The Haus of Talk Thread

[Sorel]

I have a cool chair

It moves around when I move, makes shifting around in it so much fun.

[Bryux]

I sit on a pilates or whatever it was called ball

It's awesome because it for some reason makes me keep my back straight which is healthy and it can be fun rolling around on

This is today's topic

[Granix]

I'm sitting on stool, which have perfect lenght to sit in front of computer and serves me for years.
It was made by my grandfather, so it's even cooler.

[pholtos]

I've been using a chair that is large enough for two people to sit in. It's a tad large.

[Sturg]

I use a laptop for the most part so my position varies ever so often.

[sedron]

Who was it that wanted deeper conversations in this thread a while back? Do chairs count?

I have a black spinny chair I got from my old job, but my desk is currently covered in Magic cards so I rarely set up my laptop there. I use my bed otherwise, because I'm lazy. =P

[Ashan]

I use a laptop for the most part so my position varies ever so often.

Why would you sit on a laptop?

[Alice]

I use a laptop for the most part so my position varies ever so often.

Why would you sit on a laptop?

His butt is cold.

[lukaramu]

I finished David Mitchell's wonderful Number9Dream this past weekend. I already read two other books by him, Cloud Atlas (which you may know from the movie version by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis, which was actually the reason I read the book) and the really, really great Ghostwritten (which is probably my favorite book).
What I always loved Mitchell's writing is how he manages to interweave stories of different style and setting, but doing so very homogenously, and he didn't disappoint here either! This time, instead of having 6 (as in Cloud Atlas) or 9 (as in Ghostwritten) semi-independant stories (although the connectivity is what really makes those books stand out), he had one story, but most chapters featured 'different' sections, and the way he juxtaposed them was phenomenal. Many of those sections, one of them a

diary by a kaiten pilot in training

, really stood out to me.
I guess it got on the Booker prize shortlist for a reason...

[Sturg]

I use a laptop for the most part so my position varies ever so often.

Why would you sit on a laptop?

boooo

[pholtos]

So I moved into some type of complex for this semester like a month ago. Turns out our block of the complex uses more internet between the 8 of us than the internet provider can handle (whoops I might've been part of the problem.) Hopefully by sometime next week our section of the complex will have a bit more internet so our connections will quit getting broken like once a week for some amount of time.

[july]

I finished David Mitchell's wonderful Number9Dream this past weekend. I already read two other books by him, Cloud Atlas (which you may know from the movie version by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis, which was actually the reason I read the book) and the really, really great Ghostwritten (which is probably my favorite book).
What I always loved Mitchell's writing is how he manages to interweave stories of different style and setting, but doing so very homogenously, and he didn't disappoint here either! This time, instead of having 6 (as in Cloud Atlas) or 9 (as in Ghostwritten) semi-independant stories (although the connectivity is what really makes those books stand out), he had one story, but most chapters featured 'different' sections, and the way he juxtaposed them was phenomenal. Many of those sections, one of them a

diary by a kaiten pilot in training

, really stood out to me.
I guess it got on the Booker prize shortlist for a reason...

I need to get around to actually reading his books. They've been sitting around for a while ever since I read Cloud Atlas.

[devil†zukin]

help

[Ashan]

Microsoft just announced Windows 9.

Except it's called Windows 10. I'm not kidding.

[Bryux]

The worst part is that that sounds believable.

help

Not unless you elaborate.

[lukaramu]

Microsoft just announced Windows 9.

Except it's called Windows 10. I'm not kidding.

A thing I found from April Fools 2013:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/261350 ... ws-10.html

[Bean]

It's not like this really is Windows 10. Not counting .1/revision stuff, you've had 1, 2, 3, 95, 98, 2000, ME, XP, Vista, 7, 8, and now 10. And you thought the Wii U was a bad name!

On a side note, XP for life, yo. Come to think of it, the only three versions I've had of Windows on my three computers over the years were 95, XP, and 8.

[Bwarch]

So, Windows 12 really. Leave it to Microsoft to not be able to count, considering microsoft minutes and whatnot~ That does make me curious why they went with Windows 7 as a name, I really thought that it honestly was the seventh version. Or could they only be counting "major" versions somehow?

[Doctor Shemp]

Or could they only be counting "major" versions somehow?

Bean's list above was just the "major" versions. As well as the .1 rereleases there's also the NT series, the Server series, the Embedded series, the Mobile series, the Phone series and Windows PE.

The way Microsoft's marketing team arrived at 7 was to use their internal version numbers.
Windows 1-3.1 were versions 1.0 - 3.1
Windows 95 was version 4.0
Windows 98 was version 4.1
Windows ME was version 4.9
Windows 2000 was version 5.0
Windows XP was version 5.1
Windows Vista was version 6.0

However, someone forgot to tell marketing that Windows 7 is actually version 6.1. You can check that yourself by running "winver" if you're on Windows 7.

To add to the ridiculousness, Windows 8 is version 6.2.9.

[Bean]

If only it was 6.1.9. Booyaka! Also, a welcome back to you, Bwarch.

[devil†zukin]

However, someone forgot to tell marketing that Windows 7 is actually version 6.1.

or thats just an internal version number set as so for compatibility reasons

#tmyk

the argument for windows version numbering is arbitrary too but i dont have any particular issues w/ it

[Bwarch]

Also, a welcome back to you, Bwarch.

*curtsies* And a fine hello to you~

[Ashan]

Well Apple's OS has been on version 10 for the last 10 years I think.
Apparently OS versions mean literally nothing. And if that's the case, they should stop giving them names that are just numbers, give them cool names.

e: oh, also happy return day Bwarch

[Bwarch]

e: oh, also happy return day Bwarch

And what a lovely day it is, siiiigh~

SO I don't have a really good place to plop this so I guess I'll plop this here, but I've been curating together a list of games I'm excited to play and have not yet played by way of Youtube playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... SXfoIJl0ej

There's a lot of really cool up and coming gems in here, so I recommend checking it out if you're wondering about any cool games that are out there in the underbelly, flying under the radar~

[Sorel]

Hello there, Bwarch.

Long time no see.