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Anarchy / Re: Can someone help me with a pc question?
« on: May 26, 2010, 06:45:38 AM »
I, too, spend lots of money on things before researching them.

That reminds me, Did that Thai boy you ordered make it you alive?

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Entertainment / Re: Post your YouTube favorites
« on: May 13, 2010, 02:46:28 PM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45HJpjdUzpY#noexternalembed

How long until this shows up it the "bitch about your job" thread....

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Sticky Stuff (no pun intended) / Re: 2010 Book Thread
« on: May 11, 2010, 06:57:49 AM »
I keep updating my original post with the what I'm working on, I'm up to 30 when my goal is 60 but I've only got 5 non-fiction so I need to step up that part.

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Anarchy / Re: What happened at court today. . .
« on: April 21, 2010, 07:01:58 AM »
that is awesome,  when lawyers work out for you it is great, sucks to be in a position where you need one however.

And congrats on your truck find in the other thread.

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Anarchy / Re: Which Telly?
« on: March 26, 2010, 03:20:01 PM »
I stand corrected,

this time


but I ain't changin' my vote  :slap

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Anarchy / Re: Which Telly?
« on: March 26, 2010, 02:14:21 PM »
The muppet wins.

I'm too big of a Muppet Show fan to vote any other way

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Anarchy / Re: Breakfast Sandwich
« on: March 24, 2010, 06:58:47 AM »
Sip N Dip, local "chain" (4 stores) that uses slices of american cheese and 4-5 slices of good sandwich ham on their breakfast sandwiches.  Pretty good bagels too.

Otherwise it's Dunkin' Donuts, ham, egg and cheese on a wheat or multgrain bagel

Of course I only buy one once every 3 months or so.

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Entertainment / Re: Peter Graves died
« on: March 15, 2010, 07:12:12 AM »
Oveur, over.

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Anarchy / Re: Computer Desk/Setup Thread?
« on: March 01, 2010, 12:53:47 PM »
Nope.  I am a Technology God.

A modest one at that.

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Anarchy / Re: Anyone have a sleep disorder? (a REAL sleep disorder)
« on: February 24, 2010, 08:24:31 AM »
I have a bifid uvula so have always had a touch of sleep apnea which got worse when I was overweight.  Like Biz losing the weight helped.

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Entertainment / Re: Myers-Briggs Personality Types
« on: February 15, 2010, 07:59:12 AM »
Haven't we had a discussion about this before?  Maybe on another forum.

If I remember correctly I'm pretty firmly on the EN end of things, the last two I'm more in the middle of, either FJ or TJ I think.

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Anarchy / Re: Forum Issues
« on: February 04, 2010, 11:17:19 AM »
Yesterday it was slow to load and slow to respond opening threads.

Today it's just a little slow to load but once up works fine.

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Anarchy / Re: Weight Training
« on: January 28, 2010, 08:16:31 AM »
I was looking at those online and in the local store but I just can't picture myself running along the road in them.  I hit branches/cans/rocks all the time along the darker stretches, plus this time of year salt and sand in them would just plain suck.  I can kind of see them for running on grass.

Hope your foot heals fine and you can get back out there.

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Anarchy / Re: Weight Training
« on: January 27, 2010, 04:12:51 PM »
When it's not too cold out, this is my running shoe.

http://www.bizb.biz/index.php?type=1&id=458

How are those working out for you?

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Tried that on the old server.  It isn't hardware.  I've 100% eliminated hardware as the issue by deploying an entirely new server, with different NICs, different network cables, different switch, everything.

Switching inputs doesn't make any difference either.

You're right that is a puzzle, a really annoying one I imagine.

Have you eliminated everything upstream from the server?  Wait you said it was a different switch....  how about a different IP address?

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Huh, maybe try flipping the NIC's in the box.  If the bottom one still doesn't work in the top slot than it's hardware, if not some sort of setting.  Or try other slots entirely.

The other thing that comes to mind is to switch the inputs into each NIC (the patch cables in the back) and see if you get the same results.

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Is the bottom NIC enabled in Windows? or are the settings correct there?

That is about all I can contribute, and you probably already checked that but you didn't say so...

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With the race going in Massachusetts for the open Senate seat, key Democrats rally for  Martha Coakley.

    Harry Reid: Scott Brown is a racist.

    Tim Geitner: Scott Brown failed to report $300 he earned under the table on his 1982 1040.

    Kevin Jennings: Our children are not safe with Scott Brown.

    Nancy Pelosi: Scott Brown is wealthy. He associates with wealthy people.He is very partisan and doesn't work well with others.

    Joe Biden: Scott Brown says stupid shit all the time!

    Charlie Rangel: Scott Brown exploits tax loopholes.

    Barack Obama: Let me be perfectly clear! Scott Brown is totally inexperienced and unfit for this important job. He doesn't have a clue!

I got so sick of seeing the damn commercials all weekend.  Every break in any of the games had 3-4 of them.

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Anarchy / Re: Happy New Year!
« on: January 01, 2010, 05:19:05 PM »
Made a nice meal for me and the missus, drank some good wine with the meal, watched a movie and finished a bottle of local sparkling wine as midnight hit.

Hope everyone here as a good 2010!

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Sticky Stuff (no pun intended) / Re: 2010 Book Thread
« on: January 01, 2010, 05:13:41 PM »
Seeing as I pulled off 50+ last year I'm aiming for 60, however I read an awful lot of Sci Fi and Fantasy so the goal is to have at least 20 of those books be something besides Sci Fi or Fantasy.

  • 1.  Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town by Elyssa East - Learned some interesting things but wasn't a fan of the authors "narrative non-fiction" style and she jumped around a ton
  • 2.  Ulysses by James Joyce - in progress and will be for a while
  • 3.  Uechi-Ryu Karate Do by George Mattson - not really a full read, just a skim to review some of the kata, this is on here since I'll probably be reviewing the kata often
  • 4.  Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Core set by Fantasy Flight Games - a brand new RPG game system that caught my eye, hope to start a game of it soon
  • 5. and 6.  Top 10 Book 1 and 2 by Alan Moore - not as dark as some of Moore's stuff, had a very good sense of humor actually overall a highly recommended graphic novel
  • 7.  Mouse Guard Winter 1152 by David Petersen - a visually stunning book about a mouse empire with overtones of Three Musketeers, good stuff
  • 8.  Chew Volume 1: Tasters Choice by John Layman and Rob Guillory - a very weird graphic novel about someone who can eat something and get information on how it was grown and treated, or lived and died, rather disturbing when he starts eating murderers to learn about their victims
  • 9.  Brooklyn Knight by C.J. Henderson - a solid 'meh' for this book, written in the style of an old serial, not that complicated a plot, excessive adjectives etc.  - small aside I bought it from the author at a con this weekend and he was a pretty interesting fellow
  • 10.  The Occult Detectives of C.J. Henderson by C.J. Henderson - a collection of short stories of a lovecraftian nature, some were pretty good but he ruined it for me when he described Innsmouth as being 'on the Massachusetts coast up near Vermont', if Lovecraft is your thing you might want to have checked a map of New England before publishing
  • 11.  Baby's first Mythos by C.J. Henderson and Erica Henderson - a short illustrated book with the alphabet and numbers done up in rhyme about lovecraftian horrors with some great ink line drawings
  • 12.  Just another Judgement Day by Simon R. Green - a fun fast paced book about a detective in a dark reflection of London, the author does a good job in all his stuff
  • 13.  Fables: vol 12 The Dark Ages by Bill Willingham - continuing with some great stuff in the Fables series, not too happy with some of the art but the writing is still good
  • 14.  Starfist: Wings of Hell by David Sherman and Dan Cragg- the latest novel in a military sci fi setting, an enjoyable series
  • 15.  The Rise of the Terran Empire by Poul Anderson- a volume collecting short stories by the author that were written over decades that all took place in the same "world", fun classic scifi reading
  • 16.  The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman- it seemed aimed at young teens but is the usual Gaiman blend of myth and fable, good short read
  • 17.  House of Mystery vol 1 by Mathew Sturges and Bill Willingham- a graphic novel in the same world as The Endless, this one focusing on Cain's House of Mystery in the Dreaming
  • 18.  The Unwritten Vol 1 by Mike Carey- a very good graphic novel about someone who turns out to be a literary character in the "real world"
  • 19.  Starman Omnibus Vol 4 by James Robinson- the continuing collection of a 90's run of DC comics, very well plotted for a monthly run
  • 20-24.  Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan- I read all five of these, I was quite impressed in that he didn't dumb down the greek mythology for the target audience of young adult, betrayal, death, love all there.  These are quick and fun reads and I would definitely recommend them for bringing to the beach or on vacation
  • 25.  The Good, the Bad and the Uncanny by Simon R. Green - book 10 in the Nightside series, short fast paced supernatural detective novel, fun stuff
  • 26.  The Child Thief by Brom - a dark retelling of Peter Pan, I enjoyed it
  • 27.  What to expect when you're expecting by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel - The title says it all on this one, just started and haven't finished yet
  • 28.  Eating well when you're expecting by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel - I've read more of this one since I'm the primary cook in the house
  • 29.  The Scourge of God by S. M. Stirling - another book in the author series about life after technology stops working, I like reading this but the author keeps using deus ex machina to get out of problems
  • 30.  What your parents never told you about being a Mom or Dad by Stan and Jan Berenstain - A cute fun read

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Anarchy / Re: This is what I did over Christmas break...
« on: December 31, 2009, 09:04:24 AM »
Good work Detta!

congrats to everyone involved ;)

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Anarchy / Re: 50 Books in 2009
« on: December 31, 2009, 09:01:36 AM »
I cleared 50, I actually finished a couple more books that i didn't add and 3 more graphic novels over christmas.

I think my biggest brag is that I actually finished Finnegan's Wake last night, 628 long pages.  It was a very interesting read but not easy.

If no one else starts one I'll start a Books in 2010 thread, I still have the homebrewing books, a local history book and another Joyce novel.


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Anarchy / Re: Migraines
« on: December 04, 2009, 09:24:37 AM »
I get them maybe a couple of times a year at most, not completely debilitating but you really don't want to be anywhere near me when I have one.  Only cure is a nap in a cool, colder the better, dark and quiet room for an hour or two.  That usually takes enough off so that I can function when combined with some caffeine/aspirin.

Sinus stuff runs in the family, I can tell when a low pressure front is coming because I get a certain kind of headache.

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Entertainment / Re: Post your YouTube favorites
« on: November 25, 2009, 08:57:21 AM »
Most of you have probably seen this on Fark already but it rocks so much I had to share

Muppets doing Queen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY#noexternalembed

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