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November 22, 2005
Leisure Suit Larry
When I was younger, I was "exposed" to Leisure Suit Larry. Y'all know what it is, right? (If not, it's a video game where the goal is to get laid as often as possible. So...you can imagine what kind of game it is...) So, I dunno how, but my brother got his hands on this game, and me being the pesky younger sister, watched my brother play this game when I was all of 10 years old or something. Not fully understanding it all, I just remember thinking, "I probably shouldn't be playing/watching this" but it was rather humorous, so you kno, I went along with it.
Fast forward fifteen years to me and my PA talking (somehow, all weird/stupid conversations revolve around me and my PA). We somehow begin discussing the pronuciation of "leisure" and I mention that everyone says "lee-sure" for "Leisure Suit Larry". Of course...my PA had no idea what Leisure Suit Larry is, so I told him that it was a 'funny' video game and that he should look it up.
SO. Did you know that in the past fifteen years Leisure Suit Larry has released SEVEN versions and *vastly* improved its graphics and has also become MUCH MORE OPEN about its laviciousness? Yeah. So I didn't. My PA went and surfed a little bit through the website and was shocked and bemused at the content. "So, *this* is the kind of games you play on your free time." So, to try to explain myself, I went and looked up the website and was VERY *VERY* embarrassed. I tried to explain, but my PA would have none of it. I think I just gave him enough ammo to mock me for the next three years...
Posted by szujin at 11:54 PM | Comments (3)
November 20, 2005
My dork rant of the day
Ok. So I "understand" that sometimes advisors can be lazy. Sometimes they just don't want to "put in the effort." But this *THIS* is ridiculous!
Background: we use svn (a version control tool). To make changes to the repository, you either have to have an environment variable $SVN_EDITOR set or when commiting add a -m flag. This is told to you EXPLICITY when you have failed to do either. It won't let you commit your changes otherwise. My advisor said that her commit failed so I asked her to send me the error message (since I didn't know).
Her:
This is what I got when I try to commit things. I think it's because I don't have the right environment variables set. If you know an easy way to do that without me looking through the manuals, let me know.
svn: Commit failed (details follow):
svn: Could not use external editor to fetch log message; consider setting the $SVN_EDITOR environment variable or using the --message
So, in response (this is the second time this has already happened), I wrote:
Well, since I don't know which shell you are using, your best bet is
to do, as the svn error log says. The reason is b/c it can't find an editor to log your messages (when you commit). So now when you commit, you would type "svn commit -m This is my message"
Either that, or set your environment variable. Either "export
SVN_EDITOR=vi" (to use vi) or "setenv SVN_EDITOR vi" depending on your shell. You can check that you set the environment variable by typing "echo $SVN_EDITOR" to make sure that the changes were made.
So...I thought this was pretty clear. No? She WROTE ME BACK with:
I am using putty secure shell.
PUTTY SECURE SHELL?! THIS IS NOT A SHELL. Seriously people. I mean, I will be the first to admit that I am no linux guru and I have to look up commands at times to set environment variables. But seriously, is it THAT hard?! So. This was my response:
Do this:
Type "echo $SHELL"
If the output is "bash" do: export SVN_EDITOR=vi
If the output is "csh" or "tcsh" do: setenv SVN_EDITOR vi
DO YOU THINK THIS WAS EXPLICIT ENOUGH?! GRRRR.
Oh. And get this. THIRD TIME AROUND. Advisor? Still hasn't a clue of what's going on. She edited my paper? AND EDITED IT WRONG.
Posted by szujin at 12:40 PM | Comments (1)
November 16, 2005
Sodoku
I am hooked on Sodoku. Saw it in the flight magazine when flying from Chicago, and hell, it was 'easier' than the crossword puzzles, but still took me some brain power.
Isn't it sad when you do something in 50 minutes to find out that THE AVERAGE TIME FOR THE LEVEL YOU CHOOSE is 12?
Yeah. That was a real confidence killer.
Still hooked. So...maybe I'll get better. Harhar.
Side note: Officially, I have been removed from a waitlist, and it was good. Now. What do I do?
Posted by szujin at 01:05 AM | Comments (1)
November 12, 2005
I just swallowed a mouthful of ink.
I hope I didn't just poison myself *sigh*.
Teaches me to suck on gel ink pens.
Posted by szujin at 10:04 PM | Comments (3)