"Sir, Mrs Bagley sent me down because the computer switched itself off.  Should we switch it back on?"

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Why would'nt you?  Could it be terrorism?  Might the free world tremble if you hit the power switch?  May it explode?  COULD THE NETWORK MELT DOWN BECAUSE YOU SWITCHED IT BACK ON?

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Happy Colonist Rebellion Day!

From http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7409825.stm :

The survey found that many people engage in very poor dental habits, with a significant number admitting to using every day items such as hammers, screwdrivers, scissors and lollipop sticks to pick food from between their teeth - risking cuts and infection.

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How do you use a hammer, of all things, to pick stuff from between your teeth?

I got asked this question the other day, a few times.  In the UK the weather has picked up in the last week or so, and has warmed up considerably.  For the few people that read this, you'll probably already know, but I dislike hot weather intensely.  I've always held the view that you can warm up a heck of a lot easier than cooling down again, so Winter is my preferred season.  Case in point:  on Sunday I had to have a bath twice and change three times.  That's a lot of wasted water when it comes to the amount you need in a bath and the extra washing we'll have to do to get clothes clean and sweat-free again.

So no, actually, I'm not enjoying the weather and I'm looking forward to it being cool again.

On an entirely different tack, this is the first time I've posted in, well, forever.  I don't really know why I am.  I guess I'll just use it as a sounding board should I need to rant, or point out the more amusing aspects of my day, should there be any.

For anyone who still has me on their LJ friends' list - hi!

Rant-time, purely because I don't have anywhere else to do it right now.

A student yesterday couldn't use a piece of software, it kept erroring. Now we have no idea how to solve it, and have been trying for weeks. The only possible thing that might possibly work is to keep trying different computers until one of them works, because it's entirely random. So this is what we told the student.

Today, the head of IT comes in and says she doesn't agree with that because it's not what we're here for. I tell her we have absolutely no other option, but apparently that's not good enough.

What the HELL are we meant to do? Pull the answer out of our fricking arse?

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

Would you commute 372 miles to work every day?

Look up the date (but not the year) of your birth on http://www.wikipedia.com and post three interesting events, two births and one death.

Oct 21:

Events
1492 - Christopher Columbus lands on the San Salvador Islands.
1879 - Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasted 13 1/2 hours before burning out).
1954 - The first part of JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the The Fellowship of the Ring is published in the U.S.A.

Births
1833 - Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize (d. 1896)
1956 - Carrie Fisher, American actress and writer

Deaths:
1805 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1758)

I also like the footnote:

In the comic novel Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, the Earth was born on this day in 4004 BC, within a quarter of an hour of 9 in the morning. This was supposedly because God liked to get things over with early.

Date:	2006-03-27 10:09
Subject:	Hehehe
Security:	Public
Mood:	amused

Ladies and Gents of Oklahoma, this is your government!

Date:	2006-02-27 01:06
Subject:	Hehehe...
Security:	Public
Mood:	amused

This probably won't be funny to most of you.. but it made me laugh out loud. Show it to your friendly neighbourhood/office geek, it should make them laugh too.

Date:	2006-02-21 14:06
Subject:
Security:	Public
Mood:	amused

I live for people like this :)

Date:	2006-01-26 08:37
Subject:	...
Security:	Public
Mood:	stunned

*boggle*...

This is the funniest thing I've read in a forum post in.. I don't know how long.

WoW is known to have several servers that lag considerably, although they are, naturally, working to change that. Of course, all the teenage whiners come onto the forums to complain obnoxiously. However, this post made me laugh considerably, made by a character named Alanon:

Just 2 put things in perspective regarding lag...


It took Jesus 3 days to respawn. Now that's lag.

I'm off home a few days, so for those that read my somewhat sporadic entries, Happy Christmas, and please remember Jesus is the reason for the season.

As I noted in this entry last year - it's trite but true.

Date:	2005-12-21 12:57
Subject:	Randomrant
Security:	Public
Mood:	angry

Yes, neighbour, the refuse collection service times are different over the next couple weeks because of the Christmas season. You no doubt are filling up your bin to the brim as you wait a few days longer - I know the feeling, so am I, particularly as they only collect household waste twice a month now.

However, that does NOT mean you have permission to dump a huge bag of your rubbish into my bin, literally right outside my front door, without at least knocking the door and asking me first.

I would have had no problem surviving another week on my bin - I live alone most of the time and don't generate all that much rubbish, plus I'll be away from my home for four days. Now I'm going to have issues putting even one kitchen-binful of rubbish into it.

Merry Christmas to you too, you ignorant sods.

Date:	2005-12-15 08:44
Subject:	WOW!
Security:	Public
Mood:	pleased

Background: Penny Arcade held a charity auction the other night for Child's Play. It was a formal sit down meal and auction too, smart dinner wear and the like required. Items up for auction were everything from a pet Murloc for World of Warcraft to an appearance in a Penny Arcade comic.

How awesome is this.. (scroll down to the second blog entry).

Date:	2005-12-12 10:46
Subject:	Muhaha
Security:	Public
Mood:	pleased

I think I just managed to do all of my Christmas shopping, including all cards but two (both for the same person - a birthday card as well as Christmas), in about one hour flat.

Thank God for the internet.

Date:	2005-11-14 12:45
Subject:	Hee!
Security:	Public
Mood:	amused

This is the funniest Dilbert I've read in a while, perhaps simply because it's so true to life.

Had the Walton interview today. I didn't get it, apparently I was perfect aside from lack of experience. Just, y'know, FYI and all that, since I mentioned it here a while back.

Sometimes, in my rarest, darkest moments, I wish I just played consoles instead.

( Quake 4 Merriment )

Date:	2005-10-19 08:42
Subject:	More JT and PA
Security:	Public
Mood:	amused

So Jack Thompson is now trying to get the guys at PA arrested. I wonder if the guy realises how farcical he looks.