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Random Babbling Post #107

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Blackthorne TA, Apr 11, 2009.

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  1. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    Remove all ads!
    -_-

    Unfortunately, I know that when you call me an idiot, it's just your twisted way of telling me how much you love me. :D
    With that in mind, let me just point this out:

    Probably just your upper lip... :evil:
     
    Kitrax, Apr 29, 2009
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  2. Susipaisti

    Susipaisti Maybe if I just sleep... Veteran

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    Working on the electronics of a guitar is kind of fun in a weird way. I wonder if you can get addicted to solder fumes?
     
    Susipaisti, Apr 29, 2009
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    That stuff gives me a splitting headache unless I do it in an extremely open room :(
     
    The Magister, Apr 29, 2009
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  4. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    I've been in frequent contact with such fumes for the past 3 years (on and off for the past 8 years) and I'm not addicted to it. Mind you, I have bad eyes, so when I solder, my head is usually directly over the circuit, so I get a face full of fumes. I miss the good old days of 60/40 lead solder...that stuff smelled better. :skeptic:
     
    Kitrax, Apr 29, 2009
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  5. Ziad

    Ziad I speak in rebuses Veteran

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    For some reason Windows Update keeps pestering me about installing updates for MS Office, even though I don't have MS Office installed...

    ION, should I bother installing IE 8 (yet another update), even though I never ever use IE? Does it patch any security issues in Windows Explorer or some such?
     
    Ziad, Apr 29, 2009
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  6. Saber

    Saber A revolution without dancing is not worth having! Veteran

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    Use Firefox, IE is teh lamezor. Nobody actually enjoys Microsoft products.
     
    Saber, Apr 29, 2009
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  7. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    I hear that IE8 is on par, if not better than Firefox.
     
    Taluntain, Apr 29, 2009
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  8. Ziad

    Ziad I speak in rebuses Veteran

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    I'm not going to use it, I've grow comfortable with Firefox and besides I don't think I'd be able to live without my selection of plugins (and I doubt IE8 can do all that stuff out-of-the-box). I was just wondering if there was any benefit of updating to IE8 other than it being a better browser than IE7.
     
    Ziad, Apr 29, 2009
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  9. Ragusa

    Ragusa Eternal Halfling Paladin Veteran

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    Firefox got fat over the years. They need to seriously work on its stability, speed and efficiency. Still use and like it though.
     
    Ragusa, Apr 29, 2009
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  10. Morgoth

    Morgoth La lune ne garde aucune rancune Veteran

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    Don't forget their compatibility, working as a webdev I've found that Firefox can be quite a ***** to support too.
     
    Morgoth, Apr 30, 2009
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    Saber A revolution without dancing is not worth having! Veteran

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    Ugh, that is true, it uses so much memory on my computer... it uses anywhere from 2 to 10 times as much memory as iTunes, which is sickeningly RAM-sucking as it is.
     
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  12. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    That's mainly because of memory leaks which have been a consistent problem in Firefox for years... that and more problems with the Flash integration than you can shake a stick at.
     
    Taluntain, Apr 30, 2009
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  13. Disciple of The Watch

    Disciple of The Watch Preparing The Coming of The New Order Veteran

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    Heh... you dish out as good as you take jabs, so that's A-okay with me.

    Heh... and what kind of wildlife lived in your ZZ beard? That being said, there are really a serious boatload of morons up here. You'd probably feel like bashing someone in after a few hours around. I know I often do. Usually save it for friends of my former housemate, or the occasional random A-hole rapper who's looking to get his ass whooped -- and dude, that's what I call entertainement!

    But I digress.
     
    Disciple of The Watch, Apr 30, 2009
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  14. Harbourboy

    Harbourboy Take thy form from off my door! Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Anyone else around here running the Rotorua Marathon with me this Saturday?
     
    Harbourboy, Apr 30, 2009
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  15. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    I actually had a family of humming birds living in my beard before I shaved it off. The wife loved the built in vibrating action... :love:

    As for IE8, I installed it along with all the other "crucial" Windows updates after my reformat 2 days ago, and it's not so bad. When I open it, two processes for iexplorer show up in the task manager...one is 45MB, the other is 17MB.

    Not sure how that compares to FF since I don't use it.
     
    Kitrax, Apr 30, 2009
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  16. Morgoth

    Morgoth La lune ne garde aucune rancune Veteran

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    Well today certainly sucked... some !@#&*& tried to hit the queen with his car. Four people dead and many wounded. Story at CNN I was watching the Queensday parade this morning and suddenly a car came crashing into street ramming a monument next to bus.

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    **** I'm pissed. Today was supposed to be a festive holiday that is celebrated throughout the nation, but now I end up putting the flag half-pole :(
     
    Morgoth, Apr 30, 2009
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  17. Ofelix

    Ofelix The world changes, we do not, what irony!

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    I am done with my exams! No more academic obligation until September! Weeee!
     
    Ofelix, Apr 30, 2009
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    No matter how much memory it takes up, it's less then Safari :). Plus I find that IE has runtime errors a lot with my other computer. :skeptic:
     
    The Magister, May 1, 2009
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    Nice one! I have another 19 days to go yet you jammy git!
     
    Duffin, May 1, 2009
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  20. Silvery

    Silvery I won't pretend to be your friend coz I'm just not ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

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    Jammy Git? That sounds like another northerner!
     
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