The completely gratuitous complaint thread
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long time no see Rezca ...
took the words right out of my mouth (no fangs here)
I'm so sorry for disappearing so much ;v;
Ha no need to apologize ,life happens!!!
Waves at Rezca...
!!! Leetle leezard!
You see it so rarely, so it doesn't matter!
Anyone close enough to notice has other things on their mind.
How long has this been there?
Was that always there lurking one shade of black darker than I could notice... watching me from the shadows?
What else is hiding in the shades of color just between the range of human visual threshold?
Actually I was rigging a clock that I modeled, so it did matter.
So ancient history then.
Apparently some people have seen it on and off, some kind of test thing. I've never seen it myself.
Arghhh... a virtual digital analog clock. Surely armaggedon is upon us!
opps
It's not black on mine!
Complaint: Before armaggedon completely consumes us, I've decided to completely reinstall from scratch the OS on my ancient primary computer (HP Pavilion HPE h8-1010PC desktop). It started out as a Win7 machine, it has since been upgraded to Win7-Pro, Win-8, Win8-Pro, Win8.1-Pro, and Win10-Pro and of course all the numerous automatic updates each version required, and several times it's been rolled back to a previous date, or settings have been manually tweaked, or files have been lost and replaced. And now it still works, but over time some of those updates and upgrades and repairs have caused issues, and some of the original hardware devices have become problematic or obsolete (e.g. the CPU fan, the case fan, the original HDD, and the WiFi chip), or are no longer supported or are now causing mysterious issues.
And since I never removed old software some of them don't work properly anymore and the system is jam packed with applications with their fingers in obscure places of the Registry probably growing weeds.
Also, because each upgrade has been allowed to keep original drivers & settings and user software and obscure filesystem softlinks that were sometimes required, strange things now happen.
It's time to start fresh. I'm going to get a complete backup of everything in the "C:\" drive and replace it with a brand new 1TB-Samsung 860EVO SSD and install Win10-Pro from scratch from newly downloaded install program. I'll not keep any user settings nor any user files during the OS installation. Once the new OS is in place and updated with latest required updates I'll start carefully creating new user accounts and copying over my user files, and installing only the software I really really need.
At sometime in my life I have to stop hoarding software that never gets used anymore.
In the last 6 months I've already purchased for it, a new CPU fan, a new case fan, a new WiFi card, a 4-port USB-3 card, two 1TB SSDs and a quite new 2TB HDD. In the end I will have a 10 year old system that still functions nicely and now having replaced all the devices that have moving parts I hope the system will continue to function well for many more years. Yeah, it's maxed out and limited to only 8GB RAM, and is a little slow, but the SSDs helped speed it up enough. It's perfectly adequate for all my personal daily life chores, email, browsing, data archiving, skyping, CD/DVD needs, and even functions well enough for simple DAZ 3Delight renders.
I'd thought about replacing the CPU. It's an old 2nd generation Intel I5-2390T dual core CPU clocked at 2.7GHz. But I think that's an expense I don't really need yet.
Why am I spending this effort on a 10 year old system?
Because I can.
And it does function quite nicely despite its age and slightly scrambled software. And yes, you may remember that I recently built a spiffy new DAZ machine with 32GB high speed RAM, a 6GB IRay capable graphics card and oodles of SSD and HDD storage, but that's been designated my work machine and will not get involved in very much mundane daily operations. And besides, I am incapable of surviving with only one computer. Can't be done. Impossible task. Unheard of. Or at least I keep telling myself that.
'Nother Complaint: Now I've done it... I have again started thinking about replacing the CPU chip. Ghaaaa... No, must resist, must just say "no".
Nor mine.
Megh... Now the "Download DAZ STUDIO" thingie is gone...
Well, whatever... I'm sure it was nothing important... There's probably nothing else to see...
I've seen it!!
I appear to have it all the time. (famous last words)
I don't have it right now but if I get it I'm gonna keep it.
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The And Now For Something Completely Different, department: But I swear if I get it it will be because someone didn't wear a mask!
I went to WalMart a few days ago. Everybody there was was checked to make sure they had a mask before entering the store. Except the Amish. Now WalMart has officially mandated mask wearing in all their stores. Let's see who gets away with non-compliance now.
i'm still here. I'm just trying trying to backup my files before I install the new hard drive.
6:07PM I'm still here, but not sure for how long. Tornado warning for this immediate area. Sky looks iffy.
Tornado spotted on radar 6 miles west of here at 6:00PM, moving east at 25 mph, so just about now...
6:16 PM I'm back. Went outside for a look-see. Definitely swirly angry looking clouds but they are now to the east of me. Actually it looks very much like a central big gray funnel with about 5 or 6 smaller gray funnels dancing around it. All coming about halfway to the ground. Lightning & thunder in the darkest parts around the funnel ensemble. Based on previous experience of tornados in this area, it could complete the formation and reach the ground in the broad valley just east of town and hit the town of Randolph again like did a few years ago. Our tornados are not the midwest monsters that level buildings and toss tractors like toys. However, they do uproot trees, damage roofs and make a mess of the wooded areas.
Yep, when I came back in I checked the weather report and found an update. At 6:14PM the tornado was 7 miles east of Falconer which puts it 1 mile east of me, just as I saw. So, this is 6th or 7th tornado/waterspout I've actually seen or been impacted by.
Wheee... about 20 minutes after the tornado passed the skys opened up and Niagara Falls moved over this area. It's like a real Florida zero-visibility gusher. Aye, Admiral, thar be whales here.
Glad I'm not driving in this.
Me, too. Not in black, though. I thought it was normal, and everyone had it.
Dana
Glad you remained safe!
Dana
I need to work more on this texture at some point. It's good enough for a drawing reference but <thinking emote>
Also at some point might need to look into pulling out zBrush to sculpt the head into a more accurate-to-my-character shape, like I did a bit for the Digi-I Tyranno when I wanted to make its mouth look a little less "flat".
Complaint: It's hot out there. Not really so terrible, but it would have been better if I'd walked to the grocery yesterday before the tornado instead of today. Even in the morning despite sunny skies, the humidity today is Florida-ish.
Now, sitting in front of two fans, in unofficial beach attire trying to cool off despite the A/C running. Need a shower. No cooking today! Cool salads and fruits and iced tea are the ticket.
Non-complaint: Additional bulk groceries & paper goods arriving from Amazon Pantry today. At least I didn't have to try to carry those huge loads too.
my dad needs cash. So he wants to write me a check, then have me deposit into my account and then with draw the money from my ATM. but he already has a debit card?? why take the extra steps??