MattPie
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I have a date tomorrow night (spoliers for the F'N Friday thread!) and I don't know how to date someone local any more. The last two girlfriends lived out of town, and the one before that our first date was in 2003. Anything changed in the last 8 years?
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I only way I can stop my brain from hurting when it comes to creation and time and whatnot is that time is simply not the linear progression that humans see it as. It's the only thing that makes any sense to me. There may well be some being, "God" if you will, that can perceive time or the universe in a different way and is therefore omnipotent. I've also wondered if the answer to "Why doesn't God just show himself and remove all doubt?" is that his time runs significantly faster than ours and he nipped out for a beer (so to speak), or that he's busy somewhere else. What I do know is that I don't have the answers, and since I don't think anyone has much more info than I do I'm suspicious of anyone that claims they do.
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Sorry chz, condolences.
Complaint: I sit in a smallish room at work with 3 cubes in it, next door to a server room. It's fa-reezing in here. I chalk it up to having 1/4 of the servers in the other room (virtualization and bugdet), and 1/3 of the people (budget). There used to be 3 bodies, 9 monitors, and 7 computers running in this room, and now it's down to 1 body, 3 monitors, and 2 computers. I feel like Mr. Rogers; I get to work, take of the bike jacket, and put on a fleece/sweater.
It's nice that I don't have to worry about playing music though! :)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj6ho1-G6tw
The first song is just stuck in my head. Plus the bike video is incredibly well shot and pretty.
Loch Lomond - Wax and Wire
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Nothing? ummm...it IS Friday...that's fantastic all in itself.
Fair enough. I'm happy it's a nice day out, and I can work from home with the windows open and the listen to great music[0]. I'm happy that I have a job. And I'm reasonably healthy. And caraway triscuits. And HOCKEY IN ONE WEEK.
[0] Like this!
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Bump.
I have nothing fantastic to report.
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b) the assumed reading level of "the next group" that's inheriting our maintenance level is approximately 9th grade. now ... you tell me how i'm supposed to distill engineering dialog down to something a 14 year old can understand.
I dated a technical editor for a long time. I thought that just meant you couldn't use works like "indefatigably". The logic could be convoluted as you like. :) (She needed to edit software manuals down to a sixth-grade level for non-native English speakers)
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I forgot to bring in salad dressing and the company store is closed. I'm looking at 3/4lb of plain spinach, carrots, and broccoli.
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I like it! There are lots of kinda-drunk Irish bands, but not as many country ones that I've run into. Thanks!
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Went down into Philly last night. Hit a Beer Garden (complete with trees and picnic benches), had beer and sausages, and hung out with good friends. Beautiful day/night to ride with no rain (forecast was pretty ugly).
Hot tub party in Binghamton tomorrow, and I get to ride some more this weekend despite the rain.
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How do you link/embed a youtube video?
In the post editor, there's an icon in the middle with three multicolor boxes (RGB). Click on that and paste the URL into the box that pops up.
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Matt, IDK if you can dig some classical, but I at least hope this will be a bit more cheerful:
I tend towards the big, heavy classical stuff. Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, and the like (it just ocurred to me that they're all Russian too). I had a friend in high school that played those on piano and I loved listening to her.
EDIT: Thanks, BTW. You've just picked my music for today in the office. I'll be digging thru all the classical on my ipod.
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Nope, we need to blare butt-rock in the arena all the time.
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Getting paid bi-weekly sucks sometimes.
On a side note, does anyone know anything about the law regarding work? I have tix to the game Saturday, and yesterday my job announced that some of us have to work overtime on Saturday, and that it is mandatory we do so. First time in 4 years that they pulled this.
I don't think you have a leg to stand on. I'd imagine you could make some sort of claim that it violates the 40-hour week or something, but that would be the fast track to losing the job entirely.
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Wow, it's like listening to the Blues, but it actually makes you depressed instead of cheering you up.
Sadly, I can completely relate to Mel on that song, but this isn't the right thread for that.
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I guess years and years of college hockey games have pretty much ruined "pump up" songs for me. It's always nickelback or Metallica or Rise Against. I guess I just don't see the heart in a bunch of bro rock, dated metal, or Robbie Takac.
This.
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By the sound of it your a pretty active guy. I live about a 100 yards from the biggest lake west of the rockies ( which is Klamath Lake ) I love getting out and riding next to it.
Had a victory pilsner tonight. They make yummy beers. I'm jealous that you live that close to the brewery.
Hmm, these to posts together are giving me an idea... It's 9mi via the shortest route. Getting out there isn't too big a deal, it's pretty flat or downhill. The problem is the 200ft climb right at the end of the return trip. I'll have to go ride down the hill and back up to see if it kills me.
For Friday: I'm happy that I'm going to help a friend clean out his flooded house in Binghamton and not the other way around. Sucks for him, of course.
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Would seem apropos, even though I dislike the song. I much prefer the Weird Al version. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTTVkh6NX50
Weird Al:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpMvS1Q1sos&ob=av3e
I'm not going to Tweet this though, since I'd hate to listen to it on a regular basis.
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I'm trying to get in shape. Just in the last week, I'm seeing improvements with everything I'm doing except shoulder/back stuff. I can't find a way to work myself into doing pull-ups. I can't do one, and trying to use my legs to 'help' seems to be a lot more leg than pullup. I really don't want to deal with a gym, but I can't think of good way to work into what's a full-body weight exercise.
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I actually have a truck that works now.
EDIT: Has anyone noticed that the F'N title for this thread matches the FN Center that our boys will be in this coming season?
Actually, I think that was planned. The thread was called something else initially. (there's a couple posts on page one about it)
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I just got a haircut and plan on taking a bike ride aswell. Mountain bike that is :pirate:
I did the bicycle too tonight, but MTB on the street. I live in a pretty hilly area; the creek that's probably 1/2 mile away is 200' below my house by elevation. 30 mins, 3 miles, and I'm whooped.
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A beer thats really not that good.
It's better on tap than in bottles, but it's not the end-all.
Speaking of which, I'm F'N ecstatic that I could stop at Victory on the way home from getting a haircut today and have a beer while filling up a couple growlers. Hop Devil and Moonglow, and a Headwaters Pale for the wait. The sky is also amazing today as well, and I was out on the bike. Other than having to work all night, it doesn't get much better!
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1. I am thankful that I live in an area not flooded.
Ditto. It's been crazy here in SE PA.
I'm pretty happy that I have a few good friends that I can lean on when I need it. It's tough to see sometimes, but I got it pretty good.
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The Susquehanna River flooding in Owego in '06 crested at 35.9'
They're saying that this time around, it could crest soon at 40+' I guess. I didn't read it, but my buddy sent me the Press and Sun Article He's from Endicott
Wow. I used to live about 3 blocks off the right side of that photo in Owego.
Complaint Thursdays
in The Aud Club
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Dennis Ritchie has reportedly died. He was one of the founders of the C programming language and UNIX operating system. You guys probably don't know who he is, but odds are almost 100% you're carrying around a phone that uses the language, and if Android or IOS, possibly some of the code he wrote. The computer you're using almost certainly uses bits of code and it does use the language.