Meaningless thread time
We played carols in orchestra practise yesterday. You know what that means....6 weeks til I get out of the country for a bit!

So whinge about people putting up christmas decorations too early or about your job or imaginary wife/girlfriend/husband/boyfriend or something

So, yeah, futile gestures against the world thread, really
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 18:26, 61 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

SHUT UP HEATHEN!
WERE IT NOT FOR OUR LORD'S SUFFERING YOU WOULD SURELY BE DAMNED!
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Tue 13 Nov 2012, 18:36, Reply)

yup
but on the other hand stupid christmas songs, fake happiness and watching boring telly in an overly warm room with family arguments simmering in the background
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 18:40, Reply)

CLIFF RICHARD FOR WITCHFINDER GENERAL!

( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:07, Reply)

We've run out of milk.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 13 Nov 2012, 18:39, Reply)

PANIC!

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 18:40, Reply)

I'm panicking about having to go to Asda and rub shoulders with the mutant in-breds
as they fight over the last 3p four pack of mouldy pork pies in the reduced aisle.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 13 Nov 2012, 18:42, Reply)

i won't elbow you too badly

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 18:43, Reply)

WITCHES DID IT!
PRAY! PRAY LEST YE BE DAMNED TO THE MILKLESS REALMS!
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:09, Reply)

I'm at the post grad open evening at Leeds Met.
I quite fancy the MA in Contemporary Literature.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 18:44, Reply)

READING IS SINFUL BROTHER DOZER!
CHASTISE YOURSELF!
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:10, Reply)

This is the funneiset thing I've seen in months.
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=b-OR1bFirYw
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 18:51, Reply)

I'm going on holiday in four weeks time.
5 star hotels all the way. I am both looking forward to it and smug.
( Kroney, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 18:58, Reply)

McDonalds now have hotels?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:01, Reply)

olololol

( Kroney, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:02, Reply)

Grimsbury high street has 5 star hotels?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:02, Reply)

My reply was better.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:05, Reply)

Berlin, Cologne and Bruges ACTUALLY

( Kroney, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:16, Reply)

nice
i'm off to moscow and st petersburg ACTUALLY
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:18, Reply)

Bruges is ace, particularly at this time of year.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:40, Reply)

Evening.
I can guarantee you that I'll see someone's house with outdoor xmas lights turned on before the end of November.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:09, Reply)

You live in Weston.
Everyday is Christmas day.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:11, Reply)

Sorry, I said 'Christmas Day'
I meant to say 'Fucking shit'.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:12, Reply)

You're not wrong.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:14, Reply)

Or if you live in Lapland; the land where it's illigal not to have a girl in your lap.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:37, Reply)

I am happy for a change. Daughter home from hospital. PHEW.
I am celebrating this with a beer and a DVD of Foyles War in my hotel room. There's a really thick fog here, so no point going out, everywhere is dead tonight.

I have given up moaning about Christmas, it happens regardless.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:34, Reply)

Get used to it.
In the next few years you're going to start hearing about xmas in October.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:37, Reply)

Tell me about it, in New York they had the trees up in the shops last month.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:38, Reply)

So did John Lewis

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:39, Reply)

Yeah', but I bet that was intentional
I meant 'cus Hurrican Sandy and all the distruction and all that
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:40, Reply)

Ah. Well done Gonz.
How's your new laptop?
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:41, Reply)

It's good stuff, still not 100% sure if I should have gone for the 2.3 or the 2.6 though.
It was
- 2.3ghz with 256gb hard drive*, the rest of the specs the same, £1799**
- 2.6ghz with 512gb hard drive*, the rest of the specs the same, £2299**

The processor gets a 10% performance gain, and I figure for £500 I can handle using external/network drives for stroidge, and that things like my music collection is all Cloud so that takes up no space.

Got the whole thing on finance, 0% for 6 months, so that's £300 (or would have been £380 if I went for the bigger one) extra I gotta find a month. £300 I can do, no probs, £380 and although I could do it, would rather not. Plus the old laptop will cover a load of it too as Apple retain value.

What do you reckon? Right thinking or crazy?



*Before anyone goes "HOW LOW?", it's pure flash memory, there isn't a single machanical part in this machine.
** Before bawking at the price, look up spec-for-spec laptops from other brands, aside the usual Apple Premium, remember you've got a screen that nobody can come close to matching... it's, I think, 4x 1080p inside a 15" frame.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:51, Reply)

I have to tell you Gonz,
those kind of prices make me cry.
But you're the product expert, and if you think they're valid prices, then fair enough. And if you can afford one and you want it, then why teh hell not? You're young, you're free, you're forever alone single...
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:54, Reply)

There is a bit of vanity in getting this, there is no doubt about that.
But think of it as a cab driver who's bought a new Merc... he's sitting in that thing all day every day, personal and profesional use (but taking out that passengers can shit things up). And fuel wise, I don't have to re-buy/re-learn any software, eaither, which would cost more than the machine itself if I went back to windows.

I found out the other week what my work charges for my day-rate, then did some maths, then thought to myself "Fuckin' 'ell, I _am_ good at what I do", which has given me a bit of an ego-boost that let me justify getting one of these =)
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 20:17, Reply)

Shame you can't get a 2.6 with 256gb.
Apple charge a stupid amount for extra gb, considering you can get a 2tb external drive for about £70.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:55, Reply)

Yup, and these ones you can't really upgrade yourself eaither, the components are too tightly woven.
I reckon the bump to 16gb ram is worth it though, I think thats £160 on top if I remember right... you won't get two 8gb chips in there for much more than that.

Not relivent to my interests, but there is no CD/DVD in there either.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 20:07, Reply)

I have 16gb ram on my Lenovo, as I run some heavy db software and often have some graphic files for work open at the same time.
I am using my DVD drive tonight for the first time since I got this machine two years ago to watch a box set in my hotel room as all the Uk sites (even the ones I pay for such as Netflix) won't work with an non Uk IP address and Polish Tv is shit. Even if you can understand it, which I can't.

I'd take more ram over a DVD drive despite this.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 20:12, Reply)

Is the DB local? Normally the work is done on the server, but it can still take up a lot locally.
Streaming is the future, but it is relient on a connection. Just so you know, iPlayer on iPad can download shows for offline viewing; not sure of the others. Or there is iTunes too. if you ain't bothered about legalities, then I can show you how to download stuff, it's quite a simple process.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 20:22, Reply)

db is local.
Didn't know I could watch iPlayer content offline. Am back here in a couple of weeks so have got time to investigate. Ta.

Edit: couldn't care less about legality. I used to use letmewatchthis.com but it has gone to shit.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 20:26, Reply)

When I worked as a Marketing manager for WH Smith in 1998/9 we started working on Christmas (planning products, promotions etc) in February.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:38, Reply)

I did mean more along the lines of
"Daddy I want one of them..."
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:45, Reply)

I know.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:46, Reply)

And you'll know how advertisers target 'pester power' around the xmas period

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:48, Reply)

Just a little.
Depends n the brand though. Some companies are more responsible about not marketing to kids than you'd expect. Most are cunts though.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:49, Reply)

Ah, you're all cunts.
The flamin' lot of yez.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:52, Reply)

I no longer work in marketing, so I agree.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:56, Reply)

Do you think I could make a profit on this if I had it re sprayed?
www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/classic-car-page/184058/2004-maserati-quattroporte/
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 19:44, Reply)

Probably not, assuming you want to change the colour.
You'd have to get it bare metal sprayed which, for a car of that size, you're talking 4 or 5 grand, easy. You're unlikely to sell it on for 22k or more.
( Kroney, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 20:37, Reply)