Archive for November, 2006
Busy Week!!!
This week is probably going to be the busiest week this semester. I have an Programming test today, followed by an English test. After that are Semester 2 Course selections. via SIRIS from 3-4..
Tomorrow I have an IOS test from week 6-10. Then a ULI Quiz tomorrow. Oh yea, tomorrow…. the ULI and IPC assignments are due.. I have the ULI one pretty much done. But I’m no where near close to finishing on the IPC144 assignment. Make a single player battleship game using c language.. lol.. I know so experienced computer science students (namely Harold Li) is should be easy, well I’m still rather new to c and I have no idea what I’m doing.. lol… anyways back to work.. :doh:
Dual Boot Dell…
So after hours of trying to figure out how to set everything up.. its not up and running!! My Dell Inspiron 6400 is now dual booting between Windows XP Home and ubuntu 6.10 x86 linux!!! the wireless works.. the screen resolution is normal and everything is just peachy.. lol The wireless took the longest to configure as I forgot I had upgraded their based wifi card to a ABG supported wifi card.. (basic option comes with regular Dell 1390 wireless card which supposes only b and g signals.. I upgraded mine to Intel’s Pro/Wireless 3945 which supports A, B and G signals.. (not pre-N) lol so i’ve been trying to configure the driver for the wrong damn adapter!! :doh: oh well.. all is done now and its working normal now 
Going to see if it works well @ school especially for ULI101 even tho the semester is like almost up.. haha! Oh well.. its just for fun anyway. Worst case would be to restore the computer with a ghost image.. hehe.. My ubuntu is installed on what used to be dell’s hidden recovery partition.. shhh i’m not suppose to know about this partition cause its for dell’s recovery program in case i need to restore windows if i screw it up (I know how to reinstall XP or repair the o/s so recovery partition can kiss my ass! lol.. its like 3GBs so my linux partition is that big.. with everything configured.. I have like less than 700MBs free space.. I’ll be using my external hard drive for the storage like always.. and since not much games are supported under linux.. i think i’ll be fine.. lol.. as for my windows partition.. nothings really changed there. still has that 23GB free space for more games.. but How the hell can i game with integrated video card.. Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950!! lol..
Biggest launch event in gaming history!
Playstation 3 launched on Friday November 17th and Wii launched yesterday, November 19th!
Two major consoles launched within 1 week! This has got to be the biggest launch event in gaming history.. lol Playstation 3, priced at 549CDN and 649CDN while Nintendo Wii at $279 for only the console. The playstation 3 stole most of the attention. In the states there had been almost a dozen PS3s stolen due to armed robbery. Some customers waiting in line for the Playstation were mugged and had their money stolen. All this trouble just for a gaming system.. 
outrageous I’ll say.. lol. The playstation 3 isn’t all that stable yet anyway. There are reports that the software is buggy and it seems a similar situation to the 360 launch happened. Problems for the end user. lol
Nintendo Wii game out yesterday. Stores such as Best Buy and Future Shop went on a first com first serve basis. so no pre-orders were allowed for either system. People would camp out in front of the store days or hours before the launch date. I don’t plan on getting either Playstation 3 or the Nintendo Wii until at least I have the cash and they have the problems fixed. Nintendo might not have any problems or much problems with the Wii. (Hopefully). for Sony will have problems with their Playstation 3 system as they’ve already been reported.. lol. The Nintendo wii system looks pretty cool.. original games and the motion sensitive controller.. the wii-mote! lol could act as a pretty cool fun in some games.. which might be a good thing. Playstation 3 however has some games that interests me. Such as Devil May Cry 4, Gran Turismo 5 (not too sure about HD considering its purely online apparently.. and you have to pay extra to collect their entire car line up and tracks.. :doh:) I also want xbox360. for the Halo games.. HAHA! Halo 3 and Halo Wars.. Yes i’ll admit.. I like the Halo series. I’ve played Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2. Read the Halo trilogy books and the recently published, Halo: Ghost of Onyx. Anyway. If I had the money, which system should I get first. its a showdown between “Microsoft XBOX360″,”Sony Playstation 3″, and “Nintendo Wii” which one would it be? also note that both Sony Playstation 3 and XBOX360 requires HD capable display to reach its full visual potential as it supposes 1080p. where as Wii only supports 480p.. lol
- @alanhsu disappointed... i thought you were an IT guy....