Post how your day was…

darkmagus

Today is my father´s birthday, so we are going to take him out to have dinner.

In work i was send to repair some pc for a school, its somehow nostalgic finally returning to a school campus.

wolfwood

My pc just crashed taking with it the paper i was almost finished with

Fuck fuck fuck

taboo

Is there a metal song about that? If not, there needs to be. SARFALLET, DEATH TO DEATH FROM ABOVE. And then you could have the wasps' buzzing noises in place of the guitar.

zachri

@captain:

Thanks !! I really want to belive in luck or be optimistic about this…but it´s hard as hell.

OT: Right now I´m on volume 20 of One Piece..the nostalgia.

My mom said I should send my resume to that library specialized in music. I'm afraid that it will be worst than the last one.
Right now, I have this options:

Library specialized in RPG/Sci-Fi = Close to my house, liked the place.
Library specialized in music = Far from my house, horrible place, but if I work hard it can be good.
Library specialized in folklore = Not very far from my house, I´m not a expert about folklore.
Library specialized in movies = Very far from my house, again, I´m not a expert about the subject.

There must be a catch if you're having trouble deciding.

Demonicpoodle

@taboo:

http://i.imgur.com/6dqeI.gif

Hahaha that .gif.

Of COURSE there's a song like that, Internet. Of course there is. I bet the situations where you get to link that are rather rare. :P

trappedolphin

@wolfwoof:

My pc just crashed taking with it the paper i was almost finished with

Fuck fuck fuck

Do you have a hard drive card reader? If not you can try to buy one, put your hard disk into it, and see if another computer can still read it. Or take your computer to a PC repair shop and see if they can do that for you. Just don't let them reformat your hard drive till you've explored all recovery options.

My laptop crashed twice during my thesis period, the second time was a month before submission. My sympathies to you!

Foolio

@trappedolphin:

Do you have a hard drive card reader? If not you can try to buy one, put your hard disk into it, and see if another computer can still read it. Or take your computer to a PC repair shop and see if they can do that for you. Just don't let them reformat your hard drive till you've explored all recovery options.

My laptop crashed twice during my thesis period, the second time was a month before submission. My sympathies to you!

I'm guessing he means he had unsaved changes, not that his computer died.

wolfwood

It's dead allright. Or you can start it up but everytime you try to access anything on the harddrive it locks downand goes into a black screen while the hardrive makes noises i've never heard before. After that you can't get a reaction from the keyboard. And if you reboot it's the same all over. Seems pretty broken to me

Dryish

@MetaMario:

I was debating to post this or not but-

Last night at work, when I was cleaning out a popcorn bin…..I reached up to clean the butter dispenser and...well, some of the spray whizzed past it (bad angle, I guess) and got in this poor girl's eye. Naturally I freaked out and was apologizing like crazy.

Then my heart sank into my intestines when she went to the bathroom to try to clean it out....and her father wanted to speak to a manager.

(oh my god I am so fired) <- my thoughts

But my co-workers, including the security guard, said I shouldn't get worked up, that it was an honest accident, and that the dad was making a bigger deal than it truly was. Although when I hear that paramedics had to be called and when I saw the flashing lights of red and blue....I wanted to crawl into a ball and die.

Good news, though. a) the girl was fine b) the paramedic was like "it's just soap and water" (my manager later told me his other kids said "see! I TOLD you!") and c) I didn't get in trouble. No warning, nothing. Guess I worried for nothing, but I was just so relieved the girl was okay.

But trouble or not, I fear it's clumsy things like this that will eventually make me slip up, big time. And the sad part, I want to keep this job for as long as possible. How can I do that if I make mistakes? :X

Ugh, I can imagine how you must have felt. Making mistakes is always super embarrassing and anxiety-inducing, and when there's a slight possibility of someone actually getting hurt as a result I know I would have been freaking out majorly. And it must be so hard living in a place where every single mistake can lead to getting fired when there's a culture of complaining and threatening with court cases and whatnot.

I'm glad everyone seems to have been on your side, though. You did nothing wrong there~ Mistakes will keep happening (I even made one today that I might get some flak from if it wasn't my second to last day of the contract), just accept it, move on, and try to learn something from each one. As a little tip, don't try to hide the awkwardness of the situation. You kinda can't, and people are generally more forgiving and empathetic when a person acknowledges the mistake he or she has done.

@wolfwoof:

It's dead allright. Or you can start it up but everytime you try to access anything on the harddrive it locks downand goes into a black screen while the hardrive makes noises i've never heard before. After that you can't get a reaction from the keyboard. And if you reboot it's the same all over. Seems pretty broken to me

Sheesh, and just this morning I thought to myself that it's been a while since that last happened to someone I know and that I should be careful or it might be me. Take it to a repair shop or something as soon as you can to try and get your data recovered. Even if it's bust, the data might be in tact.

trappedolphin

Don't lose hope yet!! Do your best to find a way to connect your hard drive to another computer (safely, preferably at a shop though that might cost money) and see if there's anything still there. My hard drive had a virus and got liquid damage, everything inside was still there.

I hope you manage to retrieve something!

cooldud

@wolfwoof:

It's dead allright. Or you can start it up but everytime you try to access anything on the harddrive it locks downand goes into a black screen while the hardrive makes noises i've never heard before. After that you can't get a reaction from the keyboard. And if you reboot it's the same all over. Seems pretty broken to me

This sounds like a mechanical problem with the drive, and so it does sound pretty f**ked. If this is an external drive, this is the end of the road, I'm afraid. If it's an internal drive, hook it up to a SATA to USB convertor, connect it to another machine, and try running it there.
Last resort, go to a shop.

wolfwood

I managed to hook up my external harddrive to the comp and access it in safe mode

So that's nice atleast. But i can't do jack in regular mode. As soon as i click on anything it just freezes

C_uggs

@zachri:

There must be a catch if you're having trouble deciding.

I know, that was my first option, but, if I don't get the job in that one, I want to have others viable options in hand.

Foolio

@cooldud:

This sounds like a mechanical problem with the drive, and so it does sound pretty f**ked. If this is an external drive, this is the end of the road, I'm afraid. If it's an internal drive, hook it up to a SATA to USB convertor, connect it to another machine, and try running it there.
Last resort, go to a shop.

External hard drives are just regular hard drives in cases. You can take them out and hook them up lol.

Sarfallet

@Demonicpoodle:

Is there a metal song about that? If not, there needs to be. SARFALLET, DEATH TO DEATH FROM ABOVE. And then you could have the wasps' buzzing noises in place of the guitar.

I'm unsure, I'm not very knowledgeable about metal.
There's no disco song like that at least, I can tell you that much… :blink:

@Demonicpoodle:

I cleared my head for a bit and finally got to writing that novel I've had in my head. It's going well so far. I wanna write 10 pages at least a day, but I do stop if it starts to suck, and I take a break after every page.

Writing X number of pages per days usually works very good for me… For the first day. But still, good luck man!

Diamond Jozu

Hey all.

I'm having one of those days/weeks were I am off work, got bugger all to do and even if I had anything to do (like walk the dog) its rainy cats and as aforementioned dogs to the point where its making me want to lay on the sofa reading and net surfing.

Also I am currently trying to beat the final boss in Ni No Kuni….its a pain in the groin.

cooldud

@Foolio:

External hard drives are just regular hard drives in cases. You can take them out and hook them up lol.

I know that Foolio, I'm a CS major too. :-)
What woof posted earlier sounded like a mechanical problem, and if it was an external HDD, that is all there is; while if it were an internal HDD, anything inside the computer itself could be causing the noises woof was hearing.

Foolio

@cooldud:

I know that Foolio, I'm a CS major too. :-)
What woof posted earlier sounded like a mechanical problem, and if it was an external HDD, that is all there is; while if it were an internal HDD, anything inside the computer itself could be causing the noises woof was hearing.

Not necessarily true. Even hard drives that are going bad and making bad noises can still have partial or complete data integrity. It can often depend on how the OS is trying to access and read that data. As you can see, woof stated that in safe mode he actually had some success. Even with an external drive it would be stupid to automatically give up as you can try different OS boot modes, different OSes, different computers, and different interfaces (since most external drives use USB, it would be worth it to try SATA or eSATA, or even USB2 if it's hooked up using USB3). You can also try various disk repair utilities which obviously would not fix the drive but might make the sectors that haven't gone bad usable temporarily.

Dryish

My last 45 minutes as a summer librarian. Time has flown by so incredibly fast. I think I'm going to miss this place, even if I have already told everyone I will come back to do some volunteering work next week when we're hosting a two-day event here and everyone will be needed. This was such a fun experience. Maybe I'll return for another run next summer~

cooldud

@Foolio:

Not necessarily true. Even hard drives that are going bad and making bad noises can still have partial or complete data integrity. It can often depend on how the OS is trying to access and read that data. As you can see, woof stated that in safe mode he actually had some success. Even with an external drive it would be stupid to automatically give up as you can try different OS boot modes, different OSes, different computers, and different interfaces (since most external drives use USB, it would be worth it to try SATA or eSATA, or even USB2 if it's hooked up using USB3). You can also try various disk repair utilities which obviously would not fix the drive but might make the sectors that haven't gone bad usable temporarily.

Again, I know that.
My first post on this was a possible misdiagnosis on my part. I interpreted the noises woof was hearing to imply a mechanical problem. And you'd agree that if there's a mechanical problem in a hard drive (malfunction in the read/write head, or in the SATA hub, or the rotating parts) then it's dead at the user end, short of replacing the malfunctioning part in a repair shop.
And yes, I'd agree with your fixes, or what woof tried. As I said, misdiagnosis on my end. My bad.

Foolio

@cooldud:

And you'd agree that if there's a mechanical problem in a hard drive (malfunction in the read/write head, or in the SATA hub, or the rotating parts) then it's dead at the user end, short of replacing the malfunctioning part in a repair shop.

Well I'd agree that it's at least DYING. Hard drives can progressively self-destruct. I had a badly clacking hard drive that I backed up immediately but didn't completely stop working for days. The clacking was from the needle (read/write head) hitting the platter, though it could also be a problem with the motor. At that point there isn't even any point in trying to have it repaired as the platters are probably irreparably damaged. If your life depends on the data you'd probably just go to a data recovery specialist. A refurbished hard drive is never something I'd trust.

GypsyCarts

Let's see. Worked from 11-7 last night, stayed up and Skyped with Jay, went out to run errands, paid some bills and now to package my brother's birthday gift and then sleep before work.

Yay. Full day.

Herodadotus

ALRIGHT, time for the first audition of the year, followed by musical rehearsal!

Supernova122

After much night-before worrying, I managed to just about get into the University I really wanted to with that evil A* in Further Maths.

My dad's first response on the phone was, "what were the rest of your grades?" followed by "An A* in History would have been good too."

Thanks dad.

wolfwood

I'll just envision your dad smoking a pipe in his study while stroking his long heavy beard

Foolio

@wolfwoof:

I'll just envision your dad smoking a pipe in his study while stroking his long heavy beard

I'm really glad that last word is "beard."

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@Foolio:

I'm really glad that last word is "beard."

Your mind works in all the wrong ways.

wolfwood

Heavy isn't a traditional penis adjective tho

MiyamotoMusashi

@wolfwoof:

Heavy isn't a traditional penis adjective tho

Maybe not in Sweden…..

MetaMario

@Dryish:

Ugh, I can imagine how you must have felt. Making mistakes is always super embarrassing and anxiety-inducing, and when there's a slight possibility of someone actually getting hurt as a result I know I would have been freaking out majorly. And it must be so hard living in a place where every single mistake can lead to getting fired when there's a culture of complaining and threatening with court cases and whatnot.

Oh, we all could tell this guy was trying to get something out of this. I'm not saying he "cared too much" about his daughter, but even her siblings were positive it was just soap and water, apparently. But yeah, I was freaked.

I'm glad everyone seems to have been on your side, though. You did nothing wrong there~ Mistakes will keep happening (I even made one today that I might get some flak from if it wasn't my second to last day of the contract), just accept it, move on, and try to learn something from each one. As a little tip, don't try to hide the awkwardness of the situation. You kinda can't, and people are generally more forgiving and empathetic when a person acknowledges the mistake he or she has done.

So true, so true. I confess sometimes I'm tempted to dodge the blame if I did something wrong, but in this situation, I was 100% prepared to take any punishment, regardless of fear. What was I gonna do, deny it? No dice. Plus when you factor in cameras and witnesses…

....um anyway, thanks. And a big thank you to everyone else who conformed me, you guys sure know how to make a guy feel better. :)

Foolio

@Print:

Your mind works in all the wrong ways.

You're wrong that it's wrong and I don't mind my mind.

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@Foolio:

You're wrong that it's wrong and I don't mind how my mind works.

If you don't mind how your mind works and your mind is wrong then you are wrong about your mind not being wrong and you do not mind your mind being wrong because your mind is wrong.

cooldud

All this wrongness is mind-boggling.

wolfwood

Get a room you two

Foolio

@Print:

If you don't mind how your mind works and your mind is wrong then you are wrong about your mind not being wrong and you do not mind your mind being wrong because your mind is wrong.

But if I don't mind my mind then there is no "wrong" because the wrong must be acknowledged for it to exist in my mind. Mind that I'm not implying my mind equals your mind, so you may wrongly believe that what your mind believes is wrong is necessarily wrong in my mind, so while you're not wrong that if my mind is wrong then I'm wrongly assuming nothing is wrong, mind the fact that minds can differ so there may be no wrong answer.

The word 'wrong' looks really weird to me now.

@wolfwoof:

Get a room you two

Is this a ploy for you to eavesdrop and see my long heavy beard in action?

MetaMario

@cooldud:

All this wrongness is mind-boggling.

@Print:

If you don't mind how your mind works and your mind is wrong then you are wrong about your mind not being wrong and you do not mind your mind being wrong because your mind is wrong.

@Foolio:

The word 'wrong' looks really weird to me now.

sorry, couldn't help it

wolfwood

@MiyamotoMusashi:

Maybe not in Sweden…..

@Foolio:

Is this a ploy for you to eavesdrop and see my long heavy beard in action?

Your weird German-Californian vocabulary scares me

You'd better not be using obese too

cooldud

Wait, is beard a euphemism now? Whoop de do!

My beard is big and bushy.
At least there is no theoretical limit on the size of my beard.
My beard is longer than yours.
Would you like to stroke my beard?

Giggity~

trappedolphin

lines people up for punishment

valiantt

@trappedolphin:

lines people up for punishment

(hay a beard! This works on so many levels)

TheCrystalShip

Wow I didn't expect this to happen so quickly.

Sorikai33

Just got a message from my old roommate, who I haven't seen in over 2 years. Gonna get together to hang out on Sunday. Should be fun.

Kitsune Inferno

Joined a girl for lunch today. It was mere expository banter, but it was really nice regardless. I'm working towards this "meet someone everyday" threshold quite easily.

Jazzy Jinx

Today, this innocent girl.

Tomorrow, the entire school.

trappedolphin

Awesome job Kitty :) Now you just have to keep them from finding about your bushy foxy tail

valiantt

@trappedolphin:

Awesome job Kitty :) Now you just have to keep them from finding about your bushy foxy tail

Now who's the one being explicit here? :ninja:
Finding bushy fox tails and such…naughty dolphin. Naughty!

Diamond Jozu

At the end of the day I got dragged to the cinema with the girlyfriend to see The Heat and do you know, I actually enjoyed it, some scenes were hilarious, worth a watch.

C_uggs

I'm awful sad today..and I don't know why.

No motivation at all…And it seems I'm a total failure of human being.

EDIT:Oh...And I bought a Mawile plush.

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@captain:

I'm awful sad today..and I don't know why.

No motivation at all…And it seems I'm a total failure of human being.

Ah, good old emotions.

They're never logical.

Gol D. Silvers

Hmmm, I was riding the LRT to go to the office and submit my requirements before I'm officially employed. My eyes were wandering, didn't bring my iPod so I had to do something to keep me preoccupied. Noticed that there's one guy seating wearing a light blue shirt together with navy blue pants, and blue pair of shoes. I said to myself that his outfit sucks. Then we stopped at another station, if it weren't the mother of all coincidences, a guy comes in wearing exactly the same get-up as the BLUE guy. So I thought to myself, probably a uniform of sorts? So now the 2nd Blue guy's looking for a place to sit and was supposed to sit beside the first blue guy but he realizes they're dressed the same and gets visibly annoyed, then goes on to sit with me. There it hit me, THAT AIN'T NO UNIFORM. I freaking giggled my ass off. I barely resisted laughing out loud.