NationStates Jolt Archive

Specifically, if you're a computer fanatic like me.

For example, right now I'm viewing these forums, chatting on steam, xfire, and aim.

There was a few months ago where I'd be constantly alt-tabbing between aim, guild wars, mirc...while chatting in-game on xfire, browsing the net, and listening to iTunes. Possibly eating at the same time as well.

You?

Lots. I usually have at least two of my workspaces cluttered. Now that I have my laptop, I have even more crap on the go.

Like you would not believe right now I am not only on here I have 3 ssh sessions open 17 RDP sessions open music playing 3 crimson editor windows open 6 tabs of various flavors 3 running virtuals and all my messengers going

Like you would not believe right now I am not only on here I have 3 ssh sessions open 17 RDP sessions open music playing 3 crimson editor windows open 6 tabs of various flavors 3 running virtuals and all my messengers goingI redefine this as lots.

I am only on NS, stumbling, listening to music, and setting up Samba to share my printer.

I redefine this as lots.

I am only on NS, stumbling, listening to music, and setting up Samba to share my printer.

I got some server upgrades under way (yeah yeah windows server admin now lol) also doing some upgrading and testing of a bootable thin client OS (both a linux and a windows one) with a windows server management interface.

Should see me at work actually this is nothing lol (we have over 40 domains to keep track of lol)

I got some server upgrades under way (yeah yeah windows server admin now lol) also doing some upgrading and testing of a bootable thin client OS (both a linux and a windows one) with a windows server management interface.

Should see me at work actually this is nothing lol (we have over 40 domains to keep track of lol)

You lost me after 'server uprgrades'. :p

I am currently on NSG. And facebook - that's about as much as I can handle.

At the moment I am listening to music, watching TV, posting here, writing a small paper on resuscitation ethics that has to be turned in this morning (eek! Only six hours left!), chatting on MSN and... uhm, sitting on the loo. Yay for laptops!

You lost me after 'server uprgrades'. :p

I am currently on NSG. And facebook - that's about as much as I can handle.

My company is an ASP which means in essence you remote desktop into one of the servers in the domain we build you

Now they make these computers called "thin clients" which are stripped down dumb terminals that essentially only can remote desktop. These are really cheep (though I dislike them) for companies to use.

This new software they are having us work through turns old normal computers into these thin clients so that they have a very basic OS that does not do much else besides remote desktop

Its a way for our customers to be able to save money by recycling older PC's. It also supposedly allows us to remote manage them more then average thin clients and from a central point

Specifically, if you're a computer fanatic like me.

For example, right now I'm viewing these forums, chatting on steam, xfire, and aim.

There was a few months ago where I'd be constantly alt-tabbing between aim, guild wars, mirc...while chatting in-game on xfire, browsing the net, and listening to iTunes. Possibly eating at the same time as well.

You?

On NSG,
On Google researching the various topics posted on NSG
on the phone with various customers, solving their problems.
while fixing computers AND printers both Hardware and software problems
and chatting with various vendors on their online support
and proofreading fanfic
and catching up on the dozens of dozens of web comics I read daily
while RPing on NATIONSTATES as well as two other forums.

all while keeping an eye out for the boss.

EDIT: I just finished lunch... :p

Currently? On NSG, booking a cruise, hunting for airline tix, talking to my sister on the phone, petting the cat, doing laundry, making dinner and watching paint dry. Oh, and trying to keep the other cat out of the drying paint. No music, though, that would be too much.

By the time I actually get to the cruise, I am going to need it!

At work, I have my laptop for NSG (not supposed to but hell), and the desktop with two screens. Read emails, use RDP to my servers, NSG, use the internal databases, etc ...

Once in a while I have use to my virtual machines for system testing.

In the last few minutes I've finished up an AP biology assignment about cancer, talked on MSN, petted the cat that's sitting on top of the computer monitor, and been on several different websites, including this one. So a little bit.

Right now I'm talking on MSN, being stoned, typing here, and being drunk.

I don't like multitasking. I much rather do one thing at a time and enjoy my life.

Specifically, if you're a computer fanatic like me.

For example, right now I'm viewing these forums, chatting on steam, xfire, and aim.

There was a few months ago where I'd be constantly alt-tabbing between aim, guild wars, mirc...while chatting in-game on xfire, browsing the net, and listening to iTunes. Possibly eating at the same time as well.



Gee, and I just thought you were a moron.

Now, I discover that NSG was only getting a fraction of your attention. That in fact, you are a gorgon-head of morons! I am mightily impressed.

Me? I drink alcohol and type posts. Sometimes I read stuff people link to, but only when threatened with humiliation. Writing is so much more fun than reading.

*slaps down right hand, which is trying to multitask in the pants region*

I'm chatting on msn, viewing the forums, flipping back and forth between here and other tabs, downloading stuff on frostwire, listening to music (running last.fm as well to scrob all my musical choices to my last.fm page (http://www.last.fm/user/vajaradakini/)). Often I'll also be chatting on google chat and downloading some stuff on bitcomet.

I don't like multitasking. I much rather do one thing at a time and enjoy my life.

That IS multitasking.

Enjoying life drains your energy, reducing your performance. Beware! Before you know it, you may be in Nirvana, enjoying life and doing NO things at a time! Even your mother will smile ruefully and say "yeah, a bit of a loser, but he/she is happy, that's all I ever wanted ..."

Stop with that wasteful enjoying stuff! Stop it right now, it's not good for your career or your MSN reputation.

Have a miserable time doing shit you hate, because that's the only way you will ever truly be happy. In the future. Invest in your future happiness! Investment isn't about returns, it's about growth! Be so damn busy that when you are old and sad, the one thing you cannot reproach yourself for is missed opportunities! "I just didn't have the time" you can wail ... with pictures and sound on your grave-chip.

I'm chatting on msn, viewing the forums, flipping back and forth between here and other tabs, downloading stuff on frostwire, listening to music (running last.fm as well to scrob all my musical choices to my last.fm page (http://www.last.fm/user/vajaradakini/)). Often I'll also be chatting on google chat and downloading some stuff on bitcomet.

That's way over my head. Just one thing: what does "scrob" mean?

I can't multi-task with forums and conversations. I'd get lost in tabs.

That's way over my head. Just one thing: what does "scrob" mean?
I'm pretty sure it's a term that the last.fm people invented. They just kinda take note of what songs you're playing and then stick them on the website. They also recommend music for me to listen to based on the music I have listened to and all that.

I can't multi-task with forums and conversations. I'd get lost in tabs.If you cannot handle tabs, how do you expect to be able to handle nested tabs, or workspaces.

I can't multi-task with forums and conversations. I'd get lost in tabs.
I currently have 19 tabs open. :D

I'm pretty sure it's a term that the last.fm people invented. They just kinda take note of what songs you're playing and then stick them on the website. They also recommend music for me to listen to based on the music I have listened to and all that.

Ah! Symbiotic relationship. You get introduced to new music, they get market research.

"Scrob" though. It sounds like a kind of parasite, or perhaps some demeaning initiation ceremony. "I got a nasty case of scrobs from those underpants you lent me! You could have warned me!"

If you cannot handle tabs, how do you expect to be able to handle nested tabs, or workspaces.

Easy! Post a thread entitled "POSI! I need your help!"

I currently have 19 tabs open. :D


I've heard that about you.

Well, I'm a sysadmin IRL. If you can't multitask in my job, you might as well quit. My only problem is the work AMD Athlon64 3000+ PC OCed to 2.0Ghz is a bit slow for what I with my PC.

Well, I'm a sysadmin IRL. If you can't multitask in my job, you might as well quit. My only problem is the work AMD Athlon64 3000+ PC OCed to 2.0Ghz is a bit slow for what I with my PC.Fuck, my laptop is faster than that.

I've heard that about you.

This is an appropriately spammy context to mention that your signature has grace and wit, and is one of my favourite signatures ever.

... and no-one has ever heard anything about YOU. Not enough MSN ...

Ah! Symbiotic relationship. You get introduced to new music, they get market research.
Meh, I get introduced to new music, this is what matters.

It's all I have since pandora stopped offering its services outside the US.

"Scrob" though. It sounds like a kind of parasite, or perhaps some demeaning initiation ceremony. "I got a nasty case of scrobs from those underpants you lent me! You could have warned me!"
I thought it sounded more like scrubbing... like it's cleaning something.

I currently have 19 tabs open. :D

I've had 40 at one time. :)

I've heard that about you.
Oh baby, you heard right. ;)

Fuck, my laptop is faster than that.

I know. My laptop is dual-core ... and all I use for is NSG :p
My old work desktop was a Pentium II 350Mhz!

I've had 40 at one time. :)
I don't think I've ever had that many. I might have hit 30 once, but usually I decide that I've got too many open to find something I want so I go through and clean out a lot of them. I went through them this morning and cleared out a bunch...

Meh, I get introduced to new music, this is what matters.

It's all I have since pandora stopped offering its services outside the US.
Wikipedia, bittorent and bandwidth.

Wikipedia, bittorent and bandwidth.
Well, usually after they suggest new music I download it if I like it.

I also get to advertise my awesome musical taste.

... and no-one has ever heard anything about YOU...

I am not here. I did not say this.

I know. My laptop is dual-core ... and all I use for is NSG :p
My old work desktop was a Pentium II 350Mhz!I do everything on my Laptop: Facebook in class (that is really a given), NSG at school, compile shit, abuse Wine to use demos of Windows apps *cough*DesignWorks*cough* indefinitely. It is basically a substitute for my desktop for when I am at school.

The earliest computers I have used where i686s. How old does that make you feel?

Well, usually after they suggest new music I download it if I like it.

I also get to advertise my awesome musical taste.I download it first, then test listen until I get a decent seed ratio.

Not the best means. I had to give up the Shaw I had all summer for Telus. My connection is just under 1/3 the speed of what I had in the summer. Telus throttles like motherfuckers too.

I do everything on my Laptop: Facebook in class (that is really a given), NSG at school, compile shit, abuse Wine to use demos of Windows apps *cough*DesignWorks*cough* indefinitely. It is basically a substitute for my desktop for when I am at school.

The earliest computers I have used where i686s. How old does that make you feel?

Pst, want to buy a used Intel 80287XL? Suitable for 16Mhz 286s.

I tend to multi task a lot. It's hard, though.

As I am typing this on my laptop, I currently have these things open and/or running:

1. NSG - this thread
2. NSG thread list
3. Gmail inbox
4. Gmail attachment
5. Google search for how to insert an equilibrium arrow into MS Word (I still don't know how)
6. Referencing guide site
7. Guide on writing formal lab reports
8. My chemistry online website
9. Computer stupidity jokes website

And that's just my current Firefox tabs. In addition:

10. MSN
11. MS Paint: Trying to draw an equilibrium arrow to insert into MS word after not being able to type one in
12. uTorrent: Downloading F.E.A.R
13. MS Word: My formal lab report in progress
14. My C: directory and Downloads folder opened - forgot they were open
15. Untitled text document with remind-to-self notes on calculus homework questions and date of my next midterm.

And the above is just what's on my laptop. As for what I think is open on my desktop:

16. uTorrent downloading Neverwinter Nights 2 Expansion on my desktop
17. Firefox open on some Heroes-related site - I am a major Heroes fanatic after hearing about the show here on NSG

As for why I have uTorrent open on both my laptop and desktop: I'm currently leeching a nice 3Mbit wireless connection from an unpassworded network on my laptop, while my desktop is downloading from my turtlely 1Mbit cable connection.

Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/)
RSS Feed Agregator (http://akregator.kde.org/)
Music Player (http://amarok.kde.org/)
Weather Report/Update (http://kweather.sourceforge.net/)


And all except Firefox are just icons in the tray. I dislike cluttered computer desktops. At one point, I didn't even have desktop icons turned on.

My real desk on the other hand...

Pst, want to buy a used Intel 80287XL? Suitable for 16Mhz 286s.Um, fuck no. The 286 does not have a MMU.

Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/)
RSS Feed Agregator (http://akregator.kde.org/)
Music Player (http://amarok.kde.org/)
Weather Report/Update (http://kweather.sourceforge.net/)


And all except Firefox are just icons in the tray. I dislike cluttered computer desktops. At one point, I didn't even have desktop icons turned on.

My real desk on the other hand...The desktop is meant for crap with extremely short lifespans.

Um, fuck no. The 286 does not have a MMU.

I bought my 286 with an extra MMU! Not many people did. Proved quite handy too with my programming assignments at the time.

Well, I'm a sysadmin IRL. If you can't multitask in my job, you might as well quit. My only problem is the work AMD Athlon64 3000+ PC OCed to 2.0Ghz is a bit slow for what I with my PC.

I got them to spring for a server box for my personal machine when I started, it has been worth it.

AIM, Forums, MSWord, Winamp just right now I'm kind of tired but there are times the TV will also be on and I'll be chatting on several IMs at once and mIRC but no ims at the moment and no mIRC.

I got them to spring for a server box for my personal machine when I started, it has been worth it.

I'll hold out for quad-core workstation when my machine packs it in ...

Depends on what I concentrate on. When I procrastinate, I often listen to music and browse, alternate between whatever pages I have tabbed up. I don't like real-time chatting, as you cannot stop and think for as long as you like and can be prompted to abruptly pause whatever else you're doing at any point by an incoming message and have to spit out an acceptable response (and engaging me in small talk is like feeding a Pentium 4 FPU with denormal numbers), so I hardly ever do such, the exception being the rare IRC session.

When I concentrate deeply on an engaging task, however - like coding - I often concentrate to the point of being quite oblivious to the rest of existence, taking irregular breaks to procrastinate. (unless I get really deeply into it, in which case I'll go on without interruption until I desperately need to pee, eat or sleep, whichever comes first)

I'll hold out for quad-core workstation when my machine packs it in ...

I did not jump all the way to that I stuck with something more standard ... there are very few clients where we need to deploy quad core ... usually too many other bottlenecks for terminal servers

I did not jump all the way to that I stuck with something more standard ... there are very few clients where we need to deploy quad core ... usually too many other bottlenecks for terminal servers

I run virtual servers which kind of tie up my CPU too much. My current single core does the job but it becomes sluggish when I start up too many applications and any VMs running at the same time. The old AMD does not have VT tech on the CPU either.

when i work i usually do one thing at a time, because that way i can trust i'll do it properly. not always the case, but i try to do it that way.

but at home i'm often on here, watching a dvd/playing Wii, and stumbling at the same time. sometimes messing around in photoshop or dreamweaver as well.


not that much really

I often browse various websites/threads, listen to music, MSN, and, back when I played mmorpgs, be playing that as well (for some reason people often said I wasn't active enough :p). When I'm working I generally focus on one thing though, it's more efficient.

At the moment I am listening to music, watching TV, posting here, writing a small paper on resuscitation ethics that has to be turned in this morning (eek! Only six hours left!), chatting on MSN and... uhm, sitting on the loo. Yay for laptops!

Bah, you should fit in some wii-playing there aswell. Possibly glueing your wiimote to the laptop and play banana blitz with tilting the laptop.

Depends on how much energy I have, time of the day, status of assignments etc. When doing an assignment it is usually:

NSG
iTunes
DC++ chat
MSN Messenger chat
Assignment in Word
A few tabs in Firefox for the assignment too
And some soft drink