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2010 27 March :: 5.32am
Planeswalkers
Rise of the Eldrazi speculation:
Sarkhan Vol: Black/Red
+annihilate(2) for target creature
sacrifice creature gain +x/+x to target creature
Destoy X nonland permanents
Gideon: Colorless, White, or Black/White
+defender to creature
tutor(1) or scry(5)
Draw X cards, discard Y, sorcery/instant -Y to play this turn
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2010 27 March :: 3.27am
I hate it. I like her. In that same old way? Prolly.
Unfortunately... good, bad, in between, Im just made into an ass. Like some form of natural defense.
She gets distant. She gets soft.
Click on.
Prickly.
Remark. Leave.
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2010 12 March :: 2.00am
Portal 2: Please assume the party submission position
Valve, for what they lose in timing, they make up everything in scheming.
Aperture Science is built on three pillars.
Pillar one: Science without results is just witchcraft.
Pillar two: Get results or you're fired.
Pillar three: if you suspect a coworker of bein' a
witch, report them immediately. I cannot stress that enough. Witchcraft will
not be tolerated.
Portal ARG
Assume the following for all collected data:
We are cows
We are going to be in a mouse trap
Computers will be present
Glados will "lol" at us.
We are being watched from a distance, telescope/microscope
We will die
The chicken sees a light bulb
Lab coats are available.
Inertia is reversed.
*Side board: Please contact Aperture Science @(425) 822-5251 [modem number] Please use backup login for further information.
Basically I translate this into: We(player) are cows(player) moving in inertia we cannot comprehend(math probems) because we are not scientists(labcoat.) The trap is set (mouse trap.) We will die(skull) like chickens. If we see whats going to happen it will be too late (light bulb.) Glados(a computer) is watching(scope) and laughing because of this.
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2010 8 March :: 2.02am
Mathmatical way to find VaLoth!
Math proves VaLoth
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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±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 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 :: 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 :: 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 22 January :: 1.58am
How do you do it man?
I dont know...I guess I dont think about it.
...When you do think about it, just remember you do it because if you arent doing it, someone else will. That someone else could have a hell of a lot more going for them than you. Dont let them suffer when you have nothing to offer up.
Others cant deal with it, you deal with it because they cant. You do it do they dont get hurt. You do it for them. Its easy.
Out of mind.
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2010 21 January :: 7.23pm
:: Music: I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
Green Street Hooligans
I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air.
They fly so high,
Nearly reach the sky,
Then like my dreams,
They fade and die.
Fortune's always hiding,
I've looked everywhere,
I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air.
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2010 16 January :: 7.58pm
I hate when a comedian can say something so very true and memorable.
"Life is about choice. We are the sum of our choices. And most of them are made for us. You can't choose when you're born. You can't choose where you are born. You can't choose your family. You can't even choose who you love. But you can choose how you love."
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2010 15 January :: 7.55pm
:: Music: Atticus Ross- "Panoramic"
Ramblings.
I see the world around me and I feel broken.
I ask myself what may come of this world, I cannot answer. Only the wind knows.
I pray what I see of the world around, that the things I see might aid me in the years to come.
If I feel broken, then should not the world around me break? Should it not crumble?
Convenience led us here to sloth. Hope only that you may be blessed to float.
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