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Post by Office Ninja on Jan 27, 2010 23:12:27 GMT -5
The state is preparing for the dreaded ice storm coming our way tonight. By preparing I mean not doing a damn thing. Do we pre treat roads? No. How about get emergency crews organized? Nadda.
Sigh.
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Post by Office Ninja on Jan 30, 2010 18:53:46 GMT -5
Being snowed in is fun. I get to work from home. I could so get used to this.
We got about 10 inches of snow on top of an inch of ice. I love Oklahoma winters. Grumble...
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Post by Yvondith on Jan 30, 2010 23:08:58 GMT -5
We got about 4 inches here now. It's all hard and iced over too. Nothing too serious though.
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Post by Caller on Jan 31, 2010 5:31:01 GMT -5
We got barely a dusting, which I'm totally OK with. I'm tired of digging out my car, but it's bloody cold here. Like below zero cold.
I made the mistake of drinking caffeine before bedtime and so I'm up at 5, nearly 6am now with nothing to do and not the least bit tired. This just makes me so grateful I gave up Mt Dew. Not only did I lose 15 lbs but I regained that wonderful thing called sleep. Now, granted, by sleep I mean maybe a few hours or so more than I ever got while I WAS on the Dew, but hey, I'll take it.
Starting a social experiment on facebook. I vowed I'd never start a page there but people kept harassing me to do so. So I caved into peer pressure. Sort of. I'm running a test to see how desperate people really were to find me...and also to put out a message to my employer, JCP, who has been outright harassing us to sign up for the site. We all know why: they want to spy on us.
So I gave a warning:
That comment alone will probably land me in hot water but we'll see.
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Post by dejibo on Jan 31, 2010 8:48:03 GMT -5
buncha babies! We get snow by the foot here! the wind chill is 35 BELOW zero in F. The actual temp was Minus 5! I have to get my arse out to church today, and lets pray the car doors are not frozen shut. I woke up to a kitty pig pile in my bed last night. I have a heater in my room, and a furry blankie. That thing has to be moved! I was completely trapped by puddies!
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Jan 31, 2010 14:35:00 GMT -5
I used Facebook for about a year but I got rid of it recently. I had them delete my account and name 100% off their servers. I stopped liking it. Aside from never using it you do lose a lot of freedoms. Facebook, like cellphones and texting, is a pointless invention that is fucking with our social structure. Got my vacation planned for this year. I want to vacation every year from now on. This year's vacation will be eastern Canada. I've never been east before. Just west to Vancouver and to a small town called Terrace where my family lives. But I hate Terrace with a burning passion. Its a boring town and I've done a ton of "vacationing" there to last a life time. Its time to see other parts of the world. This is why I enjoyed my trips to Vegas and Oregon. Parts of the world that I have never seen before. And they were amazing. ;D
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Post by dejibo on Jan 31, 2010 15:12:44 GMT -5
I use FB but alot of my friends get carried away! they are on some farm game for hours and hours, and some cafe game for the rest of the day. They feel free to blurt out any nasty old comment, or share any nasty old youtube video they can find. harsh stuff. I find myself staying away more and more. I also picked up several very nasty virus' there. be careful.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Jan 31, 2010 22:25:05 GMT -5
I didn't know you could get virus' on Facebook. Thats a new one on me. But all the games and things people do on there and it spams your page with everything your friends do. So-and-so did this in the farm game, so-and-so did that on the cafe game, your buddy so-and-so took a "which sex and the city character are you" quiz. I'm sick of all the little feeds and stuff.
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Post by Office Ninja on Jan 31, 2010 23:24:54 GMT -5
I had to turn off all those stupid little game updates. thank god because it was filling my page with garbage.
i use facebook to keep in touch with a few friends. i tried that stupid farm game and it drove me mad. people are fucking obsessed with it.
i have facebook on my phone and get crazy amounts of texts but i do like seeing what my friends are up to. My PS3 uploads my trophies too lol.
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Post by masaia on Feb 1, 2010 18:22:44 GMT -5
It's actually fairly easy to get a virus on facebook. It's mostly from rogue installers from ad banners. It's more of a problem on myspace (not like anyone goes there anymore, lulz) than on facebook. Most of them are fake AVs trying to get people to buy into their garbage.
Good tools to use if you happen to get one:
- Ccleaner (clears all temp files and junk much faster than windows)
- Malwarebytes (One of the best free malware removers, and quick)
I have another tool I use called combofix that destroys pretty much any virus, but it's a bit scary to people who aren't familar with beeping computers and "WARNING THIS MAY DESTROY YOUR COMPUTER" warnings... <_< I've never had it destroy a computer, but I guess it is possible.
At any rate, don't use combofix unless its your last resort.
/endtechnerdom
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Post by dejibo on Feb 1, 2010 19:06:35 GMT -5
some times I would click to go to a game I had played dozens of times, and BEEP BEEP BEEP my detector would ring off the hook. When I was busy on FB I ran malwarebytes free fast scan once a day, and found something EVERY day! it was a very easy place to get a virus. Several got past the mcafee, and AVG sensors as well. Malwarebytes rocks! Im pooped! I took some new meds last night. it knocked me out! I was dead to the world, for about 3 hours. then...wide awake! I forced myself to go back to sleep. I would sleep 20 minutes, and be awake 20 minutes all night. I hate nights like that. I am extra tired today. I hope everyone is dug out from the snow, you have another round coming this next weekend. now you are getting a taste of what its like to live near me!
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Post by Yvondith on Feb 2, 2010 21:39:24 GMT -5
I've been using Malwarebytes and CCleaner for a while now. I still use Avast too, even though it tends to have a lot of false positives. I've heard good things about Windows anti-virus too. I have to go to the dentist tomorrow. I dun wannr. Also, thinking I'm going to have to replace the Power Supply and the Heat Sink on my computer now. Both are making a whole lotta noise, more than before. Not very expensive to replace them, but still, a pain in the ass. The Power Supply rattles, and the Heat Sink whines.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Feb 3, 2010 11:31:40 GMT -5
Ugh, its morning and I'm having one of those days.
Every morning I make myself a protein shake. You put 8 ounces of milk in a shake container, put one scoop of the protein powder and then shake the container like a crazy person until the powder disolves into the milk. So I put my milk in, start shaking until my arms hurt only to realise I forgot to add the fucking powder. Way to go me. *face palm*
Then I decide to makle myself some instant oatmeal. The kind where you empty the packet into a bowl and then add hot water. I always use a kettle to heat up the water as its the fastest. I plug the kettle into the wall but I forgot to put the water into the kettle. That could have been hazoardous. To the kettle anyways. But another duh moment and it wasn't even 10 minutes apart from the last. *face palm*
Hopefully I'm done being stupid for today. XD
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Post by Yvondith on Feb 3, 2010 20:00:57 GMT -5
That sounds about like me everyday. I'm not very focused, ever since this mental crap took hold of me. I used to be smart, and sharp, but now... dippy!
I drink a protein shake for breakfast too. I drink those Special K shakes, the milk chocolate. It is very, very yummy. It's expensive, but, I love them.
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Post by Office Ninja on Feb 4, 2010 0:13:07 GMT -5
More snow coming tomorrow... Good god make it stop.
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