Random Beef! *Insert Rant Here*
  • DoosDoos
    I'm number one! Farva's number one! WOOO!

    So, at work today, some other dude's train almost ran into ours.. It was pretty entertaining. If it hadn't of been for a lot of luck and my quick actions, there would have been some big, BIG explosions in London tonight.. plus I'd probably be dead!

    Hooray for living!

    A note to new posters/members: This is the 'Random' thread, used for ranting, venting, story telling and whatever else. Talk about whatever.

    The previous one went bye-bye. This is it's replacement.
    Post edited by Doos at 2010-09-25 16:21:22
  • RajioRajio
    testing replies....
  • JohnnyXeoJohnnyXeo
    My vacuum cleaner broke, and it has pissed me off. Why can't my vacuum be self-replicating and just fix it self. DAMN IT!
  • JohnnyXeoJohnnyXeo
    Canadian's who can't spell the Canadian version of words also grind my gears! Have some pride eh?
  • DoosDoos
    I see what you did there... Don't think I don't see what you did!

    Take off, ya hoser.. or hoseur if you prefer! Adding u's to things does not a Canuck, make.

    One day we'll see who can polish off the most brewskis without falling down... a true test of Canadian mettle! :)
  • SmoreninjaSmoreninja
    It seems every time I try to select the "delay of game beta' topic I get

    Fatal error: Class 'Module' not found in /usr/local/pem/vhosts/104075/webspace/httpdocs/forum/plugins/GoogleAdSenseSidePanel/class.adsensesidepanelmodule.php on line 5

    Lets hope this makes sense to Switch.
  • RajioRajio
    i've disabled that plugin. should be good now. let me know of any further problems.
  • EyeOfTheHawksEyeOfTheHawks
    Well Johnny, i just hate it when the color of my food ain't my favorite. Its just annoying.

    ;)
  • SLEEPAHSLEEPAH
    I hate posting on xbox forum in a different browser lol makes my post look so UGLY
  • m00fiem00fie
    Argh, I cannot stand customers that come into the store and tell you how things should be done. I am a butcher and have been so for almost 3 years now. Customers come in and swear up and down that I am doing it wrong. One person told me that our Veal was infact beef. And then, there is the customers that cannot tell Beef from Pork..What a world. One guy asked me, or tried to ask, what is the difference between Beef and Pork...Unbelievable.
  • EyeOfTheHawksEyeOfTheHawks
    You should have told him that beef was from a chicken, a tender part in its rear abdomen. Just to make him look like an idiot :D
  • Kayareswon-oldKayareswon-old
    Safari and xbox.ca forum posts TXT WALL RAGE!!!
  • SmoreninjaSmoreninja
    So during my vacation my family bought a few decks of cards.
    I found one and called dibs on it thinking "Nice now I have something to do on my hour long train ride to school"
    I open the package holding the cards and at first I thought my eyes failed me again then I noticed that it wasn't my eyes that were wrong but my cards.

    http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc192/Smore_ninja/Cards.jpg
    (linky)


    I was really angry but thought 'oh well'
    As it turns out it is harder to shuffle these cards than normal ones.
    Post edited by Smoreninja at 2010-09-06 16:25:19
  • wikkiwild1wikkiwild1
    I gotta good rant.
    I just moved and my ISP changed from Shaw which I had no problems with to Telus which doesn't have tech support. It took me a week to connect to the internet and then I don't have a completely stable connection.

    I use their new D-Link Gateway so I have a wireless connection. A strong signal but keep getting low MTU errors. No way to change the setting in the Gateway that I found.
    Telus tells me to call Xbox support for help, or D-link.

    D-Link doesn't support this model and tells me to contact my ISP.
    I am online now but I never know for how long. I go so P0'd at Telus I kept asking for the supervisor's supervisor until I couldn't go any higher. NO ONE at Telus could help. I told the idiot that Telus needs to get tech support. I don't know much about routers and such but I know a lot more theny those idiots.

    I can now sign in but that is all I can do, no downloading, viewing videos, or messages. I can only play games that I already have.

    It's been 2 weeks since my move and I am still having issues.
  • RajioRajio
    Kayareswon said:

    Safari and xbox.ca forum posts TXT WALL RAGE!!!


    chrome too
  • Kayareswon-oldKayareswon-old
    Rajio said:

    Kayareswon said:

    Safari and xbox.ca forum posts TXT WALL RAGE!!!


    chrome too
    that i did not know i wonder what the tech issue is there.
  • SmoreninjaSmoreninja
    Whoo... Firefox.
  • RajioRajio
    It's the site's fault, not the browser's. they simply didnt make the site conform to web standards.
  • Kayareswon-oldKayareswon-old
    i am lacking in any surprise given what you have just said lol...
  • EyeOfTheHawksEyeOfTheHawks
    Well... i just had a 1 hour 45 minute shift. That is definitely a piss off...
  • DoosDoos
    Y'know what I hate?

    When someone wants you to listen to a song and they play it for you on their phone!

    Not just a snippet either, they sit there and act like you should sit and listen to it coming through on their tinny as shit tweeter and appreciate it.

    Fuck right off.

    Hear this: That sounds like shit.

    First off, if I'm interested in whatever you're pimping, I don't want to be sold on it while I'm chilling out already listening to music. If it's like the music I'm currently listening to, I'll give it a whirl when I get to the comfort of my home and can hear it at a suitable volume. With headphones, preferably.

    I can dig all kinds of tunes, ('Cept Country.. sorry Country fans, Johnny Cash is about as 'Country' as I get) and I like being introduced to new music, but a name and an album are all I need.

    I have the internet, I know how to use it.

    And I'm out! *Drops Mic*
  • EyeOfTheHawksEyeOfTheHawks
    For those that dont already know about it, check this site out www.grooveshark.com

    Its great for listening without having to actually wait for it to download
  • JohnnyXeoJohnnyXeo
    EyeOfTheHawks said:

    Well... i just had a 1 hour 45 minute shift. That is definitely a piss off...



    Not sure what province you're in, but if you have a shift less than 3 hours .. they have to pay you for 3 hours in Ontario at least.
  • DoosDoos
    Not in restaurants... They class you as a part time employee, use you when they need you and that's it. You have no protection as a part time employee, which is fast becoming the norm.
  • EyeOfTheHawksEyeOfTheHawks
    Im a part time at a restaurant. Im shafted either way
  • DoosDoos
    That's what I'm saying. It's gross what they do to employees to profit.

    I know people who know people that have been in the service industry for 25+ years who have just, JUST become full time employees.

    It's fucking sickening.
  • EyeOfTheHawksEyeOfTheHawks
    Waitresses (if they got the right features, eh eh) can make a fair chunk of change in one night. Even the not so great looking ones do sometimes.

    Another piss off for today, i got about an hour or so of homework... its the fucking first day
  • RajioRajio
    I like to bitch as much as the next guy. Probably more than the next guy actually. But wow, I'm going back to the Xbox.Ca forums and holy crap they're complaining about the craziest stuff these days. There complaining about stuff that we used to complain about NOT getting. People used to complain 'howcome there are no events in my town' and stuff. they have a PUBLIC halo reach event and everybody is bitching about it. "wah I dont like the tshirt" or "wah i got there 5 hours late and they ran out of swag" etc. I mean come on. We used to complain that prices never went down and there were no sales on the marketplace like a regular store would have, so now we get WEEKLY sales. "wah i dont like the thing thats on sale this week." .... aaarg. Yes I'm bitching about people bitching.

    The complaints with the reach events are the worst. "It was too childish"... seriously? what did they expect? master chief to puch them in the gut while he got a reacharound from cortana? for fuck's sake.
  • SmoreninjaSmoreninja
    Hey hawks look at it this way, it will be a prequel to the 20+ hours of homework you may get if you go post-secondary. (Why the 'may'? Well I don't know your plans so room to manuver.)
    Although day one I gotta read a chapter and pre-day one I think I was told to read a diffrent chapter.
    Totally lovin' SAIT though.
    Comm dosn't seem as stupid as "Career and Life Management" back in high school.
  • SmoreninjaSmoreninja
    Well since Switchs blerb popped in after I pressed post I'll respond to it.
    I havn't looked at xbox Canada all day.
    Everything happens in Toronto :P

    I can kinda understand why people think, Oh, Calgary just has cowboys who arn't interested in video games. All the same time I'm thinking WTF? Thats stupid. Calgary has as much gamers as any city the same size as it. The only video game related event that I ever knew of was hosted by amped energy drinks which is charming since I don't drink them.

    I wish Calgary got more love but it makes sense that Toronto gets the love heck, maybe when I get my life kicked into gear in a few years I may visit Toronto so watch out!

    While this weeks Deal of the Week dosn't interest me, overall I think deal of the Week has some great items and I always want to kick myself when I miss out.

    I'll still complain about them recruiters don't worry Switrch.
  • JuxtaposeJuxtapose
    @Rajio In terms of the Halo: Reach event held in Vancouver, the only thing I see them having a right to complain about is the lack of Halo: Reach at said Halo: Reach launch event. I understand, based on Jeff's answer, why they did it, but it's still a let down for them.

    The other stuff is just being petty. Last year, there were two different shirts for Halo 3: ODST, one for Vancouver and one for Toronto. We were lucky and got the Vancouver one at the Halo: Legends screening, but most people only got to get the one. That's life, but most folk don't realize this.

    And yeah, it's laser tag, so what did people expect? I knew that the one's who'd enjoy it the most were the little kids, simply due to the nature of the event.
  • RajioRajio
    There was a guy complaining that he didnt get to play it in Toronto; Best I can figure he was just standing around instead of getting in line to play it. If you're just loitering they're going to ask you to move on.

    I'm not saying theres nothing to complain about ever but so much of this crap seems petty and nonsensical. If I was running events this would put me right off it, until I realize for everyone complaint theres 100 to 200 people not complaining who had a great time.

    I feel lucky enough that I got a Tshirt AND got to pick my size .... but I was in line three hours before the event started too.
    Post edited by Rajio at 2010-09-08 11:17:25
  • DoosDoos
    Yessir, people like to bitch! I try to stay out of the majority of the Halo threads, both here and on .ca... 'cept the Duke vs Chief one that's going on... 'cause it's stupid.

    'Cause I really have no interest in Halo...

    I can dig why people would whine a bit that the Van. event didn't actually have Reach and the Tranna' one did... but... shit happens.

  • the1npcthe1npc
    EyeOfTheHawks said:

    Well... i just had a 1 hour 45 minute shift. That is definitely a piss off...



    Thats horrible
    I get three hour shifts now and then too
    I know I'm part time but wow lame shift

    also inb4 juxt dlc post :D
    Post edited by the1npc at 2010-09-10 16:05:51
  • JuxtaposeJuxtapose
    the1npc said:



    also inb4 juxt dlc post :D



    DLC (insert angry roar here)!
  • SmoreninjaSmoreninja
    Juxtapose said:

    the1npc said:



    also inb4 juxt dlc post :D


    DLC (insert angry roar here)!

    I'm sure Juxt had a DLC quip here before the site went through it's fancy reboot.
  • DoosDoos
    Hey dudes, let's play a game. The next time you respond to post on Xbox.ca, change the subject line.

    The more people we have playing, the more ridiculous it's going to be.

    I'm going to go try it right now.

  • EyeOfTheHawksEyeOfTheHawks
    DEAL!
  • SmoreninjaSmoreninja
    I'm in.
  • SmoreninjaSmoreninja
    Y'know I think our random subjects might scare off new peoples since they see the subject of the post and think that is the title of the topic. they get lost and Rage quit on us.
  • DoosDoos
    Well, the thread subject on the main page stays the same, so folks will only notice if they're actually paying attention... Usually that's something I miss, when someone's changed the subject...

    But for those of us in the know... It will be funnies.

    I'm thinking the more people we get doing it, the funnier it will be, and then we can have two different conversations going... one in the subject, one in the actual thread....

    We'll start slowly, in multiple threads, then... when the time is right, when there are a variety of topics that we're all happily contributing to, it will be a subject line massacre.

    Ridiculousness will run rampant and smiles will be had by all!
  • JuxtaposeJuxtapose
    Smoreninja said:


    I'm sure Juxt had a DLC quip here before the site went through it's fancy reboot.



    Sure did!
  • DoosDoos
    While downloading the Starcraft 2 installer today, I was watching how quickly it was going.

    6.99 GB in a matter of minutes... 4-5 or something close.

    I started thinking back to my very first downloads from a BBS, y'know, the internet before the internet...

    Pirated copy of Prince Of Persia 2 (Sidescroller), a song here or there, pictures of Kurt Cobain's dead body... Yeah, all sorts of crap.

    Back then I was using a 2400bps modem.

    Prince Of Persia I remember in particular taking a very long time. I believe it was 33MB zipped and it took around 3 full days of downloading. This may be due to disconnects, someone picking up the second line etc.

    Remember it was all dial up back then... computers talking to computers over a phone line etc.

    I'm trying to figure out how long it would take to download your average file these days, without taking into account lack of speed, disconnects etc.

    I need some help 'cause I keep getting lost in the conversion.

    So we've got 2400bps, which is 2.4kbps equals 0.0024mbps.

    Let's say our file download is 24MB to keep it simple.

    If we multiply 0.0024 x 1000 (seconds) that gives us 2.4megabits downloaded... 2.4 megabits is equal to 0.3 MB... So we're less than a third of a way to a MB. So far that took approx. 17 minutes.

    So, let's multiply that (17) by 3. Equals 51 minutes. So round up and estimate 1 hour per MB.

    So, a 24 MB file downloading with a 2400bps modem would take about 24 hrs.

    Does that sound right to anyone else? The math, that is?

    Anyway... just something I was bothering with while waiting for Starcraft to install..

    I'm going to go give it a whirl now.
  • DoosDoos
    So, I work on the railroad.

    In the industry, there are a variety of names, slang and proper, for tools and devices used.

    Much like golf, where a firm grip on the shaft can give you a better stroke, so it is on the railroad wherein certain phrases carry plenty of innuendo.

    Here are two very commonly used words from the railroad:

    Hose bag (Or just bag/hose)
    Angle Cock (Or just cock... never 'angle'.)

    An angle cock is just a valve that you open and close to let air travel through the train brake line which is connected by a hose bag at each end of a rail car.

    Many times I've heard a fellow employee catch themselves mid sentence when referring to them. Usually followed by a pause, then the word 'Shit' when they've realized what they were saying.

    'That was the stiffest cock I've ever.... shit.' Referring to a hard to open valve.

    'Man, I suck on long hoses... shit.' Referring to two hose bags that are so long, connecting them is difficult.

    'I can't handle all these cocks... shit.' Referring to how many they've handled (heh) that night.

    'So many stiff cocks tonight...'

    You get it.

    In your jobs, do you have phrases and words like these?


    Post edited by Doos at 2010-09-25 16:22:29
  • JuxtaposeJuxtapose
    In my line of work, we have dongles. Sometimes one of the post guys looses a dongle, and that's bad.

    Aside from that, we just swear normally and often and talk about boobs a lot.
  • the1npcthe1npc
    sadly no doos but that was quite funny
  • SmoreninjaSmoreninja
    I have a nifty little methood to remember resistor colours.
    Bad
    Boys
    Rape
    Our
    Young
    Girls
    But
    Violet
    Goes
    Willingly

    Black
    Brown
    Red
    Orange
    Yellow
    Green
    Blue
    Violet
    Grey
    White

    What's it all mean? Resistor stuff thats what!

    Also my Xbox is on it's last leg. It got the most evil and sinister error codes
    E
    7



    1
    I have no idea what it means but I will be paying my bros at 18004MYXBOX a call soon.
  • DoosDoos
    What do you do with resistors, Smore?

    A quick tale from the other night at work:

    This guy I work with is a 'rocker'. He's got the tattoos and the piercings and all the rest.

    He was making a joking comment yesterday about how 'Such and such good things should happen to guys with tattoos in their mouths.'

    Clearly alluding to the fact that he has one and hoping I will ask about it. He's that kind of dude.

    So I do. 'You've got a tattoo in your mouth? What's it say?'

    My engineer, who's quick with the remarks, says 'Insert cock here.'

    The look on tattoo guy's face was fucking priceless. I damn near fell out of my chair I was laughing so hard.

    Sigh... twas funny.
  • EyeOfTheHawksEyeOfTheHawks
    Hahahaha, i all of a sudden like your engineer
  • SmoreninjaSmoreninja
    Well Doos I'm taking Electronics Engineering course in SAIT. So I guess resisting current.
  • DoosDoos
    @Hawks Yeah, he's a pretty funny motherfucker!

    @Smore That's cool... What are you hoping to get into with that? Will it just train you how to handle electricity etc. or is their a drafting process kind of thing?

    I never went to post secondary, so you'll have to forgive my ignorance of the vernacular!
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