The Vent Thread

Topics not related to Anime Music Videos
Post Reply
User avatar
Kariudo
Twilight prince
Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2005 11:08 pm
Status: 1924 bots banned and counting!
Location: Los taquitos unidos
Contact:
Org Profile

Re: Vent Thread

Post by Kariudo » Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:59 pm

CodeZTM wrote:The Career Fair blew chunks. Though I'm sure the economy had something to do with that. >_>

Granted, I have 3 job offers and am not hurting, but one of the places I REALLY wanted to go work for was there, and they basically blew me off and said they weren't hiring accounting majors, despite the fact that the flyer for the career fair said they were.

And of all the things that got my resume into someone's hands was my fucking html/css expertise! Forget the 2 years of interning and 6 years of newspaper experience, it was the damn HTML/CSS thing that got them excited!

#my4yearsoftutiionmoneywasted
At least you're getting job offers :?
Image
Image

User avatar
Jadecavy
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:23 pm
Location: Kingston, Ontario
Org Profile

Re: Vent Thread

Post by Jadecavy » Wed Oct 26, 2011 9:57 pm

Battlefield 3 keeps crashing my system. I played through the entire single player campaign without a problem, but around 5 minutes into a multiplayer match my system crashes. This wouldn't be a massive problem if it was just the game, as I could hop into another match, but when it's my whole system and I have to reboot, it's no fun. A lot of others are having this issue, none of which had it during beta. I'm really dissapointed that I went to midnight release and payed $70 so I could play it at release when I could've waited for a price drop, and I can't even play it. I feel like they're focusing on fixing the console bugs and pretty much ignoring PC. It's getting really, really frustrating. Hopefully a patch of some sorts is released tomorrow. :(

User avatar
Pwolf
Friendly Neighborhood Pwaffle
Joined: Thu May 03, 2001 4:17 pm
Location: Some where in California, I forgot :\
Contact:
Org Profile

Re: Vent Thread

Post by Pwolf » Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:51 pm

what the temp of your video card when it crashes?

User avatar
Jadecavy
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:23 pm
Location: Kingston, Ontario
Org Profile

Re: Vent Thread

Post by Jadecavy » Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:44 am

Pwolf wrote:what the temp of your video card when it crashes?
By the time I restart it after, it's usually around 65 degrees C. My memory also seems to be fine. >.>

User avatar
kenisama
Joined: Fri Aug 13, 2004 9:25 am
Status: Ahh Yeah!!!
Location: All Around the World and Back
Org Profile

Re: Vent Thread

Post by kenisama » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:49 am

You know, that use to happen to me a lot with Battlefield 2 back in the day
George Orwell wrote:People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

User avatar
Pwolf
Friendly Neighborhood Pwaffle
Joined: Thu May 03, 2001 4:17 pm
Location: Some where in California, I forgot :\
Contact:
Org Profile

Re: Vent Thread

Post by Pwolf » Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:34 am

Jadecavy wrote:
Pwolf wrote:what the temp of your video card when it crashes?
By the time I restart it after, it's usually around 65 degrees C. My memory also seems to be fine. >.>
need to know what it is on load, not after you restart :P

User avatar
Kariudo
Twilight prince
Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2005 11:08 pm
Status: 1924 bots banned and counting!
Location: Los taquitos unidos
Contact:
Org Profile

Re: Vent Thread

Post by Kariudo » Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:12 pm

sounds like someone needs to download Rivatuner or ATI Tray Tools and manually set the GPU fan to 80% or more (and possibly back off on gpu and memory clocks)
Image
Image

User avatar
Enigma
That jolly ol' bastid
Joined: Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:55 pm
Status: Free
Location: California
Org Profile

Re: Vent Thread

Post by Enigma » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:03 pm

Fuck this month.

User avatar
Otohiko
Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 8:32 pm
Org Profile

Re: Vent Thread

Post by Otohiko » Fri Oct 28, 2011 6:18 pm

So, I was complaining last month that my paycheck was terrible, because in their infinite wisdom the university decided to divide my pay for teaching into 4 months, but my fees for tuition (as a PhD student) into the first 3. That left me with very little money ($300 after rent + main bills) to live on, not to mention a nasty credit card debt from the summer that I still needed to cover. I was pissed, but at least I could still live. Figured it wouldn't get any worse - could only get better; lived modestly to say the least and have actually been losing weight due to saving money on food.

Anyway, I thought that at the very least, the university wouldn't be able to make me angrier than I already was, and once I got over the stupid paycheck, it was all good.

Until earlier today... well, let me just paste the IRC log on this:



[18:31] <Otohiko> ...
[18:31] <Otohiko> fuck waterloo
[18:31] <Otohiko> you fucking bloodsucking motherfucker cockcunts
[18:31] <Otohiko> (I bet you've never heard me swear like this before, huh)
[18:32] <Otohiko> you know how I was bitching last month that my paycheck was miserly
[18:32] <trythil> yes
[18:32] <Otohiko> because my teaching job was paid for 4 months, but the university deducted tuition during first 3 months
[18:32] <Otohiko> so I was like "goddamit"
[18:32] <Otohiko> so this morning, I check my account
[18:32] <Otohiko> and I actually have more money than I expected
[18:33] <Otohiko> I naturally praise Jah Rastafari and pay down most of my credit card bill promptly
[18:33] <Otohiko> several hours later, I get this in my email...
Good afternoon!
At your request (in your Promissory Note for Fall 2011), a payment plan was established earlier in the term to direct a portion of your monthly pay to your student account to pay your student fees for the Fall 2011 term. We’ve been advised that because of an administrative error, the deduction for October was not made.
Please arrange to make a bank payment directly to your student account to pay the amount which was inadvertently paid to you
[18:34] <Otohiko> you have no idea how hard it was to type out a response that was not "fuck you"
[18:34] <Otohiko> it's their problem and I'm not taking this shit from them
[18:35] <Otohiko> how the fuck is this even normal.
[18:35] <Otohiko> I just basically told them that since I already used up the funds and my payroll is guaranteed for an extra month anyway, they can take away that money from my December paycheck
[18:35] <Otohiko> ...and go fuck themselves



...seriously :|
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…

User avatar
Enigma
That jolly ol' bastid
Joined: Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:55 pm
Status: Free
Location: California
Org Profile

Re: Vent Thread

Post by Enigma » Fri Oct 28, 2011 6:53 pm

Otohiko wrote:So, I was complaining last month that my paycheck was terrible, because in their infinite wisdom the university decided to divide my pay for teaching into 4 months, but my fees for tuition (as a PhD student) into the first 3. That left me with very little money ($300 after rent + main bills) to live on, not to mention a nasty credit card debt from the summer that I still needed to cover. I was pissed, but at least I could still live. Figured it wouldn't get any worse - could only get better; lived modestly to say the least and have actually been losing weight due to saving money on food.

Anyway, I thought that at the very least, the university wouldn't be able to make me angrier than I already was, and once I got over the stupid paycheck, it was all good.

Until earlier today... well, let me just paste the IRC log on this:



[18:31] <Otohiko> ...
[18:31] <Otohiko> fuck waterloo
[18:31] <Otohiko> you fucking bloodsucking motherfucker cockcunts
[18:31] <Otohiko> (I bet you've never heard me swear like this before, huh)
[18:32] <Otohiko> you know how I was bitching last month that my paycheck was miserly
[18:32] <trythil> yes
[18:32] <Otohiko> because my teaching job was paid for 4 months, but the university deducted tuition during first 3 months
[18:32] <Otohiko> so I was like "goddamit"
[18:32] <Otohiko> so this morning, I check my account
[18:32] <Otohiko> and I actually have more money than I expected
[18:33] <Otohiko> I naturally praise Jah Rastafari and pay down most of my credit card bill promptly
[18:33] <Otohiko> several hours later, I get this in my email...
Good afternoon!
At your request (in your Promissory Note for Fall 2011), a payment plan was established earlier in the term to direct a portion of your monthly pay to your student account to pay your student fees for the Fall 2011 term. We’ve been advised that because of an administrative error, the deduction for October was not made.
Please arrange to make a bank payment directly to your student account to pay the amount which was inadvertently paid to you
[18:34] <Otohiko> you have no idea how hard it was to type out a response that was not "fuck you"
[18:34] <Otohiko> it's their problem and I'm not taking this shit from them
[18:35] <Otohiko> how the fuck is this even normal.
[18:35] <Otohiko> I just basically told them that since I already used up the funds and my payroll is guaranteed for an extra month anyway, they can take away that money from my December paycheck
[18:35] <Otohiko> ...and go fuck themselves



...seriously :|
The fact that you didn't reply with an essay of fuck yous is surprising enough. Good luck with this.

Post Reply

Return to “General Discussion”