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LOL The Chrismas 2014 Enjoy / Avoid Thread

Discussion in 'General' started by rainbowbridge, 25 Nov 2014.

  1. rainbowbridge

    rainbowbridge Minimodder

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    30 or so days out or so

    Its going to be on a
    Thursday, December 25
    Christmas Day 2014

    Enjoy / Avoid?
     
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  2. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes How many wifi's does it have?

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    you do know that disabling Areo, makes your cpu work harder, as you are using the CPU to draw instead of your GPU
     
  3. mansueto

    mansueto Too broke to mod

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    Do like - having a nice looking tree / decorations

    Don't like - digging said decorations out from my crawlspace, which is maybe 4 feet high, with dropped fluorescent bulb fixtures (seriously, they're like 3-4 inches) and one of the light boxes is right beside the christmas corner. I smashed my head / back / shoulders / arms at least 6-7 times on the stupid corners of the fixture.

    Do like - house smelling like cranberry, fresh baked goods

    Don't like - having lots of people coming and going. Dogs go nuts every time they hear the door.
     
  4. Kronos

    Kronos Multimodder

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    Do not like at all. Cannot swallow solid food so no turkey and all the trimmings for me. And tye older you get tye more difficult it is to think of a decent gift to get for my good lady. I only buy her presents. No one else gets a thing even though some insist on giving me something. Which is usually what they got me the year before and the year before that. And usually involves underwear.

    On top of that Christmas TV is usually crap these days.
     
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  5. Pete J

    Pete J Employed scum

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    Which, given the fact that almost all games are GPU limited, makes sense don't you think? :)
     
  6. play_boy_2000

    play_boy_2000 ^It was funny when I was 12

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    I'm going hardcore on the avoid (which, for me is actually enjoy).

    December 12th - Last exam 12pm
    Pack up, drive ~2000km south
    No snow, no Christmas, no people, +++craft beer, +++cheap whiskey.
    Jan 3rd - pack up, drive 2000km north
    snow, people.

    I have damn near a years worth of technical reading I wouldn't mind doing (Exchange, SQL, SCCM, Srv 2012 R2, CCNP R&S, CCIE R&S), which I may actually make a reasonable dent in, being that I'll only have 3-5GB of hotspot data.
     
  7. mrlongbeard

    mrlongbeard Multimodder

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    Snog, no wait Avoid, except I can't, 11 of us doing the family thing in a holiday cottage somewhere on the east coast :eyebrow: there isn't enough whisky in all of christendom to see me through those 3 days:waah:
     
  8. legoman

    legoman breaker of things

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    Avoid, lost its "sparkle" years ago after some family issues booked the week off to go hammer around some trail centres with friends instead.
     
  9. Scroome

    Scroome Modder

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    I love Christmas.

    Pretty much everything about it. I do all my shopping etc late November, so I can relax and avoid the December madness.
     
  10. Darkwisdom

    Darkwisdom Level 99 Retro Nerd

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    I'm not a christmas fan, i'd normally say avoid but as I have children I have to 'enjoy' it as much as possible. Now the mrs. has a decent job, we can "splash out" as she's declared. Doesn't mean i'll actually enjoy it; I like the kids reactions more than the day itself. Christmas isn't magical and sparkly, children make it so in my opinion.
     
  11. David

    David μoʍ ɼouმ qᴉq λon ƨbԍuq ϝʁλᴉuმ ϝo ʁԍɑq ϝμᴉƨ

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    We go through the motions for the sake of the kids but I might actually enjoy this one, because we're staying home this year, instead of schlepping 250 miles north to see the folks. Going up there usually means spending days trekking round visiting old friends and the like which, while I don't mind it, takes up far too much time.

    On top of that, it's chaotic at my parents' place - my sister and brother bring their families around so it's busy and chatty but you don't a moment to yourself. I end up back at work in January without having had any time to relax and unwind.

    This year, I plan to eat, drink and be lazy.

    Looking forward to it.
     
  12. BennieboyUK

    BennieboyUK CPC Folder of the Month Sep 2011

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    I enjoy it, simply because I get to spend dedicated time with my family, without the fear of a call from work. I travel a lot these days (34,670 miles in a plane in the last 3 weeks for example) so knowing I will be a home for at least a week is appealing to me!

    we run a strict "not so secret, secret santa" within the wider family, meaning I only buy for one member of the family and I only get one present, but the price limit it higher meaning you almost always get something you really want.

    We are also dropping the home cooking for the first time this year, going out for Xmas lunch. With the thought that we will maybe loose some of the "home cooked" feel, but dont have the worry about the cooking and cleaning up etc, and we can just enjoy the time that much more.

    So, maybe, this year I am looking forward to it - although the enjoyment is all based on the results of Christmas, not Christmas itself.
     
  13. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes How many wifi's does it have?

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    Anything that you don't see on the screen, the GPU is not rendering it. It's a building hardware optimization system done for massive number of ages. It's like part of the earliest optimization system of GPUs.. or should I say: vector processors, even, pre-GPU days.
     
  14. Unicorn

    Unicorn Uniform November India

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    I love Christmas but we do it our own way, not the over-hyped, commercialised monstrosity that it has become in recent years. We treat it as a quiet, relaxing holiday spent with friends and family. Mum's Christmas cooking is awesome, as are the few days (or fortnight as it happens this year, because I didn't have a break over the summer) I take off work over the festive period. Sure, the weather is cold, Christmas shopping is a nightmare, post takes twice as long to come because of the increase in volume and the traffic can be horrible at this time of year, but being well prepared as Scroome said means you can avoid most of that and enjoy all the positives :)
     
  15. EvilMerc

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    I hate the hype that surrounds it, and the way the shops are stupidly packed all the time. I do, however, like being home with my family eating great food. Sadly I'm not home for Christmas this year (nor last year in fact) which I'm not too happy about.
     
  16. play_boy_2000

    play_boy_2000 ^It was funny when I was 12

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    Ah yes, the timeless art of lying to our children about a jolly fat man, for our own personal enjoyment, as much as theirs. Don't even get me started on the 'christ' in christmas rubbish.
     
  17. Yadda

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    Enjoy - Atmosphere, food, drink, weather, open fire, brass bands, merriment.

    Avoid - Over-eating, Christmas number 1, commercialism.
     
  18. Unicorn

    Unicorn Uniform November India

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    I don't want to turn this into a discussion/argument/derailment on religion, but I will say this; everyone is entitled to their beliefs.
     
  19. Pete J

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    Hmm, it's still in the GPU RAM though, so it still has to refresh this constantly.

    You've got me curious now. At some point I'll do a benchmark or two to see if it does matter or not.
     
  20. Redbeaver

    Redbeaver The Other Red Meat

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    warm and fuzzy.

    me like.
     

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