Well, if it says it in the oxford then you're probably right. Incidentally, language pedants irk me, so I apologise!
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I'm not pedantic. (you're probably not even referring to me, I'm just simple - fact) You did come in here, not to educate me, but belittle me, no?
Thought I was through with all that when I left school.
You could of told me in a nicer ways, as its obviously in the dictionary as two enteries. No doubt, the 'Realize is Americanized' and 'Realise' is Brit.
I apologise too. I'm not always a twat.Comment
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Alright, fair enough. And i wasn't referring to you, more having a go at myself for picking up on it. Guess that doesn't come across on a forum. On topic I'm irked you got that impression
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Everyone wanting my money all at the same time
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I'm irked I got shirty at you. Sorry man. Honestly.Comment
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Go read Bill Bryson's book - Made in America.
Explains brilliantly how flawed this whole 'Americanism' thing is - aluminimum being a perfect example. Guess who spell and pronounce it correctly? Clue - it's not us.Comment
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Cricket scores on the news on the radio. Knowing that England are "24 for no wickets" is fine in a test match, but in a ODI I really need to know how many overs they've faced or it's pretty meaningless.Comment
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Can you two stop self-irking?
This thread should be for external irks!Comment
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That one I'm quite aware of, even before Bill's book (and I've read most of his output over the years). Likewise the long A sound in words such as pass, bath etc being a southern England change in the mid 19th century. However for the most part, the differences in language between here and the US are changes made over there since some of us escaped, S to Z, PH to F, removal of the U not withstanding to name but three.Originally posted by Dirty Sanchez View Post
I had to laugh a couple of nights ago as my current girlfriend (an American) didn't know what fanny actually means here hah hah... so I've made sure she doesn't use it in the American sense when here
Lie with passion and be forever damned...Comment
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Followed the advice about checking fans etc, I replaced both of them and also redid the thermal compound on the heatsink. It didn't work.Originally posted by Darwock View Post
I went out to actually buy a new PC at the weekend (no time to faff around with repairs when I had to get stuff ready for work on Monday) and collected a whole bunch of new irks.
I could rant and rant about this, but I'll try to keep it short (edit - I did try...). Why is it impossible to buy a PC that does what I actually need it to? I have very simple requirements, and the machine I bought two years ago fit them perfectly.
First problem, all the PCs I saw were physically too large.
Second problem, none of them had optical audio outputs (which I need for my current set up). My entry level PC from two years ago had this as standard, but now? Forget it. You can't even upgrade the soundcard because it's all part of the mainboard these days.
I had to cross that off my list of requirements. Compromised on the size and found one that would just fit in the old space. The guy in the shop gave me a choice of a quad core CPU with 320gb HDD or dual core CPU with 640gb HDD at the same price. I chose the latter as I don't do anything CPU intensive at home, and I need a lot of storage space.
Get home, set it up and find out he's given me the other one.
Next irk, Windows 7. When starting for the first time it asked me where I live and what language I speak. I put in Japan, and English. Completely pointless as it installed everything in Japanese anyway.
My old machine ran XP, but it seems Windows 7 is not compatible with XP stuff. So my 6 month old Alps MD-5500 printer (which is the most important thing attached to my PC, and cost more than the computer itself) no longer works. Way to go Microsoft.
There is a 'Virtual XP' application, which I downloaded and installed. When I tried to run it I was told that it's not compatible with my version of Windows 7. Could have told me that when I selected my version of the OS on the download screen?? Anyway if I pay another 11,000 yen I can upgrade to a version that allows it. Only I couldn't do that because the machine didn't like my location/language settings... I had to change them both to Japan, but then failed at the purchasing because it couldn't validate my UK credit card against a Japanese format address.
If I want to use my printer I have no choice but to try and repair one of the original two PCs.
Luckily the blue-screening one seemed to have a data corruption fault rather than a hardware one. Correcting it was made significantly harder by the fact that I don't have any discs with the OS/drivers etc on it. I thought this was a basic right of purchasing Windows, having an actual installable copy of the software? They don't give you this when you purchase a new computer in Japan.
I did get it sorted in the end, after an entire day of swearing and sweating and shifting HDDs from one PC to another... so at the end of the day I basically bought a new PC that I didn't really want, that doesn't do what I need it to and now I don't even need.Last edited by Darwock; 28-02-2011, 05:41.Comment
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Sounds like this would have been perfect:
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Following on from Darwock's Irk:
Wanted to reinstall Windows XP on daughter's Sony Vaio. Came with no XP CD. Game over basically. I'll just put Linux on it I think.Comment
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You can read out the registry key and then just borrow a CD from a mate and use your key instead of their's.Originally posted by FSW View PostComment
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Just realised I installed from an XP Pro disc and the license on the machine is for XP Home. Full reinstall needed but presumably form an XP OEM disc otherwise it's still gonna moan about the key? Apple don't do any of this **** and still turn a profit.Comment
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