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2010 4 March :: 1.01am
so yeah. think i have a cold of some sort. that's pretty bitchin'. shan tomorrow, dad friday, kevie-poo early next week. weekend's pretty open, but the neighbors might be having a fire. that'd be fun. i like fire. and stars.
actually, i made a very important (personally) discovery tonight about the stars that i often look at. if you know the constellations cassiopeia and orion, then you can find what i'm talking about. because right in between them, there is this weird curvy group of stars. these are all visible to the naked eye on a clear night. when i first saw it, i was most struck by its resemblance to a parabolic curve. and ever since then i've wanted to figure out what constellation it is, and if i could find a mathematical equation for the curve that would best fit that group of stars (have them all be on or very near it). i'm lazy so it'll probably never happen. and i'm discouraged by the likelihood that someone else has already beat me to the punch. anyway, i discovered tonight (through the use of these programs) that the stars i was looking at belong primarily to the constellation perseus. obviously, there are some stars of perseus that i have omitted from "my" grouping, and may have stolen one or two from somewhere else, but it's still a cool pattern.
but now i'm pissed because the entire time i was trying to watch for perseid meteors, i had no idea where in the sky to look. i guess now i know for the next time. but it's frustrating that i would have been able to, had i known the name of the constellation i've been looking at for the past couple of years already. but now i do, so there.
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2010 18 February :: 11.06pm
More carbon and emissions means more heat.
More heat means more melting ice.
More melting ice means more cold water in the ocean.
Heat produces more water in the air system.
More water in the air system means more clouds.
More clouds means more rain.
More rain means cooling air.
Cooling air means snow.
Snow means things are freezing.
Freezing comes after a great warming. This makes plenty of sense!
Why do people insist on saying that heavy snow in Washington DC means global warming is a giant hoax? If anything this is further proof of severe weather in places that shouldnt receive such things. More constant hurricanes, heavy snow in spaces it shouldnt be, warm winters in places it shouldnt be. Cmon.
Im not a conspiracy theory person but seriously this one is a no brainer. This whole thing seems like a very slow process that is playing out as it should and being suprised or skeptic of it is just stupid.
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2010 18 February :: 3.54am
Wishlist PC
Housing: Antec Nine Hundred Two Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
Storage:Western Digital 500GB 7200 RPM SATA
Mainboard: ASUS M4A78T-E AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
Memory: G.SKILL Trident 4GB 2x2GB DDR3 1600(PC3 12800)
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core
Graphics:XFX Radeon 4890 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 (CrossFireX)
PSU:Antec TPQ-850 850W ATX12V CrossFire Ready 80+BRONZE
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OEM
Estimated total cost before tax and shipping: $905
This if my Asus version I have decided upon. Im still working on a Intel chipset version.
With any luck a system like this would leave me able to enjoy things for at least a couple more years. Quad core processing isnt really taken advantage of by much of any gaming company. So really aside from using 2 cores to the maximum and running miscellaneous on the third core I have an entire core to let sit and twiddle its thumbs. Not to mention I can overclock it down the line and push the processor into the 4.0GHz region or higher.
My M2N only allows me to run a x13 multiplier and a 215FSB at max! I was so angry. Which is why I am looking at alternative pc formats with Intel. I hope to find a good board that lets me adjust things more in bios. Maxing me out at 7% is just silly. Not to mention I couldnt change my multiplier.
Ideally on current machine: x15 @ 245 with a yeild of 3675MHZ would be fantastic but I dont have a bloomin clue if the proccesor would run that. I assume it can just fine. Its rated high but bios denies such a drastic change in performance.
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2010 18 February :: 2.49am
:: Music: Ratatat -
News and the likes there of
Okay so I havent updated in a bit. Here we go!
First, I am not happy that with myself for forgetting to look at the name on the check from the Cadillac Boat Show job. They put down AC for the payment name and they werent doing the show. I was. My dad rented the equipment and I set it up. He gives me the money for the labor and I cut him for gas and a bit extra. I make $200. Nice right? Took 3hrs of work and 6hrs or driving but hey. Not bad Id say. $200 for a 9hr day? Thats $22/hr I certainly dont mind that at all. Especially when I was pretty much dead ass broke.
I have more fun coming up this next weekend too! This time in Petoskey, MI. Current plan is tentative:
Thursday evening setup. 10-15 booths with half being just back drape. Staying overnight in hotel for courtesy check 9am with show organizer.
Sunday tear down the show starting around 4-5pm
If weather is problematic, stay in Petoskey again Sunday night.
Im looking at plans for staying up there the whole weekend, but nothing is solid on this yet.
I have plans to go skiing at Shanty Creek Friday at Summit Mtn. and possibly again in the evening Sunday.
Lift ticket information: $10 Special - $15 ski rental @ Summit
So basically Im looking at $25 for rental of gear and getting out on the slopes. This is an amazing deal. A full shanty creek day pass is like $50+
Other rental lift tickets are still good deals on other days too. "Most affordable life tickets in America" program is running so make use of it!
Im totally making use of such amazing deals! Hey, I might not get the whole of Shanty, but Im happy to at least get on the slopes again. I havent been out in a few years. Nor have I ever been lucky enough to use the new shaped skies people have.
Im offering to take someone with me if they are interested in getting some slopes time. They will be required to help setup the show as payment for a room if someone takes advantage. Youve been warned!
Oh! This weekend is also going to be "College Weekend" So um...people watching...Yes..watching...
In other news...
I gave up on the Ali thing. Too aloof, at least now.
Hung out with Vern and did a rather good number of MTG games today. I was happy to get to be nerdy and win some.
Thats about it really. Im rather boring person. I know. Things are looking up though. Im pleased with my outlook on things and just hoping this lasts. I would rather like to avoid another low point. I dont think I could handle it. So no broken bones, health crisiseses and [God] willing the unthought of things.
Oh! I almost forgot....some find me $1100 so I can build a new pc. Mine blows and wont let me get the performance I would like out it anymore. if anyone is in the market for a new[used] pc Im looking to sell. Im asking for $475.
Specs:
Windows XP Home currently on it...havent decided if that will come with it.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.6 (O.C @ 7%= 2.8GHz maximum bios allows)
4GB DDR2 800 (PC6400) XMS2 Corsair 2x2GB
Asus M2N AM2 NVIDIA nForce 430 MCP ATX
GeForce Nvidia 9800 GTX 512MB 256bit DDR3 PCI-E 2.0 (SLI supported)
160GB Western Digital Hard Drive 7200 RPM SATA
ASUS 20X DVDﾂｱR DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA
Rocketfish 700W ATX 12V (contains 6sata power connectors, 2 pci-e connectors, 4+4pin server connector, 20+4 main connector)
-Throwing in a copy of Call Of Duty: World at War, Bioshock, and Company of Heroes
-I have pretty much all the original packaging regarding the parts.
-Mobo box with spare parts and booklet included.
-Extra PSU pieces included. I will not ship. Pick up only.
!Notice!
ATX case included at sale. New owner is advised to supply a case.
Looking to sell it as a whole, not parting it out. Sorry.
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2010 16 February :: 6.57pm
:: Music: Life After You - Daughtry
Life.. it happens whether we want it to or not..
I feel like I have hit a stand still in my life.
I don't feel like I am moving forward or backward.
I am completely happy with everything that has happened.
I love my life, just feel like it's too straight and narrow.
I hate my job; getting up at the same time, leaving at the same time, doing the same thing everyday, and seeing the same people.
I hate the repitition.
I understand that no matter what job I will end up doing, I will be doing the same thing over and over.
But after 2 years, I need a new scene. I need a different atmosphere.
I need to be able to go to work, and know that I'm not going to get into an argument with my boss over something petty.
I need a drastic change on the job front, like yesterday.
Something where I will see different people everyday.
I might be able to handle getting up at the same time, and leaving at the same time, if i had a different atmosphere to go to, and enjoy.
Having my nights to myself is lonely, and although I should be filling it with my homework, I don't.
I don't have the ambition to do my homework, because I am too caught up in being exhausted from work, and thinking about how I am just going to be going home to an empty, well almost empty house.
Ugh!..
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2010 16 February :: 6.37pm
I just want you to know,
That I love you Woohu.
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2010 11 February :: 11.54am
It's not that it happened, its that you don't understand why
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2010 31 January :: 3.13am
(Busy)
Oi this whole Ali thing is ridiculous. I think I might actually go insane. One moment is something, the next its nothing. JFC. Make up your mind.
:Monday:
Write blog review for Fragcast
:Tuesday:
Finish art piece
:Wednesday:
As much BF:BC2 as possible
Evening: running admin meeting for a2k
:Thursday:
Evening: a2k Clan 1yr celebration, monthly meeting
:Saturday:
Auto Show with Ali ...maybe more.
:Sunday:
Evening: Superbowl Party @ Verns
[Edit] Revised apparently I got wrong dates...
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2010 29 January :: 10.20am
winter camp
is better than you.
high of like 20 all weekend up there. should be fun.
: P
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2010 29 January :: 12.48am
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Okay heres the skinny: it fucking rocks. There are some problems, but thats to expected in a beta.
Explosions all over the place. Bullets flying all over. Noise. Noise. Noise! The first 15min made me feel like an ant looking at a sandbox. It is absolutely amazing to play. I wish I had a better system so I could actually stand a chance in close quarters. My system only manages to run it at round 25fps which blows. I need to tweak some settings to try and make it go up but I dont think I will manage to pull much more out of the system.
The kits are rather slim pickin at the start but that just takes some time to unlock things.
This game carries over lessons learned by both BF2 and BF2142 which is great. Kit unlocks balance against starter weapons. Pins for just about anything you do is back from 2142. They minimalized the text you see on screen which is nice. No wall of kills spamming the corners of your screen. No radial control menu when you hit 'Q' anymore. Just a simple tap to light someone with a target. The audio isnt loud in your ear with the same line "....spotted!" no longer is in your ear 5 times in 1second. No commanders that I could tell which mean no recon class going solo to do stupid stuff.
Sniper registration could use some work, but its still amazing.
You actually have to use mil dots! I dont know if windage is taken into account just yet, but it certainly is possible. Its a totally new engine for the game. I love not seeing laser points for scopes. Keeps the riff-raff away from using the rifles.
The MW2 naysayers will be content with hooting and hollering over their precious game and miss out on a much more immerse battle game. This game is competition gold. Squad vs squad will be amazing. In the first ours of playing tonight I got to squad up with 3 other of my clan members in a server. We rolled the map on both ends. Revive, re ammo, shoot, shoot, shoot. I can see TWL, CAL, MLG, XPL, and CEVO all taking this game on for tournaments.
ModernFail2 can have its lack of community support over in its corner. Fine by me. Its days are numbered due to the lack of support, the rehashing of old content, and lets not forget shit job of fixing bugs. "Blame it on Steam!" "Who needs PB?! We've got VAC!"
The wait is almost over! March is near!
Giant maps. Great action. Amazing environment destruction. 15000 kit variations. Vehicle mayhem! Dedicated servers! Tactical combat! Realism!
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2010 28 January :: 11.17am
じゃ。。。 実は俺ホンマに俺の本当の気持ちを書きたいっていう気持ちが出てこちに誰も分からないように日本語で書く。
最近はまーまーやな。 なんてやってもいろいろがまだ悪いことにしてる。でも俺だけじゃなくて毎日授業中とか道路で歩いてる人とか誰でもすごくかわいそうな顔してる。無効に座ってる女が遅くサンド食べてて何か待ってることがありそうな感じだ。
つまりこの所が体にも心にもわるいんだ.
出たいな！っていつも考えてるのになんでかな？ 出身じゃないか？ 子供時代からずっと住んでる場所じゃないか？いつも好きじゃないとだめだっていう考え方もってるけど 嫌いな！大嫌いなんだよ！
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2010 28 January :: 2.03am
:: Music: MGMT Remix by Justice
Youve got to be shitting me.
Ok so right off the bat, shamefully I want one. I have no clue why!
NOTHING ON THIS IS NEW OR INNOVATIVE!
iPad
From a innovation standpoint nothing is new here folks. The only thing you get out of this is a larger piece of glass than your iPod Touch or iPhone.
My best attempt to understand how someone came up with this idea is as follows: Apple employee is walking into work listening to his iPod without paying attention he walks into an low standing object and falls. As he is falling, he drops his brand new eReader. As he lands, the eReader and the Ipod drop to the ground. They fall landing together followed buy the mans head on the pavement. When the man wakes up he rubs his head and looks down to see them together and wonder what would have happened had he only had one object to carry.
Bam.
Box it.
Giant iPod touch will solve this!
Nothing new is here. Lets compare it to a typical netbook you can find at the same cost elsewhere. Something where you don't pay for a badge.
A good solid example of such a product would be this: Asus eee Netbook PC
Looking at a same priced model we can find a much better machine!
1.66Ghz Intel Atom processor
-iPad 1GHz Apple A4
Asus eee runs at 1024x600
-iPad run 1024x768
Asus eee has 160Gb hard drive or higher!
-iPad runs in 16,24, or 32Gb
The Asus has its own 2Gb of memory. The iPad runs off its flash drives!
Both have bluetooth.
Both have microphones.
Both have audio jacks. Asus has both in and out.
Both have Lithium Ion batterys with 6+hrs of life.
iPad does not support a lan line. Asus does.
Both include a wifi with b/g/n support.
The Asus features either a full version of WinXp/Win7 or Linux. iPad comes in a almost full formate of Mac.
Both can use SD memory cards.
Asus offers a webcam, mock it, but its there.
So the end result is, more processing power. More drive space. Full functionality of a tablet. Not a douche feeling. If I ever see someone with one of these I will make sure to slap it out of their hands onto the ground where I will then spit on it.EeeTop PC ET1602C End of Story.
Nothing new. We've seen touch screens before. We've seen the App Store already. We've seen this look slim item look before. We've seen cellphone coverage on netbook/tablets before. What is new? Nothing. Simply a rehash mismatch of the netbook idea and the ever popular iPhone/iPod Touch.
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2010 27 January :: 5.44pm
Friends card blows.
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2010 27 January :: 1.01am
cable television
it's sad that this is what my life has become.
i'm watching a movie on flix. i hit info. this is what comes up.
Snake Island (2002) (a rating of one star is always a good sign):
creepy nonsense about killer reptiles terrorizing clueless tourists.
lmfao.
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2010 25 January :: 5.42pm
All the cool kids are doing it..
Has a hate list of her own today..
I hate that I have to be mean to get anywhere with morons that have better jobs than me.
I hate that I suck as a friend.
I hate that I don't realize that some things have boundaries, until its too late.
I hate that there isn't anything I can do in certain situations.
I hate that my boyfriend is back on second shift.
I hate that I have no ambition to do the ass load of homework that I have piled up on my desk.
I hate that I hate so many things.
Thought I had more to say, but I lost it..
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