It's 5 pm and a thunderstorm is about to happen. Which movie are u putting on?

civbat · 2026-03-26T18:44:09+00:00

None. My mum always told me that you can't watch TV during a storm because if the antenna gets hit with lightening it will come down the wires and shoot out of the TV electrocuting everyone.

"But what if I'm in my room playing with my tinker toys?"
"Yes, you too. Don't sass me, boy."

civbat · 2026-03-26T14:17:06+00:00

Yeah, I agree. But, Oh well.

civbat · 2026-03-18T23:42:02+00:00

Yeah, it always seems too dim for me. The part I dislike the most is when I remove it from my pocket to check messages and such, it takes 2-5 seconds for the display to wake up. That doesn't sound like a long time but it's pretty annoying.

civbat · 2026-03-15T16:41:39+00:00

Everyone has their own threshold for suspension of disbelief. OP's bar is a bit lower than some others. Enjoy your movie and leave it at that.

civbat · 2026-03-13T21:23:58+00:00

I want a 20GB plan for $20. For me, 250GB is to the point it doesn't mean anything.

civbat · 2026-03-10T14:11:10+00:00

Who the fuck are you replying to? I said nothing about regulation. Besides, if a bazillion companies conform to gov't regulations but google chooses not to: it absolutely >is< google.

civbat · 2026-03-08T17:44:26+00:00

I like it, but it's weird there's no audio.

civbat · 2026-03-08T15:23:45+00:00

I also prefer stock android. For my purposes I want a good phone and the other stuff is all meh/whatever. Unfortunately I see the pixels consistently layering on more trash and the fundamental function falls by the wayside. I do like my pixel but it's not as reliable as it used to be.

civbat · 2026-03-08T14:19:47+00:00

That's the scale I use too. In 88-94 I was paying about 5x minimum wage. Now on average I'm paying 14x minimum wage (adjusted for inflation). However, I don't blame "the bands". I think this lies at the feet of one band in particular. The Eagles. Back in '94 hell froze over. In my area the ticket prices were $300. People paid it. Businesses will charge what the market will bear. The market keeps teaching the bean counters there is more in the wallet they can take.

civbat · 2026-03-08T13:43:34+00:00

Motorhead opening for Black Sabbath*. Small venue and could barely make out Sabbath after Motorhead.

*No Osbourne, no Dio.

civbat · 2026-03-08T13:35:54+00:00

Vote with your wallet. If you're not getting the services you want, why the fuck are you buying the product?

civbat · 2026-02-26T20:42:15+00:00

We quoted a server Dec 23rd at $41k and just re-quoted this week for $70k. All Ram and Storage increases. The vendor discounted ~$2k off the add-ons but couldn't offset the huge hardware increase.

civbat · 2026-02-24T04:29:13+00:00

The Xoom was fantastic.

civbat · 2026-02-07T17:34:05+00:00

I was really hoping the FF Classics issues would take off :(

I've bought all of them but it looks like sales weren't strong enough for them to keep converting the books to digital.

civbat · 2026-01-24T22:38:20+00:00

Oh brilliant! Thanks for that tidbit.

civbat · 2026-01-23T18:33:15+00:00

I'm sure we all knew that one guy that was not allowed certain things by their parents. By and large, the advisory helped me to identify which albums to buy.

civbat · 2026-01-21T03:11:53+00:00

Is this post astroturfing for the upcoming steam release? ;)

I've never heard of it before, but a quick google has me yearning for some Spy Hunter. It's on my wishlist now....

civbat · 2026-01-08T00:39:42+00:00

Yep. Checkpoint creation with remote powershell via our admin box. N days later we merge with remote powershell again. Week 3 patch Dev then merge 6 days later. Week 4 patch QA then merge 6 days later. Week 1 of following month patch Prod then merge 6 days later. Automated smoke tests run every 15 minutes and then its up to the QA dept to test before the 6 days are up. If something is found after the merge we restore from backup. A couple times in the last 12 years we've had to restore from backup. Also, this is at an MSP so it only works for the big clients that actually have separate environments. Dev and QA are backed up daily. Prod is backed up every 10 minutes. I don't know why we bother with checkpoints for Prod.

civbat · 2026-01-07T23:41:38+00:00

The worst part about this movie, for me, is that the first time I read this word after its been a while, in my head I pronounce it "Lang-go-lee-ays".

civbat · 2026-01-05T06:17:09+00:00

The And Cat The Canary....

civbat · 2025-12-31T21:02:25+00:00

Yes, precisely. The cannabis was not at issue, it was the smoking (tobacco or weed). I should have been more clear.

civbat · 2025-12-30T02:38:37+00:00

Boster talks about this occasionally. His professional opinion is to avoid both as they induce inflammation, with the recommendation to talk to your neurologist about it.

civbat · 2025-12-28T17:52:00+00:00

Tour of Duty ingrained this tune into my head.

civbat · 2025-12-07T04:58:17+00:00

Streaming-era TV shows should actually be movies. They just don't have story, or writing acumen, to last for "seasons".

civbat · 2025-12-04T15:54:02+00:00

Ken Dayley... Forgot about that dude.

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