Out of the Blue

Happy Sysadmin Day. It's been a couple of decades since I hung up my terminal, so I should be done decompressing soon. I am technically sysadmin here at the BlueTower too, but just two users I can usually handle okay.

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Two users?
Jul 31, 2016, 20:26
Ant
 
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Two users? Jul 31, 2016, 20:26
Jul 31, 2016, 20:26
 Ant
 
I thought it was three with the dog included.
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Re: Out of the Blue
Jul 30, 2016, 08:25
Rigs
 
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Jul 30, 2016, 08:25
 Rigs
 
RedEye9 wrote on Jul 30, 2016, 07:17:
jdreyer wrote on Jul 30, 2016, 04:27:
Quboid wrote on Jul 29, 2016, 23:18:
RedEye9 wrote on Jul 29, 2016, 20:08:
Cutter wrote on Jul 29, 2016, 15:16:
Fuckin tool rentals. I need a hammer drill for 2 concrete walls for furring strips, how much to rent it for four hours? $70 or $100 for the day. I can buy one for that. How do those companies stay in business?
You should have got it from g2a.

I bet drill rental in Thailand is a faction of that price. Maybe he could check it online and try offering that.

OMG, you guyz are killing me.

Hey Cutter, you can rent a hammer drill in Russia for $10 / day. Why aren't you paying $10? It's a fracking mystery!
And this, amongst other things, is why i am a daily reader of Bluesnews.

*nods enthusiastically*


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Re: Out of the Blue
Jul 30, 2016, 07:17
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Jul 30, 2016, 07:17
 
jdreyer wrote on Jul 30, 2016, 04:27:
Quboid wrote on Jul 29, 2016, 23:18:
RedEye9 wrote on Jul 29, 2016, 20:08:
Cutter wrote on Jul 29, 2016, 15:16:
Fuckin tool rentals. I need a hammer drill for 2 concrete walls for furring strips, how much to rent it for four hours? $70 or $100 for the day. I can buy one for that. How do those companies stay in business?
You should have got it from g2a.

I bet drill rental in Thailand is a faction of that price. Maybe he could check it online and try offering that.

OMG, you guyz are killing me.

Hey Cutter, you can rent a hammer drill in Russia for $10 / day. Why aren't you paying $10? It's a fracking mystery!
And this, amongst other things, is why i am a daily reader of Bluesnews.
"I expect death to be nothingness and by removing from me all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism." Isaac Asimov
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Re: Out of the Blue
Jul 30, 2016, 04:27
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Jul 30, 2016, 04:27
 
Quboid wrote on Jul 29, 2016, 23:18:
RedEye9 wrote on Jul 29, 2016, 20:08:
Cutter wrote on Jul 29, 2016, 15:16:
Fuckin tool rentals. I need a hammer drill for 2 concrete walls for furring strips, how much to rent it for four hours? $70 or $100 for the day. I can buy one for that. How do those companies stay in business?
You should have got it from g2a.

I bet drill rental in Thailand is a faction of that price. Maybe he could check it online and try offering that.

OMG, you guyz are killing me.

Hey Cutter, you can rent a hammer drill in Russia for $10 / day. Why aren't you paying $10? It's a fracking mystery!
If Russia stops fighting, the war ends. If Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine ends. Slava Ukraini!
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Jul 30, 2016, 03:21
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From the stars we came, to the stars we return. Now, and for all time.
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Re: Out of the Blue
Jul 29, 2016, 23:18
Quboid
 
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Re: Out of the Blue Jul 29, 2016, 23:18
Jul 29, 2016, 23:18
 Quboid
 
RedEye9 wrote on Jul 29, 2016, 20:08:
Cutter wrote on Jul 29, 2016, 15:16:
Fuckin tool rentals. I need a hammer drill for 2 concrete walls for furring strips, how much to rent it for four hours? $70 or $100 for the day. I can buy one for that. How do those companies stay in business?
You should have got it from g2a.

I bet drill rental in Thailand is a faction of that price. Maybe he could check it online and try offering that.
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Re: Out of the Blue
Jul 29, 2016, 20:08
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Jul 29, 2016, 20:08
 
Cutter wrote on Jul 29, 2016, 15:16:
Fuckin tool rentals. I need a hammer drill for 2 concrete walls for furring strips, how much to rent it for four hours? $70 or $100 for the day. I can buy one for that. How do those companies stay in business?
You should have got it from g2a.
"I expect death to be nothingness and by removing from me all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism." Isaac Asimov
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Re: Steam Summer Sale Begins
Jul 29, 2016, 19:40
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Jul 29, 2016, 19:40
 
asdf wrote on Jul 29, 2016, 10:29:
You will likely be sad after watching: [url=]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5KlNEh2Yo4[/url]
Dammit, no, theres just something my eyes
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Jul 29, 2016, 18:44
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It's really sad how many people from Babylon 5 have passed, and not like minor people, but the main actors:

Michael O'Hare (Sinclair)
Richard Biggs (Franklin)
Andreas Katsulas (G'Kar)
Jeff Conaway (Zack)

And now Garibaldi. Makes me sad. Always kind of hoped that there would be some sort of movie with the originals some way, though I think that once Andreas died, my thoughts of any true B5 sequel series kind of diminished, because I can't picture the B5 universe without his presence. His delivery of the Declaration of Principles in S5E3 is amazing.

I know JMS has talked about doing a reboot movie, and recently brought it up again at Comic-Con that he wants to get a few movie projects under his belt that hopefully succeed before he'll be able to get the budget he wants. (Aiming for 100 million, said they could probably get about 65 now.)
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Jul 29, 2016, 18:15
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Jul 29, 2016, 18:15
 
Who's our Blue Superhero?! Hug
Scorpio Slasher: ... What about you boy, what do hate?
Marcus: ... Bullies. Tiny d*ck egotists who hurt people for no reason, make people lock their doors at night. People who make general existence worse, people like you.
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Re: Goodbye, Mr. Garibaldi...
Jul 29, 2016, 15:25
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Re: Goodbye, Mr. Garibaldi... Jul 29, 2016, 15:25
Jul 29, 2016, 15:25
 
asdf wrote on Jul 29, 2016, 10:29:
You will likely be sad after watching: [url=]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5KlNEh2Yo4[/url]

Did they build their studio atop of a cursed Gypsy burial ground or something? Holy shit.
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Jul 29, 2016, 15:16
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Fuckin tool rentals. I need a hammer drill for 2 concrete walls for furring strips, how much to rent it for four hours? $70 or $100 for the day. I can buy one for that. How do those companies stay in business?
"The horse I bet on was so slow, the jockey kept a diary of the trip." - Henny Youngman
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Re: Out of the Blue
Jul 29, 2016, 14:28
NKD
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NKD
 
B5 curse continues. Very sad. Just finished rewatching the series a couple weeks ago. I didn't much care for Jerry's politics but sometimes listened to his radio show anyway because I liked the dude.

Here's hoping it's a long time before any more of the cast move beyond the rim.
Do you have a single fact to back that up?
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Jul 29, 2016, 14:02
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RIP, Garibaldi.

* JDreyer and crew fly missing man formation in their star furies *
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Jul 29, 2016, 13:24
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Down, not across.
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R.I.P.: Jerry Doyle, 'Babylon 5' Actor and EpicTimes Founder, Dies.
Jul 29, 2016, 12:06
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R.I.P.: Jerry Doyle, 'Babylon 5' Actor and EpicTimes Founder, Dies. Jul 29, 2016, 12:06
Jul 29, 2016, 12:06
 
May you finally be able to do your second most favorite thing in the universe forever.
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Jul 29, 2016, 11:29
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"I want you to stay! And have a little drink for me. I want you to be happy, I want me to be happy. I want you to be happy for me and me to be happy for you. Is that so much to ask around here?" Londo

"Rest easy, friends. Rest easy."
-- Garibaldi in Babylon 5:"The Deconstruction of Falling Stars"
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Jul 29, 2016, 11:24
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B5 was easily one of, if not the best, sci-fi shows ever made. Certainly it is one of my favorite shows of all time. No other show has the story arc or character complexity of Babylon 5. Such an amazing experience, but you have to get into it from start to finish, and that's the problem I think a lot of people have with it. The first season has to explain a lot so it takes some time to get going. But once it does, oh boy does it ever!

Garibaldi was one of my favorite characters on the show, and seemed like a pretty cool dude overall as well. Sad to see so many from the show go.

Not long ago, I watched this 20th anniversary reunion video. Pretty entertaining and insightful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w2pK_uBpXQ

There is a more recent one from 2014 that I haven't watched yet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTWg7n6AANQ
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Jul 29, 2016, 11:21
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Noooo... Goodbye, Mr. Garibaldi.
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Re: Goodbye, Mr. Garibaldi...
Jul 29, 2016, 10:29
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Re: Goodbye, Mr. Garibaldi... Jul 29, 2016, 10:29
Jul 29, 2016, 10:29
 
Some month ago I stumbled on a video which was played on a B5 convention and honored the actors. Was called "Babylon 5 - 20th Anniversary Convention memorial". It felt 75% of the main actors of B5 were dead already:-( A lot of them seemed to die with a young age of around 4x.

B5 is 25 years old on the other hand.

You will likely be sad after watching: [url=]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5KlNEh2Yo4[/url]
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