Gawd, do I need to rant

We are installing two receivers in a central station, connected to a high gain radio for picking up radio alarm accounts and pushing them into our automation software. Well, these two receivers are Redhat 7.3 boxes on some customized (nothing fancy) hardware. We mounted them in the rack, assigned ip addresses, etc...
Now, we had to call the company to have them "activated". The tech was unable to connect to them remotely. And of course it was my firewall, or my network, or my switch port... it definitely wasn't the firewall on the receivers, since ping was 100%, and everything worked just fine when I disabled the firewall on the receivers....
The tech tried to "fix" the ipchains, but when it rebooted, he had put in an incompatible ipchains, so everything but ping was locked out again.
He is still saying we have an "intermittent" switch port error.

if you guys could just figure out the difference between full and overflowing, we wouldn't have to (grrr...) 'nag'. :D :D :D

Full is when the beer stays in my glass...and overflowing is when i have to slurp it off the bottom of the glass as not to let it waste away falling on the floor!!! :^0

You can use that, no charge! B-)

the last person that tries to throw something away, and it won't balance on top of the stack, has to take out the trash. :D

And yeah, we always have to take ANOTHER bag, move all the stacked stuff into that, and take TWO bags out.

You would not believe how much of a guycave I live in.... ;\

But I recently started dating a part time substitute school teacher. Single mom, very good person and ridiculously over attractive for a guy like me, lol.

Here's my dilemma. She is a part-time substitute teacher for public schools. No other job, very little child support. She has a fully loaded 1 year old yukon (the one with captain's chairs in the back). She has a 2500 square foot, very nice home. She has a below ground swimming pool. She dresses very well and her kids have nice, name brand stuff. Is it polite to ask how the hell she affords all that working 2-3 days a week on a substitute teacher's salary and two kids??? I mean her standard of living is on par or above mine and I know I make 3-5x more than she does a year. I don't care if she's more secure or makes more money...hell I'll be a house bitch, lol. She even takes the check (forcefully) from time to time at nice restaurants. Wtf?! I don't want to insult her but you have to wonder where that money comes from? I haven't seen any keys of coke lying around so I'm perplexed. I checked online and took the top substitute pay grade for our county, subtracted a yukon payment figuring a 40% down payment, subtracted the average median home in that square foot range and subtracted a low estimate for the cost of two kids per month. My numbers were way, way negative.

its wrekcing my TR experience!!!

My boss can see the friggin screen from 40 paces dude!!!!!

Its one thing to have a couple posts like that..but not all of em!!!!!!!!!!

If you do something wrong in bed, she will make you do it over and over and over, until you get it right.... ]:)

As for the estate, I would bet the ex paid dearly for it all. At this stage, enjoy the ride.

If you look to get serious, there will come a time to get all finances out in the open, but that is not for when you just start seeing someone.

until you click on another post.

Can I help it tr code allows for the exploitation if your browser? ;\

But given the area's sub teacher salaries it'd be like the domino's guy delivering pizza in bimmer. The ex didn't pay dearly, barely pays child support. I know her family lawyer personally but I'd prefer not to find out behind her back. It's just puzzling because it is so far beyond her means. I liked her when I first met her because she enjoys working with kids, great personality, very humble and not to mention she ain't hurting in the looks department. Lol, but the financial thing would have anyone curious. Even with good credit and assuming the home is paid off, financial companies will only let you have so much stuff. If your out going payments exceed your monthly income you're cut off at some point!

going back in and closing that < font > tag?

I read the threads in "View all" and everything is font size 5 and bright red!

you never let me have any fun.... :_|

or she is getting more for support than you know.

If it really IS a case of more going out than going in, it will all come tumbling down within 4 months when the repo man starts coming around.

Until then, try not to think about it.

Oh, and I know my ex walked into her current marriage with about 60k of debt, not including our shared home mortgage. B-) That probably doesn't help, does it? :D Just know BEFORE you walk down the isle and AFTER you pop the question. None of your business until then. ;\

I know you're above it, not everyone is though. ;)

I watched a stand up the other day, freakin hilarious, Brendon Burns - So I suppose THIS is offensive now. He said his act doesn't do well in teh PC USA though, they shut the lights off halfway through last time, because he said somethign about how you should kill your president. (No sense of HAHA? :) )

One thing he touched on was Womens Lib. Women expect equality, want power and strength, want equal pay etc. but still expect men to be men and open doors, mow the lawn, pay for dinner etc.

I'm old fashoined in that respect, I like independant women (nothing worse than insecure, clingy women). Women with their own lives, don't expect you to give up your own and devote all of your time to either living THEIR lives or including them in everything you do. However they are confident and able to SHARE life without either taking over yours or expecting you to adopt theirs.

The opposite are women who have no life other than the one you share together. This makes it hard as now YOUR life is OUR life and not just sharing of each others interests and goals. You need your own thing so that you can feel comfortable with the lives you ahre together.

But I still hold doors, pay the tab, most of the time and help women on with their coats etc. Actually as I love hair so much, I find I am obligated to help a women with her coat as otherwise I have to watch her pull her hair out of the back and it bugs me. SO I hold teh coat, you stick your arms in and I'll make sure you don't pich your hair in the collar. Sound wierd? It's not that bad, its actually quite gentlemanly I think.

Now if you see it in an archaic view of women ar ewomen and men are men, good for you. That doesn't mean either one is any better or worse than the other, simply that there is a difference and that difference dictates out mental and physical capacities. Fair enough, it would be pretty boring if we were all the same.

Give me my own titt1es and #%^$& I'd never leave the house though. :D

"Weee, look what I got! That's it, my life is complete, no more work for me I have nothing further to achieve; I'm gonna stay home and play!"

If you ask her how she affords all of that, she'll raise her rates. BADA-BOOM!!!

Women are simply better with money, that's why I am single now, can't stand someone budgeting for me when I deem concert tickets and speakers more important than paying for the wedding ceremony.

Women seem to blindly plop down on the throne without a second thought given to it. I simply don't understand it.

How do women fall in the toilet? Men sit half as much as women but still manage to stop and put the seat down if its up. Women that funble into teh bathroom and plop down on a cold rim simply baffle me. HOW can you be THAT blind? Don't you look at it before you sit down?

And why is it always MY job to put the seat down? Why can't you remember to put it back UP when you are finished? Then women complain that men pee all over the seat, and while they don't realze that's all part of teh master plan, they also fail to recognize that if they put the seat UP when they are done, there would be no problems.

But then when they fell in, it would be recognizing their own inferiority and that would be bad too.

Oriental people spit continuously, on the street, even in the malls etc.

I have seen numerous people stop at a light, open the car door and hork one on the ground, or the classic farmers blow always looks nice too.

they now teach immigrants about that part of Canadian culture, we don't spit in th emalls, or even on busy public sidewalks etc. It's just not a publicly accepted practice.

A very tired nurse walks into a bank,
Totally exhausted after an 18-hour shift.
Preparing to write a check,
She pulls a rectal thermometer out of her purse and tries to write with it.
When she realizes her mistake, she looks at the flabbergasted teller and without missing a beat, she says: 'Well, that's great....that's just great....
Some a$$hole's got my pen!'

"If my hand could move that fast, I would never leave the house".

:D

??? :^0

why are you not allowed?? Do it anyway, dont even worry about an excuse :D

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211081608.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7779024.stm

And get rid of the STUPID fuzzy covers that are put on for the sole purpose of making it so the seat WON'T stay up!

I agree, I have NEVER "fallen in", because as a man, I am SMART enough to look first! You would think someone that sits EVERYTIME would gain such intelligence.

Years ago, the seat fell on ThingTwo. That was the LAST time I insisted on them lifting the seat before they went. I no longer cared if there was spray on the seat, and again, I was smart enough to look first.

Now we start to get close to the "what happened to moms toothbrush just before she moved out"...... ]:)

That's cooooooool!
YEAH !!! YEAH!! Coooolio!!

Maecuff, you no longer qualify as a woman and have obtained man status by way of your self control and logical response.

Oops, um, nevermind.

But the mood IS better in here now. ;)

Are you kidding me? I'm as girly as they get.

I can't insult you.
I can't compliment you.
I can't tease you.

Please tell me, what is the secret to the Maecuff?

We've told you guys a thousand times, too. Either you're not listening, or your capacitors are shot. :D :D :D

you closed the tag... :D

Don't want to be blamed the next time TR breaks? Or afraid of withdrawal? :p

Would it be so hard to think for yourselves in this regard?

It would be great if ye'd do the chores WITHOUT being asked, nagged, b!tched at!!

We get tired of having to remind you...

I can actually see my hubby panic sometimes when I am in cleaning mode..he's not sure what to do..should he just pick a chore and do, should he offer, or should he shut up and wait till asked..

amusing actually.. ]:)

Men are men, womean are women...

I've no time for this womens lib thing.. I'm a girl and i refuse to dirty my hands taking out trash if there is a male about the house. :)

Its nice to be treated like a lady..very few men do it these days though..

You think that if I respond to your teasing, that means you can't tease me. Of course you can. That doesn't mean I won't have a response.

Errr..and where, exactly, was the compliment? :)

And there really isn't any secret. I'm a very simple creature.

I had closed it when I saw your other plea, but before I saw this one WAY down here. ;\

"I have to go to the store, back in a bit!"

And then go to Hooters and watch the football game. :D

he is not sure how to react, as he is not used to having someone with such a sharp wit to battle with.

A battle of wits with an unarmed man? :D

I suppose though, it does take some poking and prodding to find the acceptable boundaries between teasing and just being mean.

Keeping respect is key, ya?

Shell...i already do everything in my house.

I don't have or need someone to take care of me.

As for doing the chores without "her" having to ask...that'd be a given. I hate having trashcans full and dishes in the sink, so it'd be done before she'd think of it probably.

I was just referring to things like...if my wife wanted a cup of coffee or tea, she'd just have to request it of me and i'd go to do it for her.

I'm very accommodating like that to someone I love.

Although...Hooters does sound tempting...be right there, jd!!!! :^0

thought you might enjoy :D

http://news.yahoo.com/comics/090105/cx_herman_umedia/20090501

being a happily divorced geek, I would not recommend anyone looking for a CONTINUED marriage to follow any of my advice.... :p

It also means, if I take out the trash and you feel women have their place...where's dinner and why don't I have any clean shirts?

it's hummer time...... ]:)

I am sure here in the states we would hear the BS about imposing our culture upon other people, blahblahblah.

:^0 :D :p

[i]I hate having trashcans full and dishes in the sink,[/i]

There's nothing worse than going to the kitchen to take a leak and finding dirty dishes in the sink :)

[i]it's hummer time......[/i]

... that YOU are single :(

:)

From the SAME woman, every night I beg long enough?
Forget it, I'll get my sex across the street; just make sure your feet are warm when I climb into bed, slave lady! You think that ring you demanded was free? You had your wedding day and your stupid, frilly dress, now go fetch my chicken pot pie dammit!

That's how artists are handled (sans the getting in bed with me part) and they MAKE money for me; as for her, well....I'm hungry and shut that bloody kid of yours up already, I'm watching the A-Team.

That YOU are married, judging by your inability to accept male reality.

You have been brainwashed to think that men can't behave that way; amusingly enough, by a woman.

I know I've explained it many times before, but here it is again. In Canada we are militcultural. In the USA you are a melting pot.

Multicultural nations, accept people of different culture and help them to fit in while still retaining their own culture. We make a lot of cultural allowances so that people aren't forced to adopt our own.

Melting Pots, will accept people of different cultures but expect them to lose that cultural identity and assimilate others native ot that nation.

In that case, America, with no apologies given or expected, DOES push American culture on immigrants, that is what being a melting pot is all about. They mix in but melt into one uniform of what 'an American' is.

In Canada cultural differences feed racism, but also make racism easy to ignore. WE accept people of all nations and accept heir cultures too. But we do laugh, cringe, sneer and bitch about their cultural differences as they stand out from the mainstream so (well not so much with Orientals as they ARE the mainstream by sheer number now ((this also fuels racism and cultural hatred)).

The Oriental immigration people, public and private agencies that help Orientals adapt and meld into our society, are the ones who tell them about Canadian culture and what is publicly viewed as acceptable and what is not.

Such as the Chinese training pants for children. They are CROTCHLESS!! not, velcro or zipper or buttons, completely crotchless. This way kids can just squat, male or female, and pee wherever they are.

Of course this would be frowned upon but probably nobody would say anything, though it is pretty nasty, a health risk and not exactly publicly decent (even for a child).

Now if WOMEN could also be forced to wear crotchless pants, I'd be a little more at ease over the whole thing. Sure would make a nooner a whole new experience..."hmmmmmmm, lets see, who do I want today?"

But we do actually change our LAWS to suit other cultures, such as the Pakistani's in the RCMP being able to wear turbans instead of the required Stetson like Smokey the Bear.

They also tried to circumnavigate helmet laws the same way...to no avail though.

Just today we had one of our Doctors call a tech person becuase the Drs. Lounge didn't have any diet coke.

Ummm... ok... First, buy it yourself like we do, you make a lot more money than us, Second, what part of "Tech Support" and "IT" would make you think that we stock soda?

i thought this thread was dead and gone..

way to go wake it up JD..

*yawn*

rant about a rant? :D

Cuz I work 9 hours, then come home, fix dinner, and go to school for 3 hours, come home, go to bed, and I don't even bother to look at the state of the house. If it's a mess, well, I just have to take care of my bedroom, and make sure my potty isn't gross when I go in to do my business. Other than that, if my hubby wants to live in a trash heap... he can... and does... I'm thinking he and the kids all have selective vision... they never actually SEE that the trash is overflowing, even when they [i]have to[/i] stack things next to the trash because there's just no room in the can.

you just need a bigger trash can! :D

Living with just me and twin boys, you can imagine what my house looks like right now.....

At least I took almost all of the extra computers and parts downstairs for Christmas. B-)

Sure, I have baskets of clothes all over the house. At least they are CLEAN clothes, right? ;\

so does lack of sex cause headaches then?

JD??

i think its from my neck & shoulders..killing me..jsut won't ease off..
taking ibuprofin and codeine tablets..takes the edge off, but thats about all..

if i don't post for a few days i'm probably in jail for commmitting murder or soemthing..

just found out my servers are being virualised next week..thanks for including me in those plans guys... just onemore effing thing to have to deal with this week..

WTF is up with newer versions of SW lately? I just dont get it, apparently the companies are so eager to get the new versions out the door, and they need to change it, that they just f**k it up and call it better.

Ok, what set this off is Roxio/Sonic SW. These are to burn cd's/dvd's. So, when it works, they kill disks more than they actually finish them, usually they are killed at around 90%. Both Sonic and Roxio seem to do this, however that is not all -- not in hte least.

Ok, in older versions of both SW packages, if a filename is too long, it asks to rename them -- easy enough, select yes. Now, both packages will not copy these files at all. You have to go in and manually change the names of each and try again until you get them all. WTF??

Ok, next -- when double clicking an image file, Roxio opens and then ASKS where the source file is?? WTF -- I just f**king told you dammit! So now I gotta go and browse for it.

Next -- roxio seems to think that each part of the application should be it's own install/uninstall. Why?? Do I really need to uninstall 7 f**king items to remove this sh!t SW?? And then on top of that it wants to reboot between each uninstall.
If I fail to reboot after each (tried on 2x machines) an older version of Roxio fails to install. So, I gotta reboot 7 f**king times in order to actually remove it properly.

I know I have run into more quirkes, but these are the ones that are on my mind right now.
And to note -- all of these problems go away when installing an older version, however, then I lose the ability to burn to DVD-DL unless I load another SW package from elsewhere. DVD-DL are too damned expensive to keep working with using Roxio or Sonic, since they like killing disks constantly. And no, these arent cheap ones, however I have not noticed a difference from the cheap ones vs. expensive ones as far as the copy goes.
This info is provided free to warn y'all about not using Sonic/Roxio cd/dvd SW since their heads are far up their a$$es these days. Brought to you from many, many tries for using the SW, even reducing burn speeds, swapping dvd burners, using several types of burners, using XP and Vista.

Edit to add: Oh yeah, another one -- in Vista, Roxio needs to select files or folders individually, by choosing files or folders. No way to grab multiple folders if folders are selected. So each folder needs to be added separately. I havent bothered with the files option yet.
In older versions, you can select lots of sh!t, and then remove as needed. The new navigation functions suck big time.

I've never had a failure since I've been using it. And it's free. http://www.deepburner.com

But it is part of the reason females suffer severe depression.

According to studies females who do not retain seamen are 35 times more likely to suffer severe prolong bouts of depression than those that do.

I'll leave it to you to work out your own treatment. :0

Col ]:)

hahaha.. didn't take much to get you going!
p*ssy

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