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Mildly peeved at guild catering, mostly on behalf of liz, since I don't actually like vinegar, but it's more the principle of the thing. They've taken away the free vinegar bottle in the guild Cafe, and you now need to buy the 30c tiny squeezy packs of it. Do they think people won't notice this? Do they think it will increase their popularity? It really bugs me when companies do stuff like this just because they can.

On a slightly more interesting note.. I've noticed someone's been using the domokun image off my website as an avatar in some nike enthusiast web forum. Normally I don't mind this sort of thing, but this guy's grammar is horrible. Using the wonder of mod_rewrite and apache, any referrer URL with "nike" in it to anything in my /pictures directory will redirect to a reebok logo. Because I find it funny ;)

Also today, I got hands on with an Intel Developer Transition Kit Mac. The thing flies! 1GB RAM, 3.6ghz P4. OMG FAST I could have palmed the DVD of the installer, but I thought it best not to ;) It looks like a G5 from the outside, and the case is basically the G5 one. The FCC compliance number on the bottom is for the G5, but there's also a "APPLE DEVELOPER SERVICES" or something asset ID sticker. On the back of it, the bluetooth and wifi antenna ports are blanked by plastic, so are the optical 5.1 in/out, Firewire 800 and modem ports. The monitor connects via a weird DVI-over-AGP card and the socket on it is DVI-D only. Safari's browser ID still says PPC :) ioreg actually still outputs stuff too, which I thought it wouldn't. All in all, fun :D

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Date: 2005-07-26 01:14 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] alias_sqbr
No free vinegar? They SUCK!

*grumbles* I geuss it further encourages me to organise lunch before I get to uni or go to broadway. Which, since chips is about the only guild food I enjoy, is a good idea :)

mod_rewrite?

Date: 2005-07-26 01:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gurubob.livejournal.com
That's eeeevel.

I like it.

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Date: 2005-07-26 02:42 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Mildly peeved at UWA IT, mostly on my behalf, since I have to make a lot of changes, but it's more the principle of the thing. They've arbitrarily decided to change the 'Tartarus' server to 'Student', and now you have to change all your mailing lists and contacts. Do they think people won't notice this? Do they think it will increase their popularity? It really bugs me when the University does stuff like this just because they can.

:-) Not that I'm bitter.

- David 'Zanchey' Adam
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Date: 2005-07-27 12:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] frenchiephish.livejournal.com
Tip of the day: did you know tartarus is actually powered by combusting kittens?

I knew it!

thank you

Date: 2005-07-27 01:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gurubob.livejournal.com
I snarfed. ;)

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Date: 2005-07-26 04:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kadeton.livejournal.com
You get annoyed when companies package up stuff that should be included and sell it to you at an inflated price? How on Earth do you deal with Apple? :D

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Date: 2005-07-26 11:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] theducks.livejournal.com
Aheh.

In all seriousness though, Apple isn't too bad.. digital camera companies on the other hand.. "oh, here's your 5 megapixel digital camera, and a 16MB memory card, which can fit about.. oh.. 8 photos on it"

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Date: 2005-07-27 03:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kadeton.livejournal.com
Oh God, I know what you mean.

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Date: 2005-07-26 10:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] silne.livejournal.com
On a slightly more interesting note.. I've noticed someone's been using the domokun image off my website as an avatar in some nike enthusiast web forum. Normally I don't mind this sort of thing, but this guy's grammar is horrible. Using the wonder of mod_rewrite and apache, any referrer URL with "nike" in it to anything in my /pictures directory will redirect to a reebok logo. Because I find it funny ;)

OMG That is just classic!!! I love it! So evil... and yet so good! That's just desserts and well deserved too :-)

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Date: 2005-07-27 12:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] evilspyn.livejournal.com
GAHH!@$!#%@%!#@%!$%
How does it run with MacOS? :)

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Date: 2005-07-27 02:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] baroquestar.livejournal.com
You may wish to pass on to Liz that the Ref. still has two big free vinegar bottles, or at least they did this morning. :) It's only 20m from the Cafe.

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Date: 2005-07-27 04:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fonny.livejournal.com
i wanna see this web forum! ;)

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