Random Babbling - 113

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Why I hate PDF? Simple. Back in my crappy computer tech PSD, those F'N bastards were anal about our notes being in ****ING PDF format, then they verified them. I assume it was so we'd make our own notes instead of copying someone else's... but it was a ****ING PAIN IN THE ASS!

 

So you hate PDF because it was used by a former employer to make sure you actually did your job?

 

Not an employer, this was school. If this was work, it would be a different matter.

 

In my case, it's the faculty who do not know how to create one, and end up with 2-3GB pdfs that student would then expect to be able to print on our 12 year old laser printer that has 64MB memory...

 

How so?

 

Professional documents done in PDF format, I can understand. But at school, forcing us to PDF the F'N notes, that's bulls---. It was perfectly friggin fine as a plain text document, so what was the point except wasting my time?

Then again, this class WAS a waste of time.

 

I grilled steak for dinner tonight. I took some advice on grilling steaks from my buddy...and OMFSM! They turned out awesome!

No marinades, no tenderizing, just a quick rub of black pepper and a pinch of salt...followed with a light brushing of EV olive oil right before I took them off the grill. I ended up eating an entire 25oz steak that was supposed to be two servings...but it tasted so good, I decided to eat it all.

Half-way thru the week, and I can mark off Gluttony, Lust, Envy, Sloth, Greed, and Anger. All I have left is Pride...which I technically just did with the first half of this post.

Sliv - who needs an entire week?










(note: OMFSM = Oh My Flying Spaghetti Monster (my "God") )

 

I like steak, but with salad, potatoes, vegies, etc., usually 6-8 ounces are enough for me.

 

I don't eat rabbit food on a regular basis. Along with all that steak, I had a handful of olives, and a baked potato.

Crawling or flying?

 

Got a busy day today. Working 1-3 at the hospital for the RNID then off to Gatehead (about 50 miles away) for an interview to do my next sign language course at 5.15. Added to that we've just finished having our garage converted to a playroom so I have to find time to gloss the skirting boards today

 

12:64 has been reached. Interesting, to say the least. Not what I expected.

Withdrawal is a b----, too.

 

Bees don't like smoke...have DotW come over. The bees will either be gone, or they'll just be chill'n in the hive listening to Bob Marley....

 

BWHAHAHA! Don't forget about the muncheez!

 

no honey no cry

 

Monty, I'll drown them in smoke so bad Asia is going to have an ecological disaster from a foreign species of hornets invading it.

 

I went to the gamescom today, and here are my impressions on the games currently interesting for me, off the top of my head:

* I spent 2½ hours waiting to see three videos and play Old Republic for 15 minutes. I am happy I brought food and drink with me. I like the game, even though it is an MMO game. Feels like KotoR cross bred with WoW. Graphics are nice, but somewhat simple. The demo movies made a big deal out of the extent to which voice acting was used. It does have the Star Wars flair. Nice of the staff - they periodically distributed t-shirts to the people in the cue. Yay!

* I played Dragon Age 2, after only half an hour waiting. I got two inflatable swords.

* At the Square Enix stand I watched the E3 trailer for Deus Ex 3 that I had seen before. A guy from Square Enix offices in Montreal demo played a bit for us. The area he played was from the in-game trailer - which strongly reminded me of the original DeusEx (which is a good thing). Graphics are polished. Game play appears to be interesting. Think Metal Gear Solid. Amusing: You can play that through-the-wall attack from the trailer. The hero reminds me more of Solid Snake than of J.C. Denton. The game characteristics (apparently there is always a silent or non lethal way) of Deus Ex appear to have been retained. What makes me sceptic is that the interface does look little console-ish. That's what wrecked Deus Ex 2.

* A demo for Bioshock 3 was only given to press and not to us plebs.

* A demo for Witcher 2 was not given. I got a nice poster though.

* I had a look at the Drakensang sequel and it appears to play pretty mucgh like the last one with some refinements.

I skipped Starcraft, Diablo 3 and WoW and the FPS games like Crysis 2 for lack of time.