[Aardwolf]

And glossy by default!

[Polpolion]

My stupid Windows thinks it's pirated again

That's why I stopped using my legitimate copy of windows. The only time Windows has yelled at me for not using a genuine copy was when I was using a genuine copy.

[Nuke]

i think my laptop obtained before uni in 2006 is finally about to give up the ghost.  freezes during or shortly after boot about 19 times out of 20.  i thought at first it was the craptastic seagate hybrid drive i put in it, but then it started doing the same thing on my old drive with a fresh install.  something in the hardware must be borked.

why couldn't it have crapped out a while ago before windows 8 took over?  and what the hell happened to laptop screens?  apparently the new standard res is _x768, unless you get an expensive desktop replacement type system with a 17" 1080p.  seriously?  this one is 1400x1050 on a 15''.  again, made in 2006.

you can blame the move to widescreen monitors for that. i had a 1400x1050 screen once though (in 2002!), it was pretty awesome. then enter widescreen which swapped in and made accumulated vertical resolution awesomeness go away. and glossy screens wtf? my last laptop had one of them and i hated it. so im taking an extended break from laptops to give the technology time to un-retard itself.

[deathfun]

Yeah. I agree with the glossy screen ****

I don't want shine. I want matte ****ing colours

[watsisname]

Agreed.

[Bob-san]

The only device I don't mind with a glossy screen is a cellphone.

[qazwsx]

1920 x 1080 15.6" matte laptop aww yiss.

[An4ximandros]

Just finished watching Starship Troopers: Invasion. Pretty damn good! "Would you like to know more?"

[LordMelvin]

1920 x 1080 15.6" matte laptop aww yiss.

how find where get give now

[Klaustrophobia]

i don't think there's going to be any un-retarding of laptops going forward.  hell, i bet the big manufacturers and telcom companies try to phase them out altogether in favor of tablets and smartphones. 

what i want is basically a small terminal to tap into my desktop/get on the internet so i can watch movies and **** while my fat lazy ass lies in bed.  that means i don't want a 17" 8 lb monstrosity, and i don't want a resolution WORSE than what i already have.  hell, i could even deal with a glossy screen if i had to.  i'm almost tempted to try and rebuild this one with new parts.  my uncle just told me he replaced his laptop's motherboard himself.  it was hell, but apparently it CAN be done.

[NGTM-1R]

So I actually decided that over and above all the other Christmas stuff I'd do for people, I'd sit down and slam out chapters to the four stories I'm still updating that I write.

It didn't work. I underestimated how much effort goes into one of them. (And while the day is not over I have no confidence I can put down enough on paper in the remaining 2 hours and 37 minutes to get it done.) But I did update three, today, with stuff mostly written today, for a total of 4207 words. Not terrible.

EDIT: I also apparently decided this was more important than doing anything with the stuff I got for Christmas. This is almost as bad as the 24-hour FRED experiment which resulted in Operation Savior, once upon a time.

[Nuke]

i don't think there's going to be any un-retarding of laptops going forward.  hell, i bet the big manufacturers and telcom companies try to phase them out altogether in favor of tablets and smartphones. 

what i want is basically a small terminal to tap into my desktop/get on the internet so i can watch movies and **** while my fat lazy ass lies in bed.  that means i don't want a 17" 8 lb monstrosity, and i don't want a resolution WORSE than what i already have.  hell, i could even deal with a glossy screen if i had to.  i'm almost tempted to try and rebuild this one with new parts.  my uncle just told me he replaced his laptop's motherboard himself.  it was hell, but apparently it CAN be done.

laptop repairs suck. ive only pulled it off correctly once. and there were screws left over so i dont think i did it right, but the laptop worked. if you can try to find a service manual for it (not the user manual). it explains things like how to open the laptop without destroying it. 

[Aardwolf]

Just finished watching Starship Troopers: Invasion. Pretty damn good! "Would you like to know more?"

You got it as an xmas gift too?

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I hooked up an old external monitor to my MacBook. Success.

[Aardwolf]

I am disappoint about lack of progress on game engine, and not confident my current approach is going anywhere

[deathfun]

So as deemed by my father (if I want to live that is) I will NOT be quitting my job while subtlety adding some "Otherwise you're ****ed" to it

Now I've got to go back to Chef going "Uh... so about that two weeks? Yeah... going to have to rescind that if that's okay with you... my apologies for this fiasco... dad made me"

[Bob-san]

So as deemed by my father (if I want to live that is) I will NOT be quitting my job while subtlety adding some "Otherwise you're ****ed" to it

Now I've got to go back to Chef going "Uh... so about that two weeks? Yeah... going to have to rescind that if that's okay with you... my apologies for this fiasco... dad made me"

And, at the same time, Chef may say "Nope. You've given your two weeks notice and I'll hold you to that."

[Nuke]

i decided i would play with pid algorithms today. i built me a 1 axis gimbal platform out of legos and rotated by a standard hobby servo (with lego adapter plate). on the platform i placed a breadboard with an arduino nano and an imu. i then ran my pid script (yes it was written in lua, the arduino just sends out the imu data and accepts servo position values, the script does all the maths). after about 15 minutes of tweaking and calibration, the platform keeps itself level to gravity on the gimballed axis and does so promptly with very little overshoot. next step guided missiles.

[deathfun]

So as deemed by my father (if I want to live that is) I will NOT be quitting my job while subtlety adding some "Otherwise you're ****ed" to it

Now I've got to go back to Chef going "Uh... so about that two weeks? Yeah... going to have to rescind that if that's okay with you... my apologies for this fiasco... dad made me"

And, at the same time, Chef may say "Nope. You've given your two weeks notice and I'll hold you to that."

Likely scenario and I've considered it. However, outside pressure from everyone who do not want me to leave will most likely change his mind (other likely scenario)
Technically though, I never signed the official letter of resignation so it's not technically valid

In the end, gamble



Happier note: Server gal was surprised, and yet quite happy that I gave her a call Christmas morning (well for her, afternoon). Talked for a nice long while about her time out East, how's she enjoying herself, what I've been up to, etc. Apparently her dog likes to chew the plastic mesh pot scrubbers. It's also apparently extremely effective at cleaning his teeth. He also got the Adolf reindeer (Rudolph, but they're trying to teach him it's name as "Dolph" so it sounds like Adolf). There was also a gay lizard involved named Fernando

[General Battuta]

pretty sure i have had every variety of single malt scotch on earth in the past 72 hours