Pet Peeves- Vent Here! Let me feel your pain.

jmagee87 · Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:12 am

earlgreytoast wrote:I just assume that everything I type into my compooter is monitored.

Keep thinking that. It's what makes my job easier in IT. Paranoid end users makes for less issues

But for real though. the vast majority of companies do not monitor everything you do. Would take far too much time and resources and most companies already think IT costs the company too much money

bryndavies · Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:27 pm

People who add an "s" to nouns when the actual person, place or thing doesn't have an "s." Surest way to spot a townie.

mistersmith · Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:57 pm

bryndavies wrote:People who add an "s" to nouns when the actual person, place or thing doesn't have an "s." Surest way to spot a townie.

Like Nordstrom. Everyone does that.

IWish · Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:58 pm

Heh. Hans Solo. < I did that.

stuckeyc · Wed Mar 25, 2015 1:28 pm

stuckeyc wrote:The updated sirius/xm app. It was bad before but with a little hard work they managed to make it worse. dropouts and freezes galore

Seriously if you haven't updated DO NOT. Has crashed atleast a dozen times during the course of Howard today and Everytime requires a force stop to be able to start listening again and then you have to rewind to get to where you left off

christoffergaddini · Wed Mar 25, 2015 1:55 pm

People who complain about the high price of art by saying "it's just ink on paper." It's like saying "gold is just a rock."

mistersmith · Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:25 pm

christoffergaddini wrote:People who complain about the high price of art by saying "it's just ink on paper." It's like saying "gold is just a rock."

Gold is nearly universally accepted to be a precious and finite resource, and has been used as a foundational element of international currencies throughout history. Art is necessarily subjective, is limitless, and only unknown factors can contribute to its future worth.

rubberneck · Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:35 pm

christoffergaddini wrote:People who complain about the high price of art by saying "it's just ink on paper." It's like saying "gold is just a rock."

Dem invader tiles...

earlgreytoast · Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:46 pm

christoffergaddini wrote:People who complain about the high price of art by saying "it's just ink on paper." It's like saying "gold is just a rock."

Yup. Same folks who say "this is twice what you paid for this piece, and a fair price" when said piece is going for 4x that amount.

bulkhead72 · Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:14 pm

I am sure this has been mentioned before, but I find it annoying when someone quotes an image (especially a large one) to comment on, when it's right above their post. A simple ^ would suffice. Many are guilty of this.

Cragars · Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:40 pm

When people invite you somewhere last minute and then act let down when you don't have enough time to get there.

spunkmonkey · Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:02 pm

mistersmith wrote:
christoffergaddini wrote:People who complain about the high price of art by saying "it's just ink on paper." It's like saying "gold is just a rock."
Gold is nearly universally accepted to be a precious and finite resource, and has been used as a foundational element of international currencies throughout history. Art is necessarily subjective, is limitless, and only unknown factors can contribute to its future worth.

Plus, not a rock.

christoffergaddini · Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:15 pm

spunkmonkey wrote:
mistersmith wrote:
christoffergaddini wrote:People who complain about the high price of art by saying "it's just ink on paper." It's like saying "gold is just a rock."
Gold is nearly universally accepted to be a precious and finite resource, and has been used as a foundational element of international currencies throughout history. Art is necessarily subjective, is limitless, and only unknown factors can contribute to its future worth.
Plus, not a rock.

To play devils advocate, art has been universally accepted as a precious and finite resource, used as an element of international currency throughout history. In fact, international law allows for the pillage of precious metals during wartime, but strictly prohibits the taking of any important national art. The gold market is (albeit more determinable) also subject to just as many market forces as art, making the art market as "subjective" as any precious metal market.

My original point is that such complaints miss the point in that non-essential collector or investment items have no intrinsic value other then the cumulative perceived value put into it.

haven · Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:35 pm

bulkhead72 wrote:I am sure this has been mentioned before, but I find it annoying when someone quotes an image (especially a large one) to comment on, when it's right above their post. A simple ^ would suffice. Many are guilty of this.

It's great when 4 or 5 people in a row do it.

trades · Wed Mar 25, 2015 9:26 pm

haven wrote:
bulkhead72 wrote:I am sure this has been mentioned before, but I find it annoying when someone quotes an image (especially a large one) to comment on, when it's right above their post. A simple ^ would suffice. Many are guilty of this.
It's great when 4 or 5 people in a row do it.

No.. Its not..