The I’m Too Sexy For My Sword Complaint Thread
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almost time to fly the coop. 19 minutes. a cpl stops on the way home, need to restock godiva :D , calling a taxi today, can't take the humidz.
mebbe a tribute render to godiva, nekkie lady on a pegasus.
kinda weird they sit behind the wings?
godiva lady on a biguana, yeah. tee hee
Hope this image is not ruined by getting it ready for forum.
Is this cool?
Bored, bored, bored. Waiting on the test guys to, well, test - all my desk checks came out OK. Also waiting for the hardware folks to solder programming headers on 12 circuit boards for re-programming.. snzzzz...
According to TSA rules, I'm allowed to take my meds, my test kit, and my wooden cane on the plane with me, so all should be good - just need to arrive extra-early (2 hours before the flight). That an an emergency granola bar are supposedly allowed, I emailed the TSA with detailed questions so I should hear back in a week or so.
Boss says OK to take 3-4 days in October, so now it's just a matter of growing some discipline and saving up the money! :cheese:
The one thing missing from news reporting today?
News.
Today no one makes a news report without telling everyone what to think about it.
I recall a time when the type of news reports we get today was known as "commentary", and we were told it was a point of view from people known as "commentators".
News reports were once descriptions of actual events unaccompanied by the political slant of the network, as informative as a weather report.
I am convinced that there isn't a network, a magazine, a newspaper, a website, that knows how to relate fact without "coloring" it.
Not one.
Just tell me what happened, and I'll form my own opinions.
Here is a forum friendly picture of the side of the local library.
I'm not ignoring your photos, Kulay, I just can't think of anything to say about them other than they are very nice and much better than anything I can do with a camera. :)
Yeah, it's an issue. I've seen Linux driver jobs asking for C# skills! Wth, the only C# implementation on Linux is Mono and it's not .NET 4.5 compatible yet! I don't know a single driver/kernel hack that knows any C# (ehm, except me, but my hackage skills are stale)..
I think I'm going to target larger companies or small tightly-focused ones. Our entire engineering staff here is 5 people to support over 2 DOZEN shipping products! :ahhh: It's insane but as long as I can tolerate it, it's solid, steady work.
I have.. A PLAN! :snake: Save for a vacation in Portland.. then get a 3D laptop, move my writing tools on to it along with my 3D stuff.. turn my i5 system into a dedicated software development machine and buy a few commercial tools.. then bank cash until nthe end of next year.. and MOVE! I think the SeaTac area next.
For the past 8 years I've flirted with the idea of being a nomadic engineer.. well, now that my parents have passed away there's nothing keeping me in Texas. And there are places I'd love to see that have nice 8-18 month contracts in my area of expertise.. heh.
Time to freshen up my Linux kernel/driver skills and bank some cash! But alas.. somewhere, a stripper is going withut her cheeseburger.. :down:
,,,make sure you are prepared for lots of soggy days. Some of us don't all this the Pacific Northwet for nothing. Things you have to be concerned bout here are mould (it gets everywhere and can even mess up building foundations), lots of grey gloomy days that sometimes last until nearly July (especially if an el nino is in effect), the threat of earthquakes (the Cascadia Subduction Zone just 70 miles offshore has been building a lot of pressure(, a much higher cost of living (Seattle in particular, but Portland is doing it's best to catch up), and very inefficient electric heat/cooking that can cost as much as 1/3 of your rent per month during the cold seasons.
...and no Whataburgers, and little in the way of decent Barbecue
Also Washington has a fairly high sales tax, however no state income tax while Oregon has a state income tax but no sales tax. Seattle does have more of a diversified industrial base with the port and manufacturing (e.g Boeing which as I mentioned a while back has something like 4,000 standing orders for new aircraft). Portland on the other hand has Intel and Nike as their two major industries and that's about it (the "Silicon Forest" of the late 80s & 90s was effectively "clearcut" by the .com bust and has never fully recovered since). The city has also been making it touch on businesses through higher and higher taxes which has already chased some way to other states and kept others from locating here.
I've actually been thinking of heading the other way myself to escape all wet and dampness that keeps my joints aching as well as the surge in upscale oriented costs (rents here in Portland in some areas have tripled in only a few years and many nice once affordable apartment houses have been converted to "Classic Condos"). The only real job boom in Portland is pretty much the kind of thing you are into which I have no up to date skill in.anymore (and no "credentials" - eg. a degree - to back up what I do know)..
Thanks!
The other day I was flicking channels and saw Dr. Oz on Fox, and he had a guest that was talking about Extra Virgin Olive Oils. They said that because there is no regulation, there are imports into the US that are not extra virgin. Worse, it has been found that some imported extra virgin olive oils are not even olive oils, they're canola oil or some other. Some tested had a rancid odor. It was very disconcerting. I hate it when big business tries things like this to make more money. It is said that the process to get extra virgin olive oil is expensive, which is why the product is on the expensive side. These companies are selling crap as e.v. and making a lot of profit.
For some reason, the imports aren't subject to the same regulations as the domestic products.
Dana
...if companies are selling something under a name that it is not (eg. Canola as Extra Virgin Olive Oil) , that is false advertising and it needs to be reported to the FDA. I am on a low budget, yet I still use extra virgin olive oil in my cooking. For one it adds a unique flavour important in certain styles of cuisine (I even use it in my Cajun cooking). Second, it is also healthy for you, especially compared to Canola which is a genetically modified industrial oil (there is no real "canola" plant, it is a lab created derivative of rapseed oil).
When the wife and I took a couple of weekend classes at the local Cordon Bleu school one of the instructors pointed out that the vast majority of olive oil on American supermarket shelves is probably rancid. He said you really need to pay up for the top of the line brands to insure you're getting what you want. I used to have a list of brands that were known to be good and were what they advertised (i.e. extra virgin) I'll see if I can dig it out. One of the surprising ones was the Kirkland brand from Costco, it's actually considered fairly fresh and lives up to its label. I guess that's because their target audience is actual commercial kitchens.
Another suggestion was to find a local source. Two that we've used are Oh Olive and VSOP Taproom. I also like to get their infused olive oils and their infused balsamic vinegar.
I'm sure that there is something similar in your area, especially Portland.
Lately unless what I'm cooking really needs the flavor of the olive oil (say coating veggies in oil and vinegar for roasting) I've switched to using coconut oil. It's slightly healthier than olive oil and if you get the right type it doesn't impart any flavor to the food. I've pretty much been using it anywhere that the recipe calls for oil or butter for searing/frying. It's cheaper than the good olive oil so it lets me save the good stuff for the places where the flavor actually matters.
...thanks for the tips. I'll take a look at coconut oil.
Currently I use Safflower or Sunflower for general purposes and Pure Sesame for Asian cooking. Fortunately as I live by myself I can actually afford it as I don't usually make more then enough for one meal at a time (save for my pasta sauces which have to be done in a big batch and will last me three to four days).
I am having difficulty running DS. I tried using the installer I downloaded the other day but that installer won't open.
Is there a limit on how many times one can edit a post?
Bryce Render Drop
I am now trying Daz Install manager to see if that will install DS and have it work. Hopefully this will solve something.
Last I recall, DIM did not install the base applications (extra options for paths etc I think). iirc you do still have to run the DS installer separately (fixmypcmike or others may correct me here...). DIM is certainly convenient for (re)installing all your _content_ though, if you want to rebuild your runtimes ^_^.
For that edited screenshot you posted, about dzcoreutil.exe not being able to run... are you doing that install with Administrator privileges? alternatively, try installing DAZ Studio to somewhere other than C:\Program Files\... (preferably off C:\ altogether, if you have multiple drives... or maybe a "C:\bin\DAZ Studio4\" or something...).
Finally - are you trying to run the 64-bit installer on a 32-bit system? (ie which installer is that, running on what sort of system?).
...cool. Man, flying today has almost become a "Checkpoint Charlie" situation. I almost dread having to get on a plane, not because I'm afraid of being on a plane in the air, but all the red tape you have to go through these days.jsut to get on, and all the nickle and diming you have to deal with for basic things that were once complementary (like luggage and snacks). If you're on Southwest, then you won't have to pay any baggage fees at least.
If the DIM version won't install either, try this:
1) Make sure you are running as "Administrator"
2) Try installing with your AV prog disabled, some AV progs are not being cooperative when installing DAZ Studio (and other apps as well it seems).
3) The last thing to try is installing a fix from MS that adds a missing VisualC++ dll to your OS.
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=26347
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948854
Cool! %-P
Dana
If the DIM version won't install either, try this:
1) Make sure you are running as "Administrator"
2) Try installing with your AV prog disabled, some AV progs are not being cooperative when installing DAZ Studio (and other apps as well it seems).
3) The last thing to try is installing a fix from MS that adds a missing VisualC++ dll to your OS.
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=26347
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948854
I restart the computer and got the installer to install DS. I can get that to run but not the smart content. I can see in task manager that the content management service is running. As soon as I open DS and the CMS stops running.
My ass muscles have been hurting like hell for the past two weeks... T_T
I restart the computer and got the installer to install DS. I can get that to run but not the smart content. I can see in task manager that the content management service is running. As soon as I open DS and the CMS stops running.
Did you uninstall CMS before installing DS? If you don't have custom categorization, I would uninstall CMS and delete the databases, then reinstall DS to get a clean database.
...now all i need is a glass, some Wodka, and some Cranberry juice.
Bryce might not have a FAST renderer, but its lighting engine is awesome..
...cool. Man, flying today has almost become a "Checkpoint Charlie" situation. I almost dread having to get on a plane, not because I'm afraid of being on a plane in the air, but all the red tape you have to go through these days.jsut to get on, and all the nickle and diming you have to deal with for basic things that were once complementary (like luggage and snacks). If you're on Southwest, then you won't have to pay any baggage fees at least.
It's pretty ridiculous. I'd take the train or bus up if I had the time, but.. oh well. At least there are procedures, and I'm getting all the info, so while I'll have to put up with being scanned I figure, oh well, I don't fly every day Still, feh. Next time I'm going to save up enough to take Amtrak up and back! :cheese:
Ok, finally the backup drive is working, so I'm backing up all my latest runtimes, music, etc. - shuld take all night (urgh). Then the drive goes into the office for "offsite storage". :coolsmile:
Dead tired - a diet ginger ale, a turkey burger, then bed. Ugh.
wuh oh coflek-gnorg sale.
lucky already spent my godiva money on godiva. mann those bottles are heavy. taxi didn't foxtrot answer phone. had to carry all my groceries on my shoulders. achy breaky shoulders. lucky i got somethin to dull the pain, to float above it :)
wah big really loud big thunders outside. wifi holding
did something out of the ordinary happen 2 weeks ago? :)
Captain America is an excellent film, and will answer all your questions. Do not want to give you spoilers from it Misty, full of surprisey goodness. :)
Cap2 should be out early 2014. :)
Peanut says, "don't be afraid of thunder, it's only Thor and Loki doing Shakespeare in the skypark."
did something out of the ordinary happen 2 weeks ago? :)
Yeah, I haven't been to the gym in that amount of time. I think my body is reacting to the lack of physical activity...
Complaint: there's way too much stickiness in the Commons again... one more sticky and we'll have 13 stickies and 12 "news" threads... >_<.</p>
Morning. Oh just afternoon here, must have slept for a long time, phew was beat. Gloomy day outside my window, should have stayed asleep it was brighter on the inside of my eyes ;)