselves? I'll also have you know that i almost immediately get sick, EVERY TIME the temperature rises above 20C, EVERY TIME, mosquitoes, the common cold, all start straight up murdering me EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Also, isn't it a bit hypocritical when YOU are the ones who always complain about EVERYTHING, expect for sunny, sweaty, hogweather. Sorry. 27 minutes ago, Kernel Kraken said: Roblox came out in 2006 and the concept was made in 1998. Minecraft started development in 2009 and was released in 1.0 in (I believe) 2012. I like both games but seriously people, get your facts strait. This is why I can't stand fanboys or haters, they both never do any research and go with what they 'think' is true... Not just that, Roblox and Minecraft are two completely different games, Roblox is an online multiplayer game, where users create their own sub-games. Roblox is like a simplistic game engine, and has no specific 'base' game. Minecraft on the other hand is a survival game with a building aspect, and focuses more on the base-game, rather than the sub/mini-games. I sometimes get quite frustrated when people use crooked facts, especially Flat Earthers. Flat Earthers assume that rockets have to go straight up, all rockets launch from Kennedy Space Centre, heck, i don't even think i can list all of them, there are just too many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Next weekend, the outdoor theater is showing Infinity War and Black Panther. In. That. Order. They won't budge. They're hard-pressed to keep the newest movie first, even if it breaks franchise continuity. I have not seen Black Panther yet, and I really really want to see it before Infinity War, because I am not insane. Given the rambunctiousness of my child, it's incredibly difficult for us to go to the theater, because we can't take her with, and nobody will watch her. Also, @NSEP, you're driving me crazy with these profile picture changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfiles Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 8 hours ago, silverfox101 said: You know what I cant believe IRC is still a thing, its been ?? years since I used it, I thought it would have gone to the great server in the sky years ago. I'll have you know, I used IRC last night, and the night before, and have used it every Friday night and many Saturdays since 2012, thanks to a movie night I partake in. ... No complaint with IRC... just the abysmal buffering of Ustream, or IBM Cloud or whatever they're trying to pass off their shoddy streaming service as these days. Ugh... 3 hours ago, Geonovast said: Next weekend, the outdoor theater is showing Infinity War and Black Panther. In. That. Order. They won't budge. That. Is. EVIL!!! 8 hours ago, Kernel Kraken said: Roblox came out in 2006 and the concept was made in 1998. Minecraft started development in 2009 and was released in 1.0 in (I believe) 2012. Almost as bad as people who claim Apple "invented" the GUI. It's as authentic a claim as saying Apple was the first to say "Good artists copy, great artists steal."... (Picasso's ghost would beg to differ) At least they live up to the statement! All art, no function, and aaaaaall stolen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 (edited) 18 minutes ago, richfiles said: Almost as bad as people who claim Apple "invented" the GUI. It's as authentic a claim as saying Apple was the first to say "Good artists copy, great artists steal."... (Picasso's ghost would beg to differ) At least they live up to the statement! All art, no function, and aaaaaall stolen! Like apple claiming they 2017 ipad pro is a super computer that fits in a back pack... Their slogan is: Super. Computer Reimagined. Their marketing is perfect, selling the crappiest products for insane sums of money while claiming to have invented things that Android phones have had for years. You still have to Jailbreak an apple phone to edit files, hack stuff, (not that I would know, wink wink) or customize anything but the look. The only thing Android locks you out of are the BIOS menues and the Operating system's source code, both of which can be accessed by rooting, which can be done in less than five minutes... (Great, you got me to rant about Apple. That's 5 minutes I'll never get back, lol.) NOT TO MENTION THE IDIOTIC FANBOYS WHO -(oops, fangirls too) buy every Apple product right when it comes out, and even have the balls (or not balls) no claim that their products are the most powerful in the world! The phone I am typing this on has an octo- core snapdragon processor running at 1.4 gigahertz (which I will overclock after I root my phone), 2 gigabytes of ram and a 6 inch, 2160x 1080p IPS display, and Android Oreo. Sure it's not as powerful as an iPhone X, but once I overclock it, it'll easily be double the power. This phone cost 130 dollars. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.zteusa.com/blade-z-max&ved=2ahUKEwjK9J2rpM_aAhUFJKwKHVIpCYsQFjABegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw3hf-U7P0TYnJHqzUgL6OVm I seriously recommend it, I've had this phone since October and its never had any problems. I was so heckin' PO'd while I was writing that that my adrenaline instincts kicked in.... Holy crap. EDIT: oops, I said heck. I better hope @Dman979 dosen't see this! (Lol, he sent me a message about saying heck earlier. Just a prank bro) Edited April 23, 2018 by Kernel Kraken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbinchaser Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 (edited) On 4/19/2018 at 6:14 PM, The_Cat_In_Space said: Because we are only allowed to use our computers for educational stuff (as it's a school computer). But apparently a Boeing 737 isn't educational and warrants me an afternoon detention. You got DETENTION for a picture of a plane? Geez, it wasn't a firearm. You should've just gotten a lecture at most. Thankfully I'm homeschooled so it dosen't matter. For complaining? Hmm, a few of my Games got corrupted and are now playable, (Not KSP, thank God) My feet are killing me from a 10 mile hike the other day, and... That's about it I guess. 44 minutes ago, richfiles said: Almost as bad as people who claim Apple "invented" the GUI. It's as authentic a claim as saying Apple was the first to say "Good artists copy, great artists steal."... (Picasso's ghost would beg to differ) At least they live up to the statement! All art, no function, and aaaaaall stolen! Edited April 23, 2018 by Lo Var Lachland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Lo Var Lachland said: If you made this for the purpose of being funny, then I applaud you. But if someone actual made this and believed it, please link me to the page you found it on. I want to try to use my android device to track their IP (without having to Jailbreak it) and hunt them down. Or not. I am very opinionated. I really need to calm down about this, for me it's more sensitive of a topic than the EULA or Roblox or Gun Control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfiles Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, Kernel Kraken said: (Great, you got me to rant about Apple. That's 5 minutes I'll never get back, lol.) I am in the strange position of liking Mac OS, but finding nothing redeeming about Apple's hardware, for the past decade or so. I liked the old expandable Power Mac G3, G4, and G5, and the early Mac Pro. I actually almost considered getting a Mac Mini, back in the day, once I realized I could run three monitors on it... But what turned me off was the lack of true expansion or upgradability, the lack of power, and it STILL being way too expensive (not to mention I'd have needed all new monitors with the right inputs, or a bonanza of ACTIVE adaptors)! I miss the old Apple... The pre-iPhone Apple... the Apple that existed when Jobs actually tried to brag about power and expandability in pro models... I had an old Power Mac G3 way back in the day, the Blue and White one with the easy access side panel that hinged open to allow access to ALL of the internals. It had a 400 MHz G3 processor, 128 MB RAM, a 12 GB hard drive, a DVD-ROM drive, a Zip drive, and an ATI Rage 128 GL "Orion" GPU that had a measly 16 MB of VRAM, could only run a single VGA monitor, and had a hardware DVD decoder. It required the hardware decoder because neither the stock CPU nor GPU could manage even a simple 640x480 MPEG2 decode without it. Oh yeah, and a gloriously fast 56.6 Kbps modem! By the time I retired the old machine (almost 8 YEARS later), it had a 900 MHz G4 processor, 1 GB RAM, six internal hard drives (120 GB, 4x 250 GB, and a 750 GB... Some homemade brackets and a PATA expansion card were involved in making that a reality), a DVD/CDRW drive, a USB 2 expansion card, a serial port mod that exchanged my obsolete abysmally slow 56k modem for a serial port (good for connecting old stuff like my TI calculator communication cable and chip programmers), and dual video cards, allowing me to capture video, watch TV, and run three monitors. The main card was an ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition (a first gen Radeon R100 with a measly 32 MB VRAM)... Yikes! At least it could run two monitors. The other card was an ATI Xclaim VR 128, which was a Rage 128 card with a hardware tuner/capture system that chromakeyed the video input into a window, the desktop background, or full screen, to allow 0% CPU load preview and display, and only burdened the PCI bus and CPU if actual capture was being performed. While I grunted and groaned at the slow old lumbering beast near the end of it's life, when it was new, and particularly after the CPU upgrades and RAM and Storage upgrades, I was rather proud of my little powerhouse. That was a rather expandable little machine, and yet, even back then it was not considered as expandable as an old Power Mac 9500, which had 6 PCI slots. I later got a Power Mac G5, and while it had expansion PCI slots and room for 3 internal hard drives (stock) and one extra via a mod I performed, and while it still supported the legacy 56k modem to serial port mod, that machine was starting to show some early signs of Apple closing down. It had less space for hard drives than the previous models, despite a bigger case, and aside from memory and PCI/PCI-X and PCIe for later models, that was about it. There was an official Bluetooth module and an official WiFi module, but it was Apple proprietary stuff. What was pure evil though, is even though the G5 CPUs were socketed, the clock speed was hardcoded into the motherboard, not the daughter card with the CPUs, so you couldn't upgrade the CPUs easily. It was a dirty move, and one I didn't forget. My old G3 had had not one, but TWO CPU upgrades, over it's long lifetime. The G5 was purchased used, the year after the Intel based Mac Pro first came out... I regretted that decision till 2013, when I finally replaced it. I'd lost my job shortly after buying it, and never had the funds for a proper replacement. The Intel Mac Pros were way too expensive for my blood, and though the expansion options were decent, it still wasn't ideal. Apple had limited the G3 to four PCI slots, the G5 to either three PCI and one AGP, or four PCIe slots, and the Mac Pro was still limited to a mere four PCIe slots... They just spaced out the top slot to support double width GPUs. For nearly a decade, Apple didn't support more than 4 expansion cards in their pro machines. That was kinda pathetic! This brings me back to my evaluation of Apple's hardware, circa 2013... I had discounted previous models of the Mac Mini, because I had become long accustomed to operating a triple monitor setup. Around that time, it became possible to run three monitors on a Mac Mini, and I had actually considered one... The problem, is the tiny little brick had as much processing power as you could expect from a tiny little brick. It was an economy computer, priced at an entry enthusiast price tag. The Mac Pro's nicely expandable design got literally tossed into a black shiny trash bin. Nothing in the modern lineup was either powerful, cheap, or expandable. I had looked at the options shortly after getting the G5, to see if a Hackintosh was feasible, but it was prohibitively difficult back then. I looked into it again in 2013, and found that it was significantly easier to make it work, with detailed hardware guides and installation tools and all sorts of goodies to make it easy... And so, my decision was made. My next Mac would NOT have an Apple logo on it, unless I stuck a sticker onto it. I built myself a Hackintosh in 2013, and my next build will likely also be a Hackintosh. I might someday decide to buy an old obsolete Mac Mini, just as a legacy option, if I can find one for well under $100... You still require a Mac to easily make the USB installer, so having a REAL Mac on hand would be useful. I had to jump through hoops to get my original USB installer made without an Intel Mac, and it's always nerve-wracking having only a single Hackintosh to make new installation tools with. Having the real deal on hand would make that task a breeze. Apple won't get money from that transaction... Something old and used will do just fine. Until Apple learns that bragging about power, and expandability, and upgradability is a greater collective argument than "Mah thin aesthetics"... Apple will still get no new sales from me, and if they make that oft rumored switch to ARM processors, or some other non-intel, proprietary thing... Well, I'll probably suck it up and see how close to Mac OS's behavior I can trick some Linux installation to behave. Edited April 23, 2018 by richfiles I'll see your 5 minutes and raise you 4 hours! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_v Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, richfiles said: Power Mac 9500 Apple lost the plot right after this one. Then they lost the PowerPC CPU that was the only thing keeping them from being just overpriced Wintels in a shiny case. As of 2018, there's no reason at all to buy a mac - if you are one of those odd people who like MacOS 10, just build a hackintosh for half the price instead. Edited April 23, 2018 by steve_v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, steve_v said: Apple lost the plot right after this one. Then they lost the PowerPC CPU that was the only thing keeping them from being just overpriced Wintels in a shiny case. As of 2018, there's no reason at all to buy a mac - if you are one of those odd people who like MacOS 10, just build a hackintosh for half the price instead. .... He did build a hackintosh. 5 hours ago, richfiles said: Snip! Thanks for actually writing this out, it's an interesting story. Most people fly I to a spitting range similiar to the Tazmanian Devil from Merry Melodies (say loony toons one more time. I dare you, other people I've used that analogy in front of.) My 'rant' (which now looks effortless and puny, that can be my complaint) was more focused on their mobile products as the Macs and things are usually pretty good. I had never put much attention into the PC side of Apple, but now I feel like I have to look some things up! Jeez, I need put more research into my mini- rants. Edited April 23, 2018 by Kernel Kraken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox101 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Kernel Kraken said: Jeez, I need put more research into my mini- rants I read that without my spectacles, I read it as mini rats. I got me thinking what on Earth is brother Kernel Kraken doing with mini rats. And below a random blast from the past - Edited April 23, 2018 by silverfox101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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