Topic: Left-Handed Coffee Mugs (Read 5171 times)

Thad · « **on:** December 24, 2010, 01:22:44 PM »

Here is a thread for recounting stupid mistakes.

A few months back, I bought some books from B&N. I noticed, in the process, that they had some free ebooks to download. I got one, and tried to figure out how to strip the DRM off it.

I tried installing Adobe Digital Editions through WINE, I tried running various scripts -- nothing worked. I forgot about it for awhile, then started trying again yesterday. I banged my head against it for a few more hours but had no luck.

The book in question is Overtime, by Charles Stross.

Saturn · « **Reply #1 on:** December 28, 2010, 11:35:33 PM »

I constantly put the milk in the cupboard and the cereal in the fridge

also forgetting that i DONT need something at the grocery store and ending up buying more (i currently have FOUR POUNDS of ground bison in the fridge)

Classic · « **Reply #2 on:** December 28, 2010, 11:58:08 PM »

I'm not sure how MEAT is ever a bad option in an era where we can deep freeze it for half a year.
It's winter man. Bison chili!

Büge · « **Reply #3 on:** December 29, 2010, 06:03:28 AM »

François · « **Reply #4 on:** May 24, 2011, 08:09:48 PM »

I'm downloading an ISO of a PS2 game to see if my computer can run PCSX2 and record video of it at the same time. It's fairly obscure, so there were like 0-2 seeds at any given time (the most reliable of which was in Brazil) and it took almost a week for the 2.29 gigs to slowly ooze down the pipe, while I distributed three times that amount to fellow peers.

Earlier this evening, I saw it being more than 99% done with an ETA of three hours later.

Shortly afterwards, I remembered that PS2 games come on dvds, not cartridges; since I actually own the game in question, I can just pop it in my computer's drive and emulate it straight off the disc.

I'll have some hoip with that doip, thank you.

Büge · « **Reply #5 on:** May 24, 2011, 08:28:50 PM »

Quote from: François on May 24, 2011, 08:09:48 PM

It's fairly obscure

Hipster.

François · « **Reply #6 on:** May 24, 2011, 08:45:20 PM »

I was about to respond "maybe not obscure, more like unpopular", but that would only make it worse, wouldn't it.

Classic · « **Reply #7 on:** May 24, 2011, 11:02:07 PM »

No matter what you claim the game is now, ~~you're doomed to hipsterdom.~~

EDIT:
I'm sorry, I was wrong.

No matter what you claim the game is now, you're domed to hipsterdoom.

Rosencrantz · « **Reply #8 on:** May 24, 2011, 11:12:36 PM »

I almost did the exact same thing yesterday. I was testing out different games on PCSX2 and I was looking for a ROM before I realized that I had a DVD binder full of my games just a few feet away.

Verde · « **Reply #9 on:** May 25, 2011, 03:15:24 AM »

I did that exact thing too. And the only reason I installed the god damn emulator was so I could play the one PS2 game I own on disc.

Somewhere in my brain, emulation = downloading ROMs

JDigital · « **Reply #10 on:** May 25, 2011, 06:04:01 PM »

You actually have to do this with Commodore Amiga emulators, because PC floppy drives can't read the Amiga floppy disk format (if you even have a floppy disk drive these days).

Lottel · « **Reply #11 on:** May 25, 2011, 06:20:19 PM »

Flah-pee?

JDigital · « **Reply #12 on:** May 25, 2011, 08:47:31 PM »

Actually, Playstation is one of the few emulatable systems you can use the original media with. Most are cartridge-based or use a special CD format.

Nickasummers · « **Reply #13 on:** June 18, 2011, 06:02:54 AM »

I've never owned a PS2 (dad has a grudge against sony, was never allowed to buy one) so i bought the one game i really wanted to play and emulated it. Turns out the current version of PCSX2 has a game breaking glitch for this game. QQ. At least it was used and only like 5 bucks.

Büge · « **Reply #14 on:** October 01, 2011, 12:01:37 PM »

(your year of birth) + (your current age) = 111.

Smiler · « **Reply #15 on:** October 01, 2011, 12:15:40 PM »

Not exactly!

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #16 on:** October 01, 2011, 12:46:59 PM »

yeah what

Büge · « **Reply #17 on:** October 01, 2011, 12:57:56 PM »

It should match up.

80+31=111
81+30=111
82+29=111
83+28=111
84+27=111
etc.

NexAdruin · « **Reply #18 on:** October 01, 2011, 12:59:43 PM »

92 + 18 = 110

Büge · « **Reply #19 on:** October 01, 2011, 01:02:48 PM »

geez, fine

Quote from: Büge on October 01, 2011, 12:01:37 PM

(your year of birth) + (however old you turn in 2011) = 111.

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