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Re: Let's hear it!
« Reply #8910 on: July 08, 2010, 05:47:07 pm »

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Re: Let's hear it!
« Reply #8911 on: July 08, 2010, 07:56:10 pm »
No, not so.  Firefox takes 10 seconds or more to start up on my MBP.
Found your problem! Firefox takes about one seconds to load on windows on my desktop or linux on my laptop. I've never noticed any speed difference using chrome, so I've never really understood why people like it :(
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Re: Let's hear it!
« Reply #8912 on: July 08, 2010, 08:40:37 pm »
No, not so.  Firefox takes 10 seconds or more to start up on my MBP.
Found your problem! Firefox takes about one seconds to load on windows on my desktop or linux on my laptop. I've never noticed any speed difference using chrome, so I've never really understood why people like it :(

Haha.  Firefox is slower on Linux too.  I don't think it's my machine... I have 4GB RAM and a Core2 Quad...

I'll admit that the speed differential is a lot smaller on other platforms I've used both on, though.  Maybe it's just psychological, but it definitely feels like Firefox is more clunky regardless of the platform on which I use it.

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Re: Let's hear it!
« Reply #8913 on: July 11, 2010, 11:36:53 am »
last night. omg. 21.
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Re: Let's hear it!
« Reply #8914 on: July 13, 2010, 02:23:19 am »
Code: [Select]
    int i;
    for (i = 0; i < [areaDbc numberOfRecords]; i++) {
        NSLog(@"Area Name: %@ (ID: %u), Parent: %@ (%u), World ID: %u",
            [NSString stringWithRightPadding:32                                    // Area name
                originalString:[areaDbc getStringForRecord:i andField:11]],
            [areaDbc getUintForRecord:i andField:0],                            // Area ID
            [NSString stringWithRightPadding:32
                originalString:[areaDbc getStringForRecord:
                    [areaDbc getRecordNumberByValueOfField:
                        [areaDbc getUintForRecord:i andField:2] ofField:0]
                    andField:11]],                                                // Parent area name
            [areaDbc getUintForRecord:i andField:2],                            // Parent area ID
            [areaDbc getUintForRecord:i andField:1]);                            // World ID
            // i hope i never write a debug statement like this EVER again
    }
I'd personally do as Joe suggests

You might be right about that, Joe.


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Re: Let's hear it!
« Reply #8915 on: July 13, 2010, 12:23:52 pm »
I'm pretty sure there are laws against writing code as ugly as that.
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Re: Let's hear it!
« Reply #8916 on: July 13, 2010, 08:29:40 pm »
I ordered a nVidia GeForce 460.  It's going to be awesome :D
And like a fool I believed myself, and thought I was somebody else...

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Re: Let's hear it!
« Reply #8917 on: July 13, 2010, 09:44:15 pm »
I got a faux hawk. Damn I'm sexy!

(I like it because if I do nothing, it's just normal like it always is -- no special cut, just special styling. Woo!)

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Re: Let's hear it!
« Reply #8918 on: July 14, 2010, 09:27:13 am »
Early this week some guy in my office building (3 floors below me) shot himself. Cops & Forensics were everywhere and the building was locked down for a while. Pretty crazy stuff.
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Re: Let's hear it!
« Reply #8919 on: July 14, 2010, 10:16:50 am »
I am bored out of my mind at work...

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Re: Let's hear it!
« Reply #8920 on: July 14, 2010, 01:40:09 pm »
I am bored out of my mind at work...
ditto

Also, my new case (Antec 902) arrived, yay!  I want to go home and play with it.

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Re: Let's hear it!
« Reply #8921 on: July 15, 2010, 02:27:58 am »
I wonder how hard it would be to write a Cocoa app to give me audio notification whenever my internet connection becomes available or unavailable, for situations such as a stormy night.

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#import "InternetStatusAppDelegate.h"

@implementation InternetStatusAppDelegate

@synthesize window;

- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification {
    previousStatus = STATUS_UNDEFINED;
    [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:1.0
        target:self
        selector:@selector(checkInternetStatus)
        userInfo:nil
        repeats:YES];
}

- (void)checkInternetStatus {

    NSLog(@"Checking access to Google.");
    NSURL    *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.google.com"];
    NSError  *err = nil;
    NSString *dat = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:url
        encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding error:&err];
       
    if (!err) {
        if (previousStatus != STATUS_UP) {
            system("say Internet access is now available.");
            previousStatus = STATUS_UP;
        }
    } else {
        if (previousStatus != STATUS_DOWN) {
            system("say Internet access is no longer available.");
            previousStatus = STATUS_DOWN;
        }
    }
   
}

@end

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I'd personally do as Joe suggests

You might be right about that, Joe.


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Re: Let's hear it!
« Reply #8922 on: July 15, 2010, 12:41:39 pm »
Rest of my rig arrived!  Sans HDD and video card.  Those will be ordered in 2 weeks :D

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Re: Let's hear it!
« Reply #8923 on: July 15, 2010, 07:23:22 pm »
Awesome. So can run live Linux. :)
I'd personally do as Joe suggests

You might be right about that, Joe.


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Re: Let's hear it!
« Reply #8924 on: July 15, 2010, 08:30:42 pm »
GRRRRRRRRRR.  @#$^ing worst timing.

So I was scheduled to have my LASIK performed next Thursday up in Annapolis, so last night I booked a hotel room for a night since I have to go for a follow-up early the next morning and don't feel like waking up and driving 1.5 hours for the checkup.

However, I got a stupid ass call today telling me that my appointment would have to be rescheduled because the particular laser they're using on me isn't available at the Annapolis LasikPLUS center.  OK... normally something like this wouldn't fucking piss me off, but the fact that I booked a damn hotel room last night at a rate that is non-refundable and non-transferrable, and they call me the day after I book it to tell me that I just wasted money on a hotel room... grrrr.  Plus they should have fucking told me this before, it's something they should have already fucking known months ago.  Now I have to go all the way up to Towson, MD, north of Baltimore next Saturday instead.  Even longer of a drive.  And now I have to make another damn reservation for a hotel room close to this other place.

Ok, I am kind of blowing this all out of proportion, as I got them to reduce my surgery by the amount that I'm losing because of their screw up, still fucking pisses me off inside.  Makes me want to just wait even more till the last minute to book hotel reservations for something like this.

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