| MONDAY, MAY 17, 1999 |
| OUT OF SERVICE??? (11:40 PM EST) |
| Due to my dead monitor, The Phantom Menace, and a SHITLOAD of anger, I may not update for a couple days. If I do, it might be brief since Rine likes to use his computer.... To quote Arny.... "I'll be bock" |
| F*%K |
| Ok, this shit has REALLY made me angry. I shut off my computer and go to work, all was well. I come home, flip on my box and my F&#KING monitor says 'NO SIGNAL'. So I'm like "WTF?" I check my cards, check my wires, reboot etc. No dice. I put other video cards in, no dice. I hook it to Rine's computer (which I'm now on) and no dice. IT IS F%&KING DEAD. Now this seems minor till you consider THIS IS THE SECOND F*#KING ONE!!!!! Same company too, Impression. Avoid those mother F&@KERS like the plague, they totally SUCK. Pain in the ass #2, the place I deal with CCS (who are outstanding themselves) only have Impression monitors except the big F*$KING $1000000000000000 dollar models. AGH!!!!!!!!! So now what? It's still under warrenty, so maybe cash back? God I hope. Pain in the ass #3 While visiting the CCS and Impression sites Rine's WinBLOW$ crashed once, and Netscape once. Bill Gates must rot in HELL. Pain in the ass #4 I was going to camp out tomorrow to get my tickets for the 12:01 AM showing of The Phantom Menace, now I'm going to have to use one of my days off to drive 1 1/2 hours (one way) to replace it somehow..... Pain in the ass #5 I am sorta broke now, and I just handed Rine $100 toward my debt for this F%(KING monitor. |
| Q3A EXPANSION PACK |
| BTW, the Q3A Expansion Pack is cool, but that damn BFG is TOOOOO powerful. |
| Q3A EXPANSION PACK (12:05 PM EST) |
| Downloading
it now, here's what you get:
- a compilation of public patches - 2 new weapons (bfg and grenade launcher) - 2 new map variations (with the new weapons) - and lots of new skins You can download it @ PLAYDEVIL. |
| I'M DUMB |
| Two days till The Phantom Menace..... I'm camping out tommorow.. :) |
| BIRTH OF ANOTHER SOFTWARE ANTICHRIST? |
| FADZ has posted what may be the most evil piece of software to date (no not Window$ 98), it's called Third Voice and it allows you to leave inline notes on websites. That's right, comments right there on the page... I fear the wrath of angry 12 year olds... ;) However, on the bright side, I'll be setting up links to shithole sites so folks can let the webmasters know they suck :) Go to THIRD VOICE to read more of the evil >:) Once you got the software drop by PLANETCHUMP and leave a mark or 10... ;) |
| CDRW HELP... |
| Burned my first CD
last night from MP3's I LEGALLY made from my own CD. I knew that high quality
wavs were CD in quality/size, but was not aware that a high quality wav
on a CD would play in my CD player :) Two problems:
#1 Snaps crackles and pops. Got some, not sure what to do, I disabled screensavers and everything else, and walked away from my computer totally. See #2 before calling me stupid. #2 Used CD Spin Doctor on them to clean them up, and it said 'could not create 5000.tmp. Now there was 800 MB of free temp space on that drive, so I know space was not an issue, so what might be the problem? |
| NORM QUOTE |
| Norm: Hey,
everybody.
All: [silence; everybody is mad at Norm for being rich] Norm: [carries on both sides of the conversation himself] Norm! How are you feeling today, Norm? Rich and thirsty. Pour me a beer. |
| #77 MP3'S ARE GOD'S MUSIC FORMAT |
| God's been rappin with me lately, and he's been giving me info for the new millenium. Follow these words and you'll go far ;) |
| RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY |
| In preparation for the upcoming Phantom Menace release, Rine has sent SCIENCE FICTION COOKBOOK.Can you say Tribble Delight? BTW, I hate sending you to Geoshitties, but so many good sites have their roots in the slums.. ;) |
| SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1999 |
| ANOTHER FLUFF NEWS DAY.. (2:00 PM EST) |
| Crap, crap... and more crap... |
| REDWOOD + STOMPED = STOMPEDWOOD? |
| Well, two biggies in the 3D community are now one real biggie. I am happy about this, hopefully PQ will get a kick in the nuts by this move, there is another HUGE gameing entity on the web baby... :) |
| INTERNET FREEDOM ACT |
| From Slashdot:
"...removes the FCC from regulating the Internet, preventing the forcing of broadband customers from buying Internet access from the broadband provider, and making it a Federal crime to "knowingly use another person's Internet e-mail address, or "domain name," to send unsolicited mass e-mails." Oh my, this looks sweet.... :) Read the whole thing HERE |
| CDRW HELP... |
| Anyone bright in
the area of CDRW? I was burning a test music CD (my own CD of course) and
got this error:
T0100: I/O error (06/C5/00) - Write error - buffer underrun occurred T0100: I/O error (06/C5/00) - Write error - buffer underrun occurred T7118: TrackWriter error - Command retry failed WTF is this, HELP said it wasn't writing fast enough... how does a 36X CDROM not write fast enough to a 2X CDRW? Would putting the data on my harddrive prevent this??? |
| GO HERE NOW!!! |
| This is where I buy 90% of all my computer hardware, and once you dig the site you'll see why... Can you say 128 MB SDRAM for $106? Or SBLIVE! Value for $57? Go to HERE NOW. |
| NORM QUOTE |
| [Norm returns from
another trip to plug the parking meter]
Sam: What'll you have this time, Norm? Norm: A cow if I have to climb those stairs one more time. |
| #76 LINUX IS GOOD FOR YOUR KARMA... |
| I hear that you go right to heaven if you use Linux.... |
| RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY |
| Another cartoon site..... I like cartoons, they are a nice break from 'the real world. GIBBLE GUTS |
| SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1999 |
| Q3A BENCHMARKS (1:15 PM EST) |
| Brian Hook's .plan file
has been updated.
Programmer id Software ...benchmark was done on Win98 Options were set to the defaults ("normal"). Test machine was an Intel PIII/500
w/ 128MB of RAM. Sound was disabled. We
Adapter Res FPS Comment 3Dfx Voodoo3 3000
640x480x16bpp
51.6
640x480x32bpp NVidia RivaTNT2
640x480x32bpp
46.5
1280x1024x16bpp 3Dfx Voodoo3
1280x1024x16bpp 23.1
1280x1024x32bpp (older generation accelerators not added) NVidia RivaTNT2
1280x1024x32bpp 13.1
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| BOBBY D HUMOR |
| ********************
Things Parents Learn From Their Kids ******************* 6. That same motor, however, is strong enough to spread paint on all 4 walls of a 20x20 ft. room. 7. Baseballs make marks on ceilings. 8. You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. 9. When using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. 10. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way. 11. The glass in windows (even double pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan. 12. A magnifying glass can start a fire even on an overcast day. 13. If you use a waterbed as homeplate while wearing baseball shoes, it does not leak...it explodes. 14. A king-size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 square foot house 15. Lego's will pass through the digestive tract of a 4-year-old. 16. Duplo's will not. 17. Play Dough and Microwave should not be used in the same sentence. 18. Super glue is forever. 19. McGyver can teach us many things we don't want to know. Ditto Tarzan. 20. No matter how much Jell-O you can put into a swimming pool, you still can't walk on water. **********************
Foreplay is optional. You never feel compelled to stop a friend from getting laid. Car mechanics tell you the truth. You don't give a rat's ass if someone notices your new haircut. The world is your urinal. Hot wax never comes near your pubic area You don't have to leave the room to make emergency crotch adjustments. Wedding Dress $2000; Tux rental $100. If you retain water, it's in a canteen. |
| SPACE NEWS |
| SPACE has some amusing news from this week...Including a beer fact :) |
| RANDOM PRATTLE |
| Well, not much news
today actually, I thought about making some up but... ;)
Upgraded to Netscape 4.6 (Unix version), worst move I ever made... Man, if I open certain pages or try to insert links with composer, ALL Netscape apps close, when opened in terminal I see a 'Bus error' Anyone know what this is, and how to fix? :) |
| LINUX KERNEL 2.3.1 |
| Yet another kernel is out, but due to the numbering, I believe this one is an unstable developer version. |
| NORM QUOTE |
| Woody: What's going
on, Mr. Peterson?
Norm: A flashing sign in my gut that says, ``Insert beer here.'' |
| #75 BEWARE THE BACKSTREET BOYS, ONE OF THEM IS THE ANTI-CHRIST |
| It's true, God told me.... |
| RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY |
| Kicking off a couple days of comic links here since Rine finally reappeared and graced me with links :) I was starting to twitch from random browsing.... There appears to be a Far Side clone comic out called In The Bleachers that is purty amusing.. This link will go to the @MARILLO (how dare they use @ for A?) main page where they have other fine comics like Foxtrot... |