tkdguy Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings I am officially sick of hearing about Michael Phelps. If he actually achieves his goal, maybe people will stop talking about it 24/7, at least after the hype dies down. That will also be the case if he fails, but we'll probably be subjected to it again in 2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Bad sportsmanship As I understand the situation, Abrahamian lost one point to his opponent for fleeing the mat (his hand was outside), while his opponent was in the same position twice, yet was not penalized in any way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Last night Georgia beat Russia in beach volleyball. My reaction on hearing which teams were playing? "Oh hell, no!" Y'know, when I think of Russia, "beaches" is one of the last things I associate. I have known for some time that people like to appear stupid. What I have only just come to realize is that people actually like to feel stupid, too. Welcome to the Real World, Log-Man! But what is worse is when the stupid think they are actually smart by believing in the "Conspiracy Theory Du Jour". Like "chemtrails". Reminds me of that ST:tnG episode where the bad guys kept stating "We are Smart". As if saying it made it so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings If he actually achieves his goal' date=' maybe people will stop talking about it 24/7, at least after the hype dies down. That will also be the case if he fails, but we'll probably be subjected to it again in 2012.[/quote'] Hey, at least he pushed Brett Favre off the front of the sports section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Customer service wouldn't be a bad job if it weren't for all the people. The same can be said about a job in I.T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Hey' date=' at least he pushed Brett Favre off the front of the sports section.[/quote'] And since he just beat Cavic by 0.01 seconds, he'll stay in the news. Gotta hand it to him, though; this was even more dramatic than the gymnastics events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings It requires remarkable lack of smarts to click on a link that ends in ".exe". Sigh. If you get an email like the one below, please do NOT click the link. Never open a link with a ".exe" at the end. If you have clicked on one of these please let me know ASAP so I can clean your machine. Thank you, ((snip)) Systems Administrator Looks like he has a full day ahead of him. EDIT: Sigh, now the Center director felt like he had to spam the whole organization telling folks not to chase those links. Good grief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Sigh. Looks like he has a full day ahead of him. Oh man. Reminds of the night I spent an entire shift cleaning parasites off of a machine at Kinko's. "I didn't do anything, I swear! I only install what I need to to play games and listen to music from these untrustworthy sites. I swear!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings I've seen employees go so far as to install upgraded graphics cards in their work PCs so as to improve game performance. And then freak out when the IT department replaces their PC over the weekend... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings I once ran from one end of a building to the other and ripped a machine's connection out of the wall. Seems a sales weasel had disabled his anti-virus and then got hit with an virus that first mails itself off and then starts walking thru directories deleting them. Good thing it hit the local machine first before hitting the networked drives. I happened to have been in his email list. This was when I was working at McAfee. I got a reprimand for swearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings I came into the office one morning and from the console messages decided my machine was being used as a spam springboard, so I yanked its cable out of the wall. Our sysadmin's office was across the hall from mine, and he went downstairs and disconnected the whole department while we figured out just what was going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Can someone tell me why it's so shameful and humiliating to "only" win a Silver or Bronze at the Olympics? I swear to god, I will never understand sports fans. No idea. Especially since the scores are often SO close, or even a matter of conjecture with some of the events. Frankly, it's one of the reasons I just don't enjoy the Olympics ANYWHERE quite as much anymore, though for me a bigger turn off is the snarky commentators. Good lord, at every gymnastic or figure skating event it seems like they have one guy who's acting as if his lover just passed him up for a younger option or something and he's bitter... very very bitter about -all- the athletes, catty even. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings I concur with both of you. No there is no greater offense than coming in second. When we're very young they tell us otherwise but it's a lie to make us play sports and hopefully be good enough to support our parent's dreams of living vicariously through us. And I LOVE sports. But man, I can see why those who don't, don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings I think the whole "living vicariously" thing cited by Enforcer84 is the key to the issue. Most sports fanaticism comes out of people living vicariously through their favorite teams or players; I remember one study a few years back that found that the fans of winning teams showed elevated testosterone levels for up to 4 hours following a game, while fans of losing teams showed lower testosterone levels and elevated cortisol for up to twelve hours (so, if you want to build maximum muscle, follow a winning team). When a true fan sees his hero "fail", he feels as though he has failed; the fact that the player performed at a level far beyond the fan's ability, and that the player's performance had nothing to do with the fan at all, doesn't enter into the fan's point of view. Of course, the other guys hobby always looks moronic if you don't share it. Personally, I follow sporting events for good, healthy reasons; to view the exhibition of extraordinary skill; to see the goals to which I may aspire; to see athletic young women in skimpy outfits run and jump and play. OK, so maybe that last one might get me into social trouble. Still, every man has his reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings I think the whole "living vicariously" thing cited by Enforcer84 is the key to the issue. Most sports fanaticism comes out of people living vicariously through their favorite teams or players; I remember one study a few years back that found that the fans of winning teams showed elevated testosterone levels for up to 4 hours following a game, while fans of losing teams showed lower testosterone levels and elevated cortisol for up to twelve hours (so, if you want to build maximum muscle, follow a winning team). When a true fan sees his hero "fail", he feels as though he has failed; the fact that the player performed at a level far beyond the fan's ability, and that the player's performance had nothing to do with the fan at all, doesn't enter into the fan's point of view. Of course, the other guys hobby always looks moronic if you don't share it. Personally, I follow sporting events for good, healthy reasons; to view the exhibition of extraordinary skill; to see the goals to which I may aspire; to see athletic young women in skimpy outfits run and jump and play. OK, so maybe that last one might get me into social trouble. Still, every man has his reasons. Beach Volleyball for the ..er respectable showing that showcased the participants skill and desire without focusing on the arbitrary standards of victory versus failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings . . . Was that tongue anywhere near your cheek, or am I imagining things again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings There is no practical reason for beach volleyball attire to be so... limited. I mean, here is a sport where the men wear more than the women. Not that I mind. At all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Of course' date=' the other guys hobby always looks moronic if you don't share it.[/quote'] "Hell is other peoples' hobbies." Personally, I follow sporting events for good, healthy reasons; <...> to see athletic young women in skimpy outfits run and jump and play. Finally, someone's talking sense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings We celebrate what medals we get. They all count. But I also get a kick out of certain other people's achievements like Yelena's new Olympic and World record in the Pole Vault and the fact that this is her second Olympic gold in the same event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Sigh. Looks like he has a full day ahead of him. EDIT: Sigh, now the Center director felt like he had to spam the whole organization telling folks not to chase those links. Good grief. That SysAdmin should add .scr, .com and possibly .bat to that list of "never click these". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings dare to dream. I'm going to get this job. *crosses fingers* at least let me interview LOLCat meets Enforcer84. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Last night I dreamed that a coworker, obviously distraught, said he had to leave work. I thought it had to be a death in the family. Okay, it was just a dream. I brushed it off. Today, that same coworker had to leave work early when he found out his dog had died. Unfortunately, I can't rep this yet..... Lucius Alexander And a reputable palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings I've decided that I don't care for Jesus Rock. Don't know what it is' date=' because I like religious country music. But religious rock is just... bad. [/quote'] Just wait until you find out about Christian Metal. An example is Mortification Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Tae Kwon Do Olympian loses temper' date=' kicks referee in head. He deserves to be banned for life. That was just unacceptable. What makes it even worse is that there has been talk about taekwondo being pulled from the Olympics, just like baseball and softball. You know I'm not happy about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Very understandable. If you want to trim the Olympics, pull Synchronised Swimming. And is softball really an Olympic sport?! I never knew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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