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    Let sleeping tigers lie Khendraja'aro's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hazir View Post
    On the phone reception; that metal mesh in your ceiling? I have a similar problem in Amsterdam; mobile phones simply will not connect if they're in the living room, unless you stand in front of a window. Upstairs we have perfect coverage.
    Naw, it's just as bad outside as well. As at my school (both outside and inside). And randomly anywhere in Hamburg. I've done some research on the matter and it's a common problem. Got a tech at O2 who flat-out told me: "Yes, our hardware capacity is currently overwhelmed by the amount of smartphones we sold."
    Only problem: They've been "overwhelmed" for 2 years now according to other citizens of Hamburg.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Khendraja'aro View Post
    Naw, it's just as bad outside as well. As at my school (both outside and inside). And randomly anywhere in Hamburg. I've done some research on the matter and it's a common problem. Got a tech at O2 who flat-out told me: "Yes, our hardware capacity is currently overwhelmed by the amount of smartphones we sold."
    Only problem: They've been "overwhelmed" for 2 years now according to other citizens of Hamburg.
    Class action lawsuit, might be something for the anti-tech lunacy thread in a few years.
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  3. #4383
    Sent out "final" version of dissertation. Defense in 3 weeks.
    Hope is the denial of reality

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
    Sent out "final" version of dissertation. Defense in 3 weeks.
    ??
    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."

  5. #4385
    Gandalf would not make for a good committee chair.
    Hope is the denial of reality

  6. #4386
    Far too practical for that kind of work, really.
    In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
    The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

  7. #4387
    Not much of a believer in service to his profession.
    Hope is the denial of reality

  8. #4388
    The work force must remain mobilized and not too clustered around what they perceive as best for them. Service to a profession is an obsolete ideal, it's all about adaptation and de-localization now.
    In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
    The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

  9. #4389
    I agree. They should close all the universities in Finland.
    Hope is the denial of reality

  10. #4390
    They should've tried harder in '39, I suppose.
    In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
    The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

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    Signed the papers that we 'will' adopt #2 Son. Now need to get finger printed AGAIN, and await a court date.

    AND got our marriage license...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nessus View Post
    Sure, but you're a joyless, empty husk of a person. Also I believe you do not have children to care for.
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    I'm being transferred a couple blocks away from home. I'm the longest standing employee of my position in downtown (out of ~9-10), and while there was a lot of middle manager fighting concerning losing my skill set and speed of work, the upper management finally granted my request. No more code enforcement & suicide calls for me! No more monthly parking charges, no more $4 a day in gas. I'm be back to teaching more, and I'll be organizing maker spaces for the rest of the county. 3D printers and laser cutters. THAT is how a library properly expands its services. w00t!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Veldan Rath View Post
    Signed the papers that we 'will' adopt #2 Son. Now need to get finger printed AGAIN, and await a court date.

    AND got our marriage license...
    Double congrats.
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    Premiere of a documentary my friend made about our group of friends (so basically I'm one out of 4-5 starring), and transition from youth to adult, is set for a little more than a month from now at a film festival And another film I helped with is due to premiere in October, looking forward to that as well, script was promising and it seemed good on the set, but hard to tell how it will be after editing.

    Quote Originally Posted by Veldan Rath View Post
    Signed the papers that we 'will' adopt #2 Son. Now need to get finger printed AGAIN, and await a court date.

    AND got our marriage license...
    Congrats
    Keep on keepin' the beat alive!

  17. #4397
    Soon you'll be the Dutch Lindsay Lohan. Or maybe Justin Bieber.
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    I'm more man than both of them combined Besides, realistically, this will get seen by maye 500 people in total, which isn't bad but a far cry from them Hell, I'm probably a lot more known from the bands I've played in. And producers are almost never famous, so that may be safe. I did get recognized from the trailer at the liquor store near my parents, though!

    Speaking of bands, my band's last show is set for august 24th. Shame it's the last, but at least we're planning on going out with a great party!
    Keep on keepin' the beat alive!

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    Have I mentioned just how excited I am for this? Even if it sucks? Because I'm pretty excited. In case you couldn't tell. I've been waiting for this for twenty years.

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    Giving money to people who in turn use said money to fight against fag rights seems morally questionable
    In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
    The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

  21. #4401
    LALALALALA not listening!

  22. #4402
    Really?
    In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
    The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Veldan Rath View Post
    ???
    It's not the content of the post, it's only the fact that it exist.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nessus View Post
    Giving money to people who in turn use said money to fight against fag rights seems morally questionable
    Cool, more room in the theater for me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wiggin View Post


    Have I mentioned just how excited I am for this? Even if it sucks? Because I'm pretty excited. In case you couldn't tell. I've been waiting for this for twenty years.
    Is that why you used to sign your posts as /ender? Well, I hope the movie meets your expectations, especially since you've waited so long. The trailer looks pretty good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Veldan Rath View Post
    Cool, more room in the theater for me.
    While a small thing, it does baffle me that you guys don't have assigned seats.
    In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
    The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

  27. #4407
    Engineers have shown that random seating is more efficient (from the point of view of the amount of time it takes for everyone to get into seats) than assigned seating.
    Hope is the denial of reality

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    I suppose the invisible hand is preferable to old-timey protestant ideas of order and such.
    In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
    The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

  29. #4409
    There's also the issue that a bunch of people who buy tickets don't show up. Why not sell those seats twice if people are that stupid?
    Hope is the denial of reality

  30. #4410
    movie theaters around you double sell seating? Only time I've had that happen is when the distributor gives out free tickets, double or triple the amount, to make sure the theater is full, for pre-screenings. "random" seating during those means moving all the way to the middle, and no saving seats.

    That's about the only time I go anymore anyway. $50+ to take the family to see a single movie aint worth it.
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