Octopus Overlords

Thank God or any other higher power for helping someone develop Time Machines for the computer. Would love to leave a tip in the jar for that genius fo' sure.

Paingod wrote:Suspension of Disbelief completely shattered and the episode is rated a complete flop - a shambles. I'm willing to give it another shot - as long as people who "tinker with computers" don't keep performing engineer-level diagnostics and repairs through the series.

What a horrible introduction to the series for me.

Welcome to my world (mostly with books).

Maybe allowing me music isn't such a good thing.

Lyric my boss walked in on in my office this morning:

"I don't mean to alarm you or seem out of place
I don't want you on my conscience, I want you on my face."

Man, she has the best of luck when interrupting my work.

Any expert in any field will have nearly that same experience when presented with his area of expertise on a TV show.

I console myself with the understanding that every other topic they tackle is just as wrong as the ones that hit close to home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRQ1qkGxoR0" target="_blank

Blackhawk wrote:Any expert in any field will have nearly that same experience when presented with his area of expertise on a TV show.

I console myself with the understanding that every other topic they tackle is just as wrong as the ones that hit close to home.

I console myself by being stupid. As long as I'm stupid I can accept that juju is the rational to get anything done.

Try working in (or closely with) law enforcement for a while and then watching any show that features a cop, a crime, or a firearm.

LordMortis wrote: I console myself by being stupid. As long as I'm stupid I can accept that juju is the rational to get anything done.

No offense, LordMortis, you can only ignore karma and mojo at your own risk.

Default wrote:

LordMortis wrote: I console myself by being stupid. As long as I'm stupid I can accept that juju is the rational to get anything done.

No offense, LordMortis, you can only ignore karma and mojo at your own risk.

I think he's only talking about believability in fictional media. (ie. Computer juju works because the writer said so, and I don't know any better.)

silverjon wrote:

Default wrote:

LordMortis wrote: I console myself by being stupid. As long as I'm stupid I can accept that juju is the rational to get anything done.

No offense, LordMortis, you can only ignore karma and mojo at your own risk.

I think he's only talking about believability in fictional media. (ie. Computer juju works because the writer said so, and I don't know any better.)

particularly in a show that involves travel between alternate universes, time travel, etc. Hell, the first episode made gel out of flesh then repaired it. I can forgive them their hinky computer tricks.

I got a butterfly knife yesterday. Watched a youtube on how to open and close it with one hand.
My finger looks like minchmeat. I better try with gloves from now on.

There's a safe handle you're always supposed to hold it by, which will leave you with the spine of the knife only coming into contact with your hand. You should be able to identify it based it being the one that closes over it. If you hold it by the other side, yeah, you're going to slice bits of yourself off.

dbt1949 wrote:I got a butterfly knife yesterday. Watched a youtube on how to open and close it with one hand.
My finger looks like minchmeat. I better try with gloves from now on.

Heh. I would suggest using a trainer (e.g. something like this) rather than practicing with the real deal. Failing that, you can probably tape up the blade until you get the hang of it.

(Rest assured, I learned the hard way when I first bought a balisong as a teenager; a trainer is definitely the way to go!)

Remus West wrote:

silverjon wrote:

Default wrote:

LordMortis wrote: I console myself by being stupid. As long as I'm stupid I can accept that juju is the rational to get anything done.

No offense, LordMortis, you can only ignore karma and mojo at your own risk.

I think he's only talking about believability in fictional media. (ie. Computer juju works because the writer said so, and I don't know any better.)

particularly in a show that involves travel between alternate universes, time travel, etc. Hell, the first episode made gel out of flesh then repaired it. I can forgive them their hinky computer tricks.

Stop putting things back into context, dammit!

The life of a repo man's always intense.

DD* wrote:The life of a repo man's always intense.

Particularly when he is camping.

Listen dude, it's just common courtesy to close your goddamn office door when you're conducting a conference call on speakerphone. No need to be a dick about it when I shut it for you.

Car broke down yesterday. Had it towed to the dealer. I lucked out. It's only a timing belt.

dbt1949 wrote:Car broke down yesterday.

dbt1949 wrote:I got a butterfly knife yesterday.

Seems like it was a very busy day for you

Skinypupy wrote:Listen dude, it's just common courtesy to close your goddamn office door when you're conducting a conference call on speakerphone. No need to be a dick about it when I shut it for you.

All the people who have office doors but don't close them so us people who work in a cube have to listen to their speaker phone conversations can go to hell. Bonus hell for when multiple people who are doing that are on the same call.

A lady down the hall from me never picks up the phone. She hits the speakerphone button to start a call which results in a very loud, very annoying dial-tone, followed quickly by the number tones. What's worse is this person is so lazy, she will call someone internally a few offices away.

Blackhawk wrote:Any expert in any field will have nearly that same experience when presented with his area of expertise on a TV show.

I console myself with the understanding that every other topic they tackle is just as wrong as the ones that hit close to home.

Yeah you have to close your brain.
My girlfriend can't, anytime there's medical stuff going in a show she's like "that's NOT how it's done!"

telcta wrote:What's worse is this person is so lazy, she will call someone internally a few offices away.

Double bonus hell for these!

I would totally bail on the rest of this Cisco seminar if I didn't have about a 1 in 25 chance of winning an iPad at the end of it.

KKBlue wrote:

dbt1949 wrote:Car broke down yesterday.

dbt1949 wrote:I got a butterfly knife yesterday.

Seems like it was a very busy day for you

Was it cut with a butterfly knife by chance?

Pet peeve #482:

Any set of product instructions that includes the word 'enjoy.'

How about you tell me how to use the damned thing, and I will tell you if 'enjoy' is appropriate.

Pet peeve #487:

People who use 'lol' as punctuation lol

hentzau wrote:I would totally bail on the rest of this Cisco seminar if I didn't have about a 1 in 25 chance of winning an iPad at the end of it.

Work wants me to attend more of things and I wish I had a life of leisure. There's always about a 1 in 20 to 1 in 30 chance of getting cool shit. The problem is my work doesn't go away just because I go away, so I only hit the really important ones about once a year, twice at the most.

I can't F-ing take TV anymore. AMC (??!!) has just given approval for a reality show called Owners Manual:

In each episode, Extreme Makeover Edition‘s Ed Sanders and Hammer Heads‘ Marcus Hunt will face off in a weekly challenge in which they attempt to operate powerful and complex machinery with and without using the manual.

Firefly was able to air 11 episodes before being cancelled and now we have TV shows about people that read instruction manuals.

Smoove_B wrote:Firefly was able to air 11 episodes before being cancelled and now we have TV shows about people that read instruction manuals.

OR NOT!

Will he cut his hand off? Tune in after the commercial....

Smoove_B wrote:I can't F-ing take TV anymore. AMC (??!!) has just given approval for a reality show called Owners Manual:

In each episode, Extreme Makeover Edition‘s Ed Sanders and Hammer Heads‘ Marcus Hunt will face off in a weekly challenge in which they attempt to operate powerful and complex machinery with and without using the manual.

Firefly was able to air 11 episodes before being cancelled and now we have TV shows about people that read instruction manuals.

Sad that the same network that gave us Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead will now be producing the sort of tripe that documents the mind-blowing sensationalism of madcap thrill-seekers that dare not to RTFM.

And welcome back hepcat, glad that your self inflicted ban has been lifted Seems like you have reloaded and are ready to take on the board

dbt1949 wrote:Car broke down yesterday. Had it towed to the dealer. I lucked out. It's only a timing belt.

Sounds like bad timing.

More Fringe ranting, not really related to the show... just my trials in attempting to get into the series.

So I've skipped ahead to Season 5 just to see how things kind of play out - plus that's what's free. I'm bumping along just fine towards the end of the "Bullet that saved the World" episode, and I get to the part where they're all standing around after the antimatter bomb goes off and wipes out a city block.

Walter turns to Peter and says "She's gone, son."

Shockwave Flash agrees and goes all


It was immaculate timing unlike any other app crash I've seen in a long time.

This is why I buy DVD's still.

You really can't skip around with Fringe. You're doing yourself a huge disservice by not watching the show in order. Unlike most TV, story matters here.

Definitely not the weekend to go camping at Mt. Shasta...

Smoove_B wrote:You really can't skip around with Fringe. You're doing yourself a huge disservice by not watching the show in order. Unlike most TV, story matters here.

I'm still trying to figure out if I like it enough to buy it. I can find ~10 Season 1 episodes (a couple that don't work) and 4 Season 5 episodes for free. I'm not a Netflix or other "channel" subscriber and don't have cable - so my options (short of piracy) are pretty limited for evaluating the show.

It reminds me a lot of the X-Files, but without the dark aspects and lacking the chemistry of Mulder and Scully (it's more like an X-Files/Sliders crossover).

Paingod wrote:

Smoove_B wrote:You really can't skip around with Fringe. You're doing yourself a huge disservice by not watching the show in order. Unlike most TV, story matters here.

I'm still trying to figure out if I like it enough to buy it. I can find ~10 Season 1 episodes (a couple that don't work) and 4 Season 5 episodes for free. I'm not a Netflix or other "channel" subscriber and don't have cable - so my options (short of piracy) are pretty limited for evaluating the show.

It reminds me a lot of the X-Files, but without the dark aspects and lacking the chemistry of Mulder and Scully (it's more like an X-Files/Sliders crossover).

You'll never get the real feel of the show skipping around all willy nilly.

In case you ever wanted to see what gobs of snow looks like coming down, here's some cams to follow in the next few days on Shasta: http://skipark.com/the-mountain/cams" target="_blank

Will be interesting to see if the forecasts pan out, could be looking at over 150" of snow!

Edit, here's a great writeup on the massive river of precip potentially coming to N. Cali.

For some reason, Facebook has Cindy Crawford on the list of people I may know.

I must have been drinking a lot that night...