Pimping and whinging
iulia_linnea wrote me a giftlet! " A Hasty Transition from Prim to Perfect," Neville/Percy, NC17. Brilliant Percy characterization!
Much errand-running, shopping, etc. Wrapped a few presents. Balanced checkbooks.
Tried to locate info for the LIS paper/project - can someone explain to me why no software companies are willing to put any PRICES ON THEIR #@($*&$#*^ PRODUCTS? I realize that there will be variables based on what components for the system are required, and how many licences, and so forth, but there still ought to be SOME kind of ballpark pricing info out there that does not require actually contacting the effing company. *is immensely frustrated* I swear, I'm just gonna have to make up some prices, and put a note in at the end of the write-up to explain that I did so, and why. So stupid. If I were really trying to buy a system, I would not want to have to call a dozen software companies and tell them all about what I needed just to get preliminary cost estimates. Waste of my time. Reason #437 to think that capitalism sucks the mighty whang...
Today's ficlet:
Much errand-running, shopping, etc. Wrapped a few presents. Balanced checkbooks.
Tried to locate info for the LIS paper/project - can someone explain to me why no software companies are willing to put any PRICES ON THEIR #@($*&$#*^ PRODUCTS? I realize that there will be variables based on what components for the system are required, and how many licences, and so forth, but there still ought to be SOME kind of ballpark pricing info out there that does not require actually contacting the effing company. *is immensely frustrated* I swear, I'm just gonna have to make up some prices, and put a note in at the end of the write-up to explain that I did so, and why. So stupid. If I were really trying to buy a system, I would not want to have to call a dozen software companies and tell them all about what I needed just to get preliminary cost estimates. Waste of my time. Reason #437 to think that capitalism sucks the mighty whang...
Today's ficlet:
- Boughs of Holly [Draco/Harry, general]: Christmas can be hazardous. Here at IJ.