| MONDAY, MAY 24, 1999 |
| I'M BACK (1:45 PM EST) |
| Still haven't gotten my 17 inch monitor back, I'm usin my old 14 inch which I just found the cord to. A fella named Devon wrote me about this Sony monitor, it looks nice fella, but my monitor has a 16 inch viewable area as opposed to 14 inch v/a on the Sony. Though my next monitor will be a Sony 17 inch, I've started a hardware fund to be prepared for the next time this happans. Still not sure where the trouble lies, my Bios was whacked, but that monitor did gimme troubles on another computer.... *SIGH* I'll be using my 14 inch till the 17 is back, hopefully today. Sad thing is, Rine got the exact same monitor on the exact same day, and has had NO problems. |
| KILLER PRICES |
| The
place I buy hardware (CCS) has lowered prices again. I don't blame them
for my monitors woes, they just resell the shit :) Here's some examples:
* K6/3 400mhz - $185 * 128mb pc100 RAM - $92 * Voodoo 3000 - $139 * 13G WD harddrive - $179 Thanks to Rine for finding those, go to http://www.wvccsi.com to get some. |
| LOCUSTS |
| Ok, I saw one, squished beside my car. That's it, a dead one. WTF? |
| QUAKE TOURNEMENTS ARE DUMB |
| Who
frigging cares who won?
#1 It isn't you. #2 With a cable modem/T1 etc, you can't win. #3 The folks who win are mainly folks you NEVER see onb public servers, EVER. #4 Once you win, some idiots will add you to buddy list to find you and play you, and at least 5 people will use that name to fool those idiots. (I once was on a server tinkering with a Zbot with friends, I changed my name to Thresh, and suddenly the server started to get crowded. I was of course railing people out of the air, and they really thought it was Thresh... MORONS) #5 Winning a Micro$oft mouse and a copy of Sin dosen't give me a woody. |
| GAMING NEWS |
| Well, there really isn't any..... I'll make some up. |
| CARMACK ON QUAKE COMMUNITY |
| John
Carmack of id Software was inteviewed by CNN about his upcoming game in
regards to the recent kiddy killing sprees.
CNN: What are your thoughts on those that criticize that your games (Doom etc) turn teenagers into killers? CARMACK: Well, ever since Doom hit big I knew that we had struck gold with FPS (First Person Shooter) games, and that they would build up quite a community once online gaming grew. I saw the coming millenium as the perfect time to start brain-washing kids to become psychotics, and Q3A will have the final psychological images/sounds/subliminal messages to completly brainwash the teenagers (and adults) into real Quake soldiers, which will join id's army and conquer this nation once the shit hits the fan. I predict that by June of 2000 we should have the entire United States under our control... MUHAHHAHAHAHA M@$E$'S NOTE: See above post. ^ |
| Q3A CONTEST |
| I've been making a real Dingleberry Q3A sculpture for Anna Kang. It should only take a couple monthes since I've been buying dingleberries off of bums on the street for dimes. It smells bad, but once I laquer it it should be ok. Should I trim the hairs, or leave them sticking out of the dingleberries? |
| NORM QUOTE |
| [Norm tries to prove
that he is not Anton Kreitzer.]
Norm: Afternoon, everybody! All: Anton! |
| #80 NOTHING SAYS 'I LOVE YOU' LIKE A BITCHSLAP |
| Try it, she'll look at you like never before... That's the love in her eye... :) |
| RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY |
| To be fair, here's some bits from the enemies camp, IHATESTARWARS.COM |
| SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1999 |
| SONOFA B&%CH (2:30 AM EST) |
| We, I am on my system using Rine's monitor, and it turns out that the root of the problem was not the monitor (I think), it appears my bios is/was whacked somehow. On first attempt the monitor wouldn't do crap, then I pulled the battery, and rebooted, and it flickered to life. Somehow the bios was screwed up, might buy a new battery just for shit and giggles. Now I gotta wait for mine to get here... hopefully tomorrow (Does UPS deliver on Saturday?). Thanks to all my consistant readers for not abandoning me in this time of bullshit, all should be back on track by Monday at the latest.... |
| MS STARTS ANTI-LINUX GROUP |
| From
Slashdot.
It started in the Wall Street Journal, but the story has spread all over. Microsoft has started group, much like in the case of Java to get into the minds of the Linux community. At least we now they see us as a serious, despite claims to the contrary. You can read more HERE. |
| LOCUSTS |
| I remember the millions of flying freak bugs from my youth (yeah, I'm old), and remember making the lil girlies cry with them... MUHAHAHHA. And now they are back, or so they say.. I haven't seen a single one of the buggers, they're huge, and loud, but they seem to be hiding around these parts.... WTF? I wanna scare some brats before the all croak... Anybody see one of the fuggers? |
| BELATED BOBBY D HUMOR |
| ********************
Things Parents Learn From Their Kids ******************* 21. Pool filters do not like Jell-O. 22. VCR's don't eject PBJ sandwiches, even though the commercials show that they do. 23. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes. 24. Marbles in gas tanks make a lot of noise when driving. 25. Always look in the oven before you turn it on. 26. Plastic toys do not like ovens. 27. The fire dept. in San Diego has at least a 5 min. response time. 28. The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy. 29. It will, however, make cats dizzy. 30. Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy. 31. Quiet does not necessarily mean don't worry. 32. A good sense of humor will get you through most problems in life, unfortunately, mostly in retrospect. 33. Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. |
| SLINGBLADE |
| In absence of computer bliss I turned Rine's room into Rine Cinema, and kicked back watching bunches of Rine's movies and tinkering on the net a bit. Last night he suggested Slingblade, this movie written, directed and starring Billy Bob Thorton (BTW, I hate that last name). So I'm like 'ok' and we watch it. WOW, what a good movie, it's more of a drama type flick, but definatly a good'un. Highl;y suggested. |
| THE PHANTOM MENACE |
| More
questions: DON'T READ IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE PHANTOM MENACE!!!
* Why dosen't Obi-Wan recognize R2D2 in Star Wars? (He meets him in Phantom Menace) * Why dosen't C3P0 recognize the name Skywalker (in Star Wars) since he was built by a Skywalker? * Why dosen't R2D2 remember Obi-Wan in Star Wars? * If Anakin was considered 'too old' to train as a Jedi as a small child, why the hell would Obi-Wan try to train a kid (Luke) near to ten years older? |
| Q3A CONTEST |
| You've probably already read about the Q3A contest Anna Kang is holding, and I think I got it in the bag.... Wait till she sees my iron Q3A cockring..... |
| NORM QUOTE |
| Norm:
[comes in, pretending to be Joe Average customer, as part of operation
Wayne Down the Dwain]
"This looks like a nice, friendly tavern. What the heck, I think I'll give it a chance." |
| #79 GEORGE LUCAS OWNS YOU |
| Fiirst consider all his $$$ Then consider the fact that this guy could put out a flick with him just sitting there acting out scenes with penis puppets and call it Star Wars Penis Puppets, and it would make about one hundred zillion dollars. Next ponder the marketing genius. Also view the themes in the movies that can attract ANYBODY. These films are for the whole damn family, they have some violence, some special effects, some love crap, some puppets, all you could want. Damn, what a guy. |
| RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY |
| I was geniunely suprised at how few people knew about how Playstations had to be modified to play 'backup' copies of games. So in order to share this wisdom to all you f000s here is MODCHIP.COM |
| THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1999 |
| MINOR UPDATE (3:50 AM EST) |
| Still 'borrowing' time on Rine's computer, so I'll be keepin it brief.... |
| BROKE MONITOR BLUES |
| Ain't this a kick in the ass.. I waited 3 hours while they 'tested' my monitor, and they call and say.. "it works." I'm like, if it worked I never would have come here... So they're keeping it another day, then either sending it or a new one to me Friday. At least I'll cost them some $$$ for shipping... :) |
| THE PHANTOM MENACE |
| I went to the mall here at 3 AM and a line had started, so I hopped in. I had lain there on the concrete for about thirty minutes when I heard a familier voice, and suddenly I was among friends in lawn chairs chilling out. Finally, at 11:30 AM they started selling the tickets and I scored nine of the suckers for me and my friends. I don't know about your areas, but here the tickets were a mere $6.50. :) I sat dead center, front row for the 12:01 AM showing of one of the best damn movies I've seen in a looooooong time. The Phantom Menace ROCKS! Man, Darth Maul is a friggin animal, he has like three lines in the movie, and only does one thing hunt and fight Jedi. He's like some rabid wolverine or something, pacing back and forth wanting to fight. And the light saber battles are more intense than all the other movies combined. I loved the movie alot, the only quirk is Jar Jar Binks, I think he is thrown in as a kid occupier, but still sort of amusing. After seeing it (as a long time Star Wars fan) I've got so many questions now. If there are always two (a student and a master) then who is Darth Insidious/The Emperor's master? Why can't the Jedi sense Senator Palpatine/The Emperor is evil? I'm now counting down the days till Episode 2.... |
| GENERATIONS |
| Generations
has reached version .98, and has a bunch features to make me get wood.
You can now play as BJ Blazcowicz (Wolf 3D), the Doom Marine, the Quake
Guy, or the Quake II Marine. Besides multiplayer DM as any of the characters
(including there own weapons, physics, sounds etc) there is also some of
the single player mode finished....
Quake 1 comes fully equipped with Episode 1 and DooM lets your face off against the infamous CyberDemon. Head on over to the Generations page to get some... Warning, the full monty is 30 MB :) |
| NORM QUOTE |
| Um.... don't have access to the library right now... |
| #78 SCREW PRICE, ALWAYS GO FOR QUALITY |
| From now on, no more 'bargain' computer parts..... |
| RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY |
| The National Hollerin Contest.... No joke. |