I’m pissed. But more importantly I’m an asshole. Just so you know. I don’t think I’m going to work tonight or any other god damned night.

Fuck it. I was going to write about how the job sucks the big one. I was going to write about how I don’t give a fuck about whether I have the job or not. I was going to write about how I feel about the people I work with. But then I went over to Gawain’s site and listened to the Tom Petty song The Last DJ and then I read the lyrics to the song. And in a weird way the song could apply to me. The more I listen to the tune the more I like it. The first two verses I like the best:

well, you can’t turn him
into a company man
you can’t turn him into a whore
and the boys upstairs
just don’t understand anymore

the top brass don’t like him
talking so much
and he won’t play
what they say to play
and he don’t want to change
what don’t need to change

I realized that writing all of this angry shit I want to spew to the internet won’t do anything. It won’t make the shit change at the job. It’s to bad. The place used to be fun. But I guess all good things come to an end.

Here is another questioner kind of thing I saw over at Gawain’s called Which Fantasy/SciFi Character Are You? My results say I’m like this guy:

A caring rascal with situational ethics, you enjoy a good adventure and a great challenge.

You like me because I’m a scoundrel.

Han Solo is a character in the Star Wars universe. See his character entry at the Star Wars Databank for more information.

I can live with that.

Now hear me out on this one. And then tell me I’m wrong. I was told by my “supervisor” that I was to show the other guy how to use an Excel spreadsheet. Now this all sounds good on paper.

Before I go on let me bring you a public service announcement from my friends at Microsoft:

Common Types of Piracy

License Misuse

Software programs may originate from legitimate offers and channels, but they are then subsequently misdirected during distribution. As a result of this misdirection, the software is unlawfully transferred in violation of its original licensing conditions. Software programs that “leak” from their original channels are typically those distributed under the “Academic,” “License Fulfillment” or original equipment manufacturer programs.

Sorry about that. So I’m to show the other auditor how to use the Excel spreadsheet but I don’t have the Excel spreadsheet. Now I explained this to the “supervisor” when I was told about showing the other guy how to use the spreadsheet. I pointed out that I didn’t have the disk that has the spreadsheet. It’s hard to show someone how to use something when you don’t have it. I pointed this out to the guy a couple of times. But of course no spreadsheet.

Now don’t you think that the disk should be here for me to use and so I can teach the other guy to use it. Wouldn’t you think that this “supervisor” would have made sure I had the disk before he called the other guy in to be taught how to use this spreadsheet? You understand what I’m getting at, right? This doesn’t make sense right? Or is it just me?

Now that is out of the way I wanted to talk some more about piracy. The Better Business Bureau has a informative page here that explains all about Computer Software Piracy. Did you realize that the fines could be up to $250,000 and jail terms of up to 5 years. There also is an organization called Business Software Alliance and they are the place to go if you think your workplace is pirating software. But of course no one at the hotel would be stupid enough to do something like that. And I’m glad because an angry guy like me would be likely to report them if they did. Thank you for your time.

The last couple of nights I’ve been playing Dungeon Siege with Gawain. I honestly never have played it online and I have been enjoying the shit out of it. We had some initial difficulty the first night because the game was set on hard. We died quite a bit. The first screenshot is a perfect example of the first night. We ended up just running (as ghosts) past all the fucking monsters that had killed us. It made matters the first night easier.

I only really needed to post one screen, but I think you all know I love throwing up these game screenshots. The second one is just a standard action scene in Dungeon Siege. The third one shows Gawain doing his pin cushion imitation. The last shot speaks more words than I am able to describe just how much more uber I am than him. Of course in the circles I keep online I may even be Ubah. I’m joking of course. Fun game, get it if you like a mindless hack and slash rpg.

Let me tell you the wonder of turning off party shadows. The first two shot my fps (frames per second) are 13.7 and 14.4, turning shadows off I got 19.4 and 25.5 in he last two screens. And when your pc is starting to fall behind in the times that kind of gain in fps is all that matters.

Another thing you can do and this falls more in the “just get me into the game” category, is add nointro=true to your shortcut. This skips all the damn intro movies it plays before the game menu shows up. That and fullscreen=false which allows me to continue to get im’s from co-workers.

Gawain passed this news along to me and all I can say is it’s about fucking time. New Doctor Who TV series! Here is a quote from the article:

“The new series will be fun, exciting, contemporary and scary. Although I’m only in the early stages of development, I’m aiming to write a full-blooded drama which embraces the Doctor Who heritage, at the same time as introducing the character to a modern audience.”

And thank good this guy is a brit. I don’t think I’ll have to worry about another travesty that the FOX Doctor Who movie was.

So Mr. No modding, No cheating, No editing, Straight up is it finally got Dungeon Siege patched up. Which of course is very ironic seeing how I immediately get the following error upon commencing patching:

Well thanks to the verifydata=true command line parameter I know what resource files are fucked up. Now let’s just see how many times I have to copy the problem files over before it goes.