The “L” is what I shall call thing 2 from this day forward.  Those of you who know Steve’s name for Thing 1 and have ever been in or near Chicago (or even heard of the place) will understand.

Last night Wife Unit, the “L” and I were in the living room being silly as usual.  (quick back story here:  The “L” will occassionally get on kicks where she says Buttocks until Wife Unit goes insane).  The “L” was getting Wife Unit worked up when I quickly suggested she mention buttocks.  Then as Wife Unit threatened death to all those within reach the “L” said to me, “Way to go, you made it mad.”  This caused controllable laughter, and drove Wife Unit closer to the cliff.

Shortly after that wife unit said, “YOU ARE MAKING IT Mad” to The “L”.  The “L” replied by saying that Wife Unit seemed to be part goat.  I chimed in with, “No she didn’t say m-a-a-a-a-d” and without missing a beat The “L” said, “I think that would be a sheep, a goat sounds more like…… Mom say something”.

This caused uncontrollable laughter and maybe it was the fact that I was a pint of blood low, or 2 gt’s high, or both, but that might have been the funniest unscripted thing I have ever witnessed.  Unfortunately you all only get the highlights and don’t get to witness the reactions and the plot development, but trust me it was brilliant.

let’s say that England beats Algeria.  then ties with Slovenia…. that would leave USA to beat Algeria and all then we have a 3 way tie with 3 teams that also tied.  normally in phase 1 of the world cup the two highest pointed teams in each group move on, but I have no clue what the rules are if there is a three way tie and none of the teams at the top beat any of the others.

I mean if there is a three way tie and one team had beaten another they would get the nod, but with ties all around what do they do?  does it come down to who scored the most goals… like since US scored 2 on Slovenia if England were to score 1 and it end in a tie would that mean that US gets the nod?  does defending factor in… since England would have then held Slovenia to 1?

Is there like a play-off round?

Does anyone know?

I would venture to guess that England will win it’s next two matches having 8 pts, and the US will beat Algeria having 5 pts and those two will be at the top leaving Slovenia with 4 and Algeria with 0 but what if?

My Desk

You may be asking, does he really need 2 laptops and 2 monitors for a total of 4 screens?  and/or you may be asking why is there only one mouse and one keyboard, does he have to reach over to one of the laptops and use the touch pad and keyboard on it?

The answer to question 1 is YES in fact I am going to be adding another laptop to the setup in a few weeks.  The answer to question 2 is No, that one keyboard and mouse allows me to operate all 4 screens as if by magic thanks to a little free program called input director…. google search it if interested.  it works from the Win XP machine on the left two screens and Win 7 on the right two screens seamlessly.

There is another free program called synergy which is a bit more unreliable but will allow you to work across Mac, Linux and Windows machines if you need such a thing.

so why do I have this set up and why am I adding another one?  because I will be cranking out PLC programs and spreadsheets on the XP machines while developing Graphics systems on the Win 7 and the new laptop soon to arrive thanks to that unnamed customer (the newest one will be temporary) oh and 2 desktop systems for testing will be over on the floor to the far left.

Graphics systems show the customer a virtual overview of a conveyor system, allowing them to start and stop various belts and machinery as well as displaying any errors with the system and how to correct them.  I have been super swamped lately and today was a rare exception where I had some free time, it was nice knowing you all, I’ll be back out of this cave of shit loads of work I am going to have sometime in November.

Sleep it easy gang,

Yours in faithful administration,

Easysleeper signing off from a life outside of work for the next 4.5 months.

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