It LIVES... it LIVES....

(cue mad scientist laugh and thunder)

So, Trinoc is back alive.

Total damages: one fried ASUS motherboard, one flakey and unreliable ATI Radion 9800, one dead peice Kingmax RAM (see previous post).

Replacement parts: Identical Asus board, partly used NVidia GF FX5600, and new Kingston RAM.

Sum total, just under $200 of damages.

Having my system again: VERY HAPPY.

I can play everquest again and worry about other things now.

Wait a sec, thats not...

So I woke up this morning and looked out a window. WTF?! SNOW? Then I realized... wait, thats not snow.. thats ice, all of it. Jesus. Lots and lots of ice.

Take a look here.

Oscars

So its nomination time. And here are my picks, based on my own gut instincts, as well as a good helping of personal bias.

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jamie Foxx - RAY
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jamie Foxx - COLLATERAL
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Kate Winslet - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Meh, no pick.
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
SHREK 2
SCORE
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
or
THE VILLAGE
SONG
not sure on this one
BEST PICTURE
RAY
VISUAL EFFECTS
Spiderman 2
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
FINDING NEVERLAND
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

That metalic smoke smell...

So, as some of you know, I got some 512 MB DDR-400 Kingmax RAM for xmas to bring my system up to a gig of ram. As most of you dont know, I've had NOTHIGN BUT TROUBLE with this Ram. Within a week of installing it, my system became really unstable, forcing me to remove it and return it for a replacement. That wasnt much of a problem, and the replacement peice came friday, but because I was out of town, I didn't get around to installing it until this morning.

Have you ever smelled the smell of hot eletrical component?

Its the smell dreaded by all computer people. That horrid, acrid smell of hot electronics getting ready to die in a blaze of molten glory. That's the smell I got when I turned on my computer after putting in the ram. Erik yanked the plug, as I went "Oh shit, whats that smell!?"

That smell was my Asus A7V8X-X motherboard frying as 2 of the ram connectors cooked in their slots. Parts of the motherboard are ok. The computer turns on, posts, and the drives spin, but nothing displays, and there is a very good chance that more than just the motherboard is fried. Probably ALL of my ram, and my processor may be a deadder too. My fingers are crossed for my video card, and my sound card. But the rest... at least my drives are all ok.

What a great fucking way to start the week.

The moral of this? There are two. One: Never buy ram from Kingmax. Ever again. EVER. I'm buying from Kingston, even if it is twice the price. Two: Never ever buy anything from Newegg.com ever again. From here on out, I refuse to ever buy from them, and I encourage all of you to boycot them and NEVER purchase anything from them. Those cheep prices are for a reason. They buy shit and sell it to gullible people. And unless I want to paly 15% of the cost of my ram, im out 60$. Fuckers.

And until I can get replacement parts, starting with the motherboard, I'm without Everquest 2, not to mention ALL of my stuff on my system. Poor Trinoc is a dead hulk, sitting with his case open and exposed, his guts hanging limp and charred like some horrible vivisection project gone wrong. *cuddles shingami* At least I still have my laptop.

Kingmax 512MB DDR-400
IC:32Mbx8 FHA
MPXC22D-38KT3
S/N:E4C018101001

Classes and Classistness

So, classes are well underway. Relativly so, at least. Today is day 2 of my Tuesday classes, since no classes were held Monday. So far, all seems to be going well, though I am a tad concerned about one of my classes. I'm taking a Phil of Mind class on the topic of Action, an Educational Phil class on Pragmatism, a history of Philosophy class on Blumenberg (crazy germans), and a Phil of Science class on Quantum Field theory. I'm a tad worreid about the QFT class because my math is very weak, but we are doing heavy grade linear algebra. And while I'm far better at that than any other area of calc, I'm still worried.
The odd thing is, the prof of my Phil of Sci class is a student in my Phil Hist class. There is apparently another prof in there as well from comp lit. There is also anotehr prof in here other than those two, who I havent quite figgured out yet. The only probelm with this is that the profs tend to start off on advanced tangents based on far greater knowledge of the text and philosophy while the rest of us simply sit. And while I know I have been guilty of doing that in certian classes, never before have I had a class that is so ruled by an upward eliete. Ah well. I hope later towards the end of the semester something will cure this.

Anarchy Online

So, for those of you who dont know, I play MMO's.

You might also like to know... Anarchy Online is now FREE for a year, with a free download. But ONLY for the next 5 days.

Sign up here, and youll make me 10$!

Again, ANARCHY ONLINE IS NOW FREE FOR A YEAR!!!

Nerd Score

Like we all didnt know this already...

Test

You are a Kitchen Knife.



You are a very aggressive person, not hesitating to make a fatal move in order to succeed. You are always aware of what is going on around you, though other people aren't. You are over-protective of some of your valued possessions, though you gamble to gain more. If someone gets in your way, you kill them. If you hate someone, they die. Well, not literally. People fear you for your skills and envy your success, but you don't care. You liked to be feared in order to gain reverence. You are the most powerful of all silverware, and cut up peoples souls. I mean food.

Most compatible with: Toothbrush.


Click here -- What Random Object Represents Your Inner Self?

Link

So, I've been spending some time catching up on Albinoblacksheep.

OMG. You have to play with this. Poke the Penguin!! I've found at least three different versions, so keep playing with it!

Also, a return from last year - Play with the Snow Globe. I love hearing them scream.

Oh yeah... I have a gig of ram now.