Wasn't that the whole reason behind Esperanto's creation? To create a universal language that had letter combinations that be pronouced in one way only.
I got called over to do support for a company that is partnered with my company, and owns a few offices in our building. The accountant was trying to do a year-end in MYOB and needed to rename a database.
I navigated to the database folder in Windows explorer and told her to rename the correct database. To my amazement, she closed the explorer window, opened MYOB, selected "open" then right clicked on the database and selected "rename".
I asked why she did that, and it turns out it's what she does when she needs any file in Windows!
To quote the SysAdmin creed "down, not across"
Anyhoo, my favourite all time one was when we replaced the computers at one of our branches. There was a particulary crotchity older gentleman at this branch that hated the new keyboard (small laptop-esqe funky thing with no numpad) and wanted the old keyboard back (Full 101 keyboard, F1 keys and numpad). So I sent it out in the internal mail, telling him to call me when he recieves it.
I get a call a couple of hours later saying he can't get it working. I find out the older keyboard is PS2 whereas the new one is USB. No prob, I sez. I tell him to turn the computer off, plug the old keyboard in and turn it back on. Guess what his response is IN IT'S ENTIRETY???
"I didn't have to do that with the new one"
I said "Just do what I said, it will fix it". He repeats it with anger growing in his voice. For 8-9 minutes, this guy argues with me that since the new keyboard can be hotswapped, the old one should as well. He even gets pissed off (with me!!!) when he can't get the PS2 keyboard working, even though I told him the computer needs to restart to see it. Eventually he restarts the computer, the keyboard works fine. Just after he see's the new keyboard working, he say's it:
"Why do they make these bloody things so hard to use?"
I would have happily chopped off his hands and worn them on a necklace as a warning to others.
That this finding is offset by the fact that children seem to be getting mature (Not sure if "mature" is the correct word, see next sentence for context) younger?
I was reading yesterday about the increase of teenage pregnancy, especially younger teens 14-15.
The article doesn't specify what age people where wanting to be again, I thought "child" was before "preteen" (10-12 onwards). A lot of kids seem to be going through puberty earlier these days.
Then again, the article was more about the mental state of mind rather then the physical body.
I'll be the first to admit, they cranked the atmosphere right up in Thief 3, with absolutely gorgous shadows and details in the levels. I know everyone here has been praising the Cradle level as possibly the scariest (and best) levels of any game out there.
The rest I didn't mind (even the loading levels). However, I wished there was a level that could compare to the scale of "Song of the Caverns" in Thief Gold, or "Life of the Party" in Thief 2. None of the levels in T3 felt as grand as the two aformentioned levels.
I even loved those levels in Thief 2 where you have to follow Lt Hagenson(Is that the name?) and the pagan, and the level after that with the ape creatures and the tree monsters (I almost shit myself the first time I walked too close to one of those tree monsters, when it suddenly took a swipe at me knocking half of my health off then chasing me right around that area. You can barely outrun the bastards!)
Wouldn't it be great if the next Thief game (if there is one) could be designed something like GTA with different areas you have to complete to move onto the next one, but with one big area you could walk around and explore if you felt like instead of doing missions. Even have a day and night cycle, where you have to get to a safe house or area during daytime.
That and a multiplayer ability.
BTW, what the heck was up with not being able to swim in T3?
I don't know if anyone else has had this problem, but at the moment Window Update driver recomendation sucks.
I've never updated my computer drivers via Windows Update. My boss recently asked me why and I showed him on a spare laptop we had.
First of all, Windows kept saying that there where updated drivers for the onboard Realtek AC97 sound card. Problem was, the updated drivers where for the C-Media AC97 drivers. The sound card didn't work when I updated them to the ones Windows recommended.
Then (the big one) Windows kept saying there was an updated driver for the USB mouse I was using (A A-Open Optical Openeye Wheelmouse). The driver it recommended was a A4-Tech driver or something.
Oh boy, did I have fun after that was installed.
I installed the recommended mouse driver and restarted. Instant blue-screen. So I tried to get into safe mode to rollback the driver. Blue screen while booting into safe mode. So now I have to try and recover (or reformat) this laptop due to a dodgey windows update.
My boss was amazed at what Windows Update had done. Why does Windows say there are updated drivers available that don't work? I know better than to trust WU for drivers, but I still have the average home user coming up to me asking why their computer has gone bad after loading the latest windows updates (I tell everyone who asks, only use WU for the critical windows updates, that's all)
Who is to blame for this? The average computer user has no idea what devices are in their computer (Hell, most of them still call the moniter the computer and the computer "the box"). Why does Windows seem to ignore what's listed as installed and working in Device Manager?
Jeez I've still got two of the bastards, a 33MB one and a 88MB one. Plus about 20 disks (discs?) for both.
I just get them out whenever I need a laugh.
I'd set it up with R2-D2 sounds.
Imagine, as your powerbook hurtles to the floor, it lets fly with the R2-D2 "scream".
Or it has that R2-D2 question-like beeping and chirping when it asks you a question.
"Like some 1,000 other members of the "cryonics" movement, Mr. Pizer has made arrangements to have his body frozen in liquid nitrogen as soon as possible after he dies"
I for one, welcome our new defrosted Stupid-Age overlords
So, he'll be dead in this time, but hoping that future generations will be able to provide life?
I think he's hoping for storyline of "The Time Machine" to come true. I'd LMAO if this shmuck gets Frankenstien'ed instead!
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Wasn't that the whole reason behind Esperanto's creation? To create a universal language that had letter combinations that be pronouced in one way only.
Look what happened to that language.
I got called over to do support for a company that is partnered with my company, and owns a few offices in our building. The accountant was trying to do a year-end in MYOB and needed to rename a database.
I navigated to the database folder in Windows explorer and told her to rename the correct database. To my amazement, she closed the explorer window, opened MYOB, selected "open" then right clicked on the database and selected "rename".
I asked why she did that, and it turns out it's what she does when she needs any file in Windows!
To quote the SysAdmin creed "down, not across"
Anyhoo, my favourite all time one was when we replaced the computers at one of our branches. There was a particulary crotchity older gentleman at this branch that hated the new keyboard (small laptop-esqe funky thing with no numpad) and wanted the old keyboard back (Full 101 keyboard, F1 keys and numpad). So I sent it out in the internal mail, telling him to call me when he recieves it.
I get a call a couple of hours later saying he can't get it working. I find out the older keyboard is PS2 whereas the new one is USB. No prob, I sez. I tell him to turn the computer off, plug the old keyboard in and turn it back on. Guess what his response is IN IT'S ENTIRETY???
"I didn't have to do that with the new one"
I said "Just do what I said, it will fix it". He repeats it with anger growing in his voice. For 8-9 minutes, this guy argues with me that since the new keyboard can be hotswapped, the old one should as well. He even gets pissed off (with me!!!) when he can't get the PS2 keyboard working, even though I told him the computer needs to restart to see it. Eventually he restarts the computer, the keyboard works fine. Just after he see's the new keyboard working, he say's it:
"Why do they make these bloody things so hard to use?"
I would have happily chopped off his hands and worn them on a necklace as a warning to others.
along with this great scheme to rip off my company by putting all the fractions of a cent from finance into my own special account!
That this finding is offset by the fact that children seem to be getting mature (Not sure if "mature" is the correct word, see next sentence for context) younger?
I was reading yesterday about the increase of teenage pregnancy, especially younger teens 14-15.
The article doesn't specify what age people where wanting to be again, I thought "child" was before "preteen" (10-12 onwards). A lot of kids seem to be going through puberty earlier these days.
Then again, the article was more about the mental state of mind rather then the physical body.
I'll be the first to admit, they cranked the atmosphere right up in Thief 3, with absolutely gorgous shadows and details in the levels. I know everyone here has been praising the Cradle level as possibly the scariest (and best) levels of any game out there.
The rest I didn't mind (even the loading levels). However, I wished there was a level that could compare to the scale of "Song of the Caverns" in Thief Gold, or "Life of the Party" in Thief 2. None of the levels in T3 felt as grand as the two aformentioned levels.
I even loved those levels in Thief 2 where you have to follow Lt Hagenson(Is that the name?) and the pagan, and the level after that with the ape creatures and the tree monsters (I almost shit myself the first time I walked too close to one of those tree monsters, when it suddenly took a swipe at me knocking half of my health off then chasing me right around that area. You can barely outrun the bastards!)
Wouldn't it be great if the next Thief game (if there is one) could be designed something like GTA with different areas you have to complete to move onto the next one, but with one big area you could walk around and explore if you felt like instead of doing missions. Even have a day and night cycle, where you have to get to a safe house or area during daytime.
That and a multiplayer ability.
BTW, what the heck was up with not being able to swim in T3?
I don't know if anyone else has had this problem, but at the moment Window Update driver recomendation sucks.
I've never updated my computer drivers via Windows Update. My boss recently asked me why and I showed him on a spare laptop we had.
First of all, Windows kept saying that there where updated drivers for the onboard Realtek AC97 sound card. Problem was, the updated drivers where for the C-Media AC97 drivers. The sound card didn't work when I updated them to the ones Windows recommended.
Then (the big one) Windows kept saying there was an updated driver for the USB mouse I was using (A A-Open Optical Openeye Wheelmouse). The driver it recommended was a A4-Tech driver or something.
Oh boy, did I have fun after that was installed.
I installed the recommended mouse driver and restarted. Instant blue-screen. So I tried to get into safe mode to rollback the driver. Blue screen while booting into safe mode. So now I have to try and recover (or reformat) this laptop due to a dodgey windows update.
My boss was amazed at what Windows Update had done. Why does Windows say there are updated drivers available that don't work? I know better than to trust WU for drivers, but I still have the average home user coming up to me asking why their computer has gone bad after loading the latest windows updates (I tell everyone who asks, only use WU for the critical windows updates, that's all)
Who is to blame for this? The average computer user has no idea what devices are in their computer (Hell, most of them still call the moniter the computer and the computer "the box"). Why does Windows seem to ignore what's listed as installed and working in Device Manager?
the Bittorrent link to these documents?
It had all the colours of the rainbow and a lot more, it was so beautiful I got down on my knees and wept.
Then I realised it was only a costume some kid was wearing outside the discount shoe market.
Jeez I've still got two of the bastards, a 33MB one and a 88MB one. Plus about 20 disks (discs?) for both. I just get them out whenever I need a laugh.
I'd set it up with R2-D2 sounds. Imagine, as your powerbook hurtles to the floor, it lets fly with the R2-D2 "scream". Or it has that R2-D2 question-like beeping and chirping when it asks you a question.
Australia?
Seriously though, hasn't something like this been tried before?
http://www.snopes.com/business/hidden/popcorn.asp
"Like some 1,000 other members of the "cryonics" movement, Mr. Pizer has made arrangements to have his body frozen in liquid nitrogen as soon as possible after he dies"
I for one, welcome our new defrosted Stupid-Age overlords
So, he'll be dead in this time, but hoping that future generations will be able to provide life?
I think he's hoping for storyline of "The Time Machine" to come true. I'd LMAO if this shmuck gets Frankenstien'ed instead!