Thursday, February 22, 2007
Another Site
Part of the reason this hasn't been updating as much as I would like it to is that I've been working on getting another site up and running. Daily Top Fives is just a top five of something, anything, updated daily, as the title suggest. A lot of it is going to be humor related, but a portion of it will be the real deal. Also working on getting videos on YouTube so I can throw them up over here. I'll probably put some up soon, since I will only put them on the other site if they are referenced in the top five, like today's, with the Top Five Weird Things I've Done. I'm rather tired and I have a lot of things to get done this weekend, so I don't think I'll be posting again until mid-late next week, hopefully I'll review a game. I'm thinking Wario Ware, but I might to Lego Star Wars II, or Supreme Commander. YOU DECIDE! Comment, and I'll choose the most wanted one. Add Rayman: Raving Rabbids, Wii Sports, and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess to the list. You, the readers (we have readers?), will decide what the review will be for! ...Please?
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Formatting: A Last Resort
A few months ago, my father passed down to me something that I've been desiring for many years, a good laptop. The laptop was nice. A couple years old, but still nice with 1280 megabytes of ram, I think processor is in the field of about 1.8 gigahertz and it's wide screen. So, all went well for many weeks. I would bring it to class and goof off, let my friends use it, and listen to music and play games when I went to my real home on the weekends. It was great. But good things for some unknown reason, can only last so long. Disaster suddenly striked!
I turn it on one day and as it starts up, wouldn't you know it? The dreaded blue screen of death. Before giving me enough time to even register what had happened, the computer restarts. "Fuck," or "Oh shit," is probably all I said for the next five minutes, as I kept trying to log on, but only once making it to the desktop at which point every program that starts at startup had an error message, and it crashed and restarted again. What had happened? Was it all that porn? No. I had not recently used it for porn, so that shouldn't be the cause. What had happened between the last time it worked and now? ...Oh, right. I had allowed my friend, while we were a bit under the influence of alcohol, to use the laptop. What could he have done?
Countless tries at a reinstall of windows XP later, and no progress, for some reason some files are always unable to be copied, what the fuck is going on? Somethings dawns on Pee, why don't we try taking out each of the RAM chips in turn and seeing what happens. I didn't think it would work and I still don't fully understand why it did, but for some reason, my gig stick of RAM was the cause of all my troubles. Whether it was loose, broken, or corrupted by some virus, it was the problem. Windows installed fine, and runs fine without it, although slower. If I try to reinsert it back in, it starts up fine, but most programs refuse to run, claiming some file they need is corrupted or not there. We're currently working on making a CD using memtest86 and seeing if it can see any problems with the RAM.
If we had tried taking out the RAM earlier, we probably wouldn't have had to reinstall XP and would therefor have not wiped out my hard drive, since we had assumed initially that it was the problem. Oh, and we think that my friend, after powering off the laptop for the night, put it down in a not so gentle fashion, which may have caused the memory to loosen and break... Or something. I'm just happy it's working again.
I turn it on one day and as it starts up, wouldn't you know it? The dreaded blue screen of death. Before giving me enough time to even register what had happened, the computer restarts. "Fuck," or "Oh shit," is probably all I said for the next five minutes, as I kept trying to log on, but only once making it to the desktop at which point every program that starts at startup had an error message, and it crashed and restarted again. What had happened? Was it all that porn? No. I had not recently used it for porn, so that shouldn't be the cause. What had happened between the last time it worked and now? ...Oh, right. I had allowed my friend, while we were a bit under the influence of alcohol, to use the laptop. What could he have done?
Countless tries at a reinstall of windows XP later, and no progress, for some reason some files are always unable to be copied, what the fuck is going on? Somethings dawns on Pee, why don't we try taking out each of the RAM chips in turn and seeing what happens. I didn't think it would work and I still don't fully understand why it did, but for some reason, my gig stick of RAM was the cause of all my troubles. Whether it was loose, broken, or corrupted by some virus, it was the problem. Windows installed fine, and runs fine without it, although slower. If I try to reinsert it back in, it starts up fine, but most programs refuse to run, claiming some file they need is corrupted or not there. We're currently working on making a CD using memtest86 and seeing if it can see any problems with the RAM.
If we had tried taking out the RAM earlier, we probably wouldn't have had to reinstall XP and would therefor have not wiped out my hard drive, since we had assumed initially that it was the problem. Oh, and we think that my friend, after powering off the laptop for the night, put it down in a not so gentle fashion, which may have caused the memory to loosen and break... Or something. I'm just happy it's working again.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
In Addition...
I'd like to add on slash comment on Pettinface's post.
Well, first of all, obviously since I'm not a Mac user, the ability for web sites to work with OSX isn't really important to me. But, in all honesty, I think it's a much bigger issue that it doesn't work with Firefox, as it is one of the biggest up and coming browsers.
Overall, yes, it was a bad decision to make it available to only IE, but I think that they'll change it soon enough. It's Walmart for Christ's sake. Regardless, if you, for some reason, will only support one browser on your site, of course IE is the choice. Probably not for much longer, since IE 7 sucks hard, but as of right now, it is the cream cheese on the bagel of internet browsing. I'm using it right now because I'm in class and this computer doesn't have Firefox on it. I should probably start paying attention, though, since the teacher is lecturing. Peace out nyuckas.
Well, first of all, obviously since I'm not a Mac user, the ability for web sites to work with OSX isn't really important to me. But, in all honesty, I think it's a much bigger issue that it doesn't work with Firefox, as it is one of the biggest up and coming browsers.
Overall, yes, it was a bad decision to make it available to only IE, but I think that they'll change it soon enough. It's Walmart for Christ's sake. Regardless, if you, for some reason, will only support one browser on your site, of course IE is the choice. Probably not for much longer, since IE 7 sucks hard, but as of right now, it is the cream cheese on the bagel of internet browsing. I'm using it right now because I'm in class and this computer doesn't have Firefox on it. I should probably start paying attention, though, since the teacher is lecturing. Peace out nyuckas.
A Collective WTF
Recently Walmart began operation of their new movie download website, and gave us all one more reason to not go to Walmart's website. In a genius move by the Walmart web development team, they chose to have it only work on IE. Notice I said "chose." After doing some research and looking at some script and CSS, it's obvious that the site was designed to only work with IE. Even if it did work with other browsers, they use a Windows only DMG preventing the hundreds of thousands of people who use alternative browsers (OSX) from accessing this media. I can imagine iTunes is loving this. Way to go Walmart, you effectively eliminated yourself from the competition before you even got started. As far as I'm concerned, Walmart, you need to get with the program and at the least support multiple browsers, you're retarded for not doing so in the first place.
Pimpingill out.
Pimpingill out.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Attempted Guitar Hero 2 Hacking
Before I begin this, some background information is necessary. I live in my friend's parent's house with him. Hence forth, he shall be known as Pee, and he may or may not be joining us in this blog. For some time his Playstation 2 has been a little on the 'special' side. You know, not reading discs and crashing sometimes, but overall nothing that would make you want to go out and replace it. Don't get me wrong, it's not really that bad, but it is a little quirky.
So for some time we were aware of a Guitar Hero 2 file online that had replaced every song on it with another song that someone custom made, and after awhile, we decide that we might as well try it out, but not after some research. We find that we need a mod chip, the hard drive, or magic swap. Laziness swelled within us, so we continued researching until Pee found an article that said it was possible with only a Gameshark 2 and some slight... 'Adjustments' to the PS2 itself. 'Adjustments' meaning we need to take off the faceplate and stick something into it and push a piece of plastic around. Very scientific. Anyways, we agreed that we should pursue this and went forth to get the Gameshark. Before we left, though, we spent a good twenty minutes trying to figure out how the 'adjustments' on the PS2 actually worked. We ended up taking the cover off and managed to figure it out. When we get back, it won't turn on. Somehow, the ribbon cable that connects the reset and eject button to the system had come undone. The next hour was spent taking the PS2 almost entirely apart to fix it, which we actually did. (Pee actually did all the work, I kind of just held a light.)
The disc was burned, the PS2 at the ready with the Gameshark in place. Something is wrong. There isn't a memory card with the Gameshark as the directions suggest there should be. We have the wrong version of Gameshark, apparently when they went from version 1.0 to 1.2 they dropped the memory card. Great. But, all is not yet lost, the author of the instructions says he hears it works on all versions. Well, hot damn, I'm very aroused. The fact that almost everything is different because we're not using version 1.0 is a little annoying to me, since part of it excluded the need to make any 'adjustments' to the PS2.
And... Nothing. Well, I shouldn't lie, something did happen. The PS2 now makes loud, obnoxious, almost painful noises as it attempts to read discs. But, as for the hack? So far, no go. We're debating on whether or not it's how Pee burned it, if it's just his PS2. Oh, and we removed the reset and eject buttons from the case and left the case off. So now it looks like some electronics experiment gone horribly wrong. It leans very much so to the left.
As a side note, if your PS2 occasionally has problems reading discs, or just stops one day, you don't need to bring it to someone and pay out the ass to fix it. Pee simply just opens it up, sprays a bit of air on it, and tightens some screws and it starts working better. Don't do this if you don't feel comfortable, though. First of all, it voids your warranty, if you still have it, and secondly if you don't know what you're doing you can damage the system. But hey, if you want, we can see what we can do. Neeeee out!
So for some time we were aware of a Guitar Hero 2 file online that had replaced every song on it with another song that someone custom made, and after awhile, we decide that we might as well try it out, but not after some research. We find that we need a mod chip, the hard drive, or magic swap. Laziness swelled within us, so we continued researching until Pee found an article that said it was possible with only a Gameshark 2 and some slight... 'Adjustments' to the PS2 itself. 'Adjustments' meaning we need to take off the faceplate and stick something into it and push a piece of plastic around. Very scientific. Anyways, we agreed that we should pursue this and went forth to get the Gameshark. Before we left, though, we spent a good twenty minutes trying to figure out how the 'adjustments' on the PS2 actually worked. We ended up taking the cover off and managed to figure it out. When we get back, it won't turn on. Somehow, the ribbon cable that connects the reset and eject button to the system had come undone. The next hour was spent taking the PS2 almost entirely apart to fix it, which we actually did. (Pee actually did all the work, I kind of just held a light.)
The disc was burned, the PS2 at the ready with the Gameshark in place. Something is wrong. There isn't a memory card with the Gameshark as the directions suggest there should be. We have the wrong version of Gameshark, apparently when they went from version 1.0 to 1.2 they dropped the memory card. Great. But, all is not yet lost, the author of the instructions says he hears it works on all versions. Well, hot damn, I'm very aroused. The fact that almost everything is different because we're not using version 1.0 is a little annoying to me, since part of it excluded the need to make any 'adjustments' to the PS2.
And... Nothing. Well, I shouldn't lie, something did happen. The PS2 now makes loud, obnoxious, almost painful noises as it attempts to read discs. But, as for the hack? So far, no go. We're debating on whether or not it's how Pee burned it, if it's just his PS2. Oh, and we removed the reset and eject buttons from the case and left the case off. So now it looks like some electronics experiment gone horribly wrong. It leans very much so to the left.
As a side note, if your PS2 occasionally has problems reading discs, or just stops one day, you don't need to bring it to someone and pay out the ass to fix it. Pee simply just opens it up, sprays a bit of air on it, and tightens some screws and it starts working better. Don't do this if you don't feel comfortable, though. First of all, it voids your warranty, if you still have it, and secondly if you don't know what you're doing you can damage the system. But hey, if you want, we can see what we can do. Neeeee out!
Monday, February 12, 2007
Setting the Tone
Well, welcome to the unholy manifestation of some kids with nothing better to do. Please, enjoy yourselves as we dive deep into the well known and make utter asses of ourselves.
On a more serious note, this blog is going to be a little bit of everything. I have intentions on giving my views on piracy at some point, and after researching the dos and don'ts of linking, will probably post funny or interesting links I come across in my daily web browsing exercises. Sir Pimps-A-Not is the resident Mac user (Fag), so he'll be bringing news on the iPhone and other Apple products. Other than that, you will be sure to find pictures, stories, and possible videos of our adventures through the mind numbing madness that is Londonderry, New Hampshire.
As for right now? It's 1:30 A.M. and I just made this blog and this post. That's enough for now, isn't it?
On a more serious note, this blog is going to be a little bit of everything. I have intentions on giving my views on piracy at some point, and after researching the dos and don'ts of linking, will probably post funny or interesting links I come across in my daily web browsing exercises. Sir Pimps-A-Not is the resident Mac user (Fag), so he'll be bringing news on the iPhone and other Apple products. Other than that, you will be sure to find pictures, stories, and possible videos of our adventures through the mind numbing madness that is Londonderry, New Hampshire.
As for right now? It's 1:30 A.M. and I just made this blog and this post. That's enough for now, isn't it?
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