It's incredible just how often 'phone jobs' make their staff fucking miserable. If you're doodling / drawing you must be either not busy enough or not engaged in the conversations well enough to do your work properly.
Now I don't entirely agree with that, as someone who passes work out to the other staff, I can understand a small aspect of wanting the staff to look busy but I'd rather they were happy than miserable, often happy employees are more productive or at least easier to manage.
Any phone jobs I've had have been IT based, so my web browsing was traditionally, incredibly excessive but I've mostly got away with it throughout my career. None the less I can sympathise for sure. (There was a time when older women were welcome to do knitting during phone jobs, those days seem gone too as well)
I find it surprisingly good with a keyboard. Yes a wireless keyboard, logitech Dinovo edge for me- I find myself browsing in the lounge all the time now too. Glorious.
Actually some of the sex parties policies were downright logical. The problem with them and the pirate party is they have stupid names, so a huge portion of people will overlook them immediately.
Your taste in games is frankly,.... well it's what I'd expect guys to play, it's sports and MMO's for goodness sakes, while yes some girls play and love these games - the odds are WELL against you.
It's time evaluate yourself and your gaming future if you genuinely want your wife to get into it. My recommendation, which I hold in high regard no less! Is that you look at picking up a PS3 and actually just 'making' (letting?) her watch you play some vastly more story focused single player interesting games. Uncharted 1,2, 3 and Heavy Rain are absoloutely and utterly perfect examples of games which could at least convince a non gamer "hey,... golly.. maybe games aren't completely fucking stupid childish crap" because to be honest, that's what a lot of people STILL think about gaming.
Well you could consider letting her play for a bit on those games while you play. Pass her the controller for a bit while you grab a drink in the kitchen or go to the bathroom, or just say 'here you try' As for the games you should play once you've got her interested? I can't recommend Pixel Junk Monsters enough, it's an incredible game, the demo is free and coop works on it - try it.
Finally as someone who has dated several non gamers, the simpler games often are the best at the start, Mario Kart, Mario Golf worked for a fun afternoon also. You need to focus on a fun and easy experience to make it easy initially.
Do not even consider MMO's for a very long time and try subject matter which is likely to interest her, some sports games might be ok in coop (I don't know) but I imagine the brain would switch off the second you pull out a sports game in most cases. Embrace storyline focused single player gaming in general, it's good for you.
Based on the comments I see on the gossip blogs (my weakness for hot pics) it appears the general consensus is that one of the sisters already is a relative of the neanderthal species.
(Although I think she still scrubs up alright TBH)
You're already +5, you should be +50 The US is one of the cheapest countries in the WORLD for fuel. I believe it's 1/3 the cost of Japan or something ridiculous like that? I think 1/5'th the cost of other places.
That's the box - it will make you a Google+ profile if you're not careful (perhaps I'm blind but I didn't find that was clearly stated)
It also won't allow anonymous names. I try to stick with just my initials - but no luck. Problem is if you make your name "Anonymous Dude" then your google+ profile (and possibly your gmail reply name?) will also be "Anonymous Dude" for example,.........
Google Plus, Facebook, Foursquare - a lot of services are really pushing the boundaries at the moment. I suspect the social media backlash is going to begin pretty damn soon.
On a similar, on topic note: Did anyone who does sign in to youtube recently get 'tricked' by a box popping up, offering them the option to change their first / last name on the service? I got it and thought, "fantastic! I can finally login with a name other than my gmail mail alias" and attempted setting up a different name. BAM - it made me a Google+ profile which I didn't want. Upon removing the profile, my videos are now tied to my "Google+ youtube account" - so anything I uploaded, any favourites, any comments are not available unless I re-create the account.
Heavy handed indeed and from the musings on the web, I'd say I'm not the only one who got stung by this.
I pretty much agree with most of your post, despite being more of an Xbox 1 over PS2 gamer (my first consoles and coming from PC, I liked the more PC-centric stuff on the Xbox)
That being said, I now love my PS3, so many good games for it and more importantly so many good exclusive games for it, often unique ones to boot.
I'm curious if you'd agree (and suspect so) that the PS3 and 360 are about to also be retired too early. The replacements for both systems are heavily rumoured to come out next year before Xmas and I'm not sure they are needed yet. The law of diminishing returns has the PS3 and 360's best games still (in my opinion) looking really quite good (See: Uncharted 2/3, Journey, Halo 4 and so on) these are quality graphics on 6 year old systems. I personally don't think we need those new consoles for at least 24 months. Since I wasn't a hardcore console player last gen (I got in mid way and was new to consoles in general) the PS2 doesn't hold as much memories for me - but the PS3 is definitely the best console I've ever owned. Very happy with it.
I couldn't care less about 60 fps unless I was playing a twitchy FPS or a racing game - both of which I play very, very rarely.
Uncharted, God of War, Okami HD, Darksiders, Journey, Mass Effect, Enslaved, Pixel Junk Monsters, Heavy Rain, LA Noire, GTA4 / 5, Half Life, Ico and SOTC HD, Portal.
None of these games NEED 60fps - they all look nice with a consistent 30 and 60 wouldn't hurt but I'd rather graphical fidelity than frame rate. ESPECIALLY with the law of diminishing returns kicking in to full effect this generation. You fire up the top 10 graphical powerhouse games onthe PS3 and 360 right now and guess what? They still look pretty damn good. Some of them exceptionally good. I'm convinced these new consoles are still coming 12 to 24 months too soon. So the last thing we need is only a mild bump in graphical fidelity and more frames. We need all the fidelity we can get.
Why is this insightful? You obviously don't know what twitter is, or how it works.
People make general comments certainly but if you follow/actual friends/ or people who have an interest in your opinion or are receptive to at least hearing it. You can engage in many conversations through twitter and include images, attach your location and so on. You can also easily "cc" friends - and friends who are following can observe and join in as well.
Yep, completely agreed. HEY APPLE, HOW DOES IT FEEL?
Glorious stuff. Also, Sony has made many many dumb mistakes but they do produce some good stuff. Considering their financials, this is just a positive for them really. Any company which introduces a region free game console is fine by me, it's prompted me to feel comfortable purchasing many many games more than I normally would, due to the ability to get much more reasonable prices.
Yours is the second post I've seen about this combined sick and vacation days PTO thing. As an Australian, that is madness just MADNESS plus you guys get 2 weeks instead of 4 a year right?!
I would absoloutely work while sick in that case, no question of it. We are legally entitled to 5 sick days with doctors certificate and 20 vacation days per year here. I'm allowed to talk my vacation time at half pay and I don't need the money so I basically get 40 days off a year.
Sure the mail is relatively reliable the the control tools fairly simple to use. A lot of hassles are taken out of my hands definitely.
However when there is an actual genuine issue, getting them to look at it, it's not a quick fix. It took a 50-> 100 reply thread, nearly a year before they finally fixed up the 'last logged in' display time in the console so you could actually identify when users were using the system or not. It was set to a US based time if I recall, despite Googles other services supporting international time zones relatively fine.
A lot of whining was needed to finally get a response. I dread to think how long it would take a very nasty issue to be ironed out? Perhaps only a 500 reply thread and 12 weeks? Also, the latency from Google to Australia for hosted mail? Yeah, not really making for responsive mailboxes. Admitedly not their fault directly, I made the choice to use it.
Cost of mobile calls even on a big business plan is far too expensive to always use the mobile phone compared to the desk phone. As much as your idea about saving the desk space is fantastic (never even occured to me) - every now and then I make an extremely long phone call in the office and on a cell - that would really add up.
The washing the car on Sunday thing, what's the deal with that? I've never heard of this? (I'm from Australia - we seem to have a lot less religion here) What would happen if you wash your car on a Sunday in a bible belt area? Nasty looks? Egged car? Is the expectation you should be at church?
I do admit, I found it fascinating some stores in the US won't sell liquor on Sundays or Saturdays or after 9:00pm or some such due to church run states, what a disgusting joke.
To be fair, if you enhance the video you'll see the camera he's using a dSLR with all the settings set to 'auto' so many would say justice was served that day!
Microsoft don't see the sales / activation figures and think "Gee so many users using Win8 but dropping the UI to Win7 / classic mode?! sheesh" they simply see a sale and assume they are doing the right thing.
Don't support this idiot behaviour in the first place. The desktop is a desktop is a desktop for a reason, sure it could be improved but hamfisting a phone UI on top of it isn't goign to help anyone. Stop fucking giving them damned money. Just because it's 'only' $40 doesn't make it a deal. I can give you AIDS for $40 too, is that a deal?
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It's incredible just how often 'phone jobs' make their staff fucking miserable. If you're doodling / drawing you must be either not busy enough or not engaged in the conversations well enough to do your work properly.
Now I don't entirely agree with that, as someone who passes work out to the other staff, I can understand a small aspect of wanting the staff to look busy but I'd rather they were happy than miserable, often happy employees are more productive or at least easier to manage.
Any phone jobs I've had have been IT based, so my web browsing was traditionally, incredibly excessive but I've mostly got away with it throughout my career. None the less I can sympathise for sure. (There was a time when older women were welcome to do knitting during phone jobs, those days seem gone too as well)
Look, I'll do it for $50 but please don't tell anyone!!!
I find it surprisingly good with a keyboard.
Yes a wireless keyboard, logitech Dinovo edge for me- I find myself browsing in the lounge all the time now too.
Glorious.
Your post is bang on.
About irony that is, I honestly don't know the definition anymore, it's so fucking difficult to identify the correct use of it.
It seems to be used in place of hypocrisy, sarcasm and coincidence at this point.
Actually some of the sex parties policies were downright logical. The problem with them and the pirate party is they have stupid names, so a huge portion of people will overlook them immediately.
Your taste in games is frankly,.... well it's what I'd expect guys to play, it's sports and MMO's for goodness sakes, while yes some girls play and love these games - the odds are WELL against you.
It's time evaluate yourself and your gaming future if you genuinely want your wife to get into it. My recommendation, which I hold in high regard no less! Is that you look at picking up a PS3 and actually just 'making' (letting?) her watch you play some vastly more story focused single player interesting games. Uncharted 1,2, 3 and Heavy Rain are absoloutely and utterly perfect examples of games which could at least convince a non gamer "hey,... golly.. maybe games aren't completely fucking stupid childish crap" because to be honest, that's what a lot of people STILL think about gaming.
Well you could consider letting her play for a bit on those games while you play. Pass her the controller for a bit while you grab a drink in the kitchen or go to the bathroom, or just say 'here you try'
As for the games you should play once you've got her interested? I can't recommend Pixel Junk Monsters enough, it's an incredible game, the demo is free and coop works on it - try it.
Finally as someone who has dated several non gamers, the simpler games often are the best at the start, Mario Kart, Mario Golf worked for a fun afternoon also.
You need to focus on a fun and easy experience to make it easy initially.
Do not even consider MMO's for a very long time and try subject matter which is likely to interest her, some sports games might be ok in coop (I don't know) but I imagine the brain would switch off the second you pull out a sports game in most cases.
Embrace storyline focused single player gaming in general, it's good for you.
Based on the comments I see on the gossip blogs (my weakness for hot pics) it appears the general consensus is that one of the sisters already is a relative of the neanderthal species.
(Although I think she still scrubs up alright TBH)
This has become quite a craze at the moment - how long have you been doing it and what results are you seeing?
What would you say your weekly total calorie intake is?
Same here! Except the Microsoft Xbox staff.
Still +4 funny?
You're already +5, you should be +50
The US is one of the cheapest countries in the WORLD for fuel. I believe it's 1/3 the cost of Japan or something ridiculous like that? I think 1/5'th the cost of other places.
Stop whining, just stop.
That's the box - it will make you a Google+ profile if you're not careful (perhaps I'm blind but I didn't find that was clearly stated)
It also won't allow anonymous names. I try to stick with just my initials - but no luck.
Problem is if you make your name "Anonymous Dude" then your google+ profile (and possibly your gmail reply name?) will also be "Anonymous Dude" for example,.........
Google Plus, Facebook, Foursquare - a lot of services are really pushing the boundaries at the moment. I suspect the social media backlash is going to begin pretty damn soon.
On a similar, on topic note: Did anyone who does sign in to youtube recently get 'tricked' by a box popping up, offering them the option to change their first / last name on the service? I got it and thought, "fantastic! I can finally login with a name other than my gmail mail alias" and attempted setting up a different name. BAM - it made me a Google+ profile which I didn't want.
Upon removing the profile, my videos are now tied to my "Google+ youtube account" - so anything I uploaded, any favourites, any comments are not available unless I re-create the account.
Heavy handed indeed and from the musings on the web, I'd say I'm not the only one who got stung by this.
I pretty much agree with most of your post, despite being more of an Xbox 1 over PS2 gamer (my first consoles and coming from PC, I liked the more PC-centric stuff on the Xbox)
That being said, I now love my PS3, so many good games for it and more importantly so many good exclusive games for it, often unique ones to boot.
I'm curious if you'd agree (and suspect so) that the PS3 and 360 are about to also be retired too early. The replacements for both systems are heavily rumoured to come out next year before Xmas and I'm not sure they are needed yet. The law of diminishing returns has the PS3 and 360's best games still (in my opinion) looking really quite good (See: Uncharted 2/3, Journey, Halo 4 and so on) these are quality graphics on 6 year old systems. I personally don't think we need those new consoles for at least 24 months.
Since I wasn't a hardcore console player last gen (I got in mid way and was new to consoles in general) the PS2 doesn't hold as much memories for me - but the PS3 is definitely the best console I've ever owned. Very happy with it.
I can't tell if this post is a joke, sarcastic or epically stupid?? I guess excellent troll?
I couldn't care less about 60 fps unless I was playing a twitchy FPS or a racing game - both of which I play very, very rarely.
Uncharted, God of War, Okami HD, Darksiders, Journey, Mass Effect, Enslaved, Pixel Junk Monsters, Heavy Rain, LA Noire, GTA4 / 5, Half Life, Ico and SOTC HD, Portal.
None of these games NEED 60fps - they all look nice with a consistent 30 and 60 wouldn't hurt but I'd rather graphical fidelity than frame rate. ESPECIALLY with the law of diminishing returns kicking in to full effect this generation.
You fire up the top 10 graphical powerhouse games onthe PS3 and 360 right now and guess what? They still look pretty damn good. Some of them exceptionally good.
I'm convinced these new consoles are still coming 12 to 24 months too soon. So the last thing we need is only a mild bump in graphical fidelity and more frames. We need all the fidelity we can get.
Why is this insightful?
You obviously don't know what twitter is, or how it works.
People make general comments certainly but if you follow /actual friends/ or people who have an interest in your opinion or are receptive to at least hearing it. You can engage in many conversations through twitter and include images, attach your location and so on. You can also easily "cc" friends - and friends who are following can observe and join in as well.
Yep, completely agreed. HEY APPLE, HOW DOES IT FEEL?
Glorious stuff. Also, Sony has made many many dumb mistakes but they do produce some good stuff. Considering their financials, this is just a positive for them really.
Any company which introduces a region free game console is fine by me, it's prompted me to feel comfortable purchasing many many games more than I normally would, due to the ability to get much more reasonable prices.
Yours is the second post I've seen about this combined sick and vacation days PTO thing.
As an Australian, that is madness just MADNESS plus you guys get 2 weeks instead of 4 a year right?!
I would absoloutely work while sick in that case, no question of it.
We are legally entitled to 5 sick days with doctors certificate and 20 vacation days per year here. I'm allowed to talk my vacation time at half pay and I don't need the money so I basically get 40 days off a year.
You poor bastards.
Sure the mail is relatively reliable the the control tools fairly simple to use. A lot of hassles are taken out of my hands definitely.
However when there is an actual genuine issue, getting them to look at it, it's not a quick fix. It took a 50-> 100 reply thread, nearly a year before they finally fixed up the 'last logged in' display time in the console so you could actually identify when users were using the system or not. It was set to a US based time if I recall, despite Googles other services supporting international time zones relatively fine.
A lot of whining was needed to finally get a response. I dread to think how long it would take a very nasty issue to be ironed out? Perhaps only a 500 reply thread and 12 weeks?
Also, the latency from Google to Australia for hosted mail? Yeah, not really making for responsive mailboxes. Admitedly not their fault directly, I made the choice to use it.
Cost of mobile calls even on a big business plan is far too expensive to always use the mobile phone compared to the desk phone. As much as your idea about saving the desk space is fantastic (never even occured to me) - every now and then I make an extremely long phone call in the office and on a cell - that would really add up.
I'm really low on porn at the moment and hit my monthly internet quota!
The washing the car on Sunday thing, what's the deal with that? I've never heard of this? (I'm from Australia - we seem to have a lot less religion here)
What would happen if you wash your car on a Sunday in a bible belt area? Nasty looks? Egged car? Is the expectation you should be at church?
I do admit, I found it fascinating some stores in the US won't sell liquor on Sundays or Saturdays or after 9:00pm or some such due to church run states, what a disgusting joke.
To be fair, if you enhance the video you'll see the camera he's using a dSLR with all the settings set to 'auto' so many would say justice was served that day!
STOP DOING THIS PEOPLE.
Microsoft don't see the sales / activation figures and think "Gee so many users using Win8 but dropping the UI to Win7 / classic mode?! sheesh" they simply see a sale and assume they are doing the right thing.
Don't support this idiot behaviour in the first place. The desktop is a desktop is a desktop for a reason, sure it could be improved but hamfisting a phone UI on top of it isn't goign to help anyone.
Stop fucking giving them damned money. Just because it's 'only' $40 doesn't make it a deal. I can give you AIDS for $40 too, is that a deal?
Troll maybe?
Overrated? Sure!
Silly? Definitely!
Funny? That was the intention!
Flamebait? Clear evidence the post was moderated by an idiot.
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