Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-02T14:47:27-05:00
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I've never gotten a flu shot, though. It doesn't really help that much, and my mom, being a nurse and needing to get it for work (or else wear a mask all the time - not that nice an alternative) has noticed that usually people who get the shot get the flu almost as much as those who don't, this sample data being primarily a couple hundred nurses and some patients.
It is all anecdotal, sure, but it's not really that important of a vaccine compared to some others I'd rather not miss out on.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-02T14:50:52-05:00
BaKhan, as far as Obama's medical coverage, it didn't do much, trust me. He tore down one wall and built up two more, like any normal president. At least Trump only want's to build one wall! ;)
(hahaha, dammit, that was a terrible analogy, but I'm glad I made it!)
@Zem: He wants a second wall, to block off the "snow Mexicans" as he calls us.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-02T15:18:08-05:00
@GM, lol, did he really call us snow Mexicans?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-02T15:20:26-05:00
Damn! Just looked it up on snopes, and thats a nope! That would have been too funny!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-02T15:49:00-05:00
I just got paperwork for one of the most awesomely named people. Austin Powers
If this person doesn't dress up as this character for Halloween every year, they should be arrested.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-02T15:50:10-05:00
@GM: Canada's border is way too long to build a wall anyway. More flat land but it would cost triple what the Mexican wall will cost U.S. tax payers.
(Believe me, we will be the only one paying for this piece of crap)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-02T16:15:42-05:00
Haha, this joke is going on my dorm room's hall whiteboard now: "Women only call me ugly until they hear how much money I make. Then they call me ugly and poor."
The best jokes are true to life. ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-02T16:41:37-05:00
@Zem, that is fricken awesome! I love it!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-02T16:56:48-05:00
Hmm, I thought my German exam sucked and would be a C, but it turned out to be an A, so now what of this O-chem exam I think is going to be an F? Let's hope the magic carries over!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-02T17:01:26-05:00
By that, I mean this exam I'm taking tonight. Should be easy enough, but then again...
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-02T22:06:38-05:00
Hey, it might have worked! I don't know for sure, but this exam seemed like it went WAY better for me than patterns predict. Dang, I must've beaten and tortured a Leprechaun or something!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-03T06:16:03-05:00
Morning kittens. I got in the office extra early so that I can blow this popsicle stand around 2ish. Let's get this weekend started already!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-03T09:27:26-05:00
Morning kittens!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-03T09:27:50-05:00
@Geist, thats great news! Congrats!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-03T09:43:58-05:00
That sounds like a great idea, Geist! Though it involves getting up early... so not sure if it really balances out that much.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-03T09:53:15-05:00
I just realized I haven't checked the leaderboard in some time:
Comment count as of 2016-10-04 05:07:16.277363 UTC.
1. Melissa Melissa "Taser Creeper" Nicole 7883
2. Micah Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 7595
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Wait, has it really not updated since October? It has to have, since it changed since I've checked it since then, I think... is it updated? Even though I've commented on many campaigns, I do have like 9 1/2 thousand comments...
@Geist: A bunch of us a going out for lunch because one of the girls is moving up to Edmonton, and working from one of our branch offices near there. Today is her last day down in Calgary, so I get to go home right after lunch(after stopping in at HMV to see about using my points that I have saved up as they are all being closed down by April),
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-03T12:38:47-05:00
Meanwhile I get done at the same time as always. And that's not even early because a bunch of other stuff is popping up that'll take me all day. Why, guys? Why'd you have to take my weekend from me and force me to live your lives?!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-03T12:45:16-05:00
@Geist: Sort of. They are reward points that you earn for making purchases in store. They could be redeemed online for items(there were guitars, movie/band posters - signed and unsigned, and other Knick knacks/collectables). Supposedly you can redeem them for discounts on your purchases, but need to find out how much before I actually buy anything today.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-03T17:05:00-05:00
Happy weekend, everybody!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-03T23:47:11-05:00
Ah, I finally did it! I found a flash game from freaking ages ago, like literally one of the very first flash games I fell in love with. And it shows; the quality is terrible! But the nostalgia is real, and, like that one band awhile back, this took me literally YEARS to find again. I finally caught it while combing through all of the fighting games archives on a site I thought it might be on for half an hour.
As Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons once said, "Life well spent!"
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-03T23:52:14-05:00
I found what might be the original upload on Newgrounds: Uploaded May 15, 2006 | 8:20 PM EDT.
10 days before my 10th birthday! Holy cow that's old (for a flash game)! No wonder it was impossible to find. But the nostalgia was worth it. And the satisfaction of finally finding it. I thought it was older than that, though, and probably because the quality is so abhorrent. But that would be because it was made in less than 1 day, as the creator on Newgrounds says.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-05T10:54:52-05:00
Huh, I know I said "Happy weekend, everybody!", but that didn't mean you had to have one. Nobody's checked in! I feel like a parent whose children have all flown the coop and gone off to college or whatnot. You never write me anymore.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-05T19:01:20-05:00
Meh, Superbowl. Wake me when it's over.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-06T01:44:15-05:00
Superb Superbowl. I slept through most of the 4th quarter and woke up just at the final push to the tying touchdown. Pretty dang awesome game, though most of it wasn't. Just the first and fourth quarters and overtime. So many records set!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-06T01:45:30-05:00
I'm just disappointed there haven't been any really good commercials in years, and since Superbowl ad spots are so freaking extortingly expensive (5 million dollars for 30 seconds), I doubt anyone will be interested in doing them like that much anymore. Much less so Doritos doing 3 ads per game, many of which became classics.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-06T06:14:07-05:00
Morning kittens.
You know it's going to be a bad week when you come into the office and your computer won't start.
@BaKhan: Tell me about it. I knew I would have to shovel the sidewalk(I'm house sitting since Jan 28), so I left it all day yesterday until about 6pm. Went and shoveled, and then when I walked outside today...the snow was covering the top of my boot toe(a good 2-2.5 inches). And it's still coming down.
Worst part, is I got a text from my dad yesterday saying they had to shovel twice(I sure hope he wasn't doing it alone!).
That...and only one more night of looking after these two dogs that don't listen to me(I try telling one of them to do something, and she will look off to the corner of the room so I am in her peripherals, and completely ignore me).
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-06T11:11:07-05:00
@GM, because of my knee issues, a couple of years ago I agreed to let my wife hire snow removal services. I haven't regretted it since! ;) They only come once a day, but thats all I need to be compliant, so huzzah for that! As per the dogs, you need to make eye contact, make sure that they follow through, and give them treats everytime they listen to you! Hey they're not your dogs, so as long as they'll do what you want, who cares right? ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-06T11:11:47-05:00
@GM, tell your dad to be careful, I lost one of my Grandfathers that way!
@BaKhan: It's more the I let them outside when I get there from work(between 5:30 and 6:30) for them to go potty, they both go out. Then when they come in, then go to lay down, a little later one of them(the male) gets up and goes(so I think) to lay down somewhere else...but goes downstairs to take a crap. Within 15min of coming inside. Then later, the other dog(girl) gets up and walks around the corner from where I'm sitting at the table eating, and goes downstairs, and comes back up and proceeds to eat said crap....all while their food bowls are full(like almost completely full, as in adding more would make it overflow). I'm at a loss with them...and lost it on them yelling last night.
@BaKhan: As for the shoveling, I've told him that he is not to shovel alone anymore, and if it has to wait until I get home, it waits. If I wasn't needing to let the dogs out(and shovel), I would go and help out today. But I think I will text him about it a little later and have him wait until my mom gets home from work(sister is in Hawaii right now, so she can't help).
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-06T11:31:20-05:00
You guys are getting snow? We are getting spring like weather here. It will be 65 degrees tomorrow and Wednesday.
@Geist: There is a good 7-8 inches on the air conditioning unit outside my office window.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-06T11:36:58-05:00
@Geist, well it is the great white north... ;) Its supposed to get much nicer here by Thursday, we'll see what happens though. ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-06T11:44:45-05:00
@GM, yeah, that sounds frustrating for sure! I know as a dog owner how I would deal with it, but as a house sitter its much harder, as its a long term fix. Well at least its only one more day! ;)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-06T12:07:18-05:00
I'm still not ready for snow. I want it to be spring already. I have a few short weekend trips in mind and I won't enjoy them as much if the temp is 10 degrees and windy.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-06T12:07:48-05:00
@BaKhan: how is Pumpkin doing?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-06T12:09:15-05:00
@Geist, shes still her normal crabby self. Whining non-stop, being a diva, you know... ;) You got the pictures of her in that hat that you sent for her right?
As much as I should NOT back anything new...I had to back this one for two reasons:
1 - It's a Canadian product
2 - I need a good watch(or two as the case is going to be)
And on that note...I need help deciding on the second watches scheme. I'm getting the Stealth(pure black) one definitely, but not sure whether to go with the Mocha, Rose, Gunmetal or the Classic for the second watch. Any opinions?
@GM, I'd say Gunmetal, looks the most neutral to me (able to go with anything) the others look very similar to each other, imo. So the stealth, and the gunmetal, if I was buying two of them anyways. I've got way too much money tied up in watches (that I never use) to possibly consider any more of them.
@BaKhan: I used to always wear a watch, until it stopped working and the repair guy couldn't even figure it out(he tried the battery first...and that did nothing)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-06T14:38:22-05:00
Seriously, it's one of the greatest things ever. So much fun to show people and get that great astonished response! Plus, you know, fire. I mean, it's so cold up there, you can use it to keep warm!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-06T14:40:24-05:00
Come on, snow? Jeez, why aren't you guys shipping it here like I asked? I'm going to give Canada one star on Yelp!
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But really, we've had NO snow this year! The most was about 1 freaking inch. So yeah, sorry, but until you guys send more snow our way, you're not getting that facewash video from me! I mean, at least enough snow to faceplant in a pile or something.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-06T14:53:22-05:00
@GM, I used to wear a watch all the time (lol, I just made a watch pun!), but working in a warehouse its too easy to damage them. I had a really nice Fossil watch ($500+) and I just loved it, till I put a massive scratch on the face... Ditto that with a Christian Audiger, QuickSilver, and a couple of other really nice ones. The last really nice watch that I was given (that I still have in mint) I never ever wear, is a Bulliva and its way to flashy to wear to work, thank goodness. Only clock I need is on my phone! ;)
Lord Zombitten 2017-02-06T19:58:09-05:00
I just learned that the person who volunteered to do the fifth edit of my novel probably hasn't even looked at it. She's had it for six months.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-07T01:05:56-05:00
Wow, she makes even me look super productive!
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Hey, I gave myself a good 6 or so hours to write that 4 page reflection essay today (not to mention the hour long video it was reflecting on) due tonight! Doesn't matter that it was probably available to be done for a week or so now, it got done. And hey, it turned out way nicer than I could have hoped!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-07T02:13:59-05:00
Woo, time to play Battlefield 1942 for the first time in a long time! The oldest, but the goodest!
Or... not. Of course it has to throw up some kind of error.
Of course it can't be simple. Microsoft, I guess in preparation of Win 10 upgrades, disabled a security drive used in many games to prevent copying, and without that drive, you can't run the game, so you manually have to command it to give manual access to that drive in the cmd as an admin and manually start/stop the drive! Because why should you be able to play games older than 2015? They obviously don't see an issue with that.
Oh yeah, and there's a risk if you just restart the drive and keep it open because somehow that makes you more susceptible to attacks or something, so you have to open and make sure you close it EVERY time you play!
But it's worth it for this sweet BF 1942 menu music! ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-07T02:14:33-05:00
At least I still have Win 7. The thing was left straight out of Win 10, so there's no way at all to play it on that.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-07T06:08:29-05:00
@BaKhan: I did get the picture of Pumpkin in the hat. Thank Misty for me. She looks so over it, lol.
re: watches
I use to wear ones from Avon. I have a black one that has my zodiac sign in crystal stones but it stopped working a few years ago. I keep meaning to take it to a watch repair place to get it fixed. The last watch I purchased was from Macys and it hardly lasted 3 months before it stopped working.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-07T09:11:50-05:00
Morning kittens!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-07T09:12:28-05:00
@Geist, lol! Yeah, we put her in costumes whenever shes being too annoying, so like daily... ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-07T09:27:37-05:00
@LZ, that sucks! If you were looking for someone else to give it a go, I've been known to read books... ;) and make time for friends... ;)
I probably won't be on here much today...KS is all screwy and not scrolling up or down on the page(I know I have an update from a previous project...but can't get to the button to check it)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-07T13:07:05-05:00
2 qualities in an editor: Loves to read and the most god-awful nitpicky person ever. If you fit these qualifications and aren't looking to make any friends, call this number...
Lord Zombitten 2017-02-07T13:30:01-05:00
The thing that really annoys me is that she kept telling me that she was making progress. She told me in early September, though, that her computer had crashed and she had lost everything. Last I heard from her, she had 20 pages left, and would be done by December 3rd. Then she started ignoring me. A coworker got ahold of her over the weekend. She told the coworker that she was in the hospital and her computer had crashed, causing her to lose everything she had done. I was willing to believe the computer crashing thing the first time. The second time in six months, though, just makes it sound like an excuse for not doing anything. If you're not going to do anything on it, just tell me that so I can find another editor and get the thing published!
Is anyone else having trouble with not being able to scroll campaign pages?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-07T14:34:31-05:00
This will take some deliberation. I know there's a fire drill in my building at 2pm, so even though my normal food place is full then tuesdays and thursdays, I'm going right before that time anyways to avoid that hassle. Hooray for conspiring to avoid hassles!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-07T14:36:23-05:00
No, GM, though are you on mobile? That's different from me, but nobody else has mentioned that.
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LZ, man, I hate people like that. Why even bother with all the effort to make the person think you're doing the work if you know you never will? It's a huge waste of time and effort on both parties' parts that's completely unnecessary.
I can move the scroll bar, but the page doesn't move at all...it keeps with the most current comments, and the Leave a comment box...
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-07T14:49:36-05:00
Have you tried turning it off and on again? As in, I have no clue, but one can hope that restarting either just your browser or your computer will magically fix the problem. Works all too often.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-07T14:50:15-05:00
Though it's especially weird that it's just for KS. I really have no clue. It'd make more sense if it were a problem on every site you went to.
@Zem: Not all of KS. If I click on anyone's name to go to their profile, I can scroll there. If I click on anything else(other than an actual campaign) I can scroll there. The second I get to a campaign page(comments, updates, FAQ, etc) I can't scroll.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-07T15:22:39-05:00
Well, my plan worked... too well. The line was way longer than I thought and took me literally 3 times longer to get my food than normal! But at least I didn't have to stand outside annoyingly during a fire drill, right?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-07T15:23:09-05:00
That's even weirder, GM. Yeah, I have no clue whatsoever as to how that's happening!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-07T15:32:06-05:00
So I was listening to NPR at work and they mentioned that because of our dictator's aggressive stance on immigrants, some undocumented U.S. residence are trying to cross over into Canada. The problem is that unlike the crossing into Mexico, folks are running into snow, wild animals and a rough landscape. A group had to be rescued when they got lost and used a cell phone to call for help.
Yes, it has gotten this bad in the U.S. How I wish Hillary had won the election. I'd sleep better at night.
Lord Zombitten 2017-02-07T15:38:36-05:00
I think most of us would, Geist
Lord Zombitten 2017-02-07T15:44:36-05:00
Okay, hivemind, I need a bit of confirmation that my math is correct here.
I did the calculation test at work today to make sure the system is doing calculations correctly. I got one unexpected result, but I don't think it's incorrect. I did everything I was instructed to by the procedure, meaning I entered the following results for calculation:
24-hour volume: 1200 mL
Creatinine, Urine: 75 mg/dL
The calculation gave a total of 900 mg/24 hours, but the procedure lists the expected value as 90 mg/24 hours. Every manager has gotten 90 mg/24 hours since 2006, but I don't think that's right or possible. I think 900 is right. What do you all think?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-07T15:48:25-05:00
@Geist, that is scary! I'm just thankful that they were able to use their phones! Lots of wilderness here where phones don't get any signal what-so-ever! Its all too easy to die in those areas!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-07T15:55:32-05:00
@LZ, without knowing the formula, I'm not sure I can contribute, but if you can give me a link, I'll check it out for you!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-07T15:57:59-05:00
@LZ, I wonder if one of the variables was off by a factor of 10, hence the norm being 90 and the result being 900?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-07T16:03:30-05:00
I wouldn't at all.
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Ugh, LZ, I've never seen a measurement in dL! So is it really just 1200*0.75? Because that's 900, but maybe it's supposed to be measured some other way? I would think over 10 years if they got the wrong number, they'd have known they were doing something drastically wrong. You'd think being off by a factor of 10 would cause some kind of consequence you'd notice.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-07T16:04:38-05:00
Well 1200ml = 120dl so... maybe that has something to do with it?
Lord Zombitten 2017-02-07T16:05:35-05:00
See, that's the question. The way I did it was first convert mL to dL, so we're working with 75 mg/dL times 12 dL/24 hours, which gives 900 mg/24 hours. I have no idea how every one of my predecessors got 90 mg/24 hours
Lord Zombitten 2017-02-07T16:13:06-05:00
1200 mL = 120 cL = 12 dL
Lord Zombitten 2017-02-07T16:17:19-05:00
I think what happened was the first lab manager built the formula and accidentally dictated that the whole equation be divided by 1000, instead of 100, and built the protocol off that, and everyone else did the lazy thing of comparing the LIS calculation to the expectes result, instead of actually calculating the result by hand.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-07T16:58:56-05:00
@LZ, thats some crazy stuff! Hopefully there wasn't too much guessing going on... >.>
If it's anything like around here, 90% of it was guesswork.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-07T17:12:00-05:00
How did it go 10 years without consequence? There was never any discrepancy? I mean, in practical use, a factor of 10 is almost always instantly noticeable. Maybe it was the usage of dL, which is pretty uncommon otherwise, and the person who set it up just forgot it for a second and used straight L instead, so divided by 1000.
Lord Zombitten 2017-02-07T20:40:41-05:00
I haven't finished doing the lookback, but I suspect the reason it went so long with no consequence is that we hardly ever do a 24-hour urine creatinine quantitation. We do a creatinine clearance much more frequently, and even then, we only do about 10 of those per year.
Lord Zombitten 2017-02-07T20:43:10-05:00
In other news, the editor to whom I was referred by a friend, charges $30/hr to do her work. I can't say I blame her, but I don't really have the money for that. I really just need someone to read over it and let me know if the story flows well and makes sense, and point out any plot holes that might be there. In terms of spelling and grammar, there's really nothing that needs to be fixed.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-07T21:57:53-05:00
Oh, I thought for a moment you meant the ineffectual editor. I thought, "Well you said 6 months, that's approximately 4,392 hours, at $30/hour...
so you owe $131,760? Yeah, I know how your wallet feels!"
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-02-08T06:07:08-05:00
Morning kittens. Yesterday it was 73 degrees.
Global warming? What global warming?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-08T09:25:07-05:00
Good Morning kittens!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-08T09:27:01-05:00
@Geist, I wish we had a bit more global warming going on... its -12F here right now, piles of snow (and the requisit retard drivers...) Its supposed to start warming up by late afternoon here... I'm so cold! :(
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-02-08T09:44:56-05:00
I don't know right now whether I want cold or not. The weather seems to agree. Below freezing all week (even a tiny bit of snow/flurry today), but this weekend it'll get up to mid-60s and then hover around 50 degrees all next week.
Right now, though, it's 15. Which I'd love if I weren't so tired. When I'm tired is the only time I don't like cold, and unfortunately that involves every morning, when it's the coldest.
New day, same non-working KS pages. Even shut the computer down last night when I left(like I always do). I'm wondering if, since it's actually a touch screen laptop in a docking station that that might have something to do with it. And I'm typing below the what I can see in the box, so I'm sory if something is spelled wrong, or makes no sense as I can't actually see what I'm typing right now.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-02-08T10:14:33-05:00
@GM, time to go to DIY IT level two! Unplug everything, and then plug it all back in... ;)
@BaKhan: That involves too much work...I'll just read the 4-5 comments that show, and if I need more clarification(or can't read it all) I will click on someone's name and read up from there.
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I've never gotten a flu shot, though. It doesn't really help that much, and my mom, being a nurse and needing to get it for work (or else wear a mask all the time - not that nice an alternative) has noticed that usually people who get the shot get the flu almost as much as those who don't, this sample data being primarily a couple hundred nurses and some patients.
It is all anecdotal, sure, but it's not really that important of a vaccine compared to some others I'd rather not miss out on.
BaKhan, as far as Obama's medical coverage, it didn't do much, trust me. He tore down one wall and built up two more, like any normal president. At least Trump only want's to build one wall! ;)
(hahaha, dammit, that was a terrible analogy, but I'm glad I made it!)
@Zem: He wants a second wall, to block off the "snow Mexicans" as he calls us.
@GM, lol, did he really call us snow Mexicans?
Damn! Just looked it up on snopes, and thats a nope! That would have been too funny!
I just got paperwork for one of the most awesomely named people. Austin Powers
If this person doesn't dress up as this character for Halloween every year, they should be arrested.
@GM: Canada's border is way too long to build a wall anyway. More flat land but it would cost triple what the Mexican wall will cost U.S. tax payers.
(Believe me, we will be the only one paying for this piece of crap)
Haha, this joke is going on my dorm room's hall whiteboard now: "Women only call me ugly until they hear how much money I make. Then they call me ugly and poor."
The best jokes are true to life. ;)
@Zem, that is fricken awesome! I love it!
Hmm, I thought my German exam sucked and would be a C, but it turned out to be an A, so now what of this O-chem exam I think is going to be an F? Let's hope the magic carries over!
By that, I mean this exam I'm taking tonight. Should be easy enough, but then again...
Hey, it might have worked! I don't know for sure, but this exam seemed like it went WAY better for me than patterns predict. Dang, I must've beaten and tortured a Leprechaun or something!
Morning kittens. I got in the office extra early so that I can blow this popsicle stand around 2ish. Let's get this weekend started already!
Morning kittens!
@Geist, thats great news! Congrats!
That sounds like a great idea, Geist! Though it involves getting up early... so not sure if it really balances out that much.
I just realized I haven't checked the leaderboard in some time:
Comment count as of 2016-10-04 05:07:16.277363 UTC.
1. Melissa Melissa "Taser Creeper" Nicole 7883
2. Micah Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 7595
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Wait, has it really not updated since October? It has to have, since it changed since I've checked it since then, I think... is it updated? Even though I've commented on many campaigns, I do have like 9 1/2 thousand comments...
Morning kittens. Only another ~3hours until I get to go home.
Wow, everybody seems to be so lucky today! I wish, pretty jelly... :( ;)
@GM: Same here. 4 if I take a lunch.
@Geist: A bunch of us a going out for lunch because one of the girls is moving up to Edmonton, and working from one of our branch offices near there. Today is her last day down in Calgary, so I get to go home right after lunch(after stopping in at HMV to see about using my points that I have saved up as they are all being closed down by April),
Meanwhile I get done at the same time as always. And that's not even early because a bunch of other stuff is popping up that'll take me all day. Why, guys? Why'd you have to take my weekend from me and force me to live your lives?!
@GM: Points? Like credit card points?
@Geist: Sort of. They are reward points that you earn for making purchases in store. They could be redeemed online for items(there were guitars, movie/band posters - signed and unsigned, and other Knick knacks/collectables). Supposedly you can redeem them for discounts on your purchases, but need to find out how much before I actually buy anything today.
Happy weekend, everybody!
Ah, I finally did it! I found a flash game from freaking ages ago, like literally one of the very first flash games I fell in love with. And it shows; the quality is terrible! But the nostalgia is real, and, like that one band awhile back, this took me literally YEARS to find again. I finally caught it while combing through all of the fighting games archives on a site I thought it might be on for half an hour.
As Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons once said, "Life well spent!"
I found what might be the original upload on Newgrounds: Uploaded May 15, 2006 | 8:20 PM EDT.
10 days before my 10th birthday! Holy cow that's old (for a flash game)! No wonder it was impossible to find. But the nostalgia was worth it. And the satisfaction of finally finding it. I thought it was older than that, though, and probably because the quality is so abhorrent. But that would be because it was made in less than 1 day, as the creator on Newgrounds says.
Huh, I know I said "Happy weekend, everybody!", but that didn't mean you had to have one. Nobody's checked in! I feel like a parent whose children have all flown the coop and gone off to college or whatnot. You never write me anymore.
Meh, Superbowl. Wake me when it's over.
Superb Superbowl. I slept through most of the 4th quarter and woke up just at the final push to the tying touchdown. Pretty dang awesome game, though most of it wasn't. Just the first and fourth quarters and overtime. So many records set!
I'm just disappointed there haven't been any really good commercials in years, and since Superbowl ad spots are so freaking extortingly expensive (5 million dollars for 30 seconds), I doubt anyone will be interested in doing them like that much anymore. Much less so Doritos doing 3 ads per game, many of which became classics.
Morning kittens.
You know it's going to be a bad week when you come into the office and your computer won't start.
Morning kittens.
Morning kittens! I made it into work! Which given how much snow we've had is a minor miracle!
@BaKhan: Tell me about it. I knew I would have to shovel the sidewalk(I'm house sitting since Jan 28), so I left it all day yesterday until about 6pm. Went and shoveled, and then when I walked outside today...the snow was covering the top of my boot toe(a good 2-2.5 inches). And it's still coming down.
Worst part, is I got a text from my dad yesterday saying they had to shovel twice(I sure hope he wasn't doing it alone!).
That...and only one more night of looking after these two dogs that don't listen to me(I try telling one of them to do something, and she will look off to the corner of the room so I am in her peripherals, and completely ignore me).
@GM, because of my knee issues, a couple of years ago I agreed to let my wife hire snow removal services. I haven't regretted it since! ;) They only come once a day, but thats all I need to be compliant, so huzzah for that! As per the dogs, you need to make eye contact, make sure that they follow through, and give them treats everytime they listen to you! Hey they're not your dogs, so as long as they'll do what you want, who cares right? ;)
@GM, tell your dad to be careful, I lost one of my Grandfathers that way!
@BaKhan: It's more the I let them outside when I get there from work(between 5:30 and 6:30) for them to go potty, they both go out. Then when they come in, then go to lay down, a little later one of them(the male) gets up and goes(so I think) to lay down somewhere else...but goes downstairs to take a crap. Within 15min of coming inside. Then later, the other dog(girl) gets up and walks around the corner from where I'm sitting at the table eating, and goes downstairs, and comes back up and proceeds to eat said crap....all while their food bowls are full(like almost completely full, as in adding more would make it overflow). I'm at a loss with them...and lost it on them yelling last night.
@BaKhan: As for the shoveling, I've told him that he is not to shovel alone anymore, and if it has to wait until I get home, it waits. If I wasn't needing to let the dogs out(and shovel), I would go and help out today. But I think I will text him about it a little later and have him wait until my mom gets home from work(sister is in Hawaii right now, so she can't help).
You guys are getting snow? We are getting spring like weather here. It will be 65 degrees tomorrow and Wednesday.
@Geist: There is a good 7-8 inches on the air conditioning unit outside my office window.
@Geist, well it is the great white north... ;) Its supposed to get much nicer here by Thursday, we'll see what happens though. ;)
@GM, yeah, that sounds frustrating for sure! I know as a dog owner how I would deal with it, but as a house sitter its much harder, as its a long term fix. Well at least its only one more day! ;)
I'm still not ready for snow. I want it to be spring already. I have a few short weekend trips in mind and I won't enjoy them as much if the temp is 10 degrees and windy.
@BaKhan: how is Pumpkin doing?
@Geist, shes still her normal crabby self. Whining non-stop, being a diva, you know... ;) You got the pictures of her in that hat that you sent for her right?
As much as I should NOT back anything new...I had to back this one for two reasons:
1 - It's a Canadian product
2 - I need a good watch(or two as the case is going to be)
And on that note...I need help deciding on the second watches scheme. I'm getting the Stealth(pure black) one definitely, but not sure whether to go with the Mocha, Rose, Gunmetal or the Classic for the second watch. Any opinions?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sonothollywood/the-geometrically-etched-x-frame-seer-chronograph/description
@GM, I'd say Gunmetal, looks the most neutral to me (able to go with anything) the others look very similar to each other, imo. So the stealth, and the gunmetal, if I was buying two of them anyways. I've got way too much money tied up in watches (that I never use) to possibly consider any more of them.
@BaKhan: I used to always wear a watch, until it stopped working and the repair guy couldn't even figure it out(he tried the battery first...and that did nothing)
GM, why waste your money on that? This is MUCH cheaper, and I can attest to it being a great watch! http://www.scamstuff.com/products/arson-watch
Seriously, it's one of the greatest things ever. So much fun to show people and get that great astonished response! Plus, you know, fire. I mean, it's so cold up there, you can use it to keep warm!
Come on, snow? Jeez, why aren't you guys shipping it here like I asked? I'm going to give Canada one star on Yelp!
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But really, we've had NO snow this year! The most was about 1 freaking inch. So yeah, sorry, but until you guys send more snow our way, you're not getting that facewash video from me! I mean, at least enough snow to faceplant in a pile or something.
@GM, I used to wear a watch all the time (lol, I just made a watch pun!), but working in a warehouse its too easy to damage them. I had a really nice Fossil watch ($500+) and I just loved it, till I put a massive scratch on the face... Ditto that with a Christian Audiger, QuickSilver, and a couple of other really nice ones. The last really nice watch that I was given (that I still have in mint) I never ever wear, is a Bulliva and its way to flashy to wear to work, thank goodness. Only clock I need is on my phone! ;)
I just learned that the person who volunteered to do the fifth edit of my novel probably hasn't even looked at it. She's had it for six months.
Wow, she makes even me look super productive!
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Hey, I gave myself a good 6 or so hours to write that 4 page reflection essay today (not to mention the hour long video it was reflecting on) due tonight! Doesn't matter that it was probably available to be done for a week or so now, it got done. And hey, it turned out way nicer than I could have hoped!
Woo, time to play Battlefield 1942 for the first time in a long time! The oldest, but the goodest!
Or... not. Of course it has to throw up some kind of error.
Of course it can't be simple. Microsoft, I guess in preparation of Win 10 upgrades, disabled a security drive used in many games to prevent copying, and without that drive, you can't run the game, so you manually have to command it to give manual access to that drive in the cmd as an admin and manually start/stop the drive! Because why should you be able to play games older than 2015? They obviously don't see an issue with that.
Oh yeah, and there's a risk if you just restart the drive and keep it open because somehow that makes you more susceptible to attacks or something, so you have to open and make sure you close it EVERY time you play!
But it's worth it for this sweet BF 1942 menu music! ;)
At least I still have Win 7. The thing was left straight out of Win 10, so there's no way at all to play it on that.
@BaKhan: I did get the picture of Pumpkin in the hat. Thank Misty for me. She looks so over it, lol.
re: watches
I use to wear ones from Avon. I have a black one that has my zodiac sign in crystal stones but it stopped working a few years ago. I keep meaning to take it to a watch repair place to get it fixed. The last watch I purchased was from Macys and it hardly lasted 3 months before it stopped working.
Morning kittens!
@Geist, lol! Yeah, we put her in costumes whenever shes being too annoying, so like daily... ;)
@LZ, that sucks! If you were looking for someone else to give it a go, I've been known to read books... ;) and make time for friends... ;)
Morning kittens.
I probably won't be on here much today...KS is all screwy and not scrolling up or down on the page(I know I have an update from a previous project...but can't get to the button to check it)
2 qualities in an editor: Loves to read and the most god-awful nitpicky person ever. If you fit these qualifications and aren't looking to make any friends, call this number...
The thing that really annoys me is that she kept telling me that she was making progress. She told me in early September, though, that her computer had crashed and she had lost everything. Last I heard from her, she had 20 pages left, and would be done by December 3rd. Then she started ignoring me. A coworker got ahold of her over the weekend. She told the coworker that she was in the hospital and her computer had crashed, causing her to lose everything she had done. I was willing to believe the computer crashing thing the first time. The second time in six months, though, just makes it sound like an excuse for not doing anything. If you're not going to do anything on it, just tell me that so I can find another editor and get the thing published!
Is anyone else having trouble with not being able to scroll campaign pages?
This will take some deliberation. I know there's a fire drill in my building at 2pm, so even though my normal food place is full then tuesdays and thursdays, I'm going right before that time anyways to avoid that hassle. Hooray for conspiring to avoid hassles!
No, GM, though are you on mobile? That's different from me, but nobody else has mentioned that.
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LZ, man, I hate people like that. Why even bother with all the effort to make the person think you're doing the work if you know you never will? It's a huge waste of time and effort on both parties' parts that's completely unnecessary.
I'm on desktop at work.
@LZ, yep, liars suck. Not much more to say there... sorry bro!
@GM, nope, everythings working ok here and on my phone.
I can move the scroll bar, but the page doesn't move at all...it keeps with the most current comments, and the Leave a comment box...
Have you tried turning it off and on again? As in, I have no clue, but one can hope that restarting either just your browser or your computer will magically fix the problem. Works all too often.
Though it's especially weird that it's just for KS. I really have no clue. It'd make more sense if it were a problem on every site you went to.
@Zem: Not all of KS. If I click on anyone's name to go to their profile, I can scroll there. If I click on anything else(other than an actual campaign) I can scroll there. The second I get to a campaign page(comments, updates, FAQ, etc) I can't scroll.
Well, my plan worked... too well. The line was way longer than I thought and took me literally 3 times longer to get my food than normal! But at least I didn't have to stand outside annoyingly during a fire drill, right?
That's even weirder, GM. Yeah, I have no clue whatsoever as to how that's happening!
So I was listening to NPR at work and they mentioned that because of our dictator's aggressive stance on immigrants, some undocumented U.S. residence are trying to cross over into Canada. The problem is that unlike the crossing into Mexico, folks are running into snow, wild animals and a rough landscape. A group had to be rescued when they got lost and used a cell phone to call for help.
Yes, it has gotten this bad in the U.S. How I wish Hillary had won the election. I'd sleep better at night.
I think most of us would, Geist
Okay, hivemind, I need a bit of confirmation that my math is correct here.
I did the calculation test at work today to make sure the system is doing calculations correctly. I got one unexpected result, but I don't think it's incorrect. I did everything I was instructed to by the procedure, meaning I entered the following results for calculation:
24-hour volume: 1200 mL
Creatinine, Urine: 75 mg/dL
The calculation gave a total of 900 mg/24 hours, but the procedure lists the expected value as 90 mg/24 hours. Every manager has gotten 90 mg/24 hours since 2006, but I don't think that's right or possible. I think 900 is right. What do you all think?
@Geist, that is scary! I'm just thankful that they were able to use their phones! Lots of wilderness here where phones don't get any signal what-so-ever! Its all too easy to die in those areas!
@LZ, without knowing the formula, I'm not sure I can contribute, but if you can give me a link, I'll check it out for you!
@LZ, I wonder if one of the variables was off by a factor of 10, hence the norm being 90 and the result being 900?
I wouldn't at all.
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Ugh, LZ, I've never seen a measurement in dL! So is it really just 1200*0.75? Because that's 900, but maybe it's supposed to be measured some other way? I would think over 10 years if they got the wrong number, they'd have known they were doing something drastically wrong. You'd think being off by a factor of 10 would cause some kind of consequence you'd notice.
Well 1200ml = 120dl so... maybe that has something to do with it?
See, that's the question. The way I did it was first convert mL to dL, so we're working with 75 mg/dL times 12 dL/24 hours, which gives 900 mg/24 hours. I have no idea how every one of my predecessors got 90 mg/24 hours
1200 mL = 120 cL = 12 dL
I think what happened was the first lab manager built the formula and accidentally dictated that the whole equation be divided by 1000, instead of 100, and built the protocol off that, and everyone else did the lazy thing of comparing the LIS calculation to the expectes result, instead of actually calculating the result by hand.
@LZ, thats some crazy stuff! Hopefully there wasn't too much guessing going on... >.>
If it's anything like around here, 90% of it was guesswork.
How did it go 10 years without consequence? There was never any discrepancy? I mean, in practical use, a factor of 10 is almost always instantly noticeable. Maybe it was the usage of dL, which is pretty uncommon otherwise, and the person who set it up just forgot it for a second and used straight L instead, so divided by 1000.
I haven't finished doing the lookback, but I suspect the reason it went so long with no consequence is that we hardly ever do a 24-hour urine creatinine quantitation. We do a creatinine clearance much more frequently, and even then, we only do about 10 of those per year.
In other news, the editor to whom I was referred by a friend, charges $30/hr to do her work. I can't say I blame her, but I don't really have the money for that. I really just need someone to read over it and let me know if the story flows well and makes sense, and point out any plot holes that might be there. In terms of spelling and grammar, there's really nothing that needs to be fixed.
Oh, I thought for a moment you meant the ineffectual editor. I thought, "Well you said 6 months, that's approximately 4,392 hours, at $30/hour...
so you owe $131,760? Yeah, I know how your wallet feels!"
Morning kittens. Yesterday it was 73 degrees.
Global warming? What global warming?
Good Morning kittens!
@Geist, I wish we had a bit more global warming going on... its -12F here right now, piles of snow (and the requisit retard drivers...) Its supposed to start warming up by late afternoon here... I'm so cold! :(
I don't know right now whether I want cold or not. The weather seems to agree. Below freezing all week (even a tiny bit of snow/flurry today), but this weekend it'll get up to mid-60s and then hover around 50 degrees all next week.
Right now, though, it's 15. Which I'd love if I weren't so tired. When I'm tired is the only time I don't like cold, and unfortunately that involves every morning, when it's the coldest.
Morning kittens.
New day, same non-working KS pages. Even shut the computer down last night when I left(like I always do). I'm wondering if, since it's actually a touch screen laptop in a docking station that that might have something to do with it. And I'm typing below the what I can see in the box, so I'm sory if something is spelled wrong, or makes no sense as I can't actually see what I'm typing right now.
@GM, time to go to DIY IT level two! Unplug everything, and then plug it all back in... ;)
@BaKhan: That involves too much work...I'll just read the 4-5 comments that show, and if I need more clarification(or can't read it all) I will click on someone's name and read up from there.