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Well, it’s been on my list for awhile, but I finally got around to posting it on the PC-BSD forum. Poll: Common problem/questions FAQ for each release branch. It was one of the things on my list of project short comings, that reminds me… I need to add more >_>

One reason why I use FreeBSD and OpenBSD on my machines, they do a professional job of things lol. Maybe it’s the nature of projects like PC-BSD and Ubuntu, to pay less attention to things then the systems they’ve ripped use Both FreeBSD and Debian do a much better job them PC-BSD and Ubuntu at many things, hell even Slackware and Windows does better lol.

As to the thread I started on forums.pcbsd.org, I also sent out a PM to 20~30 people in the forum regular, semi-regular, and past regular visitor range, asking for their inputs. With a little luck, between anyone that actually reads their PMs and our current crowd, that’ll help contribute feedback in the thread, to prove I’m not just talking out my ass…

Finally a few minutes to myself, if I actually get them…

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Made it through work in one piece, despite nearly breaking my neck once and nearly landing on my duff the other round lol. With luck, I’ll at least get 20 minutes to myself, before the next round begins. I’m so tired of this never ending crap. With the way my lige is, I probably won’t even get that lol -> at least when everone else is asleep, I can sometimes have a few hours without issue :.

A lot of people, don’t understand why I use the word “slave” to describe parts of my life, least of all my family (they don’t get it lol); but it’s very much liek being aslave, being here. I’m chained to a job, that I’ll never be able to leave without major problem; I’ve little freedom of travel, can’t afford to maintain a license, and if I let HRH pay for it, I’ll end up my mothers chauffeur, and still not able to go anywhere, because I don’t get paid, hence no fuel lol. As I keep thinking, it’s like the more and more I see, it’s as if the chance for anything I want in life, desinagrated the moment I said “yes” to helping my family :

*sigh*

At lest with some luck, I’ll have the night time to get some work done….

Oy, what a day

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Was late for work, dog from the yard and I ended up helping Teena search; she finally found him. The slice on my other thumbs healing, only smashed it once at work… I’m really getting tired of this crap lol. Survived work, also to my mothers surprise, 2 weeks pay in bonus (N.B. I don’t get paid, period); that hopefully will replace some of the savings she’s blown through, if it ever gets there lol. Made a quick sweep of the various forums, congratulating the new Recruits on [SAS] hehe.

Turned in early after dinner, sat down with the laptop around 2200, then powered down to watch Executive Decision, haven’t seen in in a longo-time. I think it was also the only dang thing on TV tonight +S. No idea what work I’ll get done tonight if any, have to be up early for work tomorrow, and I am _really_ not looking forward to what my family has planned…. ahh, but with any luck, I’ll still be sane by the time I get to my days off.

I don’t even want to think about new years, lol.

Dolly and the Queen go to heaven

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Just heard this on the radio…. when it got to the punch line -> I busted out laughing my ass off lol. Thanks to After MidNite with Blair Garner, I had to clean off my monitor, from laughing so hard :

Queen Elizabeth and Dolly Parton die on the same day, and they both go before St. Peter to find out if they’ll be admitted to heaven.

Unfortunately, there’s only one space left that day, so St.Peter must decide which of them gets in.

St. Peter asks Dolly if there’s some particular reason why she should go to heaven, so she takes off her top and says, “Look at these. They’re the most perfect ones God ever created, and I’m sure it will please him to be able to see them every day for eternity.”

St. Peter thanks Dolly, and asks Queen Liz the same question. She then drops her skirt and panties, takes a bottle of Perrier out of her purse, shakes it up, and douches with it.

St. Peter says, “OK, Your Majesty, you may go in”.

Dolly is outraged. She screams, “What was that all about? I show you two of God’s own creations, she performs a disgusting hygiene act, and gets in and I don’t?!!!”

“Sorry, Dolly,” says St. Peter, “but a royal flush beats a pair any day.”

That was most unexpected, lol.

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Hmm, I was dreaming about being involved in a proper SAS assault this morning, nothing like that to get ya blood pumping before work lol. Managed to survive work, cut my other thumb (for korn skae!), got off work late and missed a tea appointment :, got dragged out grocery shopping *again*,m and I think my mothers finally finished spending all forms of savings lol; she also owes me money >_>.

I’m like the only one in my family that knows how to save money lol. Not looking forward to the rest of th eweek that much, but I’ll be off much of next week; I am really not looking forward to Christmas lol.

On a lighter note, I’ve been promoted from Moderator to an Administrator on forums.pcbsd.org along with jnixon. Kris Moore and James (jnixon) have been improving the spam protection, much to the relief of forum regulars; and there is now the big red button I’ve been longing for in dealing with spammers! With luck, jnixon will keep some activity on forum matters, so I won’t be the only active admin, which probably wouldn’t much nicer a task then being the only active moderator was lol. Admin on the forum, is a bit of a closer association then I want with the PC-BSD project…. but I also don’t want to see the forums go to pot, so I ain’t arguing. I personally prefer newsgroups (USENET) for such matters, but most PC-BSD users seem to hit the forums when they need help. Hmm, that reminds me, I need a new news reader lol.

Hmm… maybe, this means we can finally get a proper (sticky) F.A.Q. and Common Issues thread going when new releases come out; although me ablibing it myself, wasn’t my idea of how to fix the problem lol.

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Oy… so sleepy, I can’t tell the difference between ssh and scp… At least, things are almost done, even if I have to go back to work tomorrow lol.

*head hits keyboard, begins to snore loudly, and dreams of lines of code dancing overhead*

When asked if this information was helpful by Microsoft:

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NO

0.) Change windows to actually let the user see the stop error when it happens

1.) Provide a list of explanations for the errors that occur

In my case, looks like an DRIVER_IRQL _NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL problem and a null pointer dereference. [Censored] is more helpful then your website ever is…. Now to go off and test my memory and screw with the pagefile.

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Well, still absolutely nothing done…

Ended up with a heated discussion with a friend on IRC, about WINE. I’ve also come to the conclusion, that not learning Swing years ago was a good choice lol. If I ever made a regular practice of programming in Java, I’d probably make use of SWT, but for the task in question it had to be either AWT or Swing; I have a book with lots of AWT stuff somewhere, but after 12 years, I’m sure the API’s changed a bit haha. Spent the rest of my night in what would be best described as a “kinky” chat else wheres lol, but still… didn’t manage to get anything done!

The problem is, I can’t get nothing done during the day –> family
I can’t get nothing done until everyone is asleep –> family
And assuming I haven’t been run ragged,
passed out from lack of sleep, or
just to fscking tired to work –> family.

If my family would stop torturing me, maybe I could get crap done?

I really need to get out of here…..

Writer’s Block: Coast Range

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If you had to choose, would you rather live in the mountains or by the ocean?

Live Journals Writer’s Block

Mountains….

I still remember when I was in Tennessee, and the trip back home was by way of the Smokies, wound up in North Carolina lol. But it’s the mountains out in Tennessee I remember most, so beautiful; it’s hard to describe it. If I close my eyes, I can almost see them in my minds eye. The greens, browns, and golds of the trees, and the emebb and flow of terrain.

Unfortunately I was there as part of a wedding party, meaning I was stuck in a monkey suit lol; but it was a great trip. I got to hang out with a few cousins I’ve never met before, and a great aunt. Family is a very important thing for me, even if mine drives me crackers… nothings perfect I guess. I really would like to see Tennessee again some day, as long as I don’t need a tux lol. I remember swearing, that if I ever found myself in one again, it best be my wedding lol -> who else could I love enough to wear a tuxedo for? Especially after I nearly got choked to death by that stupid thing lol.

My memory is far from photographic, but is quite good for things that ‘stick’, mmm. Me and water generally don’t mix very well, despite being a Floridan I never got to spend much time at the beach :-(, that’s practically sacrilegious :. But IMHO, the mountains can be more beautiful then the ocean, and I don’t miss 90F (~32C) temperatures being the norm!

Although, I do really miss the palm trees…

Laughing my ass off

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http://xkcd.com/69/
http://xkcd.com/340/
http://xkcd.com/177/ (I can’t explain it, but I find this hilarious xD)
http://xkcd.com/341/
http://xkcd.com/256/

It’s a wonder how few of these you can actually go through without interupts, even in a place where getting stuff done is a totally outlawed concept, unless it’s a task popped onto your brainstack so someone else can keep sitting on a couch, rotting braincells infront of a TV.

http://xkcd.com/342/ (WoW)
http://xkcd.com/343/
http://xkcd.com/344/ (ROFLMFAO!!!!)
http://xkcd.com/356/
http://xkcd.com/345/
http://xkcd.com/400/
http://xkcd.com/378/ (Thanks Mal)
http://xkcd.com/361/ (This one is me….)
http://xkcd.com/171/
http://xkcd.com/238/ (Close enough…)

Me: http://xkcd.com/323/
Me: If that was Windows ME, I wonder what they drank on Visa?
Friend: HAHAHAA
Friend: OH MY FREAKING GOD
Me: xD
Friend: i will wake up my girlfriend laughing on that one
Me: lmao
[2]a_mallais> but seriously
Friend: I would not compare viste with me
Me: ok, this block is making the log…. haha

http://xkcd.com/399/
http://xkcd.com/89/

OK, cost is clear…. now let’s see if I can actually get some work done, without going AFK every flipin’ time I get into the flow…