The Random Crap Thread
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I want somebody to throw me a bachelorette party. we can have a night on the town, drinking cosmos and talking about buff men. And Jane Austen. That's what women talk about, right?
Have any of you seen my blue tie?
Oh my God this is awesome.Allen said:
Awesome. I was just saying earlier that I felt carnivorous. (And just finished eating some chicken.)Allen said:
Still can't lick my own eyeballs. Darn.
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Use the ice cream scoop first.Denbrought said:
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Ty, great advice.Pojodan said:
Incidentally, can someone dial 911 for a sec?
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It varies greatly depending on the type of memory used. Even then drives can drop dead fairly quickly, even name brands. I've never heard any numbers I would trust on lifespan.HCGLNS said:
Occasionally you can. Even weird offerings like Ghostbusters (the movie) on a 2GB USB drive. I've heard Microsoft might offer Windows 7 on flash drives to make it easier to install on netbooks.
There are also flash drives sold that have portable applications meant to be run off of the drive.
The health plan covers one teeth cleaning a year, so my parents booked me for one. Now my whole mouth is bleeding.
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Dragon Tails from yesterday:
I laughed because that is the way I played RPGs when I was younger. The only point they missed was running from all the random encounters between the restore point and the boss. Thankfully I now have it through my thick skull that it's okay to use ethers and other "expensive" potions because there is no point to finishing the game with dozens of high level potions and millions of GP in my inventory.
I laughed because that is the way I played RPGs when I was younger. The only point they missed was running from all the random encounters between the restore point and the boss. Thankfully I now have it through my thick skull that it's okay to use ethers and other "expensive" potions because there is no point to finishing the game with dozens of high level potions and millions of GP in my inventory.
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I had this neat dream last night set in the Star Trek Universe. (I know, dreams are supposedly bad conversation, but this one seemed worth sharing.)
The Borg had finally succeeded in penetrating Earth's defenses and had sent down assimilation probes. These probes impacted the surface and released a lot of wildly flailing tapered metallic tentacles that would sprout hypodermic syringes that injected Borg nanoprobes into victims. This way, they had assimilated much of the planet very quickly. As it so happened, my son and I were in the dream (he's 6) and he got hit by one of the probes. Rather than be immediately assimilated, he went into convulsions and I took him to a medic. He stabilized and eventually slept. When he awoke, he was remarkably himself. Somehow his body had fought off the nanoprobes. He tested positive as a Borg, though, according our scanners, though he was biologically unchanged. Somehow, we figured, the probes "tag" their victims as Borg.
Everything was of course still chaos, and I instructed my son that if he was captured, he should mimic the other assimilated humans until I could rescue him. Sure enough, that's exactly what happened. We got separated. The Borg marched the Assimilated in formation to a large tent like (I mean acres in size) structure where they awaited upgrades. My colleague and I watched from the bushes. Suddenly the boy in front of my son (they were grouped by age) broke free of the formation and ran. A green beam shone down from the ceiling on him, and security Borg arrived and subdued him. They reinjected the boy and placed him back in formation. In a moment, I realized what was going on, somehow, the antibody in my son's blood had "infected" the boy in front of him and cleared him of the nanoprobes. The boy behind my son was coming back around too. I snuck forward and told them what was going on. Apparently skin contact was needed for transferring the antibody. The children linked hands, and I watched the awakening spread like a wave through the children.
The security drones arrived! Remarkably, the antibodies worked on the fully converted drones (it also had the unfortunate effect of rendering their implants useless and painful). Now was our chance! I encouraged the children to rush as many Borg and Assimilated as possible. My son and I and a group rushed a Defense Drone (apparently original to my dream). It was a female Borg with a large round turret over her head and shoulders that shot a purple burst. We got to her (unfortunately, I saw at least one child go down in the process) and we took her down. We ripped away the implants with our bare hands and found her face. When we touched her, you could see the awakening--her face filled with surprise, then regret and sadness.
I remember we battled on, becoming a reverse sort of Borg, swelling our ranks with their own. Our bare hands were stronger than weapons. Cubes spun out of control as Awakened Borg no longer were able to control them. Unfortunately, I woke up shortly after that. I need to write this down a little better.
The Borg had finally succeeded in penetrating Earth's defenses and had sent down assimilation probes. These probes impacted the surface and released a lot of wildly flailing tapered metallic tentacles that would sprout hypodermic syringes that injected Borg nanoprobes into victims. This way, they had assimilated much of the planet very quickly. As it so happened, my son and I were in the dream (he's 6) and he got hit by one of the probes. Rather than be immediately assimilated, he went into convulsions and I took him to a medic. He stabilized and eventually slept. When he awoke, he was remarkably himself. Somehow his body had fought off the nanoprobes. He tested positive as a Borg, though, according our scanners, though he was biologically unchanged. Somehow, we figured, the probes "tag" their victims as Borg.
Everything was of course still chaos, and I instructed my son that if he was captured, he should mimic the other assimilated humans until I could rescue him. Sure enough, that's exactly what happened. We got separated. The Borg marched the Assimilated in formation to a large tent like (I mean acres in size) structure where they awaited upgrades. My colleague and I watched from the bushes. Suddenly the boy in front of my son (they were grouped by age) broke free of the formation and ran. A green beam shone down from the ceiling on him, and security Borg arrived and subdued him. They reinjected the boy and placed him back in formation. In a moment, I realized what was going on, somehow, the antibody in my son's blood had "infected" the boy in front of him and cleared him of the nanoprobes. The boy behind my son was coming back around too. I snuck forward and told them what was going on. Apparently skin contact was needed for transferring the antibody. The children linked hands, and I watched the awakening spread like a wave through the children.
The security drones arrived! Remarkably, the antibodies worked on the fully converted drones (it also had the unfortunate effect of rendering their implants useless and painful). Now was our chance! I encouraged the children to rush as many Borg and Assimilated as possible. My son and I and a group rushed a Defense Drone (apparently original to my dream). It was a female Borg with a large round turret over her head and shoulders that shot a purple burst. We got to her (unfortunately, I saw at least one child go down in the process) and we took her down. We ripped away the implants with our bare hands and found her face. When we touched her, you could see the awakening--her face filled with surprise, then regret and sadness.
I remember we battled on, becoming a reverse sort of Borg, swelling our ranks with their own. Our bare hands were stronger than weapons. Cubes spun out of control as Awakened Borg no longer were able to control them. Unfortunately, I woke up shortly after that. I need to write this down a little better.
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Holy crap. That is one detailed, and awesome, dream. Beats the heck out of the dreams I've had where I was a commander of squads consisting of comic book heroes and muppets. First dream featured Kermit the Frog leading a team. Second dream had me aboard a plane that was breaking apart under fire, and Big Bird had to learn to fly on the way down in order to save his teammates.
When he picks up, say "Well EXCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSE ME, Princess" and hang up while giggling.Krisken said:Tell him you are Link and you want the tri-force. Please? When are you going to get this opportunity again?Cajungal said:There's a boy on my "to call" list named Ganon. I can't wait to tell the fellow.
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Argh I got his voicemail... and I should have. I probably would have gotten a reprimand, but I care not. Should I call him back? Nahh....CynicismKills said:When he picks up, say "Well EXCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSE ME, Princess" and hang up while giggling.Krisken said:Tell him you are Link and you want the tri-force. Please? When are you going to get this opportunity again?Cajungal said:
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This is so very bizarre
Strangest video I've seen in a while. Starts out really slow. Pong, then Pac-Man eats the net... then Space Invaders shoot Pac-man... and then Mario jumps out and it just gets all freaky from there. Guybrush Threepwood gets chased by the Doom marine wielding a chainsaw, Mario humps Lara Crofts leg... I'm not sure what's supposed to be happening, but it sure is weird.
Strangest video I've seen in a while. Starts out really slow. Pong, then Pac-Man eats the net... then Space Invaders shoot Pac-man... and then Mario jumps out and it just gets all freaky from there. Guybrush Threepwood gets chased by the Doom marine wielding a chainsaw, Mario humps Lara Crofts leg... I'm not sure what's supposed to be happening, but it sure is weird.
You know this probably means your dental hygenes are not specially good? Teeth cleaning never feels good (excpet for weirdos like my mother, who, as a dentist, seems to love to have her teeth crispy clean, but bleeding is only cool if you are a movie monster!Denbrought said:
Nah, my teeth also bleed whenever I brush 'em, and flossing (which I do a lot, I carry some in a pocket) can easily turn me into quite the sight. My gums seem prone to do thatSilver Jelly said:
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