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[Elephant Parade]

Adblock has not let a single intrusive ad in, and I don't have "block all ads" checked.

[MaximumZero]

Stupid bloody software lock on my printer. Was printing something, and it keeps bugging me about it being low on ink. Then, when there was clearly still ink left (because there hadn't been any visual indication that there was any lack of ink whatsoever), it refused to print saying "out of ink".

Its pretty clear to me that its one of those anti-refilling things (eg. making sure that you buy from them and never refill it, otherwise it won't work), and it just pisses me off. Especially because there is still bloody ink in there.

Try removing cartridges, replacing with same cartridges? That sometimes works on the demo machines at work.

Adblock has not let a single intrusive ad in, and I don't have "block all ads" checked.

Adblock, or adblock plus? Adblock plus was the one in question. Adblock and adblock edge still seem to be clean.

[Elephant Parade]

Stupid bloody software lock on my printer. Was printing something, and it keeps bugging me about it being low on ink. Then, when there was clearly still ink left (because there hadn't been any visual indication that there was any lack of ink whatsoever), it refused to print saying "out of ink".

Its pretty clear to me that its one of those anti-refilling things (eg. making sure that you buy from them and never refill it, otherwise it won't work), and it just pisses me off. Especially because there is still bloody ink in there.

Try removing cartridges, replacing with same cartridges? That sometimes works on the demo machines at work.

Adblock has not let a single intrusive ad in, and I don't have "block all ads" checked.

Adblock, or adblock plus? Adblock plus was the one in question. Adblock and adblock edge still seem to be clean.

Adblock plus. I'm using Firefox, mind you.

[The Darkling Wolf]

So, I decided to finally get Guild Wars 2. I try to buy it through their site, but it crashes on me midway through the transaction. I never get an email, nothing shows up on my account. After a few hours I check again, and check my credit card. Nothing. So I shrug and pick it up on Amazon. Not fifteen minutes later the charge from the GW site shows up on my card and an email with the first serial code arrives.

FUCK. YOU.


Meh, time to make lemonade and burn Life's house down.

Eh, hang on to your second key. You'll need it for when you're banned for buying fruit from the player exchange or whatever they decide the latest exploit is.

[Kadzar]

Smoke detectors. Fucking smoke detectors.

I understand the need to remind people to change the batteries in things every once in a while. That's all good, but the way they go about it, with an incessant beeping sound every minute is just infuriating. And there's no all clear signal or anything to let you know that you've installed the battery correctly; you just have to wait and see if you can hear the beeping again.

And God forbid you have multiple detectors in your house, like they fucking tell you you should. If so, you're left with the uncertainty of whether or not the detector whose battery you replaced is even the one making the beeps, because they've somehow designed a sound that doesn't actually sound like you're right next to it when you're right fucking next to it, even triangulation and the process of elimination have determined it's the only place the sound could have come from.

And when I find a sticker on the thing that says it should have been replaced in 2003, have to use a screwdriver to pry out its connection to the mains, and remove its battery, it still keeps beeping, because it turns out smoke detectors have a secret second battery in the part of them you're not allowed to open up.

Because the people who make smoke detectors are the fucking worst kinds of sadists.

[Willfor]

The sound of the beep is also placed in a frequency range that the human mind is not often capable of ignoring, and at the dB levels that they output the sound it races right into the parts of the brain that trigger the "I need to do something about this!" response from the mind. A similar situation as baby cries from the last time I looked into this kind of thing.

[Mr. Strange]

It's showing up in bay12...

I think you got some malware there. I'm amateur tinfoil hat myself and try to block and get notified of all ads and information gathering attempts by google and friends and I find nothing like that from bay12.

[Vorthon]

Smoke detectors. Fucking smoke detectors.

I understand the need to remind people to change the batteries in things every once in a while. That's all good, but the way they go about it, with an incessant beeping sound every minute is just infuriating. And there's no all clear signal or anything to let you know that you've installed the battery correctly; you just have to wait and see if you can hear the beeping again.

I don't know about you, but most smoke detectors I've seen have buttons for testing if the thing still works.

[Kadzar]

Smoke detectors. Fucking smoke detectors.

I understand the need to remind people to change the batteries in things every once in a while. That's all good, but the way they go about it, with an incessant beeping sound every minute is just infuriating. And there's no all clear signal or anything to let you know that you've installed the battery correctly; you just have to wait and see if you can hear the beeping again.

I don't know about you, but most smoke detectors I've seen have buttons for testing if the thing still works.

I pushed that button after I put the new battery in; it made the proper smoke detector noise but it still kept beeping every minute after that. It's probably broken or something since it's over a decade since it was supposed to have been replaced; I've removed it from the main power and taken out the backup battery and now I'm hoping the internal battery will run out eventually and it will finally shut up before I have to smash it to bits with a hammer.

[Frumple]

For what it's worth, you can bury the thing under a sufficiently large amount of linens (possibly inside a clothes drawer or something, on the other side of the house, maybe out-freaking-side) and largely-to-entirely block the sound. Wrap it in a few blankets and hide it in a closet.

[Dutchling]

For what it's worth, you can bury the thing under a sufficiently large amount of linens (possibly inside a clothes drawer or something, on the other side of the house, maybe out-freaking-side) and largely-to-entirely block the sound. Wrap it in a few blankets and hide it in a closet.

But that's where I put my dead hookers.

[Steelmagic]

For what it's worth, you can bury the thing under a sufficiently large amount of linens (possibly inside a clothes drawer or something, on the other side of the house, maybe out-freaking-side) and largely-to-entirely block the sound. Wrap it in a few blankets and hide it in a closet.

But that's where I put my dead hookers.

Now look, They had to go eventually, It's the hookers or the alarm, man.

[Frumple]

Just stuff the fire alarm in a dead hooker and wrap the whole lot in a blanket and shove 'em in the closet. More insulation is more insulation -- the more stuff between the beeping and you, the harder it will be to hear. Even if it's clap ridden necrotic prostitute flesh.

[TD1]

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For what it's worth, you can bury the thing under a sufficiently large amount of linens (possibly inside a clothes drawer or something, on the other side of the house, maybe out-freaking-side) and largely-to-entirely block the sound. Wrap it in a few blankets and hide it in a closet.

But that's where I put my dead hookers.

Now look, They had to go eventually, It's the hookers or the alarm, man.

Yes, quite right Steelmagic. Dutchling, you have way too many skeletons in the closet-they have to come out sometime, alright? It'll eat you up otherwise.


Edit: And to be quite frank, Frumple, your post disturbed me  Sounds like you have practice in this type of thing. *Shudders* 

[PanH]

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For what it's worth, you can bury the thing under a sufficiently large amount of linens (possibly inside a clothes drawer or something, on the other side of the house, maybe out-freaking-side) and largely-to-entirely block the sound. Wrap it in a few blankets and hide it in a closet.

But that's where I put my dead hookers.

Now look, They had to go eventually, It's the hookers or the alarm, man.

Yes, quite right Steelmagic. Dutchling, you have way too many skeletons in the closet-they have to come out sometime, alright? It'll eat you up otherwise.

Unless zombie apocalypse, it won't, actually.