Venting.

[Darth Calon]

I am officially depressed. I took the dog out Saturday night, and......................................I SAW MY BREATH. 

Lucky. We’re still getting +20C afternoons.

[Racona Nova]

Getting more and more frustrated...bought some new components (CPU, MB, RAM, Graphics Card) for my computer back in August and let my vendor install them together with Win 10.
Three days later, after completing program installation and testing my joystick, my HDD crashed (don't know if it was a head crash or an electronics problem). Two words - Murphy's Law, as my latest backup was saved on that particular disc.
Still waiting for a result if my vendor can recover some of the data, he hasn't found the right model for parts swapping yet. No comment on that, I'm fully aware that this is a no-go in IT business I only did that because of time-saving - my internal HDD was faster than my external ones.

Almost two months later, namely today, I paused a game for a coffee break. That lasted only about half an hour, but when I returned, my screen was black.
First, I didn't saw that as an issue, it goes into power save mode quite fast. So I turned it on, and saw - nothing. Did a reset, worked fine in the first seconds, then some of the pixels on the desktop flashed green and the whole computer hung.
Tried different repair modes (none of them worked), a system recovery via a recovery point (didn't really work either as it hung again after the Windows loading screen) and after that, the "Save Mode".
With that, I got a low-res desktop (of course), but couldn't really figure out what was wrong with my system. I got some weird error from Sticky Notes that they couldn't be opened in that Admin account I was using, but that's it. After restarting, I ran into the same problem again.
It worked fine until the Windows loading screen, then the Graphics Card fan returned into Idle Mode and the screen gave me a "No signal" message. I'm pretty sure Windows didn't load completely either. In some cases, after the loading screen but before the "No signal" message, I see some weird white line patterns on the screen...

I really suspect the Graphics Card to be the issue when trying to do high-res calculations as the low-res desktop in Save Mode worked. It's probably not Windows, because of the same reason...

[Darth Logos]

You're a sith!  Improvise!  ;-)

Ok................

You know what's really wrong with the universe? Jedi. Everywhere I go, kriffing Jedi. Always messing up my plans cuz they don't get it. Always spewing their dogmatic views of balance and bull$#!%. Somebody needs to do something about them.

You know what I am sick about: that dude that stood up and called out the shooter in the last Vegas shooting, and all the opinions that follow. Some people praise him! Why?? Cuz he stood up to a shooter? Grab some people and help get them out safely, or do the best you can.. don't make it all about you.

And furthermore, the person filming....you know what, I can't vent anymore.. just cuz I'll never stop. My bitter hate towards those who have the itch to broadcast everything, I just can't.. it's why I don't have social media. I can't stand those who post their lives, nor can I stand those who give their opinions, but can't take another's opinion.

Like the NFL players protest. Congratulations, you kneeled. Wtf are you doing about it though? Are you really making a difference?? No! So stop being little immature brats, and stand up. Unless you actively go and speak up and make a difference in your community, to your president, to whoever, stop! Merely putting a camera on you doesn't make your cause significant. Your fight isn't worth s#$& if you don't act.

So, in closing, it's one thing to be brave in front of a camera when everyone is looking, and it's another thing to do brave things when no one is around to Pat you on the back. That's bravery, to me...

I feel you. People in general suck. That's why I can only take them in small doses called 'persons'. Let the idiots praise mediocrity. It's 2017 and people still think a HS diploma is a huge accomplishment.

And as far as "professional" athletes are concerned....they're nothing but a bunch of bitchy spoiled brats. "WHAH! I get paid obscene amounts of money to play a GAME, and that's not good enough." F@#$ them.

Lucky. We’re still getting +20C afternoons.

Thankfully I'm not seeing it in the daylight yet. Seriously. How did you survive Florida being as averse to heat as you are?

[Darth Calon]

Thankfully I'm not seeing it in the daylight yet. Seriously. How did you survive Florida being as averse to heat as you are?

It was not fun. A very harsh climate.

Tons of water and getting a few bits of AC throughout the day. And lots of water parks and swimming. There was a really cool wave pool that shot 6ft waves every minute or two. I went out to where I couldn’t touch the bottom anymore and chilled with the huge waves for an hour. That was probably the highlight of the trip.

[Darth Tepes]

How did you survive Florida being as averse to heat as you are?

Probably same why I've been surviving in Florida for the last 6 years... Lots of AC.  I'm from MS so I'm no stranger to heat in the summer...but at least there are actual seasons.  Florida never changes.

[Darth Logos]

It was not fun. A very harsh climate.

Tons of water and getting a few bits of AC throughout the day. And lots of water parks and swimming. There was a really cool wave pool that shot 6ft waves every minute or two. I went out to where I couldn’t touch the bottom anymore and chilled with the huge waves for an hour. That was probably the highlight of the trip.

Typhoon Lagoon?

Best times to go are early spring and late fall.

Probably same why I've been surviving in Florida for the last 6 years... Lots of AC.  I'm from MS so I'm no stranger to heat in the summer...but at least there are actual seasons.  Florida never changes.

My ex grew up in the southern part of FL. She told me stories of years when the AC was never shut off.

[Darth Calon]

Typhoon Lagoon?

Yes.

[Darth Logos]

Yes.

I love that wave pool. Any attraction that has potential to kill you is definitely worth visiting.

Also, my troll finally decided to turn up. Lost the first point of the day. Gotta single finger gesture for ya.

[Tzimho]

Also, my troll finally decided to turn up. Lost the first point of the day. Gotta single finger gesture for ya.

good for you! Now... FINISH HIM (dark side point for you)

[Darth Logos]

good for you! Now... FINISH HIM (dark side point for you)

If only.

[Edon Bluewolf]

So in regards to the specifics of rule 3, it is obvious not to mention other complete saber competitors.  But what about parts such as electronics, in particular sound boards?  I've seen other sound boards be discussed and the threads are still there so I am assuming that is ok.  Same thing with LEDs. What about pictures, I have seen other sabers be in collection pictures, so as long as it is not just a picture of the other saber alone, I assume that is ok too as again those threads are still there.  Just a little frustrating it doesn't seem clear and that this forum has more restrictions in this aspect as apposed to the "other guys".

[Darth Tepes]

got my Anakin Boots in the mail....I guess "Extra Wide Calf" means something different.  Seriously, the zipper only came up a little past the ankle.  Do they not think people with muscular calves cosplay?

[ThreadJack]

Everything. Sucks.

[Vivectius]

Everything. Sucks.

Sometimes it swallows.

[BatMike90]

Everything. Sucks.

Sometimes it swallows.

Giggity!