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I can't disagree.
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So does that sound like a nighttime incontinence medicine to anyone else?
It sounds like a futuristic league of robot sheriffs to me. Knowing the man himself, they would all be wearing rather impractical minidresses and have bosoms that could only be remotely comfortable in zero gravity. 'PM' stands for Police Mecha, of course.
'IT IS THE YEAR 2567. HUMANITY IS SPREAD THINLY OVER THE UNFATHOMABLE VASTNESS OF 10, 000 GALAXIES. NOW THERE IS NO LAW. NOW THERE IS NO JUSTICE. NOW THERE IS NO SALVATION, BUT FOR...
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{dootdoot doot doot doot papapapa pa paaaa, Freehold: PM theeeeme}
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Such as?Hey now, I've seen The Great British Baking Show, Europeans eat some f#$~ed up s~#* don't act all high and mighty. :-)Ive been massively disapointed in american chocolate.
I mean, even your peanut butter is gross.
Even?
Especially.
Ok, I might not be fond of peanuts in the first place, except when salted and dry-roasted, and even then not that much.
Yes. Even. Because what you classify as bread, we would classify as cake.
So. Much. Sugar. Groooooooosssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Hey, the British claim a lot of weird things as food.
Chip Buttys. Jellied eels. Marmite. Liquor sauce. Mushy peas. Potted shrimp.
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I would like to give them that benefit of the doubt, but the user and her supervisor have both worked with me for almost 6 years now. Both of them have been in the company longer than I have. If they don't understand the difference at this point, then...well...it makes me question how they can perform more difficult tasks in their life.Me: "Reboot the computer if you haven't."
User: "She has already, didn't help."
Me: "Okay, let me see why this thing is going so slow then..."
Remotes in.
Goes to Task Manager.
Company antivirus/malware is stuck updating. 100% disk usage. 95% memory usage. 40% CPU. Yeah. Ok. Move over to the performance tab and notice the uptime of the computer. 7 days 19 hours 13 minutes and counting. Ok, so when I say "reboot the computer if you haven't", I mean...how do I put this...not a week ago.
Probably someone doesn't understand difference between shutting it down and putting it to sleep?
Or maybe simply logged out of account and logged in?
My money is on them turning the screen off and on.
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OK. Fair's fair.
Woran had us try some licorice in Amsterdam. I was... unimpressed.
This afternoon I had reason to move into the studio (where GothBard stashes all things tasty) and got a strip of the licorice Woran sent us.
O... M... G...
Calling it, "The best licorice I've ever had," would be a gross understatement.
That stuff is SOOOOOOO good!
'Scuse me. I think I hear a mouse in the studio...
Which one did you try? :)
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My money is on them turning the screen off and on.I would like to give them that benefit of the doubt, but the user and her supervisor have both worked with me for almost 6 years now. Both of them have been in the company longer than I have. If they don't understand the difference at this point, then...well...it makes me question how they can perform more difficult tasks in their life.Me: "Reboot the computer if you haven't."
User: "She has already, didn't help."
Me: "Okay, let me see why this thing is going so slow then..."
Remotes in.
Goes to Task Manager.
Company antivirus/malware is stuck updating. 100% disk usage. 95% memory usage. 40% CPU. Yeah. Ok. Move over to the performance tab and notice the uptime of the computer. 7 days 19 hours 13 minutes and counting. Ok, so when I say "reboot the computer if you haven't", I mean...how do I put this...not a week ago.
Probably someone doesn't understand difference between shutting it down and putting it to sleep?
Or maybe simply logged out of account and logged in?
Well, it was the power button on the computer. It should have rebooted it, right?
We might be spending too much time on FAWTL gossiping with NH, because I thought of Shiro too when I saw that banner.ShiroSpeaking of, having absolutely zero knowledge of what they're like: Shiro games are also going on sale!
I suspect that’s the right amount of FaWtL and NH time!
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As we speak of snacks...
Here you have Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton trying various American and Austrian snacks.
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Chip Buttys. Jellied eels. Marmite. Liquor sauce. Mushy peas. Potted shrimp.Such as?Hey now, I've seen The Great British Baking Show, Europeans eat some f#$~ed up s~#* don't act all high and mighty. :-)Ive been massively disapointed in american chocolate.
I mean, even your peanut butter is gross.
Even?
Especially.
Ok, I might not be fond of peanuts in the first place, except when salted and dry-roasted, and even then not that much.
Yes. Even. Because what you classify as bread, we would classify as cake.
So. Much. Sugar. Groooooooosssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Hey, the British claim a lot of weird things as food.
Nobody eats jellied eels unless they're cosplaying an extra from 'Mary Poppins'
And chip butties are perfectly normal, part of the great British tradition of putting more or less anything (pies, instant noodles, Ireland, etc.) between two pieces of bread and then eating it.
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So does that sound like a nighttime incontinence medicine to anyone else?It sounds like a futuristic league of robot sheriffs to me. Knowing the man himself, they would all be wearing rather impractical minidresses and have bosoms that could only be remotely comfortable in zero gravity. 'PM' stands for Police Mecha, of course.
'IT IS THE YEAR 2567. HUMANITY IS SPREAD THINLY OVER THE UNFATHOMABLE VASTNESS OF 10, 000 GALAXIES. NOW THERE IS NO LAW. NOW THERE IS NO JUSTICE. NOW THERE IS NO SALVATION, BUT FOR...
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Their slogan is,
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Impus Major: Last night I had a dream where we hired Dee Snyder to build a beehive in our front yard.
...whatever you are enjoying pre-bedtime, throw it away.
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Yeah, that licorice Woran sent me didn't last real long. It was fantastic.
I am thinking someone ran off with my licorice.
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Freehold, PM!
Responded.
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So does that sound like a nighttime incontinence medicine to anyone else?
a medication that solves the problems of constipation and sleeplessness simultaneously sounds like something I would make.
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I can't disagree.
You can't wear clothes.
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So does that sound like a nighttime incontinence medicine to anyone else?It sounds like a futuristic league of robot sheriffs to me. Knowing the man himself, they would all be wearing rather impractical minidresses and have bosoms that could only be remotely comfortable in zero gravity. 'PM' stands for Police Mecha, of course.
'IT IS THE YEAR 2567. HUMANITY IS SPREAD THINLY OVER THE UNFATHOMABLE VASTNESS OF 10, 000 GALAXIES. NOW THERE IS NO LAW. NOW THERE IS NO JUSTICE. NOW THERE IS NO SALVATION, BUT FOR...
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I would link Pretty Soldier Wars 2048, but I am sure that post would be deleted pretty quickly.
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Which one did you try? :)OK. Fair's fair.
Woran had us try some licorice in Amsterdam. I was... unimpressed.
This afternoon I had reason to move into the studio (where GothBard stashes all things tasty) and got a strip of the licorice Woran sent us.
O... M... G...
Calling it, "The best licorice I've ever had," would be a gross understatement.
That stuff is SOOOOOOO good!
'Scuse me. I think I hear a mouse in the studio...
The Venco Honingdrop is more what you described to us: Similar to U.S. licorice, but saltier, less sweet, and a less-strong anise flavor.
The Klene Pinpassen? That is the stuff of legends.
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I can't disagree.You can't wear clothes.
I can't disagree.
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Well, today should be unpleasant. A "real" Indian summer has come along. This morning there's a gusting wind and even before sunrise it's 70°F. I think the idea that the high is going to be "only" 87°F is rather optimistic.
Time to close up the house and the curtains!
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Our high will be a rather warm 51 today.
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Tis a silly day.
More worthy of a Monday.
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NH's traffic nirvana
For having never met me, you know me WAAAAAAY too well! :-D
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Our high will be a rather warm 51 today.
We're at 47 for today.
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Our high will be a rather warm 51 today.We're at 47 for today.
See? 51 is rather warm.
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Starting out at 55, ending up around mid-70's
Meh, at least Lousy-Anna is pretending it's Fall now.
;P
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My money is on them turning the screen off and on.I would like to give them that benefit of the doubt, but the user and her supervisor have both worked with me for almost 6 years now. Both of them have been in the company longer than I have. If they don't understand the difference at this point, then...well...it makes me question how they can perform more difficult tasks in their life.Me: "Reboot the computer if you haven't."
User: "She has already, didn't help."
Me: "Okay, let me see why this thing is going so slow then..."
Remotes in.
Goes to Task Manager.
Company antivirus/malware is stuck updating. 100% disk usage. 95% memory usage. 40% CPU. Yeah. Ok. Move over to the performance tab and notice the uptime of the computer. 7 days 19 hours 13 minutes and counting. Ok, so when I say "reboot the computer if you haven't", I mean...how do I put this...not a week ago.
Probably someone doesn't understand difference between shutting it down and putting it to sleep?
Or maybe simply logged out of account and logged in?
I would never bet against that.
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So does that sound like a nighttime incontinence medicine to anyone else?a medication that solves the problems of constipation and sleeplessness simultaneously sounds like something I would make.
I have found a flaw in this design. For details, consult this study written jointly by Drs. I.P. Freely and I.P. Knightly.
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So does that sound like a nighttime incontinence medicine to anyone else?It sounds like a futuristic league of robot sheriffs to me. Knowing the man himself, they would all be wearing rather impractical minidresses and have bosoms that could only be remotely comfortable in zero gravity. 'PM' stands for Police Mecha, of course.
'IT IS THE YEAR 2567. HUMANITY IS SPREAD THINLY OVER THE UNFATHOMABLE VASTNESS OF 10, 000 GALAXIES. NOW THERE IS NO LAW. NOW THERE IS NO JUSTICE. NOW THERE IS NO SALVATION, BUT FOR...
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<Open Question>** spoiler omitted **
So putting aside party, because parties are just vehicles for ideologies, I admit I'm confused by your comments. You're a fan of personal freedom, and the examples you mention both have to do with freedom from moralistic hysteria, and of protections from industry excess. These are both left-side left-side ideals, yet you say you're definitely not a leftist. Are you working from a particular definition of leftist? (Leftist is a very broad term for me.) Or are there other issues at play for you?
Don't mean to interrogate you, and I'll understand if you don't want to get into it. Just trying to wrap my head around our apparent glut and diversity of candidates at all government levels and all along the political spectrum, by U.S. standards at least, and your original comment that they're all execrable.
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I hate dubbing. But you TOTALLY have to read this entire thing in bold like this guy. Also the opening is pretty freaking cool.So does that sound like a nighttime incontinence medicine to anyone else?It sounds like a futuristic league of robot sheriffs to me. Knowing the man himself, they would all be wearing rather impractical minidresses and have bosoms that could only be remotely comfortable in zero gravity. 'PM' stands for Police Mecha, of course.
'IT IS THE YEAR 2567. HUMANITY IS SPREAD THINLY OVER THE UNFATHOMABLE VASTNESS OF 10, 000 GALAXIES. NOW THERE IS NO LAW. NOW THERE IS NO JUSTICE. NOW THERE IS NO SALVATION, BUT FOR...
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I liked the music.
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** spoiler omitted **
(1) Compassion without reason or acknowledgement of human nature
"Let's provide food, shelter, and medical care for all the homeless in the area! Here's the budget for it!"
"Wait a minute! After we announced this program the homeless population increased by 300%! We can't afford that! What happened?!?!?!"
(2) "Solutions" that aren't workable
"Let's mandate that every city in California grow by xx% a year, and allow developers to sue cities that don't issue enough building permits."
"Wait a minute! What do you mean every freeway in the Bay Area is a parking lot, most of the kids are in temporary buildings instead of proper schools, teachers are leaving in droves, there's not enough water, and crime has skyrocketed?"
I see the modern left as reaction without thought or foresight.
Maybe that's a good way of putting it:
- I object to the right's ideals
- I object to the left's methods
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Well, you know, I had two years where I was trying out being an anarchist.All I'll say about my political affiliation is I've voted in every election since 1996.1986, youngster!
Anarchy Forever!
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Hello, John!
And seriously, Pandora? Now BabyMetal = O Fortuna? (The most famous piece from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, which is actually overall quite a good work, so it's too bad O Fortuna gets all the love.)
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Question not The Algorithm.
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Question not The Algorithm.
Hey there buddy, what's thus button do? *push*
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Well, it was the power button on the computer. It should have rebooted it, right?My money is on them turning the screen off and on.I would like to give them that benefit of the doubt, but the user and her supervisor have both worked with me for almost 6 years now. Both of them have been in the company longer than I have. If they don't understand the difference at this point, then...well...it makes me question how they can perform more difficult tasks in their life.Me: "Reboot the computer if you haven't."
User: "She has already, didn't help."
Me: "Okay, let me see why this thing is going so slow then..."
Remotes in.
Goes to Task Manager.
Company antivirus/malware is stuck updating. 100% disk usage. 95% memory usage. 40% CPU. Yeah. Ok. Move over to the performance tab and notice the uptime of the computer. 7 days 19 hours 13 minutes and counting. Ok, so when I say "reboot the computer if you haven't", I mean...how do I put this...not a week ago.
Probably someone doesn't understand difference between shutting it down and putting it to sleep?
Or maybe simply logged out of account and logged in?
Not nececairly. It could have been programmed for something else.
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Which one did you try? :)OK. Fair's fair.
Woran had us try some licorice in Amsterdam. I was... unimpressed.
This afternoon I had reason to move into the studio (where GothBard stashes all things tasty) and got a strip of the licorice Woran sent us.
O... M... G...
Calling it, "The best licorice I've ever had," would be a gross understatement.
That stuff is SOOOOOOO good!
'Scuse me. I think I hear a mouse in the studio...
The Venco Honingdrop is more what you described to us: Similar to U.S. licorice, but saltier, less sweet, and a less-strong anise flavor.
The Klene Pinpassen? That is the stuff of legends.
Wow, if you think the honey licorice is salty, I must never let you try actual salty licorice.
I really like the pinpassen as well.
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Which one did you try? :)OK. Fair's fair.
Woran had us try some licorice in Amsterdam. I was... unimpressed.
This afternoon I had reason to move into the studio (where GothBard stashes all things tasty) and got a strip of the licorice Woran sent us.
O... M... G...
Calling it, "The best licorice I've ever had," would be a gross understatement.
That stuff is SOOOOOOO good!
'Scuse me. I think I hear a mouse in the studio...
The Venco Honingdrop is more what you described to us: Similar to U.S. licorice, but saltier, less sweet, and a less-strong anise flavor.
The Klene Pinpassen? That is the stuff of legends.
Wow, if you think the honey licorice is salty, I must never let you try actual salty licorice.
I really like the pinpassen as well.
Don't think he was saying it was actually salty...just saltier than we're used to in the US.
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Vanykrye probably puts it best. I tasted the salt, which is unusual for candy in the U.S.
And here we go again. Have the "big" air purifier running thanks to the nearby wildfires (that are running in spite of PG&E's shutoffs. Go figure). It's kind of scary that it rates pollution from 0 (clean) to 12 (are you still breathing?), and it sits consistently around 3 or 4, up until the point that I open an external door and it jumps up to 6 and kicks it into high gear to get it back down.
And tomorrow's supposed to be worse.
Glad I bought a bunch of the things after last year's fire.
(Yeah; I'm a reactionary buyer. Something happens. It's not so bad. But it could have been worse. And if it had been worse, we would have needed xxx. So I'd better go buy one.
I'm betting I never even open that generator I bought.)
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I have found a flaw in this design. For details, consult this study written jointly by Drs. I.P. Freely and I.P. Knightly.So does that sound like a nighttime incontinence medicine to anyone else?a medication that solves the problems of constipation and sleeplessness simultaneously sounds like something I would make.
I believe that Professor Uri Nathan also contributed.
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Today's "Hated Microsoft" thing:
(1) I like working in fullscreen, so I put Microsoft Word on my right monitor in fullscreen
(2) Word, noticing that I had plenty of width, showed me two pages at once
(3) I went to View and clicked "One Page"
(4) Word readjusted so that each of the TWO PAGES it was showing were better-sized
Er, what part of, "I only want to look at ONE PAGE AT ONCE" do you not understand, Microsoft?
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Today's "Hated Microsoft" thing:
(1) I like working in fullscreen, so I put Microsoft Word on my right monitor in fullscreen
(2) Word, noticing that I had plenty of width, showed me two pages at once
(3) I went to View and clicked "One Page"
(4) Word readjusted so that each of the TWO PAGES it was showing were better-sizedEr, what part of, "I only want to look at ONE PAGE AT ONCE" do you not understand, Microsoft?
I think it's the, "Anything you (the user) want that I don't particularly care for." part.
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Vanykrye probably puts it best. I tasted the salt, which is unusual for candy in the U.S.
It sounds like you're feeling... salty about U.S. licorice...
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NH's traffic nirvana
My traffic Nirvana would be Mad Max Fury Road.