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Buck
Storage? I am Storage!
mubs
Storage? I am Storage!
That was hilarious, Buck! "Always on, because you're always blonde" :rofl:
Buck
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I made my first curry this weekend. It seemed to have went pretty well, no one died. Gives me reason to try again. 
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
You sure do like the Indian food, don't you Buck?
I went to an Indian restaurant for the first time weekend before last. Food was pretty good. This is about the second time that I have had Indian food. The first time was aboard an Air India flight to London.
I went to an Indian restaurant for the first time weekend before last. Food was pretty good. This is about the second time that I have had Indian food. The first time was aboard an Air India flight to London.
mubs
Storage? I am Storage!
Then I guess you'll find all blonde jokes, Polish jokes and the like offensive, LM.
When I was in college, there was a guy who would regale us with jokes about a particular ethnic group, and he would laugh the loudest and longest. Funny thing was that this guy was from that very ethnic group - people known for their pride, and for being very fierce.
One man’s meat etc. etc. A couple of people here know me better than most, and I'm pretty sure they know where I'm coming from.
When I was in college, there was a guy who would regale us with jokes about a particular ethnic group, and he would laugh the loudest and longest. Funny thing was that this guy was from that very ethnic group - people known for their pride, and for being very fierce.
One man’s meat etc. etc. A couple of people here know me better than most, and I'm pretty sure they know where I'm coming from.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
For sure.
When you're in the group in question, I don't think it's a big deal at all.
And sometimes the jokes REALLY ARE funny.
It's no fun to tell a joke like "Did you hear about (insert country)'s space program? The (insert ethnic plurality) plan to put a man on the Sun. Yup, the (insert ethnic plurality) astronauts are planning to go at night."
See? That joke isn't funny at all.
When you're in the group in question, I don't think it's a big deal at all.
And sometimes the jokes REALLY ARE funny.
It's no fun to tell a joke like "Did you hear about (insert country)'s space program? The (insert ethnic plurality) plan to put a man on the Sun. Yup, the (insert ethnic plurality) astronauts are planning to go at night."
See? That joke isn't funny at all.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Someday, I will get to try Indian food.
Someday.
(singing)
Make of our chai, one chai...
Make of our curry, one curry...
Make of our Kuhlfi one last Kulhi...
Even the County Health inspector won't stop me now...
Does anyone but me get that?
Oh well.
Someday.
(singing)
Make of our chai, one chai...
Make of our curry, one curry...
Make of our Kuhlfi one last Kulhi...
Even the County Health inspector won't stop me now...
Does anyone but me get that?
Oh well.
Fushigi
Storage Is My Life
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Fatwah on Western Digital
A lexicon of words coined by the writers of "The Simpsons"..
Some of these really have entered common usage. I've heard non-geeks say "anyhoo" and "cromulent", for instance.
Some of these really have entered common usage. I've heard non-geeks say "anyhoo" and "cromulent", for instance.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
I use a ton of those words on a daily basis.
Some of my favorites:
Car Hole - this is simply a garage
Craptacular
Cromulent - as in: That is a perfectly cromulent word
Fishbulb - name for Homer
Jebus also spelled as Jeebus
Malk - like milk, but with vitamin R
Jerkface
Jerkass
Scotchtoberfest - the fake Scottish version of Oktoberfest
Smarch - as in: lousy Smarch weather
Ppeedholes to make the car go faster (Usually made with a pickaxe or bullet)
Some of my favorites:
Car Hole - this is simply a garage
Craptacular
Cromulent - as in: That is a perfectly cromulent word
Fishbulb - name for Homer
Jebus also spelled as Jeebus
Malk - like milk, but with vitamin R
Jerkface
Jerkass
Scotchtoberfest - the fake Scottish version of Oktoberfest
Smarch - as in: lousy Smarch weather
Ppeedholes to make the car go faster (Usually made with a pickaxe or bullet)
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
whoops that should be "speedholes"
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
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Fatwah on Western Digital
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Fatwah on Western Digital
I wrote this to the publisher of Image Comics in response to a Column at comicbookresources.com.
Erik [Larson],
I've read and respected your work for years. Your column this week seemed very aware of some of the realities of modern comic collecting, and I'm glad of that, because some of the things you're talking about in "One Fan's Opinion" are things we'd never get out of the talking heads from Marvel or DC. Ages ago, I was one of those kids who got parked at the spinner rack while mom did the shopping. Hell, worse than that, I used to spend at least a couple days of every long break from school bagging and boarding at my cousin's comic shop.
But let's talk about comics and availability for a second: I have to drive around 40 miles (about 90 minutes total) to get to the shop closest to my home, a place where "indy" comics are Dark Horse and Image titles and the shelves are half-stocked with moronic manga titles. They won't order anything they don't already carry and the employees are surly goth-types who make it seem like they're doing me a favor to turn away from the the Japanese Animation on their TV long enough to swipe my debit card.
Every week I make the trek over to "my" store, where I spend $25 - $40, and every week I wonder why the hell I do it. I can't skip a week; if I do, the contents of my subscriber bag go back on the shelves, and I'll never see that prized issue of Runaways or Fables, let alone cool comics I'd love to actually SEE in print but which my store doesn't carry, like the Walking Dead.
A lot of comic book fans seem disdainful of buying graphic novels at big corporate bookstores. Talk about a catch-22! My local shop doesn't carry cool stuff like Millar's "Wanted" or Niles' "30 Day of Night" in graphic novel form, and didn't when they were comics, either. Borders does. But my local Borders used to have a 20-foot-long bookshelf of Graphic Novels, and now it has 20-feet-minus-one-shelf of manga and one shelf of graphic novels.
Unfortunately, there aren't many avenues to finding great comics besides browsing and looking at what your local retailer carries. I feel like I'm stuck and my options are becoming more and more limited, especially by the encroachment of manga, which is a sort of black and white divider among comics fans I've talked to. Some fans, and both my local big bookstore AND comic shop, don't see them as anything but more comics. I and at least a few of the other comic readers I know see those books as dangerously limiting our options in the marketplace.
Frankly, that sucks.
I really hate the collector mentality. The "I can't bend the spine because it might decrease the value of my comic!" I've never sold a comic in my life. But I still think that way. Can't help it. Given the option, I'll take graphic novels any day, even the newsprint-type ones, if for no other reason than the fact that there's no future resale value in the bound version.
But then there are the comics I can download.
On a week to week basis, practically every title I want to read is scanned by someone and put on the internet, often the same day it hits the shop. Just about anything I'd care to read has probably already been scanned by someone, and I can keep whole series of comics on my laptop. I can try out a title, or get ancient history from comics I'd be afraid to touch with my grubby hands.
It sounds like you're aware of the phenomenon.
And it does feel like stealing. I've met creators at conventions; I know they aren't getting rich off what they're doing. Hell, you've made that abundantly clear in the letters page of "Savage Dragon". I *do* buy the titles I read (I have the receipts to prove it), but downloading has definitely enriched my world.
And what choice do I have? How would I ever know about something like [Image Comics title] "The Atheist"? My local shop didn't have it! Borders barely sells comics and I haven't seen a spinner rack in probably 15 years.
I've gotten to a point where I'd RATHER read comics on my PC than in print. Not just because of the crap I have to put up with to get them, or because they're "free" that way, but because I can browse, pick and choose like the good old days. I've got nice, big monitors at home and a laptop that's a half-inch thick. I can carry as much of my collection as I want around with me, not worry about what other people think of my choice of entertainment OR how far my comics might be getting from "near mint".
So you're the publisher of Image Comics, a company I respect nowadays for giving new titles, new writers and new artists a chance. I understand your preference for traditional comics, but man, seriously, someone needs to pick up the digital distribution flag and carry it forward. Image really did push digital coloring (I know Dragon was one of the last holdouts for traditional lettering, too) and has generally been an innovator in the comics marketplace. Creator-owned isn't so much a bad phrase any more. But comic distribution as it stands now SUCKS. Paper is expensive, shipping is only going to get worse. The stores suck (look at Johanna Stokes' columns at CBR), and everywhere we go it looks like manga are replacing comics in the marketplace. I'm looking at what you've said in your last CBR column and I understand where you're coming from, but I really hope you ARE thinking about digital distribution. I hope you're looking at what the scanners are doing and trying to find a way to make money off it. Because as unappealing as it may be to you, it really works for some people, and it really might be the only future Western-style comics have.
If you've read this far, or read this at all, I thank you.
Erik [Larson],
I've read and respected your work for years. Your column this week seemed very aware of some of the realities of modern comic collecting, and I'm glad of that, because some of the things you're talking about in "One Fan's Opinion" are things we'd never get out of the talking heads from Marvel or DC. Ages ago, I was one of those kids who got parked at the spinner rack while mom did the shopping. Hell, worse than that, I used to spend at least a couple days of every long break from school bagging and boarding at my cousin's comic shop.
But let's talk about comics and availability for a second: I have to drive around 40 miles (about 90 minutes total) to get to the shop closest to my home, a place where "indy" comics are Dark Horse and Image titles and the shelves are half-stocked with moronic manga titles. They won't order anything they don't already carry and the employees are surly goth-types who make it seem like they're doing me a favor to turn away from the the Japanese Animation on their TV long enough to swipe my debit card.
Every week I make the trek over to "my" store, where I spend $25 - $40, and every week I wonder why the hell I do it. I can't skip a week; if I do, the contents of my subscriber bag go back on the shelves, and I'll never see that prized issue of Runaways or Fables, let alone cool comics I'd love to actually SEE in print but which my store doesn't carry, like the Walking Dead.
A lot of comic book fans seem disdainful of buying graphic novels at big corporate bookstores. Talk about a catch-22! My local shop doesn't carry cool stuff like Millar's "Wanted" or Niles' "30 Day of Night" in graphic novel form, and didn't when they were comics, either. Borders does. But my local Borders used to have a 20-foot-long bookshelf of Graphic Novels, and now it has 20-feet-minus-one-shelf of manga and one shelf of graphic novels.
Unfortunately, there aren't many avenues to finding great comics besides browsing and looking at what your local retailer carries. I feel like I'm stuck and my options are becoming more and more limited, especially by the encroachment of manga, which is a sort of black and white divider among comics fans I've talked to. Some fans, and both my local big bookstore AND comic shop, don't see them as anything but more comics. I and at least a few of the other comic readers I know see those books as dangerously limiting our options in the marketplace.
Frankly, that sucks.
I really hate the collector mentality. The "I can't bend the spine because it might decrease the value of my comic!" I've never sold a comic in my life. But I still think that way. Can't help it. Given the option, I'll take graphic novels any day, even the newsprint-type ones, if for no other reason than the fact that there's no future resale value in the bound version.
But then there are the comics I can download.
On a week to week basis, practically every title I want to read is scanned by someone and put on the internet, often the same day it hits the shop. Just about anything I'd care to read has probably already been scanned by someone, and I can keep whole series of comics on my laptop. I can try out a title, or get ancient history from comics I'd be afraid to touch with my grubby hands.
It sounds like you're aware of the phenomenon.
And it does feel like stealing. I've met creators at conventions; I know they aren't getting rich off what they're doing. Hell, you've made that abundantly clear in the letters page of "Savage Dragon". I *do* buy the titles I read (I have the receipts to prove it), but downloading has definitely enriched my world.
And what choice do I have? How would I ever know about something like [Image Comics title] "The Atheist"? My local shop didn't have it! Borders barely sells comics and I haven't seen a spinner rack in probably 15 years.
I've gotten to a point where I'd RATHER read comics on my PC than in print. Not just because of the crap I have to put up with to get them, or because they're "free" that way, but because I can browse, pick and choose like the good old days. I've got nice, big monitors at home and a laptop that's a half-inch thick. I can carry as much of my collection as I want around with me, not worry about what other people think of my choice of entertainment OR how far my comics might be getting from "near mint".
So you're the publisher of Image Comics, a company I respect nowadays for giving new titles, new writers and new artists a chance. I understand your preference for traditional comics, but man, seriously, someone needs to pick up the digital distribution flag and carry it forward. Image really did push digital coloring (I know Dragon was one of the last holdouts for traditional lettering, too) and has generally been an innovator in the comics marketplace. Creator-owned isn't so much a bad phrase any more. But comic distribution as it stands now SUCKS. Paper is expensive, shipping is only going to get worse. The stores suck (look at Johanna Stokes' columns at CBR), and everywhere we go it looks like manga are replacing comics in the marketplace. I'm looking at what you've said in your last CBR column and I understand where you're coming from, but I really hope you ARE thinking about digital distribution. I hope you're looking at what the scanners are doing and trying to find a way to make money off it. Because as unappealing as it may be to you, it really works for some people, and it really might be the only future Western-style comics have.
If you've read this far, or read this at all, I thank you.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I have a WWW button!
Thanks Buck!
Thanks Buck!
Groltz
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I figured I'd better share this Easy RAID guide pictorial before Gary does.
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
Best RAID tutorial I've seen in a long time :lol:
Bozo :mrgrn:
Bozo :mrgrn:
ddrueding
Fixture
I'm back! Great trip, time to sleep. Pictures to come.
ddrueding
Fixture
The pictures may have to wait. China went so well that we've decided to go to Argentina on Monday for a few weeks. Buenos Aires for Tango and Bariloche for some culture. Should be fun.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Do you have like a multi-million dollar trust fund or something?
ddrueding
Fixture
I haven't been on vacation in 5 years (since my first trip to asia in 2000). The trip to China cost about $2400 for both of us, and the trip to Argentina I'm only paying for myself ($3000). It's quite steep, and I suspect I'll be paying for it for quite some time. I sold my workstation (X2 4600+, 4GB, 400GB, silent) to cover the first trip and this one is pure plastic.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
I haven't had a vacation since I was 17. I'll be 30 next month.
I cannot imagine a place I would want to go so badly that I would give up a nice computer for it.
I cannot imagine a place I would want to go so badly that I would give up a nice computer for it.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
You should try it at least once. It might even do you some good.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
ddrueding said:
If I were you, I might try to do something a little closer to home. Maybe something within driving distance.
I am always reluctant to run up a credit card past the point where I can pay all of it off. I have only done this once, after the last time I went to Europe in 2003. I did pay it off after one month though.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
timwhit said:
I figure I can be miserable anywhere, and it's cheap and easy to be miserable at home.
I found out today that my ex and her partner are planning to adopt. My ex, when I was with her, was so vehemently anti-children that she actually performed my vasectomy.
I don't want kids. I don't like kids. But ever since I heard that I've felt like I've been kicked in the fucking nuts.
If you don't hear from me for a while it's 'cause I curled up and died.