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Gaming Personal Science & technology

[484] Of overkilling the rat

I’ve been on World of Warcraft for more than 24 hours combined now since Thursday after the exam. Had some fun all day long until, earlier today, my friend successfully demonstrated the worst kind of lag I’ve had ever seen. My computer froze and all my senses could absord was the sound of the game; the frame rate was practically 0.

Frustrated, I logoff from Warcraft a few hours later and went to newegg.com, Price Watch and amazon.com to do price comparison for two components: memory and video card. (Google is a darling too, I say. Go Gooooooooooooooooooogle.)

The choice for memory is never a problem. I’ve always trusted Crucial Technology and so, I went straight for it. I saw other like Kingston and Corsair but I rather not face any difficulty with compatibility – inside my computer, I already have a Crucial’s 256MB DDR.

The main issue is the video card. I must admit, I’ve been lagging with news and improvement in graphics – too many economics make me forget other stuff. The last time I read about video cards in the news was when ATi Radeon 9700 was the king. Right now, I’m not sure who’s the king but I didn’t know that there is a GeForce 6 out there. It seems right now, Radeon XT is the best right now but, I don’t really know and all I want to do is play World of Warcraft.

I considered ATi Radeon 9700, which cost roughly $150. However, I was in the idea that that was an overkill. All I want to do with a new graphic card is to play World of Warcraft, not Half-Life 2 or Doom 3. Besides, my motherboard only support AGP 4x. Still, I might upgrade my mobo in the near future so…

So, I considered a GeForce…

Brb! (or maybe not) Gotta log into Warcraft now! The urge is too great to resist!

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Gaming Photography

[483] Of accounting of Warcraft

A tribute to an easy exam.

Heh, the picture didn’t turn out as good as I had expected. But now, it’s time for something serious. Something that I’ve been waiting for almost a month. Damn Amazon for that.

Oh! You can’t see what that ridiculously happy guy is holding. Here:

World Of Warcraft baby!

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Environment Gaming Personal

[470] Of bullshit

First, Amazon delayed my WoW order by 2 weeks.

Second, my ethernet suddenly card died out on me. Now sure whether it went kaput or it just decided to take a vacation to somewhere but it seems that the archangel has got the best of it.

Third, rain in January?

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Books & printed materials Economics Gaming Photography Travels

[465] Of the charming Keys

For those that wasted their winter break, I hope you are jealous of me.

Somewhere near Key Largo, the largest key in Florida. The photo sucks since the real thing was far better. The ocean was true, clear turquoise, the clouds were cleanly white and the sky was magnificiently blue. To experience it is to be there. No word nor picture is able to describe atmosphere.However, one t-shirt tries to say it all:

Up close and personal:

It was so much different than Ann Arbor. Here currently, it’s all gloomy.p/s – lokitorrents.com is being sued. I wonder if SuprNova.org is facing the same issue.

pp/s – I’ve ordered my first book of the year through Amazon.org – In Praise of Slowness: How A Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed. I first found it while browsing a bookstore down in Miami.

Well, it is not actually my first book since I bought a set of accounting texts earlier but I’m content to say academic stuff doesn’t count. Also, along with the book, World of Warcraft. There goes another 70 bucks.

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Economics Environment Gaming Photography

[455] Of my friend the Sun

I had an economic class yesterday and we discussed about the economic of global warming. In the middle of lecture, the fire alarm went off and all of us had to go out, standing in the cold.

I hate to be literally left in the cold. Meanwhile the sun was shining brilliantly. Thus, it was only logical for me to be where the heat was.

It’s already December and seeing the sun is a privilege at this time of the year.One weird thing about this photo is the way the red spots are being aligned matrix-like. It’s been awhile since I troubled myself with electromagnetic wave so I don’t really know why the photo is the way it is. Might be diffraction since the Sun got through an opening between two buildings. But again, I don’t see how that produces spots instead of lines.

And yeah, Ajax manages to scrap through the ravages of Champions’ League. Instead of being kicked out, Ajax is now in the UEFA Cup competition.

p/s – I’m a Rosalesist. Rosales is certainly Ajax’s best purchase this season, yet.

pp/s – In Utopian server of World of Legend, currently, things are getting very interesting. A relatively small problem between two smaller groups of players has swollen to a major war between a coalition of alliances against a group of coalition of players.

The conflict started when a few people were left unsatisfied being bottom-fed by a group of players of whom have mutual assistance pact declared on each other. These groups of people called themselves LiVE. The disgruntled players then announced their intention of stopping bottom-feeding and they started to recruit people and kingdoms into their cause. The recruitment was a success and they formed a group known as DiE. It is no brainer that the name DiE was made in jest to LiVE.

Eh. Kids.

Everything was relatively okay because at first, with all the exchanges of words and actions were only done in between them. Then, DiE targeted a kingdom named Ss enTA LiVE which is a part of LiVE and a member of Taure ‘n Arvandor (TA). Ss enTA LiVE has received more than 100 attacks per day, something I have never heard of before in Utopia. TA then stepped in to help their member. Furthermore, Ss enTA LiVE is TA‘s flagship.

The first thing TA did was to send a few diplomats to resolve the problem. Unfortunately, the diplomats were threatened and in some cases, were assaulted. From here, everything went astray. Alliances normally perceive an attack on a diplomat as the most dishonorable action one can commit in a conflict.

While all of these happened, TA has mutual assistance pact (MAP) with The Black Horde (TBH) , Nation of Hope (NH) , UC, DT (Divine Titan) and the United Angels (UA). TA has invoked its mutual assistance pact with all of its allies. I am a member of UA.

TBN, NH and UA are alliances sitting on the upper echelon of Utopia. As in right now, NH and UA have declared to commit themselves to their MAP with TA. And thus, the biggest coalition ever gathered is formed against DiE.

I am only thankful that I am with the larger side. It would suck to be with DiE.

More on the issue is in a Utopia Temple‘s forum thread of “DiE vs. LiVE, and all the friends inbetween“.

p/s – I’ll miss this place. I wish I don’t have to graduate.