GM's thread about nothing (24 Viewers)

[Mr. Pickles]

I'm ascairt of heights and, the older I get, the worse it affects me. I'm reading Dan Simmons' The Abominable. There are passages in this book that are giving me vertigo. I may have to stop reading it, no ####.

Here you go: http://youtu.be/gLDYtH1RH-U

I'm not EVEN clicking on that unless it's a Diane Lane/Halle Berry makeout scene

I'm not really afraid of heights at all, but that made my palms sweat.

Still not as bad as the video of some idiot doing pull ups from a bar 1000 feet up.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I'm ascairt of heights and, the older I get, the worse it affects me. I'm reading Dan Simmons' The Abominable. There are passages in this book that are giving me vertigo. I may have to stop reading it, no ####.

Here you go: http://youtu.be/gLDYtH1RH-U

I'm not EVEN clicking on that unless it's a Diane Lane/Halle Berry makeout scene

I'm not really afraid of heights at all, but that made my palms sweat.

Still not as bad as the video of some idiot doing pull ups from a bar 1000 feet up.

Oh, HELL no. If someone who isn't afraid of heights has sweaty palms watching it, no way in hell I am.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

USA! USA!

I know nothing about hockey and have no idea what the announcers are talking about.

 

[Tiger Fan]

Did someone link to the Em video for the morning crew? It's a must see.

Gold.

Like.

good lord

 

[Angry Beavers]

https://imageshack.com/i/g9pvtbj

On the left is my late grandfather, WWII decorated vet, Harvard grad, business owner, almost became the first republican to win a state senate seat in very democratic Houston. One US dollar for the first person who can tell me who is pictured with him.

Jerry Jones

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Was watching the show "Rake" last night. For some reason, this is how I picture -fish-

GM>AOD going on again this year? Now that Shuke's league is filled up, I figured I would ask, as I don't want him thinking we'd be stealing all that prime talent

Good question. I may have to come back home.

 

[Otis]

Who was talking about powerpoints and presentations a while back...Bently? I have to give a presentation in May to a lot of people above my pay grade. It only has to be like 5-10 minutes but essentially I just have to bullet point some operational things with a few pictures. I'm not worried about the material but I'm pretty weak in PP. Was there something about not doing transitions or something?

#### Powerpoint. One of the things I like about the organization I work for is that Powerpoint is viewed as the root of all evil. The presentation is not about what's on the slide, it's about what you have to say. Put the premise up no more. Go bare bones and then just talk. If you have complex data or concepts to go over put those in a document in a handout and have them read it. #### the dog and pony show. Give them content and what you know about what they want to know.

And for those playing along, start up Black Sunday and let's all get on the same wavelength.

Yes, I've been drinking.

He's right. Keep the slides simple, not too wordy. Please god don't be that guy who reads lengthy slides to an audience. Assume they read basic English themselves.

Agree no transitions. Nothing more corny than the windowpanes or checkerboard effect or words flying in from all angles. It's supposed to be professional, not a puppet show for 7 year olds.

 

[Guster]

Condolences on your losses, GBSLB.

Damn, shuke. Glad you guys are oktoberfest, though - that sheet metal can be replaced.

So, in my half-assed attempt to cut the cable/sat cord I've been accumulating devices (Roku, Chromecast, etc...). I've had to jury-rig them so far as the components I have don't mix-and-match well. Someone in the "cut the cord" thread here directed me to an A/V receiver that should meet my needs (mainly, enough HDMI ports) and I got it the other day. Trying to reroute everything is always a challenge for me in the best of circumstances. I plan on taking on this monumental task tomorrow (later today, I guess). However, I have already noticed an issue - the subwoofer I have just has regular speaker wire hard-connected with the two stripped ends to feed into the receiver. This new receiver uses the male/female A/V cable for the subwoofer (rest of the speakers connect with stripped wire-into-clips).

I suppose there's an adapter I can get, or do I need a new subwoofer with the matching connection?

Might want to post this in the "cut the cable" thread...you're dealing with the likes of GM and company in here.

I've got this... what model sub do you have? Even if it has the posts for bare wire, typically they also have a single RCA jack. If so, that's what you would want to plug into the receiver. The subwoofer signal is mono, so there is only the one line running to it

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

#### THIS ####ING WINTER

Your car, I'm assuming? You ok?

Yes, everyone's ok. Luckily no kids on the bus. Boring details later.

Sucks dude, sorry. And sorry for the future shtick you've created. Glad everyone is ok.

 

[Guster]

Who was talking about powerpoints and presentations a while back...Bently? I have to give a presentation in May to a lot of people above my pay grade. It only has to be like 5-10 minutes but essentially I just have to bullet point some operational things with a few pictures. I'm not worried about the material but I'm pretty weak in PP. Was there something about not doing transitions or something?

Yeah, it was Bentley. I'd also be willing to help - I have to pull together a fair amount of presentations and documents and stuff and I'm in Design so they have to look good.

A couple tips:

Know your audience and tailor the depth of information for them

Keep the slides simple - you want the slide to reinforce the key point you're talking, but if you put too much info on the screen, people will focus on that instead of the message you're trying to tell them

Please please please don't just read off from the slide. Have your "script" that you are going to talk and have the slide show information that reinforces it

Words on slides suck... Reading slides is boring. That said, the wrong image/table/chart can derail a presentation. Everything you put up on the screen has to be easy to understand - I've seen so many charts on slides that are massively confusing and the presenter ends up spending 5 minutes describing what the slide was intended to communicate

 

[krista4]

Eta - I should have ####ed her.

So I look back with a (I know what you're thinking and I would love to do all of those things you want me to do) kind of smile (I change the "smile" from "you're" to "your" if she looks dopey)

Glad to see you.

That was written just for you. I'm glad you appreciated it.

Aaron, Guster, thanks.

I'm still laughing today.

Pretty sure we just had an earthquake. I blame K4 for jinxing us.

http://m.emsc.eu/earthquake/earthquake.php?id=359880

I didn't feel a thing (that's what she said). Now when I move in five days, I'll have a bunch of rubes asking if I'm moving because of the quake.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Mega cat related garbage

Happy V-Day Krista and YSR

Stealing it.

Can't tell if you love your wife or not anymore today. Can we get a fb update?

 

[krista4]

Sorry about your car, shuke. That looked really scary; glad everyone is OK.

 

[Guster]

Site went down for about 15 minutes and I got bored. Cheers

What's with all the Thorning going on here recently??

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Condolences on your losses, GBSLB.

Damn, shuke. Glad you guys are oktoberfest, though - that sheet metal can be replaced.

So, in my half-assed attempt to cut the cable/sat cord I've been accumulating devices (Roku, Chromecast, etc...). I've had to jury-rig them so far as the components I have don't mix-and-match well. Someone in the "cut the cord" thread here directed me to an A/V receiver that should meet my needs (mainly, enough HDMI ports) and I got it the other day. Trying to reroute everything is always a challenge for me in the best of circumstances. I plan on taking on this monumental task tomorrow (later today, I guess). However, I have already noticed an issue - the subwoofer I have just has regular speaker wire hard-connected with the two stripped ends to feed into the receiver. This new receiver uses the male/female A/V cable for the subwoofer (rest of the speakers connect with stripped wire-into-clips).

I suppose there's an adapter I can get, or do I need a new subwoofer with the matching connection?

Might want to post this in the "cut the cable" thread...you're dealing with the likes of GM and company in here.

I've got this... what model sub do you have? Even if it has the posts for bare wire, typically they also have a single RCA jack. If so, that's what you would want to plug into the receiver. The subwoofer signal is mono, so there is only the one line running to it

Does this mean anything?

Samsung PS-DW0-1

 

[cosjobs]

Anybody gonna be around drinking tonight or is everyone going to be busy eating fancy food and doing kinky sex stuff?

My agenda:

1) Getting drinks with a fellow divorced single guy

2) Looking for girls who are out drinking without a date on Valentines day (hopfully they're young with divorced parents and Daddy issues)

3) Kinky sex stuff with before-mentioned girls

4) Checking this thread and doing a shot whenever "Abe and blogging" is mentioned (it's a fun drinking game I've created)

5) Drawing pics of my private parts and sending to group text

6) Texting actual **** pics to Tanner

7) Scream vomit

8) Freeze pops and then bed

9) Funds received

10) Tyvm

I love you,

The HR Guru

 

[krista4]

USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Guster]

Limp made me paranoid so I took it down. This is what you get. Enjoy the thrill.

Nevermind

at your name

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Murica!

 

[cosjobs]

Anybody gonna be around drinking tonight or is everyone going to be busy eating fancy food and doing kinky sex stuff?

My agenda:

6) Texting actual **** pics to Tanner

8) Freeze pops and then bed

6. I changed my number. Send **** pics to Shuke and he can forward them.

8. What's your opinion on these things?

Frosty's wife has a new hobby?

 

[mr roboto]

USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Woo hoo!

 

[mr roboto]

I want a dick scarf knitted by frostywife.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Who was talking about powerpoints and presentations a while back...Bently? I have to give a presentation in May to a lot of people above my pay grade. It only has to be like 5-10 minutes but essentially I just have to bullet point some operational things with a few pictures. I'm not worried about the material but I'm pretty weak in PP. Was there something about not doing transitions or something?

#### Powerpoint. One of the things I like about the organization I work for is that Powerpoint is viewed as the root of all evil. The presentation is not about what's on the slide, it's about what you have to say. Put the premise up no more. Go bare bones and then just talk. If you have complex data or concepts to go over put those in a document in a handout and have them read it. #### the dog and pony show. Give them content and what you know about what they want to know.

And for those playing along, start up Black Sunday and let's all get on the same wavelength.

Yes, I've been drinking.

A lot of wisdom in here. Leave the Abe word dump for your notes, talking points for the slide.

 

[mr roboto]

 

[krista4]

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Who is favored in this hockey match/game/contest?

 

[shuke]

you all want to say it, but you're all afraid.

it was black ice, wasn't it?

Was wondering what took so long.

Just talked to the shop, car's probably totaled. Not that I wouldn't mind getting a new car, as it's finally time to move from a manual to an automatic due to the arthritis in my left foot, but I really didn't want another car payment right now. I also hate feeling pressured to buy a car, as my negotiating skills aren't as good when I know I don't have leverage.

 

[krista4]

NO goal?

 

[Uruk-Hai]

How can they take that goal away?

 

[shuke]

Who was talking about powerpoints and presentations a while back...Bently? I have to give a presentation in May to a lot of people above my pay grade. It only has to be like 5-10 minutes but essentially I just have to bullet point some operational things with a few pictures. I'm not worried about the material but I'm pretty weak in PP. Was there something about not doing transitions or something?

Don't do any of that transition or animation stuff. No one's impressed and it takes away from the content, IMO.

 

[Guster]

Condolences on your losses, GBSLB.

Damn, shuke. Glad you guys are oktoberfest, though - that sheet metal can be replaced.

So, in my half-assed attempt to cut the cable/sat cord I've been accumulating devices (Roku, Chromecast, etc...). I've had to jury-rig them so far as the components I have don't mix-and-match well. Someone in the "cut the cord" thread here directed me to an A/V receiver that should meet my needs (mainly, enough HDMI ports) and I got it the other day. Trying to reroute everything is always a challenge for me in the best of circumstances. I plan on taking on this monumental task tomorrow (later today, I guess). However, I have already noticed an issue - the subwoofer I have just has regular speaker wire hard-connected with the two stripped ends to feed into the receiver. This new receiver uses the male/female A/V cable for the subwoofer (rest of the speakers connect with stripped wire-into-clips).

I suppose there's an adapter I can get, or do I need a new subwoofer with the matching connection?

Might want to post this in the "cut the cable" thread...you're dealing with the likes of GM and company in here.

I've got this... what model sub do you have? Even if it has the posts for bare wire, typically they also have a single RCA jack. If so, that's what you would want to plug into the receiver. The subwoofer signal is mono, so there is only the one line running to it

Does this mean anything?Samsung PS-DW0-1

I would try something like this

 

[shuke]

https://imageshack.com/i/g9pvtbj

On the left is my late grandfather, WWII decorated vet, Harvard grad, business owner, almost became the first republican to win a state senate seat in very democratic Houston. One US dollar for the first person who can tell me who is pictured with him.

John Glenn

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I want a dick scarf knitted by frostywife.

My wife has "ordered" a hat twice. Maybe next year.

 

[krista4]

4 on 4 is going to be crazy in this game, if we get to it.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Condolences on your losses, GBSLB.

Damn, shuke. Glad you guys are oktoberfest, though - that sheet metal can be replaced.

So, in my half-assed attempt to cut the cable/sat cord I've been accumulating devices (Roku, Chromecast, etc...). I've had to jury-rig them so far as the components I have don't mix-and-match well. Someone in the "cut the cord" thread here directed me to an A/V receiver that should meet my needs (mainly, enough HDMI ports) and I got it the other day. Trying to reroute everything is always a challenge for me in the best of circumstances. I plan on taking on this monumental task tomorrow (later today, I guess). However, I have already noticed an issue - the subwoofer I have just has regular speaker wire hard-connected with the two stripped ends to feed into the receiver. This new receiver uses the male/female A/V cable for the subwoofer (rest of the speakers connect with stripped wire-into-clips).

I suppose there's an adapter I can get, or do I need a new subwoofer with the matching connection?

Might want to post this in the "cut the cable" thread...you're dealing with the likes of GM and company in here.

I've got this... what model sub do you have? Even if it has the posts for bare wire, typically they also have a single RCA jack. If so, that's what you would want to plug into the receiver. The subwoofer signal is mono, so there is only the one line running to it

Does this mean anything?Samsung PS-DW0-1

I would try something like this

Question mark?

 

[krista4]

I want a #### scarf knitted by frostywife.

My wife has "ordered" a hat twice. Maybe next year.

She can have mine if she'd like. It's pretty but, as I suspected, doesn't fit my giant noggin.

 

[shuke]

#### THIS ####ING WINTER

Your car, I'm assuming? You ok?

Yes, everyone's ok. Luckily no kids on the bus. Boring details later.

Sucks dude, sorry. And sorry for the future shtick you've created. Glad everyone is ok.

Sorry about your car, shuke. That looked really scary; glad everyone is OK.

Thanks guys. My son doesn't want to go to TKD this morning because he doesn't want to get into a crash. I think he's just looking for an excuse, though.

 

[belljr]

uruk ill look when i get home, should be easily solvable, The othets are right it will need only one plug

 

[Limp Ditka]

uruk ill look when i get home, should be easily solvable, The othets arr right it will need only one plug

abe alias?

 

[Guster]

Condolences on your losses, GBSLB.

Damn, shuke. Glad you guys are oktoberfest, though - that sheet metal can be replaced.

So, in my half-assed attempt to cut the cable/sat cord I've been accumulating devices (Roku, Chromecast, etc...). I've had to jury-rig them so far as the components I have don't mix-and-match well. Someone in the "cut the cord" thread here directed me to an A/V receiver that should meet my needs (mainly, enough HDMI ports) and I got it the other day. Trying to reroute everything is always a challenge for me in the best of circumstances. I plan on taking on this monumental task tomorrow (later today, I guess). However, I have already noticed an issue - the subwoofer I have just has regular speaker wire hard-connected with the two stripped ends to feed into the receiver. This new receiver uses the male/female A/V cable for the subwoofer (rest of the speakers connect with stripped wire-into-clips).

I suppose there's an adapter I can get, or do I need a new subwoofer with the matching connection?

Might want to post this in the "cut the cable" thread...you're dealing with the likes of GM and company in here.

I've got this... what model sub do you have? Even if it has the posts for bare wire, typically they also have a single RCA jack. If so, that's what you would want to plug into the receiver. The subwoofer signal is mono, so there is only the one line running to it

Does this mean anything?Samsung PS-DW0-1

I would try something like this

Question mark?

Updated to include the link. Not sure what happened

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Ok, so the US guy can pound the Russian's head into the ice and it's allowed?

 

[Guster]

This hockey is INTENSE

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Condolences on your losses, GBSLB.

Damn, shuke. Glad you guys are oktoberfest, though - that sheet metal can be replaced.

So, in my half-assed attempt to cut the cable/sat cord I've been accumulating devices (Roku, Chromecast, etc...). I've had to jury-rig them so far as the components I have don't mix-and-match well. Someone in the "cut the cord" thread here directed me to an A/V receiver that should meet my needs (mainly, enough HDMI ports) and I got it the other day. Trying to reroute everything is always a challenge for me in the best of circumstances. I plan on taking on this monumental task tomorrow (later today, I guess). However, I have already noticed an issue - the subwoofer I have just has regular speaker wire hard-connected with the two stripped ends to feed into the receiver. This new receiver uses the male/female A/V cable for the subwoofer (rest of the speakers connect with stripped wire-into-clips).

I suppose there's an adapter I can get, or do I need a new subwoofer with the matching connection?

Might want to post this in the "cut the cable" thread...you're dealing with the likes of GM and company in here.

I've got this... what model sub do you have? Even if it has the posts for bare wire, typically they also have a single RCA jack. If so, that's what you would want to plug into the receiver. The subwoofer signal is mono, so there is only the one line running to it

Does this mean anything?Samsung PS-DW0-1

I would try something like this

Oh, sweet baby jeebus - that's what I need. Thank you!

 

[DocGonzo]

Nothing like a USA vs. Russia live hockey game with my morning coffee.

Krista ---> I've got a good buddy in Atlanta who is in the prosecutor's office in a neighboring county. I've got another one in Seattle who does mostly estate planning and tax work. Happy to put you in touch with either if you're looking to make some contacts in those places.

Whoa....expected Kane to bury that breakaway...

 

[Guster]

F'ing shootout

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Shootout!

 

[krista4]

F'ing shootout

Shootout!

I'm with Guster on this one.

 

[Limp Ditka]

F'ing shootout

awful.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

F'ing shootout

What does that mean? Like a dunk contest in hoops?

 

[Limp Ditka]

#TEAMNOSHOOTOUT