The rant/blurb thread

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Apr 27, 2009
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Exactlly what it says. Feel free to blow off some steam or just to comment about something other than tech (no politics).

Just watch the language....Alpha LOL
 
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I doubt it has anything to do with you ... sounds like the hard drive may have went out .... what does the error say .... do you get the blue screen of death ? (with other prompts?)
It doesn't say anything when I turn it on. Its just a blank screen.

That same thing happened to my computer here at work last week. It was the harddrive, IT had to put in a new one and reimage the damn thing....They were able to save my personal documents somehow though.
Well if it is hard drive trouble, I pray to Zeus that I'll be able to get my files back.
 
bummer about the computer... hope it turns out to be an easy fix.. if it is the hard drive you may want to look around local pc places and see if they do hard drive recovery




on the bright side, I have been informed that I need to cease doing my core job function until systems are restored. So I've been approved to prop my feet up and wait for the all clear. BEAUTIFUL DAY!
 
Kind off odd Best Buy story. Went on my lunch to buy Batman: AA and all they had on the shelf was the 360 version. PS3 tag was next to it but no games. I was thinking I'm gonna be pissed if they're all sold out already! I asked n they had them in the back n the girl had to go get it and take it up to the cashier. Looks like I'll see half of my friends list playing this game tonight lol
 
Kind off odd Best Buy story. Went on my lunch to buy Batman: AA and all they had on the shelf was the 360 version. PS3 tag was next to it but no games. I was thinking I'm gonna be pissed if they're all sold out already! I asked n they had them in the back n the girl had to go get it and take it up to the cashier. Looks like I'll see half of my friends list playing this game tonight lol

nice mexi! enjoy. ill be getting it sept 1st, but wont be playing it much or at all till after exams the 7th and 8th. but here is my rant:

i decided to play a little wheel of fortune today, just to mix things up. i notice there is a trophy for winning an online game, so i figure might as well try. i totally didn't expect to win since i figure the only people who still played online were studs, and just wanted to play for the experience.

soon after i start, i find myself winning. i solved the 2nd toss up for $2000, and won $3000 in a puzzle for solving it after my opponents incorrectly solved the puzzle. it was obvious, so i figured these guys were either kids or they sucked at WoF. now i believe i have a chance, as i have a $4000 lead and am owning my opponents.

next puzzle is songs. i start it out, guess two letters, r, and s, end up with $2,300 or so. decide i should buy a vowel, e. theres like 6 e's. i think about it for a second and end up solving the puzzle "we represent the lollipop guild." now i figure my opponents think im the stud, and have all but given up (i mean, i solved that one without any completed words, and with the last two words having NO LETTERS! EEK!). i win the next toss up without a contest.

last round comes up. i get to start it as well. first spin is lose a turn. i could care less cause i have $10,000 next closest dude has $1,000. ive won every puzzle except the first toss up. that trophy is as good as mine. now its one of the other guys turns, and so far he has totally sucked. hardly guesses letters right, solved no puzzles. his first spin lands on $5,000. guesses and N, theres two of them. now im praying for him to hit a bankrupt. he spins again, lands close the $5,000 slice, guesses correctly, spins, lands close to the $5,000, guesses correctly, spins, hits the $5,000 again, gets 1 letter. hes at like $17,000. and every time he spins, he gets within two spots of where he spun last. the dude totally sucks at solving and has no skills with thinking, but hes figured out how to spin the wheel so it lands in basically the same spot.

its a tough puzzle, but i figure it out well before he does. he keeps spinning, and keeps guessing letters. ends up guessing every freaking consonant on the puzzle, then solves when there are 3 letters left. he wins over $20k. i turn off my ps3 and go eat lunch.
 
Thx max :) I played like 10 mins last night but will get more time this weekend.

Dam! I'd be sooooo pissed if I were you. Makes you wanna just go through the game and lay a beat down! lol
 
Today's a bad day for people who answer the phones

found out the Seller's bullsh*tted my sales contract saying they epoxy injected some cracks in the basement as per our contract, come to find out they merely applied epoxy and it was done as a favor so there is no warranty on the work nor any monetary transaction


I smell lawsuit
 
EDIT: Not yet, but one of the cracks opened up so I called the foundation place for repair since it *should* have been under warranty.

turns out there is no warranty, there is nothing. I quote the guy who did the work when I spoke to him on the phone, "I just came out there as a favor, you know, since normally it'd be $975, and I just slathered some epoxy on the cracks.. I didn't do any injections or anything. I don't know what they told you, but they didn't pay a dime and all I did was apply epoxy

I went EEK! and said thanks for your time, I'll take care of it from here. I have the work order the guy wrote up saying he chipped out and epoxied 6 cracks in the basement with his signature. I have the purchase agreement that clearly states the seller agreed to have the cracks in the basement epoxy injected by a licensed contractor.. Which is good because that covers ALL the cracks - even the ones they DIDN'T epoxy. Which is funny since there is one in the corner specifically pictured in my inspection report that they missed.

I called my attorney and if the seller doesn't get it fixed by a different company of my choosing (since clearly there is a shadow of doubt about the quality of work I'll receive from their company) or at least compensate me for the cost of repair that he'll take them to court for reimbursement since they breeched their contract in the purchase agreement. He said he'll throw in his fees as well as time compensation on my part so I don't pay a cent.

It's a mess to have to go through this, but I'm sleeping pretty tonight knowing I got their balls in my hands and I can squeeze as hard as I want.
 
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Update on laptop

I just learned that it wasn't the hard drive that was causing the problem, ooh no. It was something more important. It seems like the motherboard got fried from overuse. My father is hoping to claim the insurance for it because, well, its f*cked. Also I can't update my trophy profile via PS3. It just gets a 404 error if I try to do so.
 
I just learned that it wasn't the hard drive that was causing the problem, ooh no. It was something more important. It seems like the motherboard got fried from overuse. My father is hoping to claim the insurance for it because, well, its f*cked. Also I can't update my trophy profile via PS3. It just gets a 404 error if I try to do so.

Get the hard drive out of the laptop ASAP and then take a video of you burning that sumbitch!
 
It's not that difficult to do it, you need an enclosure, a laptop adapter and software :) I can find out the details if you like man. Let me know.
 
EDIT: Not yet, but one of the cracks opened up so I called the foundation place for repair since it *should* have been under warranty.

turns out there is no warranty, there is nothing. I quote the guy who did the work when I spoke to him on the phone, "I just came out there as a favor, you know, since normally it'd be $975, and I just slathered some epoxy on the cracks.. I didn't do any injections or anything. I don't know what they told you, but they didn't pay a dime and all I did was apply epoxy

I went EEK! and said thanks for your time, I'll take care of it from here. I have the work order the guy wrote up saying he chipped out and epoxied 6 cracks in the basement with his signature. I have the purchase agreement that clearly states the seller agreed to have the cracks in the basement epoxy injected by a licensed contractor.. Which is good because that covers ALL the cracks - even the ones they DIDN'T epoxy. Which is funny since there is one in the corner specifically pictured in my inspection report that they missed.

I called my attorney and if the seller doesn't get it fixed by a different company of my choosing (since clearly there is a shadow of doubt about the quality of work I'll receive from their company) or at least compensate me for the cost of repair that he'll take them to court for reimbursement since they breeched their contract in the purchase agreement. He said he'll throw in his fees as well as time compensation on my part so I don't pay a cent.

It's a mess to have to go through this, but I'm sleeping pretty tonight knowing I got their balls in my hands and I can squeeze as hard as I want.

and justice is served,haha,they thought they could just let that slip by you huh.

like you would look at the cracks on your basement wall and say "oh..Okay" then walk away.
 
motherf*ckers. I have someone with the flu sitting on my right and someone with conjuctivitis on my left.

I am the cream in the Viral Oreo.
 
Who does that.... those are probably the same people who are amazed at how quickly something like the flu can spread.

It's pretty quick when you still go out in public sneezing and coughing everywhere:rolleyes:

I know that if I get the flu/ H1N1 this fall then I'm def staying at home for a few days.
 
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