My Lease Is Nearly Up On The Complaint Thread

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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,073
    edited August 2016
    McGyver said:

    Complaint:

    Why can't manufacturers be bothered to put their logos or product name on their gaddamn power adaptors?  I pay $300 for a device and the friggin' adaptor says "Hon-Kwang" on it... Do you know Hon-Kwang? When you need an adaptor, on the way to the adaptor store, do you say "I hope they stock Hon-Kwang" adaptors?... Or do you open the box and say "Who the hell is Hon-Kwang and why is this in the box with my new $300 Yamaha keyboard?"...  In my adaptor box: KleeTec (old HornTek HD case), Skukky Ltd. (unknown, but was being used for a pencil sharpener probably was from an old modem ), Nan Doe ( I only labeled it "router"... Maybe US robotics?), Asia Power Devices (WD 250 Gb aux HD), Yuhai Electronics Inc. (very old HD case), Absolutely No Name or Lable, but a barcode (old CableVision modem)... Except for Sony, Cannon, LynkSys, and Netgear who seem to have no problem adding their logo to the adaptor, I labeled all of the adaptors...   I get that no-name, or unknown name adaptors may (spelled that correctly but the iPad decided that it needed to be "adapted stay" after I started writing "get") get used sometimes, but for crap sake, could people at least slap a damn lable on the thing...  Long ago I started writing what the adaptor belonged to on my adaptors... In silver Sharpie no less, but if anyone else in this house opens a box first, all bets are off... So now we have a "?" Box of adaptors with no device or home... So annoying to go through... Find the power specs, match specs on adaptors, try those until a plug fits... Stupid.

    This also applies to USB cables, when the device end is unique and not one of the standard forms.

    Aww, pigging USB3c That tiny critter really got my dander up. Along with the 15 other flavours of micro USB and mini USB, that nothing will plug in to!

    Standardization!   Otherwise known as design by committee.  Example:  An elephant is a horse designed by committee.

    Unless you have gray hair you're probably too young to remember the RS-232 standard connectors and its infinite number of variations of wiring options.

     

    Post edited by LeatherGryphon on
  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393

    Thanks for all the compliments on the SNES controller I did ^^

     

    Aaah modeling, I need to get back into Zbrush again someday ;v;

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    looked up marvelous designer this morning.

    in big print said 59.99  i was like, oh that ain't bad, i'll pick it up this weekend.

    then the smaller print next to 59.99 said "a month"   dohhhhhh

  • McGyver said:

    Complaint:

    Why can't manufacturers be bothered to put their logos or product name on their gaddamn power adaptors?  I pay $300 for a device and the friggin' adaptor says "Hon-Kwang" on it... Do you know Hon-Kwang? When you need an adaptor, on the way to the adaptor store, do you say "I hope they stock Hon-Kwang" adaptors?... Or do you open the box and say "Who the hell is Hon-Kwang and why is this in the box with my new $300 Yamaha keyboard?"...  In my adaptor box: KleeTec (old HornTek HD case), Skukky Ltd. (unknown, but was being used for a pencil sharpener probably was from an old modem ), Nan Doe ( I only labeled it "router"... Maybe US robotics?), Asia Power Devices (WD 250 Gb aux HD), Yuhai Electronics Inc. (very old HD case), Absolutely No Name or Lable, but a barcode (old CableVision modem)... Except for Sony, Cannon, LynkSys, and Netgear who seem to have no problem adding their logo to the adaptor, I labeled all of the adaptors...   I get that no-name, or unknown name adaptors may (spelled that correctly but the iPad decided that it needed to be "adapted stay" after I started writing "get") get used sometimes, but for crap sake, could people at least slap a damn lable on the thing...  Long ago I started writing what the adaptor belonged to on my adaptors... In silver Sharpie no less, but if anyone else in this house opens a box first, all bets are off... So now we have a "?" Box of adaptors with no device or home... So annoying to go through... Find the power specs, match specs on adaptors, try those until a plug fits... Stupid.

    This also applies to USB cables, when the device end is unique and not one of the standard forms.

    Aww, pigging USB3c That tiny critter really got my dander up. Along with the 15 other flavours of micro USB and mini USB, that nothing will plug in to!

    Standardization!   Otherwise known as design by committee.  Example:  An elephant is a horse designed by committee.

    Unless you have gray hair you're probably too young to remember the RS-232 standard connectors and its infinite number of variations of wiring options.

    I thought the camel was the horse designed by a committee, the elephant is used in the story about the blind men trying to work out what it was like and coming up with wildly-divergent ideas depending on which part they could reach.

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,339
    Jan19 said:
    Tjohn said:
    Jan19 said:
    ps1borg said:
    Jan19 said:

    3D mouse???

    Google.  3D Mouse. :-)

    I use the Space Mouse with my left hand, and the regular mouse with my right.  Together.  All at once. 

     

     

    whoa a double-mouse score :0

    Twin mice to pull a little tiny 3D wagon.  :-) 

    My first 3D model was of a guinea pig.  I guess that's where the two mice come in.  Rodents.

    I think a guinea pig is a rodent.  If it's not, my apologies to guinea pigs.  I mean, whole herds of 'em.

     

    They are. Rodents, that is. I have a BS in Biology so you can trust me. laugh 

    Never trust a mad scientist. smiley​  You all get wild-eyed and start throwing chemicals in those beakers and before you know it...technicolor!

    My kid got a guinea pig when she was a teenager.  1 in 400 will bite, and she got lucky.  Got it a friend, and Rosie, the  biter, tried to eat the friend. 

    Those guinea pigs both lived to be 8 years old.  My kid took off to college, and left them with yours truly.  Along with the chinchilla and the Shih Tzu dog.

    Shih Tzu dog is still going strong.  Chinchillas will steal and eat a diamond out of a ring.  They will self-destruct rather than give up the diamond.  Guinea pigs should never be domesticated.

     

     

    I'm not a mad scientist, merely an old grouchy one. cool

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    how did i become the SDS girl dayjob.  i wanna program databases.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,073
    edited August 2016
    McGyver said:

    Complaint:

    Why can't manufacturers be bothered to put their logos or product name on their gaddamn power adaptors?  I pay $300 for a device and the friggin' adaptor says "Hon-Kwang" on it... Do you know Hon-Kwang? When you need an adaptor, on the way to the adaptor store, do you say "I hope they stock Hon-Kwang" adaptors?... Or do you open the box and say "Who the hell is Hon-Kwang and why is this in the box with my new $300 Yamaha keyboard?"...  In my adaptor box: KleeTec (old HornTek HD case), Skukky Ltd. (unknown, but was being used for a pencil sharpener probably was from an old modem ), Nan Doe ( I only labeled it "router"... Maybe US robotics?), Asia Power Devices (WD 250 Gb aux HD), Yuhai Electronics Inc. (very old HD case), Absolutely No Name or Lable, but a barcode (old CableVision modem)... Except for Sony, Cannon, LynkSys, and Netgear who seem to have no problem adding their logo to the adaptor, I labeled all of the adaptors...   I get that no-name, or unknown name adaptors may (spelled that correctly but the iPad decided that it needed to be "adapted stay" after I started writing "get") get used sometimes, but for crap sake, could people at least slap a damn lable on the thing...  Long ago I started writing what the adaptor belonged to on my adaptors... In silver Sharpie no less, but if anyone else in this house opens a box first, all bets are off... So now we have a "?" Box of adaptors with no device or home... So annoying to go through... Find the power specs, match specs on adaptors, try those until a plug fits... Stupid.

    This also applies to USB cables, when the device end is unique and not one of the standard forms.

    Aww, pigging USB3c That tiny critter really got my dander up. Along with the 15 other flavours of micro USB and mini USB, that nothing will plug in to!

    Standardization!   Otherwise known as design by committee.  Example:  An elephant is a horse designed by committee.

    Unless you have gray hair you're probably too young to remember the RS-232 standard connectors and its infinite number of variations of wiring options.

    I thought the camel was the horse designed by a committee, the elephant is used in the story about the blind men trying to work out what it was like and coming up with wildly-divergent ideas depending on which part they could reach.

    Different committees.  The committee that I referenced later progressed to designing bulldozers in more modern times. cheeky

    Post edited by LeatherGryphon on
  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393
    MistyMist said:

    looked up marvelous designer this morning.

    in big print said 59.99  i was like, oh that ain't bad, i'll pick it up this weekend.

    then the smaller print next to 59.99 said "a month"   dohhhhhh

    Ouch :B

     

    Wonder if they have a one-time-payment option... Would probably be a lot if so.

    Aaaaaaaaah, I have a feeling I'll rarely use humans in my images. Mostly because of the "Durr, clothing!"  issue, and well... Hair too I guess.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    Rezca said:
    MistyMist said:

    looked up marvelous designer this morning.

    in big print said 59.99  i was like, oh that ain't bad, i'll pick it up this weekend.

    then the smaller print next to 59.99 said "a month"   dohhhhhh

    Ouch :B

     

    Wonder if they have a one-time-payment option... Would probably be a lot if so.

    Aaaaaaaaah, I have a feeling I'll rarely use humans in my images. Mostly because of the "Durr, clothing!"  issue, and well... Hair too I guess.

     

    yeah. >.<  was 550.00

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    Draggie 3 having a conversation with Cryolophosaurus.

    no pizza handy, so tried to make a slice of cheese  lol

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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,339

    Do you have 3DU's Toon Mouse? Comes with a wedge of cheese.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    don't have that one.  didn't see in the toon sale.

    think i haz ratbert, can't remember if has cheeze 

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    pizza pizza ! 

    wanna see if can match up dragon's eyes uvs to V4 eyes. would give me a ton of eye shaders for draggie

  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109
    edited August 2016
    Tjohn said:
    Jan19 said:
    Tjohn said:
    Jan19 said:
    ps1borg said:
    Jan19 said:

    3D mouse???

    Google.  3D Mouse. :-)

    I use the Space Mouse with my left hand, and the regular mouse with my right.  Together.  All at once. 

     

     

    whoa a double-mouse score :0

    Twin mice to pull a little tiny 3D wagon.  :-) 

    My first 3D model was of a guinea pig.  I guess that's where the two mice come in.  Rodents.

    I think a guinea pig is a rodent.  If it's not, my apologies to guinea pigs.  I mean, whole herds of 'em.

     

    They are. Rodents, that is. I have a BS in Biology so you can trust me. laugh 

    Never trust a mad scientist. smiley​  You all get wild-eyed and start throwing chemicals in those beakers and before you know it...technicolor!

    My kid got a guinea pig when she was a teenager.  1 in 400 will bite, and she got lucky.  Got it a friend, and Rosie, the  biter, tried to eat the friend. 

    Those guinea pigs both lived to be 8 years old.  My kid took off to college, and left them with yours truly.  Along with the chinchilla and the Shih Tzu dog.

    Shih Tzu dog is still going strong.  Chinchillas will steal and eat a diamond out of a ring.  They will self-destruct rather than give up the diamond.  Guinea pigs should never be domesticated.

     

     

    I'm not a mad scientist, merely an old grouchy one. cool

    You can be...older, act stupid, and fool people. wink​ 

    I sure hope that goes across the way I meant it to.  surprise

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  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109
    Jan19 said:

    Good morning, everybody. :-)

     

    Afternoon. Just had lunch, which was "healthy" for a change (well, no chips anyway!)

    Good decision.  Chips are grease and...something.  French fries are much better. :-)

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    trying some stone shaders on horny bits 

    needs to brush his teeth before he smiles, lol, pizza bits stuck

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  • TangoAlphaTangoAlpha Posts: 4,586
    McGyver said:

    Complaint:

    Why can't manufacturers be bothered to put their logos or product name on their gaddamn power adaptors?  I pay $300 for a device and the friggin' adaptor says "Hon-Kwang" on it... Do you know Hon-Kwang? When you need an adaptor, on the way to the adaptor store, do you say "I hope they stock Hon-Kwang" adaptors?... Or do you open the box and say "Who the hell is Hon-Kwang and why is this in the box with my new $300 Yamaha keyboard?"...  In my adaptor box: KleeTec (old HornTek HD case), Skukky Ltd. (unknown, but was being used for a pencil sharpener probably was from an old modem ), Nan Doe ( I only labeled it "router"... Maybe US robotics?), Asia Power Devices (WD 250 Gb aux HD), Yuhai Electronics Inc. (very old HD case), Absolutely No Name or Lable, but a barcode (old CableVision modem)... Except for Sony, Cannon, LynkSys, and Netgear who seem to have no problem adding their logo to the adaptor, I labeled all of the adaptors...   I get that no-name, or unknown name adaptors may (spelled that correctly but the iPad decided that it needed to be "adapted stay" after I started writing "get") get used sometimes, but for crap sake, could people at least slap a damn lable on the thing...  Long ago I started writing what the adaptor belonged to on my adaptors... In silver Sharpie no less, but if anyone else in this house opens a box first, all bets are off... So now we have a "?" Box of adaptors with no device or home... So annoying to go through... Find the power specs, match specs on adaptors, try those until a plug fits... Stupid.

    This also applies to USB cables, when the device end is unique and not one of the standard forms.

    Aww, pigging USB3c That tiny critter really got my dander up. Along with the 15 other flavours of micro USB and mini USB, that nothing will plug in to!

    Standardization!   Otherwise known as design by committee.  Example:  An elephant is a horse designed by committee.

    Unless you have gray hair you're probably too young to remember the RS-232 standard connectors and its infinite number of variations of wiring options.

     

    Well, grey-ish . . . ;)

    And is that 9-pin or 25-pin? 3 wire, 5 wire, loopback,  or 'we made it up because we could'?

  • TangoAlphaTangoAlpha Posts: 4,586
    Jan19 said:
    Jan19 said:

    Good morning, everybody. :-)

     

    Afternoon. Just had lunch, which was "healthy" for a change (well, no chips anyway!)

    Good decision.  Chips are grease and...something.  French fries are much better. :-)

     

    Evening. Just back from seeing 'Suicide Squad'. :)

    French fries are just American for chips surely? Never been seen in France, that's for sure!

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited August 2016
    Jan19 said:
    Jan19 said:

    Good morning, everybody. :-)

     

    Afternoon. Just had lunch, which was "healthy" for a change (well, no chips anyway!)

    Good decision.  Chips are grease and...something.  French fries are much better. :-)

     

    Evening. Just back from seeing 'Suicide Squad'. :)

    French fries are just American for chips surely? Never been seen in France, that's for sure!

    It always seems to me that French fries are the ones they cut all skinny and chips (proper British chips) are the chunkier ones.    Which would mean that chips are healthier, as they wouldn't absorb so much of the cooking fat or oil.    For some reason I like my chips crinkle cut, they seem to taste better.

     

    Post edited by Chohole on
  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,838
    edited August 2016
    ps1borg said:

    New Painter time already. You have to goto the welcome screen in the help menu of old Painter to get the special upgrade price :)

     

    ...another programme I wish I could afford *sigh*.

    Post edited by kyoto kid on
  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,838
    McGyver said:

    Complaint:

    Why can't manufacturers be bothered to put their logos or product name on their gaddamn power adaptors?  I pay $300 for a device and the friggin' adaptor says "Hon-Kwang" on it... Do you know Hon-Kwang? When you need an adaptor, on the way to the adaptor store, do you say "I hope they stock Hon-Kwang" adaptors?... Or do you open the box and say "Who the hell is Hon-Kwang and why is this in the box with my new $300 Yamaha keyboard?"...  In my adaptor box: KleeTec (old HornTek HD case), Skukky Ltd. (unknown, but was being used for a pencil sharpener probably was from an old modem ), Nan Doe ( I only labeled it "router"... Maybe US robotics?), Asia Power Devices (WD 250 Gb aux HD), Yuhai Electronics Inc. (very old HD case), Absolutely No Name or Lable, but a barcode (old CableVision modem)... Except for Sony, Cannon, LynkSys, and Netgear who seem to have no problem adding their logo to the adaptor, I labeled all of the adaptors...   I get that no-name, or unknown name adaptors may (spelled that correctly but the iPad decided that it needed to be "adapted stay" after I started writing "get") get used sometimes, but for crap sake, could people at least slap a damn lable on the thing...  Long ago I started writing what the adaptor belonged to on my adaptors... In silver Sharpie no less, but if anyone else in this house opens a box first, all bets are off... So now we have a "?" Box of adaptors with no device or home... So annoying to go through... Find the power specs, match specs on adaptors, try those until a plug fits... Stupid.

    This also applies to USB cables, when the device end is unique and not one of the standard forms.

    Aww, pigging USB3c That tiny critter really got my dander up. Along with the 15 other flavours of micro USB and mini USB, that nothing will plug in to!

    Standardization!   Otherwise known as design by committee.  Example:  An elephant is a horse designed by committee.

    Unless you have gray hair you're probably too young to remember the RS-232 standard connectors and its infinite number of variations of wiring options.

     

    ...still have a bunch of those in a box somewhere.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,838
    MistyMist said:
    Rezca said:
    MistyMist said:

    looked up marvelous designer this morning.

    in big print said 59.99  i was like, oh that ain't bad, i'll pick it up this weekend.

    then the smaller print next to 59.99 said "a month"   dohhhhhh

    Ouch :B

     

    Wonder if they have a one-time-payment option... Would probably be a lot if so.

    Aaaaaaaaah, I have a feeling I'll rarely use humans in my images. Mostly because of the "Durr, clothing!"  issue, and well... Hair too I guess.

     

    yeah. >.<  was 550.00

    ..which is why I never upgraded my version.

  • TangoAlphaTangoAlpha Posts: 4,586

    I seem to recall there was some ruling that chips had to be made by cutting up real potatoes, and not by extruding reconstituted mush out of a nozzle (which is why certain big chain fast food joints have to call their reconstituted mush product 'fries')

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,838
    Chohole said:
    Jan19 said:
    Jan19 said:

    Good morning, everybody. :-)

     

    Afternoon. Just had lunch, which was "healthy" for a change (well, no chips anyway!)

    Good decision.  Chips are grease and...something.  French fries are much better. :-)

     

    Evening. Just back from seeing 'Suicide Squad'. :)

    French fries are just American for chips surely? Never been seen in France, that's for sure!

    It always seems to me that French fries are the ones they cut all skinny and chips (proper British chips) are the chunkier ones.    Which would mean that chips are healthier, as they wouldn't absorb so much of the cooking fat or oil.    For some reason I like my chips crinkle cut, they seem to taste better.

     

    ...the crinkle cut ones also work better for pan frying as well.

    Fries that are cut from raw potatoes tend to be the most greasy for some reason, even when deep fried at the right temperature.  This is why I don't like going to pubs here to eat as most do hand cut fires for which I need a wad of napkins (if not a bottle of industrial degreaser) for my hands. 

    Nobody here in the States seems to know how to make proper chips either.

  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109
    Jan19 said:
    Jan19 said:

    Good morning, everybody. :-)

     

    Afternoon. Just had lunch, which was "healthy" for a change (well, no chips anyway!)

    Good decision.  Chips are grease and...something.  French fries are much better. :-)

     

    Evening. Just back from seeing 'Suicide Squad'. :)

    French fries are just American for chips surely? Never been seen in France, that's for sure!

    Right, right. blush​  I was thinking in American-ese when I read chips.  Like...thin strips of lord knows what, all fried up. :-)

  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109
    edited August 2016
    Chohole said:
    Jan19 said:
    Jan19 said:

    Good morning, everybody. :-)

     

    Afternoon. Just had lunch, which was "healthy" for a change (well, no chips anyway!)

    Good decision.  Chips are grease and...something.  French fries are much better. :-)

     

    Evening. Just back from seeing 'Suicide Squad'. :)

    French fries are just American for chips surely? Never been seen in France, that's for sure!

    It always seems to me that French fries are the ones they cut all skinny and chips (proper British chips) are the chunkier ones.    Which would mean that chips are healthier, as they wouldn't absorb so much of the cooking fat or oil.    For some reason I like my chips crinkle cut, they seem to taste better.

    Yes, those are American french fries, ruffle cut, I think.  :-)  I can't find those anymore, where I live, except in the grocery store.  And I seriously hate to cook, especially to fry anything.

    Actually, I do not fry.  And if I ever decided to, I'd have six boxes of baking soda on hand. :-) 

     

    Post edited by Jan19 on
  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109
    kyoto kid said:
    ps1borg said:

    New Painter time already. You have to goto the welcome screen in the help menu of old Painter to get the special upgrade price :)

     

    ...another programme I wish I could afford *sigh*.

    I've learned to stop buying computer programs.  :-)  When does one have time to use them all?

  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109

    I seem to recall there was some ruling that chips had to be made by cutting up real potatoes, and not by extruding reconstituted mush out of a nozzle (which is why certain big chain fast food joints have to call their reconstituted mush product 'fries')

    That's a good description of American chips.  Reconstituted mush, fried to a crisp. :-)

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,838
    Jan19 said:
    kyoto kid said:
    ps1borg said:

    New Painter time already. You have to goto the welcome screen in the help menu of old Painter to get the special upgrade price :)

     

    ...another programme I wish I could afford *sigh*.

    I've learned to stop buying computer programs.  :-)  When does one have time to use them all?

    ...Painter is actually one I would make use of as I used to work in traditional art media before 3D CG.

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