Packaged My Ass

It seems somebody at Newegg hates me. The second part of my Computer upgrade came today. Boy was it a mess.

My 2 sets of 2x4 RAM (totaling 16 gigs in 4 sticks) came in an envelope. Their was nothing else in the package. No foam, nothing. It was just my RAM and a sickly yellow envelope. I guess this doesn't really annoy me. At least compared to everything else that happened.

What really annoys me is that the envelope was seven inches wide... completely flat. My RAM was 6 and a half inches. However, that, is not flat. In fact, I can not fit my RAM into the envelope without folding it. Who the hell thought of this?

After pulling my twisted cases of RAM from their prison I began to install them. The first pair went in great. Click Click and done. The second set was a disaster. After attempting to install the first piece for a minute to no avail I moved to the second. Instantly I noticed something was wrong. The heatsink was crooked. Sighing I began to install it anyway. As I worked and attempted to get the RAM to fit snuggly into it's slot, the heatsink slid off the RAM!

It turns out that the "glue", the thermal paste or whatever it is, had never even stuck to the Stick. Really? Annoyed, I pulled the other stick from the set out and put it back in the container. It is going to cost me $10 to mail the piece back, their goes the money I saved on the sale.

It's days like this, when I hate my computer...

I Hate my Computer

So, this afternoon I got the first part of my computer upgrade: a brand new car! No, lol, it was not a car, but it did start with a C. Anyway, my new CPU was going to be soooo awesome. I am planning on upgrading from a Triple Core 2.8 Ghz processor to a brand new Six Core 3.2 Ghz one. I mean this new one was going to kick my old Processors butt. Except that it didn't work.

Turns out my motherboard is a tad bit old (3 years, which is ancient in the computer world). So while it supports my Processor and I can plug it in, it does not run it. Instead it calls it something else and runs about as well as a half naked man being raped by a rhino while bobsledding. That is to say, not very well.

So, I guess that means a few things.

First, do your research, it may take some time, but it will never be a waste of it.

Second, know what your doing, don't buy stuff you can't run, it makes you look and feel stupid.

Finally, learn from your mistakes, I won't be doing this again, and hopefully none of you will either.

So, if any of you have any motherboards you want to suggest than just let me know. I'm shopping for one now, a pity really.

Domino's Fail

Which one would you buy?

I feel bad for everyone who clicked the first one. Dont you?

Frustration

I have now wasted 20 pages of paper due to Microsoft's Incompetence. If that doesn't catch your attention then I don't know what will.

My story begins with a party. This party happened last week on a Sunday much like today. Hot, humid, a great day for a party in all respects. At that party I got some presents, the good kind, the ones you actually want (ie money).

Now for the past hour I have been attempting to print off a thank you that I made earlier this week. Nothing fancy, just some text and two pictures. Simple.

Here is where the problem begins though. My card is written on half the size of a standard size of paper (8.5 x 5.5 inches). So. In order to save paper, I decided to print two pages per page of paper. Sounds easy right? It isn't.

For some reason when I print he pages print on two per page, but they are rotated so that they appear as if two portraits instead of two landscapes. This makes for a rather boring card since most of it is then left blank.

To fix this I have attempted altering how my printer prints the two pages from Portrait to Landscape and vise versa. Apparently this is the same as ordering the printer to mirror the pages. Who knew? It does nothing but make the problem more annoying.

Everything I have tried has failed miserably, and resulted in more frustration. I'm pretty sure that the cards I end up printing will have a lot more whitespace then I anticipated. It's late, and I don't want to spend another hour on this problem.

In conclussion, Microsoft Word = Waste of Time. Get OpenOffice. It's free and actually works!

To Reach Your Destination Please Drive Up

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So... I was trying to use Google to get a map going from point A to B. Well that worked and then I decided to play a little. You know how you can "Drag to change the route"? Well I did that here and dragged from some place on a highway to my destination. Apparently Google will let me do this but I either need to fly or fall from the sky. Since I can't fly, I have decided that falling is my only option. My quest for a cannon begins...

Oddly, this picture is relatively sane compared to what happens if you turn around.

In this one, in order to get to destination you need to be everywhere. I'm still trying to figure out how I can manage this... Also, you will notice that my person has moved. The funny thing is. He hasn't. I simply spun the camera to move down the road. Maybe I'm the Tasmanian Devil... maybe not.

Here is the final stage of my route.

My favorite part of this picture is the fact that getting to my destination is not the point. Instead you must go past it. Collide with yourself. Drive in a circle and then get to your destination. I'm not sure why Google thinks this is a good idea. If I want to get to my destination I prefer to go from point A to point B. Rarely do I attempt to get to point C. Point C being some random point that is in two different spots, the air and everywhere but not at the same time. I don't really see the point. If I wanted to get to point C I would set it as my destination in the first place.

@Google: I broke it. Sorry... :D

Has anything like this happened to you? If so, share your story in the comments.

Wat Do'z u'z Do'z?

So, today... today I had a conversation during class. I won't post the whole thing because most of it is just nonsense. Some if it though, was hilarious. I recommend you read it, it will give you some insight into my mind.  

Surgeon General's Warning: All nonesense may cause permenant brain damage and may result in injury or death. Read at your own risk.

me

U enter an arena.

A wizard asks, "Do u'z wantz to play a game o' Murder Ball?"

wat dooes u'z doz

Alabama Hotpocket

I skulfuck him

with a tire iron

me

dude

thats terrible

Alabama Hotpocket

he asked for it

me

anyway, back to the story

Alabama Hotpocket

now what DM

i go to the tavern and get drunk

me

you impale the mans anus with a tire iron causing him to shriek in delite

then u go t the tavern

with the man

and realize u forgot ur condom

wat do'z u'z do'z

Alabama Hotpocket

kill the Dm for being a gayfag

me

rofl

Alabama Hotpocket

and get drunk

me

off the DM's blood

which is poisoned to prevent evil players from powe rgaming

you die horribly

and then are reborn as a tavern

now what?

Dongar is not currently online.

Alabama Hotpocket

i summon up a meteor and kill myself while bathing in the blood of the DM

me

tavern casts meteor swarm...

the tavern crushes itself under the terrible strain

and the 100 year old booze mixes with the 1000 year old booze.

Now u've done it

Alabama Hotpocket

global drunkenness

me

then the moon has a drink

and the tides turn a sickly yellow color

and a swarm of yellow bulldozer shaped bricks appear

Alabama Hotpocket

sorry a had to go bad

me

yes, the A did go bad

Luckily B was there to save the day

Sent at 10:31 AM on Monday

Alabama Hotpocket

and then Z Arives and eveyone gets totally battlefuk to death go letters go

me

then the bulldozers fall because they are actually just bricks

and Z is the first to die

fortunatly the booze numbs you, the taverns, nerves and you survive

before a group of wandering adventurers come and leave some fire elemental all up in u when they get
drunk

now what?

Sent at 10:34 AM on Monday

Alabama Hotpocket

i transform into my real self and then i kill them because i am Jarvan the 10,000th

never

me

ur standard hits the moon which kills jupiter

jupiters moons fall down to earth due to reverse gravity and slays your foes 500 years later





as the man from the arena slowly rises from the rubble of the tavern

...

he rushes from the carnage

slips on a banana

and is impaled by a clowns dagger

Shaco the clown walks from the jungle

then another Shaco follows

the second clown explodes in a hail of metal

wat do u do?

Sent at 10:46 AM on Monday

Alabama Hotpocket

well i will stun and fear him for 2 hours because i am fiddlesticks and then ill drain all your health because
im that bullshit

me

he uses endless rage

Alabama Hotpocket

3023123

me

luckily one of your beer casks hits him and he flies into your tavern

Alabama Hotpocket

fuck you Matt

me

and collapse all around him

Alabama Hotpocket

then i use finalas funkin (I have no idea what this means) to snipe him as he flies towards the tavern

Sent at 10:51 AM on Monday

me

shaco has guardian armor

so he comes back and stabs you in the back

then rammus taunts him and he dies

cuz rammus is easy mode

Alabama Hotpocket

no you cant kill lux i used my shiled

shield*

and i stun lock you also

then Mal stares at you and your fucked

Sent at 10:54 AM on Monday

me

Darkness!

Nocturne flies from nowhere (literally)

and gets a penta kill

luckily

one of his teammates is jealous

and kills him

preventing the ace

rammus uses revive

(cuz he's a pro)

and he aces the other team

Their inhibitor explodes

from amazingness

me

shaco

cuz, he's a boss

picks up the spawn turret and places it inside the nexus

wat do'z you'z do'z?


I tried to clean it up as much as I could. But, then again, some of the spelling mistakes and stuff are part of the story. All I have now is a question: Wat Do'z U'z Do'z?

I had more fun adding all the links I just added then having this conversation. Click at your own risk!!! They are all apparently relevant items according to Amazon's search or League of Legends. You have been warned!

...hmmmm, maybe I should move that warning up to the top...  

Our Dying World

It seems that the recent article I posted on birds falling from the sky is not a singular thing. On a recent post on his blog justsayin' posted about similar things occuring around the world.

I don't know about you but I have never of this before. Fireworks scaring thousands of birds and fish causing them to die? Yeah, sure. Sounds like theirs more that is going on that we don't know about.

Perhaps some weird disease or climate change is effecting how the birds and fish are living. This just doesn't sound good.

Feel free to post your opinions in a comment below and if you see anything more about this I'm interested and am looking for more information. So post something on your blog or leave a comment somewhere and maybe we can figure out what is killing all the birds.

Mindfuck

So I was reading this post about what the lv means in this picture. This means leaves for those who don't know.

What makes me laugh however is what is behind the picture.

When you see it you will shit bricks.

I lol'd pretty hard when I saw it.

If you are interested in the post then here it is: http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=419480

I Hate Blizzard

When Star Craft 2 came out I was excited. As many of you know The Brood War was perhaps one of the greatest game of year until Halo 3 and remained the best RTS until SC2... at least that was what I thought.

I preordered Star Craft 2 three months before the release because I really wanted the game. Really, really wanted the game. This was before I knew that Blizzard had turned evil.

Now that I have the game I have realized a few things:

1. Without an Internet Connection the game is terrible. The box even says "internet connection required" and while this isn't totally true (you  can play off line as a guest account and no progress is saved and no achievements are earned)
2. With an Internet Connection the game is slightly decent. You may think "Star Craft 2, thats a good game" and the answer is simply, no. While the game is fun to play, the mods are amusing and the campaign is good the game lacks many things that make it superb. First, you can't get achievements while you are disconnected from the internet and this does make sense, however Blizzard's servers tend to disable achievements every five seconds or less so their is really no point.
3. You need a Battle.Net account. For those of you that don't know Battle.Net is the most amusingly stupid service a company could think of. You may sign up for an account for free and place as much fake information as you want on it (Blizzard will not follow up) but if you ever want to change your name Good Luck. To change your name you need almost everything you don't have: The name of your baptizing priest, your birth certificate, a copy of your finger prints and a full DNA scan. This is completely pointless and is annoying as hell to get around.
4. You may only have one activated game... ever. I recently reinstalled Windows 7 on my computer and then tried to install Star Craft 2 again. That went fine and everything went pretty smooth, however when I tried to activate my game it said, in as polite a way as possible: "Fuck You". This is extremely annoying and should be taken as a word of caution to any of you that buy the game from ebay, don't.
5. Ever had a LAN of Star Craft or Warcraft 3? Well Blizzard didn't really think that you needed to do that, ever, in any more of it's games. Both Diablo 3 and Star Craft 2 have 0 LAN ability. Good luck having a LAN with another Blizzard game.

These are only a few of the reasons I hate Blizzard. I will not be buying Diablo 3 nor any other Blizzard game ever again. I used to think that EA was bad for it's Anti-Piracy BS but apparently Blizzard has taken the, "O NOES YOU HAVE DAEMON TOOLS INSTALLED YOU CANT PLAY ME" to a whole new level.

I think I'll stick to Torchlight rather then go to Diablo 3.

The Bad Ben Bluster



A new $100 bill on display at the World Fair of Money in August




More than 1 billion Benjamin's have been quarantined due to a printing error. This error will cost about $120 million dollars for the United States from production cost alone.

The bad money is being held in Fort Worth Texas and in Washington D.C.

These new bills, at first, appear the same as regular bills. However when they are pulled at the ends a crease unfolds creating a white line across the bill.

It would seem that these new bills are not as fool proof as the treasury thought.