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You say that like an you're an emacs user.

I like vi. Saves me having to use my nose to type those ctrl-alt-meta-hyper-shift combinations.

Requiem,

I am mistaken. I do not know how to use emacs. I never learned emacs. It is too fancy for my taste. I like simple things because I am a simple man.

My only code editor is vi. VI is the first editor I learned to use and I've stuck to it all my life (which is not very short). Occasionally I use MSFT VS, when I had to write fucking GUI code. But my preference is always VI. When people see me firing up vi to edit code or paper (TEX), they are always surprised.

Well damn, there goes my chance to revive one of the older wars.

I've been drinking this Odwalla shit from the cafeteria. I think I am getting sick of it, although it's supposed to be good for me, especially since I rarely eat vegie when I cook. What is your favorite flavor of Odwalla?

Requiem,

We are on the same side.

BTW, is that M's Requiem?

I like Parisienne life. Life in US is too harsh, too rushed, too unpleasant. In Paris, right now, I can sit in the cafe, actually the weather should start to be nice, so I sit outside, sipping wine, watching people coming back (woops, slipping away) from work, checking out cute girls, eating healthy snacks and fruits, relaxing, debating philosophie and contemplating meaning of life, planning suicide, blah, blah, blah.

Yep, is Wolfgang's.

I rotate Odwallas. I go through the tangerine, grapefruit, and orange juice jugs for the fridge, and use the single-serving containers of "wellness" when I think I might be getting sick. The smoothies are also ok, but I avoid the green, purple, or protein flavors.

The protein flavor of smoothie is really disgusting. I tried once. It tasted like medicine.

test test again

I really wonder: Does anyone really take himself seriously, despite his appearance of doing so?

"Priced to sell...$788,000...Square Feet: 1,647...Lot Size: N/A...Year Built: 1973...On Market: 153 days..."

Ha, ha!

Now isn't that precious?

Michael,

Is that a northern Arizona listing?

No, that's the Fremont address above.

I grew up in San Jose, moved to Pheonix seven years ago.

Even so, those figures look zany! I can picture the house: your average, nothing much, '70s suburban house.

Simply wacky for the common working man to pay so much for so little!

Bork
Thank you

But you must agree that I did make some contributions other than these outrageous comments.

Also, some people take themselves too seriously.

If one takes himself too seriously, he is susceptible to manipulation (by people close to him, by the media, by the government, by anything).

requiem Says:
Well damn, there goes my chance to revive one of the older wars.

That war is over. All sane people now use VI. The more sane of the lot use (G)VIM in particular.

Now if that goes unanswered, the war is really over !

emacs in vi mode

FB = Fvcked Buyer.

emacs in vi mode
Uh... burn the heretic?

Softest, since technically you could eventually pay off the loan, "renting the money" doesn't feel quite right. (But I use it anyway.)

Assuming the property is sold, it's closer to renting the house from the bank, combined with an enforced savings account. Eventually, if you've saved enough, you can use that account to buy the house.

dual flush toilets are mandatory here as a building standard -- there are 2 buttons -- 3 litres and 6 litres... so the concept works well enough when you have 2 choices...

and water is so scarce they are giving away low flow showerheads... but they fail to recycle stormwater at all, they modelled the whole system on european ideas where there's so much rain the aim is to get it out to sea asap.

dual flush toilets are mandatory here as a building standard — there are 2 buttons — 3 litres and 6 litres… so the concept works well enough when you have 2 choices…

That is perhaps a good idea. It is confusing though. How about pulling up for 3L and pushing down for 6L?

they are usually designed now with two different sized buttons, in a stylish interlocked design or whatever -- the equal sized ones will have a logo with a half circle and a full circle or similar...

to say nothing of composting toilets and waterless urinals...
http://www.watersave.com.au/Uridan/default.asp

I like Parisienne life. Life in US is too harsh, too rushed, too unpleasant. In Paris, right now, I can sit in the cafe, debating philosophy and contemplating meaning of life

probably not advisable doing that in here, cheetah... the nation of shopkeepers has morphed into a bigger nation of bigger shopkeepers...

D.S.,

here = ?

D.S.,

because I remember seeing somewhere that England was called the nation of shopkeepers.

slyly oblique reference, hee hee. but i have lived and worked in UK and Oz, and have dual citizenship. currently in Oz...

I despise those low flow showerheads though. They must only work on the bald. I would consider a great showerhead with an on/off valve for times of drought.

alternatively, they were also giving away electronic timers for 3 minute showers, heh

maybe the bald could get away with the revolutionary new waterless showers...

maybe the bald could get away with the revolutionary new waterless showers…

That's bad, 'cuz when he goes to his barber his head is going to stink.

GC
Your posts are showing not just a moodiness but a genuine and disturbong imbalance and inability to hold a train of thought.
Have you gone off your lithium?

Meanwhile, my Opinel is now incredibly sharp and ready to do damage on some Fuji apples...

Linda,

Yum, lithium. I can chase that with a vodka tonic and some Nick Drake :)

I think perhaps that GC has proven himself to be the worst kind of troll. His blatherings have engaged some badinage, however all in all, he has derailed several of our threads and offended some of our lurkers and posters(ie Bork). His meandering mind is dangerous to the integrity and reputation of Patrick.net.
For the longevity of this site,
I vote that he is banned.
Honestly, this blog has degraded somewhat thanks to Gentle Cheetah and his multiple alter egos. I have to skip a lot of comments originated by/in reply to GC. It started with homosexual fantasies, turned into pedophilia topic and now it seems to be taking a “suicide” turn.

BTW- Polished concrete sinks...MMMMM

Anybody?
Or are you just too tired to think?

Linda,

It's really best to ignore him and erase on an comment by comment basis. He just throws a lot of random stuff out. But honestly, I can see where he's coming from, even though I don't happen to agree with that perspective.

Here's a song for you:

http://www.candlerecords.com.au/candle/bin/candlebands.cfm?bandName=han#

go down and click on "I wish I was beautiful for you"

Linda -

should I repeat it? GC is some bored Microsoft desk jockey, perhaps even assigned to pick up the pulse of the times here at Patrick.net.

Either that, or he is a bored financier with a real interest in Auburn Bank Corp.

Take your pick.

Astrid
I know you've been a fan of his as you've defended him from the start. You said that he probably wouldn't act on such statements...(BTW...how do you know? Is he an old friend or something?)
I'm talking about for the integrity of the site to have someone throwing out random flamelike comments...

Anyway, Bork said it well.

Whatever the rest of you choose as a group.

I come
to
this site
for sanity
not
insanity

tsusiat
But the pulse of Patrick.net has been the same for a long time.
Steady, strong, and very furry. :)

tsusiat,

How exciting! Patrick could be bought out with Big Bill's money. Maybe he could treat us all to sushi.

Linda,

Huh? If you thought that, you really don't know me at all. I don't advocate banning unless the individual is clearly a troll. I don't see it yet. I don't even advocate banning Bap33 or DS or Robert Cote or Ha Ha, even though I disagree with just about everything they've said.

nomadtoons:
I’d much rather get on with my life somewhere else.

with the animation work being virtual, etc, you could probably live and work anywhere and cyber-commute, couldn't you? or look at more lucrative areas in similar types of work in LA like hollywood special effects in Maya or something... assuming those guys are getting good pay, and not living at home with their parents, heh

or have i got the wrong profile?

the other options here seem to be that people are moving further and further out of the greater metro area up and down the coast to where i assume it is more affordable -- i just did a 1 hour trip about 80km south and had forgotten what regional living is like -- more relaxed and costs are 2/3 of the city for many things, and yet they have a beach lifestyle. only nuisance is having to commute if you are working in the city, altho there's a good train line up and down the coast. i don't think it's fair that housing allocation works like that, but it's a reasonable compromise in the market society -- i bandy phrases like 'key worker initiatives' around with govt people in affordable housing, but they tend to look blank. further, the US has got huge areas of affordability still in comparison with the pattern in other boom countries.

like someone was saying, tradesmen have to drive for hours these days to get to a job -- from an embedded energy and personal cost point of view, it's incredibly wasteful -- i.e. these are extra 'hidden' costs of construction, altho i don't know what the answer is -- michael mobbs points out that when he is constructing a best practice 'green' village somewhere, there's an endless convoy of tradesmen arriving from 2 hours drive away each way every day from the affordability belt...