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Nov. 9th, 2009 09:13 amI have my new computer. It is very fast, and the screen is very larger. However, it also takes up about half the space of my old system. You have to love the march of progress. My first computer was twice the price, for a Pentium 2 with a huge 20GB of memory. The new one has 8GB of RAM alone. It runs Civ4 especially well, especially at the higher levels, where my old one required some patiance and a good book to read while processing between turns.
It is curious, but you can truly tell you're an adult when you own a legally purchased operating system for the first time. Windows 7 is deceptively enough like XP to trip you up occasionally, but in early use, seems to be fairly robust and effective, as opposed to the train wreck that Vista turned out to be.
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Self-imposed ban on buying new video games is wearing on me, considering tons of stuff I've been waiting for just came out. Instead, I'm focusing on completing various games I currently own first in order to get rid of them. The games I'm most excited about getting though all were released for the computer years ago. I have an utterly up to date system, and my plan is to use it to play video games from the last decade.
Folks, this is the reason that we don't have jetpacks.
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NaNoWriMo update: 13660 words. Got knocked off my schedule by work, but it remains very much attainable.
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Baseball season has officially ended with the Yankees purchasing their first World Series since 2000. It shouldn't be any surprise they won. With a total aggregate contracted payroll of over a half billion dollars, they should also be able to win the Super Bowl too. And cure world hunger.
However, with that win, we move into the wait for Spring Training. To a baseball fan, there are two seasons in the year; the baseball season and the Void. Welcome to the null space.
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Lightning provides gamma ray flashes. Turns men green and attracted to purple jean shorts.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/antimatter-lightning/
It is curious, but you can truly tell you're an adult when you own a legally purchased operating system for the first time. Windows 7 is deceptively enough like XP to trip you up occasionally, but in early use, seems to be fairly robust and effective, as opposed to the train wreck that Vista turned out to be.
***
Self-imposed ban on buying new video games is wearing on me, considering tons of stuff I've been waiting for just came out. Instead, I'm focusing on completing various games I currently own first in order to get rid of them. The games I'm most excited about getting though all were released for the computer years ago. I have an utterly up to date system, and my plan is to use it to play video games from the last decade.
Folks, this is the reason that we don't have jetpacks.
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NaNoWriMo update: 13660 words. Got knocked off my schedule by work, but it remains very much attainable.
***
Baseball season has officially ended with the Yankees purchasing their first World Series since 2000. It shouldn't be any surprise they won. With a total aggregate contracted payroll of over a half billion dollars, they should also be able to win the Super Bowl too. And cure world hunger.
However, with that win, we move into the wait for Spring Training. To a baseball fan, there are two seasons in the year; the baseball season and the Void. Welcome to the null space.
***
Lightning provides gamma ray flashes. Turns men green and attracted to purple jean shorts.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/antimatter-lightning/
