Octopus Overlords

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:48 pm**

When I change the sheets, it's usually the last thing I do before getting into bed. They tend to collect in a pile in the closet floor.

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:55 pm**

So do you just buy more sheets every time you need them?

I've never owned more than two sets of sheets at any given time in my life. Each set takes up maybe 2/3 of a load. By that math you've got 5 sets of sheets, and possibly one more on the bed. Why would you need so many?

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:03 pm**

Laziness, pure and simple. I believe I have 2-3 more sets that I don't care for, but keep in reserve.

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:49 pm**

I change my sheets twice a year. Whether they need it or not.

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:53 pm**

dbt1949 wrote:I change my sheets twice a year. Whether they need it or not.

Yup. The flannel ones go on in the fall and the cotton ones go on in the spring.

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:59 pm**

Chaosraven wrote:Kenetickid is moving his family into an apartment as we speak.

Woohoo! Congratulations on getting your house back. Condolences on losing an in house gaming buddy.

Posted: **Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:18 am**

Seen tonight in meticulously hand-applied lettering on the rear window of a pick-up truck:

Obama - Deceptive Rederick

Posted: **Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:54 am**

Skinypupy wrote:Seen tonight in meticulously hand-applied lettering on the rear window of a pick-up truck:

Obama - Deceptive Rederick

I think I saw that movie. It also had Vince Vaughn in it, right?

Posted: **Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:27 am**

bb2112 wrote:
Chaosraven wrote:Kenetickid is moving his family into an apartment as we speak.
Woohoo! Congratulations on getting your house back. Condolences on losing an in house gaming buddy.

lost 'em to World of Warcrack back in january.

Posted: **Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:17 am**

Is it too late to declare Celebrasion as my favorite album of 2011?... Well sort of... I don't dig the album from beginning to end but the tunes I dig, I think I think I dig more than anything else that I've heard from last year and their music and its attitude just continue to grow on me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qz0m5IYh10" target="_blank

Posted: **Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:21 pm**

Ruffles loaded baked potato (with the picture of cheese, sour cream, chives, and bacon) potato chips taste plain ruffles. I think they forgot to put the bacon oniony flavored chemical dust stuff on them.

Posted: **Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:33 pm**

Kraken wrote:
dbt1949 wrote:I change my sheets twice a year. Whether they need it or not.
Yup. The flannel ones go on in the fall and the cotton ones go on in the spring.

They may not be classy, but jersey knit modal sheets are super comfy.

Posted: **Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:30 pm**

Obama's in town to shake down the wealthy and credulous for campaign cash.

His motorcade is leaving from downtown to the airport at 4:30 on a weekday.

I'm currently sitting between him and the airport and there's only one freeway connecting the two. Traffic tonight will be... interesting.

Posted: **Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:57 pm**

Am reading Kings 11/22/63, and contemplating other strange things, such as whether it would be possible to sequence JC 's DNA from the Shroud of Turin, or some other artifact from the crucifixion. Or make stem cells. What might we discover?

PS yes I do recall the carbon dating that the Shroud wasn't that old, but...details

Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk 2

Posted: **Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:24 am**

Beginning of day yesterday: "Our connection to our customer across their VPN is not working. We need to update the software packages as soon as possible. Call and schedule an appointment with the VAR."
Me sets up an appointment for this morning.
End of day yesterday. Two of the three engineers that can test the software inform me they won't be available but the third will be available by remote.
Beginning of day today. Third engineer says she will test the software but then disappears before confirming whether the software works to $150 an hour consultant. I wait an hour before letting the consultant leave. An hour after that she calls to inform me that the software isn't working properly.

I suppose if you don't see the $150/hour coming out of your check, you don't care about it.

Posted: **Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:09 pm**

Job searching while unemployed is one confidence crushing event after another. Feeling pretty beat down at the moment.

Posted: **Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:19 pm**

J.D. wrote:Job searching while unemployed is one confidence crushing event after another. Feeling pretty beat down at the moment.

Posted: **Wed Jul 25, 2012 1:04 pm**

Exodor wrote:Obama's in town to shake down the wealthy and credulous for campaign cash.

His motorcade is leaving from downtown to the airport at 4:30 on a weekday.

I'm currently sitting between him and the airport and there's only one freeway connecting the two. Traffic tonight will be... interesting.

He picks the worst times to travel when he's in LA and it's bad enough when things are fine, but his motorcade just kills us every visit.

Posted: **Wed Jul 25, 2012 1:07 pm**

J.D. wrote:Job searching while unemployed is one confidence crushing event after another. Feeling pretty beat down at the moment.

Sorry. My wife just went through that, and she was not a fun person to be around for several weeks. It worked out in the end and she found something she's happy with. I hope you have the same luck soon.

Posted: **Wed Jul 25, 2012 2:26 pm**

Being unemployed led to the best job opportunity I have ever had.

Posted: **Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:21 pm**

I've hated The Olympics since I was a little kid because back then literally all the TV shows would be replaced by boring sports coverage.

I didn't even watch that much TV but having the option taken away pissed me off.

Posted: **Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:49 pm**

silverjon wrote:I've hated The Olympics since I was a little kid because back then literally all the TV shows would be replaced by boring sports coverage.

I didn't even watch that much TV but having the option taken away pissed me off.

Yeah, I share the feeling. At least these days, there are plenty of entertainment options that won't be preempted by boring sports coverage.

Posted: **Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:06 pm**

gbasden wrote:
silverjon wrote:I've hated The Olympics since I was a little kid because back then literally all the TV shows would be replaced by boring sports coverage.

I didn't even watch that much TV but having the option taken away pissed me off.
Yeah, I share the feeling. At least these days, there are plenty of entertainment options that won't be preempted by boring sports coverage.

Hmmm, maybe that's why I always hated the Olympics, too. More than all other sports, I mean.

Posted: **Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:14 pm**

I never have got the whole professional sports & Olympic thing of OUR team.
It's a bunch of athletes who get paid to do something they like. They don't represent me. I didn't vote for them. (and I consider sponsorship getting paid)
I wish them all the luck in the world but whatever they do it doesn't affect my world.

Posted: **Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:47 pm**

Kraken wrote:
gbasden wrote:
silverjon wrote:I've hated The Olympics since I was a little kid because back then literally all the TV shows would be replaced by boring sports coverage.

I didn't even watch that much TV but having the option taken away pissed me off.
Yeah, I share the feeling. At least these days, there are plenty of entertainment options that won't be preempted by boring sports coverage.
Hmmm, maybe that's why I always hated the Olympics, too. More than all other sports, I mean.

I'm a sports lover but I hate the Olympics.

A comedian (I can't remember who) said it well: "Watching the Olympics is like watching gym."

I mean, I don't give a shit about hurdles or pole vaulting but once every 4 years I'm supposed to suddenly care? Feh.

Posted: **Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:24 pm**

Why hate the Olympics because of a few events. I enjoy watching the sports I like (admittedly a wide range) and simply skip watching the other events. I love the Olympics in part due to the idea of what they are supposed to be (though rarely if ever are).

Posted: **Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:28 pm**

Remus West wrote:Why hate the Olympics because of a few events. I enjoy watching the sports I like (admittedly a wide range) and simply skip watching the other events. I love the Olympics in part due to the idea of what they are supposed to be (though rarely if ever are).

Because there are no events I like? I'm an american team sports fan - I like baseball and football and to a much lesser extent basketball. The "Dream Team" playing a meaningless exhibition isn't enough to make me tune in.

I don't think it's the Olympics I hate so much as the overwhelming hype surrounding the Olympics.

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:26 am**

I don't watch much tv, and even less sports, but the olympics is crazy cool athleticism. Some of it may not make for great entertainment, but it's all cool.

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:39 am**

Why is it everyone expects that I know how to do their job? If I knew everything about being engineering, I'd be an engineer. If I knew everything about accounting, I'd be an accountant. If I knew everything about logistics, I'd run the warehouse. If I knew everything about production, I'd be the floor supervisor.

Maybe we should try taking this from the other perspective, perhaps if you fully knew how to do x then you'd know how to use the tools of your job.

Thank goodness I taken tomorrow off because I am overly bitchy this week.

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:56 pm**

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Locals.TempFileDeletion.ExtensionToDelete = ( Find(Locals.TempFileDeletion.Current_Report_Options.Name,"short",0,True,False) == -1 ? True : False ) ? Locals.TempFileDeletion.ExtensionToDelete : "_short" + Locals.TempFileDeletion.ExtensionToDelete

I am tempted to leave it like this. I especially like the mishmash of which variable names get underscores.

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:11 pm**

I'm free! I'm free!
Well, maybe not free but I have taken all the hair off my haid and face for the first time and years.

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:12 pm**

Pics or it didn't happen.

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:46 pm**

Day #9. Indications are that there are two main issues.

1) My DNS is borked. I can access the signon screen via IP address, but not via the actual name.
2) I don't have admin access on my laptop like I'm supposed to have.

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:51 pm**

Isgrimnur wrote:Day #9. Indications are that there are two main issues.

1) My DNS is borked. I can access the signon screen via IP address, but not via the actual name.
2) I don't have admin access on my laptop like I'm supposed to have.

Live CD, hack, ta da, admin access.

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:52 pm**

Isgrimnur wrote:Day #9. Indications are that there are two main issues.

At least you've got the sheets.

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:53 pm**

Anyone know of a better search engine than google? The signal to noise ratio for searching is getting to be too much for me. My go to means for fixing everything has largely become nothing but a giant advertising space for people linking to things that aren't even remotely helpful.

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:53 pm**

Fretmute wrote:
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Locals.TempFileDeletion.ExtensionToDelete = ( Find(Locals.TempFileDeletion.Current_Report_Options.Name,"short",0,True,False) == -1 ? True : False ) ? Locals.TempFileDeletion.ExtensionToDelete : "_short" + Locals.TempFileDeletion.ExtensionToDelete
I am tempted to leave it like this. I especially like the mishmash of which variable names get underscores.

Ugh...my eyes are crossing just looking at that. Glad I don't have to maintain that code.

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:43 pm**

MindToyGames wrote:Ugh...my eyes are crossing just looking at that. Glad I don't have to maintain that code.

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//This awesome nested ternary statement will replace the file extension (e.g. ".txt") with the short report file extension (e.q. "_short.txt") if the CurrentReportOptions container is determined to be that of a short report
Locals.TempFileDeletion.ExtensionToDelete = ( Find(Locals.TempFileDeletion.CurrentReportOptions.Name,"short",0,True,False) == -1 ? True : False ) ? Locals.TempFileDeletion.ExtensionToDelete : "_short" + Locals.TempFileDeletion.ExtensionToDelete

Much better! Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you feel about them), TestStand forces you to use tons of ternary statements.

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:31 pm**

Isgrimnur wrote:Pics or it didn't happen.

Pics of yo mama or YOU didn't happen!

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:21 pm**

dbt1949 wrote:I'm free! I'm free!

When girls want a change, we typically cut our hair. Is this what guys do, shave everything off?
Do you have a funny tan line?

Regardless of the answers, see how many days it takes you to remember not to use shampoo. Bet you are going to do double takes when you walk by a mirror too.

Have fun with the freedom, just keep your clothes on and remember that you can get in trouble for streaking. However, because you have less hair (less wind resistance), you might be able to out run the fuzz!

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