Stupid Pet Peeves

[LogGrad98]

doesn't k mean 1000 and m is the inverse (.001)
like a kilometer is 1000 meters and a millimeter is 1/1000 of a meter
same thing with grams - kg is kilograms (1000 grams) and mg is milligrams (.001 grams)

And Roman numerals aren't the same as the metric system so that's why m in Roman Numerals is different than m in the metric system

For America it's actually the computer world that brought about the wide spread use of K as a designator of 1000. Before the 70's really using M was far more common since at that time Roman numerals were actively taught in schools and much better known. In other countries the K as a symbol for kilo has been much more common for a longer time but since we haven't fully adopted the metric system K for us as 1000 came about from kilobyte in computer parlance moreso than metric. Ironically 1 kilobyte is not really 1000 bytes. It us 1024.

https://pc.net/helpcenter/answers/why_1024_bytes

 

[Siro]

Driving back from work just now, I thought I'd stop by a Maverick to get something to drink while watching the game. I haven't looked at the score of the game, and everyone at works knows not to talk to me about games because I record them for after-work viewing.

So I walk into Maverick, I grab some iced tea and some sunflower seeds. I walk to the cashier and go "how's it going". And he goes "okay other than the fact the Jazz lost!".

I was thiiis close to murdering him.

 

[LogGrad98]

Driving back from work just now, I thought I'd stop by a Maverick to get something to drink while watching the game. I haven't looked at the score of the game, and everyone at works knows not to talk to me about games because I record them for after-work viewing.

So I walk into Maverick, I grab some iced tea and some sunflower seeds. I walk to the cashier and go "how's it going". And he goes "okay other than the fact the Jazz lost!".

I was thiiis close to murdering him.

It was justified imo. No jury would ever convict.

 

[Gameface]

Driving back from work just now, I thought I'd stop by a Maverick to get something to drink while watching the game. I haven't looked at the score of the game, and everyone at works knows not to talk to me about games because I record them for after-work viewing.

So I walk into Maverick, I grab some iced tea and some sunflower seeds. I walk to the cashier and go "how's it going". And he goes "okay other than the fact the Jazz lost!".

I was thiiis close to murdering him.

Yep, you've really got to execute spoiler protocol alpha plus, especially when the Jazz are hot. Gas station attendants are red zone, set condition zebra.

Spoiler

Zebra provides the greatest degree of subdivision and tightness to the ship. It is set immediately and automatically when general quarters is sounded. It is also set when entering or leaving port during wartime, to localize damage and control fire and flooding, or at any time the Commanding Officer deems it necessary. Modified Material Condition ZEBRA - allows movement around the ship for special conditions such as: Underway Replenishment (UNREP); Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP); Air Operations; Amphibious Operations; transit of known or suspected hazardous navigation areas.

One of the most important features of ship survivability is the ability to configure the ship to simultaneously allow the survivability system to function and the ship to be operated. Standard configurations representing varying degrees of closure and known as "material conditions" set the ship according to the degree of threat to the ship and the current operational directives. All fittings in the ship are marked to indicate how they are to be set during various material conditions. The determination of the material condition set at any time is the responsibility of the CO, who may authorize modification of any material condition. Closures are defined as closable openings in overheads, decks and bulkheads for access by personnel. Fittings are covers, valves, caps and plugs for access other than for personnel and for control of fluid flow. They may be on or in piping and ventilation systems, or in overheads, decks and bulkheads. For brevity, where context allows, the term fitting is used to include the meaning of both fitting and closure, and the term compartmentation is used to include both structural and fluid system segregation.

 

[moevillini]

Yep, you've really got to execute spoiler protocol alpha plus, especially when the Jazz are hot. Gas station attendants are red zone, set condition zebra.

Spoiler

Zebra provides the greatest degree of subdivision and tightness to the ship. It is set immediately and automatically when general quarters is sounded. It is also set when entering or leaving port during wartime, to localize damage and control fire and flooding, or at any time the Commanding Officer deems it necessary. Modified Material Condition ZEBRA - allows movement around the ship for special conditions such as: Underway Replenishment (UNREP); Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP); Air Operations; Amphibious Operations; transit of known or suspected hazardous navigation areas.

One of the most important features of ship survivability is the ability to configure the ship to simultaneously allow the survivability system to function and the ship to be operated. Standard configurations representing varying degrees of closure and known as "material conditions" set the ship according to the degree of threat to the ship and the current operational directives. All fittings in the ship are marked to indicate how they are to be set during various material conditions. The determination of the material condition set at any time is the responsibility of the CO, who may authorize modification of any material condition. Closures are defined as closable openings in overheads, decks and bulkheads for access by personnel. Fittings are covers, valves, caps and plugs for access other than for personnel and for control of fluid flow. They may be on or in piping and ventilation systems, or in overheads, decks and bulkheads. For brevity, where context allows, the term fitting is used to include the meaning of both fitting and closure, and the term compartmentation is used to include both structural and fluid system segregation.

tl;dnr

I did open it though and started it and I appreciate your efforts at elucidating the situation for us.

I will try to read it later when I have more time.

 

[Gameface]

tl;dnr

I did open it though and started it and I appreciate your efforts at elucidating the situation for us.

I will try to read it later when I have more time.

Ah, it's nothing too interesting.

 

[Gameface]

I get what you're saying, and venting out here is better than acting out...and I don't wanna sound like a jerk, but I think you're building up a lot of resentment issues. If it was me, I would talk to my wife about it. Maybe you have, idk, it's really probably not my place to tell you what to do either. I do hope that it all gets better for you.

Dude, I've been married just shy of 17 years. I've known my wife since I was 13 years old and I'm just about 40 now. We lived together for four years before we got married. You think there might be some resentment? Haha, yeah. You could say that. I think it's pretty normal to have some resentment and some complaints when you've been this close to a person for so long.

 

[Boris]

Driving back from work just now, I thought I'd stop by a Maverick to get something to drink while watching the game. I haven't looked at the score of the game, and everyone at works knows not to talk to me about games because I record them for after-work viewing.

So I walk into Maverick, I grab some iced tea and some sunflower seeds. I walk to the cashier and go "how's it going". And he goes "okay other than the fact the Jazz lost!".

I was thiiis close to murdering him.

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I recorded the game to an wanted to watch tonight. I have avoided the Jazz forum ESPN NBA.com all the highlight videos that pop up on YouTube. Then I open a stupid pet peeves thread and no spoiler ****!

 

[Miggs]

When people use metaphors to explain things

You just don't understand them, do you?

 

[Miggs]

Not a pet peeve, but a funny story I thought I'd share (also, I possibly shared this story before. Don't remember).

I used to work with a Utah County hardcore LDS guy in his 60s. One time, he looked shaken up and withdrawn. I asked him what was up, and he said:

"On my way to work, I saw this kid. He was dressed in black, and he had a pentagram on his shirt. Our eyes met, and he went 'hail Satan'. My heart dropped because I knew he was a solider of the devil, and that the army of God will have to fight him and people like him soon".

I told him it was just a goth teenager trolling him. But he insisted that he could feel the evil in his heart, and that if I had accepted the light of Christ, I would have known the same thing.

So, I guess stupid people are a pet peeve of mine?

This is awesome. You gotta pay a bunch of teens, like 50 of them, to all get dressed up like that, and go to his house on Halloween.

 

[moevillini]

WTF is the Judicial Crisis Network?

anyhow, their radio ads are a major new pet peeve of mine

very annoying

I'm thinking it's somehow related to the Swift Boat Veterans

what makes the ads even more annoying are the two women having the "conversation" about their frustration with Senator Durbin - - I think they're the same two women in ads for a doctor who has a miracle cure for husbands who snore and another doctor with a cure for women with bladder control issues

hearing them just makes me think of fingernails on a chalkboard

 

[bigb]

When I talk to general contractors I've worked with for years, asking them to give me a little notice when jobs are going to ready and instead they start giving even less notice. Now about all I get is "hey, this job that you had no idea was even happening will be ready for you tomorrow. It needs to be done yesterday".


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