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#176 2009-01-28 09:03:48

Magpie
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

*bouncebouncebounce*
Snow! Pretty, pretty soft glittering snow!


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#177 2009-01-28 09:09:12

Em
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

Sahi wrote:

Actually I don't. I just wish the *bleep* thing would work!

Computers can be quite frustrating. *hands Sahi some more purloined brownies*


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#178 2009-01-28 09:09:46

Em
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

Magpie wrote:

*bouncebouncebounce*
Snow! Pretty, pretty soft glittering snow!

*throws a snowball at Magpie*


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#179 2009-01-28 09:17:30

Magpie
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

Em wrote:

Magpie wrote:

*bouncebouncebounce*
Snow! Pretty, pretty soft glittering snow!

*throws a snowball at Magpie*

*throws back*

We did have several snowball fights at work already. :)

However, I could hardly get to the bus stop in the morning, as I have no idea where my boots are, and the snow was deeper than my shoes.


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#180 2009-01-28 09:39:51

Em
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

I do not miss the daily to-ing and go-ing in the snow.

Once in a while, though, it would be nice. *sighs*


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#181 2009-01-28 10:03:34

Magpie
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

I enjoy the snow too much right now to be annoyed by the difficulties. And I don't suppose it will last long enough to become annoying.

I enjoy work right now, but the other apprentice girls  are getting impossibly cheeky and insolent. *growls* Especially one of them - well, if she enjoys being yelled at daily, she can get that.
Sadly, the sort-of boss, who is also her instructor, lets her do whatever she pleases.


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#182 2009-01-28 10:30:14

Em
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

Dang. Stupid people quit calling me! I don't have any magic to produce the requested results!!!


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#183 2009-01-28 10:38:17

Magpie
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

Gah. Don't remind me of phones.
Yesterday, four girls were standing in the workroom, and not one of them went to answer the phone when it rang (I was at the end of one of the largest greenhouses and couldn't get to the phone in time).
When I asked them why they hadn't answered the phone, they didn't even acknowledge my presence. Might as well have talked to (well... yelled at) the wall.

If they think I'll forget that, they're mistaken, the little bitches.


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#184 2009-01-28 11:38:43

Em
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

I have this wonderful button marked "send calls," which sends the calls to my voicemail, to be dealt with later. *cackles evilly*


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#185 2009-01-28 11:56:58

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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

Have to force myself to write a little...


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#186 2009-01-28 12:27:01

Magpie
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

And now, to bed. What an exciting day.

Tomorrow is my dear father's birthday. Can't say I look forward to calling him.


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#187 2009-01-28 21:11:31

PeterJW
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

I walked home from the bus stop in a raging snowstorm this evening.  It was quite special and jubilant, especially when I had to walk through the snow dunes in a school yard.

 

#188 2009-01-29 00:55:40

Sahi
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

Maen Mint!

I remembered to bring my MP3-player today. And we have speakers in the office. *glees while listening to Faun*


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#189 2009-01-29 01:46:40

Sahi
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

I am totally flabbergasted. I had my IDE create a project at a location and added a file to that project. Eclipse can read that file just fine, but Windows can't find it at all...


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#190 2009-01-29 02:16:14

mabinogi
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

hmmm, did you add the project outside the workspace?


..and then one day you find, ten years have got behind you,
no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun..

My Musical Experimentations

 

#191 2009-01-29 02:18:37

Sahi
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

Nope, I opened eclipse, used the wizard to create a new project there, and then used the wizard to create a new file. Then I went into the explorere to see if the folder was there and it wasn't. I can't even find the file when I search my C drive. It's just not there. Yet when I close down and restart Eclipse, it can find the file just fine. And in the properties of the file it really states that location.


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#192 2009-01-29 03:04:44

Sahi
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

And another weird thing. My CPU is at 50%, but there isn't a process (visible) that is using those resources...


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#193 2009-01-29 03:05:41

Sahi
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

Oh, wait. There was a button that said "show processes from all users". It's svchost that is using half my CPU.


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#194 2009-01-29 03:32:29

mabinogi
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

very strange.  I assume you can find your workspace directory?


..and then one day you find, ten years have got behind you,
no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun..

My Musical Experimentations

 

#195 2009-01-29 03:34:54

Sahi
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

Nope. I created the workspace in Eclipse as well and it's just not there on the system.


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#196 2009-01-29 03:36:51

Sahi
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

I can only find that workspace if I try to open it from Eclipse. It's really, really weird.


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#197 2009-01-29 03:43:29

mabinogi
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

maybe it's created as a hidden file?

Another suggestion - in the process manager, does it say that Eclipse is being virtualized?
Vista runs some applications in their own virtualized sandbox, and there's a special hidden directory under your home directory in which it puts virtual copies of a lot of the standard directories that applications expect - I gather it's to force applications that aren't designed for it to support per-user settings.


..and then one day you find, ten years have got behind you,
no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun..

My Musical Experimentations

 

#198 2009-01-29 03:47:22

Sahi
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

The weird thing is that I'm showing hidden files in my Explorer and I'm still not seeing it. How can I see if it's virtualized?


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#199 2009-01-29 03:50:48

mabinogi
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

To see the virtualization status of a process in task manager, just add that column to the view (View|Select Columns)

The special folder is in %HOME%\AppData\VirtualStore
(%HOME% being, of course your user directory under \Users)


..and then one day you find, ten years have got behind you,
no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun..

My Musical Experimentations

 

#200 2009-01-29 03:53:46

Sahi
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Re: QM - The Genisis X is leaving Mint

Hmm, I'll search for the virtual store then, cause apparently there's no add column functionality anymore in the Vista task manager...


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

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