Thanks for the info, Ginger.
Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Mar 11, 2011 2:47:31 pm PST #27777 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Atropa - Mar 11, 2011 2:55:59 pm PST #27778 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Thank you, Ginger. I actually was waiting for you.
I was, too. So thank you.
Liese, honey, go take a nap.
sarameg - Mar 11, 2011 3:11:59 pm PST #27779 of 30001
Liese, do what the good people say.
Work got...worse. Doing acceptance testing and something is horribly wrong and no one can explain it. I had to leave (and frankly was theeees close to stabbing the computer and no really being able to focus anymore,) but I brought the laptop home hoping to run some more test. But some of the processes are not up (despite being last told they were up) and that means I can't run the tests. And we were planning on installing on Monday. Hafuckingha.
Dev keeps insisting "but it didn't happen in test!" Well, boofuckinghoo, looky here, it's happening! In the test environment!
So I'm stymied. And really really sick of friday drama.
sarameg - Mar 11, 2011 3:38:26 pm PST #27780 of 30001
AND AND...I feel bad that I can't do more. And yet, acceptance testing usually lasts a week. We got the system Thursday afternoon, and my part couldn't even start until today. So really? Not my fault!
Trudy Booth - Mar 11, 2011 3:58:11 pm PST #27781 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Did we discuss Boardwalk Empire anywhere?
le nubian - Mar 11, 2011 4:12:54 pm PST #27782 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
premium tv thread.
Trudy Booth - Mar 11, 2011 4:15:14 pm PST #27783 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Thanks! I finally just saw the finale.
sarameg - Mar 11, 2011 4:17:05 pm PST #27784 of 30001
Before my worklife went to shit, I was looking at the earthquake and tsunami pictures. And going to googlemaps to see what it was before. One of the things that stuck with me were all the people with hardhats on. And seawalls/faux-reefs off the coasts of populated areas via googlemaps. It's just...telling that this is a nation prepared as it could possibly be. But this, this was pretty close to worst case. And the losses are horrific, but it is amazing to me that it wasn't so much worse. The worst damage is waterborn, and how in the hell do you stop the ocean?
le nubian - Mar 11, 2011 4:34:38 pm PST #27785 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Cass - Mar 11, 2011 4:35:19 pm PST #27786 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
and how in the hell do you stop the ocean?
You don't. You build things to withstand the quake, you have massive emergency procedures in place and you make sure people know what to do *before*, during and after a quake.
You will never prevent property loss and even the loss of some life. But I think we're seeing a vastly different outcome because this happened where it did.
It was some big pre-quakes, an 8.9 and over 150ish massive aftershocks in less than 24 hours.
I started to imagine it in Southern California and just ... stopped. I couldn't deal with it.
I really need to stop refreshing the USGS page too.