@Dashrender said in Freemium Games:

@bnrstnr said in Freemium Games:

I have no problem paying for QoL features, but pay to win pisses me off.

assuming QoL is quality of life - I don't know how that equates to these games?

But they have all been pay to win fast forever. You "not pay" to win in like 20 years.

An example in GuildWars 2 is you can pay cash for a mining pick that is guaranteed to never break and has unlimited uses... vs having to remember to make sure you have some of the item shop (NOT CASH SHOP) mining picks in your inventory, and making sure that you won't run out when you're out in the middle of nowhere.

Hooray for successful generator testing... can I go back to bed now?

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Hooray for successful generator testing... can I go back to bed now?

Only after you use this 2gal fuel can to refill the fuel tank...

No need. Ours plugs into the dirt city's natural gas lines. Yay, nap time!

Nice - no onsite back up fuel?

If there is, I don't know anything about it. That falls on another department. We just have to make sure that if the generators are working, our stuff is working too.

But if the power's out and city gas quits working, we have bigger issues anyhow, lol.

@hobbit666 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Wondering do I polish up my CV and apply for a new job I've seen?

That sounds like a definite maybe.

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Started my day at 2:00 AM today. I also have to go buy a new car tonight.

I feel your pain... Just caffeinate until you can thread a sewing machine while it is running.

Or rescue everyone from a burning building.

While threading the sewing machine? lol.

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Busy Busy day, just got off a 3x 1Hour long Phone Calls, all of 5 minutes after I hung up the phone with the other one!

Sounds like the phone is ringing off the hook for you today!

Off the hook sounds like a great idea...
What if I just unplug this here Patch cable...

Hey man, what the heck? I can't call you now. No fair! *taps foot impatiently*

@nadnerB said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Kelly said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Tomorrow is National Donut Day in the US. If you're not gluten free, most of the donut shops are giving out free donuts.

Lines will be crazy.. not really worth the wait.

Which is kind of weird, why on one day of the year do people need to go crazy over a deep fried food? Because you get 1 free? Makes no sense to me.

I can get a dozen donuts any day of the year for a few bucks. . .

People don’t value their own time.

But... FREE!

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

At a Kenosha Kingfish game courtesy of CCB

You in the face breaker section. Not even protected by the nets!

@LilAng said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@scottalanmiller are you constipated? there are many back to back toilet inspirational quotes and i'm getting worried.

No need to get worried until you start seeing pics of @JaredBusch in the memes.

@JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@LilAng said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@LilAng said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@dafyre said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@LilAng said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@scottalanmiller are you constipated? there are many back to back toilet inspirational quotes and i'm getting worried.

No need to get worried until you start seeing pics of @JaredBusch in the memes.

lmao!!!!

@dafyre she laughs. yet she has no idea the truth of your statement..

i don't but i have a feeling... like it has to do something about a pool picture.

Just for you. Normally, I reserve this for a small chat group. To torment @dafyre & Will.

*runs away screaming, straight into the wall*

So...

Client Server 2 needs to mount //smbserver1/some_path /mnt/some_path
Then Client Server 2 needs to run sudo /mnt/some_path/some_script.sh ?

Just surviving through a case of the Mondays!

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@LilAng said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Transferring data from an old hard drive to a new one and to make sure i didn't miss anything I will double check folders.
Usually when a folder is titled utilities you don't expect...racy photos.

TLDR: doing my job, assaulted by skimpy photos

I would expect them. That is SO common. And likely more common with the computers of women than of men. Men at least have that "I shouldn't have these pics on here" thing in the back of their mind. Girls often say "it's pictures of me and they belong on my computer" in their minds and leave them just "laying around" pretty often.

"and they belong on my computer?" OK that's a new one.

It's a common thought, because they are selfies, not pictures of other people.

on your work computer though? Personal computer - fine...

Most "normals" see their work computer AS their personal computer.

This is true. It's most likely the device they're at most of the time anyhow.

And these days, the average person doesn't even own their own computer other than a phone and/or tablet.

what is the world coming too???

looks up from phone to type on my office computer : I don't know, but I hope I get Scooter the save point in level six before my phone's battery dies.

@hobbit666 said in Non-IT News Thread:

Not read all of it
https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/470000-people-planning-to-storm-area-51-form-outrageous-plan/?source=facebook

But it seems people are preparing to "storm" Area 51

Not to be funny but they just went public giving the military loads of time to prepare. Morons lol

I see 469,999 Darwin awards being issued in the not so distant future.

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Was this ever true?

@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@bnrstnr said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@LilAng said in Non-IT News Thread:

Massive KFC explosion in North Carolina

https://twitter.com/i/moments/1149685246863896576?lang=en

Holy cow!

OK - cellphone video - uh.. why was the guy videoing it, unless he knew it was going to happen?

It looks like he was recording a monitor from his NVR or something, you can see a timestamp in the top left corner moving around.

EDIT: just saw the end of the video. 100% this lol

Good call. thanks.

"Gas leak."... Translated: "Hey let's try this new recipe I found online. What it makes will blow your mind!

@CCWTech said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

What am I doing? Trying to explain basic networking to a Comcast "Tech support agent" so they can get our internet back up.

Are you screaming into the phone yet? If you are, it sounds like you could be dealing with Windscream.

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:

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@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

US military chiefs ordered to reveal if Pentagon used diseased insects as biological weapon

Damn

Yeah... and they waited nearly 45 years before deciding this is a good idea to check into?

Statutes of limitations and all that.

lol. I was thinking more along the lines of the top level brass involved in that project would be dead, dying, or their brains so fuzzy "they cannot recall."

I wonder how well the records were kept back then.

Well Rome kept pretty good records, one hopes that by 1950 they were able to

Able to and actually doing so are two different things, lol.

@hobbit666 said in Non-IT News Thread:

Kyoto Animation fire: At least 26 dead after suspected arson attack

At least 26 people are dead and dozens injured after a suspected arson attack at an animation studio in Kyoto, Japan, local emergency officials have said.

Local media quoted police as saying a man broke into the Kyoto Animation Co studio on Thursday morning. Police say the suspect, a 41-year-old, sprayed petrol before igniting it.
Some people still remain unaccounted for, broadcaster NHK reported.

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Trying to make an arrangement of a Claude Debussy piano piece approachable for middle school woodwind and brass players

Good luck! That's ambitious, but will be awesome if they can play it.

My 8th grade band played some awesome peices. I still remember them and can play probably some of them without the sheet music still. [I say probably because I haven't picked up my sax in a while, and it is likely in need of repair.