It's a ghost town...
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A_Griffin wrote:
I walk past the local council and government offices every day on the dog walk,
They probably look out the window and say "look at that man being able to walk his dog during the day, it's a disgrace"
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Hey, at least I'm not bit banging everything like we used to in the old days. :-) The routines to send or receive bytes over a bit banged 4800 baud serial port were a world of headaches. Waiting for an interrupt, taking a byte from a controller and pushing it into a buffer is endearingly simple compared to that.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
"4800" Youngster, it was "1200" in my day...
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"4800" Youngster, it was "1200" in my day...
300, but we tuned up our software until we had at least 1200. Disable interrupts and we could get 2400. 4800 could only be reached by clocking the CPU at maximum. If you were really good, you did everything to overclock the CPU (including *gasp* active cooling) and maybe even reached 9600.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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So break out the Doom disk and settle down for a good day ... :laugh:
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Doom
That was such a fun game for me back in the day. Good memories about that one.
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Doom
That was such a fun game for me back in the day. Good memories about that one.
I was somewhat obsessed with it myself ... :-O I bought a new computer kitted out specifically for playing Doom II: DX/4 100, 32 Meg RAM, solid Graphics card, SoundBlaster, ... Did you get the "Doom dreams"?
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I was somewhat obsessed with it myself ... :-O I bought a new computer kitted out specifically for playing Doom II: DX/4 100, 32 Meg RAM, solid Graphics card, SoundBlaster, ... Did you get the "Doom dreams"?
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Has Anyone Seen Mike Hunt wrote:
isn't
That may be true in some remote parts of the world. Anyway, I am not the first one to use it here in the Lounge. [^oxforddictionaries](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/prolly)
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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I was terrified the first time I played the game. I didn't get "Doom dreams" but we would dial the volume up on the speakers to get maximum effective crap your pants effects. :)
Yeah, I know what you mean. That first "dark area" ... Even now the sound of an Arch-Vile seeing you raises the hair on the back of my neck. You knew there was trouble when you heard that!
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ToDo lint Done Bits: 1. Have motored around the office on a chair 2. Office supplies, already raided (got quite a nice stapler) is locked 3. Beer in the fridge, you are joking, care has to be taken Friday lunch times as we have random breathelizer tests 4. Pub opposite doesn't open 'till midday! 5. Post random s*** on CP 6. Stare a pidgeon feet on the sky light
glennPattonWork wrote:
3. Beer in the fridge, you are joking, care has to be taken Friday lunch times as we have random breathelizer tests
:omg: :wtf: :omg: :wtf: My current job's about as far from that as you can get. There's normally beer in the fridge where I work, might even be some free for all left overs from the holiday party (vs a few people who bring their own in), and in the last few months the boss's brought in enough champagne and tequila to give everyone who wanted one a drink during the workday day. :-\ :cool: For better and worse that's really about the extent to which this company really does have "startup culture". :rolleyes:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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Hi, It's a bloomin ghost town (cue the tune!) today in the office, nobodys here. Taking advantage of the Easter break to get a long holiday or mass UFO abduction. :~
glennPattonWork wrote:
cue the tune!
OK, since you asked for it![^] :-D
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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glennPattonWork wrote:
cue the tune!
OK, since you asked for it![^] :-D
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Thats the one, Harlod Pinter doing his thing! :)
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glennPattonWork wrote:
3. Beer in the fridge, you are joking, care has to be taken Friday lunch times as we have random breathelizer tests
:omg: :wtf: :omg: :wtf: My current job's about as far from that as you can get. There's normally beer in the fridge where I work, might even be some free for all left overs from the holiday party (vs a few people who bring their own in), and in the last few months the boss's brought in enough champagne and tequila to give everyone who wanted one a drink during the workday day. :-\ :cool: For better and worse that's really about the extent to which this company really does have "startup culture". :rolleyes:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
Well for me it's the Construction Industry, Once your full time you get a high-vis jacket etc. I have only worn it three times twice on a customer site, once 'cause it was raining and I didn't want to get my usual coat wet. How can I get a job where you get tequila for elevenes...
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Well for me it's the Construction Industry, Once your full time you get a high-vis jacket etc. I have only worn it three times twice on a customer site, once 'cause it was raining and I didn't want to get my usual coat wet. How can I get a job where you get tequila for elevenes...
Work for a small SW co with a boss trying to be cool. The champagne was when a few big contracts he'd been chasing for months came in right before Christmas. Dunno what the Tequila was for, he asked if I wanted a shot at 4:50pm on a Friday. I declined because it conflicted with my 0% alcohol when driving policy; and I never found out if he was celebrating landing something or just splurged on a bottle of Patrón and wanted to share.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
