Open Bar MMXIV^2: Solace of Quantum

[Cain]

Coronation Street is on ITV, so you'll be spared it, unless ITV has had the misfortune to go international.

[Doktor Howl]

Coronation Street is on ITV, so you'll be spared it, unless ITV has had the misfortune to go international.

That would sort of be an act of war.

Canadians may have to put up with that shit, but we don't.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

GA, can I get more clarification on the 5400rpm hard drive comment? Every single laptop I've looked at, of every brand and price point, has a 5400rpm hard drive, so I'm curious.

Turns out I'm full of it. 5400 on a desktop would be dumb, but based on power requirements you just put 5400s in laptops. (takes 2/3rds the power to run at 5400rpm vs. 7200rpm, plus quieter + lighter.)

I didn't see any better laptops (in 10min of looking) at that price point without making major sacrifices in CPU/ram/mass. If there was a model that trades 2gigs of ram for more screen resolution, I'd do that. Overall looks solid.

Ah, thank you, I wasn't sure how I should take your response due to that inconsistency but you full-bipeded yourself into complete credibility right there! I think that the display issues you mention plus the impending release of windows 8.1 might have me waiting a little while. I really appreciate the Newegg referral, I knew about them but I'm not a techie so I didn't know the best places to shop, at all.

I am thinking I might be able to get away with waiting until fall to buy a new computer, which means possibly better computing power and a better OS. My only concern is the question of whether there are "seasons" with computers... IOW, is there a good time of year to buy last year's model? If yes, I don't want to miss it. I am thinking that if there are seasons, the end of Spring term would be the time to buy last year's model on the cheap, in which case waiting until Fall could shoot me in the foot.

On the other hand, the whole fucking thing is a tax credit, so maybe I shouldn't worry so much.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I just got done chipping away at how I feel magic should work in fantasy.

I'm also:
crocheting a hammock
creating a new business
dealing with the god damned hassles
exploding at people who have it coming
apologizing, but not meaning it
giving myself nasty ulcers
feeling the hate

WOOOO!

That hammock is going to let me sleep. Oh yes. Or I will set it alight.

I hope you spags are filled with bugs.

That's so hot.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

AND I got some mealworms and am going to breed through a couple generations, then EAT THEM.

FUCK YES

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I hope you spags are filled with bugs.

Your wish has already been granted.  Habby Christmas!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I just got done chipping away at how I feel magic should work in fantasy

Does it involve jerking off to meaningless scribbles?

I am going to write a modern urban fantasy series in which that is true mahhhjiq.

And dedicate it to you.

I fucking love babies.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Not even kidding. I have been in the throes of a sort of mid-life crisis, because I can't have any more babies.

I FUCKING LOVE BABIES

My best friend is pregnant right now. Soooo pregnant. It's goddamn adorable. And I, I am unable to have ANY MORE BABIES.

BUT I LOVE BABIES.

No shit, you guys, I really like to have babies.

I am fucking GOOD AT HAVING AWESOME BABIES.

My uterus was like baby goddamn paradise. And I just had a miniature midlife crisis over the fact that I had to use the word "was" right there.

If I still had that fucker, I would be forced to use multiple layers of protection to ward off fertilization, and MORE BABIES.

I LOVE BABIES.

I can gestate like a motherfucker. Oh wait, maybe more like a fucked mother, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. GODDAMN BABIES!

And when I give birth, I do it kamikaze style, with only a couple minutes notice for the attending physician. BLINKED? OH NO, SORRY DR. MOTHERFUCKER, YOU FUCKING MISSED IT!

Back when I had a uterus, like last year, I was fertile like a thing that is incredibly fertile. You had to put an army between me and my cervix, or some shit would go on and I would be all, oh! A new kid! That's inconvenient! But man, you know, you birth a child, it's insanely difficult on a level incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't done it, you work through it.

And then fucking hell, you're the mother of 3 teenagers and your very productive uterus is all FUCK YOU, SERIOUSLY? And you put it out of   your misery, and then, a few months later, you think

it would be nice to have another baby.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I think I'm having a midlife crisis, but I'm not sure what it's all about.

[Left]

Not even kidding. I have been in the throes of a sort of mid-life crisis, because I can't have any more babies.

I FUCKING LOVE BABIES

My best friend is pregnant right now. Soooo pregnant. It's goddamn adorable. And I, I am unable to have ANY MORE BABIES.

BUT I LOVE BABIES.

No shit, you guys, I really like to have babies.

I am fucking GOOD AT HAVING AWESOME BABIES.

My uterus was like baby goddamn paradise. And I just had a miniature midlife crisis over the fact that I had to use the word "was" right there.

If I still had that fucker, I would be forced to use multiple layers of protection to ward off fertilization, and MORE BABIES.

I LOVE BABIES.

I can gestate like a motherfucker. Oh wait, maybe more like a fucked mother, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. GODDAMN BABIES!

And when I give birth, I do it kamikaze style, with only a couple minutes notice for the attending physician. BLINKED? OH NO, SORRY DR. MOTHERFUCKER, YOU FUCKING MISSED IT!

Back when I had a uterus, like last year, I was fertile like a thing that is incredibly fertile. You had to put an army between me and my cervix, or some shit would go on and I would be all, oh! A new kid! That's inconvenient! But man, you know, you birth a child, it's insanely difficult on a level incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't done it, you work through it.

And then fucking hell, you're the mother of 3 teenagers and your very productive uterus is all FUCK YOU, SERIOUSLY? And you put it out of   your misery, and then, a few months later, you think

it would be nice to have another baby.

I'm sorry.
...Adopt?
"Ok, kiddo, here's the rules: No animal torture, don't set the house on fire, and if you wet the bed, you're going to have to sleep on a pad. Homework before you can go outside."

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

AHEAD OF YOU THERE, LADY!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I am very happy that my best friend has a little psychology training, because seriously, I have matched her pound for pound. Being conscious of what's happening is not necessarily making it easier to experience.

On a psychological basis, I am now an entire generation older than my best friend. FFFFUUUUUUUU

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Being conscious of what's happening is not necessarily making it easier to experience.

Or fix. This is the fucked-mother truth.

[Cain]

You just want a fist-pumping baby.  I mean, who doesn't?

I suggest making liberal use of the meme generator.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Being conscious of what's happening is not necessarily making it easier to experience.

Or fix. This is the fucked-mother truth.

YEP