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ORIGINAL: warspite1

We've actually had a couple of nice days here in London - I was even able to cut the grass in my shorts on Friday!! [8D] - but typically it then turned cold over the weekend.....[:(]

I'm sure Spring will turn up at some point.

ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

The smaller versions are of better quality - less pixilated.

Looks like you had a good time...

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

ORIGINAL: stuman

Home from the hills. Very tired.

Well? Do they have eyes? [&:]

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

ORIGINAL: Mynok


It's ironic that in the real world I'm very patient and rarely reach the point of anger. Boards seem to drag out a different persona unfortunately.

Not sure why that is. I do know that I fear greatly what would happen should I be pushed past that point in reality.

There is the bit that one can be reasonable sure that they will never get the snot beaten out of them for posting stuff online which would probably get their teeth kicked in if they said it to someones face.

I, for one, make a concious effort to stay as close to my real world persona as I can to avoid that pitfall.

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

Has anyone heard (or seen) Nik lately? i am guessing he is moving from Fleattle to Houston (or its vicinity) but it has been 8 days since he's posted on the forum... [:(]

ORIGINAL: stuman

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

ORIGINAL: stuman

Home from the hills. Very tired.

Well? Do they have eyes? [&:]

I hope not.

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

This is just terrible... incredible footage of Japan Tsunami... [X(][X(][X(]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1nYOHb28zw


Leo "Apollo11"

ORIGINAL: scott1964

Tech Support | Allentown, PA, USA

(I work engineering support late in the evening.)

Me: “Pennsylvania Support Center. How may I help you?”

Caller: “The cleaning crew just came through my office, and now my mouse doesn’t work. The cursor just jumps all over the screen randomly when I move it. They broke my mouse. I need a new one.”

Me: “You have a SPARCstation with an optical mouse, correct?”

Caller: “Yes, with the cool glass mouse-pad.”

(Old-school optical mice used to require special reflective mouse-pads with grids etched into their surfaces. To increase tracking resolution, the vertical and horizontal grids had slightly different spacing.)

Me: “Did the cleaning crew wipe down your desk?”

Caller: “Yes.”

Me: “Did they move your mouse-pad?”

Caller: “What does that have to do with anything?”

Me: “Did your mouse-pad get rotated? Is the long edge of the mouse-pad now parallel to the edge of your desk?”

Caller: “I really don’t see why that’s relevant. I just want a new mouse!”

Me: “The orientation of the mouse-pad matters. The–”

(The caller cuts me off and starts to yell. I realize that I can actually hear his voice coming from down the hall.)

Caller: “Listen! Just open a ticket and have someone bring me a new mouse. I don’t have time for this. I design chips, so I know what I’m talking about. I probably designed the chip in the phone you’re stuck answering all day!”

(I take off my headset, walk down the hall, and walk into his office up to his desk.)

Caller: “…so don’t try to bulls*** me with, oh. Hold on, someone is in my office.”

(I reach down, and rotate his mouse-pad 90 degrees. I move the mouse, and the cursor happily moves around the screen as expected. I walk out of his office, back down the hall, sit down at my desk, and put my headset back on.)

Caller: *silence*

Me: “Thank you for calling Pennsylvania Support Center. I trust I have resolved your case.”

Caller: *silence*

Me: “You will be receiving your ticket number via email. Thank you.”

Caller: *click*

[X(][:D]

ORIGINAL: Grollub


Evening tithe.

Hope you haven't done anything Yuri would do. [:'(]

Hoisting a balcony Gin & Tonic for my THREAD brothers! [:)]

ORIGINAL: scott1964

[X(][:D][8|]
http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/cs_internet.shtml