General Discussion

[Wolfborn]

@Dirty Spaceman: UofW was one of my top three choices as well, because of their co-op program. I ultimately chose Mac because it was closer to home (grew up in Oakville). What year are you in?

@SheoDovah: Bacon? Don't worry. The world's oldest living person (who's 116) eats bacon, eggs and grits for breakfast daily. (I'd post a link, but I'm still not allowed to. )

[BetaB17]

The issue with that report is its flawed.. or misunderstood really <_< its not just bacon, but most red meats in general. Yes, some chemicals, artificial additives, n preserves are leading causes but the study was directed at the meat itself

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"So are you telling me just eat more veggies n fruit?"

Sort of, a mixed diet is good, n we could use more of it, but not even veggie n fruit are perfectly harmless. Like Kale for example

"But isnt Kale healthy? Certainly?"

Eating too much kale n cabbage causes thyroid problems, in fact eating too much of anything causes some sort of issue. Meat is good for protein n certain oils.

"So Bacon isnt causing cancer?"

What isnt now a days?

[Dirty Spaceman]

@Dirty Spaceman: UofW was one of my top three choices as well, because of their co-op program. I ultimately chose Mac because it was closer to home (grew up in Oakville). What year are you in?

Wee widdle first year, just started in September. It's been pretty good so far (I did *fairly* well on my midterms ), and engineering here has a lot of spirit and support. I'm sure it's much the same at Mac. Heck, when I was in elementary school I went to a summer camp there that was staffed by engineering students (Venture). So, if you graduated a while ago, what sort of work do you do now?

[Wolfborn]

@Dirty Spaceman: Ahh, a frosh. I remember those days... the sweet innocence of youth. If only I'd known what was to come...

Just kidding... sort of. I do remember first year was hard, second and third were each harder still. Fourth year was still a lot of work, but at least there was the feeling that you were going to make it. Sounds like you're doing pretty well and enjoying it, though.

So what do I do now? Believe it or not, nothing to do with comp eng. I worked for several years as a LAN/WAN design engineer in Ontario before I got tired of the grind, packed up my things, and headed out west in search of a simpler lifestyle. I've worked as a tour guide, shuttle driver, hiking guide, and B&B manager, among other things. Now I make soap for a living. No, really. I do. And I still find myself using a surprising number of engineering principles in my day-to-day work.

[The SheoDovah]

I've spent most of my adult life unemployed. Why? Because life decided to kick the [&@%!] out of me, jobwise. With a fair amount of luck, i should get another jurb by christmas! if not, no traditional feasting on seafood followed by the traditional "Oh god, i ate too much" followed by the Thu'um being used.

[Aarah]

Seafood for crimbo. Nice.
I don't like the Frankenstein's monster that is those meats you get where there's four birds wrapped around each other. It just seems wrong (and the flavours would surely all mingle to produce a weird concoction)? Saying that, I haven't tried it, but it never seems appealing enough to do so.

[The SheoDovah]

Not had that but sounds like something i would enjoy. Also, there are massive toblorones and giant chocolate santas. I would say i would get them if i had the cash but i ain't spending £90 for both of them!

[Musicman247]

Remember.

[Aarah]

Did we forget?

I tell you what I did forget- that I had cheese yesterday -and then had a load today because I thought I hadn't had it in a while.

The weather has been foggy the last few days, so saving the firework gathering for the weekend.

The Royal Mail now has collections of Star Wars stamps available to buy.
http://www.royalmail.com/starwars?PSID= ... wgodVwEKmw

[leroybrown]

I worked for several years as a LAN/WAN design engineer in Ontario before I got tired of the grind, packed up my things, and headed out west in search of a simpler lifestyle. I've worked as a tour guide, shuttle driver, hiking guide, and B&B manager, among other things.

Does this mean you could help me connect my goddamn dongle to my router via the bash terminal? I'm a padawon learner seeking a jedi master, maybe I should check craigslist..

I make soap for a living.

Tyler Durden? Didn't know you were a fan of Elder Scrolls.

[Aarah]

Just discovered that a bourbon is ten times nicer with milk.

@Wolfborn -What kind of soap do you make? Bar or gels?

[The SheoDovah]

And i discovered that Aarah found out that bourbon is 10 times nicer with milk.

[Velvet LeChance]

I do remember first year was hard, second and third were each harder still.

I found that there was a massive jump between first and second year, with first year being simple enough.

I'm doing economics with law, though. From what I've gathered from friends in engineering, that's difficult from the start.

[Rook]

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[Linkuya]

Even though I only take melatonin twice a week, I'm going to have to stop using it completely. It's messing with my eyes and last time I used it I thought I wasn't going to wake up.

[Vendetta]

Hey guys! So V has a job and money now and finally has the time to get back into gaming, and I'm kicking it off with this:

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This is Gabe. Gabe picked out the parts for my new computer. Thanks Gabe! (And Fiar for the power supply suggestion)

[MARS]

That's so extra and my broke ass is boiling.

[Dirty Spaceman]

So what do I do now? Believe it or not, nothing to do with comp eng. I worked for several years as a LAN/WAN design engineer in Ontario before I got tired of the grind, packed up my things, and headed out west in search of a simpler lifestyle. I've worked as a tour guide, shuttle driver, hiking guide, and B&B manager, among other things. Now I make soap for a living. No, really. I do.

Hah, that's actually really cool! It's amazing the places life takes you, I guess. I'm an aspiring writer (I'm currently sitting on a completed-pending-revision novel), and if I ever find enough success there, I'd consider leaving a computer engineering career to take up that alone - but, whatever happens down the road, I definitely want that comp eng career first. I spent a lot of time figuring out which type of engineering was best for me (choosing engineering itself was easy, heh), and I'm in this for the long haul.

And I still find myself using a surprising number of engineering principles in my day-to-day work.

I suppose you can take the engineer out of engineering, but you can't take engineering out of the engineer... or something like that.

[Wolfborn]

@Dirty Spaceman: Writing's fun, isn't it? I did quite a bit of writing myself, purely for fun, back when I was your age. Never had anything published (yet), but I'm thinking of giving it a serious shot come the new year (I've already arranged to cut my hours at my full-time job to give myself enough free time to get back into it). What genre is your novel?

@Wolfborn -What kind of soap do you make? Bar or gels?

I make bar soap. We use only vegetable oils and lye (sodium hydroxide) for the base, and essential oils and natural botanicals as additives. We do have liquid soap in our product line, but I've never made that (we have someone come in and make that for us).

I don't like the Frankenstein's monster that is those meats you get where there's four birds wrapped around each other. It just seems wrong (and the flavours would surely all mingle to produce a weird concoction)? Saying that, I haven't tried it, but it never seems appealing enough to do so.

You mean turducken. Chicken stuffed into a duck stuffed into a turkey. Friends of mine bought one at Christmas once and invited a whole bunch of people over to help eat it. I thought it tasted pretty good (they are all fairly similar birds, after all). And, in the varied pastiche that has been my life, I did work at a deli once (for about 8 months) where they made these things. I wasn't involved in the making, though.

[The-Shadow-One]

I had bird in a bird in a bird in a bird. I think it had goose in it as well as the aforementioned birdies.

Damn that stuff was GOOD.

[The SheoDovah]

But was it the word?

[Linkuya]

That's so extra and my broke ass is boiling.

Now I want to post images of my $1,000 PC, but for you, I won't.

[The SheoDovah]

Yeah, well, the Dovahstationbox is far better then any other gaming system! It has 89 octdecillion bits and supermega blast proccessing! You think Sega was cool? BURN YOUR SEGA AND BUY THE DOVAHSTATIONBOX TODAY!

[Linkuya]

Yeah, well, the Dovahstationbox is far better then any other gaming system! It has 89 octdecillion bits and supermega blast proccessing! You think Sega was cool? BURN YOUR SEGA AND BUY THE DOVAHSTATIONBOX TODAY!

Please stop making posts like this. I may have to take action.

[Kerr]

Wow, it's Musicman's evil twin. An evil twin who according to their profile is 16 years younger than Musicman. Personally I think you should have gone full on Bizarro Musicman.

Wait a minute, what the...

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No, no you are Bizarro Musicman. My mistake.