[JamesMcProgger]

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...complaint #994838488418 minecraft is still down... ):

“your call is very important to us but all of our agents are busy helping other customers. Please wait for the next available agent”
 
*plays Kenny G music in midi*

 

[Blasto_Brandino]

^ Kenny G in FLAC is bad enough if they played Kenny G in midi in an elevator I was riding the doors would open revealing everyone hanging upside down with their heads cut off, Kenneth G (his classical handle) is alright though...
 
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I did...for a while ): 

No not an actual ban, it will just SAY your banned, yet they will rig it so you can still post, I think I've seen that done on another board, but when it was active their post count wouldn't increase, weird...
 

 

[bcasey25raptor]

i just stubbed my toe on the metal frame of my bed. i hate stubbing my toes on hard things.

 

[BobSaysHi]

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i just stubbed my toe on the metal frame of my bed. i hate stubbing my toes on hard things.

I once stubbed my toe on another toe.
 
True story.
 
I also jammed my finger into a girl's skull while playing tetherball. So much blood.
 

 

[Raguvian]

I got so desperate to install Linux on my computer tonight that I went to CVS and paid $5 for 5 CD-R's.

 

[logwed]

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I also jammed my finger into a girl's skull while playing tetherball. So much blood.
 

A tetherball injury. That's really metal.

 

[BobSaysHi]

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A tetherball injury. That's really metal.

kvlt

 

[Dynobot]

The fun part is....most Americans will fight tooth-and-nail to uphold the American "standards" of measurement. 
 
But the vast majority don't even know:
How many feet are in a yard?
How many yards are in a mile?
How many cups are in a gallon?
How many ounces in a cup?
Etc.
 

 
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At work I have to make everyhting in both systems because my boss is from the US...

 

 

[DaBomb77766]

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The fun part is....most Americans will fight tooth-and-nail to uphold the American "standards" of measurement. 
 
But the vast majority don't even know:
How many feet are in a yard?
How many yards are in a mile?
How many cups are in a gallon?
How many ounces in a cup?
Etc.
 

 


 

How can someone even defend the imperial system.  I've honestly never spoken to any americans who actually feel it's "better" than the metric system, but maybe I haven't spoken to enough americans.

 

[Dynobot]

Well I work in a field were measurements are a part of the job, to be honest many prefer the metric system because its simple but still do not want to change the American system because they say it will only add confusion.  Otherwise I don't know how the topic of Metric vs American measurements will come up in a conversation.  Bad part is when you have to convert, because some portion of the original is always lost during the conversion.
 
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How can someone even defend the imperial system.  I've honestly never spoken to any americans who actually feel it's "better" than the metric system, but maybe I haven't spoken to enough americans.

 

 

[DaBomb77766]

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Well I work in a field were measurements are a part of the job, to be honest many prefer the metric system because its simple but still do not want to change the American system because they say it will only add confusion.  Otherwise I don't know how the topic of Metric vs American measurements will come up in a conversation.  Bad part is when you have to convert, because some portion of the original is always lost during the conversion.
 


 

Well, Canada and the rest of the world has already converted...I don't see how it's that much of a problem.  Most products sold in Canada (like food, I mean) tend to have weird American measurements so it translates over to Metric strangely, whereas it's perfectly normal with the American measurements...but seeing as how the Metric system is better than the American system in every conceivable way I see little reason not to switch over.  I say screw the people who say they'll be confused, they just have to deal with it - it's called progress.
 
But it's not that the Metric system is "simple" as much as that the American system is overly complicated.  The Metric system is logical and base 10, just like our number system and is pretty much the way people thing (due to the fact we have 10 fingers).  On the other hand, the American system...has no basis in reality, really, and makes no sense unless you're accustomed to it.  I mean, the Metric system actually relates to the world (one cubic centimeter of water weighs one gram, which equals one milliliter, for example).
 
I just find it endlessly confusing and infuriating that Americans insist that they keep with the old and archaic systems...it'd be as bad as someone insisting they want to keep their version of Windows DOS around because they're used to it and they find Windows 7 confusing and therefore not as good.

 

[Dynobot]

I agree completely!!
 

 
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Well, Canada and the rest of the world has already converted...I don't see how it's that much of a problem.  Most products sold in Canada (like food, I mean) tend to have weird American measurements so it translates over to Metric strangely, whereas it's perfectly normal with the American measurements...but seeing as how the Metric system is better than the American system in every conceivable way I see little reason not to switch over.  I say screw the people who say they'll be confused, they just have to deal with it - it's called progress.
 
But it's not that the Metric system is "simple" as much as that the American system is overly complicated.  The Metric system is logical and base 10, just like our number system and is pretty much the way people thing (due to the fact we have 10 fingers).  On the other hand, the American system...has no basis in reality, really, and makes no sense unless you're accustomed to it.  I mean, the Metric system actually relates to the world (one cubic centimeter of water weighs one gram, which equals one milliliter, for example).
 
I just find it endlessly confusing and infuriating that Americans insist that they keep with the old and archaic systems...it'd be as bad as someone insisting they want to keep their version of Windows DOS around because they're used to it and they find Windows 7 confusing and therefore not as good.

 

 

[Sylverant]

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i just stubbed my toe on the metal frame of my bed. i hate stubbing my toes on hard things.

When I was five I thought I was a "karate master"and tried to "kick" my wood chair in half... landed right split between my toes on the chair leg, blood everywhere.    
 
Permagrin: I had forgotten that scene, actually. Not to mention his drifting up the mountain was pretty cool. Actually, take any rant posts from me with a grain of salt. That was a late night -think 12:30AM- post, and I had run around 7 miles that day. =/
 
Edit: Ignore the post time there, for some reason its 3 hours off for me.

 

[Nom de Plume]

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When I was five I thought I was a "karate master"and tried to "kick" my wood chair in half... landed right split between my toes on the chair leg, blood everywhere.

 

 

[Raguvian]

I have a lot of complaints today... I'm in a bad mood.
 
Fedora was slow and choppy so I put Ubuntu on, only to find out my computer is too slow to run the latest version of Unity... how lame. And I can't get both my monitors to work on Ubuntu either.
 
Plus, I lost one of the ear clips on my KSC75's, which I've had for all of 2 days.