Blibs and blobs number 4

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:02

Student politicos in 'humourless and morally outraged' shock
< http://cherwell.org/content.php?id=7818 >

Shin · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:05

Thank fuck it wasn't of Widdecombe

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Kern wrote:

Student politicos in 'humourless and morally outraged' shock
< http://cherwell.org/content.php?id=7818 >

First the snooping database thing, now this. That's twice I've agreed with a Tory point of view in a week. What the fuck is going on?

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:06

Kern wrote:

Student politicos in 'humourless and morally outraged' shock
< http://cherwell.org/content.php?id=7818 >

HAHAHA. That's awesomeness.

The Egg · **Joined:** 16th Aug, 2008 **Posts:** 412

DBSnappa wrote:

pew pew pew kiddie garb

That stuff is ace. Dare I say it so early . . . . but xmas pressies for this year's influx of ankle biters all sorted!

devilman · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:18

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

MetalAngel wrote:

Take a screenshot of whatever piece of software you typically use in work, and set it as the wallpaper. Watch the hilarity as your colleague furious hammers his keyboard and mouse trying to get it to work.

I, uhh, I actually did this in about 1997. Sorry.

Here's one I had done to me once: if you have a colleague with a dual monitor rig, pull up Display Properties and adjust the alignment of the screens so they only meet at a corner. Make sure to leave the mouse icon on the screen that doesn't have the start menu.

Another is to try AltGr and one of the arrow keys.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:19

devilman wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

MetalAngel wrote:

Take a screenshot of whatever piece of software you typically use in work, and set it as the wallpaper. Watch the hilarity as your colleague furious hammers his keyboard and mouse trying to get it to work.

I, uhh, I actually did this in about 1997. Sorry.

Here's one I had done to me once: if you have a colleague with a dual monitor rig, pull up Display Properties and adjust the alignment of the screens so they only meet at a corner. Make sure to leave the mouse icon on the screen that doesn't have the start menu.

Another is to try AltGr and one of the arrow keys.

What does that do? I've jsut done it and nothing seems to have happened.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38656

Shin wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Lecture was good, but I sat there shivering a bit. Must stick liner in jacket for more warmth. Settling down to go through Criminal law stuff for workshop tomorrow, and some for contract. It would appear reading week starts right after land law lecture on Friday, but I don't think Westwood will be around this time.

Good for you Mr.Mali. Get yourself a Regatta Dover, fleece-lined Jacket, TRW297

I think I may be losing my mind, I should not remember product codes like this-noooo

http://shop.actecs.co.uk/ProductDetails ... goryid=397

Wow, cheap!

devilman · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:23

I think it might depend on whether your graphics card (or possibly monitor?) supports it but it rotates your screen display. We only found that out here when someone managed to do it by accident to their own computer.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

devilman wrote:

I think it might depend on whether your graphics card (or possibly monitor?) supports it but it rotates your screen display. We only found that out here when someone managed to do it by accident to their own computer.

Must be driver dependent. Not doing it here with recent nVidia drivers.

GazChap · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:33

Kern wrote:

Student politicos in 'humourless and morally outraged' shock
< http://cherwell.org/content.php?id=7818 >

Why is it that there's always someone with an inappropriate-for-the-story name in these things?

Quote:

Rachel Cummings, OUSU's Vice-President for Women, was unimpressed with the apparent use of sexuality for political purposes.

metalangel · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:36

GazChap wrote:

Kern wrote:

Student politicos in 'humourless and morally outraged' shock
< http://cherwell.org/content.php?id=7818 >

Why is it that there's always someone with an inappropriate-for-the-story name in these things?

Quote:

Rachel Cummings, OUSU's Vice-President for Women, was unimpressed with the apparent use of sexuality for political purposes.

I demand that she burst into a room and, when they ask who she is, screams "I'M CUMMINGS!"

ElephantBanjoGnome · **Joined:** 22nd Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 8175

MetalAngel wrote:

Rachel Cummings, OUSU's Vice-President for Women

Where's the Vice-President for Men? What? You mean there isn't one? Talk about fucking SEXIST.

Quote:

C. Gnomes, OUSU's Vice-President for Men, said the bird was alright but he'd prefer it if she had bigger tits.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38656

Same argument as "where'd the english parliement/assembly?"

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 13:09

I've got eSATA outputs on my new motherboard. What can I plug into them?

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 13:12

Grim... wrote:

I've got eSATA outputs on my new motherboard. What can I plug into them?

The matrix, Neo.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 13:14

Grim... wrote:

I've got eSATA outputs on my new motherboard. What can I plug into them?

eSATA external HDD.. for 1.

Shin · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 13:26

davpaz wrote:

Shin wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Lecture was good, but I sat there shivering a bit. Must stick liner in jacket for more warmth. Settling down to go through Criminal law stuff for workshop tomorrow, and some for contract. It would appear reading week starts right after land law lecture on Friday, but I don't think Westwood will be around this time.

Good for you Mr.Mali. Get yourself a Regatta Dover, fleece-lined Jacket, TRW297

I think I may be losing my mind, I should not remember product codes like this-noooo

http://shop.actecs.co.uk/ProductDetails ... goryid=397

Wow, cheap!

Pah, yeah if you buy them like that.

Carton for my company is 7.50+VAT

devilman · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 14:07

Just been collared by the CEO, asking me about Apple laptops and, considering my knowledge of them is pretty non-existent, I thought I'd ask you lot.

Can you split the partition on the hard drive on them and have Windows on one-half and OSX on the other? If so, is it easy to do as I think I'll be roped into it...

kalmar · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 14:09

Yes, it's called Bootcamp. Zero hassle involved I believe.

You might want to check whether vmware or parallels would be a more productive solution though, it lets you run PC stuff without rebooting.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 14:11

davpaz wrote:

Shin wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Lecture was good, but I sat there shivering a bit. Must stick liner in jacket for more warmth. Settling down to go through Criminal law stuff for workshop tomorrow, and some for contract. It would appear reading week starts right after land law lecture on Friday, but I don't think Westwood will be around this time.

Good for you Mr.Mali. Get yourself a Regatta Dover, fleece-lined Jacket, TRW297

I think I may be losing my mind, I should not remember product codes like this-noooo

http://shop.actecs.co.uk/ProductDetails ... goryid=397

Wow, cheap!

Cheap wasn't the first thing that come to my mind.

devilman · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 14:11

kalmar wrote:

Yes, it's called Bootcamp. Zero hassle involved I believe.

You might want to check whether vmware or parallels would be a more productive solution though, it lets you run PC stuff without rebooting.

Cheers for that. I think the plan is that he uses the Windows side for his office work and his wife can use the OSX side for her personal stuff.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

kalmar wrote:

You might want to check whether vmware or parallels would be a more productive solution though, it lets you run PC stuff without rebooting.

You can go further than that; you can split the hard disk in two (one OS X partition and one Windows partition) and dual boot between them, and whilst in OS X, you can use Parallels or VMWare to run the Windows partition as a VM. It does cause Windows to freak out a little (you need to configure two Hardware Profiles I think, which were designed to support docking bay laptops) but it gives you the best of both worlds: quick access to random Windows apps under OS X through the VM layer, and the ability to reboot to Windows to run graphics-heavy apps (typically games) at full speed.

kalmar · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 14:18

If you were a geek-nerd science weenie, you could.

Oh, who am I kidding.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

kalmar wrote:

If you were a geek-nerd science weenie, you could.

Oh, who am I kidding.

L-LOL.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 16:00

Bash.co.uk wrote:

<Dogan> GUYS, STORY TIME
<Dogan> So my teacher's friend's friend or something
<Dogan> She was dogsitting one day
<Dogan> Shows up the first time, finds the dog dead on the floor, right?
<Nightryde> how embarrassing
<Dogan> SO she's gotta pack the dog corpse up and take it to the vet so they can dispose of it or whatever
<Dogan> She can't find anything to fit it in, so she stuffs it in a freaking SUITCASE
<Dogan> She didn't have a car so she has to take the train through Chicago
<Zeelot> oh mannnn
<Dogan> This guy helps her carry the case on and is like
<Dogan> "this is pretty heavy, what's in it?"
<Dogan> lady replies "just some computer things"
<Dogan> the guy SOCKS HER IN THE FACE AND RUNS OFF WITH THE CASE
<Nightryde> AHAHAHA HOW would you pawn that sort of thing???

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 16:05

Promissery estoppel is interesting. Ho hum. I think I've got the problem question down OK, and i think I've followed the guide OK. Hmm.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

MaliA wrote:

Promissery estoppel is interesting.

You've just failed as a solicitor.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 16:12

Lord Chris wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Promissery estoppel is interesting.

You've just failed as a solicitor.

i was speaking as a scientist...

Heh. Thing is, see, there's a problem question, and I'm answering it at the moment.

EDIT: I've got a problem question in front of me, and I cans ee the relevant points of law for each stage (its a contract question) and I've to advise party A on their position with regard to party B, and it's going to come down to PE but I'm trying to work out which way. Either way, it isn't looking good for my client.

Zio · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6093

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

kalmar wrote:

You might want to check whether vmware or parallels would be a more productive solution though, it lets you run PC stuff without rebooting.

You can go further than that; you can split the hard disk in two (one OS X partition and one Windows partition) and dual boot between them, and whilst in OS X, you can use Parallels or VMWare to run the Windows partition as a VM. It does cause Windows to freak out a little (you need to configure two Hardware Profiles I think, which were designed to support docking bay laptops) but it gives you the best of both worlds: quick access to random Windows apps under OS X through the VM layer, and the ability to reboot to Windows to run graphics-heavy apps (typically games) at full speed.

Not only that, but using Boot Camp means you get to make a Windows partition without having to format your OS X partition, so you don't have to back up your stuff or anything 'cos you won't lose any data.

You should probably back your data anyway though, I suppose.

kalmar · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 16:18

MaliA wrote:

Either way, it isn't looking good for my client.

/

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 16:20

kalmar wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Either way, it isn't looking good for my client.

/

"That case with the housewife and the conservatory in it" is one of teh notes i've made. L searches ahoy...

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 16:45

I'm sick of Lawyer talk and Boffin guff in this thread.

It's supposed to be about filth and fluff isn't it?

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

kalmar wrote:

You might want to check whether vmware or parallels would be a more productive solution though, it lets you run PC stuff without rebooting.

You can go further than that; you can split the hard disk in two (one OS X partition and one Windows partition) and dual boot between them, and whilst in OS X, you can use Parallels or VMWare to run the Windows partition as a VM. It does cause Windows to freak out a little (you need to configure two Hardware Profiles I think, which were designed to support docking bay laptops) but it gives you the best of both worlds: quick access to random Windows apps under OS X through the VM layer, and the ability to reboot to Windows to run graphics-heavy apps (typically games) at full speed.

I use both Parallels and Bootcamp. In reality I rarely use Bootcamp as most stuff I need can be achieved through Parallels.

DO NOT RUN THE BOOTCAMP PARITITION IN PARALLELS! Just don't. One dodgy Parallels closedown and it can corrupt your Bootcamp partition. I find it just easier to run a small partition with Bootcamp and use an external HD and use a small virtual partition in Parallels. Parallels can access your Macs HD anyway which makes it super-duper useful.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 23:24

My cold is gone. I'm full of TGI Friday's JD Steak. And I just made my girlfriend cry by being too nice; I wasn't doing anything I wouldn't expect any half-decent person to do — her exes must have been fucking shockingly crap people.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 23:37

What did you do?

Malabelm · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 23:39

Grim... wrote:

What did you do?

She hasn't been feeling well, so I lay her on my bed, wrapped her in blankets, then just held her. That's what anyone should do!

metalangel · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:17

nynfortoo wrote:

That's what anyone should do if they want to catch it themselves!

FTFY.

<- you, tomorrow.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:24

nynfortoo wrote:

Grim... wrote:

What did you do?

She hasn't been feeling well, so I lay her on my bed, wrapped her in blankets, then just held her before throwing her into a canal. That's what anyone should do!

metalangel · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:29

Perhaps that's what she was expecting to happen, hence the crying?

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:30

nynfortoo wrote:

Grim... wrote:

What did you do?

She hasn't been feeling well, so I lay her on my bed, wrapped her in blankets, then just held her. That's what anyone should do!

I feel like shit. Full on head cold, throat swollen to the max. I have to pack and sort the house out. I just want to sleep.

metalangel · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:47

My nose has been randomly congesting itself for no good reason, my eyes are a bit irritated and bloodshot, and I have an agonising mouth ulcer on my lower lip in the exactly right spot to be scraped at by my lower incisors. Huzzah!

Oh, and there's a body on the line in Llandaff, so it's all kicking off at work too.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:56

The Pipettes are playing the Carling Acadamy (nee Zodiac) on Sunday. Tickets are a tenner. I'm tempted.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:56

Do you ever have one of those days where you're bored with work before you've even turned your computer on? Well that's me today.

metalangel · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:59

MaliA wrote:

The Pipettes are playing the Carling Acadamy (nee Zodiac) on Sunday. Tickets are a tenner. I'm tempted.

Ooh, are they on tour? I demand.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:03

MetalAngel wrote:

MaliA wrote:

The Pipettes are playing the Carling Acadamy (nee Zodiac) on Sunday. Tickets are a tenner. I'm tempted.

Ooh, are they on tour? I demand.

Let's go then.

EDIT: Actually, I'm unsure now, and questioning my sexuality.

metalangel · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:11

Theirs is the only CD to have stayed in my car's CD changer since being put in.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

nynfortoo wrote:

Grim... wrote:

What did you do?

She hasn't been feeling well, so I said "do you know what's good for colds?" and she said "no, what's good for colds"? So in answer I gave her a good rogering. That's what anyone should do!

FTFY for MEDICAL TRUFAX.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:16

myoptika wrote:

Do you ever have one of those days where you're bored with work before you've even turned your computer on? Well that's me today.

I feel the same today!!

Curiosity · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:19

Kovacs Caprios wrote:

myoptika wrote:

Do you ever have one of those days where you're bored with work before you've even turned your computer on? Well that's me today.

I feel the same today!!

I feel the same every day!

:'(

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