Post what you are thinking at this very moment

[RBP]

I would like to see laws changed to include virtual mobs in the definition of inciting a riot. The internet threat machine has to stop.

[Hal-9000]

Here's the difference.

Conspiracy to commit murder is a legit crime. So while I don't like stings, hard to argue that one, although they would still have to prove intent and preparation, otherwise it's a fantasy thought crime. If they guy say has the murder weapon, and the tools to dismember, and a place to commit the crime arranged, that's legit. If not, then it's a tough call.

In the case of sexual solicitation of a minor, it's only a crime if you solicit a minor. The same solicitation for an adult isn't a crime. My objection to those entrapments stems from the fact that no minor was solicited. States have changed laws for the purpose of increasing the conviction rate by adding "a minor or someone the person reasonably believed to be a minor" - that's bullshit.

I'll try to follow it and see if he's found guilty. I think though with this level of FBI involvement, they're going to crucify him. Also not sure if he had tools, place etc.

Related creepy story about a European guy who was on a fantasy cannibal website and police used him to sting other members. They arrested a guy which led to the discovery of dismembered people, cooking pots etc, as the guy had sent pictures of various body parts being cooked.

In his case they eventually got evidence because the pictures were real and it panned out to finding actual dead people. They did use the guy as a honeytrap in terms of starting communications that were mostly based in fantasy. Honeytrap guy was initially going to kill himself/offer himself as food before helping authorities. He said one day he saw some pictures (which turned out to be real) and said something woke up inside telling him that it was wrong, to get help, and help police.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:tumble:

[RBP]

What iteration of boards had a "Serious Discussion" section? The intent, if I remember correctly, was to have a place for legitimate discussion and debate, free from jokes, tangents, and personal attacks.

I would like that considered for reboot. I have had several topics I'd like to explore with ya'll but don't bother because it will go off the rails tangentially within 4 posts.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

AS had a Serious Discussion section. Personally, I would not want to start another section to the forum as we have A LOT right now, some of which I'm already considering for deletion and/or consolidation. But, if you want to post a thread in any section, just at the end of the thread title add the [SD] designation to note that is for serious discussion only. Any post that goes off topic will be removed by one of the staff. And if we happen to miss it going off the rails, just let one of us know.

Sound good?

[RBP]

Great suggestion!

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Great suggestion!

Actually now that I think about it, put the [SD] at the beginning of the thread title, that way it can be plainly seen from the front page of the forum if it's the top thread and it will be easier to see if it's at the beginning of the title on a full page of threads.

[Goofy]

AS had a Serious Discussion section. Personally, I would not want to start another section to the forum as we have A LOT right now, some of which I'm already considering for deletion and/or consolidation. But, if you want to post a thread in any section, just at the end of the thread title add the [SD] designation to note that is for serious discussion only. Any post that goes off topic will be removed by one of the staff. And if we happen to miss it going off the rails, just let one of us know.

Sound good?
Great suggestion!
Actually now that I think about it, put the [SD] at the beginning of the thread title, that way it can be plainly seen from the front page of the forum if it's the top thread and it will be easier to see if it's at the beginning of the title on a full page of threads.
I could probably work up a thread icon for it over the weekend :thumbsup:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I could probably work up a thread icon for it over the weekend :thumbsup:

That would be awesome, but if someone is on Tapatalk, sadly, the thread icons don't show up :wha:

[Goofy]

That would be awesome, but if someone is on Tapatalk, sadly, the thread icons don't show up :wha:
Yeah true........ stupid tapatalk :shakefist:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Yeah true........ stupid tapatalk :shakefist:

I know, it sucks that it can't show stuff like that

[Goofy]

Done-diddly-un :)

[Goofy]

I know, it sucks that it can't show stuff like that

Tapatalk's great and shit at the same time :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Done-diddly-un :)Looks good mate :thumbsup:

[Godfather]

I fucking hate Stuart Little. I know what you’re thinking, this is some kind of funny joke, but no. Stuart Little is a piece of shit. A damn rat got picked over actual children at an orphanage and he’s supposed to be a hero? And I can’t even tell you how many damn times I’ve seen a great parking space only to turn the corner and realise Stuart Little is already parked there in his stupid little fucking convertible. He took my wife and the kids and my house and my job. I swear to fucking god, I’m going to kill myself and take that goddamn rodent to hell with me. Stuart Little has ruined my family. Last summer, I approached the miserable mouse in the street, and asked him for his autograph, because my son is a huge fan. The fucking rat gave me the autograph and told me to burn in hell. Later, when I gave my son the autograph he started crying and said he hated me. Turns out the mousefucker didnt write his autograph, no, he wrote “you’re a piece of shit, and i fucked your mom”. I’m now divorced, and planning a huge class-action lawsuit against the white devil that ruined my life. Your time is almost over, Stuart. All the people you’ve wronged will rise against you.

[RBP]

I fucking hate Stuart Little. I know what you’re thinking, this is some kind of funny joke, but no. Stuart Little is a piece of shit. A damn rat got picked over actual children at an orphanage and he’s supposed to be a hero? And I can’t even tell you how many damn times I’ve seen a great parking space only to turn the corner and realise Stuart Little is already parked there in his stupid little fucking convertible. He took my wife and the kids and my house and my job. I swear to fucking god, I’m going to kill myself and take that goddamn rodent to hell with me. Stuart Little has ruined my family. Last summer, I approached the miserable mouse in the street, and asked him for his autograph, because my son is a huge fan. The fucking rat gave me the autograph and told me to burn in hell. Later, when I gave my son the autograph he started crying and said he hated me. Turns out the mousefucker didnt write his autograph, no, he wrote “you’re a piece of shit, and i fucked your mom”. I’m now divorced, and planning a huge class-action lawsuit against the white devil that ruined my life. Your time is almost over, Stuart. All the people you’ve wronged will rise against you.

Alrighty then. :lol: I had no idea there was a stuart little mocking meme underground until today.

[DemonGeminiX]

:huh:

[RBP]

:huh:

I believe a Canadian Millennial who shall remain nameless was drunk posting last night (this morning). :drunkpost:

[DemonGeminiX]

Looks like he just copied and pasted the entry from either reddit or the facebook page dedicated to hating Stuart Little.

[DemonGeminiX]

Man, I've got a splitting headache. :no:

[Godfather]

Andrew Santino is one of the most underrated comedians right now. Expecting big things from him this year. Dude is funny as fuck.

[Hal-9000]

I splurged and got some vegetables and a cut of roast Sasquatch beef. Cut it all up this morning and threw it into the crockpot with my special seasonings and little bit of TLC.

For me, crockpot meals are a big deal :lol:

The whole house smells soooo good and really brings back memories of my Dad because this was his go-to meal when cooking. He was like me, not a very imaginative cook.

Seared the Sasquatch with flour, four large potatoes, four large carrots, four stalks of celery, mushrooms, beef broth, one large whole onion, 10 cloves of garlic :lol: and some seasoning.

:yumyum: I fear it will be good.

[Godfather]

10 cloves of garlic :lol: Awesome.

[Hal-9000]

I have a picture but it doesn't look great right now.


Yes I squished the large bulb of garlic and thought well now I can't just use some of the cloves and try to save others for later. They have already been released from the main pod.

Into the pot with you! :lol: Join your brothers!

[Teh One Who Knocks]

You can NEVER have too much garlic. :tup:

[Hal-9000]

I chopped up a very large onion and then peeled/cut the garlic cloves. Rushed over to the store to get something else after. Jumped in my car, took a sniff and thought - Who is the immigrant sitting in my car stinking it up right now? Oh yeah, it's me :oops: :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I chopped up a very large onion and then peeled/cut the garlic cloves. Rushed over to the store to get something else after. Jumped in my car, took a sniff and thought - Who is the immigrant sitting in my car stinking it up right now? Oh yeah, it's me :oops: :lol:And just think, you won't need to worry about vampires :)

[Hal-9000]

And just think, you won't need to worry about vampires :)

I just gave it the four hour stir and added some of my secret seasonings. It smells soooooo good.

Even if I bugger it up I'll have stew for a couple of days :lol:

[Hal-9000]

Cops picked up a terrorist in eastern Canada with bombing plans and detonated one of his devices.
He was one of the Syrian refugees Trudeau encouraged and let into our country :|

[DemonGeminiX]

Cops picked up a terrorist in eastern Canada with bombing plans and detonated one of his devices.
He was one of the Syrian refugees Trudeau encouraged and let into our country :|

No one was hurt, right? They got him before he could do any damage?

[Hal-9000]

No one was hurt, right? They got him before he could do any damage?

Yeah they caught him but wouldn't disclose what the target(s) were to be and what type of devices they got him with. Only that they exploded one of the devices.

Tip of the hat to our southern brothers in the FBI. Report said they tracked the guys using NSA-like techniques monitoring communications and helped our guys nail them :thumbsup:

[Hal-9000]

News site has the dumb adblock thing happening and is Canadian :x so here are some excerpts:

“It was a substantiated and credible attack plot” but no target, date, or location was part of the plot, officials said.

“What I can say is the attack plan, the individual identified and expressed capacity and capability and intent, but to specific ideologies, I can’t comment on that,” he said.

"We've recently learned of several examples of dangerous individuals entering the country due in part to lax screening procedures," Scheer said.

RCMP thanked the FBI as well as other Canadian organizations for their help in the investigation.

“In particular, the RCMP would like to thank the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Kingston Police, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) for their cooperation and collaboration,” a release from the Mounties read.

[Hal-9000]

Reading quickly it's a young guy and he was involved with sounds like a bunch of Christian charities :-s

Maybe bad info or a smokescreen. He came here in 2016 and according to his Dad, sounded like a helpful, stable, considerate guy.

[Hal-9000]

Canadians :lol:

Some people living in Kingston (where the terrorist was arrested) noticed the smaller plane on the bottom flying overhead for about a week before this incident and started taking pictures of it. Turns out it's probably the RCMP's version of a listening plane and part of how they found this guy and stopped him :thumbsup:


https://i.imgur.com/uizmPmN.jpg

[Hal-9000]

FINTRAC (the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada) was involved with the arrest. That would indicate some money was moving and associated with identifying the incident.

Press keeps saying Kingston was never in danger because they found the device before it was placed...but c'mon man :lol: They found materials and a device. Someone was going to do something.

Again, FBI tip is what began the process of our authorities catching these people :thumbsup:

[Hal-9000]

:-k

I can buy one kilogram of Rooster (Chinese) garlic bulbs for 2.89. That's 2.2 pounds :lol:

Yet another brand charges 2.99 for only three bulbs.

Food price differences blow me away. Do you know how long a kilo of garlic would last me? :lol:



* only about 5 crockpots at the rate I'm going today :oops:

[Godfather]

Amazon Basics has 48 AA batteries for $16 in Canada.... but they're made in Indonesia and show up already 6-8 months old. Seems wasteful. I highly doubt I'll get through anywhere near all of them before they're junk. Maybe I should just invest a few more bucks in 8 rechargeable high quality ones?

[lost in melb.]

Reading quickly it's a young guy and he was involved with sounds like a bunch of Christian charities :-s

Maybe bad info or a smokescreen. He came here in 2016 and according to his Dad, sounded like a helpful, stable, considerate guy.

There we go.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Amazon Basics has 48 AA batteries for $16 in Canada.... but they're made in Indonesia and show up already 6-8 months old. Seems wasteful. I highly doubt I'll get through anywhere near all of them before they're junk. Maybe I should just invest a few more bucks in 8 rechargeable high quality ones?Are batteries really that expensive in Canuckistan? :-k

If I go to Sam's Club, I can get a package of Duracell or Energizer that same size for that same price.

[Godfather]

Are batteries really that expensive in Canuckistan? :-k

If I go to Sam's Club, I can get a package of Duracell or Energizer that same size for that same price.

Hmm the Basics pack of 48 is only $2 cheaper on Amazon.com than .ca, maybe amazon just isn't the best place to buy them

[Hal-9000]

Oh boy that story about the police officers in St Louis playing Russian Roulette is strange...

[Godfather]

Oh boy that story about the police officers in St Louis playing Russian Roulette is strange...

Just read the story.... what the fuck. How much booze was involved.

[RBP]

Kamala Harris was banging Willie Brown.

:rofl:

[Hal-9000]

Just read the story.... what the fuck. How much booze was involved.

I'm gonna be like some of the net and say something else was happening...one of them was on duty?

[Hal-9000]

Kamala Harris was banging Willie Brown.

:rofl:

I don't know the references...Kamala looks kinda cute :wank:

[Hal-9000]

Just saw a picture of that old black guy - "Kamala Harris was my side piece." :lol:

[RBP]

I was thinking today about the number of times I have heard people, from addictions counselors, to 12-step devotees, to recovering addicts, to physicians, to mental health providers, say the same stupid line about drinking. "Alcohol is a depressant. I have no idea why a depressed person would drink a depressant". That's because you're dumb or lazy or both. Alcohol is an anxiolytic that works on the same pathway as benzos and other anxiolytic prescriptions. Yes it is a central nervous system depressant, and no it is not a good remedy to anything.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/O9e2IrY.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I don't know the references...Kamala looks kinda cute :wank:

https://i.imgur.com/ex40HD3.jpg

:-k

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Hmm the Basics pack of 48 is only $2 cheaper on Amazon.com than .ca, maybe amazon just isn't the best place to buy them

Yeah, I try and not buy 'off brand' batteries because you definitely get what you pay for.

[lost in melb.]

Brown appointed Harris to the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and then to the Medical Assistance Commission – positions that paid her more than $400,000 over five years, according to SF Weekly. Brown also gave Harris a BMW.


https://youtu.be/OG_6CopW9GQ

[DemonGeminiX]

Bryan Cranston's going to be in the Breaking Bad movie. It's set to take place after the events of the TV show. Did Walter White survive? Or will he just be in a bunch of flashbacks?

[Muddy]

Some pretty deep conversations going on in the board here lately.. Good reading.. Lots of smart folk here.. :thumbsup:

[Goofy]

Some pretty deep conversations going on in the board here lately.. Good reading.. Lots of smart folk here.. :thumbsup:
I'm not that smart so i watch from afar :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I'm not that smart so i watch from afar :lol:

https://media.giphy.com/media/AKaEfzaLlr0yI/giphy.gif

[RBP]

Unfortunately, Kamala's town hall* is on CNN tonight, so no Willie questions. :sad2:

* Not an actual town hall. Staged event with screened favorable audience and screened softball questions. They should call it a "town hall style" rally.

[Goofy]

Life is like a box of chocolates, too many nuts :)

[Pony]

Yeah, I try and not buy 'off brand' batteries because you definitely get what you pay for.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWAjgZmnoZo

[Hal-9000]

Bryan Cranston's going to be in the Breaking Bad movie. It's set to take place after the events of the TV show. Did Walter White survive? Or will he just be in a bunch of flashbacks?

Perhaps one of the other characters telling their story in flashback? Jesse's story was left open ended.

[Hal-9000]

I'm not that smart so i watch from afar :lol:

that's just geography you ninny fucker :slap:

[KevinD]

Gonna be a fun 2 weeks off. Cut the shit out of my left middle finger, so no guitar stuff. Supposed to replace clutch master and slave cylinders in my sister in laws truck, as well as the shocks and struts in my daughters car. Maybe I'll try some slide guitar and drink a lot of whiskey.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Gonna be a fun 2 weeks off. Cut the shit out of my left middle finger, so no guitar stuff. Supposed to replace clutch master and slave cylinders in my sister in laws truck, as well as the shocks and struts in my daughters car. Maybe I'll try some slide guitar and drink a lot of whiskey.Damn, that sucks, what happened?

[RBP]

Sorry, Kev. :sad2:

[DemonGeminiX]

I want the gun, but I don't feel like spending the money right now. It's a good price, too. Why can't these sales happen when I have money to burn?

[Hal-9000]

Gonna be a fun 2 weeks off. Cut the shit out of my left middle finger, so no guitar stuff. Supposed to replace clutch master and slave cylinders in my sister in laws truck, as well as the shocks and struts in my daughters car. Maybe I'll try some slide guitar and drink a lot of whiskey.

Sounds like the beginnings of a good Delta blues song :lol:

*sings*

Cut the shit outta mah fingarrrr, an she don love me no more. Cut the shit waaaaay outta my middle fingar! ..an my glove don fit me anymo'

Sorry to hear man. Give it a good rest and let it heal.

[KevinD]

Damn, that sucks, what happened?


Sorry, Kev. :sad2:


Sounds like the beginnings of a good Delta blues song :lol:

*sings*

Cut the shit outta mah fingarrrr, an she don love me no more. Cut the shit waaaaay outta my middle fingar! ..an my glove don fit me anymo'

Sorry to hear man. Give it a good rest and let it heal.

At work, we have these stupid ass "safety cutting devices".the safety man was standing near me, so I couldn't use my pocket knife like always. I was stripping the outer insulation of a cable, and the device stuck, then slipped, slicing my left middle finger to the bone between nail and first knuckle.
Hal, I'm gonna attempt to do a slow blues shuffle with a slide to those lyrics...somehow I'm picturing you singing in A minor key....itll work. You smoke some, and I'll drink alot...l ok l

[KevinD]

I want the gun, but I don't feel like spending the money right now. It's a good price, too. Why can't these sales happen when I have money to burn?

That's like asking why the girls all hit on you once you have some steady trim....just one of life's little mysteries

[RBP]

Kamala Harris was not very impressive tonight and said some stupid shit. It's a CNN "town hall" = all supportive crowd with staged questions that you know in advance. It doesn't get any easier.

My biggest take away was that Democrats are far more interested in nominating a candidate that can beat Trump than one that represents their views. Wow.

[DemonGeminiX]

Kamala Harris was not very impressive tonight and said some stupid shit. It's a CNN "town hall" = all supportive crowd with staged questions that you know in advance. It doesn't get any easier.

My biggest take away was that Democrats are far more interested in nominating a candidate that can beat Trump than one that represents their views. Wow.

That should be illegal. People should be able to grill all potential candidates at will with no interference. It's a violation of our freedoms of speech and to petition those who want to serve in our government.

She said plenty of shit that would make me vote against her regardless of the Republican candidate. It looks like the people who control the Democratic Party have chosen their candidate.

[RBP]

That's like asking why the girls all hit on you once you have some steady trim....just one of life's little mysteries

I love you, Kev. I haven't heard some say "trim" in a long time. Made my day.

[Hal-9000]

I love you, Kev. I haven't heard some say "trim" in a long time. Made my day.

Things from my childhood thread :)

[Hal-9000]

At work, we have these stupid ass "safety cutting devices".the safety man was standing near me, so I couldn't use my pocket knife like always. I was stripping the outer insulation of a cable, and the device stuck, then slipped, slicing my left middle finger to the bone between nail and first knuckle.
Hal, I'm gonna attempt to do a slow blues shuffle with a slide to those lyrics...somehow I'm picturing you singing in A minor key....itll work. You smoke some, and I'll drink alot...l ok l

I do sing in A :lol:

[KevinD]

Awesome, lol. I dont sing in any key unfortunately. That's why I was a drummer for decades.

[Hal-9000]

Awesome, lol. I dont sing in any key unfortunately. That's why I was a drummer for decades.

I sang with a garage band for a summer after going to a karaoke bar one night. Guitarist said I mostly sang in A and he showed me a few things on guitar as he was an excellent player.

The only good thing that came from my singing career was my appreciation for what REAL singers do :lol: I completely lost my voice the second night screaming into a mic and I never quite got the breathing/timing down.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I have no illusions, I couldn't carry a tune if you put it in a box for me and sealed it up ahead of time :lol:

[Hal-9000]

:lol:

It's the weirdest feeling. One second your voice is coming out of a PA system and next you only hear air coming out. Tried to talk and I sounded like someone who had severe laryngitis.

[Hal-9000]

So yesterday I found out the home insurance went up over 300 dollars this year. After going up 170 dollars last year compared to the year before. Made a call, sent some notes and have them working on more discounts because we haven't made a claim in years.

Today, the guy (chartered accountant) who did my Mom's taxes calls and says we are going to be reassessed, because THEY made a data input error which caused my Mom to get an additional 1300 bucks on her return and now we have to pay that back. I think I pissed him off because I said - Let me get this straight. We paid you a fee to do the taxes, you made a large error and now we have to pay back revenue Canada? He gets all pissy and says - Well if there's any interest incurred, we can cover that.

:roll:

I said - Here's my sister's phone number. You had better speak to her about this. I hate passing the buck so to speak but my sister has a mind like a steel trap for numbers and accounting, and she probably won't tell the guy to go fuck his hat.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

So yesterday I found out the home insurance went up over 300 dollars this year. After going up 170 dollars last year compared to the year before. Made a call, sent some notes and have them working on more discounts because we haven't made a claim in years.

Today, the guy (chartered accountant) who did my Mom's taxes calls and says we are going to be reassessed, because THEY made a data input error which caused my Mom to get an additional 1300 bucks on her return and now we have to pay that back. I think I pissed him off because I said - Let me get this straight. We paid you a fee to do the taxes, you made a large error and now we have to pay back revenue Canada? He gets all pissy and says - Well if there's any interest incurred, we can cover that.

:roll:

I said - Here's my sister's phone number. You had better speak to her about this. I hate passing the buck so to speak but my sister has a mind like a steel trap for numbers and accounting, and she probably won't tell the guy to go fuck his hat.

Release the hounds :x

[Hal-9000]

That's such bullshit. You pay a premium fee to get something done, they admittedly make a mistake and now we're on the hook to Revenue Canada for it?

They guy sounded like a pompous ass who wouldn't shut up, so I interrupted him and said - You'll pay the interest...so what, about 7 dollars? Nice.

:lol: he got defensive

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:lol:

[Pony]

That's such bullshit. You pay a premium fee to get something done, they admittedly make a mistake and now we're on the hook to Revenue Canada for it?

They guy sounded like a pompous ass who wouldn't shut up, so I interrupted him and said - You'll pay the interest...so what, about 7 dollars? Nice.

:lol: he got defensive

Reminds me of a fiasco my former neighbor went through.... They moved in next to me after his wife could no longer do stairs in their life long home. He called his insurance guy to square away any changes that needed to be done on his old house now on the market. Since the house was not occupied his rate tripled! months later the house was broken into and all the copper pipe stolen.

He calls his insurance, they deny the claim because the house is not occupied. He says wait a minute, I'm paying triple my old rate to make sure the house IS covered. They said: Our agent made an error. Your policy doesn't cover it, sorry.

[Hal-9000]

Reminds me of a fiasco my former neighbor went through.... They moved in next to me after his wife could no longer do stairs in their life long home. He called his insurance guy to square away any changes that needed to be done on his old house now on the market. Since the house was not occupied his rate tripled! months later the house was broken into and all the copper pipe stolen.

He calls his insurance, they deny the claim because the house is not occupied. He says wait a minute, I'm paying triple my old rate to make sure the house IS covered. They said: Our agent made an error. Your policy doesn't cover it, sorry.

For our home insurance, the young guy tells me that everyone pays into a pool and because claims are made in Canada all of the rates go up.

It's Insurance 101 and I'm familiar with the premise.

So I say to him - You're telling me that I'm getting penalized because other people have made claims? And we haven't? Our premium has been increased by 170 one year, then by 300 the next so by my calculations that's almost a 500 dollar increase within three years without ever having made a claim.

I think it's time to find a new provider and I probably won't be renewing this policy by April 1st. He says - Sorry to hear, but please inform us if you don't plan to continue renewing as you don't want to be on the hook for a lapsed policy.

I respond - Wait a minute. Your hard copy I have in my hand says it's my option to renew by April 1st via check. Now you're saying a further action may be taken if I don't inform you I've decided to go to another provider? Sounds like a threat.

:lol: He apologizes, says he'll talk to his manager and arrange for some block watch discount and other things, and will get back to me today.

[DemonGeminiX]

Getting my tax junk together... fun.... fun..... fun...... fun.......

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Hey DGX, your almost governor is going to give the State of the Union response :tup:

[DemonGeminiX]

Why do they keep putting losers on TV?

[DemonGeminiX]

No, Internet, you're wrong. Real Philly cheesesteaks do not have mushrooms and peppers on them. Sincerely, a true Philadelphian.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Why do they keep putting losers on TV?:racist:

:hater:

[DemonGeminiX]

That's not racist. She lost. That makes her a loser. Losers should go away.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

That's not racist. She lost. That makes her a loser. Losers should go away.You're only saying she's a loser cuz she's black :hand:

[KevinD]

Well, not driving home tonight. 7hrs and 500 miles is too much for me with the hellacious day I had. Started at 05:00, it's now 21:00, and I'm in a hotel in Odessa. I'll drive home in the am. Cheers guys.

[deebakes]

Getting my tax junk together... fun.... fun..... fun...... fun.......

my taxes for 2018 are going to be a nightmare, uncle sam is getting a lot of money from me :(

[lost in melb.]

Well, not driving home tonight. 7hrs and 500 miles is too much for me with the hellacious day I had. Started at 05:00, it's now 21:00, and I'm in a hotel in Odessa. I'll drive home in the am. Cheers guys.

Sleep well and a fresh start, Kev :thumbsup:

[DemonGeminiX]

my taxes for 2018 are going to be a nightmare, uncle sam is getting a lot of money from me :(

Eek.

I did not write a single check last year, I did everything online. This should be interesting.

[Hal-9000]

my taxes for 2018 are going to be a nightmare, uncle sam is getting a lot of money from me :(

That's an indication from the Maker that your harvest was most bountiful Noah :) Rejoice!

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/5RpQZZD.png

[RBP]

Can I refer to Patricia Arquette as "The Hag at the SAG" without getting doxxed? Asking for a friend.

[Hal-9000]

Try filling out two tax returns and putting zero for your yearly income :|

The guys in dark glasses and suits will probably be visiting me soon.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Can I refer to Patricia Arquette as "The Hag at the SAG" without getting doxxed? Asking for a friend.

:triggered:

[Hal-9000]

I used to have a big crush on Patricia Arquette.

Now it looks like she'll have a big crush on me :shock:

:dance:

[DemonGeminiX]

I should've bought that gun. Too late now.

[Godfather]

Dave Portnoy on Tucker Carlson's show was one of the funnier things I've seen leading up to the Super Bowl :lol:

[deebakes]

A collaborator of mine was on the Joe Rogan experience podcast yesterday (David Sinclair) :shock:

[Godfather]

Woah you've worked with him? Boy you wicked smat

[Godfather]

I've been working out a ton the last few months. Haven't put on much weight but I'm just going for lean and mean. Yesterday my wife bought me a tub of Protein powder - which I've never asked for or used. OK I GET THE MESSAGE BITCH :lol:

[Hal-9000]

I've been working out a ton the last few months. Haven't put on much weight but I'm just going for lean and mean. Yesterday my wife bought me a tub of Protein powder - which I've never asked for or used. OK I GET THE MESSAGE BITCH :lol:

:lol:


Buy her something that's supposed to help with weight loss. Whether she needs it or not, chicks appreciate that sort of thing.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

A case of Slim Fast drinks :rofl:

[Hal-9000]

A case of Slim Fast drinks :rofl:

Jus thinkin of you babe :tup:

[KevinD]

2 stores, and $$$ later, I have groceries ( mostly splurge items) and the parts to put a 208vac circuit in my shop for the table saw I inherited from my father. Will do the wiring tomorrow. Now its beer time and see if I can do anything on guitar.

[Hal-9000]

2 stores, and $$$ later, I have groceries ( mostly splurge items) and the parts to put a 298vac circuit in my shop for the table saw I inherited from my father. Will do the wiring tomorrow. Now its beer time and see if I can do anything on guitar.

beer time, existing finger injury, fixing old table saw


Kev, don't become a story on the net ok? :lol:

[KevinD]

Lol. As said, the wiring will be tomorrow. No joy on guitar. Bent my finger to try a chord, and cut opened up. So, since I dont have a slide, gonna try some power chords with first and ring finger. Lol.
No repair needed on the saw. I have to add a circuit to my garage shop, as all existing circuits are single phase 120. That's normal here. The saw motor is 208 , and cant be rewired for 120, so I'll just run a new circuit. Since my garage is a metal building, with no interior walls, itll be easy, probably less that 1/2 hour of work.

[Hal-9000]

new circuits, metal walls, 208/120...it's all Greek to me :oops:

just don't cut any body parts or fry your ass ok? :lol:

[DemonGeminiX]

Let me put you in the picture
Let me show you what I mean
The messiah is my sister
Ain't no king, man, she's my queen

[RBP]

I owe $3000 to a hospital system - that's AFTER insurance. They just work around the system to maximize billing, in part with made up charges for nothing and unnecessary testing, often repeated for no apparent reason. I started refusing and am tempted to just let my eye sight issue go until I can afford the outrageous expenses. Sickening.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I owe $3000 to a hospital system - that's AFTER insurance. They just work around the system to maximize billing, in part with made up charges for nothing and unnecessary testing, often repeated for no apparent reason. I started refusing and am tempted to just let my eye sight issue go until I can afford the outrageous expenses. Sickening.

Find one of those ambulance chasing type lawyers and see if you can sue them under a class action lawsuit for illegal/unethical billing practices?

[Hal-9000]

I owe $3000 to a hospital system - that's AFTER insurance. They just work around the system to maximize billing, in part with made up charges for nothing and unnecessary testing, often repeated for no apparent reason. I started refusing and am tempted to just let my eye sight issue go until I can afford the outrageous expenses. Sickening.

Tell the world some masked people attacked your eye last night around 2am and set up a Gofuckyourself Fund :thumbsup:

[RBP]

Find one of those ambulance chasing type lawyers and see if you can sue them under a class action lawsuit for illegal/unethical billing practices?

I don't think any of it is illegal, and I don't think I can sue them for being dicks. The last call I got I said I'd be glad to start paying the balance down once my billing inquiry was resolved... from last September. The CSR said she would resubmit it. Instead, they are just ignoring me and sent an old balance to collections.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

My PC here at home has got to be about 10 years old now :shock: But several years ago when I swapped out the HDD for an SSD and maxed out the RAM, it runs still as good as new.

[Godfather]

My PC here at home has got to be about 10 years old now :shock: But several years ago when I swapped out the HDD for an SSD and maxed out the RAM, it runs still as good as new.

Good for you. I can't tell you how many people I've begged to just try this when they ask me which $1000 laptop they should buy next. My dad, friends, coworkers... I don't know what you run on your PC lance, but 98% of the people who want to talk about buying a new laptop strictly use it for Netflix, web browsing and email. RAM upgrades work but replacing an old HDD with an SDD feels like a brand new computer.

[deebakes]

Woah you've worked with him? Boy you wicked smat

did you listen and if so, what were your impressions? [SD]

[Hal-9000]

My PC here at home has got to be about 10 years old now :shock: But several years ago when I swapped out the HDD for an SSD and maxed out the RAM, it runs still as good as new.

My current desktop was bought in 2010. 8 gigs ram, GTX 460 vid card and an I5-2500k processor. I recall some people here making fun of me because I took four weeks picking out the parts and purchasing it. That's why I didn't just pull the trigger on any store-built POS or laptop. Just so I could make this post today :D

Read an interesting article on ram, processor and component interactions and why no regular home users need more than I've listed above. Think you need 16 or 32 gigs of ram? Your PC will never get close to maximizing 16 gigs of ram unless you work with large video files compressing them, multiple Photoshop projects, AutoCAD software, or play cutting edge games with an open Twitch stream where people are viewing and interacting with you as you play.

In fact most new games won't touch 16 gigs of ram, because games prefer to go to Vram on the videocard first, then go to the physical ram (in some cases). Windows still prefers creating it's own swapfile rather than max out the physical ram when gaming.

A ram test user opened 100 browser tabs, all different sites, his media player, Youtube video and started playing Grand Theft Auto Five which is now an older but still a CPU and Vram intensive game. He touched 10 gigs ram usage at times and said 3.6 of that was coming from the Windows OS itself, attempting to do background tasks while all of that other crap was going on.

If you're surfing the net and gaming at levels similar to mine (games circa 2010-2016), 8 gigs of ram will never slow you down. Of course the norm is now 16 but as that guy demonstrated, even demanding users rarely if ever use that much memory. There's more about how motherboard buses and processors bottleneck before that much ram can be used, but it's fairly technical.

Of course YOUR mileage may vary depending on what you do at home.

[RBP]

I was an early adopter of applicant tracking technology. HR people are lazy as fuck, always have been - but the system does it for you if you have any brain at all. There is zero reason to poorly communicate with candidates. Ever.

[Godfather]

did you listen and if so, what were your impressions? [SD]

I absolutely did, it peaked my interest, I've been interested in anti-aging science since watching a Ted Talk about it probably 10 years ago!

I felt a tad overwhelmed and wanting to fact check stuff because I'm a skeptic, There were so many interesting ideas, drugs, lifestyles mentioned I want to research and try all of them. I have tried intermittent fasting and my wife's a skeptic but he speaks highly of the science in mice. I don't know anything about NMN, Risveritrol or Metforming but am very curious about it now. Cryotherapy is interesting too and he mentioned yeast lives 30% longer but again that's a big leap to humans so I'd want to know more.

Cracked me up when Joe said "I feel like I should make a shopping list" because I kind of felt the same way.

What's your involvement with him? Are you involved in that area of research too right now?

[Godfather]

The Fyre festival documentary caused me so much anxiety. How the fuck didn't these people just quit working for that scumbag?? What a shit show.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Corey Booker announced his candidacy for president for 2020.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Good for you. I can't tell you how many people I've begged to just try this when they ask me which $1000 laptop they should buy next. My dad, friends, coworkers... I don't know what you run on your PC lance, but 98% of the people who want to talk about buying a new laptop strictly use it for Netflix, web browsing and email. RAM upgrades work but replacing an old HDD with an SDD feels like a brand new computer.

Yeah, it's ridiculous to upgrade home systems, whether it be a desktop or a laptop, when you really don't need to. Especially now that SSD's have come way down in price compared to when I put mine in. I still use a 2 TB HDD for storage of media and whatnot, but the SSD runs all the software on the PC. Plus I maxed out the RAM from 4 to 16 gigs at the same time. My PC at home runs better than most of the newer ones we have here at the shop. :lol: All for around $100 to $150 depending on the SSD you get VS like you said, $1000 for a loaded new laptop.

Speaking of which, my laptop at home is equally as old and it was a dog when I bought it, low on specs but didn't need it for much. Eventually Windows was really slowing it down, so I just decided to turn it into a Linux laptop (running Linux Mint) and it works fine for what I use it for.


My current desktop was bought in 2010. 8 gigs ram, GTX 460 vid card and an I5-2500k processor. I recall some people here making fun of me because I took four weeks picking out the parts and purchasing it. That's why I didn't just pull the trigger on any store-built POS or laptop. Just so I could make this post today :D

Read an interesting article on ram, processor and component interactions and why no regular home users need more than I've listed above. Think you need 16 or 32 gigs of ram? Your PC will never get close to maximizing 16 gigs of ram unless you work with large video files compressing them, multiple Photoshop projects, AutoCAD software, or play cutting edge games with an open Twitch stream where people are viewing and interacting with you as you play.

In fact most new games won't touch 16 gigs of ram, because games prefer to go to Vram on the videocard first, then go to the physical ram (in some cases). Windows still prefers creating it's own swapfile rather than max out the physical ram when gaming.

A ram test user opened 100 browser tabs, all different sites, his media player, Youtube video and started playing Grand Theft Auto Five which is now an older but still a CPU and Vram intensive game. He touched 10 gigs ram usage at times and said 3.6 of that was coming from the Windows OS itself, attempting to do background tasks while all of that other crap was going on.

If you're surfing the net and gaming at levels similar to mine (games circa 2010-2016), 8 gigs of ram will never slow you down. Of course the norm is now 16 but as that guy demonstrated, even demanding users rarely if ever use that much memory. There's more about how motherboard buses and processors bottleneck before that much ram can be used, but it's fairly technical.

Of course YOUR mileage may vary depending on what you do at home.

My 10 year old PC is a stock one from Dell and still going strong, total time to pick it out, about 20 minutes, so :nana:

:dance:

[Goofy]

My current desktop was bought in 2010. 8 gigs ram, GTX 460 vid card and an I5-2500k processor. I recall some people here making fun of me because I took four weeks picking out the parts and purchasing it. That's why I didn't just pull the trigger on any store-built POS or laptop. Just so I could make this post today :D

Read an interesting article on ram, processor and component interactions and why no regular home users need more than I've listed above. Think you need 16 or 32 gigs of ram? Your PC will never get close to maximizing 16 gigs of ram unless you work with large video files compressing them, multiple Photoshop projects, AutoCAD software, or play cutting edge games with an open Twitch stream where people are viewing and interacting with you as you play.

In fact most new games won't touch 16 gigs of ram, because games prefer to go to Vram on the videocard first, then go to the physical ram (in some cases). Windows still prefers creating it's own swapfile rather than max out the physical ram when gaming.

A ram test user opened 100 browser tabs, all different sites, his media player, Youtube video and started playing Grand Theft Auto Five which is now an older but still a CPU and Vram intensive game. He touched 10 gigs ram usage at times and said 3.6 of that was coming from the Windows OS itself, attempting to do background tasks while all of that other crap was going on.

If you're surfing the net and gaming at levels similar to mine (games circa 2010-2016), 8 gigs of ram will never slow you down. Of course the norm is now 16 but as that guy demonstrated, even demanding users rarely if ever use that much memory. There's more about how motherboard buses and processors bottleneck before that much ram can be used, but it's fairly technical.

Of course YOUR mileage may vary depending on what you do at home.
4 weeks my arse :hand: 4 months is probably closer to the truth :lol:


Talking about SSD's, i bought one for my desktop probably 6 or 7 years ago (Sansung 840 pro), cost a fuckload at the time (£170 for 256gb) but what a difference it made, everything just loads waaaaaay faster!

[Hal-9000]

4 weeks my arse :hand: 4 months is probably closer to the truth :lol:


Talking about SSD's, i bought one for my desktop probably 6 or 7 years ago (Sansung 840 pro), cost a fuckload at the time (£170 for 256gb) but what a difference it made, everything just loads waaaaaay faster!

Started in the beginning of the year and ordered in late February. Got it in March. I may have added a day or two because a girl needs time to pick out the color :)


Hey! :x

[Hal-9000]

Yeah, it's ridiculous to upgrade home systems, whether it be a desktop or a laptop, when you really don't need to. Especially now that SSD's have come way down in price compared to when I put mine in. I still use a 2 TB HDD for storage of media and whatnot, but the SSD runs all the software on the PC. Plus I maxed out the RAM from 4 to 16 gigs at the same time. My PC at home runs better than most of the newer ones we have here at the shop. :lol: All for around $100 to $150 depending on the SSD you get VS like you said, $1000 for a loaded new laptop.

Speaking of which, my laptop at home is equally as old and it was a dog when I bought it, low on specs but didn't need it for much. Eventually Windows was really slowing it down, so I just decided to turn it into a Linux laptop (running Linux Mint) and it works fine for what I use it for.



My 10 year old PC is a stock one from Dell and still going strong, total time to pick it out, about 20 minutes, so :nana:

:dance:

You're a stock one from Dell :x

[Teh One Who Knocks]

You're a stock one from Dell :x

:snapout:

[Pony]

My current desktop was bought in 2010. 8 gigs ram, GTX 460 vid card and an I5-2500k processor.

Almost identical to my PC. Still purrs along just great. Currently using it as a media server in my entertainment center. It has a small SSD and two 2TB drives in it for movies, music and DVR storage.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Almost identical to my PC. Still purrs along just great. Currently using it as a media server in my entertainment center. It has a small SSD and two 2TB drives in it for movies, music and DVR storage.

I'd have to go back and check the specs on my PC. I know I didn't upgrade the GFX card, so it may be an integrated one in my rig. :-k But I know I got at least an i5 chip, maybe even an i7 in it.

[DemonGeminiX]

Mine's an i7 920.

I was the 4 month guy. Hal kept making fun of me because of it.

I have 24 gigs of RAM and my resource usage usually hovers around 11 gigs. Never goes above 12. But I never lag either.

I've been thinking about building a new one because ASUS ended support for my motherboard a while ago, and the newer boards have a ton of cool features that I'll probably never use, but at least I'll be able to say, "Hey! My board can do this...".

But honestly, I have absolutely no issues with performance.

[DemonGeminiX]

Spartacus has declared.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Corey Booker announced his candidacy for president for 2020.


Spartacus has declared.

:porky:

[DemonGeminiX]

Doesn't matter. This is probably the only amount of time we'll devote to discussing the bastard on this board any way.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/cNwJlOQ.png

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/gAYM8eD.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/stCx8xW.png

[DemonGeminiX]

I can't wait for all the dirt on him to come out of New Jersey and watch his campaign disappear over night.

[Hal-9000]

Mine's an i7 920.

I was the 4 month guy. Hal kept making fun of me because of it.

I have 24 gigs of RAM and my resource usage usually hovers around 11 gigs. Never goes above 12. But I never lag either.

I've been thinking about building a new one because ASUS ended support for my motherboard a while ago, and the newer boards have a ton of cool features that I'll probably never use, but at least I'll be able to say, "Hey! My board can do this...".

But honestly, I have absolutely no issues with performance.

Untrue! I was a sister in solidarity of support when the other guys LANCE were making fun of you.

Your resource use hovers around 11 gigs? May I ask what you're doing daily, Skynet?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Untrue! I was a sister in solidarity of support when the other guys LANCE were making fun of you.

Your resource use hovers around 11 gigs? May I ask what you're doing daily, Skynet?

I make fun of, because it's funny [-(

[Hal-9000]

I make fun of, because it's funny [-(

See DGX, if we go back in the archives it was the other lads tormenting you on your timing before purchasing.

I am however going to call you the LA Ram now..... because 24 gigs :lol:

[DemonGeminiX]

Untrue! I was a sister in solidarity of support when the other guys LANCE were making fun of you.

Your resource use hovers around 11 gigs? May I ask what you're doing daily, Skynet?


See DGX, if we go back in the archives it was the other lads tormenting you on your timing before purchasing.

I am however going to call you the LA Ram now..... because 24 gigs :lol:

No, I'm pretty sure you both made fun of me. Or at least asked what the hell I was waiting for on a daily basis. It was 10 years ago anyway, so I suppose it doesn't matter.

Truthfully, the more RAM you have, the more 64 bit Windows 10 allocates to tasks. It used to be that 32 bit Windows OSes couldn't assign byte addresses above a certain amount to processes, but 64 bit Windows 10 can, or at least the limit is way higher, and most programs are coded to run on multithreads now so they'll eat up more memory... virtual, swap/pagefile space, and physical RAM... than they used to. If you keep programs open for a while, it'll eat up more memory than usual and I keep stuff open for days on end. I usually reboot my computer once a week, unless updates need to be installed, but for the most part, my computer's always on and running something. That's just the way I roll.

It's better to have it than to not have it. Any time I have the option to max a particular resource, I'm gonna do it. I'm not gonna suffer for it.

[Hal-9000]

No, I'm pretty sure you both made fun of me. Or at least asked what the hell I was waiting for on a daily basis. It was 10 years ago anyway, so I suppose it doesn't matter.

Truthfully, the more RAM you have, the more 64 bit Windows 10 allocates to tasks. It used to be that 32 bit Windows OSes couldn't assign byte addresses above a certain amount to processes, but 64 bit Windows 10 can, or at least the limit is way higher, and most programs are coded to run on multithreads now so they'll eat up more memory... virtual, swap/pagefile space, and physical RAM... than they used to. If you keep programs open for a while, it'll eat up more memory than usual and I keep stuff open for days on end. I usually reboot my computer once a week, unless updates need to be installed, but for the most part, my computer's always on and running something. That's just the way I roll.

It's better to have it than to not have it. Any time I have the option to max a particular resource, I'm gonna do it. I'm not gonna suffer for it.

So your ram use is not because of one big program like video encoding or crunching huge datasets of numbers, it's just because you leave it on doing things?

I learned a lot from that article and remember it because the guy always opened 100 tabs for his ram tests. I may open four or five if I'm busy :lol: The guy did say your OS will try to chew through ram and be a big user, along with certain apps you may not realize that use a lot of ram in the background.

Playing newer games will hit the processor and physical ram more than in the past, because of how the code is written. The killer there is people who open a live Twitch stream while playing, which involves a camera and multiple connections from watchers who are texting with the host. In that case it's the Twitch stream eating up all of the ram.

[Hal-9000]

the Georgia Ram :lol:


I gotta go get snacks,
brb

[DemonGeminiX]

Believe it or not crunching huge datasets of numbers won't take up a huge amount of memory, if you know how to code the program right. But for the most part, I just leave the computer on. Sometimes I'm running code on something, sometimes I'm downloading junk, and sometimes it's just on with 3 or 4 browser windows open. Sometimes it's not doing anything at all, I just don't want to shut it off.

Windows does have a few processes that are massive memory hogs. I'm constantly killing processes that shouldn't be running at all. Linux is better in that way.

I'm not much for gaming on the PC, even though I have the hardware to handle it... or at least I used to. I did put this system together 10 years ago. I could probably use a better video card than the one I've got in there now. I just don't feel like buying a new one.

I think if I put a new system together, it would be a music recording and editing machine. There's a ton of hardware/software out now that you don't even need amplifiers for, you could just plug your guitar into the hardware and you can dial up the simulated sound you're looking for in the software. You don't even need a mixing board anymore, everything's done digitally.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/IsMoZ7i.png

:tup:

[Hal-9000]

Believe it or not crunching huge datasets of numbers won't take up a huge amount of memory, if you know how to code the program right. But for the most part, I just leave the computer on. Sometimes I'm running code on something, sometimes I'm downloading junk, and sometimes it's just on with 3 or 4 browser windows open. Sometimes it's not doing anything at all, I just don't want to shut it off.

Windows does have a few processes that are massive memory hogs. I'm constantly killing processes that shouldn't be running at all. Linux is better in that way.

I'm not much for gaming on the PC, even though I have the hardware to handle it... or at least I used to. I did put this system together 10 years ago. I could probably use a better video card than the one I've got in there now. I just don't feel like buying a new one.

I think if I put a new system together, it would be a music recording and editing machine. There's a ton of hardware/software out now that you don't even need amplifiers for, you could just plug your guitar into the hardware and you can dial up the simulated sound you're looking for in the software. You don't even need a mixing board anymore, everything's done digitally.

I still can't get over you using around 11 gigs of ram on the daily. And yes, I may have been one of the teasers when you bought your PC, but only because I found someone who took longer than me to buy a new one.

I was thinking along similar lines for my next PC since I only game about once per week and only for an hour at a time. You know that gamers typically have to boost every component after the vidcard..better mobo, more ram, better PSU..and it goes on and on.

Now I read and listen to podcasts mostly on my PC, so I can...probably cut out a discrete vidcard. Wow, I had troubles typing that :lol:
I've never not bought a video card with my PC's.

[Hal-9000]

https://i.imgur.com/IsMoZ7i.png

:tup:

that video card has 11 gigs of Vram on it :lol:

and that system better cook toast and make coffee for that price.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

that video card has 11 gigs of Vram on it :lol:

and that system better cook toast and make coffee for that price.

It's dual vid cards with 11 gigs each :tup:

[Hal-9000]

Hey I just happened to keep a build I was playing around with in Oct last year.

Please note it was a budget build so 8 gigs ram, 500 gig SSD, cheaper midrange vidcard with 2 gigs Vram.

The only elite item would be the Seasonic power supply as they have a good reputation for reliability.

Also note it's only an i3-8100 processor, but one that works extremely well in tandem with the GTX 1O50 vidcard :thumbsup:

https://i.imgur.com/2RHvFej.jpg

[Hal-9000]

It's dual vid cards with 11 gigs each :tup:

:lol: 22 gigs of Vram in SLI...so a person can add real mountains to Google Earth

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I think you could run the entire DoD missile defense system on that rig :-k

[Hal-9000]

I think you could run the entire DoD missile defense system on that rig :-k

Or open up multiple instances of Hearts, Freecell, Minesweeper, Pinball and Solitaire!!! :face:


*does Win 10 even include those craptastic games? :lol: I've never opened any of those Windows games on my Win 7 PC.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I'm not sure, I don't think they come on the machine anymore, you get them as "apps" from the MS store now I believe.

[Hal-9000]

You're not on a Win 10 machine right now? :-s

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I am, but usually I delete crap on my work PC that I won't need or want on here like that. I remember it had a few games like Minecraft and stuff, but I don't remember about the others.

[Hal-9000]

Does Win 10 have a start button that brings up a program list? Should be a folder there called games. I don't think you can delete the built in crap-games Windows provides with the OS but I've never tried.

[Hal-9000]

https://i.imgur.com/NMSuHmq.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Yeah, you have a menu like that, but no games folder on this one at least.

[DemonGeminiX]

I don't have a games folder on either of my windows 10 machines (monster rig and laptop).

[DemonGeminiX]

However I did a search for solitaire, then the Microsoft solitaire collection pops up. It has Klondike, Spider, Freecell, Pyramid, and TriPeaks. It wants you to sign into the Cloud. It has download tiles for other Microsoft game suites, like Ultimate Word Games, Mahjong, Jigsaw, Sudoku, Minesweeper, Treasure Hunt, and Bingo. I'm not downloading them.

[deebakes]

I absolutely did, it peaked my interest, I've been interested in anti-aging science since watching a Ted Talk about it probably 10 years ago!

I felt a tad overwhelmed and wanting to fact check stuff because I'm a skeptic, There were so many interesting ideas, drugs, lifestyles mentioned I want to research and try all of them. I have tried intermittent fasting and my wife's a skeptic but he speaks highly of the science in mice. I don't know anything about NMN, Risveritrol or Metforming but am very curious about it now. Cryotherapy is interesting too and he mentioned yeast lives 30% longer but again that's a big leap to humans so I'd want to know more.

Cracked me up when Joe said "I feel like I should make a shopping list" because I kind of felt the same way.

What's your involvement with him? Are you involved in that area of research too right now?

he barely mentions it, but he talked about how iron supplementation in the elderly could be a bad thing because it might cause senescent or 'zombie' cells, which is what i work on

[RBP]

he barely mentions it, but he talked about how iron supplementation in the elderly could be a bad thing because it might cause senescent or 'zombie' cells, which is what i work on

:zombie:

[Godfather]

Started watching the Ted Bundy docuseries on Netflix on the couch tonight after my wife fell asleep during a movie. Fascinating but I turned it off, not happy bedtime watching. Pretty sad and disturbing stuff.

[Muddy]

Started watching the Ted Bundy docuseries on Netflix on the couch tonight after my wife fell asleep during a movie. Fascinating but I turned it off, not happy bedtime watching. Pretty sad and disturbing stuff.

Wasnt he hot?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

There are some days you just can't win

:suicide:

[RBP]

Started watching the Ted Bundy docuseries on Netflix on the couch tonight after my wife fell asleep during a movie. Fascinating but I turned it off, not happy bedtime watching. Pretty sad and disturbing stuff.

Watch the whole thing. Also, the same director has a movie coming out to tell the story also.


Wasnt he hot?

:lol: Well played.


There are some days you just can't win

:suicide:

Of course there are. There are also lots of wins and a whole lot of boring draws.

[Hal-9000]

Started watching the Ted Bundy docuseries on Netflix on the couch tonight after my wife fell asleep during a movie. Fascinating but I turned it off, not happy bedtime watching. Pretty sad and disturbing stuff.

Read the book The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule. She worked with Bundy at a suicide crisis center and was friends with him. They exchanged letters and phone calls for years until his execution. She's done a ton of true crime novels and is an ex-cop. Not the best author yet still a great story about knowing someone personally and thinking the accusations against him have to be wrong. Rule had doubts about his guilt until the evidence became too overwhelming.

[Hal-9000]

Wasnt he hot?

He's going to be singing with Maroon 5 this weekend at the Super Bowl.

[Goofy]

I'd like to own a Delorean but i'd probably only drive it from time to time :-k

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I'd like to own a Delorean but i'd probably only drive it from time to time :-k:tumble:

[Godfather]

I think the lightbulb industry creates intentionally confusing and endless combinations of bulb types, bases, and wattages to confused consumers into buying the wrong bulbs. Down with big lightbulb!

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I think the lightbulb industry creates intentionally confusing and endless combinations of bulb types, bases, and wattages to confused consumers into buying the wrong bulbs. Down with big lightbulb!That's why LED is the only way to go

[Hal-9000]

I think the lightbulb industry creates intentionally confusing and endless combinations of bulb types, bases, and wattages to confused consumers into buying the wrong bulbs. Down with big lightbulb!

dammit man I had to get some a while back and now instead of watts they use LED watts or lumens.

ffs I just want a 60 watt soft white bulb for my lamp so I can read, not 27.3 lumens with a weird yellow hepatitis tinge :x

[Hal-9000]

That's why LED is the only way to go

shut up future boy :x

[Godfather]

That's why LED is the only way to go


dammit man I had to get some a while back and now instead of watts they use LED watts or lumens.

ffs I just want a 60 watt soft white bulb for my lamp so I can read, not 27.3 lumens with a weird yellow hepatitis tinge :x

So I've got this light fixture in my entry way. The base says '40 Watts Type G, 120V 60hz' and that's about it. I dont have any paperwork from the fixture, the bulbs themselves don't say. I'm on a lightbulb website right now are there 18 fucking types of Type G bulbs with random numbers ranging from G3.5 to G30. I'm going to hang myself from this fixture.

[Hal-9000]

So I've got this light fixture in my entry way. The base says '40 Watts Type G, 120V 60hz' and that's about it. I dont have any paperwork from the fixture, the bulbs themselves don't say. I'm on a lightbulb website right now are there 18 fucking types of Type G bulbs with random numbers ranging from G3.5 to G30. I'm going to hang myself from this fixture.

:lol:

I was in the same spot. My parents have this old track lighting in their kitchen. Pretty cool actually as each light pot can be removed and there's no wires or connectors.

But hells bells I had to go to a bulb website that had bulb silhouettes and try to match their cool 1979 track lighting bulbs to the current LED counterpart. I felt like I was picking a suspect out of a line up.

I still have the light pot on the dining room table because I hear 2 out of 3 ain't bad :lol:

[Hal-9000]

So I've got this light fixture in my entry way. The base says '40 Watts Type G, 120V 60hz' and that's about it. I dont have any paperwork from the fixture, the bulbs themselves don't say. I'm on a lightbulb website right now are there 18 fucking types of Type G bulbs with random numbers ranging from G3.5 to G30. I'm going to hang myself from this fixture.

:-k don't mean to confuse but 40 watts isn't much for an entryway light.

I use 60 watts in small lamps and 100 watts in larger living room lamps etc.

I would think you need the equivalent of 100 watts overhead, no?

[Godfather]

:-k don't mean to confuse but 40 watts isn't much for an entryway light.

I use 60 watts in small lamps and 100 watts in larger living room lamps etc.

I would think you need the equivalent of 100 watts overhead, no?

Well it's a fixture with 6 bulbs total so I don't know how that all adds up to lumen output, but it puts out a fair bit of light... when half the bulbs aren't dead :lol:

[Hal-9000]

Well it's a fixture with 6 bulbs total so I don't know how that all adds up to lumen output, but it puts out a fair bit of light... when half the bulbs aren't dead :lol:

Oh...so it's a Close Encounters runway

got it :lol:

[Godfather]

I'll pretend I understand that reference :lol:

[Pony]

G type miniature bulbs are found in many applications including: auto indicator and instrument, aircraft and marine. The number after the 'G' is the diameter of the glass in 1/8 inch increments. A G5 bulb, for example, has a diameter of 5/8 of an inch.

[Godfather]

G type miniature bulbs are found in many applications including: auto indicator and instrument, aircraft and marine. The number after the 'G' is the diameter of the glass in 1/8 inch increments. A G5 bulb, for example, has a diameter of 5/8 of an inch.

Right, thanks. I got out a tape measure and measured the base and bulb. I believe it's a G16.5 with a medium base. That's what I ordered on Amazon, so fingers crossed.

[Hal-9000]

I'll pretend I understand that reference :lol:

Fkn kids :lol:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind? Movie from the late 70's that might have made 100 bucks or so at the box office?



https://i.imgur.com/fYgw7bQ.jpg

[Hal-9000]

Right, thanks. I got out a tape measure and measured the base and bulb. I believe it's a G16.5 with a medium base. That's what I ordered on Amazon, so fingers crossed.

:hand:

Be an old man and take the actual bulb with you to an actual store! I used to think my Dad was nuts doing that but I've never come out with the wrong thing since :thumbsup:

[Godfather]

:hand:

Be an old man and take the actual bulb with you to an actual store! I used to think my Dad was nuts doing that but I've never come out with the wrong thing since :thumbsup:

Ya you're 100% right, I do this sometimes too. I'm just being lazy :lol:

[Goofy]

:tumble:

:beatdown:

[Hal-9000]

Ya you're 100% right, I do this sometimes too. I'm just being lazy :lol:

You say lazy? Thermometer outside says -22 and it's windy.

I've been avoiding shoveling the walks since I logged on here this morning :lol:

Warm coffee and gifs > penile attacking cold

[KevinD]

So Hal wont worry...got the new 220 circuit installed in garage. Table saw works perfectly, no new finger carnage, so, good day! Lol

[Hal-9000]

So Hal wont worry...got the new 220 circuit installed in garage. Table saw works perfectly, no new finger carnage, so, good day! Lol

*gives 10 finger salute*

[lost in melb.]

Fkn kids :lol:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind? Movie from the late 70's that might have made 100 bucks or so at the box office?



https://i.imgur.com/fYgw7bQ.jpg

The GenX/Y watershed test

:homer:


https://youtu.be/cwGQKsFTK9Q

[lost in melb.]

So Hal wont worry...got the new 220 circuit installed in garage. Table saw works perfectly, no new finger carnage, so, good day! Lol

220 Volts?

I've noticed electric Kettles take 10 minutes to boil in the states :)

[KevinD]

Yeah, 208/220 vac. Most stuff stateside is 110 volts. Just some appliances and larger power tools are 220. It cuts current load in half, but then in your area Lost, everything is 220 yes?

[Pony]

220 Volts?

I've noticed electric Kettles take 10 minutes to boil in the states :)

Still living in the 1960's? :lol:

What voltage do you lot use over there? Most of our standard household current is 110v, 220v is only for high draw stuff like furnace,A/C electric stove, etc. A plug in electric kettle would probably be 110v.

[Hal-9000]

Still living in the 1960's? :lol:

What voltage do you lot use over there? Most of our standard household current is 110v, 220v is only for high draw stuff like furnace,A/C electric stove, etc. A plug in electric kettle would probably be 110v.

I use an electric kettle :-s

How else to you boil water...over a fire?

[RBP]

I use an electric kettle :-s

How else to you boil water...over a fire?

Much less common here. Kettles go on the stove.

[Hal-9000]

Much less common here. Kettles go on the stove.

:lol: Not the plug in variety

So you still boil water using a stove kettle? That seems 1800's to me, not the other way around.

Just looked at three houseware sites. Electric kettles outnumber stove top models by at least 4 to1.

Oooh, they have cordless electric kettles too :)

[RBP]

:lol: Not the plug in variety

So you still boil water using a stove kettle? That seems 1800's to me, not the other way around.

Just looked at three houseware sites. Electric kettles outnumber stove top models by at least 4 to1.

Oooh, they have cordless electric kettles too :)

Maybe I just don't use kettles. :lol:

[Hal-9000]

Maybe I just don't use kettles. :lol:

:lol: effin blue blooded Nor' easter Yankee fucks

I make pour over coffee using a carafe and drink tea sometimes so the electric kettle is a quick way to boil water.

I used to nuke a large Pyrex mixing glass for tea in the microwave until one night it stopped turning and made a bunch of funny noise and maybe sparks n stuff :-k

Kettle always from that moment forward! :tup:

[RBP]

Hot water is for coffee and pasta. :hand:

[Hal-9000]

Hot water is for coffee and pasta. :hand:

:-k

I would hope so. Cold water makes the spaghetti hard :-s

Do you have a gas stove or electric?

[RBP]

:-k

I would hope so. Cold water makes the spaghetti hard :-s

Do you have a gas stove or electric?

Unfortunately, electric. Much harder to control heat. But I use it a lot, being a good wife and all.

As an aside, my landlord was over and jumped when he heard water. He had never seen a countertop dish washer before. Absolutely awesome for an apartment.

[Hal-9000]

Unfortunately, electric. Much harder to control heat. But I use it a lot, being a good wife and all.

As an aside, my landlord was over and jumped when he heard water. He had never seen a countertop dish washer before. Absolutely awesome for an apartment.

8-[

Is that when your wife doesn't have a place to sit?


:dance:


:cheerlead:


:theyareontome:

[RBP]

8-[

Is that when your wife doesn't have a place to sit?

:lol:

I do it all, brother...

They are $200, sit on the counter and connect to the kitchen sink when you use them. One of the greatest things I have bought that nobody has ever heard of....

[Hal-9000]

:lol:

I do it all, brother...

They are $200, sit on the counter and connect to the kitchen sink when you use them. One of the greatest things I have bought that nobody has ever heard of....

So it's an actual appliance not a pet name for her, good :lol:

Yes I've heard of them.


:lol:

I do it all, brother...


I don't need to hear about your intimate life :hand:

[lost in melb.]

Yeah, 208/220 vac. Most stuff stateside is 110 volts. Just some appliances and larger power tools are 220. It cuts current load in half, but then in your area Lost, everything is 220 yes?


Still living in the 1960's? :lol:

What voltage do you lot use over there? Most of our standard household current is 110v, 220v is only for high draw stuff like furnace,A/C electric stove, etc. A plug in electric kettle would probably be 110v.

It's all 240V here in Aus. I can't think of any advantage for 110V to be honest other than teaching patience :-k

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:woot: Got a letter from the mortgage company, my mortgage is going up $200/month! :banana:



:suicide:

[Goofy]

:woot: Got a letter from the mortgage company, my mortgage is going up $200/month! :banana:



:suicide:
:cheerlead:

[Muddy]

:woot: Got a letter from the mortgage company, my mortgage is going up $200/month! :banana:



:suicide:

Jesus.. why?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Jesus.. why?

Because the escrow account is going to be short. Property taxes are going up this year as well as my homeowner's insurance. And instead of paying attention to this, they just caught it, so now we get to reap the benefit of their 'oversight'.

[Muddy]

2400 is a hell of an increase..

[Teh One Who Knocks]

2400 is a hell of an increase..

Well, they were nice enough to offer us the option of cutting them a check for $2300 and change to keep our mortgage payment where it is. Their kindness is just amazing.

[Muddy]

Those are some really nice people..

[RBP]

Because the escrow account is going to be short. Property taxes are going up this year as well as my homeowner's insurance. And instead of paying attention to this, they just caught it, so now we get to reap the benefit of their 'oversight'.

Wasn't the weed money supposed to limit property tax increases?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Wasn't the weed money supposed to limit property tax increases?

Theoretically because (a large part of) the weed tax money was supposed to go to the schools, and that's where around 60% of my property taxes go, to the school district. But the joke's on us, the cities/state are using the weed money elsewhere AND our property taxes get to go up! :cheerlead:

[RBP]

Theoretically because (a large part of) the weed tax money was supposed to go to the schools, and that's where around 60% of my property taxes go, to the school district. But the joke's on us, the cities/state are using the weed money elsewhere AND our property taxes get to go up! :cheerlead:

Fucking scam. Like lottery money going to education. And we let it happen. Ugh.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Fucking scam. Like lottery money going to education. And we let it happen. Ugh.

Yup, it's bullshit. And our property taxes have gone up $700 in the last 4 years, from $1700 to $2400.

[RBP]

Yup, it's bullshit. And our property taxes have gone up $700 in the last 4 years, from $1700 to $2400.

That sucks, but at least you're in a low property tax state. Illinois is 4X that high.

https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-the-highest-and-lowest-property-taxes/11585/

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/lZ0Mkbk.jpg

[DemonGeminiX]

110 junk emails in my spam folder since last night. If I could hunt these assholes down, I'd break their fingers with a ball-peen hammer.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

They are in your spam folder, why worry about it

[DemonGeminiX]

They are in your spam folder, why worry about it

It's just one of those things that irks me.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

:lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

It's just one of those things that irks me.

What's your e-mail address, I'll add it to one of those Do Not Spam lists :thumbsup:


:shifty:

[Hal-9000]

just watched some footage of that Brazil dam disaster...wow.

[RBP]

just watched some footage of that Brazil dam disaster...wow.

C'mon, man. You went for 'wow' versus 'DAM!?!'

So disappointed. I will pour a 40 on the driveway for you.

[Hal-9000]

C'mon, man. You went for 'wow' versus 'DAM!?!'

So disappointed. I will pour a 40 on the driveway for you.

Like gay midgets with big balls, it was low hanging fruit :hand:

[Hal-9000]

Much less common here. Kettles go on the stove.

Guess it's true :-k


https://i.imgur.com/Yb7owdY.jpg

[Hal-9000]

Have to repeatedly hit the back button at Imgur...what kind of new sorcery is this? :-k

[DemonGeminiX]

I think I might need new tires.

[Muddy]

I think I might need new tires.

You need a new car man..

[DemonGeminiX]

My car's fine. It'll outlast your crappy ol' Toyota. I drive the cockroach of automobiles.

[RBP]

Today, I got paid $7.15 to deliver a $5.40 cup of coffee a mile away. God bless American capitalism. Made me want to read some Chomsky for balance.

[RBP]

I have a moral dilemma. It's the retards at the local grocery. I mean literal retards. I appreciate that they are giving employment opportunities to the developmentally disabled, but I feel like they have crossed a line to too many retards. The guy yelling about closed late night entrances, or bitching about how he works harder than anyone in his loud retard voice. Customers being forced to politely engage for fear of being rude to retards. The medium functioning cashier that is retard-oblivious-happy and wants to chat while scanning my depressing frozen pizza. Maybe I am the retard. Maybe I should aspire to be that oblivious. Maybe the sub-par wages they pay for those workers isn't exploitation after all.

I just don't know, but I am overwhelmed by the retards every time. Do I ignore it? Am I part of the problem if I don't shop there? Do I have any obligation to be retard-polite?

I don't know, man. I just don't know.

[Pony]

I have a moral dilemma. It's the retards at the local grocery. I mean literal retards. I appreciate that they are giving employment opportunities to the developmentally disabled, but I feel like they have crossed a line to too many retards. The guy yelling about closed late night entrances, or bitching about how he works harder than anyone in his loud retard voice. Customers being forced to politely engage for fear of being rude to retards. The medium functioning cashier that is retard-oblivious-happy and wants to chat while scanning my depressing frozen pizza. Maybe I am the retard. Maybe I should aspire to be that oblivious. Maybe the sub-par wages they pay for those workers isn't exploitation after all.

I just don't know, but I am overwhelmed by the retards every time. Do I ignore it? Am I part of the problem if I don't shop there? Do I have any obligation to be retard-polite?

I don't know, man. I just don't know.

I quit going to my regular grocery because the ONE non DIY lane they had open was always run by the slowest moving guy I've ever encountered in a store. Pretty sure he's developmentally disabled but damn. I'm talking a sloth with 3 weeks training could do a better job. Please, move him to stocking shelves or something.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Why does she gets her kicks in Stepney and not in Knightsbridge anymore? :-k

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I have a moral dilemma. It's the retards at the local grocery. I mean literal retards. I appreciate that they are giving employment opportunities to the developmentally disabled, but I feel like they have crossed a line to too many retards. The guy yelling about closed late night entrances, or bitching about how he works harder than anyone in his loud retard voice. Customers being forced to politely engage for fear of being rude to retards. The medium functioning cashier that is retard-oblivious-happy and wants to chat while scanning my depressing frozen pizza. Maybe I am the retard. Maybe I should aspire to be that oblivious. Maybe the sub-par wages they pay for those workers isn't exploitation after all.

I just don't know, but I am overwhelmed by the retards every time. Do I ignore it? Am I part of the problem if I don't shop there? Do I have any obligation to be retard-polite?

I don't know, man. I just don't know.

There's a couple of supermarkets here that do it. They don't hire a lot, but there's always at least one or two of them there. Usually they are bagging groceries or wrangling carts from the parking lot, but they are also very chatty and very loud. I use the self-checkout lanes for a reason, I hate people. I don't like having to interact with anyone unless I have to, but these developmentally disabled seem to make it a point to go out of their way to be chatty. I feel the same as you, am I being extra rude to them because I want to just ignore/avoid them? It's easier when it's just an average person to ignore them, but even when you are acting busy or annoyed, the retarded employees don't pick up on the hint and won't leave you alone. And then if you are seen ignoring them, then I'm sure there are people talking behind your back about how evil you are as a person for not wanting to engage with them. No, I just want to get my groceries, pay for them, and go the fuck home in peace.

[DemonGeminiX]

Why does she gets her kicks in Stepney and not in Knightsbridge anymore? :-k

:-s

Because your old man took her diamonds and tiaras by the score.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:-s

Because your old man took her diamonds and tiaras by the score.

That bastard :sad2:

[Hal-9000]

I finished the Ted Bundy tapes thing on Netlfix. I'm going to revamp my initial take to RBP and say it was informative, lots of footage of Bundy and they did a good job with the timeline :thumbsup:

There was one really uncomfortable part in episode two where Bundy was in a room with two people. The female was asking questions and Bundy would always smile, delay, look down and then give a qualifier like - Well Jane, your interpretation of ____ may not be the same as mine.

Then she asked - Did you physically harm anyone Ted? Bundy replies with a smile - Well Jane, your idea of physical harm may not be the same as mine.

The room goes dead silent and both interviewers don't know what to say. The tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife :lol:

[DemonGeminiX]

The House Democrats have started their assault.

[RBP]

The House Democrats have started their assault.

But the have no assault rifles, so it's okay.

[lost in melb.]

Today, I got paid $7.15 to deliver a $5.40 cup of coffee a mile away. God bless American capitalism. Made me want to read some Chomsky for balance.

And you didn't take a sip :shock: :nuts:

[lost in melb.]

There's a couple of supermarkets here that do it. They don't hire a lot, but there's always at least one or two of them there. Usually they are bagging groceries or wrangling carts from the parking lot, but they are also very chatty and very loud. I use the self-checkout lanes for a reason, I hate people. I don't like having to interact with anyone unless I have to, but these developmentally disabled seem to make it a point to go out of their way to be chatty. I feel the same as you, am I being extra rude to them because I want to just ignore/avoid them? It's easier when it's just an average person to ignore them, but even when you are acting busy or annoyed, the retarded employees don't pick up on the hint and won't leave you alone. And then if you are seen ignoring them, then I'm sure there are people talking behind your back about how evil you are as a person for not wanting to engage with them. No, I just want to get my groceries, pay for them, and go the fuck home in peace.

And @ RBP. Too much to quote both



Myself, I keep it polite and professional. Friendly but curt - just as if they were fully functioning.

I think it's completely your choice though. By the way did you know most supermarkets have a quiet time to shop for people with 'special sensitivities' :giggle:

[RBP]

And you didn't take a sip :shock: :nuts:

Gingerbread Latte. Blech.

[RBP]

And @ RBP. Too much to quote both

Myself, I keep it polite and professional. Friendly but curt - just as if they were fully functioning.

I think it's completely your choice though. By the way did you know most supermarkets have a quiet time to shop for people with 'special sensitivities' :giggle:

http://i65.tinypic.com/t9csqv.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I think it's completely your choice though. By the way did you know most supermarkets have a quiet time to shop for people with 'special sensitivities' :giggle:

:serious:

[Muddy]

You guys are fucked, man.. Just smile and pay for your groceries and go home.. :lol:

[Hal-9000]

You guys are fucked, man.. Just smile and pay for your groceries and go home.. :lol:

This is what I do. And I know the guy is thinking behind my back - There goes that fucked up guy again :)