[Jeff]

Internet is back up and running. ISP had some kind of major slowdown on their end. Could connect, but the connection was painfully slow, then timed out. It's fixed now. I don't know what I would do without internet. It's almost as necessary as drinking water. Could not tolerate going back to the stone age without computers or technology. Reminds me of that Futurama episode when Bender refused to get the upgrade, so he downgraded into a wooden robot and waged war on technology.

Sinclair: Why would you want to watch TV when you could watch a snail crawl for hours on end?
Bender: That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

[Kathy]

Without internet I would just:

- play a videogame
- read a book
- listen to music
- watch a movie

[Jeff]

Trying to remember the kinds of stuff I did back in the day when there was no internet. Hmm, I think I may have gotten outside more.

[Kathy]

What's outside?

[Jeff]

Back in the day, I used to joke about going outside. I called the Outdoor Life Network (TV channel), the Indoor Life Network.

[Hank]

Jeff, on 20 June 2013 - 08:36 AM, said:

Back in the day, I used to joke about going outside. I called the Outdoor Life Network (TV channel), the Indoor Life Network.

Ehmm, one of my old buddies called and says they are evacuating parts of Calgary because of floods, so stay inside if you still live in this City

[High Treason]

Wouldn't you be more likely to have problems if you stayed indoors? Think I'd bail out of that city pretty damn fast, I can't swim. Hope your friend is OK.

In other news, my GeForce Ti4600 just died... The Ti cards are hard to find in the UK so I looked for another one, found one that was almost burnt out. I wanted a 4800 anyway but I have only seen one IRL and it came over from America with a guy I knew back when it was relevant...

Well, if all goes to plan, I migth have just gotten a "Ti 4800" for £16. I just bought a Quadro4 980 XGL for £16! This uses the same chip as the Ti 4800, it is from a HP workstation, was listed as parts or not working on eBay but according to the seller, one of the DVI ports works, the reason they listed it as broken was due to the second DVI port not working properly and they can't guarantee the card will last long at all. As it's mostly a display piece and Interstate '76 is about as much stress as it'll ever get it may be ok, if I get only a day out of it I'd still be happy just so I could say I once owned a Ti 4800 card and the Athlon 2600+ I wanted not to mention the awesome Chaintech motherboard.

You have no idea how much I used to almost masturbate over that thing when it came out, I even made a sticker for my MX420 (all I could afford with my pocket money) that said "0 Ti" in the same font as the label on there and stuck it to the end so it said "MX420|0 Ti"

The other options were a Radeon 9800 Pro, never knew anyone have a good time with those and all the ones I saw were loud. An FX5900XT/Ultra, much of the same. Hope this thing works.

[Jeff]

Hank, on 20 June 2013 - 03:44 PM, said:

Ehmm, one of my old buddies called and says they are evacuating parts of Calgary because of floods, so stay inside if you still live in this City

I'll be fine. I'm about 1 mile from the Bow River, so it's unlikely that the water would completely overflow it. Or would get to where I live.

[Hank]

Jeff, on 20 June 2013 - 04:43 PM, said:

I'll be fine. I'm about 1 mile from the Bow River, so it's unlikely that the water would rise to that level.

Doesn't matter, if you are low on food, you are low on food, Fred and fam was kicked out of their home for the next 72 hr

But all the best dude.

[Jeff]

Perhaps. There is another 15mm of rain set to fall in the next couple days. Should probably go stock up on food and supplies.

[Master Fibbles]

High Treason, on 20 June 2013 - 03:55 PM, said:

Wouldn't you be more likely to have problems if you stayed indoors?

It depends on the situation. If you are high enough up, the roads could be more dangerous once the floods start. When hurricane Katrina fucked New Orleans, the problem was people didn't leave when everyone told them to leave so they ended up being washed away (and the city was built below sea level which is pretty stupid at the Gulf of Mexico which gets a fair amount of hurricanes).

If you can't get out, you have to shelter in place in as high a place as possible.

[Jeff]

Mr.Flibble, on 20 June 2013 - 05:55 PM, said:

It depends on the situation. If you are high enough up, the roads could be more dangerous once the floods start. When hurricane Katrina fucked New Orleans, the problem was people didn't leave when everyone told them to leave so they ended up being washed away (and the city was built below sea level which is pretty stupid at the Gulf of Mexico which gets a fair amount of hurricanes).

If you can't get out, you have to shelter in place in as high a place as possible.

I live on the third floor of a high rise building. I'll be fine.

This hasn't been the first time something like this has happened. Couple years ago we had a flash flood. This guy seems to be having a great time though.

[Hank]

Jeff, on 20 June 2013 - 05:54 PM, said:

Perhaps. There is another 15mm of rain set to fall in the next couple days. Should probably go stock up on food and supplies.

I would, word is right now the Bow River is being affected as well, this could mean Down Town may be surrounded by water, so ...

[Jeff]

Hank, on 20 June 2013 - 06:15 PM, said:

I would, word is right now the Bow River is being affected as well, this could mean Down Town may be surrounded by water, so ...

Maybe they'll give me the day off work tomorrow if I can't get out of my house or walk to the LRT to go to work.

[Kathy]

High Treason, on 20 June 2013 - 03:55 PM, said:

Wouldn't you be more likely to have problems if you stayed indoors? Think I'd bail out of that city pretty damn fast, I can't swim. Hope your friend is OK.

Your (in)ability to swim is irrelevant during the flood.

[Jeff]

Cathy, on 20 June 2013 - 07:24 PM, said:

Your (in)ability to swim is irrelevant during the flood.

Exactly. The current would move so fast that you'd just get swept away. Not to mention, trying to stay afloat in the muddy water. If the mud gets in your throat you're done for.

Well I got the day off today from work. Apparently half the city is under water. I'm fine though.

[Kathy]

I never knew there was a difference between gender and sex. But I have an excuse of being non-native speaker.

[Fox]

Cathy, on 20 June 2013 - 07:24 PM, said:

Your (in)ability to swim is irrelevant during the flood.

Or make for a more painfull death. Back then many sailors would choose not to learn how to swim so they would die quickly in water.

[Master Fibbles]

Cathy, on 21 June 2013 - 10:05 AM, said:

I never knew there was a difference between gender and sex. But I have an excuse of being non-native speaker.

Sex can mean either gender or the act...not sure there is really a distinction beyond that.

[Jeff]

My swimming skills aren't that great. I took some lessons back when I was a kid, but I only got to the third level or so out of eight I think. I remember the top level was white.

[Hendricks266]

Mr.Flibble, on 21 June 2013 - 03:14 PM, said:

Sex can mean either gender or the act...not sure there is really a distinction beyond that.

Sex is biological; gender is cultural.

[Master Fibbles]

That is a pretty interesting claim. One that I'm not sure you could defend.

Are you saying that a person may identify as whatever gender one chooses to despite one's biological sex? If so, that lacks a basis in science and possibly language.

Of course, I don't care for such alterations of language. "gender" and "sex" are synonyms.

[Jeff]

So according to this eye prescription calculator I used, my vision is 20/100. I thought it was worse than that.

[Hendricks266]

Mr.Flibble, on 21 June 2013 - 06:45 PM, said:

Are you saying that a person may identify as whatever gender one chooses to despite one's biological sex?

Absolutely.

[Person of Color]

Some people can't help it though. One of my close friends is transgendered. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

[Jimmy]

Me too, I have a few transgendered and/or gender dysphoric friends. Not fun times.

[Kathy]

Can't transgendered be okay with its body?

[Sangman]

Hendricks266, on 21 June 2013 - 03:27 PM, said:

Sex is biological; gender is cultural.

But in order for the biological sex thing to work for the thing it is biologically intended for (ie. reproduction) you of course need a male and a female... so there is a biological reason, not only cultural, why those genders exist.

[Kathy]

I wouldn't mind being another biological sex, but I can't say I'm tormented about how things are.

[Fox]

I would not want to be a female, the internal plumbing of a woman requires too much maintenance.