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Fatwah on Western Digital
I converted one of our HP blades into a server 2003 R2 server to be used as an Oracle DB. Do you think it'll run ok on this?
I love how Server 2003 kicks in that extra 2GB for a pagefile.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Books and knitting supplies, actually. I had a hilarious conversation with someone who did not understand how someone could find her store from 1000 miles away.
I'm going to wait on the kimono; it seems forward and it turns out the place I want to buy from is a pain in the ass for international shipping.
Pradeep
Storage? I am Storage!
See the 9 disc LOTR non extended version announced for April?
Stereodude
Not really a
Nah, that's for people with more money than brains.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Amazon sent me an e-mail about it it six months ago when it was first announced. I'll probably buy both editions and a second set of EEs for my friend.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
I absolutely cannot imagine anyone with that much of an attachment to a Wii. They could have made the fucking things with Wii Boxing in ROM and not bothered to put the retardedly loud optical drive in it and it would have absolutely identical functionality.
Too bad man, weather related?
Cool. When are you seeing the geekette again?
ddrueding
Fixture
Just say what you feel like saying. When you've said all that, and had all your questions answered, I guess that would be time to stop.
ddrueding
Fixture
Same here. I also feel that I can be more truthful here. In real life, everyone is either a boss, a subordinate, a student, a client, or some other critical relationship. As such, I need to maneuver and pose, always considering the angles and repercussions. Here, the lack of consequences is quite relaxing
ddrueding
Fixture
So long as your employers don't read your posts.
I've thought about that. If they do/did, they found it on their own. As such, they can understand that the communication was not meant for/directed at them, and can come to terms with it, or not. Regardless, the opinions I voice here are honestly mine, and aren't that different (just less polished) then the ones I imply in person. Further, I haven't really said anything sensitive about the company or it's clients...until now.
I'm in the middle of writing a rather long winded e-mail to a manager, copying the boss, describing why his poor understanding towards the operation of the single piece of software that runs his entire department is not beneficial to the efficiency or up-time of his operation, and that his situation is not helped by his laziness, ignorance or condescending attitude. And that this may also explain why repair orders take a while to resolve and his employees all hate him. My first draft was much shorter ("Get fucked"), but I'm glad I decided to skip on that one, this will be much better.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
April.
I offered to go see her during my down time or to go someplace else with her but she doesn't want to. I think she wants to pay her own way.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
That's true for me as well.
time
Storage? I am Storage!
Be careful Dave. Have you considered using a sock puppet for this sort of thing?
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Fatwah on Western Digital
While I'd love to use a sock puppet for some of my client meetings, I doubt it would go over very well at the office.
Cancelled again. Apparently the east coast is messed up.
ddrueding
Fixture
I'm not worried, I wouldn't say anything here that I wouldn't say to their face.
Pradeep
Storage? I am Storage!
Interesting. I'm guessing you are closer to the boss than the said manager. Personally I have no time for low performers either. I would much rather be able to look at myself in the mirror each morning than work for a tard.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Holy mother of fuck Avatar was cool.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Then go see him directly and tell him to get fucked. It's so rewarding. If you don't, you're missing something.
ddrueding
Fixture
We haven't gone out to see a movie in the theater in over a year, but we are currently planning on seeing Avatar in 3D.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
I went to an IMAX 3D showing. I think I need to see it again without the 3D, because when I took off the lenticular glasses the colors were eleventy times more vivid.
Probably 95% of what's shown on the screen is CG and I swear I sat through the whole movie completely immersed in the reality of what I was seeing.
Now all we need is to wait 10 years so we can have that as a game engine.
Probably 95% of what's shown on the screen is CG and I swear I sat through the whole movie completely immersed in the reality of what I was seeing.
Now all we need is to wait 10 years so we can have that as a game engine.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
I didn't know about the 3D part. I thought I was just getting IMAX.
ddrueding
Fixture
What is wrong with the concept of a 3D movie? I agree that a lot is wrong with a lot of 3D movies, but that is because no one seems to have figured out how to do it right. It sounds like you are generalizing a bit more? Isn't 3D movies a logical extension of making a recorded experience more real? Just as we went from painting to photography to moving pictures to talkies to color?
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Fatwah on Western Digital
I really didn't like having to wear an extra-clunky pair of glasses.
It's sci-fi, nothing real about it.
And paintings are often much better than photos.
ddrueding
Fixture
Were they active glasses? Those should be able to support full color depth, no? (as opposed to those red/green things)
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Fatwah on Western Digital
They were red and green.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
I think 3D took away more than it added.
Stereodude
Not really a
I thought they used polarized glasses and dual projectors, not the red / blue crap?