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Gaming

[485] Of the Warcraft’s equation

I’m proposing a new equation.

Weekends + World of Warcraft = lack of sleep

The first test ran smoothly and I already missed a meeting between Environmental Justice, Amnesty International and SOLE yesterday because I needed to catch up with a generation of lost sleep. The fact that I needed to catch up with my sleep with probably a proof for that equation.

I will be running a second test on my hypothesis next week.

p/s – I’ve just realized that sacrificing sleep increases the chance of committing horrible grammar.

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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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Economics Environment Politics & government

[482] Of State of the Union 2005

Are you folks ready for our annual laugh?

I hope Bush has finally learnt his past mistakes, or else. Five more minutes and oh, I can’t wait to listen to him.

p/s – alright. I take that back. It was good, at least to me and especially how he brought the social security issue to the table. I understand how the social system is flawed but I’m not sure privatization is the right solution. Regardless of that, I prefer one, instead of letting somebody else or the government to finance one’s own future. The current system put the unnecessary burden on the wrong generation.

The environment though, received scant attention. Bush wants to encourage hydrogen fuel – something that he said in his last address. I’m not sure if he is actually trying anything at all though.

He also mentioned about cutting down spending while making tax cut permanent. Heh! Reagan wanted that too. I don’t think cutting down both taxes and spending simultaneously is easy, if impossible is not the right choice of word. It is easier said than done, still.

pp/s – Low Culture is having some fun on Bush. More should be coming, considering how the authors love Bush. I’ve been reading the blog for a couple weeks now and I like it. It’s now under blogroll.

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Economics Sports

[481] Of Man Ure

Every dog has its day. I wish Chelsea godspeed and Man Ure the devilspeed. Must be a bad weekend for both Ajax and Arsenal. At least Ajax didn’t lose.

At the same time, a lot of cruel people are having fun on me. But that is expected of since I always zealously push everything down Manchester United fans’ throat whenever they lose to anybody. It’s only fair to let them have a holiday once or twice during the season.

Thank goodness for people that I meet in person everyday don’t give a damn for soccer. And now I remember why I’m a Manchester-United-hater.

Anyway, Google is running amok.

The earnings were seven times higher than a year earlier on revenue that doubled to more than $1 billion. The news also lifted shares of rival Internet companies Yahoo Inc. (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and Ask Jeeves Inc. (ASKJ.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , setting the tone for a possible tech rally on Wednesday.

I wish I were one of the stockholders.