Science fiction and technology writer

HitScan

Mon Dec 10 15:33:02 2001

I'm sitting at my computer today messing with my Calendar web app, and it's looking pretty good, when I notice that I can't open things in a new window. The window opens, and nothing happens. The little throbber does it's thing, spinning like mad, but no dice. this is fucking great. Now, not only is it 400% harder to read my forums, but I have to copy and paste links to test my calendar and follow BB links. :mad: Restarting helps nothing. This fucking sucks. I wish Moz was faster/smaller/better :(

Another interesting thing happened today, I got a call from someone working for Microsoft, trying to hawk Office XP for 324. First, I wasn't aware that MS was in the telemarketing spam business, and I'd hope that if they were they'd at least know that I'm in the open license program, and can get it for a paltry 80-90 bucks. Does no one keep records? Oh well, just thought I'd share that little nugget of interest.

Magus

Mon Dec 10 21:00:48 2001

I wish Moz was faster/smaller/better

So why are you using it?

Imitation Gruel

Mon Dec 10 21:20:16 2001

It's that time again!

To pour maple syrup down our pants?

I loved that show (Animaniacs).

Magus

Mon Dec 10 22:03:46 2001

"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
"Um, I think so, Brain, but this time, you put the trousers on the chimp!"
>WHACK!!<

w00t! 300th post!

HitScan

Mon Dec 10 22:31:52 2001

I wish Moz was faster/smaller/better
So why are you using it?

Are you absolutely mad? I meant I wish it was smaller/faster/better so I would start using it. I suppose I could have been more clear. :biggrin:
IE is fuxing up on me. Makes me most upset. Moz may not suck like it used to, I don't know. But if I can't get this shit straightened out soon I guess I'm just going to have to find out...

DuffMan

Mon Dec 10 22:33:51 2001

Did they say they were from MS? I'm using Mozilla now (installed linux today) and the default fonts it uses are horrible. It seems to be much faster in linux than I remember it being in windows.

PaulHill

Mon Dec 10 22:34:25 2001

I've just got up from the floor after reseating my DIMM. Turns out I've been running with 128MB all this time!

Ho ho ho.

Magus

Mon Dec 10 22:47:41 2001

Ah, I see. Sorry, misunderstood you, Hitscan.

Imitation Gruel

Mon Dec 10 22:51:14 2001

They're Pinky and the Brain, yes Pinky and the Brain! One is a genius; the other's insane! They're laboratory mice; their genes have been spliced; yes Pinky; yes Pinky and the Brain! Before each night is done; their plan will be unfurled! By the dawning of the sun, they'll take over the world! It's Pinky and the Brain; yes Pinky and the Brain! Their twilight campaign is easy to explain! To prove their mousey worth, they'll over throw the Earth! It's Pinky; It's Pinky and the Brain Brain Brain Brain Brain Brain Brain Brain NARF!

PaulHill

Mon Dec 10 23:34:56 2001

Bloody hell, XP's rather nippy, isn't it?

DuffMan

Mon Dec 10 23:46:41 2001

nippy as in cold?

OscarWilde

Tue Dec 11 01:38:28 2001

Why don't you end with a statement like Jade does: "This has been a Jade moment".

So you could have an exact copy: "This has been a Hitscan moment"
Or: "This has been a Hitscan bitch"
or, "this has been a Hitscan whine"

i welcome more ideas.

HitScan

Tue Dec 11 02:14:07 2001

"This has been a Hitscan bitch"

I can live with this. It's something I get a lot of practice with, and I like to think I have something of a recognisable style.

"this has been a Hitscan whine"

I like this less so. I hate whining. I differenciate between whining and bitching. I can't come up with a good metric to tell the two apart, but rest assured, I just bitch :biggrin:

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