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Riso · Commodore Joined: 28 Feb 2001 Posts: 3019

So, I'm sitting here in the job I hate, and have nothing to do.

Surfing ARS gets boring after the first hour or so, as is checking the same newsoutlets all over again. Damninteresting.com is a fine site, but I already read most of that.
I've turned to bidding on Apple Powermacs and Powerbooks on Ebay just for fun to raise prices, it's not really a good timewaster either.

Any suggestions?
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lewis · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 6:17 am Post subject:

http://grouphug.us

What is you job anyhow? Public relations? (:
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Riso · Commodore Joined: 28 Feb 2001 Posts: 3019

They should have called grouphug "bitching about nothing" instead. It's like those stupid talkshows, but without pictures.

I'm in a small "business" doing sysadministration and random wankery for other things unrelated to that.

I'd write my resume here, but I don't wanna give anyone a clue about the fact that I wanna leave. Especially to the boss. Because, you see, he is an asshole. He doesn't value work, so he pays shit. And when you leave, he like, refuses to pay and talks shit about your work, even if it wasn't.
A real charmer that one. Anyway, this is a "loft". No offices. Just one big huge room with desks and no privacy. You know how it is, one guy sneezes and the concentration of everyone in the room goes out of the window.
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Miss Congeniality

"Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerous ways Lord Reimer, your sad devotion to that ancient OS have not helped you conjure up the Guru Meditation or given you clarvoyance enough to find 1% marketshare"
- FondueDaredevil

"[...] we view customers as complete morons that will never catch on and [...] we're lying to them all the time."
- Gabe Newell

lewis · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 6:43 am Post subject:

Do you have skylights, though? Ever get birds flying in? I like rooms under the roof.
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Riso · Commodore Joined: 28 Feb 2001 Posts: 3019

We are on streetlevel in the backyard of some apartement house. So no fancy ceiling windows. Hell, the normal windows aren't fancy. Just huge,manyfold and on both sides of the room.
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Miss Congeniality

"Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerous ways Lord Reimer, your sad devotion to that ancient OS have not helped you conjure up the Guru Meditation or given you clarvoyance enough to find 1% marketshare"
- FondueDaredevil

"[...] we view customers as complete morons that will never catch on and [...] we're lying to them all the time."
- Gabe Newell

Mord · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:03 am Post subject:

If you really need something to do, start playing a MUD. All it takes is telnet, an obscure window in the corner of your screen. That should make the days fly by.
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I note that you don't have any OSY member quotes in your sig. - the twinkster
Nonsense. "Bias" is people whom don't agree with me. - FondueDaredevil

Gabe: I wish you weren't a fucking liar.
Tycho: I'm not a liar.
Gabe: Well, I wish you didn't lie.

Riso · Commodore Joined: 28 Feb 2001 Posts: 3019

Tried that. Hate it.
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Miss Congeniality

"Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerous ways Lord Reimer, your sad devotion to that ancient OS have not helped you conjure up the Guru Meditation or given you clarvoyance enough to find 1% marketshare"
- FondueDaredevil

"[...] we view customers as complete morons that will never catch on and [...] we're lying to them all the time."
- Gabe Newell

Mord · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:22 am Post subject:

I guess its not for everyone. But I sympathize. I walked into my office this morning and my brain was screaming at me that this was the last place it wanted to be.
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Give a guy a gun, he thinks he's Superman. Give him two and he thinks he's God. - Superintendant Pang, Lashou shentan (a.k.a. Hard-Boiled)
I note that you don't have any OSY member quotes in your sig. - the twinkster
Nonsense. "Bias" is people whom don't agree with me. - FondueDaredevil

Gabe: I wish you weren't a fucking liar.
Tycho: I'm not a liar.
Gabe: Well, I wish you didn't lie.

Riso · Commodore Joined: 28 Feb 2001 Posts: 3019

If it were only my brain, but it's my guts that are screaming at me.
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Miss Congeniality

"Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerous ways Lord Reimer, your sad devotion to that ancient OS have not helped you conjure up the Guru Meditation or given you clarvoyance enough to find 1% marketshare"
- FondueDaredevil

"[...] we view customers as complete morons that will never catch on and [...] we're lying to them all the time."
- Gabe Newell

lewis · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:36 am Post subject:

Maybe you should be a chef.
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Riso · Commodore Joined: 28 Feb 2001 Posts: 3019

My brother was actually going to be one, but he never made the test and now thinks about joining the ludicrous organization we call the army.

The problem I have is that I absolutely despise getting my hands dirty. That's for servants, ye know?

Anyway, a thought just hit me: How much does it cost to emmigrate to Vancouver, BC?
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Miss Congeniality

"Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerous ways Lord Reimer, your sad devotion to that ancient OS have not helped you conjure up the Guru Meditation or given you clarvoyance enough to find 1% marketshare"
- FondueDaredevil

"[...] we view customers as complete morons that will never catch on and [...] we're lying to them all the time."
- Gabe Newell

Riso · Commodore Joined: 28 Feb 2001 Posts: 3019

Holy shit.

Alone the international flight Vienna->Vancouver costs 2600-3600 Euros.
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Miss Congeniality

"Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerous ways Lord Reimer, your sad devotion to that ancient OS have not helped you conjure up the Guru Meditation or given you clarvoyance enough to find 1% marketshare"
- FondueDaredevil

"[...] we view customers as complete morons that will never catch on and [...] we're lying to them all the time."
- Gabe Newell

Riso · Commodore Joined: 28 Feb 2001 Posts: 3019

That's a joke. To NYC it's only 270-411.
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Miss Congeniality

"Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerous ways Lord Reimer, your sad devotion to that ancient OS have not helped you conjure up the Guru Meditation or given you clarvoyance enough to find 1% marketshare"
- FondueDaredevil

"[...] we view customers as complete morons that will never catch on and [...] we're lying to them all the time."
- Gabe Newell

Mord · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:07 am Post subject:

Mord · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:08 am Post subject:

Riso · Commodore Joined: 28 Feb 2001 Posts: 3019

I already had lunch about 4 hours ago Wink

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Miss Congeniality

"Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerous ways Lord Reimer, your sad devotion to that ancient OS have not helped you conjure up the Guru Meditation or given you clarvoyance enough to find 1% marketshare"
- FondueDaredevil

"[...] we view customers as complete morons that will never catch on and [...] we're lying to them all the time."
- Gabe Newell

Mord · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:08 am Post subject:

Sounds like eating time again. Very Happy

I rarely go more than a few hours without snacking on something. I have a drawer at work filled with popcorn, whole wheat crackers, tins of flavored tuna, oatmeal, cup a soup, granola bars, occasionally protein bars, and sometimes boxes of cereal. I also bring fruit from home everyday, and I also have an orange sitting on my desk that's not for eating.
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Give a guy a gun, he thinks he's Superman. Give him two and he thinks he's God. - Superintendant Pang, Lashou shentan (a.k.a. Hard-Boiled)
I note that you don't have any OSY member quotes in your sig. - the twinkster
Nonsense. "Bias" is people whom don't agree with me. - FondueDaredevil

Gabe: I wish you weren't a fucking liar.
Tycho: I'm not a liar.
Gabe: Well, I wish you didn't lie.

Mord · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:12 am Post subject:

You know what also kills a lot of time is playing with gadgets. I bring my Lifedrive to work and every once in a while I look for new network tools and utilities for it. To date I haven't found a decent portscanner for palm, so I'm considering writing one. However, I recently found Python and JVM engines for Palm that might open up new possibilities.

I really can't do much else from work except browse the web, and even that is via secured proxy server with a restrictive list of what's allowed and what's not.
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Give a guy a gun, he thinks he's Superman. Give him two and he thinks he's God. - Superintendant Pang, Lashou shentan (a.k.a. Hard-Boiled)
I note that you don't have any OSY member quotes in your sig. - the twinkster
Nonsense. "Bias" is people whom don't agree with me. - FondueDaredevil

Gabe: I wish you weren't a fucking liar.
Tycho: I'm not a liar.
Gabe: Well, I wish you didn't lie.

Riso · Commodore Joined: 28 Feb 2001 Posts: 3019

lewis · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:34 am Post subject:

Riso · Commodore Joined: 28 Feb 2001 Posts: 3019

Mord · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:10 am Post subject:

Jeremy Reimer · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:13 am Post subject:

I used to spend most of my day at work surfing and posting to Ars.

Now my job is surfing and posting to Ars.

I'm much happier now. Very Happy

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Mord · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:17 am Post subject:

Mord · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:33 am Post subject:

I'm really not enjoying my lasagna lunch. Bleh.
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Give a guy a gun, he thinks he's Superman. Give him two and he thinks he's God. - Superintendant Pang, Lashou shentan (a.k.a. Hard-Boiled)
I note that you don't have any OSY member quotes in your sig. - the twinkster
Nonsense. "Bias" is people whom don't agree with me. - FondueDaredevil

Gabe: I wish you weren't a fucking liar.
Tycho: I'm not a liar.
Gabe: Well, I wish you didn't lie.