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your parents forgetting about your birthday

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Spam emails.

I'm now reduced to checking my email in a library, since my aunt somehow managed to delete the hard drive on her computer. After being forced to sign up for a library card to be allowed to use the computer, I take the time to clear out the ~600 spam emails I've gotten in the past week or so. As I'm doing this, the reference librarian happens to look over my shoulder, and what should the next email be but a demonstration of the benefits of Viagra.

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Post by libertymark »

best buy having a sale for RAM for my parents computer (512 MB for $30!!!!) but not having one for RAM for my computer

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Who buys RAM at Best buy?

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when its dirt cheap

its not my computer so i don't care

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Post by East Buc & UMR »

newegg has ram dirt cheap all the time.

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Post by ecks »

East Buc & UMR wrote: newegg has ram dirt cheap all the time.
Yeah, but the intertubes steal your CCs and mail them to bank managers in Nigeria. Didn't you hear? I thought that was a required course at Rolla.

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Post by East Buc & UMR »

Only if you are moron on the internet... something that wouldn't surprise me from a TSU student.

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East Buc & UMR wrote: Only if you are moron on the internet... something that wouldn't surprise me from a TSU student.
Man, when Caitlin commented about you being nastier than usual, I'd been all, eh, you've always been a jerk, but now I see it, too. What's the deal?

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Post by Funsizeazn »

not getting to say goodbye to a "friend" who randomly decides to move to england for a year w/o so much as a head's up.

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Post by East Buc & UMR »

Nothing wrong... Mind interputs what you want it to.

I was just pointing out that if you are a moron with your CC numbers on the net then you would end up like chris' post. Other wise the net is very safe.

On top of that I think it has been well known my thoughts on TSU students :S

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Post by flycaitiee69 »

flycaitiee69 wrote: Saying good bye. : (
And again....

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Post by East Buc & UMR »

Good byes do suck

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Post by Funsizeazn »

not getting to say goodbye sucks more.
and then trying to say hello again after not getting to say goodbye is just awkward.

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i concur.



you say goodbye, but i say hellooooooo......

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Post by LibertyMarie »

high school musical.
and yet I can't resist it.............

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Post by East Buc & UMR »

Having to wipe per DOD standards 2.1 TB of harddrives.

What sucks even more we have to do it three times, then when we are done we get to physically destroy them.

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Post by STPickrell »

East Buc & UMR wrote: Having to wipe per DOD standards 2.1 TB of harddrives.

What sucks even more we have to do it three times, then when we are done we get to physically destroy them.
Do you get to play with a big magnet?

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Post by LibertyMarie »

LOSING MY FLIPPING IPOD

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Post by Charlie Dees »

What's worse is getting it stolen right out of your hand walking back to school from Subway. Then your school's officer says its a waste of his time to let me look at kids pictures to identify the kid. Then to be called in a week later to do the exact same looking that I volunteered to do, by which time the theif had already sold it off, so nothing ended up being done to him, and I saw him frequently afterwards in NKC's hallways.

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Post by LibertyMarie »

Yeah, that's worse.
But either way, there is no more music. : (

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Post by S.C.Mitchell07 »

Sharing a birthday with the nation...

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Post by flycaitiee69 »

Airborne School....

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Post by East Buc & UMR »

Do you get to play with a big magnet?
Nope.

I use a Unix program one of our guys wrote. It first randomly deletes files off the drive. Then writes all zero's to the drive and finally randomly adds one's to the drive. We do this three times (retarded I know).

After all this we have a company come in and they use a hydrolic press that shoots a rod into the drive.

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Post by ecks »

S.C.Mitchell07 wrote: Sharing a birthday with the nation...
At least it's not Christmas and people don't try to screw you out of presents by giving you one to cover both holidays. (my birthday isn't anywhere near Christmas but I know people who do have them then)

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Post by Funsizeazn »

being covered in mosquito bites

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not being able to shoot off fireworks right now

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Post by AethyricNomad »

The fact that even though Earth is about as far away from the Sun as it's going to be, it's still very hot.

Also the fact that my house doesn't have air conditioning.

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Stoplights turned into four-way stops on a semi-major highway at rush hour due to a power outage.

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Post by LibertyMarie »

being penalized for honesty.
and the library.

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Post by Jeffrey Hill »

Forgetting to realize that Priority Mail to CA is cheaper with a flat rate box... stupid post office didn't have any out when I went. At least the book was light enough that the difference was less than a dollar

Though the Automated Postal Center is otherwise something that definitely doesn't suck.

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Hume....... South Central MO in general

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Post by libertymark »

getting the summer cold or something the first weekend of college

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Post by flycaitiee69 »

libertymark wrote: getting the summer cold or something the first weekend of college
Seconded - although I had it the week before class. I'm almost over it, however I have been up at school since Monday. Close enough?

Feel better soon, Mark!

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Post by DeckardCain »

On a related note, something that also sucks is this cough I've had for around two months now.

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Post by redliberte »

my two and a half hour ecology lab tomorrow. which is outside in the boiling midday sun.

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Post by LibertyMarie »

10 hours on a plane. with a mere ONE HOUR layover somewhere in there. and having to stay in a hostel the first night. : P
(I leave for my semester in London tomorrow...)

oh! and the exchange rate.

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LibertyMarie wrote: 10 hours on a plane. with a mere ONE HOUR layover somewhere in there. and having to stay in a hostel the first night. : P
(I leave for my semester in London tomorrow...)

oh! and the exchange rate.
ditto to the exchange rate, but you'll probably find that the flight isn't so bad.

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Post by LibertyMarie »

DELAYED FLIGHTS LEADING TO YOU MISSING YOUR NEXT FLIGHT.

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Post by East Buc & UMR »

But now you don't have to spend 10 hours on an airplane with only an hour break










:)

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Post by Jeffrey Hill »

KSDK pre-empting a thursday night primetime show AGAIN for stupid local programming...

If I were in Rolla, being approximately the same distance from Springfield, Columbia, and St. Louis I could tune to one of the other two NBC stations Fidelity carries...

Though something that doesn't suck: being able to watch shows online the next day

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ScoBo1987 wrote: KSDK pre-empting a thursday night primetime show AGAIN for stupid local programming...

If I were in Rolla, being approximately the same distance from Springfield, Columbia, and St. Louis I could tune to one of the other two NBC stations Fidelity carries...

Though something that doesn't suck: being able to watch shows online the next day
Define stupid local programming. You should be surprised that a Gannett station is even providing local programming to begin with!!

Also, I'm a bit perplexed as to why Mizzou's own TV station ISN'T included on cable package plans down there. MST could always build a UHF translator/repeater tower that covers Phelps County...

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Post by Jeffrey Hill »

Charter Communications.

Here's a math tossup: Jeffrey has Charter cable+internet that costs him a total of $65 [which includes all taxes and fees] a month. His current bill is for service from December 11 to January 10. However, he will be moving out of his apartment on December 22 and thus will not have service as of December 23. FTP, how much should Jeffrey have to pay by the due date of December 25?

Apparently Charter doesn't know how to calculate this until my service is officially disconnected. Although I'm sure as crappy as they are, they're probably doing this intentionally so that I accidentally miss my due date and they can charge me late fees. At least the due date is after the disconnection date.

What do you expect from a company that has squatted chartersucks.com, chartersucks.net, chartersucks.org, chartersux.com, chartercablesucks.com, chartercomplaints.com, and probably more... (yes, other companies have protected their respective companynamesucks.com, but I doubt they have claimed as many variants as Charter has)

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Post by East Buc & UMR »

Losing a game of atomic fireball bunny on a minor detail

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getting dumped

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Post by LittleMissLit »

i agree with whoever said colds.










:(
or whatever it is i have right now.
my throat is raw, my nose is runny, and i have horrible sinus pressure.
it really sucks.

not to mention how attractive i must look right now.
*feeble smile*

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Post by ELADAMO89 »

walking backward
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hitting someone

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by accident

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Post by Death »

fighting refrigerators....dont do it people...not matter how much dustin williams tries to convince you that it is a good idea

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Post by LibertyMarie »

kristen chenowith singing "that's how you know" at the oscars instead of amy adams!!! : (

especially when i'm trying to AVOID all things "wicked"...

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