Random Rants XLIX - IT CHAFES MY ARSE!!!

[bhsup]

Clearly, XLII is superior and should be enforced.

 

[Borachio]

Oh. I wondered what that was. It's Greek? For 42? So, they just take the initial letters of the names of the numbers, then?

 

[bhsup]

*shrugs* I'm honestly not sure where he got the M. With the B' there, I would think the M stands for 40, but darned if I can find that. All I see for 40 is μʹ.

But that's just reinforces my argument. Roman numerals are clearly superior.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_numerals

 

[Borachio]

Yep. M is a capital mu. B is a capital beta.

I guess they should be lower case really.

 

[bhsup]

That's just another reason to force people to use Roman.

 

[Borachio]

What's the advantage of Roman numerals over Arabic?

 

[bhsup]

Coolness. That's about it. In every other way, Arabic numerals are far superior.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Yeah I'm not a fan of Tak's bent on ruining our numbering system around here. We should band together and get him permabanned!

LET THE WITCHUNT BEGIN!!!!

Rant:
I can't find little rocket ship or space capsule ornaments for a fish tank.

 

[Takhisis]

I thought I was part of this group of friends. Tonight I realized that they don't really care about me. Well, screw you too.
I'm slowly losing hope about my ability to make friends here. I'm not sure what's happening. People seemed to really like me at the beginning of the semester, and now I feel like I'm getting brushed aside, like there's stuff always happening that I just don't know about that I would love to be a part of...people are always texting each other, they never text me...I'm just not that important to them. Well, have fun. I'm not changing who I am just to please you.

I'm considering going hermit style for a week, just to see if anyone notices or cares.

You think your friends are drawing away so the correct thing to do is… draw yourself away? No way!

I get this feeling on these boards, so you're not alone.

Oh, not that again…

Yep. M is a capital mu. B is a capital beta.

I guess they should be lower case really.

You guessed wrong. It appears that you haven't read the entire article. I am disappoint.

 

[Borachio]

True.

Greek numerals are just bonkers.

Even the Chinese and Israelis use Arabic numerals. Mostly.

 

[W|M]

Guess who is going to see Helloween, Sepultura, Slayer, Avenged Sevenfold, and Iron Maiden live today?

...In 39 C heat

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

Dew points over 27 C I hope?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I damn near ruined the entire night yesterday.

I wanted to grill a late dinner but failed to account for the sun setting earlier now than it had been recently. Then I read the instructions on the box for these turkey burgers and it said to defrost them. Well I did that but they became enormous sloppy messes and fell through the grill slats. Because it was dark, I was unable to tell when the lumps of turkey flesh were cooked and so left them and the beef burgers on too long and it all turned into little lumps of charred inedible meat.

Finally, our little dog somehow got off his leash that was staked in the yard and went running around our complex. He started to run into the street and was nearly run over by a car that was turning into our complex. Of course, while chasing him around, I stepped in dog poop.

It was all a mess.

#bourgeoisproblems

 

[classical_hero]

It feels like we are going through a minor cyclone down here. The winds are gusting up to 100kms, which only happens about once every 2 years.

 

[ReindeerThistle]

@Hobbs: I don't tweet, man, but thankfully nobody got hurt trying to eat flaming turkey burgers.

I, otoh, had a most awesome weekend with my crazy southern cousins twerking to Sir Mix-a-Lot, and trying to get me - the designated driver - drunk.
The rant? Oh, crud, no rant. IT WAS AWESOME!

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

You could rant about not having anything to rant about...

And that has got to be a damned powerful cyclone if the winds are going up to 100 kilometers a second.

EDIT: Rant: Leave it to my mobile to force me to wi-fi hotspot for my computer just so I can correct two typos I made when posting from mobile.

 

[classical_hero]

I wrote that when I was very tired, but couldn't get to sleep. Not due to the winds, but due to a long standing health problem

 

[Kozmos]

The Dexter season finale was terrible. Just...ugh...flat out bad.

 

[bhsup]

I woke up this morning to my phone having a prompt saying that I've gone into roaming and it asking whether I want to allow data while roaming. Some tower must be down or something because I've never been roaming at home. Ever.

Naturally, I said no, no data. But I've no idea how long it was waiting for that input and if it was accepting data while waiting. My weather (and like four other locations) constantly update and it polls multiple mail accounts constantly and crap I have no idea what else the bloody thing does that needs data, but there is probably a lot more. argh!

The kicker is that I purposely don't let it hit my wifi here at home because I figure what the hell, I have an unlimited data plan, why not be sure to use it...

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I woke up this morning to my phone having a prompt saying that I've gone into roaming and it asking whether I want to allow data while roaming. Some tower must be down or something because I've never been roaming at home. Ever.

Naturally, I said no, no data. But I've no idea how long it was waiting for that input and if it was accepting data while waiting. My weather (and like four other locations) constantly update and it polls multiple mail accounts constantly and crap I have no idea what else the bloody thing does that needs data, but there is probably a lot more. argh!

The kicker is that I purposely don't let it hit my wifi here at home because I figure what the hell, I have an unlimited data plan, why not be sure to use it...

I guarantee you I am paying more for far less service with T-Mobile than you are.

Rant:
Career fair is tomorrow and I'm extremely nervous. I was turned down last semester because I lacked design team experience and enough classes taken. I have corrected that situation but I'm worried my GPA is too low to merit serious consideration. I'm at a 3.2 if I report to 2 significant figures and the bottom cut-off is 3.2 for all firms and 3.5 for most. So I'm scared I'm going to skip classes and put myself through this stressful situation tomorrow for naught. I did land a few interviews after the last career fair, so I may yet get a few this time. But I got no offers and I doubt that will change.

What really scares me is that if I don't land an internship or co-op this summer, my job opportunities after graduation next school year will be very limited. I'll find work, I'm sure, but without that experience I may be limited to undesirable offers such as putting together F-18's in St. Louis when I would rather be working on rockets in California.