Cool. For te record, no one has ever cared enough about me to kidnap me, and also, I won't kidnap myself under a fake name.
Minor victory thread
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Gusto, I'll feel sad for a bit if you get kidnapped.
Within reason.
For my sake, nobody kidnap Gusto.
I'm not prepared to feel any feelings.
I'm not prepared to feel any feelings.
Went for a drive early this morning as I had the day off and needed to get off the computer for a while. got to the other end of the drive and realized I was right next to the UPS facility where my new video card was due to be delivered from.
Played a hunch and went in. Even though tracking said it had gone out for delivery an hour before, it was still there. And they gave it to me.
(Five hours later, it still says "out for delivery"
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Played a hunch and went in. Even though tracking said it had gone out for delivery an hour before, it was still there. And they gave it to me.
(Five hours later, it still says "out for delivery"
)NUUUUHHHH
figmentPez
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Bought a new TV tuner card (old one didn't work in Vista right ever) over a year ago, and a new HDD months ago. Finally had the energy and time to clean the dust out of my case and install them. Now to boot things up, make sure my BIOS is correctly configured, and install the Win7 upgrade I bought back with the HDD.
Hopefully my next post isn't in a rant thread.
Hopefully my next post isn't in a rant thread.
Is the tuner card a digital or analog cable tuner? The USB tuner stick I have is ATSC for over-the-air, but analog for cable. Meaning to me it's useless now that Comcast has shut off analog cable.
figmentPez
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Install of Windows 7 was successful. Now to spend hours and hours updating drivers, re-installing programs and realizing just how much work I'd put into getting stuff the way I like it. It'll be worth it. A 3 year-old Windows install is not a pretty thing. There were odd quirks popping-up all over the place.
Plus, lots more HDD space, a TV-tuner that has digital capabilities (and might even be able to get some clear-QAM channels if I give it a cable hook-up) and some Windows 7 should have a few advantages over Vista as well.
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Plus, lots more HDD space, a TV-tuner that has digital capabilities (and might even be able to get some clear-QAM channels if I give it a cable hook-up) and some Windows 7 should have a few advantages over Vista as well.
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Old tuner was analog (Asus something-or-other, terrible driver support). New tuner is ATSC/NTSC/ClearQAM (ATI HD 650). I have no idea how many ClearQAM channels there are, I haven't tested since the analog shut-off. It'll be a pain to run a cable to where my computer is currently at, though. Not sure if I will. It'd be really nice to even get the local stations.
There was another thing in our pub quiz tonight. The question was: "Who signed the Pact of Steel?", and the clarification was "People".
The answer the pub quiz keeper gave was "Hitler and Mussolini", though I knew it was actually their foreign ministers, Joachim von Ribbentropp and Gian Galeazzo Ciano, and made a protest of the point. It didn't net us any extra points, but there is always some small satisfaction in being able to correct the quiz keeper and pointing out flaws in other people's reasoning without actually needing to contribute anything useful, so I was content.
The answer the pub quiz keeper gave was "Hitler and Mussolini", though I knew it was actually their foreign ministers, Joachim von Ribbentropp and Gian Galeazzo Ciano, and made a protest of the point. It didn't net us any extra points, but there is always some small satisfaction in being able to correct the quiz keeper and pointing out flaws in other people's reasoning without actually needing to contribute anything useful, so I was content.
So, I've always been behind the curve when it's come to mobile phones.
The first one I had was in the early 2000's, and the only reason I had it was that my father got it from a co-worker of his for free and gave it to me. It was one of those big clunkers with the pull out antenna and everything. You could never leave it on, cause the battery life was so miserable. Turn it on, make a call, turn it off. No idea what my dad was paying for it. I didn't keep it for long.
Several years later, everyone else had a cell phone. I started working at a electronics retailer, and so got a phone through them. 3-year contract. During this time smartphones were on the rise. Everyone had a PDA, then Blackberry, then iphones, Android, etc.
When that contract was up, I went with another provider and got an old Blackberry for $0 on a special offer. It was the old Curve 8330. No wi-fi, no 3G. It didn't even have a browser - and even if it did, I didn't have a data plan.
Now here's the victory. Two days ago, the keyboard stopped working. I got a new phone yesterday. This:
http://www.google.com/nexus/#/features
For the first time I'm actually on the ball with a smartphone! WOOOOOOO!!!!
The first one I had was in the early 2000's, and the only reason I had it was that my father got it from a co-worker of his for free and gave it to me. It was one of those big clunkers with the pull out antenna and everything. You could never leave it on, cause the battery life was so miserable. Turn it on, make a call, turn it off. No idea what my dad was paying for it. I didn't keep it for long.
Several years later, everyone else had a cell phone. I started working at a electronics retailer, and so got a phone through them. 3-year contract. During this time smartphones were on the rise. Everyone had a PDA, then Blackberry, then iphones, Android, etc.
When that contract was up, I went with another provider and got an old Blackberry for $0 on a special offer. It was the old Curve 8330. No wi-fi, no 3G. It didn't even have a browser - and even if it did, I didn't have a data plan.
Now here's the victory. Two days ago, the keyboard stopped working. I got a new phone yesterday. This:
http://www.google.com/nexus/#/features
For the first time I'm actually on the ball with a smartphone! WOOOOOOO!!!!
Just busted up two high school drinking parties. One of them twice.
(honestly, I wouldn't be taking such pleasure from this, had I not been so nice to the first group, the one that came back after I left).
(honestly, I wouldn't be taking such pleasure from this, had I not been so nice to the first group, the one that came back after I left).
"I assume you all have guns and crack!"Just busted up two high school drinking parties. One of them twice.
(honestly, I wouldn't be taking such pleasure from this, had I not been so nice to the first group, the one that came back after I left).
So, I flew down to Edmonton this afternoon and went to the fringe to catch one of my theater friend's shows. She introduces to me to a bunch of her friends. They seem like a fun bunch. I start chatting with one friend named Mark Meer. Now, were talking, he tells me about how he's been doing improv and such for like 20 years and a bunch of other things such as you do when you chat with someone but something isn't right. He sounds so insanely familiar and it begins to drive me crazy. I ask him if he's done anything I might have heard of or seen seeing as I don't really frequent Edmonton's theater scene. He asks me if I play many video games and I, of course, answer yeah, I'm a big game nerd. He tells me he's done a bunch of voice work for local developer Bioware. Then it dawns on me. He's fucking Shepard from Mass Effect.
I then do my best impression of Wrex saying, "Shepard." and he responded, "Wrex."
I just about shat my pants.
I am not ashamed of my nerd moment here, at all. I should be, but I'm not.
I then do my best impression of Wrex saying, "Shepard." and he responded, "Wrex."
I just about shat my pants.
I am not ashamed of my nerd moment here, at all. I should be, but I'm not.
I don't know, usually epic win, in my opinion, if for things like:
-I won the lottery and am a billionaire
-I'm engaged!
-I got this amazing new job!
-They CURED HERPES!
and not really for a guy talking about how he met a dude who did a voice in a game he liked and who indulged him, momentarily, in some profound nerdery.
-I won the lottery and am a billionaire
-I'm engaged!
-I got this amazing new job!
-They CURED HERPES!
and not really for a guy talking about how he met a dude who did a voice in a game he liked and who indulged him, momentarily, in some profound nerdery.
Dude, we ARE nerds and geeks here! Having a moment of profound nerdery IS Epic.
I... kind of want to go to the Fringe just to see whatever's he's in! Ha, that's fantastic.
M
makare
As some of you may recall, if you are the sort who sets such things to memory, a few months ago I posted an image of some cacti and other succulents trying to figure out what kinds they were. I finally got myself one of the cute little ones I loved so much from the picture. However, the store just has it labeled as "green plant" lol so I still don't know what it is. I also got an aloe plant. Now that Evil is gone, God rest his little kitty bones, I can have plants. That cat would eat any plant even the cactus I had. He would chew on the spikes and then look at me like, "you think this stops ME bitch? you think im afraid of a little poky cactus well FUCK YOU (noms of pain)"
