The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 1945

DMcCunney · 12-03-2016, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Hitch

(This is why God invented signing stamps).

I will say that one of the happiest days of my life, which says that my life is pathetic, is when I got an actual business STAMP to execute (sign) checks with, to endorse them. I confess, for the biz, now, I still really like being able to just stamp the hell out of them, instead of trying to scribble in wee lines, and put "for deposit only, acct. xxxxxxxxx," on the back.

I know, I know. It's bizarre, the things we get lazy about, ain't it?

When you have to sign a whole lot of something, you start thinking about ways to make it easier.

Years back, the late Ray Bradbury was a guest at a West Coast SF convention, and did a signing. A fan approached with a paperback copy of every book Ray had written to get signed. Undaunted, Ray arranged the books standing up spine side out in a row on the table, whipped a magic marker from a pocket, and signed his name in flowing script across the top of the row. I was tickled when I heard about it.
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Dennis

Hitch · 12-03-2016, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by DMcCunney

When you have to sign a whole lot of something, you start thinking about ways to make it easier.

Years back, the late Ray Bradbury was a guest at a West Coast SF convention, and did a signing. A fan approached with a paperback copy of every book Ray had written to get signed. Undaunted, Ray arranged the books standing up spine side out in a row on the table, whipped a magic marker from a pocket, and signed his name in flowing script across the top of the row. I was tickled when I heard about it.
______
Dennis

I would have liked to have seen that.

(I recently saw a clever bundling, of a trilogy, in which the title for the bundle was printed across the spines; couldn't make heads nor tails of it, without all three of them. Nicely done.)

Hitch

poohbear_nc · 12-03-2016, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Hitch

I would have liked to have seen that.

(I recently saw a clever bundling, of a trilogy, in which the title for the bundle was printed across the spines; couldn't make heads nor tails of it, without all three of them. Nicely done.)

Hitch

Or the Leslie Klinger re-issue of the Annotated Sherlock Holmes 3 volume set?

Rumpelteazer · 12-05-2016, 02:33 PM

I've just realized that my brain has been replaced by snot; I read the word "excuses" ("apologies" in Dutch) and my brain thought I was reading the word "exodus", not a word you expect on a weather website.

Katsunami · 12-05-2016, 07:24 PM

First: Damn. I was wrong. I *do* mind building the computer. I actually hate it nowadays, even though it's not difficult. I've finished the build in a Fractal Define R5 midi-tower case. It's a pretty high-end system now, which will hopefully last many years.

Second: I couldn't get Turbo Boost working. No amount of tinkering and resetting in the BIOS would do it. Contradicting information: does the 6700K only have turbo on one core, or all of them? 1 thread, 4 threads, 8 threads, overload... no turbo. Reset, retry. No turbo.

Then I got a bright idea. "Hey. Maybe my board comes with an old BIOS." Went to the Asus site, and there was one newer BIOS, 2022. (The board had the next to newest version, 1902.) I update the BIOS, and *bam*, Turbo Boost works. (It actually seems to boost all four cores according to HWInfo64, instead of only one, as per Intel spec. Maybe that is the 'Asus core enhancement' setting, compared to 'Stock Intel setting.')

You got to be kidding me. This CPU & board combo has been on the market for 13-14 months already. I can't believe that, *if* Asus actually had a problem with Turbo Boost on this board, they took 14 months and 11 BIOS revisions to fix it. Yes, this board has had 11 (!) BIOS revisions; last one is just a month old.

Now you know why I always buy my stuff *just* before a new generation comes out. At the very least, I wait at least half a year or so, so there will be many reviews, and any BIOS/Firmware/Driver crap is fixed. I'd rather buy an 'old' system that has been ironed out for 6-12 months, than buy a fracking bleeding edge setup in the first week of release, of which nothing is known, and possibly be left fighting with issues for weeks or months. The number of times Asus has put "Overall System Stability Improved" in the change log of those BIOS revisions is staggering.

This 'buy late' strategy served me well; I haven't had any major problems with computers since 1998, except my most expensive mainboard ever (dual Xeon Asus PC-DL) died at an age of 3 years and 1 month; one month out of warranty, and no boards on the market for a reasonable price to host those two CPU's :X

Hitch · 12-06-2016, 01:40 AM

I am having a SERIOUS Macaron jones. And are there any,within 60+ miles of here? HELL, no.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Hitch

Toxaris · 12-06-2016, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Hitch

I am having a SERIOUS Macaron jones. And are there any,within 60+ miles of here? HELL, no.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Hitch

So, bake your own. It is not that hard, it just takes time.

DiapDealer · 12-06-2016, 09:41 AM

One Tuesday; two books high on the TBR list just released. Such a conundrum.

pdurrant · 12-06-2016, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

One Tuesday; two books high on the TBR list just released. Such a conundrum.

Given how large my TBR is, and that those two are discountable at Kobo, I think I'll wait until either my TBR is a lot smaller, or I get some greater than 50% off Kobo discount codes...

DiapDealer · 12-06-2016, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Given how large my TBR is, and that those two are discountable at Kobo, I think I'll wait until either my TBR is a lot smaller, or I get some greater than 50% off Kobo discount codes...

Which two are guessing I'm talking about?

Also: have I mentioned how much I love the luxury of not yet owning the books on my TBR?

Hitch · 12-06-2016, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Toxaris

So, bake your own. It is not that hard, it just takes time.

Tox:

You are ruining my cranky by being sensible. Stop that right now.

Hitch

Breathinlady · 12-07-2016, 05:32 PM

Just thought I would post to this page 1945 as that is the year I was born! Have a great day!

Dazrin · 12-07-2016, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Breathinlady

Just thought I would post to this page 1945 as that is the year I was born! Have a great day!

And that was your 100th post! Should have posted here instead though.

Breathinlady · 12-07-2016, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Dazrin

And that was your 100th post! Should have posted here instead though.

But the page number 1945 would not have been right.

Toxaris · 12-08-2016, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Hitch

Tox:

You are ruining my cranky by being sensible. Stop that right now.

Hitch

Remember, it was your decision to live the rural life!

12-05-2016, 07:24 PM	#29165
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	First: Damn. I was wrong. I do mind building the computer. I actually hate it nowadays, even though it's not difficult. I've finished the build in a Fractal Define R5 midi-tower case. It's a pretty high-end system now, which will hopefully last many years. Second: I couldn't get Turbo Boost working. No amount of tinkering and resetting in the BIOS would do it. Contradicting information: does the 6700K only have turbo on one core, or all of them? 1 thread, 4 threads, 8 threads, overload... no turbo. Reset, retry. No turbo. Then I got a bright idea. "Hey. Maybe my board comes with an old BIOS." Went to the Asus site, and there was one newer BIOS, 2022. (The board had the next to newest version, 1902.) I update the BIOS, and bam, Turbo Boost works. (It actually seems to boost all four cores according to HWInfo64, instead of only one, as per Intel spec. Maybe that is the 'Asus core enhancement' setting, compared to 'Stock Intel setting.') You got to be kidding me. This CPU & board combo has been on the market for 13-14 months already. I can't believe that, if Asus actually had a problem with Turbo Boost on this board, they took 14 months and 11 BIOS revisions to fix it. Yes, this board has had 11 (!) BIOS revisions; last one is just a month old. Now you know why I always buy my stuff just before a new generation comes out. At the very least, I wait at least half a year or so, so there will be many reviews, and any BIOS/Firmware/Driver crap is fixed. I'd rather buy an 'old' system that has been ironed out for 6-12 months, than buy a fracking bleeding edge setup in the first week of release, of which nothing is known, and possibly be left fighting with issues for weeks or months. The number of times Asus has put "Overall System Stability Improved" in the change log of those BIOS revisions is staggering. This 'buy late' strategy served me well; I haven't had any major problems with computers since 1998, except my most expensive mainboard ever (dual Xeon Asus PC-DL) died at an age of 3 years and 1 month; one month out of warranty, and no boards on the market for a reasonable price to host those two CPU's :X Last edited by Katsunami; 12-05-2016 at 07:27 PM.

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Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,348 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	I've just realized that my brain has been replaced by snot; I read the word "excuses" ("apologies" in Dutch) and my brain thought I was reading the word "exodus", not a word you expect on a weather website.

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