Huh, I've never had trouble with them before this, which made me think it was something I did wrong, though it could just be a fault with the motherboard.

So maybe I didn't do anything wrong there.

However, I definitely am responsible for killing one of my HDD's when I plugged the wrong power connector into it.

-dr @ 30/3/2016 8:20

Wikey @ 30/3/2016 11:08 That said, I'm the last person you should be taking advice off, because whilst I eventually got my build to work, it does get the blue screen of death every time I unplug something from the USB ports. USB ports seem glitchy on their own sometimes tbh. My dad built my desktop and the front USB ports are a nightmare. Half the time they aren't working, then other times plugging in one disrupts the other and neither works. I would blame my dad for it if my laptop didn't occasionally crash because things are plugged in when it exits sleep mode.

There are usually several USB thingies (Headers) on the motherboard, you're probably not using all of them, there are cables from the case to the motherboard's usb thingies, you could try connecting them to other USB headers.

Curtis @ 30/3/2016 10:22

Blow on it

And wiggle it too

Mercator @ 30/3/2016 12:38

-dr @ 30/3/2016 8:20 Wikey @ 30/3/2016 11:08 That said, I'm the last person you should be taking advice off, because whilst I eventually got my build to work, it does get the blue screen of death every time I unplug something from the USB ports. USB ports seem glitchy on their own sometimes tbh. My dad built my desktop and the front USB ports are a nightmare. Half the time they aren't working, then other times plugging in one disrupts the other and neither works. I would blame my dad for it if my laptop didn't occasionally crash because things are plugged in when it exits sleep mode. There are usually several USB thingies (Headers) on the motherboard, you're probably not using all of them, there are cables from the case to the motherboard's usb thingies, you could try connecting them to other USB headers.

I'm sure it's something like that, I just worry about taking it apart then trying to put it back together.

-dr @ 30/3/2016 10:02

Mercator @ 30/3/2016 12:38 -dr @ 30/3/2016 8:20 Wikey @ 30/3/2016 11:08 That said, I'm the last person you should be taking advice off, because whilst I eventually got my build to work, it does get the blue screen of death every time I unplug something from the USB ports. USB ports seem glitchy on their own sometimes tbh. My dad built my desktop and the front USB ports are a nightmare. Half the time they aren't working, then other times plugging in one disrupts the other and neither works. I would blame my dad for it if my laptop didn't occasionally crash because things are plugged in when it exits sleep mode. There are usually several USB thingies (Headers) on the motherboard, you're probably not using all of them, there are cables from the case to the motherboard's usb thingies, you could try connecting them to other USB headers. I'm sure it's something like that, I just worry about taking it apart then trying to put it back together.

You don't have to take anything apart, just remove the panel and pull a cable and plug it somewhere else, then put the panel back.

So as someone who read the original Watchmen back in 86 when it first came out (and who owns his original issues, plus two collected versions: hardcover for reading and softcover for lending out), I avoided the Beyond Watchmen phenom from a few years back. First- I didn't want to be disappointed by these Watchmen Babies interpretations. Second, if I knew I was going to be disappointed, there was no way I was dropping cash on these, especially since they were running multiple issues for each "miniseries".

The local library has some of the collected editions of these, so i grabbed them to see if my decision was right. So far, I was right.

The "Ozymandius" storyline added little to his origin that was worth spending multiple issues on. The most interesting thing is we got to discover that the miniseries author thinks it is better pronounced oz-y-man-DI-us, not oz-y-MAN-di-us. Exciting! not.

The Crimson Coursair storyline was meh- half the time the panels were confusing or seemed to jump around in the story. Very poorly scripted.

Dollar Bill- Great- we find out dude was just fucking around trying to earn a paycheck. How exciting.

Minutemen- Only somewhat interesting storyline so far, focusing on Nite Owl's perspective, giving a little more on Silhouette, but suddenly making Hooded Justice killed for everyone thinking he was a child rapist/murderer. WTF??!?!



Not sure if I'll keep reading or not now.

Dadd @ 30/3/2016 11:40

Curtis @ 30/3/2016 10:22 Blow on it And wiggle it too

But be mindful of the dangling components

Thanks to our chess project this happened today


Professor: Who is the night queen?

:rose: *raises hand high* I am.

Professor: okay

Today.........I had my first Quest bar

I wanted a snack at work and walked by the row of Quest bars. Decided on a whim to get one and see what all of Vern's FUSS is about. I got the cookies and cream one which is really just a big Oreo bar so I was optimistic that I'd like it

Until I opened it!!!!!!!!!

It looked, smelled, and felt like shit. And it tasted WORSE than shit! I dunno how you take chocolate and cream and cookie dough and fuck it up so bad. I would rather have a Yoohoo

Well this sucks.

I accidentally put my rice cooker in the microwave without adding water (normally I add water and it obvi works fine). Now my whole apartment smells like melted plastic. I've been trying to research ways to clean it or see if I can pay someone to do it.

So far apparently I need coffee grounds and lemon juice/lemon peals

My roommate hasn't come home yet either so that will be fun. Pretty such he is allergic to like everything.

God damnit I want this smell to go away, I have all the windows open and a fan running

Oh I think part of the problem was I had the fan of the microwave on and it was covered in gooey plastic. Oops.

On the bright side I found out the back of our electric can opener has an electric knife sharpener on it. Crazy!

The chip readers at work are refusing to let debit cards go through as credit and my last customer took like ten minutes trying to get it his card to go as credit and he didn't wanna put in a PIN. I tried to explain but he was like "every other store lets me do it" and I humored him like "Alright you can try it again if you want. Maybe it'll work this time" because sometimes it does go through eventually, but I knew this card wouldn't because the reader had been doing this all day with debit cards and we've only had the chip readers up for like two weeks so there's all the "but I use it as credit all the time here!" people adjusting (and our system doesn't even have a credit or debit option for us to pick. it just goes by the card). I kept waiting for him or the lady with him to pull out cash or something (it was a less than $40 purchase) and I was like "You're welcome to try another card if you'd like" but noooo.

And then after like the fifth try, he showed me his ID as if I was doing something to make the reader reject him (it doesn't even tell us why it declines a card. it just says to ask for another payment form) and I'm like "Yes, I agree that you're you and this is your card, but that's not why the card's being rejected..." cuz the system doesn't care whose card it is as long as it's legit and its bank lets its transaction through

And the guy was like "Well I don't know why you all don't want my money" and my supervisor and I explained again that the people in charge of our vendor whatever shit made it so that our reader system doesn't let chip cards work as credit cards without PINs anymore (and it won't let chip cards be swiped unless it detects that the chips won't work), and then he gave up and decided he didn't want his item anymore.

And I was glad, because he was the last customer in the store and I could finally close my register.

Igor @ 30/3/2016 19:47

Well this sucks. I accidentally put my rice cooker in the microwave without adding water (normally I add water and it obvi works fine). Now my whole apartment smells like melted plastic. I've been trying to research ways to clean it or see if I can pay someone to do it. So far apparently I need coffee grounds and lemon juice/lemon peals My roommate hasn't come home yet either so that will be fun. Pretty such he is allergic to like everything. God damnit I want this smell to go away, I have all the windows open and a fan running

Vinegar might help too.

Grimapple @ 30/3/2016 22:16

The chip readers at work are refusing to let debit cards go through as credit and my last customer took like ten minutes trying to get it his card to go as credit and he didn't wanna put in a PIN. I tried to explain but he was like "every other store lets me do it" and I humored him like "Alright you can try it again if you want. Maybe it'll work this time" because sometimes it does go through eventually, but I knew this card wouldn't because the reader had been doing this all day with debit cards and we've only had the chip readers up for like two weeks so there's all the "but I use it as credit all the time here!" people adjusting (and our system doesn't even have a credit or debit option for us to pick. it just goes by the card). I kept waiting for him or the lady with him to pull out cash or something (it was a less than $40 purchase) and I was like "You're welcome to try another card if you'd like" but noooo. And then after like the fifth try, he showed me his ID as if I was doing something to make the reader reject him (it doesn't even tell us why it declines a card. it just says to ask for another payment form) and I'm like "Yes, I agree that you're you and this is your card, but that's not why the card's being rejected..." cuz the system doesn't care whose card it is as long as it's legit and its bank lets its transaction through And the guy was like "Well I don't know why you all don't want my money" and my supervisor and I explained again that the people in charge of our vendor whatever shit made it so that our reader system doesn't let chip cards work as credit cards without PINs anymore (and it won't let chip cards be swiped unless it detects that the chips won't work), and then he gave up and decided he didn't want his item anymore. And I was glad, because he was the last customer in the store and I could finally close my register.

Why the fuck wouldn't he just put in his PIN?

vladykins @ 31/3/2016 10:37

Why the fuck wouldn't he just put in his PIN?

The fuck if I know. People get really particular about their payment methods.