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Have Stardock's Coding Pigeons Gone On Strike??

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Have Stardock's Coding Pigeons Gone On Strike??

cos everyone's outside paying more attention to the geese??

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Yep, that's the 64,000 dollar question: have Stardock's coding pigeons downed tools cos the geese (not to mention the spider-ducks) are getting too much attention? Or could it be that they've been into Brad's liquor cabinet again??? Now they can deny this - that the coding pigeons are into the grog - but there's evidence. I mean, how do they explain this....

Oops, it seems one of our coding pigeons has slipped... er, has fallen over drunk again, and we cannot show the page you rquested...


Has anybody else got this... a page error that suggests drunken coding pigeons? I suppose it's perfectly understandable, really... that they're feeling depressed and lonely, and hit the bottle because the entire Stardock staff has become infatuated with the geese (not to mention the spider-ducks), but still....

Whether it's perfectly understandable or not, however, Brad, being the smart and very sound businessman that he is, should know to keep his liquor under lock and key when it's known there's drunken birds on staff. ;p For a start, pigeons are not known to be very good drinkers and are like dodos when it comes to flight... and those that do make it off the ground, well they ofen end up as aircraft jet engine food. So please, all Stardockers with liquor cabinets (and those with a sneaky flask in the desk drawer), please keep it under lock and key... I mean, you don't wanna be getting visits from PIMPS (Pigeons In Mortal Peril Society), now do ya. ;)

Actually, that's not my biggest gripe! I mean, slow and no-go page loads can be annoying, but having a constant echo in the gallery comments area is downright annoying and embarrassing.... like I can't control tha parrot on me shoulder and stop it from mimicking my every word. Yep, every word I say... now this really needs to be looked at cos I don't need no parrot to make me look like a fool. ;)

***yes, I have cleared all my cookies, thrice or more now... but the damned parrot...er, echo persists (two same-numbered posts every time)***

Oh, and another thing! What's with these target specific ads? More to the point, which Stardock staffer has a friend/relative in Aussie pest control? And is trying to drum 'em up some business? Yeah, I was in Karmagirl's 'spider-duck' thread and I got this ad for an Aussie pest control company... and yep, I was signed in/logged on. So what's that all about? Yeah, I got bitten by a nasty spider once - and we have/had a ginormous spider out in the shed, buy I/we don't need pest control. We have an abundance of fly swatters about the place, and if the creepy crawly requires something more substantial, I have several pairs of size 13 shoes about as well.... so no more pest control ads, OK? ;p

In closing, I have a word of advice for Stardock staffers... look afer your coding pigeons and pay them more attention. And it's not petty jealousy over the geese and spider-ducks, either. They're very sensitive creatures and they will go downhill rapidly when feeling rejected, dejected and real lonesome inside. ;)

:LOL: :LOL: :LOL:



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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Oops, it seems one of our coding pigeons has slipped... er, has fallen over drunk again, and we cannot show the page you rquested...

Well, that explains what happened to my bottle of whiskey that I left on my file cabinet.  Not the first time this has happened.  But, I always blamed the code monkeys, not the pigeons.  It's all so much more clear now!

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top
pigeons are covert birds. that's why they used em in world war 1.
you'll never know they were there till they're gone.
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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top
OMG :LOL:  :LOL:  :LOL: 
Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well, looks like I was too hasty in locking the post. Talked with starkers and the intent wasnt to report any issues (even in a silly tone) but just to be plain silly. So my bad, I'm moving this back to General Discussion and unlocking it.

But as a reminder: Please don't report issues in silly posts. We're really strapped for resources at the moment and it takes forever to wade through a silly post to find the actual issue being reported. And if you're going to report and issue, please make a new post in 'Site Issues'. Far too often reports are tacked on to off-topic posts or posted in the wrong category, and we/I never see them. Help us maintain our sanity. Thanks.
Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Please don't report issues in silly posts.


Precisely!! This IS a SILLY post and we don't want any of that rubbish (snippets of information as to what's not working proper, then grizzling about it) here.

So let's KEEP it SILLY...Orright!!!


Well, that explains what happened to my bottle of whiskey that I left on my file cabinet. Not the first time this has happened. But, I always blamed the code monkeys, not the pigeons.


Code Monkeys? You have code monkeys there as well?? Well all I can say is that I hope they're toilet trained, not to mention all the other critters on the premises... otherwise, Stardock's cleaning bill is gonna be horrendous. Besides, we can't have staffers slipping in puddles (and other deposits) in the corridors and injuring themselves, right!

Oh, and Karmagirl, if you can't keep yer grog under lock n' key (cos Brad's a cheapskate and won't buy ya a lockable filing cabinet ;p ), you could always put a pencil mark on the label... tho I hear coding pigeons are pretty smart, and could just keep rubbing it out and moving it down....

That's what I used to do to my dad when I snuck lil mouthfuls of his. He once thought that he could outsmart me by using a biro instead, but being the devious lil sod that I was, I just steamed off the label and moved it down... which was fine until I ran out of bottle. :d

pigeons are covert birds.


I'll say they are! And what peeves me about them most is that there's not so much as a cloud in the sky, much less a bird, yet you get home, take your coat off only to discover pigeon sh!t on the shoulder. Yup, they're sneaky lil buggers orright... they're long gone before the deposit hits yer coat... eons before the sh!t hits the fan. ;p

Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top
And another thing wot pisses me off is that the coding pigeons for Oz digital TV seem to have gone on strike... either that or they're drunk again...

Yup, I was watching yet another re-run of Janet Jackson's Superbowl 'wardrobe' malfunction, and right at the most important moment (best bit) the picture breaks up... and it's not the first time during cold weather that everything broke up into little speckles all over the screen. I mean, what's that all about?" Sure Oz is mostly a hot country, but shoot, it sure gets cold during winter as well.

Seems to me, Oz TV's coding pigeons have got it wrong... either that or the big wigs in charge didn't give 'em the right tools to work with. Yeah, that's more like it! The powers that be have bats in the belfry and got us sub-standard equipment that don't work too well in the cold. I say this cos me muvver is over in England on holiday right now, and she says that they don't have that issue (Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction breaking up) over there.

And it ain't just the picture breaking up... the sound frequently goes too, and makes it sound like everyone in TV-land has the hiccups... which is really annoying cos they're like laughter, contagious, and I end up with em' as well. ;p

Compared to this, the one or two issues I experienced at Stardock/WC are piddling and seem rather insignificant. I mean. it really takes the edge off Dirty Harry saying "Go ahead punk, make my day" when he has the friggin; hiccups... like it takes all the impact away, if you know what I mean. Yup, I'd much prefer the comment section parrot to this any day... tho sound break-up is most convenient when MTV plays squeaky voiced (cos his testicles haven't dropped) Michael Jackson. :d

Oh, and as for the comment area parrot, well we've become friendly and are now having some interesting 'off-air' conversations.
Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I can see this in headlines..

Stardock Caught Paying Coders With Peanuts and Bird-feed Literally!

 :) 
Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I can see this in headlines..

Stardock Caught Paying Coders With Peanuts and Bird-feed Literally!


It would be a much better headline than...


Stardock cooks their own goose! ;p 
Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top
It would be a much better headline than...


Stardock cooks their own goose!


And much better than 'Stardock's goose cooked by jealous coding pigeons'... well, they'd need something greasy to line their stomachs before slipping into the grog, pilfered from Brad's liquor cabinet yet again. ;p

Word has it that Brad is planning to put a combination lock on his liquor cabinet on Monday .... not that it'll do him any good. Coding pigeons are pretty smart, and I reckon they'll have that combination cracked in seconds.... and look out 'spider-ducks, there aren't that many geese that you can feel at all safe. Relax just momentarily, and I can see the coding pigeons throwing spider-duck drumsticks on the barbie. :d

Now that has me thinking! They're different breeds, yes, but would this kind of behaviour amount to cannibalism... as would it be in a bird eat bird society? :NOTSURE: :p

Hmmmm... I can see that I'm gonna have to touch base with some old friends of mine, BOOBIES (Birds Observing Other Birds & Investigating Eating Strangities), about this for some clarification. ;p
Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top
everyone in TV-land has the hiccups... which is really annoying cos they're like laughter, contagious, and I end up with em' as well.


Well, that explains your double posts and skin comments ;)
Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well, that explains your double posts and skin comments


Yeah... now *hic* why didn't I *hic* think of *hic* that? Sorry, andrew, it seems I was too hasty in blaming the coding pigeons for my repetitiveness/speech impediment in the skin comments area... as Wiz here so generously pointed out, I got tha damned hiccups from my TV. I'm going to have to get in touch with BASTARDS (Brotherhood Against Sexually Transmitted And Recalcitrant Diseases Society) about this. It's just not right... a bloke just wants to watch a bit of soft core porn on TV while the missus is away visiting a friend for the weekend, and it gives him the blasted hiccups. ;p

Oh, and while I'm here - having a grizzle - Vista is starting to give me the right royal irrits... well more like Microsoft?windows Update, is...

***damn, damn, damn, blast and double blast it***

You know how it is, the spouse is away and you're looking for a bit of mischief to get into? Well I wasn't so much looking for mischief, but it sort of found me when I was doing a search on music and, you know how it is, got taken to a page I never even asked for. Yep, I suddenly found myself perusing porn (soft porn, that is)(not into the hard stuff) and lo n' behold, I come across this movie with all these bikini gals mud wrestling, and hmmmm, I'm a little tempted to download it for future reference. OK, I was tempted more than just a little (woulda been my first time downloading internet (of the soft variety, of course) porn) Orright, then, I was tempted A LOT!!

Anyhow, I prepares meself a folder to download these muddy maidens into; I clicks on the download link, I selects 'save as' and.... Yup, you guessed it, Vista decides to shut down to finish installing damned updates I never even asked for. Now what's all that about, Microsoft knowing what's best for/going on my puter, and then deciding when is the best time to go do it!! Nope, it just ain't right.... and I'll never find that porno page again... oh nooooooo. :LOL:

And now it has me wondering :NOTSURE: if Bill and his buddies at MS are using Stardock technology to spy on users... watching what we're up to? Now I can appreciate them trying to help prevent trouble with the missus over downloading soft porn, but quite frankly, I think that I should be able to make my own decisions... and if I wanna take the chance with my missus blowing her stack over it, I should be afforded that opportunity... and not have MS blow any chance I might've had of the 'making up' bit. :d
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Reply #37 from WinCustomize Forums Top
if Bill and his buddies at MS are using Stardock technology to spy on users...


It's the pigeons I tell you...they are everywhere!!! Always spying for MS just to wreck all our fun. :LOL: 
Reply #38 from WinCustomize Forums Top
It's the pigeons I tell you...they are everywhere!!! Always spying for MS just to wreck all our fun.


Yup, them pigeons have a lot to answer for... not only are they crapping on statues all over the World, they're finding ever increasing ways to crap on all out fun... with too much...er, humungous encouragement from the likes of Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and (dare it say it... er, mention his name on a Windows based site) Mr smug, Steve Jobs himself...

Yeah, I had to associate his name with the ruination of fun cos he keeps Mac prices exorbitantly high and won't sell us the OS-X OS separately to run on our Windows based PC's... damned spoilsport. :( ;p

Actually, while we're on the subject of pigeons, if Andrew can train those coding pigeons to behave (stay off the grog) and perform decent/humanitarian acts, maybe he could save himself a lot of work by having them to fly out to troubled users home with instructions, quick fixes and workarounds. :LOL:
Reply #39 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Actually, while we're on the subject of pigeons, if Andrew can train those coding pigeons to behave (stay off the grog) and perform decent/humanitarian acts, maybe he could save himself a lot of work by having them to fly out to troubled users home with instructions, quick fixes and workarounds.


 :LOL:  :LOL:  :LOL:  :LOL:  :LOL: 

Andrew if you happen to be reading this Please Remember we are only joking...

I'll never find that porno page again... oh nooooooo


So sad to bad!!! Ah but wait what about all those Soft Porn pictures you have hanging up in the galley??? I hear you never let the missus go near it. :SURPRISED: 
Reply #40 from WinCustomize Forums Top
So sad to bad!!! Ah but wait what about all those Soft Porn pictures you have hanging up in the galley???


Ye see'd em??? :SURPRISED: An I thort I locked up tha galley afore leavin' :NOTSURE:

I hear you never let the missus go near it.


Oh, she goes near it orright... 'er 'aves t' cos I bain't be a dab 'and at cookin' n' could burn water. :LOL:
Reply #41 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ye see'd em??? An I thort I locked up tha galley afore leavin'


Be careful where you keep your keys. You never know who might be watching...I tell you now spies are everywhere!!! It's uh...conspiracy I tell you :NOTSURE: 

at cookin' n' could burn water.


You must be a starving when she goes away :LOL: 
Reply #43 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Be careful where you keep your keys. You never know who might be watching.


Thanks fer tellin' I that... that ye 'ave bin pilferin' me keys t' perve on me (soft) porn. Seems I'll 'ave ter do like wot tha wenches do when 'em 'ides stuff down thar brassieres... warm 'em up first n' keep 'em down me britches. ;p


Oh, an' it bain't be my (soft) porn, neither... it wur already stuck t' tha walls, glued on like wallpaper it wur, afore I took o'er tha ship from Davy Jones 'eself. Well that's wot I tells tha missus. :LOL:

You must be a starving when she goes away


Aye, that I be... tho it be good in one respect... it shure 'elps ta keep me weight down. :LOL:

I have no idea.


Not to worry, hermanherecomes, you weren't supposed to know/figure it out. ;p The main thing is to have a laugh and a bit of fun... so let your hair down and join the party. ;p

Reply #44 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Coding pigeon - isn't that what Dick Dastardly was chasing after?
Reply #45 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Coding pigeon - isn't that what Dick Dastardly was chasing after?


Might've been... tho he was never gonna catch it with Muttley as his sidekick.
Reply #46 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Been very, very quiet around here lately... and I know why! Yup, I've heard some you's, snickering in WC's hallowed hallways and discussing my sanity... er insanity! I mean, surely somebody has a comical coding pigeon experience in their life they need to gripe about... er, share with the greater community... but NO! ;p

Yes, taking the insanity path is a difficult one, but it's one I just had to take... cos when I'm deadly serious, I often think seriously about becoming a politician or something. Like, what would you rather have: a nut who's always fooling around and a sandwich short of a picnic... or a lying pollie who answers questions with rhetorical questions and never keeps his promises.? ;p

Yeah, I thought so! It was either that or be a lawyer... and just look how many lawyers who went on to become politicians once they tired of ambulance chasing. Yeah, it looks like I done ya'll a favour... going down the lonely path of lunacy and having to listen to all the 'covert' snickering in the corridor about my mental state. ;)


Oh, and for those of you who think I need to get a life!!! Well I got one on order... should be able to take delivery within 21 - 28 days, that's if they ship it on time as promised.

Yup, I ordered the millionaire's life with lots of jet-setting and exotic locations, high rolling and oodles of beautiful women... but you know what it's like, ordering sight unseen online, yer can't be sure of getting what ya think you're ordering... especially when it's free-ware ;p

In any event, don't expect any immediate changes... running in a new life is like running in a new motor, slowly but surely 'll be the go. And there's another aspect you need to consider! Being this new life is ordered sight unseen, it could be the one of a mad millionaire... hehehehe. :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
Reply #47 from WinCustomize Forums Top
hehehe
i dont know
my dear snow
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Reply #48 from WinCustomize Forums Top
and for those of you who think I need to get a life!


Last week,someone stole my identity,today they brought it back,demanding an apology! X-(
Reply #50 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Last week,someone stole my identity,today they brought it back,demanding an apology!


You had somebody steal your identity?? Sheesh, I'd have to pay someone to take mine! Not that it's broken exactly, but the character has a few flaws and the personality is somewhat warped. Nah, not broken exactly, but if one were to accurately describe my identity, one would say it's well worn. I mean, it has been everywhere I've been over 55 years and has never had a vacation... like even when I was on holidays overseas, my identity had to work just so's my passport was in order and I got booked into the right hotel rooms. :p

Now here's a gripe for ya! Us blokes get our identities thrust upon us at birth and we have to keep it intact and viable for the duration of our lives... not so for women, and that just ain't fair! Nope, they can change their identities when they get married and take the husband's name... and if they divorce and marry several times, each time they get to get a new identity that ain't all wore out like us poor blokes gotta put up with.

Nope it just ain't right, us blokes should oughta be able to change our identities at marriage as well... especially when yer from tha wrong side of tha docks, yer great grandpa never married yer great grandma an' 'em besmirched tha good family name t'gether by 'aving a bastard brood of 32 wot was forever in trouble n' afore the magistrate fer pirating just t' survive. ;p

Yup, us blokes should oughta be able t' change our identities that easily... yeah, put on a few airs and graces, practicing 'the rain in Spain' and find a bride to be who's from a well-to-do family.... hehehe. :d :LOL: ;p