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This message was last edited by the GM at 12:46, Thu 17 Jan 2019.

Purely for shits and giggles, I decided to play some Oregon Trail tonight.  One day one of my dudes had a broken leg.  The next day, he got lost and we lost 5 days of travel looking for him.  Either he got over that broken leg REALLY quick or he got around really well with that broken leg.

In reply to Mike (msg # 5):

I read this and immediately imagined that this random dude with a broken leg just accidentally rolls down a hill away from the wagons. While trying to get back, a snake startles him, and he falls into a small river. When he finally manages to get out a few hundred yards downstream, he gets cornered by a coyote pack, loses his balance, and falls into a ravine. Basically, every time he tries to get back to the wagons, he ends up farther away, and finally just quits and sits in one place until someone finds him.

Spoiler warning: Political video, but really funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcZ0t15vV9k

Has anyone else seen this yet? Because it is awesome!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWjC_mrucY4

I finally started watching The Expanse.  It took me a few tries to get into it.  I’ve figured out that I can’t watch something for the first time with a bunch of other people unless I’m in a movie theater, especially if anyone is talkative.  I think that’s why I couldn’t get into Dark Crystal or Abrams’s Star Trek.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:51, Sun 17 Feb 2019.

In reply to James Urquhart (msg # 9):

I enjoy the show. One way I feel it improves on the book is the character of Avasarala. You get to see her political machinations and movings, rather than just a glimpse here and there.

My internet is down at my house and my laptop just took a crap.  Looks like it was the big one, won’t boot up.  I know 9-10 years is a long time for a laptop but it could have had the decency to wait until I’m working again to die.

Nevermind, I guess I just had to get pissed off enough at it and it would start working (the laptop).  Internet is still down.  So far, the experience I've had with New Wave hasn't been all that great.  They're not very quick at getting outages taken care of or communicating when they're going to be performing upgrades and such.  And their website is useless as a screen door on a submarine.  You can pay your bill but you can't get tech support.  At least AT&T has a call center, I haven't found anyone on New Wave's tech support that wasn't automated.

Anyway, right now I have my hotspot turned on on my phone to be able to have internet.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDGr..._as_we_all_agree_on/

I'm dying over here!!! "Town guards unsure of what to do..."

Does anybody know how to write a cover letter?  I've updated my resume and I'm trying to write a cover letter that either doesn't make me sound like a total idiot or at least mitigates how much my resume makes me look like a moron.  Talk about hindsight getting to you.  If I'd have known I was going to be in this position 18 years ago when I started college I wouldn't have screwed around and cut class and all that crap.

Not sure how much help I'll be (since I was never hired for any of the jobs I applied for that I actually used a cover letter) but, here is what I remember being told:

Don't just write a generalized letter. Modify the letter for each application sent out. You want to appear you are looking for a job with them specifically not just in general.

If you know specifically who the resume is going to, address them by name.

It doesn't need to reiterate everything in the resume, but it does need to explain why you are qualified for the position.

Explain why you are a good fit for the company - not just for the job.

It's a good place to list other experiences that could be useful but aren't in the formal resume.

There are several sites that have pretty good guides - I used several back in the day (sadly, those bookmarks appear to have been lost - I checked).
Though after a cursory search, these seem pretty decent:
https://resumegenius.com/how-to-write-a-cover-letter
https://zety.com/blog/how-to-write-a-cover-letter

Finally, I saw this a few days ago - It's actually not a bad way to break it down:
Luke Skywalker's Cover Letter

That's kind of cool.

Missy helped me out.  And by helped me out I mean basically wrote the rest of it for me.  We'll see if it pans out.  I did know that I needed to customize it for each job I apply for and not just use a generic cover letter.


Let me add, thank you.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:05, Mon 25 Feb 2019.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/c...lurs_for_you_to_use/

The Personnel Committee met last night. My understanding is the point of the meeting was two-fold: Get a VBS Director, and make a final decision about me. Assuming they vote yes on me, it will come up at the next Business Meeting, which is currently scheduled for 3/13.

I don't foresee too many problems now we've made it this far. I may not get the raise I was hoping for, but I'll swap that for job security right now. So here's praying. Of course, if they do start paying me what the position use to pay, I won't be complaining.

Set my desktop up over the weekend and now I'm trying to get it connected to the wireless network.  Is it possible that its distance from the router is the reason that it won't assign a valid IP or is that likely something else?  The signal strength fluctuates between fair and excellent but when it will connect to the network it won't connect to the internet.  I'm thinking that at some point I'm just going to run some CAT5 through the attic to the bedrooms anyway but I don't want to have to do that at present just to get this thing on the internet.  I mean, otherwise I can just connect through my phone hotspot but even though we have unlimited data it still slows down after so much is downloaded.

"Wireless Network Adapter does not have a valid IP configuration."

How do I fix that?


Never mind, I finally ended up copying the network profile from Thor and copying it to Odin.  Odin is now connected.  And the peasants rejoiced...
This message was last edited by the player at 02:32, Tue 26 Feb 2019.

F me with a stolen paenis.

I thought I had it working, I turned my back for 5 minutes to go walk the dog, I come back to try to play some Skyrim and it's down again.  Laptop connects fine, Missy's laptop is connected, my desktop just hates me apparently.

There are so many variables that can effect network config that this is hard to diagnose form here.  Have you uninstalled and reinstalled the driver for the network card? And by that I mean Uninstall, Cold Boot, then install the newest driver for the card from the manufacture's website?

I think that's the one thing I haven't tried.  Crap, I can't believe I didn't try that.

Tried it, still not connecting.  It can connect to my phone’s hotspot but not to the WiFi.  I’m tempted to just say screw it and get in the attic.  I have 2 50ft LAN cables and a wired 4 port switch as well as another wireless router (though it’s slower), I’m tempted to just run 50ft through the attic, wire in a plug up there, plug in the switch and other router, and drop the other 50ft into this bedroom to plugthe LAN cable into the back of the computer.  Problem with that is I bet I’d have 2 different wireless networks sharing the same internet connection but on different frequencies.  Why’s this stuff have to be so complicated?

I guess, if it were easy, they couldn't charge us obscene amounts of money to do it for us.

Also, good to hear about your job situation, Mark! I'm praying for a good result on the 13th.

I need a .gif of someone beating their head against the wall because that's how I feel right now.  I've been messaging back and forth with a tech support guy for the last hour or so and I'm no closer to getting this stupid computer to connect.

I've tried reinstalling wireless network adapter after a cold boot.

I've tried ipconfig /release.

I've tried netsh winsock reset
I've tried netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt

I've tried renaming the network and changing the password and all that succeeded in doing was knocking my laptop off the network until I changed it back.

Trying uninstalling antivirus and clean boot.

I'm beginning to think the attic is an easier idea...