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by Plebeian
Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:08 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Norton Security help
Replies: 11
Views: 1934

If someone asks for help (especially for friends who may not exactly care whether somethings \"best\", only \"easy\"), just answer the question. Alternate suggestions may or may not be welcome, depending on the wants and needs of the friend, but simply taking the opportunity to make a stab at Norton ...
by Plebeian
Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:53 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Alternate egos
Replies: 25
Views: 3005

My main nick that I use elsewhere in cyberspace is Erinthios, but much of that comes from the things I've done with the people that I knew from the game that Erin was created for. It's my default RP nick. Plebeian is my Descent nick, been using that since playing multiplayer D1 at a friend's house ...
by Plebeian
Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:20 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Welcome to Grendel the new Tech Forum Co-Moderator...
Replies: 19
Views: 2131

punisher wrote:Keep an eye on your cooler, though. Plebe likes to doublefist em.
It's all lies, I tells ya! :oops: *looks around nervously*

So where's the beer?
by Plebeian
Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:18 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: How many countries have you visited?
Replies: 40
Views: 3134

Texas "Texas. It's like a whole other country." ;) Freaky states notwithstanding, I'm not all that well-traveled, only having been to England, Wales and Scotland. I'm not even that well-traveled in the US. I've lived in CA and TX, and have visited NV, AZ, NM, FL, VA, MD and DC. Been to Rainbow Arch ...
by Plebeian
Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:37 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Welcome to Grendel the new Tech Forum Co-Moderator...
Replies: 19
Views: 2131

We hang out in the alley. Bring a cooler with ya.

(PM X, he needs to add you to the Mod group.)
by Plebeian
Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:18 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Welcome to Grendel the new Tech Forum Co-Moderator...
Replies: 19
Views: 2131

Welcome to the club, Grendel. :)
by Plebeian
Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:12 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: WMP10 find album info
Replies: 19
Views: 1659

I think I'll have to answer with "WMP10 hates you". :oops: Or maybe it's Windows. In any case, Bill Gates probably has a back door into Windows and is having fun breaking things for people. ;) Maybe someone else has some ideas. (Other than "don't use WMP". I'm sure he's aware of other options. WMP ...
by Plebeian
Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:51 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: WMP10 find album info
Replies: 19
Views: 1659

No idea, ccb. :( "Display media information from the Internet" should be the proper option you'd need, and it's obviously selected. And you can get information if you request it. I don't see why it would be this, but have you made any changes to your firewall lately? Really haven't had any problems ...
by Plebeian
Wed Nov 02, 2005 12:44 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: WMP10 find album info
Replies: 19
Views: 1659

Only have 9 on this computer, but check the Privacy options. There's an option to look up data for your CDs/DVDs in there. I'd expect it's still lurking in there in 10. Just make sure it's checked. If it's already checked, no idea. :?
by Plebeian
Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:41 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Why do so many people dislike Jews? (Possible Rant)
Replies: 71
Views: 4945

What are the Jewish beliefs concerning Jesus? From what I recall (most of my knowledge of Judaism is from a few textbooks and some Jewish (religion) friends, so I'm hardly an expert), they view Jesus as just another in a long line of prophets, while of course Christians view him as the Messiah (who ...
by Plebeian
Fri Oct 14, 2005 11:10 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Spelling, punctuation, and grammar
Replies: 62
Views: 4497

"Heil" me, too, whee. Though I'm more of one who knows what the proper spelling and grammar is, but don't feel the need to go and correct everybody. Some don't know they're wrong, some don't care, and that's a lot of people being wrong to correct out there, too much work. Just know that you're doing ...
by Plebeian
Fri Oct 14, 2005 10:58 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: EMC²
Replies: 10
Views: 1124

Blah, that's no fun. Good luck in the continued search. :)
by Plebeian
Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:49 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: EMC²
Replies: 10
Views: 1124

Cool, good luck with the interview. :) Looks like Crossroads is still partnered with EMC, though since I haven't worked there in years (and the products I was helping to QA no longer exist), who knows what exactly they do with each other now.

The SAN space can be interesting, should be fun. 8)
by Plebeian
Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:20 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: EMC²
Replies: 10
Views: 1124

Closest to using anything from EMC was using the SAN routers that my last company made (some of which are rebranded for lots of different companies).
by Plebeian
Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:50 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Spelling, punctuation, and grammar
Replies: 62
Views: 4497

Flagged by MS Word Spellcheck: "realise" Valid spelling, it's just not the American spelling. Most of the rest of the world would be spelling it this way. :) it should be: Spelling, punctuation and grammar. there's no comma before the end dumbass As I recall, a comma between the last to items in a ...
by Plebeian
Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:46 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: So I see...
Replies: 13
Views: 1253

Hey, I haven't played in forever, and I'm still here! And occasionally do press a mod button, too! :oops:

And I see you popping onto ICQ on occasion, too. ;)

Welcome back! :D
by Plebeian
Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:49 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Computer Follies
Replies: 14
Views: 1319

*unwraps a Snickers* Or wait, you meant the other kind, right..... :oops: 56MB of RAM, those were the days. The computer I used for the first half of my college career (before my 333MHz iMac with 512MB) had 48MB. But it was a 16MHz 68030-based Mac, so what do you expect, it was about 8 years old at ...
by Plebeian
Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:49 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Wisdom Teeth Experience
Replies: 21
Views: 1770

Don't worry about it. As long as the teeth aren't really bad and the surgeon's good, there shouldn't be any complications at all. The most common issue is dry sockets, but you just need to be smart about what you eat and drink. My biggest pain was the massive bleeding afterwards. That and I passed ...
by Plebeian
Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:17 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Mac Purchase Advice
Replies: 16
Views: 1429

I'll second pun's advice. Get a G5 if you can. If you really need portability, the iBook should be okay, otherwise the Mini is probably the better bet. My dad's got a G5 iMac (about the same specs as you're looking at), and he's been really happy with it. It's seemed pretty zippy from what little I ...
by Plebeian
Tue Sep 13, 2005 2:11 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Amazon shipping scams / buying Descent CD
Replies: 5
Views: 755

It's not Amazon you're buying from, but a third-party vendor. It's not Amazon's responsibility to have the shipping data there, they just show whatever they got from the third-party (if anything, as in this case). Some vendors are pretty messed up, and get you in with a low base price, and make it ...
by Plebeian
Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:23 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Brooks Army Medical Center and Denzel Washington
Replies: 19
Views: 1899

Thanks for straightening me out Plebian ... Good find. I was just interested in finding out more info on it, since I'm in Austin and hadn't seen anything here on it (or didn't remember seeing anything, at least). Did a few searches, ran across a blog entry that linked to that PDF (on the Fisher ...
by Plebeian
Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:37 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Brooks Army Medical Center and Denzel Washington
Replies: 19
Views: 1899

I'd be interested in knowing how much he did give. It wasn't the full $1M price tag, but it sounds like it was a fairly impressive figure in any case. Even if he didn't fully-fund a new construction, I'm sure he made it a lot easier for another to be planned. :)
by Plebeian
Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:08 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Brooks Army Medical Center and Denzel Washington
Replies: 19
Views: 1899

http://www.fisherhouse.org/inTheNews/actor_04_13_SS.pdf So there you go, confirmed large donation, not exactly for "the full amount", but still very big and much appreciated. :) And yes, unfortunately "news" organizations are more about ratings than actually reporting all the goings-on. So they ...
by Plebeian
Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:01 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Just How Much Caffeine Does It Take To Kill You
Replies: 29
Views: 2687

At once. He's calculating what an official caffeine OD would be for you based on some amount of caffeine per mass unit and the amount in all those drinks.
by Plebeian
Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:43 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: How did you get your handle
Replies: 41
Views: 3238

Richard Cranium wrote:pulling his leg
You reached too far and got mine instead! :lol: (You never know when something simple like that can completely escape someone's grasp. I know it's happened to me before. :))
by Plebeian
Fri Aug 26, 2005 12:59 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: How did you get your handle
Replies: 41
Views: 3238

Richard Cranium wrote:
Topher wrote:chris-topher
I don't understand... :? Can you expand on that?
His name's Christopher. Take off the "Chris" and you're left with "Topher".
by Plebeian
Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:19 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Monitors
Replies: 12
Views: 1520

Remember that from a viewable area standpoint, a 19" LCD will be approximately like a 20-21" CRT. :)

I'm just running a 17" Mitsu flat CRT at home, so no real help here.
by Plebeian
Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:23 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: How did you get your handle
Replies: 41
Views: 3238

Too much history classes, I think. But it fits, I think. Just a lowly serf working the mines. Never was all that good, so didn't end up "deserving" a more "noble" name. But yeah, pretty much just pulled it out of my brain. Had to have a name, just picked one at random. Speaking of D&D, my usual nick ...
by Plebeian
Fri Aug 19, 2005 10:27 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: ID != IQ
Replies: 153
Views: 12678

Evolution simply requires change. It's not running around stabbing everything. ;)

(And I'd still like to know how you can measure time before the measuring devices were even created. But I guess you wrote the Bible yourself, so you know exactly what the authors meant. :oops: )
by Plebeian
Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:58 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: ID != IQ
Replies: 153
Views: 12678

Contrary to what you may believe, it's perfectly possible for one to believe both in God and in the theory of evolution. Contrary to what you've written, the Bible states that God created the universe in 7 days. Evolution states otherwise. You can't believe both. Our "day" is defined as a single ...
by Plebeian
Wed Aug 17, 2005 12:33 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Leaving a niggardly tip
Replies: 81
Views: 7627

Plebe, in that case, let's remove all those bonuses that everyone gets for completing the project without going over the budget. Or, let's get rid of overtime pay, since you're just doing your job while you're there. Your clients give you money directly? Must be nice. (And I get no overtime, no ...
by Plebeian
Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:48 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Leaving a niggardly tip
Replies: 81
Views: 7627

Lobber wrote:To
Insure
Proper
Service
There's insurance policies for service? Why are we insuring a nontangible like that? Or do you mean ensure? ;)
by Plebeian
Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:13 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Leaving a niggardly tip
Replies: 81
Views: 7627

Plebe, you've stated as fact what is your opinion. In fact there is a very good alternative to having someone bring your food to your table: cook it yourself. Where has anyone said that the menu prices are supposed to cover waitress service? Good, next time I go into a restaurant, I'll demand to be ...
by Plebeian
Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:46 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Leaving a niggardly tip
Replies: 81
Views: 7627

If you realize how much food actually costs, you'd know that the restaurant is making at least a 1000% profit on nearly every dish it serves. How is that not covering the costs of the service? Last I checked, service was part of a restaurants "overhead." This is the argument as I see it. I'm not ...
by Plebeian
Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:34 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Leaving a niggardly tip
Replies: 81
Views: 7627

Actually, Plebe, mimimum wage IS enforced for tipped workers. The tip income is meant to be reported and the total of the hourly wages and the declared tips have to meet or surpass the minimum wage. Sort of. There's a lot of guesswork going on, and there's a percentage of cash vs. credit tips that ...
by Plebeian
Mon Aug 15, 2005 3:29 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Leaving a niggardly tip
Replies: 81
Views: 7627

I hear what you guys are saying, but on the other hand, a good waiter/waitress can make a really good living for themselves. I guess I'm saying that I think the difference between a good waiter's salary and a bad waiter's salary should be the difference between making a pretty good living, and ...
by Plebeian
Mon Aug 15, 2005 11:03 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Leaving a niggardly tip
Replies: 81
Views: 7627

Plebe: the government specifically allows waiters and waitresses to be paid less than minimum wage. I know. Which is why I say they're not enforcing the minimum wage. Tips are supposed to be above and beyond, not instead of wages. Why not just have everyone paid with tips and nothing else? You'll ...
by Plebeian
Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:54 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Leaving a niggardly tip
Replies: 81
Views: 7627

i would agree with you if it werent for the owners of these restaurants paying waiters and waitresses $2 an hour. who can live on that without tips? 1) They wouldn't be getting such crappy wages if the government enforced minimum wage and people understood what a tip really was. The price of the ...
by Plebeian
Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:49 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Got my wisdom teeth pulled today.
Replies: 16
Views: 1051

Congratulations, I guess? When I had mine out, I didn't even need (so didn't take) my bottle of hydrocodone. And hurray for IV sedation. Once they turn that on, out you go! Though I pissed my wife off last time I had it because the amnesiatic effect was still on, but I was talking anyway. So I asked ...
by Plebeian
Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:47 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: ISO's??
Replies: 3
Views: 610

*poof of mod-smoke* Did I hear an "IBTL"? :P Can't seem to find the board guidelines at the moment, but until such time as we know for sure that Descent (or any other title) is Public Domain, we have to treat it as warez discussion, which we don't allow here for liability reasons. "Stealing's bad ...