I Forgot What My Complaint Was - Complaint Thread

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,361

    I haven't even logged into ESO all month... They made me mad. And all the money I was spending on ESO is going to Daz. EVENTHOUGH, someone told me I should stop using Daz Studio.

     

    That's some Honky Tonky Kitty...

    Pay no attention...use what you like and can figure out.  Or use both popular programs...they each have strengths and weaknesses.  (though weaknesses seem to be less and less as they progress)

    Dana

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,096

    ESO... Exceptionally Sexy Octopus... My favorite online virtual octopus dating simulator. 

    It does have a steep learning curve, but once you meet a real octopus you’ll have all the right lines and moves.

    DAZ Studio on the other hand has an okay octopus model, but it’s no match if you are really into octopuses.

    If that’s not your thing, there is Platypus Simulator Online and Virtual Armadillo Matchmaker... both hold high ratings in the obscure animals relationships genres.

  • DanaTA said:

    Pay no attention...use what you like and can figure out.  Or use both popular programs...they each have strengths and weaknesses.  (though weaknesses seem to be less and less as they progress)

    Dana

    That's my theory as well. I enjoy doing what I do in both (though I'd very much like to retain what I learn better).

    McGyver said:

    ESO... Exceptionally Sexy Octopus... My favorite online virtual octopus dating simulator. 

    It does have a steep learning curve, but once you meet a real octopus you’ll have all the right lines and moves.

    DAZ Studio on the other hand has an okay octopus model, but it’s no match if you are really into octopuses.

    If that’s not your thing, there is Platypus Simulator Online and Virtual Armadillo Matchmaker... both hold high ratings in the obscure animals relationships genres.

    Tentacles Tentacles Tentacles!!!

  • Subtropic PixelSubtropic Pixel Posts: 2,389
    Petercat said:
     

     

    Petercat said:

    IBad day, good computer tech. I tried to clone an SSD, and my computer wouldn't boot up afterwards. Not even the boot menu. Power on, fans spin, perpetual black screen. Took it to the shop, tech told me that my expensive motherboard had fried. He called up Amazon, we chose a better (still expensive) one and ordered it for me, with zero markup. Then asked if I wanted him to install it! Will (should) have computer back Tuesday. More PCIe slots, more SATA connections, now I can have more internal storage!
    Would have installed new board myself, but he'll reinstall Win7 Pro for me, just in case it needs fine tuning.
    Told me this was the third motherboard he'd seen fried right after use of Acronis to clone a drive. I'd used it before to clone an SSD for my laptop. Oh, well.

    If it weren't for the thunderstorms, I would have taken a week away from Studio to tour on my motorcycle. Poor timing. But Autumn is coming!

    Wait...no, just no.  Something ELSE happened.  I've been using Acronis Disk Director for over a decade and that has NEVER happened.  And I'm constantly cloning, enlarging, shrinking, or otherwise moving/copying partitions all over the place.  That one time I even put one on YOUR drive and there wasn't any problem.  Okay, maybe not that last part, but really!  Something ELSE happened.  DD doesn't just "break" motherboards.  I call shenanigans.  Not on you, but on the renderer of the explanation.

    Speaking of anecdotal evidence...
    I knew his father, who started the business twenty years ago. The son has been doing this for twenty years now, dealing with many, many customers, so I don't doubt that he's seen a total of three instances among all the other things he's seen at  the same time as a motherboard failure. Neither he nor I said that Acronis definitely caused the failure. I don't know, but I won't take the chance again. And it's True Image WD, not Disk Director.

    Well, if it's True Image, you probably should switch to a real backup tool.  I stopped using TI when I needed to restore a drive and the backup was not readable.  But Disk Director, also by Acronis, is a whole  'nother animal.  I now use Macrium Reflect for backups, and have been for several years now. 

    Petercat said:

    It boils down to this: When I have a MB that has been chugging along without a boot glitch for four years and the first time I try some new software it fails to reboot when that software makes it necessary, I'm not using that software again. I don't care how many people will swear on a Users Manual that it wasn't the software, I'm the one paying for an expensive new motherboard, so it's my choice.

    Again, I don't fault anybody for uninstalling True Image.  It cannot break a motherboard, of course.  But I would not use it at all.

    Chohole said:

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    Non-complaint:  Hot & muggy out today, so I escaped in the car for 40 miles of real air-conditioning and a quick lunch.  On the way I stopped at the cheese shop near the north end of the lake and bought some more Danish Bleu (Mmmm, sticky, tangy & tart) and some Wensleydale with cranberries (Mmmm, crumbly & sweet) .yes  Now to find an occasion to obliterate an afternoon with a bottle of champagne, crackers & cheese. (Mmmm... decadence)devil

    This week I have ordered  
    Danish Blue Cheese
     Cornish Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese
     Welsh Slate Cavern Aged Cheddar,

    This will be delivered to the door together with the rest of my grocery order, and will add to the remains of the standard large block of vintage cheddar that I call "cheese sandwich cheese"  and the Parmigiano Reggiano - grated for Pasta dishes and 2 types of soft cheese,  one is seriously strong and the other a normal strength one to use with smoked salmon on wholemeal bread which I already have in the fridge.

    I'm not really a cheese person.  My cheese cupboard is usually limited to "Pepper Jack" and "Velveeta".  But I do always (always) get blue cheese dressing on a salad when eating out.  And I do like good blue cheese to spread on crackers (saltines).  However, the little old lady at the cheese shop was so nice and got me to try the Wensleydale so my cheese horizons have expanded just a little.

    I do also have a little experience with Swiss Cheese.  Meh...indecision  And I have endured Brie for about 20 seconds (yuk, ptui, blech).  I'm sorry but I find it comparable to homogonized snot.no

    And don't poo poo Velveeta.  It has its uses.  Especially melting into the top of hot casseroles like Scalloped Potatoes.   Mmmm yes  Yeah, probably only related to cheese by proximity on the grocery shelf but still much more useful than Brie.

    I can't stand Asiago.  It reminds me of a high school locker room.  Feet, ew!

    Velveeta was always the magic stuff for nachos and mac'n'cheeze, because it melts without bubbling or becoming lumpy.  But I can't do Velveeta anymore, it would make me super ill.  But it's a perfectly good mix of petroleum byproducts, that's for sure!  cheeky

    Sunday Morning Complaints:

    My bangs stabbed me in my left eye.

    Bang!

    My girlfriend laughed at me for making faces in a mirror and then trying to copy them on my character.

    If that's the worst thing she's caught you doing, then you're probably doing pretty good!

    I sent my family an email with the Daz 3D Gift Card telling them they are 15% off for values over $200... My brother responded saying there may be a need for an intervention.

    You don't need an intervention.  I mean, did you tell him that his mesh is dangling loose or his UV is unzipped?  No?  Then you are probably good for a least another 5 years!

    I don't have a problem. I can stop dazzing at any time. See I'm not evening dazzing right now. Well... I have renders going... That doesn't count right?

    No, it doesn't count.  Carry on!

    My brother asked me to send my latest render... but... I'm can't. My daz models have had a wild weekend so far...

    Yeah, when my models have a more exciting weekend than I do, then it's time for me to get out of the house!

    When did I get CBS all access part of my Amazon account?  Apparently I got some version of CBS all access because I am watching it on my TV.

    So watch all the new Star Trek episodes and write me a book report.  Okay, it's not a book.  But you know what I mean.  I'm mad at Hollywood right now, and won't pay for any new media subscriptions.  No, it's not a grudge, really!  A grudge is being mad for more than 10 years.  For me it's only been about 5.  Okay, 7.  And a few months.  Okay, like 24 months.

    why do the girl parts that came with my models not match so well?

    Embrace the differences!

     

    my stomach is making weird sounds again... i suspect that in any moment an alien will burst out and ruin this top.

    maybe i should change...

    but i would want to look cute when i die...

    Okay, so a bachelor's tip for you..."Shout" works great, along with the "booster" tabs.  But you have to use the Shout before you do that first wash with mustard still in the clothes.  Okay, so that only helps you if the alien bursts out and you bleed mustard.  But it's a start!

    TheKD said:

    See the TURTLE of Enormous Girth

    On his shell he holds the Earth.

    His thought is slow, but always kind.

    He holds us all within his mind.

    Oh come on, we all know it was really a giant Lion Turtle!

    As much as I try I can't find any male models on the store I like. They all look like jerks.

    Some jerks look like not-jerks.  Some not-jerks look like jerks.  Others are former jerks, and still look like whatever they looked like when they were jerks.  Others are newly jerks, and still look whatever they looked like when they were not jerks. 

    Oh drat.  I should have just stuck witrh my first response:

    Looks, deceiving.  Books, covers. 

    Of course if I buy dudes then I'll have to buy clothes for them.

    Name them all Adam.

    And then they'll want a car.

    Make them get a job and buy their own cars!

    And sports stuff.

    Yeah, even Speedos are expensive.  But a lot cheaper for guys than for the ladies.

    And they'll get my female models into trouble and cause drama.

    Maybe I should just stick to using the free guys...

    That's what us guys do.  wink

    And the free guys, are just freeloaders.  Look out, they'll scam you out of house and home if you're not careful!  devil

    Petercat said:

    As much as I try I can't find any male models on the store I like. They all look like jerks.

    Of course if I buy dudes then I'll have to buy clothes for them.

    And then they'll want a car.

    And sports stuff.

    And they'll get my female models into trouble and cause drama.

    Maybe I should just stick to using the free guys...

    Pick a teen and make him grow up. They're not nearly as jerkish.

    That's a terrible idea!  I mean really, are you prepared to pay for college for "Underwater Literature"?

    I really want ice cream.

    That does it.  I have to leave the house now for my s'creems.  Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia is not possible to beat.

    What do I want to render today?

    A. Sexy nudes.

    B. Girl on Girl naughtiness.

    C. A knife fight.

    D. A complex scene involving a train, a damsel in distress, and a horse. (Or something else that I don't have the assets for either.)

    E. A scene where a dude is buried up to his neck in concrete.

    A.  It's always a good time for sexy nudes.

    B.  Not my ice cream cone, but go for it!

    C.  How about a knife fight between sexy nudes over an ice cream cone?

    D.  Was in one of those last week.  Except the train was being driven by the damsel, I was the one in distress, and it was all because the horse was a hyena.

    E.  Didn't we see that on The Sopranos?  Or maybe it was one of the old CSI shows...

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,413

    Right now in a game I am getting confused if I need pumpkins or watermellons.  They are so much alike?

     

      On other news I was thinking of doing a render of a white out blizzard.  Or better yet a scene in a deep underground cavern with no light source.

     

    I got a question, why is that baby shark song so popular?  I am not right next to the Baby Shark stand but not far away enough from it to not hear that song go over and over and over.  (and over)

  • I tried to quote to respond to my quotes but then my brain was like "Isn't today Friday?" so I'm just going to say...

    Wow, I sound a bit crazy. Probably true.

  • chaynawolfsmoonchaynawolfsmoon Posts: 675
    edited July 2019

    I wonder if they realize that a lot of those freebie light fixtures can be repurposed as... "Items that may or may not be found in my nightstand".

     

    Also: My facebook feed is full of cosplayers and daz girls. Sometimes I get them confused.

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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,215
    edited July 2019

    Wheee..., Non-complaint:  Went for another mini-adventure today.  40 mile drive past the whole length of Lake Chautauqua to the end of the road at the NY shore of Great Lake Erie.  The day is beautiful, the air clear, and this road took me over the crest of a hill where I could see Lake Erie spread out before me like a sea.  I don't think everybody realizes just how big the Great Lakes are.  Lakes Erie and Ontario are the smallest of them and yet when viewed from the crest of that hill at an elevation of 800 feet above lake level you can see the vast expanse of water from horizon to horizon left & right of you and with no visible opposite shore ahead of you, you almost get the idea that it's a LOT of water.surprise  And when in the middle of even "little" Lake Erie there is no land visible anywhere around you.  Fresh water seas!  The five great lakes (Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario) in one area.  No other place on Earth like it.yes

    I went to the shore of Lake Erie to get some smoked Whitefish at the little fish shop at the port in Barcelona, NY.  Mmmm... smoked Whitefish, blue cheese on crackers, and a bottle of a very dry or brut champagne.  Mmmm... decadence! devil

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  • Subtropic PixelSubtropic Pixel Posts: 2,389
    edited July 2019

    Non un-complaint Complaint.  I have AC again.  Yay!

    But I'm still getting ice cream, dammit.wink

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  • Non un-complaint Complaint.  I have AC again.  Yay!

    But I'm still getting ice cream, dammit.wink

    I'm wearing my ice cream. It is a fashion choice...

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,413

    I want something pretty for my aquarium but something not pretty expensive too.

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,413

    I want something pretty for my aquarium but something not pretty expensive too.

    never mind I found the item I want at Amazon but it is not the price I want.  I have plenty of fake plants but nothing I can afford fits my fancy.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 109,282
     
    McGyver said:

    ESO... Exceptionally Sexy Octopus... My favorite online virtual octopus dating simulator. 

    It does have a steep learning curve, but once you meet a real octopus you’ll have all the right lines and moves.

    DAZ Studio on the other hand has an okay octopus model, but it’s no match if you are really into octopuses.

    If that’s not your thing, there is Platypus Simulator Online and Virtual Armadillo Matchmaker... both hold high ratings in the obscure animals relationships genres.

    Tentacles Tentacles Tentacles!!!

    https://www.daz3d.com/horror-from-the-deep
    https://www.daz3d.com/singers-of-chzor-bundle
    https://www.daz3d.com/octogenesis

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,413

    What is DS 4.12?

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,413

    Wonder which is more likely, DS 5 or DS4.20

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,096

    Giant angry beetle does Tai Chi...

     

  • To flash sale or not to flash sale? That is the question.

    Do I really need two more swim suits and a motorcycle?

     

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,413

    Wow!  My printer can do wireless printing now.  I went to print out a document without checking to see if I plugged in the USB cord and it printed it without complaining.

    Now I am trying to open up Adobe Acrobat to see if I can print just certain pages of a document.

  • Hmm... Wonder if I have enough face morphs to make a character look like someone I know... Would that be creepy?

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,413

    Hmm... Wonder if I have enough face morphs to make a character look like someone I know... Would that be creepy?

    I have Zbrush and Blender so in theory I could make any morph I want.

  • I'm almost certain that any attempt I make in Blender to make a morph would be a disaster.

    Quite possibly comical... but horrifying. :)

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,096
    edited July 2019

    Hmm... Wonder if I have enough face morphs to make a character look like someone I know... Would that be creepy?

    If not, you could always alter the real person’s face... granted, amateur plastic surgery is still a little hard to get the hang of at first, but it’s a great skill to have.

     

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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,215
    edited July 2019

    Non-complaint:  During my mini-adventure today, on the way home I drove down the western side of Chautauqua Lake and stopped at the Chautauqua Institute ticket office and finally bit the bullet and bought a ticket for next Thursday's symphony.  Yay!  (this of course means that despite the rosy weather forecast, it will now rain cats & dogs).  Performance will be Rachmaninoff's 2nd Symphony. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQtoOWqZ_J4 

    I LOVE the beginning of this piece.  Relaxing, melancholy.

    Also, I pulled my dash-cam from the car and dumped the videos and found a picture where it shows Lake Erie from the top of the hill.  At that point the road is 800 feet above the lake but the lake is still 5 miles away.  The picture doesn't give the feeling of bigness that being there does.  No single view shows everything but I selected a shot that shows a wide swath of lake (the darker blue under the horizon). 

    Edited to add:  At 800 feet elevation, the distance to the horizon is about 35 miles.

     

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  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,413
    McGyver said:

    Hmm... Wonder if I have enough face morphs to make a character look like someone I know... Would that be creepy?

    If not, you could always alter the real person’s face... granted, amateur plastic surgery is still a little hard to get the hang of at first, but it’s a great skill to have.

     

    I used to rearrange someone’s face as a kid.   It never stuck.

  • McGyver said:

    If not, you could always alter the real person’s face... granted, amateur plastic surgery is still a little hard to get the hang of at first, but it’s a great skill to have.

    mmmhmmm Don't I know this... Really any amateur surgery seems to get people all riled up...

     

    I used to rearrange someone’s face as a kid.   It never stuck.

    I tried to remove a guy's... euphemism... with the heel of my shoe once. I thought it would make him less... annoying. He did not appreciate it one bit.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    hot again today.

    complaint  wheels on my walker sticking.  i have to push extra hard.
    don't wanna go out but haz to get singles for the bus.  $4 one way.  i s  a lot of singles.  32 of them a week

    10 bux short for the meaning of life. 

    complainnt  my reservation with hart bus to take me to stop n shop somehow was scheduled for Monday instead of today.
    woes
    blue cross sent me checks for medical stuff from last December.
    Apparently i never cashed the checks they sent last December.  I was a prisoner of the hospital at the time.
    so now i can blame them for making me miss my insurance checks. on top of making me miss a week of work. missed a treatment with the eye doctor for  the macular edema.   i never thought i'd wish for someone to go to tell, but i really hope those doctors and corporate greed monsters go straight down, skip the hand basket, just drop them in

    perrrrkele

    complainnt  - my carpet still soaked from the flood.  5 days of running the dehumidifier.  my socks got soaked walking over to the kitchen area.  foot dr told me to keep my feet dry, cuz moisture can cause toe infections.  i average 2 toe infections a year. the last couple years.

    les miserables

    non-complaint  HART just called, they managed to squeeze in my supermarket trip for today.

    i emergency ordered a shop vac.  the flood left debris piles of soil all over my place.  afraid of ruining my shark vaccuum on the debris.

    There's some days only a big heaping ice cream sundae can help.  even if it aint sunday. smiley

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    non-complaint  grape sized tomatoes yummy snax.  plain and raw, not exactly wriggling
    just pop em in like , like grapes

    i don't see the difference between lilac and lavendar.

  • I just remembered something that I never quite got the hang of with Blender... Putting Textures on stuff.

    It seems like a rather simple thing but I could never get it right.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    I just remembered something that I never quite got the hang of with Blender... Putting Textures on stuff.

    It seems like a rather simple thing but I could never get it right.

    more mysterious than texture maps in Bryce?

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