Rock on, sounds good! Poor Issiki took one for the team in your place. ;)
How to visit the Web sites your company blocks
The Problem: Companies often block employees from visiting certain sites -- ranging from the really nefarious (porn) to probably bad (gambling) to mostly innocuous (Web-based e-mail services).
The Trick: Even if your company won't let you visit those sites by typing their Web addresses into your browser, you can still sometimes sneak your way onto them. You travel to a third-party site, called a proxy, and type the Web address you want into a search box. Then the proxy site travels to the site you want and displays it for you -- so you can see the site without actually visiting it. Proxy.org, for one, features a list of more than 4,000 proxies.
Another way to accomplish the same thing, from Frauenfelder and Trapani: Use Google's translation service, asking it to do an English-to-English translation. Just enter this -- Google.com/translate?langpair=en|en&u=www.blockedsite.com -- replacing "blockedsite.com" with the Web address of the site you want to visit. Google effectively acts as a proxy, calling up the site for you.
I've been using proxies for a while, but that last one rocks. Google translator... hHHAHAHAHAHAHHA.
Google Translate no longer supports English to English translation, so you will need to do some arcane trickery.
Mind you, you can't get to this link to click on it from work, so here is the actual text:
http://www.google.com/translate_c?langpair=fr|en&u=http://paizo.com/pai zo/messageboards/community/gaming/playByPost/darkSunPbP1TheFineArtOfRecipro city&page=last
The real problem is going to be the login. I give it 50/50. I'd suggest using an rss reader, but it would have the same flaw (login). I was able to login if I received the google ad page banner. If I didn't, I wasn't.
What is really crazy is, I discovered this method also nets me dual simultaneous logins, so I don't have to log out and back in all the time when I want my NPC's to talk.
Google Translate no longer supports English to English translation, so you will need to do some arcane trickery.
Mind you, you can't get to this link to click on it from work, so here is the actual text:
http://www.google.com/translate_c?langpair=fr|en&u=http://paizo.com/pai zo/messageboards/community/gaming/playByPost/darkSunPbP1TheFineArtOfRecipro city&page=last
The real problem is going to be the login. I give it 50/50. I'd suggest using an rss reader, but it would have the same flaw (login). I was able to login if I received the google ad page banner. If I didn't, I wasn't.
What is really crazy is, I discovered this method also nets me dual simultaneous logins, so I don't have to log out and back in all the time when I want my NPC's to talk.
I just did it with google. I translated an English website from Chinese to English and it worked fine. It ignores English text, and with no Chinese the page comes up pretty quick. I just read a whole bunch of banned articles on the Tibetan protests.
It even showed the login to NYT and continued smoothly after I entered my username and password.
It's way faster than finding a free proxy.
Don't be naughty! We need you "undispeared."
OK, here is the situation. I had partial success today. I was able to get to the Paizo web site; however, I could not log in or down load anything. I think I will be able to continue to play. I will get all new post e-mailed to me and will keep up with the game that way. I should still be able to post once per day.
EDIT: This is not going as easily as I hoped it would.
Mega bonus points for giving the effort. ;) These things are addictive!
Mega bonus points for giving the effort. ;) These things are addictive!
NO S#!^@, I started out with one, just ONE! "I can quit anytime I want."
Thhhpppt! Yeah,... right. I've lost count of how many I've been involved in now, including the one that have fallen into the cracks. :)
Short delay today, as I really need sleep. Should be able to update at work, I had to make a few doctor’s appointments to get an inguinal hernia looked (wooo baby, more surgery soon) at.
Just wanted to say thanks for all the helpful advice concerning my inability to access Paizo.com from work.
It feels to good to still be playing!
PS Fake Healer is the MFin' man!
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Just wanted to say thanks for all the helpful advice concerning my inability to access Paizo.com from work.
It feels to good to still be playing!
PS Fake Healer is the MFin' man!
I'm just glad it seems to be working out. I don't work so I never tested the article but I kept hearing poeple complain about work blocking the site, so I saved the article text....just in case. 'Course bein' the MFin' man sure makes my day!;P
I would kill to be a house husband.
Then again, I'd probably kill for a meatball sub. Or if someone got their dryer lint on me. Or looked at me in a way I didn't like.
You got a problem? I see you looking at me.
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I would kill to be a house husband.
Then again, I'd probably kill for a meatball sub. Or if someone got their dryer lint on me. Or looked at me in a way I didn't like.
You got a problem? I see you looking at me.
Think fast! *tosses dryer lint at Mike while holding a meatball sub and looking at him like he is a meatball sub.*
Sorry, can't help it. I'm one of those 'provokers'.;P
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I couldn't do it. Drive me nutso.
It's tough. Bus driver, chef, housekeeper, daycare, all rolled into one. I've changed diapers at a rate of 5-7 a day for the last 5 years(double that figure for 2 of those years when the kids overlapped diaper changes). I drive for 2 hours a day between the 2 different schools the kids are in. My wife ain't done a dish in 5 years(. She don't even know how to use the Dyson vacuum. Laundry for 4 people must be done weekly or it becomes the "Shambling Clothing Mound", taking on the 'huge' descriptor. And when people ask what you do for a living you have to use some variation of 'I suckle off of my wife's earnings'. I framed houses. I worked scaffolds at chemical plants in 5 degree weather. This job is WAY harder. The benefits are much better and rewarding, and I don't have deal with a millionaire boss telling me how my wanting a dollar raise is gonna effect the company or make me 'prove' that I deserve it by giving me 4 dollars an hour more of work. So that is good.
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I would kill to be a house husband.
Then again, I'd probably kill for a meatball sub. Or if someone got their dryer lint on me. Or looked at me in a way I didn't like.
You got a problem? I see you looking at me.
Speaking as a lurking house husband.
It can be great, days can be better than I'd imagined possible but every now and then I have a stinker. My wife comes home to a frazzled mess .... and her son.
Then you miss work.
Cheers
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I would kill to be a house husband.
Then again, I'd probably kill for a meatball sub. Or if someone got their dryer lint on me. Or looked at me in a way I didn't like.
You got a problem? I see you looking at me.
Speaking as a lurking house husband, I can empathize with Fake Healer.
Some days are better than I could have imagined though, most days are OK and some, a few are stinkers. Then my wife comes home to a frazzled mess... and her son.
Thats when I wish I was at work.
Cheers from a lurker
I'm kinda like that Fakey, however my son 15 so I have more freedom so to speak and I do side jobs...But yeah some days your out of it...
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I'm kinda like that Fakey, however my son 15 so I have more freedom so to speak and I do side jobs...But yeah some days your out of it...
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade it in for the world, but the highs are higher and the lows are lower. It isn't just a roller coaster.
It's Kingda Ka!
My wife and I half and half it. We organize our work so that someone is always with the kid, unless she's at daycare mon-fri mornings.
I love six flags, it's been so long.
I have no illusions regarding the difficulty aspect, I just hate having to sleep all day just to wake up, tuck my son in goodnight, and then head out of the house. :( At the very least, I usually get to see him as soon as he wakes up, which is cool.
I love six flags, it's been so long.
The robot chicken six flags skit is hard to track down, but worth watching. So wrong.
I've been reading the thread and wow, it's got weird(er), talking weapons and riddles! I'm assuming Issiki wandered off to investigate something else somewhere else.
I've been reading the thread and wow, it's got weird(er), talking weapons and riddles! I'm assuming Issiki wandered off to investigate something else somewhere else.
SHHHH! Don't tell him guys.
I'm assuming Issiki wandered off to investigate something else somewhere else.Well, close enough. It was a good death.
OOOOOooooohhhh!
Too late!
Huh, I hadn't got that far. Well, since he hadn't said anything I guessed he'd disappeared off somewhere, so it was surprising to see him still around.
Very cool death though, if there can be such a thing. Like a leaf on the breeze.
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Huh, I hadn't got that far. Well, since he hadn't said anything I guessed he'd disappeared off somewhere, so it was surprising to see him still around.
Very cool death though, if there can be such a thing. Like a leaf on the breeze.
"I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar..."
- Hoban "Wash" Washburne, last words.
Just so. :D
I was very stunned, pissed off, and choked up by that moment. One of the best movie deaths ever, and a thorough bummer.
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I was very stunned, pissed off, and choked up by that moment. One of the best movie deaths ever, and a thorough bummer.
Meh. I thought it was a bit anticlimactic. However, I thought Zoe's reaction was 100% in character, and one of the most realistic and moving things I've ever seen in modern cinema. No joke.
Ummmm,..
I know I don't get out much, but which moment in which movie are we referring to here?
I don't get out much either, saw it on DVD:
Movie: Serenity
Moment:
OK, yes, I DID see that one!
And your right, it WAS one of the best/worst deaths I've ever seen in a movie.
And I hadn't even watched the series at that point, so I wasn't even attached to the character yet!
:)
I can't believe Shiny's post has been poofed this long. Normally they show up after a few hours.
They must not be feeding it or something, yesterday it seems like almost ALL of my posts got eaten!
They must not be feeding it or something, yesterday it seems like almost ALL of my posts got eaten!
The eating is GOOD
The eating is GOOD
Ok, now that is amusing.
That's obscene. Censor that maniac!
Beeler,
Didn't you notice my numbered grid map was missing '3'?
Didn't you notice my numbered grid map was missing '3'?
I just assume everything is intentional. :)
Hurting too bad atm to sit for a while and type. Will try again tonight if possible, if not, will set up the lappy and do it that way.
No problem, Mike. We're cool.
Back to work today. Hurts like a bugger, but I’m up and around and will be updating shortly.
Take it easy man.
So what did they do to you?
Yeah, ditto what he said.
So what's up MWB? You ok?
Regale us with your tales!
(When you feel up to it, of course!)
:D