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Setsuna's crazy adventures - a cataloguing
Setsuna:
http://i.imgur.com/Dbuktkl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/GJsr1Rs.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Nq8WOXH.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vD5TQpS.jpg
A preliminary look at the stuff. There's a LOT of work involved.
Yes, a couple of the games didn't make it (Tales of Symphonia) from basically looking at the disc.
Nakiame:
--- Quote from: Setsuna on October 03, 2015, 08:31:15 am ---... Even though we were told that taking the items out was too risky due to asbestos, someone ELSE decided it wasn't.
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I'd like to note that asbestos is harmless if you don't inhale it's dust. It only harms you when it gets in respiratory system! It does no extra harm when touched or even eaten. So as long as you are careful and wear a respirator you are safe. I've come across it due to my work, so i know it. Actually it just increases a risk of cancer, so you might inhale alot of it and be fine (most likely) or inhale a bit and be affected (less likely).
Knowing your luck though i'd not go there if i were you lol.
Setsuna:
--- Quote from: Nakiame on October 03, 2015, 11:36:32 am ---I'd like to note that asbestos is harmless if you don't inhale it's dust. It only harms you when it gets in respiratory system! It does no extra harm when touched or even eaten. So as long as you are careful and wear a respirator you are safe. I've come across it due to my work, so i know it. Actually it just increases a risk of cancer, so you might inhale alot of it and be fine (most likely) or inhale a bit and be affected (less likely).
Knowing your luck though i'd not go there if i were you lol.
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Well, given how enough of it went up in smoke, they deemed the place too risky, just due to how much of it was released.
It also means there's a risk for me, because I was inside during the fire and breathing the smoke during the fire. I've been advised to keep an eye out for anything health wise for the next couple of years just due to this.
Virgofall:
--- Quote from: Setsuna on October 03, 2015, 08:31:15 am ---Unfortunately the PSP didn't work (it took too much fire damage) but the 3/DSes came out fine.
This is where you'll learn something new: Apparently Nintendo run a weapons grade division, because every single game we tested so far still works.
The worst damage we have so far is that my light green DSi has broken speakers... but the headphone jack still works.
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Ah, Nintendium. Prime example right here.
Setsuna:
So time to put in another installation of 'So how badly can one person screw up life?'
Well, people tell you not to lie as a general rule of thumb, and I think it's a good one. If anything I speak too honestly at times, and it causes issues.
It goes down on all my paperwork too - I've had to put in a form so I can return back to study as I was doing prior to the fire.
Now, there's a little problem with this form - The government department has told me that I have to do it online, as there's no paper version of the application form. That's fine, but these forms come with a little notice (as did the paper ones a long time ago) that any information declared deliberately falsely would be prosecuted as an attempt to commit fraud (Fraud by deception) with a 3 year jail penalty.
Thing is... the form won't work. If I put in my details, the form literally throws .NET errors (They use ASP), and decides generally that this form is going nowhere.
So... needless to say I have to fill in this online form, and I can't, so I call up the office by phone and 50 minutes later (Hey, it's government) I get someone on the other line, and needless to say he's quite surprised I broke it so badly...
Now needless to say, I tried changing computers, rebooting and all sorts of fun stuff. No dice.
The call escalates upwards, because I DO need to put in this form, and we're finding out that it only applies to me, as testing goes all round. Apparently my application has scrambled my account somewhat.
Another half hour later, two supervisors, and a director later...
"We can't duplicate this problem at our end, but we can see it at your end. Could you try something for us?"
"Sure, what?"
"We need you to make up a new identity on the application."
*pause*
"Sorry, did you just say I need to make a new identity?"
"Yes, we think there's a problem with all these details, so we need you to put in fresh details, and completely change everything so they don't match your record, so we can attempt to manually alter your record without destroying it."
"... I'm sorry, did you just ask me to commit identity fraud?"
Another fifteen minutes, some creative thinking, two emails and an authorization from the Minister for Social Services after that, and apparently I'm now the first person who's been instructed by the Federal government to commit fraud by deception to fix my account. The letter is listed as quite confidential, but it says what you'd think it does - They will not prosecute me for basically breaking the law at face value, and will instruct the Department of Public Prosecutions to not pursue any cases that result from any security alerts that resulted from... well this incident.
So what's the lesson you can learn from this? If you're high enough up the ladder, apparently you CAN get away with anything.
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