Snaking the HIVE

[Relique du Madde]

That reminds me. The worst thing that could happen during a school related presentation happened today during my morning class. After one of the groups plugged in their HD to the presentation computer, a trojan virus detection alert popped on the projector screen followed by the words "Unable to quarantine".

 

[Blackrat]

Ouch. I bet the school's computer wizards were very very happy...

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

That reminds me. The worst thing that could happen during a school related presentation happened today during my morning class. After one of the groups plugged in their HD to the presentation computer, a trojan virus detection alert popped on the projector screen followed by the words "Unable to quarantine".

Ouch.

Morning, Hive!

My game got cancelled last night. And all the suggestions about what else we could do fell flat, so everyone else dropped out and decided not to come in. So I went home and had an evening in with my partner instead. Which was fun, and everything, but it wasn't a D&D game, which is what I wanted.

 

[Relique du Madde]

The trojan wasn't really a problem. Our systems been wiped out by viruses (and had pirated software installed on them) so many times that they decided to install software onto every computer which basically nukes it's memory once the system is shut down then allows the computers to be restored it to a pristine condition on start up. The problem is that that program forces you to run off an external drive if you are afraid of loosing work.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Ouch.

Morning, Hive!

My game got cancelled last night. And all the suggestions about what else we could do fell flat, so everyone else dropped out and decided not to come in. So I went home and had an evening in with my partner instead. Which was fun, and everything, but it wasn't a D&D game, which is what I wanted.

That doesn't stop you two from role playing.... [/perv]

 

[Blackrat]

That doesn't stop you two from role playing....

My thoughts exactly

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

That doesn't stop you two from role playing.... [/perv]

Hmmm. Well, yes.

Changing the subject (hey, look, everyone - a badger with a gun!) I'm having a narked off time at work this week. There seems to be no communication coming down to us - just a sense of "This is what you're doing now, get on with it, and if you complain that what we're giving you isn't very good we'll just give you another round of rubbish information and expect you to magically understand it".

So, it's a week of continuously sending back emails saying "No, the information you're sending me isn't clear, I don't understand it, and it's not my fault that I don't understand it."

 

[WhatGravitas]

So, it's a week of continuously sending back emails saying "No, the information you're sending me isn't clear, I don't understand it, and it's not my fault that I don't understand it."

Then... use the phone. I don't understand the modern obsession with e-mails anyway, phone calls have the advantage of being able to pick up so much more information from the voice alone.

And, by the way, this week is study week, i.e. nothing to do this week - well, I *do* use the time to revise stuff... but luckily, I understand most things easily, so it's a breeze... even Bose & Fermi Gases, the follow-up to Thermal & Statistical Physics last semester, which I hated.

By the way, can I say that I hate Thermal Physics, done the classical way, but love the statistical description of it? For some reason, it's far easier for me than the other way round, i.e. the way people discovered it. Entropy without statistical basis is just horrible.

Cheers, LT.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

I'm doing it by email so that I have a record of it.

The impasse seems to have...um...passed for now, and I'm working on. Still, it's a frustrating day.

And tonight I've promised to do ironing. Oh, the joy.

 

[WhatGravitas]

I'm doing it by email so that I have a record of it.

Oh, well, that's a reason.

And tonight I've promised to do ironing. Oh, the joy.

Ah, household chores - see it as a way to relax. As I am a basically single (girl friend broke up two or three weeks ago after 5 years), I have to do it all the time... and it's sort of fun - moments where you can just stop thinking and worrying too much. Concentrate (lightly) on what you're doing, the touch of the clothes.

It's a bit like meditating - then even things like that are fun - they're, after all, not particularly exhausting (hauling bricks is certainly different). And you have something to be proud of afterwards! The small things count!

Cheers, LT.