Well I jumped off the band wagon of calling said girl from a previous post she wrote because she is either not picking up her phone or doesn't "need" me. Whatever. I am totally glad to say I tried.
It definitely got me down though while at the Costco and seeing couples of every fucking age group. Many mine.
I decided to change that so I got onto the internet and the hunt began. So much of that shit is scam related though.
I have talked to one that I may or might not have a relationship with as I only wanted to cheer her up. I then have a intelligent sounding girl awaiting for me to come up with a good time for a date after several replies back and forth.
Then there's one more that if the pictures are accurate is an amazing find. Quite possibly the hottest artist I've seen, pretty sure she's liberal too based on her attire. My age as well, but awaiting any info leaks to see if its a scam. She told me to get some registration while at the same time mentioning meeting at a coffee place today in truly legitimate sounding talk. She mentioned peculiarities about Bellingham that makes me hope she's real. The only catch is that she mentioned I call her though she never ever provided her number in the several replies between us.
WTF!
On a better note. I'm in the talks of setting a date with that intelligent sounding girl from Lynden. She doesn't seem stuck up or anything and I can't wait to see her blue eyes. Hopefully, Wednesday or Thursday will bring me what I am looking for. But having no clue what she looks like...ughhh. Too caught up in looks now I guess.
*Update. My mind felt a little at ease at work today. It was odd. Also after I wrote this blog up, i got in a conversation with a girl about walks in Fairhaven. She said she struck out on all info items, although she later pointed out she was still interested. Of course fate stepped in for 20 minutes killing my stolen WiFi and she thought I was refusing to respond. I tried clarifying several times, and fulfilled her mention of wanting a picture of me. Still awaiting from her.
Also unsure of my choice of said likable girl ready for our date. She looks good as a brunnette, and claims its growing back in. Don't want to break her heart, but still want to meet her.
Oh, and that one artist girl. SCAM! Damn you Melody Millins!
4.05.2009
4.04.2009
A wipe of the board
Apparently some drunks were over at my house and had erased what I had originally put on the whiteboard:
Idiots are people that don't learn from their mistakes
and changed it to:
Idiots are people that don't call a bitch mo den twice!
Ughhh. OK. Guys I get it. I guess thinking maybe that I needed a breather to get that devastating stuff that my friend just dumped on me last Saturday was to big a breather. Sunday and Monday were hard but damn they're right. I'm calling her soon.
As soon as I figure just what the hell to do.
*Update, that bitch was 16!
Idiots are people that don't learn from their mistakes
and changed it to:
Idiots are people that don't call a bitch mo den twice!
Ughhh. OK. Guys I get it. I guess thinking maybe that I needed a breather to get that devastating stuff that my friend just dumped on me last Saturday was to big a breather. Sunday and Monday were hard but damn they're right. I'm calling her soon.
As soon as I figure just what the hell to do.
*Update, that bitch was 16!
4.02.2009
OK so Corrections and Grammar.
If you have read my blog...
Hell,
if anyone's ever read my blog then you have probably noted some minor spelling and grammatical errors.
I have sought out to correct this from happening but of course being so willing to let out my words into the tubes of the internets so quickly, I fail to look over much of what I had written.
To stop such a predicament from snowballing into me spending several hours reading all of my blog posts. I think I will add a one day delay to everything that I want to post.
If I want to post ASAP then I will of course realize that having my writing noted as being free from spelling errors as more important then looking like some average ranter.
I'm striving to be above average.
On another note, I'll try to maybe type these up when I am more awake and perhaps do them offline before hand. This too will fix odd nonsensical remarks that even upon looking at them immediately after typing, look pretty much retarded.
And I am not retarded. Just special. Special enough to compete against Obama in the Special Olympics.
Insert Goofy Smiley face here!
Thanks!
Hell,
if anyone's ever read my blog then you have probably noted some minor spelling and grammatical errors.
I have sought out to correct this from happening but of course being so willing to let out my words into the tubes of the internets so quickly, I fail to look over much of what I had written.
To stop such a predicament from snowballing into me spending several hours reading all of my blog posts. I think I will add a one day delay to everything that I want to post.
If I want to post ASAP then I will of course realize that having my writing noted as being free from spelling errors as more important then looking like some average ranter.
I'm striving to be above average.
On another note, I'll try to maybe type these up when I am more awake and perhaps do them offline before hand. This too will fix odd nonsensical remarks that even upon looking at them immediately after typing, look pretty much retarded.
And I am not retarded. Just special. Special enough to compete against Obama in the Special Olympics.
Insert Goofy Smiley face here!
Thanks!
3.29.2009
So this week was all relevant into itself.
Don't ask me why. The universe works in mysterious ways. And my whole week was only a precursor to the weekend in ways only now that I am uncovering.
People, actually friends, at work were showing me some pretty non-PC pictures just for the shock factor. I claimed my week was ruined as a defensive maneuver. The same friend then filled me in that my friend accidentally gave up the supposed DDS (deep dark secret) of his girlfriend's mom working there. Hilariously enough, I don't know why they were still hiding it. So many people could pick out the idiosyncrasies of the daughter and the mom that to them it was just fine to let my friend and his GF continue on thinking they were hiding something from us. Its a secret but it is in no way dark.
I got a fortune cookie saying I would try a new thing and like the results. I thought I had opened my friends by accident considering we both threw ares into a pile. I like knowing what I grabbed is mine. Mixed in by fate to be somewhat true. I only need to know if reading such things causes what it says to happen to happen. But that calls for experimentation, where as I currently like the system in place.
Later I met up with more friends to got some food at the NEW Sonic in Ferndale. We spent a little while talking to the order-taker through the menu list. If you've been to a Sonic then you know what I am talking about. Anyways the girl gave me her number and for the first time in my life I've been assertive in pursuing such things. Its an odd feeling considering that last week I was a little concerned at whether I would be able to commit to such games. Trying a new thing I am.
The next day, I came across my friend looking into space. Eventually he gave in. His deep dark secrets I now know. I couldn't see this coming. I was surprised and at the same time struck with awe at how the hell he could hold such a things inside of himself for more than a decade. Although I left with a scar from the knowledge now in in my mind, its to make his scars a little less deep. And I am fully willing to do that as a friend.
People, actually friends, at work were showing me some pretty non-PC pictures just for the shock factor. I claimed my week was ruined as a defensive maneuver. The same friend then filled me in that my friend accidentally gave up the supposed DDS (deep dark secret) of his girlfriend's mom working there. Hilariously enough, I don't know why they were still hiding it. So many people could pick out the idiosyncrasies of the daughter and the mom that to them it was just fine to let my friend and his GF continue on thinking they were hiding something from us. Its a secret but it is in no way dark.
I got a fortune cookie saying I would try a new thing and like the results. I thought I had opened my friends by accident considering we both threw ares into a pile. I like knowing what I grabbed is mine. Mixed in by fate to be somewhat true. I only need to know if reading such things causes what it says to happen to happen. But that calls for experimentation, where as I currently like the system in place.
Later I met up with more friends to got some food at the NEW Sonic in Ferndale. We spent a little while talking to the order-taker through the menu list. If you've been to a Sonic then you know what I am talking about. Anyways the girl gave me her number and for the first time in my life I've been assertive in pursuing such things. Its an odd feeling considering that last week I was a little concerned at whether I would be able to commit to such games. Trying a new thing I am.
The next day, I came across my friend looking into space. Eventually he gave in. His deep dark secrets I now know. I couldn't see this coming. I was surprised and at the same time struck with awe at how the hell he could hold such a things inside of himself for more than a decade. Although I left with a scar from the knowledge now in in my mind, its to make his scars a little less deep. And I am fully willing to do that as a friend.
3.23.2009
And so it takes the path of least resistance.
Work is going well. We've had the SMT line up and I've been getting good overtime.
It pays money, and I like money. I like money because having this particular IBD is expensive. And I've finally convinced myself for all of my futures sakes to diet on a much more tightened and strict list of "good" foods. Hopefully this will pay off and I won't have to go on more medications like I was when first diagnosed. I definitely have respect for many people who are able to face life changes and truly challenge them without breaking down. I've not done so, especially in these last months. Caught staring at the ceiling wondering where it all went wrong? Why didn't have I more fun when I was young?
My whole body needs to rest too. How am I supposed to get better if I ain't sleeping.
Maybe I should get to it then, instead of writing blogs.
It pays money, and I like money. I like money because having this particular IBD is expensive. And I've finally convinced myself for all of my futures sakes to diet on a much more tightened and strict list of "good" foods. Hopefully this will pay off and I won't have to go on more medications like I was when first diagnosed. I definitely have respect for many people who are able to face life changes and truly challenge them without breaking down. I've not done so, especially in these last months. Caught staring at the ceiling wondering where it all went wrong? Why didn't have I more fun when I was young?
My whole body needs to rest too. How am I supposed to get better if I ain't sleeping.
Maybe I should get to it then, instead of writing blogs.
3.17.2009
So the confusion lifts
Why is it that everything I thought I knew about people changed. Is it because I have changed. Just like watching a movie many years later, its the same movie yet its different because you are different. It seems like everyone is doing crazy stuff again. Without logic or reason, or for that matter any connection to what was said by them just a week before. Is this what they've become. What I was? A confused individual depressed that the present to the future had no good news for me.
Is everyone crazy or has all of my craziness stacked up to this? Am I now normal in what I thought was a lame direction of life. Have I gotten out of my shell long enough to fully understand the situation that others have gotten themselves into. Some of them shrinking instead of growing like the rest of us.
As people we grow, we chase what makes us happy. We collide over interference from others in pursuing our dreams. Some hold onto what they want even though they can't have it.
Maybe, but just maybe, they'll get it.
For if dreams never came true, then we'd stop having them.
And I hope for my friends sake, that he can let go of the past. I don't want him to hurt himself. He's helped me out some, and I've helped him out alot. I don't need a returned favor, I just don't want to have to rescue him.
Is everyone crazy or has all of my craziness stacked up to this? Am I now normal in what I thought was a lame direction of life. Have I gotten out of my shell long enough to fully understand the situation that others have gotten themselves into. Some of them shrinking instead of growing like the rest of us.
As people we grow, we chase what makes us happy. We collide over interference from others in pursuing our dreams. Some hold onto what they want even though they can't have it.
Maybe, but just maybe, they'll get it.
For if dreams never came true, then we'd stop having them.
And I hope for my friends sake, that he can let go of the past. I don't want him to hurt himself. He's helped me out some, and I've helped him out alot. I don't need a returned favor, I just don't want to have to rescue him.
3.15.2009
No divine intervention here
In all its complexities, what is known as fate, requires that you interact. No divine intervention here.
In order to be seen and known you have to get out there.
In order to be seen and known you have to get out there.
3.08.2009
I watched the Watchmen
I'm still feeling very good after seeing that movie. In a caveat though I wish I was able to experience the whole graphic novel before hand. I had read over it in about a total of 45-minutes. And this was skimming too. Anyways that aside, the movie was great. The music although maybe badly mixed at times included a well arranged soundtrack. As far as I know, none of the tracks were original. But this does not hamper the film in anyway. We are talking about a movie that was supposed to occur back in that same year that Marty Mcfly made that trip back 30 years into the past remember. We are talking about a universe where Richard Nixon uses these superhumans to win the Vietnam war, and therefore succeed in allowing him and his cabinet a 3rd term.
This is a fantasy universe of our past, a past where the world will end. Nuclear arms tensions between Russia and the US are at an all time high. 4 Minutes to midnight being it's peak. I knew these things when I entered the theater. I could of saved a dollar waiting in line for 20 seconds but Fandango insured I get in ahead of the other 20 people. So here it goes...
I'm getting the feeling I'm tired of superhero movies. Maybe Spiderman 3 just left that bad of a taste in my mouth. I really liked the Spiderman movies til that point, as I felt like Peter Parker but this about the Watchmen. This movie may have reinvigorated that thought of being powerful against tyranny, against the sins of man for the light of justice. This film is more than just superhero movie.
It is a movie, of people placed in a situation where some are powerless, some are both powerful and all-knowing. Super villains though mentioned are missing, although this is arguable. That's where this movie and the book makes its stake. It places the viewer or for the novel, the reader, on a journey of emotions and sacrifice. Not against a specific enemy but the whole journey of moral questioning that would occur to those responsible for justice. Being a superhero is harder than it looks. They are still human, although some may have forgotten how to be human. Is it worth holding a secret of why many lives were lost to prevent complete destruction of the Earth. Is the Earth worth keeping. As many scenes from the film will show you, we are bloody, we are sexy, we are viscious, we are compasionate, and we can be emotionless.
Most of the graphic intensity te be witnessed later in the film can be some upped by a very well crafted opening credits sequence to the tune of "Times they are a changing". From WWII to the present of 1985, news items and notable events, are remixed to include the pasts first heroes. The JFK assanination shown in gruesome detail, the burning monk shown for too long. This is what happens in real life, this is what already did happen. If these things make you queasy then see this film at your own discretion, remember it's from an adult comic book. If these feelings leave you fairly quickly then, maybe you should spend less than ten bucks to see this film. But make sure you have a 3 hour gap in your schedule.
This is a fantasy universe of our past, a past where the world will end. Nuclear arms tensions between Russia and the US are at an all time high. 4 Minutes to midnight being it's peak. I knew these things when I entered the theater. I could of saved a dollar waiting in line for 20 seconds but Fandango insured I get in ahead of the other 20 people. So here it goes...
I'm getting the feeling I'm tired of superhero movies. Maybe Spiderman 3 just left that bad of a taste in my mouth. I really liked the Spiderman movies til that point, as I felt like Peter Parker but this about the Watchmen. This movie may have reinvigorated that thought of being powerful against tyranny, against the sins of man for the light of justice. This film is more than just superhero movie.
It is a movie, of people placed in a situation where some are powerless, some are both powerful and all-knowing. Super villains though mentioned are missing, although this is arguable. That's where this movie and the book makes its stake. It places the viewer or for the novel, the reader, on a journey of emotions and sacrifice. Not against a specific enemy but the whole journey of moral questioning that would occur to those responsible for justice. Being a superhero is harder than it looks. They are still human, although some may have forgotten how to be human. Is it worth holding a secret of why many lives were lost to prevent complete destruction of the Earth. Is the Earth worth keeping. As many scenes from the film will show you, we are bloody, we are sexy, we are viscious, we are compasionate, and we can be emotionless.
Most of the graphic intensity te be witnessed later in the film can be some upped by a very well crafted opening credits sequence to the tune of "Times they are a changing". From WWII to the present of 1985, news items and notable events, are remixed to include the pasts first heroes. The JFK assanination shown in gruesome detail, the burning monk shown for too long. This is what happens in real life, this is what already did happen. If these things make you queasy then see this film at your own discretion, remember it's from an adult comic book. If these feelings leave you fairly quickly then, maybe you should spend less than ten bucks to see this film. But make sure you have a 3 hour gap in your schedule.
2.03.2009
Superhero movies with out the heroes?
Or just without the valid script to legitimately explain why some people can Teleport ala the movie Jumper or why they have Telekenesis as in the newest action film and hopefully the last, Push. Are the directors going for action and action alone? I don't intend to see this. I don't intend to see Jumper, ever either! But I just want to know what is up with this new direction in action movies?
Did they see that Spider Man 3 sold well despite being a script flop?
If you took a Superhero movie like those Fantastic Four flicks and then added tons of awesome action sequences, you're already on your way towards making one of these newer films. I don't even know what to call them. Action works. So lets stick with that for a genre.
The one thing that does connect these films is a psychic power. So what's the next one gonna be since Telekenesis is now used and Teleportation is now used? Mind Reading? Oh, wait that was already done in that Mel Gibson movie, What Women Want!
Did they see that Spider Man 3 sold well despite being a script flop?
If you took a Superhero movie like those Fantastic Four flicks and then added tons of awesome action sequences, you're already on your way towards making one of these newer films. I don't even know what to call them. Action works. So lets stick with that for a genre.
The one thing that does connect these films is a psychic power. So what's the next one gonna be since Telekenesis is now used and Teleportation is now used? Mind Reading? Oh, wait that was already done in that Mel Gibson movie, What Women Want!
1.12.2009
So apparently Comcast in the North West is still trying to indoctrinate all us that we don't need Fiber Optic internet. Why? Because we already have it. And according to their ads, it's already in our backyard. Now the suits there in there advertising division knew exactly what that entails and well, it leaves them scott-free. Backyard is such an open word.
The one thing that isn't though is their hidden explanations of at what point do they draw the line. For many months now they've been saying we're on their fast Fiber Optic backbone. Wait, is that new? I hope not, barely any of the internet is on Coaxial cable, considering that everything that crosses to the Eastern Hemisphere continents to us, jumps the Atlantic through the use of a Fiber Optic line. A line that was placed there in the early 80's. Wow pretty new, and pretty high tech stuff for the internet to run don't you think. Now, I'm just waiting for Comcast to start telling us how proud we should be of their service seeing that it uses TTL (Transistor-Transistor Logic) technology.
The one thing that isn't though is their hidden explanations of at what point do they draw the line. For many months now they've been saying we're on their fast Fiber Optic backbone. Wait, is that new? I hope not, barely any of the internet is on Coaxial cable, considering that everything that crosses to the Eastern Hemisphere continents to us, jumps the Atlantic through the use of a Fiber Optic line. A line that was placed there in the early 80's. Wow pretty new, and pretty high tech stuff for the internet to run don't you think. Now, I'm just waiting for Comcast to start telling us how proud we should be of their service seeing that it uses TTL (Transistor-Transistor Logic) technology.
10.23.2008
Popular Mechanics is a lame alternative to Pop Sci.
Somehow in the chaotic Universe that can somehow be described the orderliness of numbers, I began getting Popular Mechanics in the mail. Actually its much simpler than that. My brother couldn't get a free subscription to Rolling Stone through some service so he gave me the reigns where I was fucked over by their limited selection of "good stuff" (AM-PM says you can't get enough). They had no Pop Sci, no Wired, no nuttin'. They did however have Popular Mechanics, the only good male orientated magazine available. I hadn't glanced in their pages for quite a long while. Since about 6th to 7th grade to be exact. Which was a whole decade ago. I remember them being a little over simplified a very all of the map. Discussing how to build the perfect book shelf to talking about the latest computers. At the time the seemed adequate and I yearned for more than just a cool car picture. I needed a magazine that challenged me to know what was coming up.Popular Science fit that need. By 8th grade I made a lengthy report discussing the limitations of star travel due to an accelerating and equal decelerating action being required in the vast vacuum of space.
Ten years later though I return to Popular Mechanics and find myself not even wanting to continue beyond the 15th page. At some times I consider that its not even close to costing me nothing to get in the mail. All in all, I am going to drop off my years collection of Pop Mech at the local library's swap spot ASAP. My Pop Sci collection on the other hand spans at most 3 years before I begin sending them to the swap spot. How can Popular Mechanics be that bad, and Pop Sci so good? Is it just me being overly judgmental of a magazine that doesn't fit me?
Popular Mechanics is a waste of paper as a whole because although Jay Leno's car collection reviews are well written, concise and very interesting, having what seems like a couple Shop teachers and some lowly interns write a "professionally" produced magazine is ludicrous. At times an article can be false which then makes the idea ridiculous. Or could it just be a reason to not subscribe to any magazines and just use the Internet as your guide? If you follow and research more beyond just a couple of forums yes, the Internet is better.
But I don't have time to wander through lengthy descriptions of subjects on Wikipedia and not hear that the Mars rover found evidence of water on Mars or other scientifically important news pieces. So far all I've gotten from Popular Mechanics is what I'd like to call the Readers Digest for people who people who want to learn what the best advertised product is. The problems of their simplification results in some pretty lame attempts to explain any thing that is up to date. If you follow their words you may end up becoming what can be defined harshly as a moron reading a "science and technology" magazine.
Being the retired Middle School Shop Teachers that (listen only to conservative talk to get news) they are, the writers, editors or whatever you want to call them are a very badly compiled bunch of hear and repeat technology news couriers. (except Leno and a few other dedicated article writers) And to that extend Windows Vista, and as result of the horrible explanation, all versions of Windows Vista has an easilt obtainable RAM limit! ( That is currently reachable?!) [And the Moon really is made out of Cheese!] This "answer" was a response by a writer in their FAQ section. Enough disgruntled readers of the magazine wrote to those in charge of answering questions fully about Vista that they decided that it'd be great to have a collection of these Q's and A's. I don't have the specific magazine (will have it soon) with me so going by memory: A user asks why can my Vista computer only recognize 3.5 GB of RAM when I have 4GB installed? Being the computer or at least research professional that this writer is paid to be you expect a better answer than, "Because", right? Wrong! In summary the writer goes about saying that Vista just isn't supposed to access the full 4 GB or go any higher than that. Just cause it has a built in limit. Just Cause. Apparently seeing that there is too many different versions of Vista out right now and that some of them have a 64-Bit subtext on them means nothing to the fact that maybe not all Vistas are alike. The real answer is actually shorter than his long explaination of nothing that leaves the questioner exactly where they started. We are simply reaching the end of 32-Bit computing is really all that needed to be said: This means that the numerical resolution of 32 Ones & Ohs maxes out just at 4GB, the drop from 4GB to 3.5 usuable Gigabytes is due to system usage. With a 64-bit OS such as a 64bit edition of Vista 4GB is no longer the limit. Beleive it or not, 16 Exabytes, close to one million times larger than 16 Terabytes is the limit of addressable RAM. Vista however has a limit of 128GB of RAM in its 64bit Home and Professional Editons. So to finish off and leave the questioner with something to grab on to, a mention that he currently has the 32bit edition of Vista is a good conclusion to a good not-too-hard to grasp answer. But does Popular Mechanics operate that way? No.
I'm so overwhelmed by half the crap in Popular Mechanics that I'm very willing to go out and buy myself a webcam just so I can post a YouTube rant and rave video for each issue. I don't have a world of time on my hands but I have enough to do what I first wanted to do when I began getting these magazines again. This time worse than I remember.
And don't worry dear reader, I will add, correct, and cite this blog when I get the chance as well as provide a list of links to my YouTube videos regarding the subject when they arrive.
Ten years later though I return to Popular Mechanics and find myself not even wanting to continue beyond the 15th page. At some times I consider that its not even close to costing me nothing to get in the mail. All in all, I am going to drop off my years collection of Pop Mech at the local library's swap spot ASAP. My Pop Sci collection on the other hand spans at most 3 years before I begin sending them to the swap spot. How can Popular Mechanics be that bad, and Pop Sci so good? Is it just me being overly judgmental of a magazine that doesn't fit me?
Popular Mechanics is a waste of paper as a whole because although Jay Leno's car collection reviews are well written, concise and very interesting, having what seems like a couple Shop teachers and some lowly interns write a "professionally" produced magazine is ludicrous. At times an article can be false which then makes the idea ridiculous. Or could it just be a reason to not subscribe to any magazines and just use the Internet as your guide? If you follow and research more beyond just a couple of forums yes, the Internet is better.
But I don't have time to wander through lengthy descriptions of subjects on Wikipedia and not hear that the Mars rover found evidence of water on Mars or other scientifically important news pieces. So far all I've gotten from Popular Mechanics is what I'd like to call the Readers Digest for people who people who want to learn what the best advertised product is. The problems of their simplification results in some pretty lame attempts to explain any thing that is up to date. If you follow their words you may end up becoming what can be defined harshly as a moron reading a "science and technology" magazine.
Being the retired Middle School Shop Teachers that (listen only to conservative talk to get news) they are, the writers, editors or whatever you want to call them are a very badly compiled bunch of hear and repeat technology news couriers. (except Leno and a few other dedicated article writers) And to that extend Windows Vista, and as result of the horrible explanation, all versions of Windows Vista has an easilt obtainable RAM limit! ( That is currently reachable?!) [And the Moon really is made out of Cheese!] This "answer" was a response by a writer in their FAQ section. Enough disgruntled readers of the magazine wrote to those in charge of answering questions fully about Vista that they decided that it'd be great to have a collection of these Q's and A's. I don't have the specific magazine (will have it soon) with me so going by memory: A user asks why can my Vista computer only recognize 3.5 GB of RAM when I have 4GB installed? Being the computer or at least research professional that this writer is paid to be you expect a better answer than, "Because", right? Wrong! In summary the writer goes about saying that Vista just isn't supposed to access the full 4 GB or go any higher than that. Just cause it has a built in limit. Just Cause. Apparently seeing that there is too many different versions of Vista out right now and that some of them have a 64-Bit subtext on them means nothing to the fact that maybe not all Vistas are alike. The real answer is actually shorter than his long explaination of nothing that leaves the questioner exactly where they started. We are simply reaching the end of 32-Bit computing is really all that needed to be said: This means that the numerical resolution of 32 Ones & Ohs maxes out just at 4GB, the drop from 4GB to 3.5 usuable Gigabytes is due to system usage. With a 64-bit OS such as a 64bit edition of Vista 4GB is no longer the limit. Beleive it or not, 16 Exabytes, close to one million times larger than 16 Terabytes is the limit of addressable RAM. Vista however has a limit of 128GB of RAM in its 64bit Home and Professional Editons. So to finish off and leave the questioner with something to grab on to, a mention that he currently has the 32bit edition of Vista is a good conclusion to a good not-too-hard to grasp answer. But does Popular Mechanics operate that way? No.
I'm so overwhelmed by half the crap in Popular Mechanics that I'm very willing to go out and buy myself a webcam just so I can post a YouTube rant and rave video for each issue. I don't have a world of time on my hands but I have enough to do what I first wanted to do when I began getting these magazines again. This time worse than I remember.
And don't worry dear reader, I will add, correct, and cite this blog when I get the chance as well as provide a list of links to my YouTube videos regarding the subject when they arrive.
10.13.2008
So a heart attack at 57 is a wakeup call?
In the latest of the "tell your doctor" ads for who knows what medicine most likely not thoroughly approved by the FDA. I've spotted this gem for the past 2 weeks. In fact they may have already canceled it due to the old-people (yes, Alzheimers) logic.
One of the first Lipitor ads to include a "real person" according to the ads makers,MMM starts off with the man mentioning...
“Talk about a wake-up call. I had a heart attack at 57. I should have been doing more for my high cholesterol. I learned the hard way.”
The things I find down right stupid, if not furthermore retarded about this ad is its hidden did you know factor. A heart attack at 57? Isn't that kinda of usual for someone of that age group who grew up on a standard America diet? The way I see it, its close to just saying, "Talk about a wake up call. I had explosive diarrhea after eating all the nachos at the gas station!"
So I guess eating Nachos will result in Explosive Diarrhea. And a high cholesterol diet will result in...oh yeah, what did the doctors say? A heart attack? Well don't worry its totally Kosh, my doctor can give me Meds before the event of a heart attack happens to me.
All I have to do is tell my doctor. Tell him/her about Lipitor now! Because the commercial told me to! And in some alternate universe, that makes it all better.
One of the first Lipitor ads to include a "real person" according to the ads makers,MMM starts off with the man mentioning...
“Talk about a wake-up call. I had a heart attack at 57. I should have been doing more for my high cholesterol. I learned the hard way.”
The things I find down right stupid, if not furthermore retarded about this ad is its hidden did you know factor. A heart attack at 57? Isn't that kinda of usual for someone of that age group who grew up on a standard America diet? The way I see it, its close to just saying, "Talk about a wake up call. I had explosive diarrhea after eating all the nachos at the gas station!"
So I guess eating Nachos will result in Explosive Diarrhea. And a high cholesterol diet will result in...oh yeah, what did the doctors say? A heart attack? Well don't worry its totally Kosh, my doctor can give me Meds before the event of a heart attack happens to me.
All I have to do is tell my doctor. Tell him/her about Lipitor now! Because the commercial told me to! And in some alternate universe, that makes it all better.
9.09.2008
So they think there is a God in Alaska.
How many times has the Governor of Alaska said that this "...is God's will"? Hell she even said it about the Iraq War, which she claims she couldn't pay attention to because she was too busy being governor in AK. As many News sources that exist can tell you that she truly believes where America is at right now is more or less all part of God's plan. So her daughter getting pregnant must also be part of God's plan as well? She'll probably just say that the baby will be blessed, but deep inside you know she thinks her daughter is either a bitch, a whore or both.
I'd hope she'd think that but...
Unless she is truly in some pre-destined fantasy land where she is part of God's plan, then well that'd prove otherwise. her faith in prayer and God's Will is such a tool available to those who believe she said that the Natural Gas pipeline that they want in Alaska that will create so many jobs and so much money of those the see to profit from building one can be built, but with a catch. Just pray. To her its also part of God's will.
And the Natural gas that escapes or is later burned despite its efficient oxidization will of course rise into the atmosphere as CO2 or Methane completing the circle. Man is not the problem when it comes to global warming, thy Creator wants the planet a little toasty. So how does she know she's on the right side of God's will. Does alligning with the Republican philosophy which is on the right side of politics, if you get my drift, score her any God points? More importantly, how much of the Republican ideals today do anything but include God? They are far from the liberitarian values that they say they uphold.
"Oh, you don't like the gov't. Its because they take your money right? Well, here you go. Go survive on your own unless you prove your of superior Christian blood. If that is the case, help us control others in the name of the lord, its the Right thing to do."
They're for a full blown monarchy. The first in America.
8.24.2008
Can it be true. I hope not!
So the economy has come to at least everyone minds recently. At least if you're above the age of 16 or aren't too busy being a "white pimp" listening to Soulja Boy. It has come to mind.
Like most people, I want to become an entrepreneur or at least as financially independent as possible. And above all things I do not want to become filthy rich. Honestly I wondering what the guys who started Google are doing with their money? I haven't researched it, but they seem to put a lot into their employees as well as into their projects. It's just a dream. But I see a hitch that has to do a lot for my despise of marketing and a majority of the people so easily swayed by it. And wathcing the Donny Deustch show has barely inspired me to push some of ideas to their fullest.
I remember when I was at Best Buy the night before the PS3 was released. They must have positioned the console seperate from the 360 for a reason. Many teenagers, college-aged-preps and I work then go home to my "wife": the Game Console type of people all seemed to be overly hyped for such a system to come out. I too could feel the excitment of the console wars and awesome games beign released. The future seemed at hand with each console's fate to be decided by the market and fanboys. Many of these people however seemed very very impressed with PS3's weak attempt at beign both like the Wii and 360 for both motion control and particle effects respectively with whatever off-road racing game they used as the demo everywhere. The only problem came when everyone except the lil' kids and the retired knew what a majority Best Buy employees did not. That the PS3 will sit almost dormant after that release early in the morning. The Wii on the other hand would sell out for almost several quarters in almost every store the day the shipments came in. This is quite contradictory to what a Best Buy employee told my friend and I saying that "because the Wii is of last generation components, it will be easy to manufacture" and therfore hold very stick very well to its supply and demand unlike said PS3. Opposite of all this a 360 stood running a demo of some Mech game with smoke effects and other eye-candy magic rendered quickly and beautifully at least 30 Fps. Marketing it seemed had given everyone the wrong impression.
Here in lies the dilema that I face, if I come up with a product that is prehaps better than a competitor, I will bring about competition however at the possibility of causing layoff's at their factory. Yes, competition will bring about better prices for the consumers but what if they see such things as something that needs to be had. It is people's money flow that is either changing paths from another business or it is being stretched in order to accomodate the recipient with a service or product. The more this money it stretched or taken away from true neccesities the less the buyer has to pay for the medical care when needed, their child's college fund, hell even thier own retirement. Here is where I refuse to get involved. I do not want to take part in rising inflation, causing ebbs and flows in the credit system and to its fullest extent damaging lives. I hope that this Gross Domestic Product that many talk about will change this so as the situations I described can be averted and I can rest my concious.
Like most people, I want to become an entrepreneur or at least as financially independent as possible. And above all things I do not want to become filthy rich. Honestly I wondering what the guys who started Google are doing with their money? I haven't researched it, but they seem to put a lot into their employees as well as into their projects. It's just a dream. But I see a hitch that has to do a lot for my despise of marketing and a majority of the people so easily swayed by it. And wathcing the Donny Deustch show has barely inspired me to push some of ideas to their fullest.
I remember when I was at Best Buy the night before the PS3 was released. They must have positioned the console seperate from the 360 for a reason. Many teenagers, college-aged-preps and I work then go home to my "wife": the Game Console type of people all seemed to be overly hyped for such a system to come out. I too could feel the excitment of the console wars and awesome games beign released. The future seemed at hand with each console's fate to be decided by the market and fanboys. Many of these people however seemed very very impressed with PS3's weak attempt at beign both like the Wii and 360 for both motion control and particle effects respectively with whatever off-road racing game they used as the demo everywhere. The only problem came when everyone except the lil' kids and the retired knew what a majority Best Buy employees did not. That the PS3 will sit almost dormant after that release early in the morning. The Wii on the other hand would sell out for almost several quarters in almost every store the day the shipments came in. This is quite contradictory to what a Best Buy employee told my friend and I saying that "because the Wii is of last generation components, it will be easy to manufacture" and therfore hold very stick very well to its supply and demand unlike said PS3. Opposite of all this a 360 stood running a demo of some Mech game with smoke effects and other eye-candy magic rendered quickly and beautifully at least 30 Fps. Marketing it seemed had given everyone the wrong impression.
Here in lies the dilema that I face, if I come up with a product that is prehaps better than a competitor, I will bring about competition however at the possibility of causing layoff's at their factory. Yes, competition will bring about better prices for the consumers but what if they see such things as something that needs to be had. It is people's money flow that is either changing paths from another business or it is being stretched in order to accomodate the recipient with a service or product. The more this money it stretched or taken away from true neccesities the less the buyer has to pay for the medical care when needed, their child's college fund, hell even thier own retirement. Here is where I refuse to get involved. I do not want to take part in rising inflation, causing ebbs and flows in the credit system and to its fullest extent damaging lives. I hope that this Gross Domestic Product that many talk about will change this so as the situations I described can be averted and I can rest my concious.
8.06.2008
I've begun reading on the "Right" side of the road.
So several weeks ago at a acquaintances friend's house I stumbled upon a book that I had never seen before so well preserved that I also saw at Eclipse Bookstore many more weeks a before then. Even better looking as an abstract read than How Rich Republican Get Rich and How You Can Too! which I spotted at the local Value Village months before I finally got myself into Eclipse Bookstore.
It seems that many of today's Right-Wingers are having ago at writing full fledged books. Yes, that one racist Ann Coulter has been at it for some time. Hating up on the "liberal media" and their oppressive methods. Yes it seems that many have gone way beyond the Ayn Rand objectivism philosophies present in its bible, Atlas Shrugged. Rush Limbaugh of course discusses how illegal immigrants are invading this country and bringing those illegal drugs along with them while he his hooked on "legal" drugs. Then of course we come to FOX News' proud Bush word touting self describing "debater" "host", Sean Hannity.
It is his book that I have sadly dropped Shock Doctrine for and begun reading instead. If I were a 50-year old widow, it would be this book that whisks me away as I fall asleep into a world where everyone agrees with everything that is maybe wrong to do then, but looked upon as the right thing to do later. Where money runs infinite and commie programs like public services are abolished because the military has mush better use of the funds. A place where surprisingly there is much hatred towards the US and its Goodwill Empire of FREEDOM. (Fascist-like Empire)
Why does this book bring about all these things. Well from reading random segments, I've deduced that the Clinton era was the worst time to be an American (arms contractor) and that Democrats are only there to get in the way of what is good and right in the world. I mean clearly like many other FOX Newscasters know Democrats don't have anything else to do but hate AMERICA.
All this coming from a book that's cover contains as much of Sean Hannity's head on it as possible, along with a wonderfully Middle School like Photoshop job. But now I'm just going for low-jabs. When I've read enough or just feel the need to update the tubes of the internets with my gathered "knowledge"I shall try to here ASAP.
It seems that many of today's Right-Wingers are having ago at writing full fledged books. Yes, that one racist Ann Coulter has been at it for some time. Hating up on the "liberal media" and their oppressive methods. Yes it seems that many have gone way beyond the Ayn Rand objectivism philosophies present in its bible, Atlas Shrugged. Rush Limbaugh of course discusses how illegal immigrants are invading this country and bringing those illegal drugs along with them while he his hooked on "legal" drugs. Then of course we come to FOX News' proud Bush word touting self describing "debater" "host", Sean Hannity.
It is his book that I have sadly dropped Shock Doctrine for and begun reading instead. If I were a 50-year old widow, it would be this book that whisks me away as I fall asleep into a world where everyone agrees with everything that is maybe wrong to do then, but looked upon as the right thing to do later. Where money runs infinite and commie programs like public services are abolished because the military has mush better use of the funds. A place where surprisingly there is much hatred towards the US and its Goodwill Empire of FREEDOM. (Fascist-like Empire)
Why does this book bring about all these things. Well from reading random segments, I've deduced that the Clinton era was the worst time to be an American (arms contractor) and that Democrats are only there to get in the way of what is good and right in the world. I mean clearly like many other FOX Newscasters know Democrats don't have anything else to do but hate AMERICA.
All this coming from a book that's cover contains as much of Sean Hannity's head on it as possible, along with a wonderfully Middle School like Photoshop job. But now I'm just going for low-jabs. When I've read enough or just feel the need to update the tubes of the internets with my gathered "knowledge"I shall try to here ASAP.
7.24.2008
Thinkin 'bout modeling my entire town for Google Earth
All though this has been in my mind several times before, it sometimes takes someone mentioning it to cause one to commit. Once I saw that Google Earth had 3D building capability and even more so when I found out it was users that were creating the building, I've wanted to make Sketch-up models so that my flat 3D-Building-less town could enjoy the eyes that the larger cities may get in Google Earth. It sort of goes along with my whole "become a part of the internet" thing back when I started my Wikipedia account to help upkeep and expand it. Wikipedia is definitely a great tool and I use it almost daily.
In light of the fact that I will be dedicating time to this endeavor so (I, solely can claim to many that I created a representation of the city,) I am starting a new Blog beyond this one, yet to be titled, that will be a list of my travels learning Sketch-Up, Google's 3D modeling app used in Google Earth. This is not so that I can brag that I modeled my town but so others can get involved in their city/town's modeling projects for Google Earth. Heck, they could even be the first their town much like it seems I am to be. I hope that this new blog can be of some help to new users to Sketch-up and hopefully relieve some of the troubles I had when trying to figure out how to upload to Google Earth from Sketch-up as well give some tips and tricks to using Sketch-Up more efficiently as I learn them.
I will keep updates for this new blog posted here close to daily.
In light of the fact that I will be dedicating time to this endeavor so (I, solely can claim to many that I created a representation of the city,) I am starting a new Blog beyond this one, yet to be titled, that will be a list of my travels learning Sketch-Up, Google's 3D modeling app used in Google Earth. This is not so that I can brag that I modeled my town but so others can get involved in their city/town's modeling projects for Google Earth. Heck, they could even be the first their town much like it seems I am to be. I hope that this new blog can be of some help to new users to Sketch-up and hopefully relieve some of the troubles I had when trying to figure out how to upload to Google Earth from Sketch-up as well give some tips and tricks to using Sketch-Up more efficiently as I learn them.
I will keep updates for this new blog posted here close to daily.
7.05.2008
WALL-E brings many great qualities to table.
While stamped with the Disney/Pixar label this film can easily be enjoyed adults who pay attention to whats going beyond the lack of dialog, and there isn't much. While I've read several short viewer reviews stating that its environmental message is the mark of influence from Silent Running, although true, actually seeing a future Earth and not having a man go mildly insane to save the Earth's ecosystems is a sigh of relief in this tale of machines and humans. On other notes people right off the bat have even gone the short and easy way to say that WALL-E is a Johnny 5 look-a-like. Sure, I see it, who the hell doesn't? And I haven't even seen short circuit.
In all honesty, I see Silent Running as a very poor example of a film but a great stoy idea. I saw the acting as bad which is toned down even more by lack of emotion when the main character goes as far to kill one of his douchebag space-vessel-mates. TV shows of now have had better acting for quite a while. However the idea of the environment and its conservation, let's even go as far to say preservation for Silent Runnings sake , is the only reason I mention it.
It might not seem fitting to some movie audiences but then people are currently angry that the gov't didn't step in and raise MPG standards a while ago, even one could argue it was the consumers fault for wanting to get gas guzzling SUVs in the first place. I am sure, had I seen the film in the daytime when the mall would be open that many would be walking into the movie with bags of most-likely needless shit from the Best Buy or Wal-Mart up the road several miles. This is what the film is focusing on. Consumerism. It's what drives America. But enough of my overly "wordy" opinions. The general picture is what I'm planning to deliver.
If you are at least old enough or have access to rated R movies, might I suggest watching They Live by John Carpenter. This contains many of the same social criticisms except from a point where the humans are truly somewhat good and it is a foreign alien secret invasion that draws out the anti-social, selfish nature that consumerism and capitalism can bring. WALL-E's take is much better in my regard and reminds me of what I'd expect from an early sci-fiction story.
Humans can't maintain themselves on being sustainable and are very willing to leave Earth only to have themselves saturated in technology and consumption again. The dramatic effect definitely kicks in when the Earth is seen empty for several shots with giant spires of what looks like rock jutting out of several cityscapes. From there we are finally introduced to WALL-E and we see that he is actually on top of one of em'. Second to that he is the only one of the many WALL-E's to have survived somehow.
His loneliness is subsided though as he has gathered many recurring historical elements of human consumption including a TV and VCR to watch his favorite movie on every night. He even has a pet cockroach. Ironic though that I am talking about a robot, a machine created to clean up all of the trash we have left over. Which brings about another theme of respecting things like they are yours. The inverse resulting in a slightly creepy image that is drawn into are heads over many of the Earth scenes.
Although there is very little human interaction in the first half of the movie, except for a few automated commercial systems that are tripped by WALL-E's travels. You can almost forget that these are robots the next day as your mind becomes slightly fuzzier on the whole magnificent film. WALL-E and the introduction as well as interactions with EVE eventually are supplanted by faceless human figures in my memory due to a very good job well done by Pixar.
Just like the fact that this movie is considered a kids movie because of its G rating, WALL-E the robot delivers more than he is originally intended to do. In a scenario that is very much has a maturity about it, the cartoon elements will enlighten kids while providing some humor for technically savvy adults. In my mind, this film should be analyzed like that of a classroom with the resulting recurring themes on humanity, our world, our devices, and our possible demise brought to the chalkboard close to the level of which Mark Twain's writings are. But that's just me.
In all honesty, I see Silent Running as a very poor example of a film but a great stoy idea. I saw the acting as bad which is toned down even more by lack of emotion when the main character goes as far to kill one of his douchebag space-vessel-mates. TV shows of now have had better acting for quite a while. However the idea of the environment and its conservation, let's even go as far to say preservation for Silent Runnings sake , is the only reason I mention it.
It might not seem fitting to some movie audiences but then people are currently angry that the gov't didn't step in and raise MPG standards a while ago, even one could argue it was the consumers fault for wanting to get gas guzzling SUVs in the first place. I am sure, had I seen the film in the daytime when the mall would be open that many would be walking into the movie with bags of most-likely needless shit from the Best Buy or Wal-Mart up the road several miles. This is what the film is focusing on. Consumerism. It's what drives America. But enough of my overly "wordy" opinions. The general picture is what I'm planning to deliver.
If you are at least old enough or have access to rated R movies, might I suggest watching They Live by John Carpenter. This contains many of the same social criticisms except from a point where the humans are truly somewhat good and it is a foreign alien secret invasion that draws out the anti-social, selfish nature that consumerism and capitalism can bring. WALL-E's take is much better in my regard and reminds me of what I'd expect from an early sci-fiction story.
Humans can't maintain themselves on being sustainable and are very willing to leave Earth only to have themselves saturated in technology and consumption again. The dramatic effect definitely kicks in when the Earth is seen empty for several shots with giant spires of what looks like rock jutting out of several cityscapes. From there we are finally introduced to WALL-E and we see that he is actually on top of one of em'. Second to that he is the only one of the many WALL-E's to have survived somehow.
His loneliness is subsided though as he has gathered many recurring historical elements of human consumption including a TV and VCR to watch his favorite movie on every night. He even has a pet cockroach. Ironic though that I am talking about a robot, a machine created to clean up all of the trash we have left over. Which brings about another theme of respecting things like they are yours. The inverse resulting in a slightly creepy image that is drawn into are heads over many of the Earth scenes.
Although there is very little human interaction in the first half of the movie, except for a few automated commercial systems that are tripped by WALL-E's travels. You can almost forget that these are robots the next day as your mind becomes slightly fuzzier on the whole magnificent film. WALL-E and the introduction as well as interactions with EVE eventually are supplanted by faceless human figures in my memory due to a very good job well done by Pixar.
Just like the fact that this movie is considered a kids movie because of its G rating, WALL-E the robot delivers more than he is originally intended to do. In a scenario that is very much has a maturity about it, the cartoon elements will enlighten kids while providing some humor for technically savvy adults. In my mind, this film should be analyzed like that of a classroom with the resulting recurring themes on humanity, our world, our devices, and our possible demise brought to the chalkboard close to the level of which Mark Twain's writings are. But that's just me.
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