Have Stardock's Coding Pigeons Gone On Strike??
cos everyone's outside paying more attention to the geese??
Sunday, June 8, 2008 by starkers | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
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....
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.
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?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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starkers
Reply #43 Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:32 AM
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.
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.
Aye, that I be... tho it be good in one respect... it shure 'elps ta keep me weight down.
Not to worry, hermanherecomes, you weren't supposed to know/figure it out. The main thing is to have a laugh and a bit of fun... so let your hair down and join the party.
Reply #43 Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:32 AM
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.
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.
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.
I have no idea.
Not to worry, hermanherecomes, you weren't supposed to know/figure it out.
The main thing is to have a laugh and a bit of fun... so let your hair down and join the party.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #44 Wednesday, June 18, 2008 11:39 AM
Reply #44 Wednesday, June 18, 2008 11:39 AM
Coding pigeon - isn't that what Dick Dastardly was chasing after?
starkers
Reply #45 Wednesday, June 18, 2008 1:30 PM
Might've been... tho he was never gonna catch it with Muttley as his sidekick.
Reply #45 Wednesday, June 18, 2008 1:30 PM
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.
starkers
Reply #46 Sunday, June 22, 2008 5:33 AM
Reply #46 Sunday, June 22, 2008 5:33 AM
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!
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.?
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
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.
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.?
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
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.
Wizard1956
Reply #48 Sunday, June 22, 2008 2:32 PM
Last week,someone stole my identity,today they brought it back,demanding an apology!
Reply #48 Sunday, June 22, 2008 2:32 PM
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!
starkers
Reply #50 Monday, June 23, 2008 1:20 AM
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.
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.
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.
Reply #50 Monday, June 23, 2008 1:20 AM
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.
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.
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.
RickJP
Reply #51 Monday, June 23, 2008 3:34 AM
Reply #51 Monday, June 23, 2008 3:34 AM
Last week,someone stole my identity,today they brought it back,demanding an apology!
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #52 Monday, June 23, 2008 4:17 AM
Reply #52 Monday, June 23, 2008 4:17 AM
That's nothing. Someone stole my identity, a week later they sued me for damages...
starkers
Reply #54 Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:52 AM
Hehe!! Now that'd be like getting blood out of a stone, now wouldn't it! A fruitless exercise fer shure! And they should oughta know it, too! After having your identity for a week, they should full well know you're as tight as a fishes bum cos every spare penny goes towards yer annual Austrian vacation. Why, you'd even go to the extreme of fronting up at the soup kitchen every night... just to show/prove you're broke.
Yup, you'd only wonder for a very short while about all the begging letters after winning the 'Pools'.... you'd decide to keep sending 'em.
Reply #54 Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:52 AM
Someone stole my identity, a week later they sued me for damages...
Hehe!! Now that'd be like getting blood out of a stone, now wouldn't it! A fruitless exercise fer shure! And they should oughta know it, too! After having your identity for a week, they should full well know you're as tight as a fishes bum cos every spare penny goes towards yer annual Austrian vacation. Why, you'd even go to the extreme of fronting up at the soup kitchen every night... just to show/prove you're broke.
Yup, you'd only wonder for a very short while about all the begging letters after winning the 'Pools'.... you'd decide to keep sending 'em.
skybright
Reply #55 Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:04 PM
With freeware it will ony be the blow up kind.
It's to much testosterone running in your veins. It tends to keep your head on the wrong side of your body.
Poeple will not only look at you funny...insane or take you for one of those same same blokes; if you know what I mean??????????
Only in your dreams will you find a bride well to do or not. You best stay with the mrsiss.
Being insane is the only way I have a life.
Do you want to trade??? Think carefully before you answer this one...I am certifiable without my meds.
Reply #55 Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:04 PM
Well I got one on order...
With freeware it will ony be the blow up kind.
Yup, us blokes should oughta be able t' change our identities that easily..
It's to much testosterone running in your veins. It tends to keep your head on the wrong side of your body.
put on a few airs and graces, practicing 'the rain in Spain'
Poeple will not only look at you funny...insane or take you for one of those same same blokes; if you know what I mean??????????
find a bride to be who's from a well-to-do family....
Only in your dreams will you find a bride well to do or not.
You best stay with the mrsiss.Yes, taking the insanity path is a difficult one, but it's one I just had to take...
Being insane is the only way I have a life.
Do you want to trade??? Think carefully before you answer this one...I am certifiable without my meds.
starkers
Reply #56 Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:58 AM
Oh No!!! Well I just hope it comes with its own pump, then... cos I used up all my huff and puff blowing the 'three little piggies' house down. Oh, and don't believe that bit about the house of bricks... those 'RentaDemolition' guys really know their stuff.
Ah, so that explains it... why sometimes I suddenly find myself looking over my shoulder and walking backwards.
Now I can't have that, now can I! Carson and his mates 'd have me doing segments for "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"... and I dunno I want that kind of 'exposure'.
Fer shure. Guess that's why I never get invited to wife swap parties. Wouldn't swap her fer quids.
Me too! Without the insanity I'd have a lot less to look forwards to... and as for trading your insanity for mine, I don't think so... having spent much of my male life practicing undoing bras, I'm not sure that I'd ever adapt to being female and actually doing one up.
Reply #56 Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:58 AM
With freeware it will ony be the blow up kind.
Oh No!!!
Well I just hope it comes with its own pump, then... cos I used up all my huff and puff blowing the 'three little piggies' house down. Oh, and don't believe that bit about the house of bricks... those 'RentaDemolition' guys really know their stuff. It's to much testosterone running in your veins. It tends to keep your head on the wrong side of your body.
Ah, so that explains it... why sometimes I suddenly find myself looking over my shoulder and walking backwards.
take you for one of those same same blokes;
Now I can't have that, now can I! Carson and his mates 'd have me doing segments for "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"... and I dunno I want that kind of 'exposure'.
You best stay with the mrsiss.
Fer shure. Guess that's why I never get invited to wife swap parties. Wouldn't swap her fer quids.
Being insane is the only way I have a life.
Do you want to trade??? Think carefully before you answer this one...I am certifiable without my meds.
Do you want to trade??? Think carefully before you answer this one...I am certifiable without my meds.
Me too! Without the insanity I'd have a lot less to look forwards to... and as for trading your insanity for mine, I don't think so... having spent much of my male life practicing undoing bras, I'm not sure that I'd ever adapt to being female and actually doing one up.
skybright
Reply #57 Friday, June 27, 2008 2:05 AM
Sorry...it's huff or puff or buy your own. And stay away from those piggies; what did they ever do to you.
Are they cute???? pantpantpant
No, you best be staying exposed to the mrsiss. There's no love like true love!!!
Mine snap in the front.
Reply #57 Friday, June 27, 2008 2:05 AM
Well I just hope it comes with its own pump
Sorry...it's huff or puff or buy your own. And stay away from those piggies; what did they ever do to you.
'RentaDemolition' guys
Are they cute???? pantpantpant
Ah, so that explains it... why sometimes I suddenly find myself looking over my shoulder and walking backwards.
and I dunno I want that kind of 'exposure'.
No, you best be staying exposed to the mrsiss.
There's no love like true love!!! I'm not sure that I'd ever adapt to being female and actually doing one up.
Mine snap in the front.
starkers
Reply #58 Friday, June 27, 2008 11:18 PM
Oh shoot... suppose that I'd best get in a bit of practice then, and dig out one of my old blow-up dolls from the closet. Hehe!
Um, nothing... but I shure does love them bacon sandwiches.
In a rugged sort of a way I suppose... tho I think you might be out of luck there. When the 'piggies' job was finished, they patted each other on the butt instead of the back, so I think they might be gay.
Aw, now you're just teasing me.
Reply #58 Friday, June 27, 2008 11:18 PM
Sorry...it's huff or puff or buy your own.
Oh shoot... suppose that I'd best get in a bit of practice then, and dig out one of my old blow-up dolls from the closet. Hehe!
And stay away from those piggies; what did they ever do to you.
Um, nothing... but I shure does love them bacon sandwiches.
Are they cute????
In a rugged sort of a way I suppose... tho I think you might be out of luck there. When the 'piggies' job was finished, they patted each other on the butt instead of the back, so I think they might be gay.
Mine snap in the front.
Aw, now you're just teasing me.
starkers
Reply #60 Sunday, June 29, 2008 10:16 PM
Reply #60 Sunday, June 29, 2008 10:16 PM
Well, the new life I ordered arrived ahead of schedule and I was able to take delivery much sooner than expected. However, I am not at all impressed!!!
Orright, so it'd get me out more, but the life of a bag lady - complete with battered shopping cart, charity bin clothes and a second-hand toothbrush, is not for me. I mean, what am I going to do with a 44 DD bra for crikes sake?? S'pose I could always stuff it full of cotton wool and use it for ear muffs during the winter months.
Anyway, that's beside the point!! It's just not what I ordered and I'll be taking the dispatch dep't to task over it. Obviously their coding pigeons have been on the slops again and have mixed up the orders.... cos I think this one was supposed to have gone to our ex-PM, lil Johnny Howard: "Dear Mr Howard, thank you for your new-life order and we hope the enclosed identity will assist in your not being recognised by the paparazzi during your 'incognito' morning walks."
Well there you have it... lil Johnny is after a new life since being booted from politics. And if I were him, I'd wanna be incognito as well (given all the reprehensible things he did as PM and former treasurer). Don't think it'll help him, tho... those (furry) catapillar eyebrows 'll give him away every time.
Anyhow, I have digressed long enough! This (e)mail bungle is unacceptable and I hope it serves as a valuable lesson to all of you... be very careful of what you order on-line and who from. Now you'll always get what you pay for from Stardock, fer shure... but from outfits with dodgy names... ???
I mean, what wos I thinking? Ordering stuff from an outfit with the rather dubious name of 'getaf*#@ing_life.com'????
I had considered exchanging this bag lady life for a sex life but I don't think I'll bother - their damned coding pigeons will probably take an eternity to sort out the paperwork - so I'm gonna stick with the life I got and ask for a refund. Besides, they'd probably end up sending me a replica of George Michaels' life or something.
Orright, so it'd get me out more, but the life of a bag lady - complete with battered shopping cart, charity bin clothes and a second-hand toothbrush, is not for me. I mean, what am I going to do with a 44 DD bra for crikes sake?? S'pose I could always stuff it full of cotton wool and use it for ear muffs during the winter months.
Anyway, that's beside the point!! It's just not what I ordered and I'll be taking the dispatch dep't to task over it. Obviously their coding pigeons have been on the slops again and have mixed up the orders.... cos I think this one was supposed to have gone to our ex-PM, lil Johnny Howard: "Dear Mr Howard, thank you for your new-life order and we hope the enclosed identity will assist in your not being recognised by the paparazzi during your 'incognito' morning walks."
Well there you have it... lil Johnny is after a new life since being booted from politics. And if I were him, I'd wanna be incognito as well (given all the reprehensible things he did as PM and former treasurer). Don't think it'll help him, tho... those (furry) catapillar eyebrows 'll give him away every time.
Anyhow, I have digressed long enough! This (e)mail bungle is unacceptable and I hope it serves as a valuable lesson to all of you... be very careful of what you order on-line and who from. Now you'll always get what you pay for from Stardock, fer shure... but from outfits with dodgy names... ???
I mean, what wos I thinking? Ordering stuff from an outfit with the rather dubious name of 'getaf*#@ing_life.com'????
I had considered exchanging this bag lady life for a sex life but I don't think I'll bother - their damned coding pigeons will probably take an eternity to sort out the paperwork - so I'm gonna stick with the life I got and ask for a refund. Besides, they'd probably end up sending me a replica of George Michaels' life or something.
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Reply #41 Monday, June 16, 2008 6:37 PM
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
You must be a starving when she goes away