Enjoy your Spagetti

I got this email from Mr. Wonderfull this morning.

http://techrepublic.com.com/2300-10879_11-5896894-1.html
I hope ours will look like that by the month end.

Yep. That was it..

You can never have enough Chuck Norris...

I see you...

I am a Jedis' Apperentice...

Mr. Wonderfull calls me to his office today. (One of many times) Shows me he's having problems connecting to a pc at the northern california dealership. But before I continue, I must explain how we conntect to each other. We have a VPN connection between both dealerships, so in-essense I can conenct to 192.168.100.xxx (workstation) from 192.168.50.xxx (workstation). We use Remotely anywhere to Remote to each station. Now normally there isnt any issue with connecting to each other. But when you have another Nic card installed, and its directly connected to a DSL connection, IE will connect through the DSL rather than the Networked connection. So naturally, if you try to access 192.168.100.xxx, it will not connect being its not going through the VPN that has been setup. I explain this to him and disable the DSL connection for the time being. Upon thinking about why he has or needs a second Nic card I engage in a small conversation with Mr. Wonderfull.

Me: "So, why do you need a second nic card anyways?"
Mr.W: "Because..."
Me: "Why? theres really no need for it, your pc doesnt have any bandwidth load problems..."
Mr.W: "I need it, and When you are ready I will tell you why I have it, until then you do not need to know."
Me: "..."

I walk out of the office and think to myself, Am I some sort of padawan? That answer just doesn't make sense. "When I am ready?". What the hell kind of answer is that.

I need to stop asking "Why?" with this man, he is simply amazing with the things he comes up with.

Command Prompt A to Z

This is a really nice reference for those of use who still use the cmd prompt in windows. From arp (Address Resolution Protocol) to xcopy. This reference goes through them all, so if theres a problem your having with them check out this handy reference.

Link: Command Line A-Z

Yea. I get some Layer 8 swagg.

I won the past Caption contest for week of Feb 6th - 10th 2006. See me and all my glory!

Actually, I've made 1st before, but did not receive any swagg :(
But its all good. [ See past win here ]

Click the image to see the article from Networking World.

I'll post what I get when I get it. :)

Then will be now soon...

Dark Helmet: What the hell am I looking at? When does this happen in the movie?
Colonel Sandurz: Now. You're looking at now sir. Everything that happens now, is happening now.
Dark Helmet: What happened to then?
Colonel Sandurz: We passed then.
Dark Helmet: When?
Colonel Sandurz: Just now. We're at now, now.
Dark Helmet: Go back to then!
Colonel Sandurz: When?
Dark Helmet: Now.
Colonel Sandurz: Now?
Dark Helmet: Now!
Colonel Sandurz: I can't.
Dark Helmet: Why?
Colonel Sandurz: We missed it.
Dark Helmet: When?
Colonel Sandurz: Just now.
Dark Helmet: When will then be now?
Colonel Sandurz: Soon.

Very Interesting.

Voice Mails and Messages from the Beyond...

Well not really from the beyond just from Mr. Wonderfull.

So, I come strolling in to my office and sit down and notice a note on my keyboard..
(If you have listened to the voice mails you know how he his.. This just adds to the fun.)

If you think his Voice mails are great have a look at the notes he leaves me.

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"Chad can you come to my Office, please."

I get up from my desk and walk to Mr. Wonderfuls office and This is what happened.

MrW moving a few things "When you move something, put it back. You know I am finicy (anal) about this."
Me: "..."
MrW "Thats it, I just wanted to show you this."
Me "Thats it?... Thats all you wanted?"
MrW "Yes"
Me walking away "O... K...ay..."

I shit you not, a total waste of about 3 to 4 minutes. Thanks, I want that time back.

Sorry, I must Bitch about this...

Ok, Everyone knows about Take-Two, the creators of Grand Theft Auto, are being sued over a hidden sex scene where the player can control what happens. Now, As a gamer (not as much as some) this game doesn't bother me, Nor do I see a reason why people should put up a stink about the game, or any game for that matter. Everyone know what Drug dealers do, Pimps do. So why bitch about it, you see it in movies, on the news on tv. So why complain about it when a video game does it. If you feel the content not correct for your kids then don't buy it for them or dont even allow them to buy it and or play it. Easy as that, As a father of a 10 year old who also shares a passion of video game playing, he knows these types of games are off limits until the is older and more mature. If you feel your kid plays them, then let them know you dont want them playing them. There are a lot worse things in the world, and if your kid doesnt know the difference between a game and life then you need to limit the amount of time and game type he or she plays.

What gets me about this whole thing on sueing them over the Hidden Sex scene, there are worse things in the game other than the hidden porn scene. Sex/porn is an easliy accessable through other means, TV, Video, Internet. Which would you perfer, your kid watching porn or actually going out and having an active sex life.

Here's part of an article I was reading that got me started on this post.

The game, released in 2004, is one of a series in which the player takes the role of a criminal who commits murder, deals in drugs and pimps prostitutes in a virtual Los Angeles. However, the makers, Take-Two Interactive Software, may have stepped over the line by embedding a game within a game called Hot Coffee in which the characters have explicit sex under the control of the player.

With a game like this how can you say that you steped over the line by adding sex? Something thats natural, non-the-less something thats hidden in game. Usually these things are not known by average players until it is spread via forums and in this case the Media (news). Which in my eyes is more violent than any movie or game. You don't see anyone going after an author for a really sexual or violent book do we?...

The point of the legal actions are mainly based on the rating being off. From Mature 17+, to what should have been on it Adult only 18+. How can you differ from a year? Kids these days see sex and talk about or are even active, What so different from acting it out on a game than watching it or even going out and doing it.

Enough of me rambling, the News is on, time for my daily dose of Violence.

Article Source: guardian.co.uk

File's date is wrong...

A while back I created an excel file that has some automation to as far as
creating cells with the correct month and days and then coloring them as needed
for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The thing with the file is that it has to end in
a 4 digit number, i.e. report2006.xls. Theres a function in it that takes the four
digits and makes it the year for the workbook. So if its not named to this format
the dates will be off. So heres the thing.

Mr. Wonderfull calls me to show me that the files' date is not showing correctly
and the I need to make sure that when the file is done in the morning that it is
done correctly and with out any errors so he can send it to the boss. I get to his
office and look at the file. The date shows as follows: 01/01/6(1). I then tell
him that the file when I sent it did not show that, and that I would look at it.
Now, I didn't notice the file error until I came back to my office and checked the
file. I make the nessecary edits and then remember the date thing. So I make a
note with in the excel file, and how it needs to be saved as, Then send it on its
way back to Mr. Wonderfull. A few seconds later I recieve a call from him, Asking
what I mean by the file name. I then try to explain to him that he had changed
the name of the file so it read 01/01/6(1) as the date. The then tells me that he
did not change the filename. And he is very adamant about it. Anything with
this man no matter how truthfull or right you can be is still wrong and your fault,
regardless of what proof you have.

NASA: JPass

Good Ole Nasa:
http://science.nasa.gov/Programs/Pagebuilding/trackJPass.asp?zip=92553&latitude=0&longitude=0&B1=Go

I highly recommend this game...

For all ages, its a blast!

http://kids.discovery.com/games/whizzball/whizzball.html

Look for my contraptions under the names: HoseHead78 and Webmonkey78

Microsoft, demonstrates DirectX in 1995...

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, demonstrates DirectX in 1995. In the video, he places himself in iD's first person shooter, Doom. Wearing a trench coat and carrying a shotgun, he gives a speech about Windows 95 and DirectX becoming THE gaming platform of choice for everyone.

A demonized marine from Doom walks in and says "Hey Bill! Yeah yeah yeah..." And Gates
"Don't interrupt me!"

The Doom Guy:

Bill Gates

Anomalous Cinnamon Toaster Flake almost from hell.

Odd things I purchased this weekend...

This has to be the oddest purchase I have ever made. Now, mind you the two products by themselves are not at all strange, but when purchased together they make for a rather strange and quite time at the register.

What did I purchase you ask? Well, we mainly went for a Toilet Plunger, but for some reason my sister in law thought we needed Vodka to. So, We bought a Toilet Plunger and a Bottle (big one at that) of Vodka. And yes, The cashier and bagger were giving each other looks about this too.

Watch out for them Firetrucks...

60 Mins.. Shows the "Gamer" or Cyber Athlete..

Have a look at this Article that CBS has on Cyber Athlets not being Couch Potatos. [ Link ]

(CBS) The world's best video game player practices for hours to hone the skills that have earned him more than $450,000 in prize money. But being the best is also a matter of being the fittest, says Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel, who credits exercise with being an integral part of his training.

60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft profiles Wendel this Sunday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

So, Kevin IM's me today....

Kevin says:
so the new GM up here got a new laptop from Dell. now it needs to be setup for VPN and stuff, so Vik told him to send the New Laptop to VIK DOWN SOUTH so that he can set it up, WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH HIM.
Kevin says:
so none the less, the new gm came and told me to set it up, and i'm like sure, it wont take very long.
Chad says:
haha.. more or less vik would have me do it....
Kevin says:
definatly not the 5 days it would take vikram.