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[Nichi]

@Paul: I'll have to check that. How do you access the syslog?

@Red: I'll keep that in mind

[Paul]

/var/log/syslog should be the file

[Nichi]

I looked in there, and the only thing involving the HDD from around  the time of the knocking was that I could find was an error saying "lowdisk". There's about 28GB of space left, which I find unusual

[stewartsage]

So I know I'm the only person who plays World of Tanks here, but the monumental (and I mean as slow as a monument) slowness of these low tier French tanks is starting to get on my nerves.  They didn't even include the decent one (Souma S35)!  But it's all worth it when I get my Char B1.

[Bella]

Good news: I found an IBM Selectric today at a thrift shop.
Bad news: It's the most ornery and mentally-challenged Selectric ever.

;__;

[Red-Machine]

Maybe you should call it the "IBM Selective".  It works, when it wants to that is.

[Bella]

Maybe you should call it the "IBM Selective".  It works, when it wants to that is.

I lol'd for real. xD

[Nichi]

@Bella: That's still cool that you have one, even if it isn't wanting to work right

In other news, something awesome happened while I was on a journey to pick up food for supper. Somehow, although I ordered and paid for a cheeseburger, they ended up giving me a double cheeseburger on accident. Not that I complained; it was a nice bonus

[Chocofreak13]

@pentium: two for the price of one? nice!
@red: lawl. -w-
@bella: if all else fails, you know you saved it from the thrift store.
and it could be one of those things you have just to own, like a bottle of Building 19 champagne or Burger King cologne, or in my case that bottle of liquor my sister bought me. :3

i hung out with my friend melissa today (she goes back to school sunday, so this was the last hurrah), and i taught her how to torrent. feels like i made the world a better place today.

also, i just heard Perfume's "Monochrome Effect" on American Dad. not to sound finicky, but i suddenly love america again. xD

[Bella]

No, I didn't buy that Selectic... I'm probably not even going to try bargaining with the owner for a lower price like I initially considered, since I want a usable Selectric and it could cost $100s to get it fixed to a point where I can actually write with it.

[Chocofreak13]

ahhhh. too bad, but i understand. :\

[Nichi]

@Bella: Too bad. It's about like the time I passed up a Commodore 64 circa '07 or so. I wanted it, but it was so badly trashed that, even for $5, it just didn't seem worth it when it looked like it wouldn't work at all. Sadly, that was the last time I saw one in person

[Chocofreak13]

its times like those that i'd buy it anyway, just to ease my mind of it not going to the dump. ><;

[Nichi]

Well, it always boils down to a lack of space for me. If it had looked like it was going to work, I would have taken it, but since it had a cracked case and was missing keys, I didn't want to take the chance and end up with more stuff to eat up what little space I have

[Bella]

Guys, would you help me stop being paranoid about something?

Basically, the time has come for me to send off Kari's, Pentium's and Stew's gifts, and two of these gifts are ORIGINALS of artwork, IE, not a copy but the hand-drawn original (okay, maybe that didn't need explaining). Anyway, I'm terribly protective of original artworks (think mother lion protecting her young protective - I'll bite off the head of anyone who threatens their safety) and thus extremely nervous of sending them by mail (but I have to, since, you know, two out of three of you might as well be on different planets).

So, to all the people here who ship things more than I do -

What's the likelihood of losing something in the mail?

What service do YOU think would best be able to ship these pieces? I'm not sure I can send them FedEx, UPS and USPS could be my only options. Is one service better than the other when it comes to handling fragile/priceless things?