RANDOM RAVES : Kick it up a notch! (term is over!)

[SouthernKing]

Syfy originals are the best.

 

[Takhisis]

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[The_J]

I guess I'll never drink enough alcohol to find these films amazing o_O.

Unrelated: I'll go on holiday next week .
Also made good progress at work today. 4 scaffolds, and not even finished. That bacterium can't escape!

 

[shadowplay]

The achievement when you win a space race victory with Poland in Brave New World is called "Poland Can Into Space"

 

[madviking]

There's an achievement of the same name in EU3

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I guess I'll never drink enough alcohol to find these films amazing o_O.

Unrelated: I'll go on holiday next week .
Also made good progress at work today. 4 scaffolds, and not even finished. That bacterium can't escape!

You have to be in the right mindset to enjoy them. Definitely don't think you're going to get quality anything, just lots of fun garbage.

Bacterium? I thought you were a programmer?

The achievement when you win a space race victory with Poland in Brave New World is called "Poland Can Into Space"

BNW is out?

 

[JohannaK]

Yus. Since, like a couple days ago.

 

[The_J]

You have to be in the right mindset to enjoy them. Definitely don't think you're going to get quality anything, just lots of fun garbage.

I guess the right mindset has to include alcohol in that case ^^.

Bacterium? I thought you were a programmer?

Bioinformatician. Dealing with the genome sequence of that beast. But only at the computer .

BNW is out?

Since Tuesday in NA, since today in the rest of the world.



Made lots of Tiramisu. Probably too much for the few people, but hey, there's worse .
And even although I felt so in between this evening, I didn't start crying. Proud of myself .

 

[SamSniped]

Extra tiramasu is better than extra pizza

 

[The_J]

...actually...probably not, because I can't keep it that long.
But I'll assault my coworker with whatever is left over (asked her to water my plants during my holiday, so I guess I have to give something back; made extra more due to that), and afterwards probably my neighbours.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I'm super stoked because the experience from my last job just paid off big time. I used to work in my University's patent office and as such I was exposed quite a bit to patent law and issues revolving around that.

Currently I'm not working at that job but I am a member of my school's satellite team (just joined 3 weeks ago). I was at a teleconference yesterday with the team and the organization that puts on the competition our team participates in. The organization was telling us about this software we have to use and how it works, schedules, yada yada. Part of the discussion was about how we have to submit our custom satellite parts to the organization and the USAF for review and this immediately set off alarm bells.

You see, just two days ago our team leaders were discussing the idea of patenting and selling some of our custom parts. The problem is that as soon as we submit our parts to this organization for review, we've lost a bunch of patent rights and started a one-year timer to file a patent (provisional or otherwise) on the parts. I went home and shot off an email to the team leader explaining the issue and asking some basic questions such as whether or not we have NDA's with the USAF and the competition organizer to protect our IP, etc. I also offered to set up a meeting between our team and my old boss.

I got a reply late last night in which the team leader seemed very grateful that I had brought it up and raised these issues as no one had thought of them. He also made me the 'point man' on these issues and set up a meeting with myself and the various team leaders to discuss strategy on this front.

So now I'm calling myself 'Head of IP and Marketing'. Phase I of my plan to take over the satellite team is well underway. hehehe

 

[Camikaze]

People are so polite here! Ordering dinner, shared an awkward moment with a profusely apologetic waitress (who could be best described as kawaii) trying to ask us if we had any last orders before closing. It would be understandable if wait staff got testy at foreigners refusing to learn any of the local language, but they act as if it's their fault, and then no-one accepts any tips.

 

[NickyJ]

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He said they're taking the hobbits to Isengard.

 

[The_J]

I'm super stoked because the experience from my last job just paid off big time.

Congrats .


So, the Tiramisu was great . Only have a bit leftover. And had a great evening. The planning for the holiday took a bit longer, but the 5 hours were somehow worth it .

 

[SamSniped]

Got tickets to the MLS All-Star game!

 

[JohannaK]

I am a bit drunk, but I got home safely and somehow in a good mood, enough to be a rave instead of a rant.

 

[Dumanios]

I've been having fun operating a Roll to Dodge game on AH.com. I'll just say things are crazy.

Link, though you need an AH.com account to see it.

Also a world map, since I can't seem to find the map thread.

 

[Crezth]

I'm living in Tokyo right now. Kinda crazy.

 

[choxorn]

I've been having fun operating a Roll to Dodge game on AH.com. I'll just say things are crazy.

Link, though you need an AH.com account to see it.

Also a world map, since I can't seem to find the map thread.

So what, you're creating an alternate history with Roll to Dodge? That's... pretty awesome.

What's up with that thing to the south of Greenland?

 

[Dumanios]

So what, you're creating an alternate history with Roll to Dodge? That's... pretty awesome.

What's up with that thing to the south of Greenland?

From the thread.

I ISOT Westeros into this world.

5+1=6: You stick Westeros to the southern tip of Greenland ala FISOT1. Congratulations, you've now disrupted the flow of air from the Gulf of Mexico, meaning Europe will become much colder.