The Official Rant Thread

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:10 am

They've been on forever on major channels like the BBC one.

sneakyn8 · Post by **sneakyn8** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:51 am

my HD sound card wont work for ubuntu so im stuck without sound

FleetAdmiralBacon · Post by **FleetAdmiralBacon** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:05 am

sneakyn8 wrote:my HD sound card wont work for ubuntu so im stuck without sound

Is it one of those Creative ones? I hear they have the worst support ever.
No integrated sound on your mobo?

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 1:00 pm

Don't know whether I want to see The Flobots or Flogging Molly. Because in no way am I subjecting myself to two consecutive days of concerts...Flogging Molly is awesome in many ways, but there's the upside of supporting a smaller band by going to The Flobots.

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:29 pm

We got Guitar Hero: Aerosmith today.

For Wii.

...

I guess that's why I'm getting it for my birthday next week, which needs to come faster by the way.

Oh, and a kid I knew from school died last night... He wasn't my friend, but he was a good kid. I remember my brother telling me about how many people he knew from high school that have already died, and it's really strange how it's starting to happen for me now. And we just got out a month ago...

CallMeSheF · Post by **CallMeSheF** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:02 pm

That sucks about the kid, Im sorry to hear that.

My birthday also happens to be coming up next week, I'll be spending it in summer school. Woo-hoo, go me. That's what I get for getting a 2 in english. meh.

That's one half of my rant, the other half is that my eye wont stop twitching. Kinda annoying.

bcnipod · Post by **bcnipod** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:20 am

climbing under a car this morning to get the newspaper was not fun.

sneakyn8 · Post by **sneakyn8** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:35 am

FleetAdmiralBacon wrote:
sneakyn8 wrote:my HD sound card wont work for ubuntu so im stuck without sound
Is it one of those Creative ones? I hear they have the worst support ever.
No integrated sound on your mobo?

this is what i get when i type aplay -l

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**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC861VD Analog [ALC861VD Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC861VD Digital [ALC861VD Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 6: Si3054 Modem [Si3054 Modem]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

got it to work i had to put

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options snd-hda-intel enable=1 index=0 model=lenovo
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel

into my /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base

Kount-Dooku · Post by **Kount-Dooku** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:56 am

There are too many bio-fuels/economic adaptations for cars.

I know they're good, but pick one for the love of God.

Hybrids, corn-fuel, and now they're gonna make fuel out of algee. I know these are all good but having five different forms of fuel/power is gonna create confusion and make gas stations have to carry all of these to keep up.

Come on! They had an electric car in 1908! 100 years later and we still havn't made a decent electric car.

WaywornMmmmm · Post by **WaywornMmmmm** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:10 am

On the subject of fuels, I am angry at those commercials that promote ethanol. Way to ruin everything.

0m3g4Muff1n987 · Post by **0m3g4Muff1n987** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:03 am

Middle school romances. (Well, high school next year, but whatever.) I just don't get it. You get together with some girl and the official form of it is that you're "going out" with her, but it's rare that you actually go out on a date. No one I know is old enough for that anyway. The only instance I remember is when 2 of my friends went to see I Am Legend with their girlfriends. So what happens most of the time after you start "going out"? Nothing. I've never been in a relationship so I don't really know for sure, but it seems to me that these so-called couples just text each other all day and talk a lot while at school. And then eventually you break up and move on to someone else again. I don't know, I just think it's totally stupid.

Mr.Brightside · Post by **Mr.Brightside** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:06 pm

0m3g4Muff1n987 wrote:Middle school romances. (Well, high school next year, but whatever.) I just don't get it. You get together with some girl and the official form of it is that you're "going out" with her, but it's rare that you actually go out on a date. No one I know is old enough for that anyway. The only instance I remember is when 2 of my friends went to see I Am Legend with their girlfriends. So what happens most of the time after you start "going out"? Nothing. I've never been in a relationship so I don't really know for sure, but it seems to me that these so-called couples just text each other all day and talk a lot while at school. And then eventually you break up and move on to someone else again. I don't know, I just think it's totally stupid.

I am in highschool and I'm with my girlfriend alot.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:14 pm

Middle school relationships are a waste of time. In fact, a lot of high school relationships are, too.

unknownv2 · Post by **unknownv2** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:24 pm

JK-47 wrote:Middle school relationships are a waste of time. In fact, a lot of high school relationships are, too.

What do you consider a waste of time?

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:29 pm

WaywornMmmmm wrote:On the subject of fuels, I am angry at those commercials that promote ethanol. Way to ruin everything.

Indeed. E85 makes more problems than it attempts to solve.

timmy42 · Post by **timmy42** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:47 pm

most cars get about the same mileage as the first ford and some get even less... to think... we went from barely flying to going to the moon in under 100 years... but in about 60 we can't build cars with good mileage...

it normally wouldn't be a problem, and then gas prices hit +$4.00 a gallon

CallMeSheF · Post by **CallMeSheF** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:48 pm

JK-47 wrote:Middle school relationships are a waste of time.

This man speaks the truth.

0m3g4Muff1n987 wrote:these so-called couples just text each other all day and talk a lot while at school. And then eventually you break up and move on to someone else again. I don't know, I just think it's totally stupid.

Pretty much. Until like, sophmore year I'd say couples are pretty much just a joke.

I always thought it was funny how big of a deal people put on relationships in any grade. I'm a senior next year, I have a girlfriend, I doubt we'll break up anytime soon, if we ever do at all.

If we do, we move on, find other people.

Rant:

I just now saw mods deleted my sig. It wasn't that bad, lol.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:11 pm

unknownv2 wrote:
JK-47 wrote:Middle school relationships are a waste of time. In fact, a lot of high school relationships are, too.
What do you consider a waste of time?

A waste of time, as in you either: a) only go out for a couple of weeks, b) you never actually hang out, c) a lot of people get cheated on, etc, etc.

DrXThirst · Post by **DrXThirst** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:41 pm

Also, add in Drama. It's fkn ridiculous.

Ombre · Post by **Ombre** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:18 pm

Haven't slept in 29 hours, I'm kind of tired.