Here we go again! Pc Woes!

Happy Christmas to me! or is it ?

well after the latest bash of games that I can't run properly..wait lemme do a list:

CoD4 - Barely runs at 800x600 everythign on low
UT3 - Don't dare try it
GOW - Har!
bioshock - lowest works :)

theres probably a never ending list but these are simply the ones that interest me. Anyways to keep this post short, my aging P4 with accompanying 6800gs isn't coping anymore with my needs. (A very respectable machine however :) ). So hey presto! i found myself going round ultramalta's and razercomputer's website for parts to buy and boy was i surprised!

It seems that since I had bought my pc things have changes a "bit" money wise.

An example: I had bought my Xclio Jr Black case for a whopping Lm12 4 years ago...It's a nice case by all means with fan at the side and front, mesh to show off the hardware and associated alien like bars of light >.>

So how come the average case price nowadays starts from Lm34 -Lm38 and rises up to Lm125 and more ? I admit that some cases yes are innovative with heatsinks at the front and other kinky gizmos that make the price worth while..However imo my case had all the stuff needed for a normal case..Made of metal with a door to cover cd drives etc, screwless mounting for optical drives, HDD bay that can slide out, space for extra fans at the back etc.. And it cost Lm12! Holy crap Oo

Seems like gamers have made the Computers peripherals market think they can get away with whatever they want :/ stand up and complain boys and girls!

Im off to look for some more cost savings..it's a budget Xmas after all!

M

Chicken ?

So back to it all... A few months ago I had decided to start writing small reviews about the restaurants/bars/fast food outlets i would be visiting and even though the website I intended never took off...I can always write them here :P

KFC

Chicken..great stuff and so it was...However a number of things chipped the experience.

1) A queue of people waiting to be served and only 2 persons were taking orders..I mean i know your sales figures might not be as high as those of McDonalds, however having more ready to help you clients means faster delivery time making it all the better for the customer..

2) Even though I said 3 times "Variety meal large and Toasted Twister Medium" and the person behind the counter repeated that to me..I still got 2 medium meals..Atleast they offered to change my meal to large for 30c

3) No straws..We did order drinks with our meal however we got no straws and so I had to get up and go ask at the counter myself again..(Is this a side effect of #1 ? )

I think that's that...the chicken was good though..


Food: 8/10
Experience: 5/10


P.S. Experience includes everything - from service to the availability of seats, general cleanliness etc etc..


M

The start!

I have decided to use this blog a little bit more in the future so im going to be wasting some time talking about the stuff that really ticks me off..let's start:

Scan Malta


Right so after a nice night of thunder I find that my year old router took the worse of it and ended up with 2 burnt ethernet ports. Oh well time for a replacement. Scan, being close to home ended up being my first choice. Amazingly enough it would have been faster for me to walk to A to Z then stay at scan. Being the second person in line to be served, it's only amazing that i spent half an hour in queue just because the person in front of me couldn't decide if she wanted wireless internet with her new laptop. I'm sorry but issues like these should be discussed with a sales representative beforehand and not in the Parts/Upgrades queue.

Oh well, A to Z will work fine next time..they're always empty..

It's here!

Well seems like the time's up... I have my car test in 2 hours...Hope i get to make it....the generals my parents are also managed to keep it hidden from me that my car was ready for pickup; my mum told me today..this puts even more importance on the way i drive

I HAVE TO PASSSSSSSSSSSSS :|

WAY TO GO..jekk ma jaddinix nidhol go hajt bih bkollox!


WIld Cherokee! <--- ull soon understand this :o :p

M (mewt) Shumacher -- Over and Out!


<3

Way back to sum it all up

mmk

stuff has moved so fast i havent had time to update this blog i started while i worked at ######..yes I have left that place..and yes I did get a new job (it rocks)..and yes stuff does seem to have taken an upswing for most of the stuff..

One of the things i wish I could save but can't is probably the lucidlan site which I'v advertised in this blog before... In a few words, it's gone...it can be called a lack of communication of whatever..thing is that suddenly communication between gatemaster and the rest of the team stopped.....everyone was too proud to actually spill out the beans so basically it all blew up...the server that was used to host the site seems to have been taken offline also as the ip has changed and all the hosted services disappeared..ah well...of all the mixed feelings i have about this matter i will voice none to avoid any further conflict

Well that's that...over and out for now


M



P.S. Let the bodies hit the floor!

O_0

i mean ok 2-4mbit is reasonable but hey im still shocked till now, i saw the benevolent speed of 8Mb\s for a wow patch in malta.. i'll let you do the maths, i need some water and a toilet :|

Diary of the Major 16/01/2007 - 1411hours

C:\Documents and Settings\####>ping 194.204.115.139

Pinging 194.204.115.139 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 194.204.115.139:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Documents and Settings\####>

not to be mean but....HAHA!!1 !

Diary of the Major 16/01/2007 - 1355hours

It's a fucking shitty day..great from the start, more shit that I had in a week..hope i get a new job soon and leave this friggin place and stuff. the faster the better..oh im looking at making the screen creation process automated so maybe i can save the server when there is a power cut..thx itt

$ man woman

Segmentation Fault (core dumped)

^^

first cheery thing of the day >> thanks thinkgeek w00t!