Mr. Smarty-Pants, The Smartest of All Smarts in the Smarting Universe.

partywhipple @ 2009-11-10T23:30:00

2009-11-11T04:33:36Z

So it occured to me that I have no idea how to even begin to look for a new computer anymore. I don't know what ANYTHING means when looking at specs. I was a bit vague on it wayyy back in the day when I got my Alienware and now I am just done. I know big hard drives are still good and the faster the better, as is having more RAM, but now even these have different types of junk and crap. If I want to spend 800 on a pc whats the best thing I can get?I assume I can get something better than what I currently have. Though I have no idea how to show you the specs on my current pc... Help, Nerdyone Kenobi!!!

partywhipple @ 2009-11-10T21:57:00

2009-11-11T02:59:07Z

Ok so I haven't updated in a long time. I should take the time to say something very important. The chick who Barney tricks into thinking he's from the future is ridiculously hot and has the most amazing brown eyes. Holy shit.

*eidt* I thought a picture would help my statement!

Stargate

2009-10-14T17:23:02Z

So while I am laying around feeling like ass I am watching Stargate SG1. It's actually a pretty good show. I've gotten about halfway through Season 2. I've been wondering, will every member of the team get a spunky little teenage girl sidekick? Samantha got one and Tilk has one now too. Speaking of Tilk, he may be my favorite space negro of all. he's much cooler than Worf, that's for sure. He doesn't get his ass kicked every single episode. Well, not yet at least. He's pretty badass. I like the doctor. She's adorable.

partywhipple @ 2009-10-04T17:42:00

2009-10-04T21:46:01Z

What was I doing today?
Why, carrying around Evelyne of course!!
Went and had a very long and awesome lunch with Visgoth, Stealthcomic, Evelyne and Pointdexter. It was a good time. Some quick pics were taken outside by everyone but me since I forgot my stupid cell phone. i'm sure the others will post their pics at some point. Hope everyone had a good weekend.

Heh

2009-10-02T02:08:37Z

I've seen the purse grab AT WORK. Yes, while I was in business attire and wearing a fucking security badge. No joke.

So You Think You Can Dance

2009-09-29T23:37:26Z

So far, besides Broadway Brother and Tap Girl, I'm not very impressed by these guys. The wife in the sexy latin dance couple was trying too hard. Asuka and Jeanette were just ridiculously sexy all the time and didn't need to try ever. We'd better see some better hotties! Also, er, dancing. Yeah, dancing...

HOLY FUCK!!!!

2009-09-28T13:41:21Z

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,26135072-2,00.html

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS????? This means that the dream of every man, to punch Hitler in the face, may yet still live!!!! I assume his brain is in a shark or a giant robot in South America. Or on the dark side of the Moon. We must immediately destroy the moon. Yes, it would lead to horrible devastation on Earth. But we would have a bad ass ring afterwards. The mind reels at the implications of this news!!! *flails*

partywhipple @ 2009-09-26T21:23:00

2009-09-27T01:23:44Z

Ok, so my tivo failed at taping all of the Dollhouse premier. Was it 2 hours? I only got about 40 minutes :P

A few things

2009-09-16T03:02:51Z

Bully Beatdown = teh Awesome

Ghost Whisperer wasn't that bad! Really! It wasn't that good but I may watch it to see if they can come up with new ideas for the show or if it gets immensely boring after 4 episodes.

Fringe starts again soon!!

House starts again soon!!

I was not impressed with Caprica. *shrug* not that surprised, really...

Has anyone seen 9? Was it any good? I want to see it.

mark is going to sleep. It was a long day.

Health Care!! WOOOOOOO

2009-09-10T23:52:45Z

Wait, so, how exactly are we going to pay for the new health care system? Did I misunderstand what he said? He's going to fix the bureaucracy in Medicare to pay for it? What magic spell is he going to cast to do this? I had no idea he was a multi-classer. I assumed he was an epic level Politician but I guess he must have 17 levels of Wizard as well. Wish is still a 9th level spell, right? I hope when he casts it he includes the USPS and Amtrak and every other government owned, completely ridiculous "business" out there.

It was nice of him, though, to say that the plan will include every single thing that every person wants. Everyone wins! I will say this; If he actually DOES shore up the leaks in the government and pay for the plan without increasing taxes for anyone I will take off my hat to the man and give him free reign for the rest of his term. He has said he will do the impossible and I for one will happily shut my trap about him if he pulls it off. Why? Because if he pulls this off he is obviously so fucking much smarter than anyone else in Washington there will be no point in trying to oppose him. Also, if he's that smart, and not actually Lex Luthor in disguise, I will assume he actually does have all of our bests interests in mind and not be a empty promise making, snake oil salesman.

Random thought

2009-09-07T22:12:46Z

A guy asked me once if I minded being half black half white. He asked me whether I ever felt like I was an outcast of both races. I told him sometimes that might be true, but I liked being able to use magic items only usable by blacks or whites. He was not a D&D player so he did not get it. At all.

Inglourious Basterds

2009-09-07T22:11:04Z

This movie is so fucking good I could punch my own mother in the face. lubu took me out to see it today and I have to say i loved it. I think i may love it more than I loved Pulp Fiction. It was ridiculously good. It did have some long stretches when Nazis weren't being shot in the fucking face. I would have replaced these parts with more parts of Nazis being shot in the fucking face. That's about the only complaint I have. I highly recommend this movie to all. Unless you don't like gratiuitous violence. Then, perhaps, you should pass on this one.

Stolen from Cappsize

2009-09-02T04:05:44Z

Wow

ACK!!

2009-08-14T03:54:05Z

I almost forgot to say
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, catholicteacher!!!
I wish you were in the lower 48. Could use one of your ridiculously good hugs!!

Prospero Lost

2009-08-14T02:58:57Z

My friend, Jagi Wright (aka L. Jagi Lamplighter), has had her first book published. It's called Prospero Lost and it's about the family of Prospero, from The Tempest, and their immortal shennanigans through the centuries. Specifically about Miranda and what happened to her and how she gets along with the other prospero children. It is a friggin fantastic book and I want all of you to go buy it. Now. GO!!!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0765319292/thewrighthouse

Seriously, though, it's really good. I just finished a scene which wasn't in the manuscript I had read of hers years ago and it totally kicked ass. I'm hoping that they'll get the second book out SOON.

I am a bit confused

2009-08-14T01:58:39Z

Could someone tell me what makes a person not a racist? I had thought, silly me, that it was a person who judges a person by their actions and not by the color of their skin. Yesterday I found out that this was wrong and that those people are "ignorant". From what I have read, so far, a non racist is now:

1. Someone who notices race
2. Then pretends not to have
3. Then praises the minority about how AWESOME they are for being a minority
3a. May then bask in the minorities pride at being a minority, if the minority so chooses
4. Then admits that they are evil and spoiled (if they are white)

No one had sent me the memo, by the way, saying we no longer want people to just accept those around them and now have to give head to any minority. Also, I must add, I AM a minority and no liberal has given me head randomly. WTF?

Hope he doesn't mind

2009-08-02T07:55:39Z

level_head made a post about stellar bodies and their sizes. I usually only link to political posts and hot chicks but this was really cool. I had never imagined just how small our sun is in comparison to some others. Check it out:

http://level-head.livejournal.com/428125.html

Still working on it...

2009-07-29T21:28:35Z

So I have fixed most of the issues with my computer. I actually have it running much better than it used to in most cases. But I still have a couple of issues which maybe some of you have experience with.

First, I am trying to rip my iPod to replenish my iTunes which was completely wiped out in the reset. I've tried various programs but they download a few songs then say they can't do anymore. I can't do 4k+ songs in this manner. It's way too ridiculous. I found a program which says it can fix the errors on the iPod but it wants money for it. Not something i can afford to do right now.

Second, a friend gave me two months of WoW time. I reloaded WoW but it is acting kinda wonky. When I am in raids or in IF, not Dalaran, the screen will PARTIALLY freeze up. The chat text moves normally, and my little icon on the map will move, and I can see damage text, but everything else is frozen. I am used to lag where only I can move and I am used to the game freezing up completely but this is something completely new. And frustrating. I can't run raids like this. And IF gets so fucked up I can hardly run that either. Anyone have any ideas? My graphics drivers are are to date and I have no issues with other graphics intensive programs like Fallout 3. Any suggestions would be fantastic.
Here is some DXDIAG info about my system. Please speak up if you see something wonky:

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System Information
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Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234)
System Manufacturer: alienware
System Model: alienware
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 4000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.4GHz
Memory: 2816MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

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Display Devices
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Card name: RADEON X1600 Series

Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6599 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Date/Size: 1/24/2006 23:52:48, 255488 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys
Mini VDD Date: 1/24/2006 23:52:31, 1478656 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-3282-11CF-756A-4803A1C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x71C2
SubSys ID: 0x23421002
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D ModeWMV8_B ModeWMV8_A ModeWMV9_B ModeWMV9_A
Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
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{3C5323C1-6FB7-44F5-9081-056BF2EE449D}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{552C0DAD-CCBC-420B-83C8-74943CF9F1A6}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

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Sound Devices
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Description: A000
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_20021102&REV_04
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0442 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 11/18/2003 22:13:54, 366160 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Creative
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0xF5F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 4000, 191999
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 64, 62
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 64, 62
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: Yes
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Not run

Just a moment

2009-07-29T00:21:01Z

http://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&eventID=745&participantID=50786

This is for a suicide prevention walk. If you have a couple of bucks to spare it would be quite kind to give.

Thanks!

Hell fucking YES

2009-07-27T02:04:03Z

Computer question

2009-07-25T06:52:04Z

So what's the best FREE Anti-Virus/Firewall out there now? I had to reinstall windows, again, and now I am updating everything. Anyone? Bueller?

partywhipple @ 2009-06-29T02:29:00

2009-06-29T06:34:53Z

Snopes said the church sign war over dogs going to heaven is a fake. That makes me sad. Sniff.
I think I linked it once but here it is again. I was trying to explain it to johncwright and his wife arhyalon but I think I did a bad job.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2228641/posts

Even though it's fake it's still pretty funny.

partywhipple @ 2009-06-29T02:01:00

2009-06-29T06:01:59Z

Happy Birthday, arhyalon!!!

Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen

2009-06-24T19:34:43Z

I highly recommend it. Go see it. Now.

A. Our military looks smart and bad ass. I would go and see it twice just for that.

B. Explosions. There are many. They are awesome.

C. Giant fucking robots kicking the shit out of eachother. There's alot of this and it's also awesome.

D. Some fantastic lines. And I don't just mean funny lines, which there are tons of, but also a couple which I thought were "Come With Me If You Want To Live" level of good. Very cool, Mr Bay.

E. Megan Fox. Um, guh, she's ridiculously hot and they know this.

F. Optimus Prime. 'Nuff Said.

G. Jetfire. He was my favorite for a long time. I was psyched to see him.

H. The twins. They've been changed drastically but they we fucking hilarious. Transformer freaks may remember the twins, Sunstreaker and Sideswipe, who turned into yellow and red lamborghinis. These guys aren't them. lol

I. Soundwave. They toned down his voice, sadly, but he was still pretty bad ass.

J. Devastator. Yes, the real one this time.

Feel free to add to the list. If you didn't like it I weep for you :P

*I should add, if you didn't like the first movie I have serious, SERIOUS doubts this one will be any better for you. This one has some raunchy humor which is pretty over the top goofy. Don't bother seeing this, or anything, if you're in a bad mood.

Sweeeeet

2009-06-03T23:47:42Z

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-metroid-other/50237

(k so embedding didn't work...)

In 2012 when i can start buying things again I am TOTALLY going to get a wii!!! :P