Bad beat/Moan/Venting Thread - BBV Archive 1

[tylerdurden94]

Wind him up ? use this to make a profit, find out who need a passport in a hurry and go half on the profits !! Stick an add in the local paper, €100 passport express...

Interesting...

Tell him to get back to work!! And stop all this stupid striking/ go slow!!! Those guys are pretty much the WORST public sector sponges ATM IMO!!!

Lols, this was his response the other day might be a little infuriating "Over the last 2 days I've had a guy lie to me telling me his sister died in a car crash just to get a passport. I've seen more women crying than the day Joe Dolan died and to top it off someone threatened to blow the place up? What happened to the days when a trip to Courtown was the only holiday people had."

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

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[Ste05]

Meow..have a drink Ste, take the edge off...

LOL, I'm literally just heading out the door for a 21st

[kakak1]

Interesting...



Lols, this was his response the other day might be a little infuriating "Over the last 2 days I've had a guy lie to me telling me his sister died in a car crash just to get a passport. I've seen more women crying than the day Joe Dolan died and to top it off someone threatened to blow the place up? What happened to the days when a trip to Courtown was the only holiday people had."

what happened to the days when you were paid a wage to do a job & if you didn't perform you got fcuking sacked.................this government have no balls, it's time they made a stand & fcuk the lot of them out.

Thousands out there would be delighted to have their working conditions.

[Percy007]

Hectorjelly, Really enjoyed the vids on Drag The Bar. Lots of good info but if there is 1 thing i take from them its how much im wasting my time not having Holdem Manager or such for playing these games.
Thanks again Ciaran for the Coupon.

[Hectorjelly]

Hectorjelly, Really enjoyed the vids on Drag The Bar. Lots of good info but if there is 1 thing i take from them its how much im wasting my time not having Holdem Manager or such for playing these games.
Thanks again Ciaran for the Coupon.

Hey thanks man! Glad you got something from it. Yeah HEM or PT3 are essential these days!

[Guest]

what happened to the days when you were paid a wage to do a job & if you didn't perform you got fcuking sacked.................this government have no balls, it's time they made a stand & fcuk the lot of them out.

Thousands out there would be delighted to have their working conditions.

The government are the tools that got the place into the mess its in. They're the ones that need sacking. Obv I don't agree with what the passport guys are doing or the idea of public service departments 'holding the country to ransom' as it were, but those in power need it drilled pretty hard into their thick skulls that they fucked up majorly and screwed a lot of people.

[6starpool]

LOL, I'm literally just heading out the door for a 21st

Trying to hold on to the last vestiges of youth, eh Ste?

[Emmet]

FML.

My portable HDD just gave up on me.

ALL my music and college work and everything is gone.

BALLLLLLS

[Guest]

I think there's a place who specialise in recovering data from corrupt disks but its not cheap.

[The Aul Switcharoo]

FML.

My portable HDD just gave up on me.

ALL my music and college work and everything is gone.

BALLLLLLS

do you have any backup? was there much on it or the odd bit of college work

[6starpool]

The government are the tools that got the place into the mess its in. They're the ones that need sacking. Obv I don't agree with what the passport guys are doing or the idea of public service departments 'holding the country to ransom' as it were, but those in power need it drilled pretty hard into their thick skulls that they fucked up majorly and screwed a lot of people.

The unions are nearly as culpable though over the last 15 years driving wage inflation in the public sector and refusing to allow any kind of performance linked pay or letting people go at any point.

[AndyFatBastard]

what happened to the days when you were paid a wage to do a job & if you didn't perform you got fcuking sacked.......

Uhhh... they never existed?

[Emmet]

do you have any backup? was there much on it or the odd bit of college work

no backup whatsoever.

All work from my undergrad was on it.

The work for the diploma this year is irrelevant. But the music gone is an absolute disaster. 45k songs

[Lao Lao]

meh, I'd make myself a 4/7 or better shot to get the passports back in time for the holiday (just need to somehow persuade the dude who we're renting the gite from that we can only pay the balance when we get there ) - unless things go tits up entirely

the work trips...I'm always happy to see them cancelled, this would be the ultimate excuse!

Where abouts in France are you heading?

Very very very promising line up so far tbh. Pity that our festivals are just so pricey here, not to mention the permenant risk of shite weather.

Yup, looks good, am actually quite excited about EP for the first time in a couple of years.

Friend of mine works in the Passport Office what should i be saying to him to try and wind him up?

Don't bother winding him up, give it to him straight, tell him to get the fcuk back into work and do a proper and full days work the lazt cnut!

[The Aul Switcharoo]

no backup whatsoever.

All work from my undergrad was on it.

The work for the diploma this year is irrelevant. But the music gone is an absolute disaster. 45k songs

puke!! surely there is a computer services centre in your college that might be able to help.

edit:woop woop, 2 stars

[Emmet]

I'll have to bring it somewhere.

Only just realised now, it took a nasty fall earlier in the day. I'm guessing that they're about as fragile as Ipods?

[Chranchel]

not the best written story, but interesting:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...tual-edamaruku

Get your presentation done in time this morning!??

[DeadParrot]

FML.

My portable HDD just gave up on me.

ALL my music and college work and everything is gone.

BALLLLLLS

what have you tried?
Knoppix?
Linux live CD?

http://www.ubcd4win.com/

should get you somewhat started

[DeadParrot]

I'll have to bring it somewhere.

Only just realised now, it took a nasty fall earlier in the day. I'm guessing that they're about as fragile as Ipods?

Freezer job imo

RISKY

[AndyFatBastard]

I'll have to bring it somewhere.

Only just realised now, it took a nasty fall earlier in the day. I'm guessing that they're about as fragile as Ipods?

Yeah exactly. Listen I know you're smarting right now, but hard disks are simply not reliable. A portable hard disk doubly so. It's an expensive lesson for you, but if you have data that you really cannot afford to lose, then you should store it in several places.

Does it make any clicking noises? If a ball-bearing has popped out you can temporarily fix it with the old freezer trick. Put it in a freezer bag and leave it in there overnight. When you take it out, drop it about a foot onto the floor. The cold ball-bearings will have shrunk, and when you dropped it it should pop back into place. Now it's only a matter of time before it pops out again, so you've got about 20 minutes to get as much data off it as possible.

Don't bother looking at recovery agents. Last time I checked they charge €700 just to have a look at it, with no guarantee of getting anything back.

[Caf]

This is how I run

This hand was to put me into top 12 of 1400 in the 3usd rebuy 50kgtd with a 75k prizepool. It just keeps happening! I guess I can see a flop but i know this donk will call and ill have him to at most 3 outs. I'm sick of running bad with occasional bad play. Pity the bro inheritted all the good luck jeans! dam you! and dam all the fishes to hell!


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 3.3 Tournament, 600/1200 Blinds 125 Ante (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

saw flop | saw showdown

Hero (BB) (t46195)
UTG (t15132)
UTG+1 (t22320)
MP1 (t55355)
MP2 (t9050)
MP3 (t9887)
CO (t22048)
Button (t5744)
SB (t12675)

Hero's M: 15.79

Preflop: Hero is BB with K, K
2 folds, MP1 bets t4800, 5 folds, Hero raises to t46070 (All-In), MP1 calls t41270

Flop: (t93865) 3, 2, J (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t93865) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t93865) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t93865

Results:
Hero had K, K (two pair, Kings and Jacks).
MP1 had K, A (two pair, Aces and Jacks).
Outcome: MP1 won t93865




Bad beat vented and back to the grind! If at first you dont succeed.....and all that BS!

[oleras]

The unions are nearly as culpable though over the last 15 years driving wage inflation in the public sector and refusing to allow any kind of performance linked pay or letting people go at any point.

Do you know what a clerical officer, with say 8 years service earns ?

My wife works in the Dept of Social and family affairs, she started on about 24k 8 years ago, and is on about 28k now, thats not a massive wage inflation by any means, and her take home now is equivalent to what it was 5 years ago, now i am sure higher, much higer up grades have recieved nice pay jumps but majority of PSW are low grades on low money.

I do agree with the performance based pay reviews though and getting rid of the lazy bastards, like any job really.

[Emmet]

Its making a very faint beeping noise when its plugged into a USB. Kind of like a siren, and is not recognised my my Win XP laptop, or my Ubuntu Netbook.

I don't have a HDD big enough to store the data thats on it, and read that the freezer trick may only work once, so I'm going to wait till I get back to the family home and try it there.

This is a pain in the hole of the highest order.

[Denny Crane]

just as a btw if you're below 2/3gbs dropbox is really handy way for making your files portable. has an iphone app for it too.

[6starpool]

Do you know what a clerical officer, with say 8 years service earns ?

My wife works in the Dept of Social and family affairs, she started on about 24k 8 years ago, and is on about 28k now, thats not a massive wage inflation by any means, and her take home now is equivalent to what it was 5 years ago, now i am sure higher, much higer up grades have recieved nice pay jumps but majority of PSW are low grades on low money.

I do agree with the performance based pay reviews though and getting rid of the lazy bastards, like any job really.

Obv I am generalising, but on the radio today that union lad was on about the passport office staff, and said that their wages were low compared with the public sector as a whole where the average wage is 50k, and this was from a union lad so hardly over exaggerated.

[Guest]

Obv I am generalising, but on the radio today that union lad was on about the passport office staff, and said that their wages were low compared with the public sector as a whole where the average wage is 50k, and this was from a union lad so hardly over exaggerated.

Average is pretty bad statistical metric when the skew of grades and experience is so wide. For example a professor on the top end of the scale at 140k is counted as a public servant, but bares little or no relevance to the likes of the passport office employees.

[Zuroph]

Obv I am generalising, but on the radio today that union lad was on about the passport office staff, and said that their wages were low compared with the public sector as a whole where the average wage is 50k, and this was from a union lad so hardly over exaggerated.

i believe he said it ranged from 23k to 37k? or was it 33k?

[6starpool]

I would imagine there are far less people on the upper scales though than those on the lower ones.

Edit: I think it was 23k-38k. Something like that anyhow.

[The C Kid]

Watching Spurs is just like watching Brazil.

[CHDad]

Watching Spurs is just like watching Brazil.

lolwut

[DeadParrot]

Its making a very faint beeping noise when its plugged into a USB. Kind of like a siren, and is not recognised my my Win XP laptop, or my Ubuntu Netbook.

I don't have a HDD big enough to store the data thats on it, and read that the freezer trick may only work once, so I'm going to wait till I get back to the family home and try it there.

This is a pain in the hole of the highest order.

do you know anyone around with a tower? you could try getting a 2.5" adapter and trying to mount it through the IDE ribbon

[Strewelpeter]

It'll have a spa once you go there

So much BBV So little time. Still a couple of days worth to catch up on, great
quality reading and links WP everybody.

Tomorrow comes down to me being home for the weekend or tearing up my return ticket and staying in Nairobi until probably after the Irish Open. Problem is from a work POV I'm not sure yet which scenario is a win.

In the softest cash game in the world tonight phone call comes I have to go to another meeting, playing my last hand JJ on the button lunatic Chineese guy on my Right pots it I re raise all in he calls, flop AJ8 he flips AA
FML

[KevIRL]

lulz

2137: RED CARDS (Mancini and Moyes)



Red card
2138: Bit of a farcical end at Eastlands, where Roberto Mancini - clearly unhappy at what looks like his side's first league home defeat this season - attempts to wrestle the ball from Everton counterpart David Moyes on the touchline and the pair get involved in a bit of a ruck. Referee Peter Walton sends them both to the stands. Needless.

[shano_88]

lulz

2137: RED CARDS (Mancini and Moyes)

I was watching the match and all. Turned it off when they got the second. Sickened i missed it!

[bohsman]

Think that result fairly much confirms an 8th place finish for Liverpool.

[Guest]

Compu-nerds: I've got dual monitors and want to go triple. The video card on my motherboard is disabled by the aftermarket one I installed for the dual setup. To get a 3rd one working do I need to buy exactly the same video card again or will any old one do the job?

[LuckyLloyd]

WTF at Celtic losing 4 - 0 to St. Mirren?

[Lao Lao]

Does anybody know, when you are playing on a cash table on iPoker, is there a way to see who is on the waiting list to get onto the table?

[Hectorjelly]

Compu-nerds: I've got dual monitors and want to go triple. The video card on my motherboard is disabled by the aftermarket one I installed for the dual setup. To get a 3rd one working do I need to buy exactly the same video card again or will any old one do the job?

Someone in Petes told me recently you can just get a usb adapter that allows a 3rd monitor. I'm planning to do this in the next month or so. I saw someone with a better monitor set up than me and have to beat it! At the moment my 3rd monitor would be mainly to keep track of the werewolf game.

[NewApproach]

You gotta love Betfair...

I have a second account that I opened in the Fitz in Limerick, and use it very rarely but it could come in handy as I can deposit/withdraw by cash.

Anyway, got a call off them today asking to come back to betfair, offering a €50 free bet. Funny thing is, this is the third such call in 3 months, and everytime I've just told them to put it on my main account which they did no bother.

Then she asks will I close the dormant account (the one generating the free bets)? No says I, it might come in handy sometime... i.e. I'd rather a free €50 every month, cheers

[Mike]

Does anybody know, when you are playing on a cash table on iPoker, is there a way to see who is on the waiting list to get onto the table?

go back to the lobby and find your table, click it and then click waiting on the right hand side. you need the 3 panel view for this

[Denny Crane]

Compu-nerds: I've got dual monitors and want to go triple. The video card on my motherboard is disabled by the aftermarket one I installed for the dual setup. To get a 3rd one working do I need to buy exactly the same video card again or will any old one do the job?

i think if you get the same card it'll work. i gave up trying to get mine to work and just got this:

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=352248

[hotspur]

I wonder how cheaply you can get holidays for if you head down to the passport office queue and approach the people who are crying the hardest?

Also, Hitchhiker, trip report of your epically last minute presentation thingy? And do you need advice on statistical tests for your data?

[Solskjaer]

I'm runnig so well this year, got my passport a couple of weeks ago , before all this pissing about started. I'm off to Stockholm this weekend, I can't believe you peeps didn't tell me about the fecking Vasa Museum. good place to go to get in out of the cold.

[NewApproach]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7j1uogI02A[/ame]

[Wreck]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7j1uogI02A

You free for our Heads Up match?

[NewApproach]

You free for our Heads Up match?

Yeah sure 2 mins!

sn is allied approach ill reg now

[GrangeUtd]

Watched the 1st episode of the New South park season which aired in the states last week.
They lay into tiger woods and celebs getting treated for sex addiction. Its really good.
Here is a taster.
http://tv.gawker.com/5496038/south-p...o-a-video-game

[6starpool]

Watched the 1st episode of the New South park season which aired in the states last week.
They lay into tiger woods and celebs getting treated for sex addiction. Its really good.
Here is a taster.
http://tv.gawker.com/5496038/south-p...o-a-video-game

I saw that on telly here a couple of nights ago. I would recommend that the poor C Kid doesn't watch it. Not their best episode by a long shot, but the Tiger bits were funnyish.

[ComradeCollie]

Watched the 1st episode of the New South park season which aired in the states last week.
They lay into tiger woods and celebs getting treated for sex addiction. Its really good.
Here is a taster.
http://tv.gawker.com/5496038/south-p...o-a-video-game

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY70lQUUnb4[/ame]

[Logicist]

dear bbv, does logicist as a word make sense?

[Sledgejammer]

dear bbv, does logicist as a word make sense?

logicist
- no dictionary results

Dictionary.com says no

[mdoug]

anyone seen Leaves of Grass?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1151359/

Gonna download it later and watch it, big Ed Norton fan but never heard of this one

[Logicist]

ye i know but does it make sense

[ComradeCollie]

ye i know but does it make sense

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/logicist

[Solskjaer]

dear bbv, does logicist as a word make sense?

sounds like a makeyuppy word, not unlike the word makeyuppy. Hmmmm, this makes it a word so

[6starpool]

sounds like a makeyuppy word, not unlike the word makeyuppy. Hmmmm, this makes it a word so

That nearly makes sense. Are you a logicist in your spare time, Willie?

[hotspur]

All words are makeyuppy words imo.

[shano_88]

New poker after dark is very entertaining. Some classic phil hellmuth ranting going on!