Stress relief

Havent posted this week. Work has sucked my life away.

However, this picture is awesome.





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Will post later about week from hell...and why halo 3, as expected, doesnt meet the retarded hype it generated.

Wrecks Gross Man

I want to punch rex grossman in the face.




I can has griese taim nao?


Ive been a rex supporter....but for the love of all thats holy, i cant take it anymore.

Destruction Blues

My 2nd of 2 games im addicted to now. Since WoW is out of the picture...these 2 have picked up the slack. This game could be in my top 3 RTS games of all time.

"Well, dont that just beat off"

Loving Team Fortress 2. This game was WELL worth the....10 year development time, haha.


Also, the quote from the post title is one of the engineer emotes in game. His affirmative reply is "Well, dont that just beat off!". First time i heard it, i think i almost choked i laughed so hard.

Man, maybe not!

Stiff competition for quote of the year, sorry moose...you might not win with gems like this.


[15:24] Marrow: i think 1000 consecutive coin tosses would be more fun than watching short circuit 2

Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Yarr indeed.

Watch out, flying kryptonite!

Has the makings of a superhero movie all over it.

Mystery illness strikes after meteorite hits Peruvian village - Yahoo! News

It's True!

Quote of the year winner...already.


[16:53] Maury: god damn the internet is retarded

Gonna be a busy week....

September 24th
CSI:Miami (CBS)
CHUCK (NBC)
Heroes (NBC)
JOURNEYMAN (NBC)

September 25th
NCIS (CBS)
House (FOX)
CANE (CBS)

September 26th
CSI:NY (CBS)
BIONIC WOMAN (NBC)
LIFE (NBC)

September 27th
CSI (CBS)
The Office (NBC)

GET IN THE CLASSROOM!

I want to go to school...just for this class.

Georgetown Law - Courses (Online Curriculum Guide)

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Never Forget (Cliche Alert)

Its easy to fall into hopeless and unfeeling cliches when talking about the single worst event in our nations history. People with ribbons on their cars, flags at half staff, moments of silence, etc. However, i feel that this country has gone back to its pre-sept 11th mindset. I saw a poll on the tribune this morning saying that more than half(i think 56%) of those who polled said they think the nation is less safe than before sept 11th. I hate these click polls, because it lets every idiot who doesnt watch the news as well as every idiot who wears a tinfoil hat vote. All these people have views and opinions, but so very few are based in fact.

I think this bullshit cynical attitude that the majority of the US population has right now about our need to stop Islamic Extremism is something that will continue to plague us. Has Bush handled it well? Eh, i dunno. Approval ratings be damned, i dont know how this war is won. The problem is that the public is more divisive, more petty and more whiney. We lost touch of that feeling we had on september 12th. A feeling of unity and resolve behind the need to make sure this doesnt happen again. I hate to say it, but i dont think this would be an issue if we had the problems Israel has. People feel safe. When they feel safe, they dont have to face the realities.


Ramble ramble bitch bitch. I know. Im not wishing for us to get attacked, im just so sick and tired of media bullshit, leftist whining and extreme right wing bullshit. Its a good thing presidential election is coming up. I hope Fred can make himself be the candidate i know he can be.


I digress.

Things That Annoy Me: Part 3

People who walk around with Bluetooth Headsets in....ALL THE TIME.


I think a bluetooth headset is a cool thing. Ive never owned one, but ive always thought they were neat. However, people who walk around with them in...acting like they are Secret Service agents. Is there really a situation where someone so important will call and there is no possible way they could use the handset feature of their phone? Or you know that EVERY call you have will require full motion of your hands while walking down the street or standing in line at subway?


No.

So stop it.

Ha.

Didnt get around to posting this yet...been kinda busy.


While my wow is alot more casual than it used to be(albiet with a new fancy epic flying mount), I do manage to get my licks in with some awesome gear and buffs.


From one of our latest raids.




1500 + Shadow Damage. Wow. Yay me!

New Show

New show coming to NBC. While im pissed at NBC over this whole idiotic iTunes thing, this show looks real fun.


http://www.nbc.com/Life/


Damian Lewis, also known as Dick Winters from Band of Brothers is the lead, and Adam Arkin plays an ex Felon who is his financial manager. Watch the trailers. Show looks great.

Kudos, Apple. Kudos.

Smart move, big time.

To all iPhone customers:

I have received hundreds of emails from iPhone customers who are upset about Apple dropping the price of iPhone by $200 two months after it went on sale. After reading every one of these emails, I have some observations and conclusions.

First, I am sure that we are making the correct decision to lower the price of the 8GB iPhone from $599 to $399, and that now is the right time to do it. iPhone is a breakthrough product, and we have the chance to 'go for it' this holiday season. iPhone is so far ahead of the competition, and now it will be affordable by even more customers. It benefits both Apple and every iPhone user to get as many new customers as possible in the iPhone 'tent'. We strongly believe the $399 price will help us do just that this holiday season.

Second, being in technology for 30+ years I can attest to the fact that the technology road is bumpy. There is always change and improvement, and there is always someone who bought a product before a particular cutoff date and misses the new price or the new operating system or the new whatever. This is life in the technology lane. If you always wait for the next price cut or to buy the new improved model, you'll never buy any technology product because there is always something better and less expensive on the horizon. The good news is that if you buy products from companies that support them well, like Apple tries to do, you will receive years of useful and satisfying service from them even as newer models are introduced.

Third, even though we are making the right decision to lower the price of iPhone, and even though the technology road is bumpy, we need to do a better job taking care of our early iPhone customers as we aggressively go after new ones with a lower price. Our early customers trusted us, and we must live up to that trust with our actions in moments like these.

Therefore, we have decided to offer every iPhone customer who purchased an iPhone from either Apple or AT&T, and who is not receiving a rebate or any other consideration, a $100 store credit towards the purchase of any product at an Apple Retail Store or the Apple Online Store. Details are still being worked out and will be posted on Apple's website next week. Stay tuned.

We want to do the right thing for our valued iPhone customers. We apologize for disappointing some of you, and we are doing our best to live up to your high expectations of Apple.

Steve Jobs
Apple CEO

Rewarding those people who made it such a big success. Classy move. After my bitching about all the service woes, this is a nice nice thing to do.

Madden Online

Any of you gamer kids out there played madden on XBL?

If so, lets play some games. IM tired of playing the CPU and want some multi player achievements unlocked!

Finally. A Candidate I Can Support 100%.

My friends, I come to you today to tell you that I intend to run for President. I feel deeply that I am doing it for the right reasons. I love my country and I am concerned about its future. Just within the next few years, some very serious challenges are moving towards us that will present a difficult and dangerous time in the life of our nation. There are grave issues affecting the safety and security of the American people and our economic well being. I’m going to do my level best in this campaign to address these problems. I’m going to give this campaign all that I have to give, and I hope that you will join me.

Dont be surprised if you see me working this campaign.

Apple Service Rant

So, most of you know im a die hard apple fanboy. Love all my mac/apple products, but this shit cannot go untold.

When i got my mac pro, i wanted to make sure i got the best they had to offer(that i could understandably afford). I sprung for the ATI x1900 upgrade kit, since for some asinine reason, it would take an extra 1-2 weeks to get it installed if i did build to order. I got the card, installed it myself(which is not hard, a moronic chimp could pull out a video card, install a new one and connect a power lead) and then went on my merry way.

Fast forward a few months to now, and the GPU in this card is slowly cooking itself. I first noticed it within WoW, graphical tearing and artifacting. I didnt know if this was WoW issue or a software thing, so i did my normal anal research, trying to find anything i could that could explain this. Was it a V-synch issue? Was it a refresh problem? Multisampling? Well, i found out that MANY Mac users with x1900s that play WoW have the same problem. The issue? Bad video card batch. I guess these x 1900s didnt have the correct cooling thresholds, so if you use them for a long period of time, they wont cool properly and melt down. Ok. No biggie. Hardware warranty, should get it easily replaced.

I call applecare. Explain the issue, explain what i did to troubleshoot, all the research i did, etc. Ironically, the phone technician had the SAME PROBLEM with his mac playing WoW, so it was a quick and dirty call. He gave me an applecare case number, but said i had to take the system into an apple store to have them verify the issue before they could replace it. I wasnt too thrilled about lugging that beast of a machine in to an apple store, but fine, whatever. I just want it fixed. I ask if i need to set up an appointment, he said that since i had an applecare case number, i could bring it in and they should test it, swap in a new board and i would be in and out lickity split. Ha.

Now its saturday. I get up, go in to the apple store around noon. Its a frigging zoo in there. I carry this machine, which probably weighs more than small children, and head to the genius bar. A very nice girl offered to help me, and i explained my issue. She was shocked to hear that the applecare person said i didnt need an appointment, and said i had to set one up to even talk to them...like they were the frigging pope or something. OK, fine. Next appointment was at 130. I didnt feel like staying at the mall, didnt feel like driving home again...but i figured id go home and play some madden. Drove home...played some madden for about 20 minutes, then drove back up. The geniuses were running a good 30-45 minutes late. so around 215-220 i get to speak to them, and tell them the case number and they take off the case and hook the system up to power. This is where it gets fun.

He boots the machine up, lets it run for about 90 seconds....THEN TOUCHES THE VIDEO CARD. Says "Yep, its running hot." At that point...im stunned out of my mind. I went through all of this for THE TOUCH TEST? The guy put his fingers on it, and apparently felt some supreme connection with the tech support gods, and was able to accurately tell that the video card was running at non-optimal temperatures. I asked what was next, and as would be expected by the kings of irony...they didnt have any replacement cards in stock. Since it was a holiday weekend, they would order the card on tuesday, and would call me to let me know when it was in. I made sure to verify that when i brought it in, it would be a quick swap in/swap out. The genius said it would be, and not to worry. Needless to say, i still worried.

Now it is wednesday. I got a call at work saying my video card was in. Hooray! This idiocy might be over! I set up ANOTHER appointment for 615 to meet with them to get it installed. I am now practically giddy to get this finished. I race home, change and unplug my system from everything and load it up into my car. Race to oak brook, get there at 610...and find out they are running 30 min behind...again. 645 rolls around, and i finally get to talk to someone. Put my system on the bench, said that they had a video card to install and was ready for them to crack the case open and go to town.

"When can you pick it up tomorrow", Said the unshaven and somewhat smelly genius.
"...what?" I replied in a somewhat stunned manner.

Apparently their ONLY nighttime tech guy was sent to the hospital an hour earlier, and noone...i repeat NOONE had the 5 minutes it would take to swap this video card in and out. This genius was already on my shit list.

"Well, at least i dont have to waste time troubleshooting it." He said.

I thought to myself, "Does this clown have ANY idea how prissy he sounds?" For petes sake, this is a customer service operation. Acting like working with someone to fix an issue is THEIR JOB. I didnt have the time or energy to deal with this guy, so i said fine, i would pick it up the next day after work.


I can only imagine today when i go in to pick it up, im SURE that there is going to be some other kind of mind boggling snag that will require more annoying BS.

Cmon apple. I bought this video card as an upgrade kit. I installed it myself. Let me install the replacement, and i wont feel the need to slaughter innocent women and children because of your "geniuses" lack of communication skills.

COME ON! YOUVE GOT TO BE KIDDING!

Wow. This is for real!

A B-52 bomber mistakenly loaded with five nuclear warheads flew from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 30, resulting in an Air Force-wide investigation, according to three officers who asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to discuss the incident.

The B-52 was loaded with Advanced Cruise Missiles, part of a Defense Department effort to decommission 400 of the ACMs. But the nuclear warheads should have been removed at Minot before being transported to Barksdale, the officers said. The missiles were mounted onto the pylons of the bomber’s wings.

Im going to repeat a part of this...cause it bears repeating.

The missiles were mounted onto the pylons of the bomber’s wings.

As in...ready to be fired/dropped/launched. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? There is no process in place to make sure....that something like NUCLEAR WEAPONS arent mounted on bombers unless the shit is gonna hit the fan? I mean, these things werent locked in cases...they were MOUNTED ON THE WINGS.


Oi yoy yoy.

Things that Annoy Me - Pt 2

Office Cliches/Buzzwords.

"10,000 Foot View"
"Take ownership"
"Win Win Opportunity"
"Link Up"
"Drive This One Home"
"Pound it Out"



The more i hear these ridiculous statements...the more i contemplate drinking paint thinner.

Weird.

So...ive been a dave matthews fan for a while, and as time has gone on, the videos have gotten weirder and weirder.

Today, none other than good ole DJM has released the video and single to his self produced and self performed track, Eh Hee, which has buried the needle on the weird meter.

Its a free video. Download it on itunes and check it out. At least just for the "wtf factor".

If youll excuse me, im off to sit in a barbers chair, get my face painted like a clown in a room with the floor covered in sawdust and having asexual dancers perform behind me.

Things that annoy me - Pt. 1

Typical office banter.


Me: Hey (insert random employee), how was your weekend?
Them: Good, too short!
Me: Heh.


Its like a standard greeting now. Even 3 day weekends for people are "too short". I dont know many people who like coming into work, but still. Saying that the weekend was "too short" is just old now.