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Author	Message
Kajunfisher Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Mar 05 Posts: 1407 Credit: 126,476 RAC: 0	Message 145233 - Posted: 31 Jul 2005, 6:04:24 UTC ... but they're so clean!!!... (nice shiny boat anchors) ;-) I might snatch the 20GB HDD, and the heatsinks, fans, and hang on to the cases... ID: 145233 ·

Captain Avatar Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 15133 Credit: 529,088 RAC: 0	Message 145231 - Posted: 31 Jul 2005, 5:59:12 UTC - in response to Message 145170. Last modified: 31 Jul 2005, 5:59:40 UTC Last week: a friend of mine gave me a pc. "GTC" Dual Pentium S 166Mhz, Win98SE, 10GBHDD, 64MB RAM, (No PS/2 Port or Keyboard Port or USB Ports) No Monitor, Keyboard is USB... This week: a friend gives me a pc. "Dell" Pentium S 166Mhz, Win95, 2GBHDD, 16MBRAM, Monitor, Keyboard (Missing a F6 key), Network card, Speakers, Mic. Boat Anchors! ID: 145231 ·

Kajunfisher Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Mar 05 Posts: 1407 Credit: 126,476 RAC: 0	Message 145170 - Posted: 31 Jul 2005, 2:05:37 UTC Last week: a friend of mine gave me a pc. "GTC" Dual Pentium S 166Mhz, Win98SE, 10GBHDD, 64MB RAM, (No PS/2 Port or Keyboard Port or USB Ports) No Monitor, Keyboard is USB... This week: a friend gives me a pc. "Dell" Pentium S 166Mhz, Win95, 2GBHDD, 16MBRAM, Monitor, Keyboard (Missing a F6 key), Network card, Speakers, Mic. RAM is not compatible, so I can't swap it, or even use the 2 sticks of 256MB from when I upgraded my laptop to 1GB... Can't take the PS2/Keyboard connector off the Dell to put on GTC, it's soldered. When you open up Solitaire on the Dell the desktop graphics look like it's trying to go into "Safe Mode".... Oh yeah, I forgot, NO SOFTWARE!!! for either one of them... ID: 145170 ·

Ken Phillips m0mcw Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 2 Feb 00 Posts: 267 Credit: 415,678 RAC: 0	Message 144906 - Posted: 30 Jul 2005, 16:43:03 UTC AAAARGH! I hate it when I know damn well, that IF I was there, I could probably rectify the problem! Why does remote technical support have to be so difficult? 'Problem exists between the keyboard and the chair'. Ken Phillips BOINC question? Look here "The beginning is the most important part of the work." - Plato ID: 144906 ·

tekwyzrd Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Nov 01 Posts: 767 Credit: 30,009 RAC: 0	Message 144675 - Posted: 30 Jul 2005, 2:39:23 UTC Last modified: 30 Jul 2005, 2:39:36 UTC [whine]I hate getting involved in designing a website and related database only to be cut out by a colorblind self appointed know-it-all related to one of the bosses of the company whose excess equipment the site is intended to sell just before the big deal is finalized.[/whine] Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001) ID: 144675 ·

eberndl Send message Joined: 12 Oct 01 Posts: 539 Credit: 619,111 RAC: 6	Message 144667 - Posted: 30 Jul 2005, 2:11:21 UTC - in response to Message 144589. You, eberndl, and John MacLeod had done what you all could to help, and then still "Yes, but ... and Berkeley sucks!!!"! You get the picture! ;-) I hate people who won't listen to advice when I give it 10 times, but the second someone else says it, they try what I suggested in the first place (Happened on the Einstein boards last week, was thoroughly annoyed) I hate Bus drivers who try to run me over when I'm biking home from work. I hate cyclists who run a red light and nearly run me over when I have the walk signal... and then say "red means go for socialists"..... I hate how my CP unit will go into EDF and run for about 15 days (straight) in the beginning of Jan '06. I love the whine thread though. ID: 144667 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 144589 - Posted: 29 Jul 2005, 21:12:38 UTC - in response to Message 144464. tekwyzrd here wouldn't have been posting still if I hadn't just ignored his "yes but" and hadn't had a little help from Paul B. in intelligent posting. :) Ageless, it was more posts like this and other posts by the same character in that thread, I was thinking of! You, eberndl, and John MacLeod had done what you all could to help, and then still "Yes, but ... and Berkeley sucks!!!"! You get the picture! ;-) "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 144589 ·

Siran d'Vel'nahr Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7346 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 540	Message 144506 - Posted: 29 Jul 2005, 17:06:48 UTC Last modified: 29 Jul 2005, 17:08:10 UTC I hate it when children come to my thread to rant about what they know nothing about, only to come off sounding like a whining child.... Told you, ignore doesn't work, too much of the curiosity factor.... CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr XO - L L & P _\\// USS Vre'kasht NCC-33187 Winders 10 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath ID: 144506 ·

Siran d'Vel'nahr Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7346 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 540	Message 144504 - Posted: 29 Jul 2005, 16:57:52 UTC - in response to Message 144345. This is an extended version: Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill today because they pissed me off. >> And also, help me to be careful of the toes I step on today as they may be connected to the ass that I may have to kiss tomorrow. Help me to always give 100% at work.... 12% on Monday 23% on Tuesday 40% on Wednesday 20% on Thursday 5% on Fridays And help me to remember..... >>When I'm having a really bad day, and it seems that people are trying to piss me off, that it takes 42 muscles to frown and only 4 to extend my middle finger and tell them to bite me! >> Amen :-) Bah hahahahahahahahahaha....!!!! Good one KF, good one.... >:-D CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr XO - L L & P _\\// USS Vre'kasht NCC-33187 Winders 10 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath ID: 144504 ·

tekwyzrd Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Nov 01 Posts: 767 Credit: 30,009 RAC: 0	Message 144497 - Posted: 29 Jul 2005, 16:21:18 UTC - in response to Message 144464. I admire the patience of the people who bother to help these people, they should all be granted a UOTD status every month! Will be difficult. I don't have a profile and no intend to make one either. ;) tekwyzrd here wouldn't have been posting still if I hadn't just ignored his "yes but" and hadn't had a little help from Paul B. in intelligent posting. :) ???? I reached the point where I've accepted that though there's problems running BOINC on my system, I'm in the minority and there's no solution available. I just have to accept it and hope things get better as the software evolves. SERENITY NOW! SERENITY NOW! Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001) ID: 144497 ·

Jord Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15157 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 6	Message 144464 - Posted: 29 Jul 2005, 13:39:38 UTC - in response to Message 144460. Last modified: 29 Jul 2005, 13:40:21 UTC I admire the patience of the people who bother to help these people, they should all be granted a UOTD status every month! Will be difficult. I don't have a profile and no intend to make one either. ;) tekwyzrd here wouldn't have been posting still if I hadn't just ignored his "yes but" and hadn't had a little help from Paul B. in intelligent posting. :) ID: 144464 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 144460 - Posted: 29 Jul 2005, 13:32:09 UTC - in response to Message 144454. I hate it when people (you know who you are!) can't or won't spell BOINC Its not BIONIC Its not BONIC Its not BOINK Its not BIONIK Its not BIONC Its not BIONK Rant Over... I used to hate it, but I have learned to accept that BOINC is hard for people with a hint of dyslexia to spell right. But what I hate the most is when people come on the boards and rant about BOINC without even bother to look things up themselves! I hate it when people can't think in abstractions, so if they even bothered to read in the threads on the boards, but specially on Number's and on the Q&A boards, they can't think of the solutions and explanations given there as something, they themselves can learn from! I hate the people, who come here and start to ask specific questions about their own system, which is exactly the same as the other hundred thousands, and when they then bait some kind people into helping them, they start a game of "Yes, but ... !" where, no matter what they are suggested to do, the same answer comes every time "Yes, but ... !" And at the end after days and weeks of helping specifically them, they rant on BOINC, because nothing and nobody helped after all! I admire the patience of the people who bother to help these people, they should all be granted a UOTD status every month! "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 144460 ·

The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 5700 Credit: 3,855,702 RAC: 114	Message 144454 - Posted: 29 Jul 2005, 13:06:25 UTC I hate it when people (you know who you are!) can't or won't spell BOINC Its not BIONIC Its not BONIC Its not BOINK Its not BIONIK Its not BIONC Its not BIONK Rant Over... Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge. ID: 144454 ·

Astro Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Apr 02 Posts: 8026 Credit: 600,015 RAC: 0	Message 144396 - Posted: 29 Jul 2005, 10:28:15 UTC - in response to Message 144320. This is the version I'm familiar with. Serenity Prayer God grant me the strength to change what I can The serenity to accept that which I cannot And the wisdom to know the difference Yeah,...what he said ID: 144396 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 144375 - Posted: 29 Jul 2005, 8:55:53 UTC - in response to Message 144345. This is an extended version: Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill today because they pissed me off. >> And also, help me to be careful of the toes I step on today as they may be connected to the ass that I may have to kiss tomorrow. Help me to always give 100% at work.... 12% on Monday 23% on Tuesday 40% on Wednesday 20% on Thursday 5% on Fridays And help me to remember..... >>When I'm having a really bad day, and it seems that people are trying to piss me off, that it takes 42 muscles to frown and only 4 to extend my middle finger and tell them to bite me! >> Amen :-) Amen to that! :-D "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 144375 ·

tekwyzrd Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Nov 01 Posts: 767 Credit: 30,009 RAC: 0	Message 144368 - Posted: 29 Jul 2005, 8:27:28 UTC - in response to Message 144345. This is an extended version: Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill today because they pissed me off. >> And also, help me to be careful of the toes I step on today as they may be connected to the ass that I may have to kiss tomorrow. Help me to always give 100% at work.... 12% on Monday 23% on Tuesday 40% on Wednesday 20% on Thursday 5% on Fridays And help me to remember..... >>When I'm having a really bad day, and it seems that people are trying to piss me off, that it takes 42 muscles to frown and only 4 to extend my middle finger and tell them to bite me! >> Amen :-) LMAO Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001) ID: 144368 ·

Calvin & Hobbes Send message Joined: 22 Jul 04 Posts: 18 Credit: 646,578 RAC: 0	Message 144361 - Posted: 29 Jul 2005, 7:40:44 UTC - in response to Message 144345. This is an extended version: Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill today because they pissed me off. >> And also, help me to be careful of the toes I step on today as they may be connected to the ass that I may have to kiss tomorrow. Help me to always give 100% at work.... 12% on Monday 23% on Tuesday 40% on Wednesday 20% on Thursday 5% on Fridays And help me to remember..... >>When I'm having a really bad day, and it seems that people are trying to piss me off, that it takes 42 muscles to frown and only 4 to extend my middle finger and tell them to bite me! >> Amen :-) I Agree With you ID: 144361 ·

Kajunfisher Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Mar 05 Posts: 1407 Credit: 126,476 RAC: 0	Message 144345 - Posted: 29 Jul 2005, 6:37:01 UTC This is an extended version: Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill today because they pissed me off. >> And also, help me to be careful of the toes I step on today as they may be connected to the ass that I may have to kiss tomorrow. Help me to always give 100% at work.... 12% on Monday 23% on Tuesday 40% on Wednesday 20% on Thursday 5% on Fridays And help me to remember..... >>When I'm having a really bad day, and it seems that people are trying to piss me off, that it takes 42 muscles to frown and only 4 to extend my middle finger and tell them to bite me! >> Amen :-) ID: 144345 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 144321 - Posted: 29 Jul 2005, 4:59:02 UTC - in response to Message 144320. THE COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN But what if you shouldn't change it? Lack of Wisdom..... This is the version I'm familiar with. Serenity Prayer God grant me the strength to change what I can The serenity to accept that which I cannot And the wisdom to know the difference Yes! You're right! "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 144321 ·

tekwyzrd Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Nov 01 Posts: 767 Credit: 30,009 RAC: 0	Message 144320 - Posted: 29 Jul 2005, 4:48:38 UTC - in response to Message 144287. Last modified: 29 Jul 2005, 4:50:12 UTC THE COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN But what if you shouldn't change it? Lack of Wisdom..... This is the version I'm familiar with. Serenity Prayer God grant me the strength to change what I can The serenity to accept that which I cannot And the wisdom to know the difference ID: 144320 ·

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