Crimson 4 Report post Posted January 7, 2009 Rant: Ubuntu won't load. I booted from the CD, and the Ubuntu boot screen came up and loaded properly, and it turns black...and stays black. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShK_828 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2009 i think i need to make my email private now. During the past week, ive recieved a nigerian scam and something saying ive won something =/ Obviously scams. :evil: I mean, how does this even make sense: Agent Name: Mr.Glen Robert Email: glenrobert@hotmail.co.uk Tell:+44-703-1953-753 This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of One Million British Pounds held on the 1st of Jan 2009 in London Uk. Fill the below: 1. Name: 2. Address: 3. Country of Residence: 4. Telephone Number:5. Age 1 million pounds, pft But the fact someone out there, knows my email, and can send me a lot of viruses is bad thru pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Ryan 15 Report post Posted January 7, 2009 I am usually forced to create a new email address every 1-2 years. Now, however, I have set up a 'spambox' on my private server as well as a masked email address. Whenever I register for anything, I use the spambox. And whenever it is time for a new Gmail account, I am using a completely different email address. It works. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
007 Nab 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2009 Rant: Ubuntu won't load. I booted from the CD, and the Ubuntu boot screen came up and loaded properly, and it turns black...and stays black. I currently have the same problem with Windows XP... A repair fixed mine, sorta. But since yours is a boot cd and not an install... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rubrica 14 Report post Posted January 7, 2009 Rant: The battery charge for the laptop has gone kaput, so I only have one hour until I have to use the desktop and... The Onscreen Keyboard! NO! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kemaru 44 Report post Posted January 7, 2009 My rant: zencast.com! Why name it zencast, if they're not zencasts but podcasts? It's like calling lemonade mineral water. :x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LFC4EVER 4 Report post Posted January 7, 2009 Rant: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7812353.stm Nooooooo... thats not fair. What happened to our human rights with computers!? Well, it doesn't affect me, its not like i've ever pirated software. Ever. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pyrochild 349 Report post Posted January 8, 2009 What. The. Hell. Earlier today I looked at my AP Lit grade. The final exam is 20% of our final grade. My semester grade (80%) and final exam were both listed as 42.71%, so the final grade was also 42.71%. I just checked it again. Now the final exam is listed as 84%, the semester grade as 57.31%, but the final grade is still listed as 42.71%. It should be 62.65%. Passing. So apparently I am failing this class due to my teacher's inability to use the grading software... I have NO IDEA WHATSOEVER if I actually passed the class or not... EDIT: Here's a pic to illustrate the nonsense. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vista? 1 Report post Posted January 8, 2009 Rant: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7812353.stm Nooooooo... thats not fair. What happened to our human rights with computers!? Well, it doesn't affect me, its not like i've ever pirated software. Ever. I don't know which is worse, that or the great Australian Firewall. Yet again, we have idiots doing jobs they nothing about. :x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D 1 Report post Posted January 8, 2009 RANT: The AC/DC track pack for Rock Band still isn't out in the UK I'd easily pay £25 for it, even though I only want the ability to download them for RB2. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drum_gurl 0 Report post Posted January 8, 2009 I want my Pen Pressure Bakkkkkkk! :x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon Brown 43 Report post Posted January 8, 2009 What happened? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drum_gurl 0 Report post Posted January 8, 2009 Im using my bamboo fun tablet on my laptop i just got but its xp, I want my pen pressure on vista bak! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crimson 4 Report post Posted January 9, 2009 Well, you can pay $150-$300 for a new OS, or you can pay $80 for Photoshop Elements, which does indeed support pressure sensitivity on XP. :wink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drum_gurl 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2009 yea. im actually waiting to get cs4 master collection so i guess i should be good! I can never leave pdn though i love it too much! lol. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pyrochild 349 Report post Posted January 9, 2009 Big money! IIRC, Master Collection is ~$2500. I'm working under the assumption that the copy you're getting is legal... ha. Rant: So you know the evil stepmother stereotype? Well that's totally true for my girlfriend. Her step-sis sucks at math. So she gets a (very expensive) tutor. My girlfriend is also terrible at math (apparently left-handed people have a higher tendency of being extremely "right-brained"?), but she is not allowed to get a tutor. Not even one that will do it for free... FREE! I tried, but I am horrid at teaching anything but physics. I can teach physics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopHATslash 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2009 I'm so mad now! Ugh!! My dumb health instructor whose classes I take through the computer has failed me and drop the class because I've been gone on vacation! What should I do about this all?? I can't add the class back and she didn't even call me to warn me while I was gone. Ugh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rubrica 14 Report post Posted January 9, 2009 (apparently left-handed people have a higher tendency of being extremely "right-brained"?) HEY! Rant: Part 11 of my Builda Model Solar System came today. I now have 32 parts to catch up on, plus a LOAD of reading to do. Rant: I'm STILL too ill to go back to school. I was meant to go back last Monday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
david.atwell 290 Report post Posted January 9, 2009 HEY! Hey what? It's a proven scientific fact! You can't get mad at that. You might as well be offended by the rain. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rubrica 14 Report post Posted January 9, 2009 Fine, but pyro said "apparently. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vista? 1 Report post Posted January 9, 2009 Rant: Part 11 of my Builda Model Solar System came today. I now have 32 parts to catch up on, plus a LOAD of reading to do.. I remember you ranting about this before (last year) - how far have you got with this anyway because the outcome seems pretty cool! 8) Still, hope you recover soon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rubrica 14 Report post Posted January 9, 2009 I've nearly finished now, I've only got 3 more planets to do, then I'll be able to add the motor. In total, I've only got 9 more issues to come. I'd upload a photo of my current progress, except the batteries in my camera only last for 1 hour of use, and they're not rechargeable. And we've got no more batteries. And they've run out of power. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pyrochild 349 Report post Posted January 10, 2009 Fine, but pyro said "apparently. So, you'd rather I state it as an absolute truth rather than an opinion-widely-held-by-the-scientific-community? Ok. Lefties suck at math. Look! No "apparently." Is that better? Didn't think so. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopHATslash 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2009 I'm having the worst day of my life. I didn't know my back was that vulnerable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
david.atwell 290 Report post Posted January 10, 2009 "The sun is apparently bright" would be a correct statement. Sure, we think it's bright, but quasars are two trillion times brighter; so, to someone less than 33 light-years away from a quasar, our sun is phenomenally dim. To someone mere inches from a quasar, our sun would be practically black. "The sun apparently gives off light" would be an incorrect statement. I don't know of anyone who disputes that the sun gives off light. Although there may be someone, I suppose...there was an active flat-earth society until the mid-1970s... I digress, though. The sun does give off light; it's proven scientifically. Heck, you can prove it scientifically yourself, if you like....just wait until morning. You don't even need any equipment. So "apparently" is unnecessary. However, you can't prove what pyro said without at least an MRI machine. It's not empirical. It's theoretical, conjectural, maybe a work in progress at best. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
