Troper Updates II, Part II

Well while I'm trying to clear space for this PC, I remember now why I was waiting to buy myself a new computer...I didn't want to rearrange my bedroom for it and feel even more bound to this house.

Curse my sister for showing me that PC!

Curse my father for making the cable too short!

Curse my mother for making life too comfortable in this house!

And curse this hellish Texas heat.

yay 'sdone◊

You thought it was Simon, but it was I, Dio!

I may get a job soon. My brother is leaving his job, and they may hire me to replace him.

My brother flied to Caracas last night and today he flied to the US. He won't come back until September, so I'll inevitably feel lonely in this house, with no one to play with.

So my room's all rearranged, got everything plugged in, and I'm holding this monitor from the living room computer on loan.

That means that I'm about 80% in possession of a new computer, but for now it's fine! I now have peace and privacy and a PC that will not melt my hands when I'm trying to play Minecraft!

I HAVE ARRIVED.

...mostly. Still need my own screen and a better desk and to actually move out of this place, but for tonight I'm satisfied.

Except for this button on the right side of my gaming mouse. It's so weird...

And OH MY GOSH I JUST PRESSED A KEY THAT CHANGES THE COLOR OF MY KEYBOARD BACKLIGHT THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER.

Except there's no blue. Lame.

edited 27th Jul '15 8:21:41 PM by Keybreak

Who puts buttons on the right side of the mouse? I've seen only one like that, and it was a Dell office jobbie.

That, and I'm particularly irate after playing Dirty Bomb today. Some people, they completely don't fucking get teamplay. If you can turtle up on the defense, because, uh, you're all playing fucking engineers, two with remote bombs and one with a fucking turret, don't go out trying to hunt the enemies for some fucktarded reason. Turtle up, let them come, blow them all to hell.

Also, snipers suck. They're situational enough to be completely useless most of the time, especially compared to medics. Hell, as far as one-trick ponies go in the game, Nader and Rhino get much more mileage from their tricks, and Rhino with someone to watch his back is downright terrifying. If you're smart, Phantom isn't a bad pick either.

edited 28th Jul '15 3:09:42 PM by NotSoBadassLongcoat

Gaming mice usually have a bunch of extra buttons.

I do like a five-button mouse, because button 4 and 5 map to page-back and page-forward in a browser.

I've been waiting for a package to be delivered by Yodel all day (ideally before my afternoon shift). About 20 minutes ago, a van stopped outside my driveway, a guy in a Yodel jacket got out, rummaged around the back, then got back in and drove off.

Bloody Yodel. I want my rum.

Yes they do, but usually on the left side, where you can operate them with your thumb. My gaming mouse has M4 and M5 there.

That's pretty standard. I was thinking of something more like this.◊

Those buttons look way too small and in inconvenient places to use properly.

It's a gaming mouse ad absurdum, what do you expect?

It to be practical?

Update: The tracking's trying to tell me my package was delivered. FFS.

What kinda rum is it?

Kraken. It's a spiced black rum one of my colleagues recommended.

That's a colorful name. I approve.

Kraken is great, the booze, the book and the beast.

Let's hope I can confirm it.

I've contacted Amazon, who've said they'll send out another if it doesn't arrive, and I've contacted Yodel on twitter (who've asked for the tracking #, but haven't got back to me yet).

In a parallel universe somewhere, Yodel Ltd is the best-rated delivery company in the world. But, alas. Only 43% of people would rate their service reliable.

TBH, I thought they were getting better. This is the first problem I've had with them in a while.

They've contacted me on Twitter (which seems to be the only reliable way to get ahold of them) and said they'll speak to the driver who was delivering my package.

Bisected: I had a similar-sounding issue a few months back (different company, though): Tracking information said my package was delivered, but I saw neither hide nor hair of it, spent a few hours freaking out and calling the delivery company and trying to contact the driver to find out what happened.

Then my neighbor came over and said he signed for it so that it wouldn't be sitting out on my doorstep.

Maybe knock on your neighbors' doors and see if one of them was just trying to help by taking your package inside?

I'm fairly sure it wasn't left with my neighbours (someone was home all day; hence how we saw the guy pull up and leave).

Plus the neighbours would have said something by now.

edited 30th Jul '15 10:26:59 AM by Bisected8

Anyone here update to Windows 10 yet? I mean, the update is free, but I'm not sure if I'd want to do it just yet, depending on what it does to my icons and the like. I was thinking of holding off on an update until I buy an Ultra HD monitor and a new graphics card.

If you have updated, what's the process like? Do you lose a lot of personalization, and end up having to reinstall games and programs?