Be Excellent To Each Other

Wasn't there an ultra short story thread?

To the SEARCH BOX!

Sadly, my electric razor ran out of battery so I now have a moustache. And look a bit like Drew Barrymore when she is in disguise as a business person in Charlie's Angels. Probably.

I ordered a switch from Amazon at quarter to seven last night. It arrived at quarter past seven this morning. I have difficulty getting my head around that.

Pics or it didn't happen

I haven't shaved in almost 2 weeks. I have, what some might describe as 'a beard'. Someone who's never seen a real beard of course.

Are you sure you haven't lost a day somewhere, that's some pretty decent service.

Do you live next door to the Amazon people? Did you use the 'time warp' delivery method (50p extra)? Did they use Royal Mail?

That's a slow lorry.

Impressive, wasn't it?

So Xboxes then. I had a go on my new 360 for a bit last night, but now I feel dirty, like I've been cheating on my PS3. She's been a good mistress to me, that PS3, but Polyphony Digital are taking too fucking long making my Vroom Vroom game, so I had to get Turn 10's Vroom Vroom game instead.

I've got the 'box set up to output 1080p. Where the PS3 switches resolution to whatever the game wants to output (720p for most games, 1080p for the odd game here and there like Wipeout HD, GT5 Prologue, The Last Guy, etc), everything is being output in 1080p on the 360. Presumably the 360 is upscaling everything. Is this a good thing? Should I be running the 360 in 1080p mode or would I be better dropping it down to 720p or something (I only had a 720p telly when I last owned 360)?

Yes it is. Yes it is. The 360's upscaler does a fine job.

Yes, I think GY is misreading the GUI. Once the game is on the HDD you can't play it from the disk at all, in fact.

Eric Bana and Rachel MacAdams. I loved the book and quite liked the film, it was a pretty good adaptation.

MaliA (right) prepares for a long day in the office.

Are you the woman who works at my local post office?

And why are switches so expensive? I just want a little 4 port thing to plug a 360, PS3 and HomePlug into, dammit, but even hubs are expensive.

True story.

They can't have rules that they don't uphold all the time. It's just not fair on poor Gaywood

FUCK YEAH.

I refuse to believe you've found an actual hub on sale in this day and age.

Later today....

Yes. And for the last time, we don't do fucking Green Shield Stamps!

I fail to see how anyone could possibly be offended by the gamertag Skullbugger.

*closes windows, lowers blind*
Fucking kids.

You probably shouldn't announce that.

It's on the back of the blind, no choice.

/ends post office character.

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/3309074/N ... oduct.html

http://www.pcarena.co.uk/product_info.p ... cts_id=257

Probably a switch in a box that says hub on it, yes, but still advertised as hubs.

Also: the one time I've ever wished marketing would make up some stupid new term was for "USB hub" and the bastards didn't.
You don't think that's expensive? For a 20p box, a 50p transformer, 4 2p RJ45 sockets, a 3p chip and a 0.5p PCB to glue them to?

Also

http://www.ebuyer.com/search?sort=price ... =10&page=1

eBuyer can, as is traditional, get bent.

Until I can make one for less, no. Not at all.

I paid £2.50 for a USB hub that included a cable and a transformer (that even works). Why does an ethernet one cost 4x that? They're not even gigabit (not that I need it, but would make a tenner more palatable).

Flashing LEDs, man. That shit's expensive - just ask JC.

Why?

I dunno what peoples problem with Ebuyer is. I get alot of stuff off them for the business. They do what they say on the tin. They are cheap box shifters and are fairly efficient at it. The one time I had a problem it was dealt with very quickly and efficiently.

My only problem with eBuyer is CityLink.

Ah, that cheap one's 8 port. Okay, that's a fair-ish price. Except I don't want 8 ports, I want 4.

My switch (£16, how is that expensive?) came via CityLink.

Ah, tru dat. Thankfully, I've now trained my elderly neighbour to stand by her front door and intercept deliveries for me. And the depot is only a 5 min drive from my house.

Absolutely appalling service, years ago.

CityLink left one of my Windowses with a neighbour. Normally I'd be outraged, except it meant I didn't have to drive to the depot to get it.

Quite. You know what is fucking expensive? Clutches

Grr.

A spreadsheet is run which opens two emails with attachments. One says it's an update for X, the other says it's an update for Y. Why then stupid marketing people do you send update for X to Y. Why?

Well, for your stupidity you will now have to handle a message box telling you where to send them every time you want to do an update. Ha.

Looking around though, it seems non-OEM clutch kits are ~£200 which isn't the end of the world.

Labour, on the other hand...

Tell me about it.
Still, not for much longer, eh?

Yeah, General Election in May!

I just found Syndicate on an abandonware site.

Jesus. the curryses's website is fucking awful.

WANT!
BELIEVE!

That's the way you rickroll.

Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh (beat beat beat bet) Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh (beat beat beat) Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-DUHNNN! DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-DUHHHH!!

Remember that sketch on Smack the Pony with the woman hanging on to the bloke's leg after he's finished with her?

That was 3 today when I told them I wanted to cancel because I wanted an iPhone. "Oh sir you do realise the iPhone is gash and will explode in your face when you try and forward a text message?"

Hah, I've had Orange slag the iPhone off as well. Even though I use one on their network.

I'm tempted by a Satio when my contract is up in January.

Kalmar has an iPhone? The Humvee of the phone world?
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