And this is why people don't like the police.
Another link, with video of the incident.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Indiana Jones 4 now has a title
And no, it's not Geriatric Jones and the Nursing Home of Doom. Although that might be appropriate.
It's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and it's set to open May 22nd, 2008. I may be a little skeptical of the quality, but you can bet your ass I'm going to be there anyway. (And why not, I subjected myself to Star Wars Episode 2 and 3 even after seeing the first one...)
It's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and it's set to open May 22nd, 2008. I may be a little skeptical of the quality, but you can bet your ass I'm going to be there anyway. (And why not, I subjected myself to Star Wars Episode 2 and 3 even after seeing the first one...)
Monday, September 10, 2007
Received: Dell 1720 Laptop
DHL dropped this puppy off for me this afternoon. I've been configuring it for a couple of hours now. (Taking off Dell bloatware, installing my programs.) Of course, the first thing the laptop did was bluescreen while setting up Vista, so I'm not entirely confident that it's going to live up to my expectations.
In about a month, I will be writing up a review for MMORPG.com.LASIK: 1 month checkup
I went for my one month checkup today. The doctor tells me I am healing well. He told me I should be pretty much where I am going to stay, vision wise.
Right now that's 20/20 in my right eye, and 20/25 in my left. Not too shabby.
Right now that's 20/20 in my right eye, and 20/25 in my left. Not too shabby.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
WV Ho!
Our friends Pat and Ame left to go back to WV today. Hopefully we will get them to move up here someday soon.
BBQ at the Star house...
Had a bunch of old friends over for a BBQ today.
Chris, Tony and Pat admiring my grilling skills...
Ame and my wife...
Chris and Tony
Motherf**ker had 18 empty beer bottles on my porch before we ate dinner and couldn't figure out why he was drunk....
Tom and Sunny.
Even though it rained like a motherf**ker the whole time, we still had fun, and managed to drink a lot of alcohol. Three cheers for moving the grill to the garage!
BTW, thanks for peeing in my bushes, you douche-monkeys.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Newegg reviews - Cooling solution edition
It never ceases to amaze me how stupid 90% of the people writing reviews of products at Newegg.com are.
For instance: Lately my PC has been driving me insane with this crazy rattling noise. After a little investigation, it appears to be the stock AMD cooling solution. The fan is clipped to a frame that is clipped to the heatsink, and it's just loose enough to vibrate when the PC is on, thus making a horrible racket.
So I went to Newegg and looked for a cheap replacement cooling solution. I found a decent Thermaltake fan/heatsink for around 20 bucks. It's a 20 dollar cooling solution, so any rational mind would realize that it's not meant to do much more than replace a stock cooling solution, or serve as a cooling solution for an OEM processor that came without a cooling solution.
Of course, the people writing reviews at Newegg don't seem to care about being rational. I read complaints that it didn't cool as well as Zalman cooling solutions 6x its price range, that it wasn't good for overclocking, and that it wasn't totally silent. People, it's a 20 dollar cooling solution. If you want those things, you're going to need to pony up the cash for them.
I have a feeling I'm going to be totally satisfied, because I know what I'm buying. All I need is a cooler that doesn't rattle. This heatsink/fan combo has rubberized washers to prevent fan vibration. That's all I want.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go drop 20 bucks on a video card from 1999 and complain that it won't run Bioshock.
For instance: Lately my PC has been driving me insane with this crazy rattling noise. After a little investigation, it appears to be the stock AMD cooling solution. The fan is clipped to a frame that is clipped to the heatsink, and it's just loose enough to vibrate when the PC is on, thus making a horrible racket.
So I went to Newegg and looked for a cheap replacement cooling solution. I found a decent Thermaltake fan/heatsink for around 20 bucks. It's a 20 dollar cooling solution, so any rational mind would realize that it's not meant to do much more than replace a stock cooling solution, or serve as a cooling solution for an OEM processor that came without a cooling solution.
Of course, the people writing reviews at Newegg don't seem to care about being rational. I read complaints that it didn't cool as well as Zalman cooling solutions 6x its price range, that it wasn't good for overclocking, and that it wasn't totally silent. People, it's a 20 dollar cooling solution. If you want those things, you're going to need to pony up the cash for them.
I have a feeling I'm going to be totally satisfied, because I know what I'm buying. All I need is a cooler that doesn't rattle. This heatsink/fan combo has rubberized washers to prevent fan vibration. That's all I want.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go drop 20 bucks on a video card from 1999 and complain that it won't run Bioshock.
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