| 00:40.34 | *** join/#riftuidev Torhal|work (~torhal_wo@173-14-207-161-huntsville.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) |
| 00:40.34 | *** mode/#riftuidev [+v Torhal|work] by ChanServ |
| 01:04.19 | *** join/#riftuidev Aurorus (~Aurorus@unaffiliated/aurorus) |
| 01:16.15 | *** join/#riftuidev Aurorus (~Aurorus@unaffiliated/aurorus) |
| 01:33.16 | Aurorus | ZorbaBeta: Are you getting more and more excited as 1.5 launch is coming (with AddOns, right?) |
| 01:39.17 | *** join/#riftuidev Torhal|work (~torhal_wo@173-14-207-161-huntsville.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) |
| 01:39.17 | *** mode/#riftuidev [+v Torhal|work] by ChanServ |
| 01:44.43 | Lyme | auorus that would be a imperial fuckton btw |
| 01:44.49 | Lyme | erm shitton |
| 02:06.33 | Aurorus | Lyme: Sorry - what would be? |
| 02:07.32 | Lyme | The answer to your question silly |
| 02:08.16 | Lyme | (10:14:19 PM) Aurorus: Lyme: is that a metric crapton or imperial crapton? |
| 02:08.31 | Aurorus | Ohh - that was sooo long ago :P |
| 02:08.43 | Lyme | only a day and a half |
| 02:08.59 | Aurorus | that's like six months in my years :P |
| 02:09.14 | Lyme | so you'll be dead tomorrow then? |
| 02:09.26 | Aurorus | no, but a lot closer |
| 02:37.55 | *** join/#riftuidev Torhal|work (~torhal_wo@173-14-207-161-huntsville.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) |
| 02:37.55 | *** mode/#riftuidev [+v Torhal|work] by ChanServ |
| 02:56.18 | *** join/#riftuidev seebs (~seebs@74.116.16.132) |
| 02:56.18 | *** mode/#riftuidev [+v seebs] by ChanServ |
| 03:16.25 | *** join/#riftuidev Torhal (~torhal@c-50-130-0-209.hsd1.al.comcast.net) |
| 03:16.25 | *** mode/#riftuidev [+v Torhal] by ChanServ |
| 04:09.03 | *** join/#riftuidev Torhal|work (~torhal_wo@173-14-207-161-huntsville.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) |
| 04:09.03 | *** mode/#riftuidev [+v Torhal|work] by ChanServ |
| 05:00.13 | *** join/#riftuidev Torhal|work (~torhal_wo@173-14-207-161-huntsville.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) |
| 05:00.13 | *** mode/#riftuidev [+v Torhal|work] by ChanServ |
| 05:39.34 | lXl1 | Hello :):) |
| 05:43.13 | Cairenn | Hi lXl1 |
| 05:43.19 | lXl1 | FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU |
| 05:43.29 | Cairenn | What'd I do? |
| 05:43.36 | lXl | What Pidgin did.. lXl1 |
| 05:43.50 | Cairenn | I know, was (again) being a smartass |
| 05:47.37 | lXl | Odd drive Raid 10.. |
| 06:13.32 | *** join/#riftuidev Torhal|work (~torhal_wo@173-14-207-161-huntsville.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) |
| 06:13.32 | *** mode/#riftuidev [+v Torhal|work] by ChanServ |
| 06:27.35 | Aurorus | Cairenn! :) |
| 06:27.42 | Cairenn | Hi Aurorus |
| 06:27.51 | Aurorus | How are you? |
| 06:30.54 | Cairenn | I'm doing pretty well, yourself? |
| 06:31.09 | Aurorus | yeah, doing well too :) |
| 06:31.16 | Cairenn | Good to hear. :) |
| 06:31.16 | Aurorus | Dealing with a business bank atm |
| 06:31.22 | Cairenn | Heh |
| 06:31.28 | Aurorus | they're screwing around like pigs in mud |
| 06:32.23 | Cairenn | Always fun |
| 06:33.12 | Aurorus | Yeah, one of our clients is four weeks behind on payments and the bank is supposed to set up an automated payment system 8 weeks ago |
| 06:33.21 | Cairenn | Ugh |
| 06:33.22 | Aurorus | we're still 2 - 3 weeks away from having it operational |
| 06:33.32 | Cairenn | That's less than stellar. |
| 06:33.37 | Aurorus | It is. |
| 06:34.07 | Aurorus | No skin of our back, but it's good people being screwed around (the small businesses that need to be paid so they can eat next week) |
| 06:34.16 | Aurorus | off of* |
| 06:34.16 | Cairenn | Yeah |
| 06:35.07 | Cairenn | My [former] bank managed to piss me off hard enough to lose me, a few months ago. |
| 06:35.30 | Aurorus | So yeah, these days you find yourself neck deep in crap. I'm a firm believer of balance - there is a lot of good that can come out of it. Namely that I can get my guns out and have a good story for the ol' CV. |
| 06:35.31 | Cairenn | I've been a customer of that bank for 30+ years, and of that particular branch for 12 |
| 06:35.40 | Cairenn | lol |
| 06:35.45 | Aurorus | Wow, that's real bad to lose you :-/ |
| 06:36.18 | Cairenn | So yeah, I just said "fine, I'm done with you" closed my accounts and moved all my business to another bank |
| 06:37.09 | Cairenn | So, my sympathies, I know how much 'fun' it can be trying to work with them |
| 06:37.23 | Aurorus | Today my cafe (where I get my "usual") apologetically asked me to move so that me (single) could make room at a larger table for 3 people. So I said "No probs" and moved to the provided, nearby single table - the food hadn't even arrived so I was just reading the paper. They felt so sorry and gave me free some slices of toasted turkish garlic bread. |
| 06:37.41 | Cairenn | Nice |
| 06:37.50 | Cairenn | See, that's the way to treat your regulars |
| 06:37.56 | Aurorus | That is quite nice - I've been there a few months. But 12 years? |
| 06:38.05 | Cairenn | Yup |
| 06:38.12 | Aurorus | They should've been sweeping the floor in front of you every time you walked in |
| 06:38.18 | Cairenn | ROFL, no |
| 06:38.21 | Cairenn | that's just silly |
| 06:38.22 | lXl | It's cheaper to get a customer to return than the costs to bring in a new customer |
| 06:38.29 | Aurorus | yes, it is silly :) |
| 06:38.38 | lXl | That's why I don't understand why companies advertise so aggressively but fail to do anything to please customers. |
| 06:38.39 | Aurorus | yeah, so true lXl |
| 06:39.01 | Cairenn | 30 years - not like I didn't [previously] like them |
| 06:39.09 | Cairenn | and 12 at that particular branch |
| 06:39.15 | Cairenn | I was a pretty faithful customer |
| 06:39.27 | Aurorus | Yeah, that's no way to get treated |
| 06:39.48 | Cairenn | My daughter was so mad that she was positively vibrating by the time we got outside |
| 06:39.49 | lXl | When I did photos at Walgreens, there was one customer that came back, and back, and back. Over my >1year as a tech there she ordered dozens, sometimes hundreds, of photos at a time. All because I always took the extra time to sit down and listen to whatever she wanted help with. |
| 06:40.04 | lXl | Sometimes spend 30m or an hour helping her with her camera or pictures to make them come out better. |
| 06:40.11 | Cairenn | lXl: Yup, and that's the way it should be. |
| 06:40.25 | Cairenn | That's like my vet, today |
| 06:40.37 | Cairenn | (well, and every time we go there) |
| 06:40.42 | lXl | Didn't sacrifice helping anyone else doing so, but that 8$ for that hour I spent helping her paid back as opposed to me doing trivial work or w/e. |
| 06:40.45 | Aurorus | Indeed - at the end of the day everyone wants to feel special and people are going to be happy to pay a bit more to go where they are treated like great people |
| 06:41.01 | Cairenn | They actually spend the time to explain what all the various test results mean, etc |
| 06:41.02 | lXl | The local frys pissed me off here. |
| 06:41.22 | Cairenn | Oh? |
| 06:41.36 | Aurorus | That can be quite comforting Cairenn :) |
| 06:41.51 | lXl | Their shelves where the UPS were were really disorganized and the only price near the one I wanted said 40$. At the register it turned out to be 60$. I wasn't persistent but they said they MIGHT be able to match the price, but they didnt. |
| 06:41.52 | Cairenn | Well, it is when you're dealing with a family pet |
| 06:42.25 | lXl | They lost about 200$ from what I was buying that day, plus another grand or so in near future purchases, all over 20$. |
| 06:42.26 | Cairenn | lXl: annoying |
| 06:42.33 | Cairenn | *nod* |
| 06:42.38 | lXl | Turns out, bought the SAME 60$ UPS I was getting at best buy for 40$ |
| 06:43.40 | lXl | It wasn't even a big deal because I was already in the mindset to get a lesser UPS for 40$, it just seemed like the cheapest one they had was also better than other places. |
| 06:43.52 | Cairenn | *Nod* |
| 06:44.13 | Cairenn | Customer service makes all the difference. |
| 06:44.17 | lXl | It does. |
| 06:44.19 | Cairenn | Absolutely |
| 06:44.21 | Aurorus | lXl: www.notalwaysright.com makes my days better sometimes :) |
| 06:44.29 | Cairenn | I love that site |
| 06:44.40 | Aurorus | Cairenn: have you heard of www.clientsfromhell.net ? |
| 06:44.45 | lXl | Lol? |
| 06:44.46 | Cairenn | Oh yes |
| 06:45.06 | Aurorus | lXl: You have many hours ahead of you, giggling and holding your tummy :P |
| 06:45.20 | Cairenn | Along with BOFH |
| 06:45.28 | Aurorus | yes! That's a good one too |
| 06:45.30 | Cairenn | <PROTECTED> |
| 06:45.51 | lXl | Also, on that same trip to Frys, the associate in the comp components never walked the aisles to help people, when we were walking away he tried to upsell me to a completely different brand router, and when I declinded he wanted to tag my box for comission. Really? That's rude. It's basically saying they didn't do any work but want to get money for it. |
| 06:46.01 | Cairenn | And of course, the perennial XKCD |
| 06:46.25 | Cairenn | lXl: ugh |
| 06:46.38 | Cairenn | That right there would have me walking out of the store |
| 06:46.44 | lXl | I did. |
| 06:46.50 | Cairenn | sans purchases, that is |
| 06:46.53 | lXl | Oh, well that didn't that guy was just an idiot. |
| 06:46.59 | lXl | But after the UPS deal at the front I did. |
| 06:47.13 | Cairenn | Actually, no, I lie |
| 06:47.24 | lXl | Also got a cheaper price off that router I was oging to buy buying it through newegg. |
| 06:47.35 | Cairenn | I'd speak to the store manager first, and tell him why they've lost my business, first, THEN I'd walk out the door |
| 06:47.58 | lXl | I still plan to talk to their manager and tell them why I'm not shopping there anymore. |
| 06:48.05 | Cairenn | *Nod* |
| 06:48.17 | lXl | Microcenter is about 10 miles up the highway, and their stores are much more organized. |
| 06:48.41 | lXl | Well point is CS is super important. |
| 06:48.49 | Cairenn | Yup |
| 06:49.17 | Cairenn | Followed very closely by cleanliness and organization |
| 06:49.19 | lXl | And now I'm in a job where one wrong button could lose thousands of dollars a month :\ |
| 06:49.37 | Cairenn | Doesn't matter what the company/store/whatever |
| 06:49.46 | Cairenn | lXl: yeah |
| 06:50.04 | lXl | Our customers don't even physically see the equipment they pay for but the room looks immaculate. |
| 06:50.11 | lXl | Even if they don't see it, it matters. |
| 06:50.16 | Cairenn | yup |
| 06:50.18 | Cairenn | it does |
| 06:50.54 | lXl | Or the stock room when I worked at Walgreens. I can't imagine how it looks now, I kept that stockroom pristine and it made it a lot easier to manage the shelves on the floor. |
| 06:51.38 | Cairenn | It would |
| 07:05.43 | Cairenn | Argh, bear cub getting his bum inspected again! |
| 07:05.54 | lXl | ....................... |
| 07:06.00 | Cairenn | hehehe |
| 07:06.09 | lXl | What bear cub? |
| 07:06.42 | Cairenn | http://www.facebook.com/Cairenn |
| 07:06.51 | Cairenn | third entry on my wall "Random Musing" |
| 07:07.48 | lXl | : |
| 07:07.51 | lXl | :\ |
| 07:28.37 | *** join/#riftuidev Dramiel (~Adium@134.140.broadband5.iol.cz) |
| 07:38.40 | *** join/#riftuidev TMc51 (~TMc51@cpe-74-71-30-131.twcny.res.rr.com) |
| 07:51.13 | *** join/#riftuidev hp94 (4495f601@gateway/web/freenode/ip.68.149.246.1) |
| 08:20.23 | hp94 | hey everyone |
| 08:20.28 | lXl | Hi |
| 08:21.08 | Cairenn | hi hp94 |
| 08:24.27 | hp94 | How is everyones doing? |
| 08:25.31 | Cairenn | Doing okay. Yourself? |
| 08:29.49 | hp94 | Better I guess |
| 08:30.17 | Cairenn | Good |
| 08:30.33 | Cairenn | Back in game okay now? |
| 08:32.08 | hp94 | Ya, I won't have any account problems any more. |
| 08:32.34 | Cairenn | Good :) |
| 08:34.08 | hp94 | Well, not that good - I mean I won't have any more breaks from RIFT because of my account any more. |
| 08:35.31 | Cairenn | Huh? |
| 08:35.43 | Cairenn | Now I'm confused |
| 08:38.30 | hp94 | The same people that gave out WoW keys are giving away RIFT keys - and since I talk to everyone if I ever need an account, they could probably give me a key and let me write all my info in, etc, and open an account. Someone showed me a picture, they have like a dozen RIFT boxes on their desk. |
| 08:41.53 | lXl | Wow.. I just saw my subtotal for what my computer will end up.. 1500$ :\ |
| 08:42.14 | hp94 | Including the steel cage? |
| 08:42.21 | lXl | ? |
| 08:42.40 | hp94 | case* |
| 08:42.45 | lXl | Yeah |
| 08:43.12 | lXl | http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=21159007 If that shows up. |
| 08:43.33 | lXl | Knock about 65$ off of that for local sales though. |
| 08:44.07 | lXl | And that I spent less on my video card too, which is weird because the 5xx were JUST coming out when I bought my 460 but it was like, 150$. |
| 08:46.07 | TMc51 | lXl: EVGA is selling b-stok GTX 465s for $110, so you could get a better card and shave off almost $60 at the same time. |
| 08:46.34 | lXl | Nice, but I paid for this card in Feb. |
| 08:46.49 | TMc51 | oh =/ |
| 08:46.54 | lXl | PSU and card already bought otherwise I would have threw a 560 gtx on there. |
| 08:47.14 | TMc51 | EVGA is selling those for $150, with the 560 ti for $180. |
| 08:47.28 | lXl | I could probably shave about 500$ off of that build if I wanted to be frugal, but oh well. |
| 08:47.39 | TMc51 | if all goes well, I'm picking up a 465 for myself in the next week or so. |
| 08:47.43 | lXl | Nice. |
| 08:48.02 | lXl | SLI that probably beats the hell out of the 5xx line for half the cost. |
| 08:49.07 | TMc51 | even without SLI, the price:performance is far better than any AMD cards. I think closest to that price is a 5750 or something, which is about the performance of a GTS 450 at best. |
| 08:49.10 | lXl | 570/580 are so expensive for not being THAT more powerful over a SLI setup, and there's not going to ever be a case that 2x580 will be at all useful, just epeen waving. |
| 08:49.24 | lXl | Yeah, it is pretty good :Performance |
| 08:49.55 | TMc51 | I'm sure it'll last me until my next PC build, as well. |
| 08:50.13 | lXl | 460 is lasting me till the next nvidia line. |
| 08:50.28 | lXl | If I need more power I'll grab another 460 when the price drops. |
| 09:18.44 | lXl | Dell owns Alienware? |
| 09:21.21 | TMc51 | they've owned alienware for years. |
| 09:21.28 | lXl | Worse computer than I linked costs 1700... |
| 09:34.58 | *** join/#riftuidev hylax (~hylax@p5B052B47.dip.t-dialin.net) |
| 10:13.24 | *** join/#riftuidev Torhal_ (~torhal@c-50-130-0-209.hsd1.al.comcast.net) |
| 10:13.24 | *** mode/#riftuidev [+v Torhal_] by ChanServ |
| 10:26.31 | *** join/#riftuidev starspun (~starspun@173.200.16.62.customer.cdi.no) |
| 14:01.30 | *** join/#riftuidev kergoth (~kergoth@ip24-251-173-232.ph.ph.cox.net) |
| 14:33.55 | *** join/#riftuidev methyl (~Miranda@c-67-189-55-147.hsd1.or.comcast.net) |
| 14:46.47 | *** join/#riftuidev nicoli_s (~test@173-14-207-161-huntsville.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) |
| 14:46.47 | *** mode/#riftuidev [+o nicoli_s] by ChanServ |
| 15:57.45 | *** join/#riftuidev Calthine-ZAM (~Calthine-@92-34-237-24.gci.net) |
| 16:08.35 | *** join/#riftuidev Sunspots (~Sunspots@c213-89-195-33.bredband.comhem.se) |
| 16:32.37 | *** join/#riftuidev nicoli_s (~test@173-14-207-161-huntsville.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) |
| 16:32.38 | *** join/#riftuidev Torhal|work (~torhal_wo@173-14-207-161-huntsville.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) |
| 16:32.38 | *** mode/#riftuidev [+v Torhal|work] by ChanServ |
| 16:34.05 | *** mode/#riftuidev [+o nicoli_s] by ChanServ |
| 16:46.43 | *** part/#riftuidev Calthine-ZAM (~Calthine-@92-34-237-24.gci.net) |
| 18:14.52 | *** part/#riftuidev Dramiel (~Adium@134.140.broadband5.iol.cz) |
| 19:06.15 | *** join/#riftuidev Cairenn (~Karen@MMOI/Administratrix/Cairenn) |
| 19:06.15 | *** mode/#riftuidev [+o Cairenn] by ChanServ |
| 19:34.14 | *** join/#riftuidev hp94 (4495f601@gateway/web/freenode/ip.68.149.246.1) |
| 20:18.14 | *** join/#riftuidev Adys (~Adys@unaffiliated/adys) |
| 20:25.49 | *** join/#riftuidev Orix (~Sam@S01060018e7e4b19b.vs.shawcable.net) |
| 21:51.40 | *** join/#riftuidev Dramiel (~Adium@134.140.broadband5.iol.cz) |
| 21:58.45 | hp94 | What's shaking? |
| 22:00.58 | Cairenn | Not a lot, yourself? |
| 22:03.05 | hp94 | Just the east coast. *zing* |
| 22:03.53 | Cairenn | lol |
| 22:20.16 | nicoli_s | man this game needs to hurry up and come out so i can show off my work :( |
| 22:27.41 | Cairenn | nicoli_s: which game? |
| 22:27.50 | nicoli_s | Cairenn:cant say :) |
| 22:27.58 | Cairenn | heh, okay |
| 22:28.19 | nicoli_s | hopefully youll see soon enough :) |
| 22:28.53 | Cairenn | :) |
| 22:30.04 | *** join/#riftuidev Adys (~Adys@unaffiliated/adys) |
| 22:32.36 | *** join/#riftuidev hp94 (4495f601@gateway/web/freenode/ip.68.149.246.1) |
| 22:33.35 | hp94 | blames himself * |
| 22:33.42 | hp94 | is sad. |
| 22:57.20 | *** join/#riftuidev Sling (~Sling@b72093.upc-b.chello.nl) |
| 22:57.20 | *** join/#riftuidev Sling (~Sling@unaffiliated/sling) |
| 23:00.42 | *** join/#riftuidev Sling_ (Sling@b72093.upc-b.chello.nl) |
| 23:00.42 | *** join/#riftuidev Sling_ (Sling@unaffiliated/sling) |
| 23:35.06 | Aurorus | Cairenn|afk: Steve Jobs is gone |
| 23:35.06 | Aurorus | http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110824006505/en/Steve-Jobs-Resigns-CEO-Apple |
| 23:35.10 | Aurorus | No more apples |
| 23:36.40 | hp94 | lies |
| 23:36.52 | hp94 | wait |
| 23:36.54 | hp94 | not lies |
| 23:36.57 | hp94 | I don't know what to think any more |
| 23:40.15 | seebs | Wow. |
| 23:48.19 | Aurorus | yeah, big news |