Of all the lies a piece of Microsoft software has ever told me, this would have to be the biggest:
Yeh, right…
Lies, all lies
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Keeping study real
A quote from a study guide:
“Active Directory metadata cleanup is necessary if a domain controller has been forcibly removed from Active Directory. Here’s an example: An existing domain controller catches fire or is accidentally thrown out of a window by a systems administrator having a bad day.”
This is the realest example I’ve ever seen in a textbook.
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Anita Sarkeesian at TEDxWomen 2012: on representation of women in video games
My new keyboard
The keyboard on my work computer is all but dead, so I decided to buy a replacement. Since I'm a gamer, I'm fussy about these sorts of things, so I decided I'd get a gaming keyboard, and do one of two things:
- Use the new gaming keyboard at work and keep my old one at home; or
- Replace my gaming keyboard at home and take my old one to work.
So over the weekend, I bought one of these, with the intention of going with the first plan:
It's a Logitech G710+ and it is really, really good. It's a mechanical keyboard (all the rage in gaming these days), and it's super-good for typing. That might sound like a weird thing to say about a keyboard, but some are better than others, and some are much, much better than others. This falls into the latter category.
It's so good that I don't want to take it to work. But I have to take something. But here's the thing. My home keyboard (the G15) has an LCD display on it that I rely upon when gaming. It doesn't tell me anything special about my in-game stats, though it's capable of doing that with the right software. No. It tells me the time. It seems that this capability is far more important to me than I'd previously realised, because in yesterday's gaming session, not knowing the time drove me fucking insane.
So as good as this keyboard is, it's going to work. And now, of course, I want a new one for home. But that's a discussion for another day. Right now, I must bid farewell to this lovely new piece of technology, and pack it up for work.
Umm, hi.
I can't believe the last time I posted here was almost a year ago. I still have nothing to say, so, back to radio silence.
The thing about women’s clothes
After losing a stack of weight years ago (about 28kg/62lb, for anyone who cares), I had to do the one thing I dreaded more than the effort required to lose the weight in the first place: buy a new wardrobe.
I am not a fashion queen. I am not glamorous. Until that point in my life, my clothes shopping was conducted in the “you’re-obese-but-we-love-you-anyway” section, or in the men’s department. So my wardrobe consisted mostly of things that didn’t fit me properly (eg a super-long leg because the waist needed to be so huge) and were ugly.
So when it came time to actually go clothes shopping, I had pretty low expectations. But I was surprised. First of all, things actually fit and looked good. But the thing that really got me was…
….apparently women don’t need pockets. Being that I wore men’s clothes for so very long, it never occurred to me that clothing for women would be so fucking useless. Listen up, folks, I’m a dyke. Not a lipstick lesbian, not a glamour queen, not a fucking catwalk model. I want clothes that can hold my car keys. My wallet. My mobile phone. I don’t want no stinking purse!!!!
And apparently women don’t wear long sleeves, or require clothing that keeps them warm. No, that is exclusively a male requirement.
I’ve wanted to write about this so many times, but every time I’ve refrained. But it turns out someone’s beaten me to the punch. Have a read of this great article: http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-most-baffling-things-about-womens-clothes/
Every single word is golden truth.
And while you're there, visit this one: http://www.cracked.com/article_18622_plus-sized-clothes-translating-baffling-euphemisms.html. Also golden truth.
Benson’s wristwatch
Just for fun, I thought I'd check out what sort of watch Benson wears on SVU. I've always known deep down inside that all the stuff these characters wear is way out of the range of "normal", "affordable" or "realistic" – either for the characters or for the people watching the show.
So it wasn't a great surprise when I found that the Benson character wears a Breitling Chronomat. For those of you who are curious what this looks like, and more importantly, how much such a thing costs, check this out:
http://www.chrono24.com/en/breitling/chronomat–mod13.htm. The cheapest one is a touch over a thousand dollars!!!!! And hey, if you feel like going up-market, there's the $33,500 version. If that's a little cheap for your tastes, try on the $75,300 version. What's that, you still feel like it's not quite expensive enough? No problem. There's a few that fit into the "if you have to ask, you can't afford it" category.
Fucking oath, what drugs are these people on? Is it any wonder that regular Joe Schmoes like us will never, ever, ever look like the people we idolise?
Gillard goes ballistic
I know this made the news ages ago, but I really had to put this up. I've never been impressed by Gillard (to whom I generally refer as "Dullard"). But this speech had me absolutely enthralled. Tony Abbot just had his arse handed to him.
SQL REPLACE – a quick aide memoire
Really, just visit this link: http://www.sqlteam.com/article/using-replace-in-an-update-statement