Blastfrog

Hey, I saw your posts in that Strife thread. We don't really interact all that much on this board but I've never thought as you as an idiot/joke poster/whatever. Obv you have some resentment about some things that seems to get the better of you, which I can't really comment on, but as far as general forum posting goes I think you're a decent guy. Hopefully you can work through whatever it is you need to deal with.

I hope you reconsider. 

for every hour and a half you play a terry wad, take 2 shots

Everytime you see Terry's face. You have to take 2 shots.

@T0aMasta32423 so in other words, remain completely sober?

It's one of the more underrated sci-fi shows out there for sure, it sure deserved more spinoffs and expansions to the universe than what it got. What I find so great about it asides from the plotline is just how well-developed the alien races are, with most of them bringing their own distinct flavors of intrigue to the storyline. The Vorlons are obviously my favorite, though I wish there was more exposition regarding their race and technology, but then again - part of their appeal is derived from their deeply enigmatic nature. Seasons 2-3-4 are the best ones, though S5 is certainly no waste of time.

BTW, if you haven't seen it already, make sure to watch Farscape.

I know how you feel.

1. I don't know

2. Probably because you stopped working on them

3. That's for you to decide

4. Because I stole your last box of pizza and it's baking in my oven right now ;)

5. yes.

You can't fight sickness man. I'm sure they're used to fighting with sickness and working.

I worked as a temp for 5 weeks in a plastic factory in August last year. Hottest days of the year, made even hotter by the fact the machines are making hot plastic. There are giant fans and stuff and gatoraide to drink, but my first 2nd shift after working 3rd shift for two weeks. I was fucking dead at the middle of the shift. I had to fight off passing out until they just told me to go tell management.

Turns out the reason I was about to pass out was the forklifts idling right by where I was working so it wasn't the heat it was the idle exhaust in my face. I did get a compliment from the manager. He worked there 15 years and they made that tractor or car part 15 years and he's never seen them stacked so perfectly like how the instructions asked for them.

Factories and temps. Disposable. I think that I was fired off third shift, before second shift took me. I feel like I was really fucking up on third shift, but completely excelling on second shift.

I'm no blue collar either, yet I kept up with everyone there except for working the hammer and chisels. The previous shift guy could do it. I couldn't. I felt better when the shift manager had every guy in the factory trying to do it. Even the giant 7' tall guy driving the forklift couldn't do it.

I loved the job, even if it was painful. It felt good to work out for 8 hours straight. I had more energy at the end of the shift than I did going in. I did a fuck of a lot more work than the guy on first shift. When I'd come in that guy would complain he gets yelled at for doing nothing but his job. I said that's the problem, if you stand around, you need to do someone else's job. Make them look bad. That's what I do, but I'm a dick like that. The guy said nah fuck that man. This is my position. if they wanted me at the front of the line, I'd be there.

Toward the later half of my 5 weeks I got paired up with a fuck up that was employed by the factory. Well maybe not a fuck up, but a do nothing. This guy followed instructions to a T. He said the same thing, our job is back here, their job is up there. Then pointed out they put you with me, because they're trying to get me fired. I get put with all the new blood. He was a nice guy at first, but turned into a fucking weight I had to carry within 2 days.

Management would come by to question him about something he fucked up on or he'd have to explain why he didn't work the first hour. Well he couldn't get a glove on the entire first hour. So management interrogated him for 30 minutes while I did all the work. Not just that, but first shift had 3 people doing what I was doing myself.

Know what it was? Taking baby food container molds off plastic tarps, measuring them, fucking ionizing every one of the 36 containers, wearing rubber gloves, checking for hair, insects and laying them in a way, then plastic wrapping every 5 of them because dirt would fly up and contaminate them. Doesn't sound hard. Until they come out 3 at a time.

Shockingly I kept up going as quick as I could, probably doing a half ass job, but I kept up and felt great about it. The guy I was paired with kept telling me that we don't need to measure, while the quality control guy told me yes you measure if its past the black line, its warping and they need to be tossed. Every time I tried to tell my partner, he said they're okay. So I had to sound like an idiot to ask the Q&A guy for a second time do we need to measure them. That way my partner could hear him say yes and throw them out.

My final day of work, we had to do Nike pallets. Huge plastic pallets with giant metal rings in the bottom to make sure they don't buckle. Word on the street is there was an order of 10,000 that would take the factory 30+ days to fulfill working 3 shifts 6 days a week.

I was moved up. The worker that thought he was there to get fired was working the back of the line, which was quite a bitch. Taking the pallets from the table, putting the giant metal rings in using a machine. He had a partner, who I liked, I felt he was a competent giant with years of factory experience. My ass of a group leader told me I wasn't to help the back of the line that we were going to let them get backed up and they were fucking backed up. Then the group leader told me, they're trying to get him fired.

Its interesting all the politics. Not just that, but I wanna say my 6th day, some fuck up on 3rd shift rammed somebody's car. I was right there and screamed out holy shit! Then he was like are we okay? Are we okay? Yeah man we're okay, but there's cameras up there. So that was a fun position to be in on my 6th day.

When my line was being changed from baby food containers to Nike pallets, I was put on a 3 man line that had a fuck up on it too. Dude did nothing. Just flirted with the black girl. All shift. had 1 easy job, which was supposed to be my easy job. Nope I got bumped up to his more difficult job, locking and drilling parts. Then the machine operator went to lunch. I ran the entire 3 person thing and never fell behind. I impressed the machine operator.

One operator was even teaching me how to use some kind of handheld jig saw thing. He kept saying to not let the shift manager see he's training me. He'll get in trouble. Then he said by knowing all these machines, you'll be more valuable here and I'll want you working here with me on the easy job. He's right, it was easier than most everything. But if I fucked up cutting then its a thrown away part. Originally I was just supposed to be covering the part with plastic.

ok rant over. Sorry for totally derailing this thread. Ah factory temp jobs. There's always someone new to take your place. When I quit the temp agency they wanted me to still do the day, which I did. Could have been a dick and said nope I make more money doing nothing than I do working for 8 hours.

Sodaholic said:

To be honest, I'm kinda glad it's over. My time there was very brief, but I at least got a tiny bit of money out of it. I wouldn't want to work long-term for any company that fires its employees for temporary health issues beyond their control, anyway.

I remember my old job at a local grocery store, people would constantly call out sick and most of the time they would lie about being sick. This is what pisses employers off. A reduction in workers reduces productivity along with revenue. And also keep in mind, most employers try to avoid firing employees because employee turnover can be very costly for any business.

We've got a long way to become as competitive as the economic gurus need us to be. Keep on minimum wagin' (and sweatshoppin')! *whip crack*

Hopefully it's still the 22nd where you are. Happy birthday! :)

happy date of manufacture!

Change your name to Alcoholic, and go bar hopping with friends till you're all completely smashed. Then never do anything so juvenile again, because you're finally a real adult.

Congrats man, and Happy Birthday!

It was like driving into another country. I felt so odd, like everybody knew I was from another state.

Groups of taxis driving like maniacs trying to get in front of one another. Heroin addicts nodding on the corner. Everyone spoke spanish where I stayed. We were on a street at 3am and it's wall-to-wall with people and there's these guys standing in front of the strip-joints advertising drugs like carnival barkers. "Come inside, come inside!"

The view from the top of the World Trade Center was one of the most awesome things I've ever seen.

It was a fantastic visit but I was glad to go back to Ohio.

It was fun to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. The majority of people came across as rude assholes. Even if it's an attitude/cultural thing. Air quality is terrible, roads are black from the exhaust soot from all the vehicles. I stayed at the Chelsea Hotel before it closed.

I saw one cop that met the hilarious stereotype. Swerving around other cars and driving up onto the curb while shoving Doritos into his face. Roads with four lanes of traffic on either side, bumper to bumper full of people honking and screaming at each other.

The people working the fare booths in the subway were about as friendly as ogres - but I imagine they've seen some shit.

People hustling you in the street to buy their mixtape. Then when you get Chinatown is hustling for knockoff sunglasses and handbags.

What a shit hole

You're about 18 right? A lot of people go through a "I have to get out of my country!" phase at about that age, including me.

I suggest you do some travel. Real travel, staying in a different country for a while, not just hitting tourist sites. What you'll find is the cliche that the grass looks greener on the other side; i.e. when you are in the thick of something it is very easy to see the positive aspects of a different area/country, but when you actually immerse yourself in that culture you see that its own problems, and that many of the problems of the US are shared with other countries. I'm sure some of our Canadian members could explain better than I can, but talking with Canadian colleagues last year the current administration in Canada actually has a very conservative government right now, and is disbanding research departments that were publishing data against the massive oil sands extraction operations.

As for things getting bad in the US: yes, things are shit, but things have always been shit. Is it really shittier now than during the Bush administration where we had a president who couldn't say more than five words without looking like a buffoon, invaded a country essentially unilaterally without UN support, and social conservatives were trying to turn back decades of social progress and return us to a "Christian Nation?"

Can either of those compare to the late 1950s, where there were essentially no health or environmental laws, a group of conservative congressmen were using the threat of communist infiltrators to infringe the civil liberties of anyone who didn't fit their social views, and with a single phone call the world could have been plunged into a civilization ending nuclear war?

I guess what I'm trying to say (and I'm not being condescending) is that it is very easy to get the feeling that things are going to shit when you don't have a broader perspective, particularly when you are young and probably just starting to follow world developments, so you don't have a frame of reference for how shitty things used to be. It may make you feel better to watch these Lewis Black routines from ~8-10 years ago, it shows how things were just shitty in a different way then.

Well, im not american, but i am currently living the USA, came to study, and im realizing that the quality of education is not what I thought it would be, and more importantly, and sadly, I'm coming to think that nothing that I could possibly learn while being here I couldnt have learned in my home country. Im too thinking about going to Canada, due to their cheap school costs. I dont know about the Canadian government being conservative at the moment, but figure they cannot possibly be as conservative and nuts as the conservative movement in the usa. Also, I agree that every country/reality/etc has its own problems, but strictly speaking about this net neutrality thing, it seems to be only be affecting the USA.

OLED desktop monitors aren't going to be affordable\available for another year or two. UHD displays are available, but most of them are TN panels, and still a bit expensive and come with other teething problems.

I did some research into this myself, with the intent of finding a good 27" 2560x1440 display that has enough color accuracy for DTP\Web\Photography stuff. The Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM came out as the best choice, with the caveat that there's a somewhat high chance of pixel defects. The slightly more expensive Dell Ultrasharp U2713H doesn't have that issue, but has a bit poorer uniformity.

Lastly, if you're going to calibrate it, get something like a Colormunki Display colorimeter (or the more expensive i1 Display Pro; same hardware, different software), and calibrate it using ArgyllCMS + DispcalGUI. Also might want to calibrate it and use MadVR with a media player like MP-HC to get super-accurate color and high quality scaling for watching movies and such.

There are build systems other than the ./configure one (which is called Autotools). I think Slade uses CMake, so if there's a CMakeList.txt file somewhere, try this:

code:
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Heh, I've seen that picture before. I assume the creator owns a cat. I remember one time when my cat killed a rabbit and exposed its brains, which partly influenced Koliko's Adventure (still sorta kinda working on it, not a Doom mod anymore).

Been thinking of picking up a Das Keyboard as part of an effort to improve my setup (getting a desk that isn't utter garbage first, though). I think I might go for the Model S Professional rather than the new 4 Professional/Ultimate, as I'd like to save money, and have a perfectly good PS/2 port going to waste, and I can take advantage of NKRO since it doesn't support it via USB 2.0. That way, I can save my USB 3.0 ports for other things. Also not a big fan of media buttons, the more raw the keyboard is, the better.

I'd generally prefer the least amount of noise, but still want as much of a tactile feel as possible. I take it MX Browns are best for that? Or should I use MX Reds instead?

Even the lighter switches in the Das Keyboard are more tactile than the squishy keys on your average store-bought model.

I bought a gaming mouse recently. It's got a nice feel to it, and the extra buttons are great, but I really dislike how sensitive it is. I have the sensitivity turned all the way down in all my games now. Might switch back to my old one.

Maes said:

And then Sodaholic was a thug, because of lack of opportunity?

Creating employment opportunities where none previously existed?

40oz said:

but I'm 100% sure that even some of the lowest income levels can afford the essential food water and shelter, especially with the aid of government programs.

America: the REAL Worker's Paradise? The realization of Lenin's dream of a "Socialism with a human face" finally came true in the U.S. of A. of all places? Who'd knew!

fair enough. I probably wouldn't either. although I'd think (given the wealth distribution in america) that the absolute wealthiest people had to get where they are by manipulating people for their own benefit.

I don't have a political or philosophical opinion on it. I just know it for what it is.

I totally understand, but for me, it seems I more have the opposite problem. There are plenty of games that I just despised as a kid, but now, decades later, I can really appreciate them. For instance, I hated Metroid when I first played it - I played it a lot, but I never had any idea what I was doing. After developing better spatial reasoning skills, though, the game felt so much less like a pointless maze and I finally beat it. The Mega Man franchise is also a series that I never liked as a kid, but I never really appreciated it until well into my 20s. As a kid, I never saw the patterns, never saw that everything was about timing. I thought in terms of "run blindly ahead and blow up everything you can," like how you play Contra, for instance, and I failed miserably. Honestly, in some ways I feel like it wasn't until I played Guitar Hero that I really got the point of Mega Man, and now I love the games, especially 2.

The only difference I notice when I'm playing something from my childhood is that games were a lot harder than I remember them to be.

DoomUK said:
The only difference I notice when I'm playing something from my childhood is that games were a lot harder than I remember them to be.

That's called arthritis, my man!

Don`t you guys have employee-contracts or work-contracts or whatever it`s called where it`s specifically written how many hours per week/month you are hired for?

I just started school again after many years, so I had to drop down from full time to part time at work. Now I have a contract thats says I`m hired for X hours per month (can`t remember the exact number, but it`s around 80 hrs/month). If they don`t have enough work for me, and I end up doing shifts for only, let`s say 50 hours, I still get paid for the remaining 30 I didnt work.

When I think of it, it`s illegal to work without a contract that specify how much work you are hired for over here. It`s either measured in minimum hours or percentage of a full-time job (which is around 155 hrs/month)

Find a new job while you have this one. And once you are stapled into the new job (i.e. they can't really remove you for no reason), quit!

And yes, they just want you to quit. But what you could do is, work both jobs still and never quit the 8 hour one. So you get a decent 30 hour week job, plus your 8.

So if they are waiting for you to quit, just don't and fuck them bastards over! If your job is a sub level and is run by a higher corporate office, they might need you to actually quit to refill your spot.

The "work harder" antic is complete bullshit and is a bullshit excuse. And that "work harder" is even said to me (even working up to 60 hour weeks with overtime). You yourself could work as hard as possible and get only 8 hours, while the people that just shit around and do shit all day get all the hours, and they don't even give a shit about their job. Some bosses see pleasure in ripping out the hearts of employees who actually do care because they are assholes because they are jealous that you actually enjoy your job. And that they spent their entire wasted life doing jack shit and getting nowhere, except managing a shit hole they hate. They don't want you to go anywhere and will do anything to discourage you. When I moved to another state, the store manager said to me "oh you'll be back! you'll be back!". Which is completely inappropriate, I should have just did the state salute right to his face. And i'm glad I left, I did all the work and I just got fucked over while people got easy streeted across.

Best place to work is where the managers see and commend your effort no matter how bad things get. Because some managers wonder why the hell their store rank went from #1 when they first started their position there to last place (seriously, that happened where I used to work, we WERE the best and once the new store manager came in, we went to shit last place). It's because they suck. The only time the store ranking increases is when the managers care and help the employees that care.

darkreaver said:

Don`t you guys have employee-contracts or work-contracts or whatever it`s called where it`s specifically written how many hours per week/month you are hired for?

That would be favorable to the employee. That sounds like communism talk, boy.

I'm late, but: happy birthday :D! And lol@ what Maes said. Also: lol @ the picture/avatar of Sodaholic! ...sometimes it is really funny to be here.

glenzinho said:

Yeah, but at least you got a birthday wad. Happy birthday again!

I've seen one /idgames review for that, which is an anonymous one saying "Happy birthday asshole!"

Made me chuckle :P

Phobus said:

I've seen one /idgames review for that, which is an anonymous one saying "Happy birthday asshole!"

Made me chuckle :P

Heh, feel the love...

Eris Falling said:

Dreams aren't real, no matter how much you want them to be. Remember that.

Yes, I too desire that my ex-girlfriend would break into my house and temporarily paralyze me.

You should learn to meditate.

Eris Falling said:

Dreams aren't real, no matter how much you want them to be. Remember that.

Dreams are just as real as everything else. How could there be dreams if they weren't real. Even this illusion of reality is real.

DoomUK said:

Not sure I'd have the confidence to eat a 14-year-old can of soup though. Expiry dates are there for a reason, surely.

Canned food doesn't expire unless the can is phucked, like GreyGhost said

DoomUK said:

Expiry dates are there for a reason, surely.

Yep - sales turnover and/or sub-par processing. A quick check of the kitchen cupboards turned up only 3 canned products with expiry dates and (unsurprisingly) they all bear the brand of a big multi-national. Local processors merely stamp their cans with a production batch code and leave it to our discretion to decide if the contents are fit for human consumption.

I wouldn't eat any of that stuff, Soda. I'm iffy about expiration labels especially if I found a bunch of crap in the back of my pantry.

Hear hear!

How the hecky-thump can you afford something that heats space? In the words of T'Pol, "space is very big". Does it affect all of space everywhere, or just our solar-system? You're going to get aliens complaining mate, don't make us part of your interstellar war.

It's not wonder it keeps switching off, it's thinking about your electric bill.

Just dropping by a couple weeks too late to say "fuck you space hitler"

Yo man you can't be using Sierra IP like that in your dreams. I used to have dreams that I was that dude in the Space Quest series, but they caught on to me, and I had to settle with them out of court.

I believe "Maes" is pronounced something like "My ass".

It's appropriate when you think about it.

Isn't Maes a Belgian surname?

That sucks because my business that pays people to make bad threads just met my quota of employees and sodaholic has all the qualifications. Better luck next year.

fuck it's been a long day

So, some stupid bitch ass bitch walked up and I was gonna cash her out, so I confirmed that she had everything she wanted on her order, so I told her the total, she paid, and I finalized the sale. Then 5 seconds later, when it's all done and over with, and I'm ready for the next customer, she pulls out a coupon for free fries and asks if she can use it on her order to reduce the cost. BITCH, I JUST FUCKING TOLD YOU YOUR FUCKING TOTAL AND YOU WERE OKAY WITH IT AND YOU FUCKING PAID AND THEN I FINALIZED THE DAMN FUCKING ORDER, AND JUST NOW YOU SHOW ME YOUR FUCKING COUPON? DOG GAMMIT FUTHER MUCKER!! So, I had to get the manager to fix the order, since it was already finalized, and even the manager was pissed at this dumb cunt. In the end, she got her 2 dollar fucking rebate, but at the cost of pissing me off and holding up the long line of customers.

Then, the manager told me to go butter some bread in the back, and another employee would handle cashing out the customers, so I went and buttered the bread. I get back to the cash register and the guy cashing out the current customer tells me to get a large lemonade for him. So I did, and handed it to the guy, and he's like "but... I didn't order a lemonade". (note that, again the order has already been finalized and this guy's card has been charged) So I look at my coworker like "wtf mang", and he's like "uhh", so then I got another employee to figure out what the hell do do with this mess, then he starts telling me how to properly cash people out even though I wasn't the one that cashed this guy out.

Well, at least I got 240 bucks so far. :D

You only made $240 in a month? Boy, minimum wage must really suck in your state or you only worked, maybe, three shifts?

Maes said:

Shit man, that's not funny.

Not enough anal in it for you?

Craigs said:

Her weekend's booked. She owes me 50 grand.

For sucking her cock?

His mom could help out with that appeal...

So I finally got a Moka Pot (yes I can hear all of Europe laughing at me from over here). A nice one, made in Italy. I have to say, aside from being adorable, it makes a great coffee. I can almost taste all those crazy flavor notes I was beginning to think were 50% marketing gimmick. Can't wait to try some recipes and makes some delicious drinks.

Every day I'm at Dunkins, and I usually get a medium half-black, half-hot chocolate. It kicks ass.

I get my coffee from Wawa.