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Saturday, 26 February 2005

mega maid

Now that SBC is purchasing AT&T, I think they should look at buying out TWC next. After which, they should change their corporate name to: MEGA MAID.

Can you imagine the combined power of TWC and SBC as the same organization? Such awesome power is almost beyond comprehension. It would be a match maid in the fires of mount gloom. Citizens would be on their knees all over the country, giving thanks (or was that begging for mercy? whatever-it's not important).

I can hear it now. MEGA MAID ... SUCK! SUCK! SUCK! SUCK! SUCK!

The reason for this rant is my frustration with these two evil empires. My problem, in a nutshell, would be very small. However, instead of keeping to the confines of a nutshell, the problem scarcely fits in my garage. a) I am playing the TWC/RR bitch... that's right I'm shelling out 55 bucks/mo to suck their cable. b) I want DSL so bad that I'm going to look into running fiber from Seattle, WA to my house soon if SBC doesn't get off their fucking lazy dumb ass no good worthless shitless brainless hopeless communistic delusional fanastically inept triple smacked whack fucked double dip dung heap crap crap crap stupid selves and hook me up to the remote terminal near my house.

So one of two things will happen very soon. (hint: I already know which it is, if you don't know, send me your address and I'll have Bob the Dinosaur pay you a visit. He'll either be there to beat you with a clue stick or to give you a wedgie. Bob is likely to be fresh out of wedgies.)

1) I will cancel my RR service, cancel my SBC phone line, switch to a low-cost alternative local ph service provider and [ab]use my parents speakeasy provided dial-up account.

2) Peace on earth, goodwill towards people, plants and animals. Prejudice becomes obsolete. SBC hooks me up to the Remote Terminal (has fiber connection back to the CO), shortening my loop length, making me eligable for DSL. SBC calls me to @#@#@ {scratch that, they're too fucking stupid.} I call SBC after noticing that their websites say I'm eligable for DSL. They confirm my new shorter loop length as a result of my new Remote Terminal connection. They ask what I would like my username to be on my new SBC-Yahoo stupid POS pppoe dsl connection. I reply: FUCKYOUFUCK, and before they can reply, I slam the phone down on the back so hard that the handset snaps in half and goes flying for miles (landing conveniently in the plastics bin at the recycling center), whilst the rest of the phone is pressed against my desk with such force that the heat generated liquifies the desk top, to the point it is converted into a plasma. I run upstairs to avoid the heat and use my cellphone to call my friends over for the biggest party I or they have ever seen. We party for 13 days straight, after which the Speakeasy provided OneLink DSL line I had ordered on the way up the stairs, after the SBC call, and before the party invites went out, is installed. Speakeasy Voice VOIP is also installed and I cry tears of joy as I draft letters to SBC and TWC using blood from my ear, which I bit with my front teeth in order to use it to write on sheets of my own skin, which I pulled from my back. I am finally free of SBC and finally free of TWC and I never have to deal with those fuckers again. At this moment I attain nirvana, and devote the rest of my life to making my wife happy and ending world hunger and petting nice dogs, in order to increasing wagging, thereby ensuring the continued constant rotation of the earth, and continuation of life as we will then know it.

Sunday, 20 February 2005

CRAZY

What I wouldn't give right now to have ... nothing.

Anyway, the upcoming move of sites to the new server is being held up by my crazy life. What I do know is that we need to complete the transition by 2005-03-11.

I have a paper to finish, a crapload of homework/studying todo, a couple labs to do (I'm one behind on them) and I'm T.A.'ing this quarter so I have some papers to grade as well. Add the usual array of friends/family members with computer problems that want my help, a little sleep (not enough), some meals, and some time with Christie, and you have 24hrs/7days a week!

Friday, 18 February 2005

A tribute to sixty-four bits

I am making this post with 64-bit Firefox, so hurry up and care!

Wednesday, 09 February 2005

It has arrived

I've been waiting for this day for a long time. All my components arrived and I built my screaming new Athlon64 3500 computer. It is compiling 64bit Gentoo Linux at this very moment. :-) :) :-)

Tuesday, 08 February 2005

YEAH!

The first, and one of the most crucial components of my new computer arrived today... the case!

Antec PLUS1080AMG

I took a gamble and ordered from the cheapest place I could find it-- ebuyer.com. Can't complain, as I ordered it Sunday evening and it arrived this (Tuesday) afternoon!

Monday, 07 February 2005

The world is so small

After (re)discovering the brilliant BBC radio website this evening and listening to BBC Radio 1, BBC news, etc; I was first of all taken back to November last year when we visited London, but also reminded just how big yet so small our world is.

With a characteristically British accent, the BBC news radio host is reports that the Queen and Prime Minister are congratulating Briton Ellen MacArthur for her success in setting a new speed record for solo-circumnavigating the globe.

On BBC Radio 1, a punky but friendly sounding host gaffs at the atrocity just committed; someone cut short the last part of "Champagne Supernova" with another song.

Meanwhile I am soothed nearly to sleep by BBC Radio 3, after the sophisticated, but certainly not snobish sounding female host announces the next piece, Pachelbel's Canon in G.

Mmmmmm... Priceless.

Sunday, 06 February 2005

It's over

The debating, the waiting, the anticipating-- it's done. I have officially finalized my new pc specs and placed my orders. This is what she'll have in her when she comes to life (hopefully this week... c'mon UPS & FEDEX!):

-Antec PLUS1080AMG Metallic Gray SOHO file server case/430W Antec Truepower ps
-DFI LANPARTY UT Ultra-D (nf4 ultra)
-AMD Athlon64 3500+ - 939 socket - 90nm/Winchester core
-1GB Corsair Valueselect DDR400/PC3200 - CAS2.5
-XFX GeForce 6600GT 128MB dual DVI video card