Overclocking, Eh?

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Sweet Jumping Jesus in a straw hat!

Politics and the world, eh

Anyone who knows me knows my feelings on politics and politicians, unfortunately getting them all into a pit, and with the price of petrol, I’m afraid that I’ll have to let that fantasy go for a good while

But seriously, Fianna Fail. They have rode the country for the last 15 years. They have spent every cent of the Celtic tiger. They have absolutely no idea what to do. Their best man, Bertie, saw it all coming, knew there was nothing he could do, and high-tailed it (be that very clever or complete cowardice, I’ll leave up to you). Now we are left with a shower of muppets who could lead their way out of a paper bag, but would leave two toll-booths, an unfinished ring road, and management company fees for the lovely bit of green said paper bag was first flung on.

My better half says that they are still the best option for the country, that all the opposition do is criticise them, not offer solutions. But it is not the job of the opposition to provide solutions, that is what government is supposed to do.

So where do we go from here. I for one am all for change. I have two solutions

Vote for the opposition (i am Labor biased, my mother being a Labor councillor)

Vote for Me. I will sort the whole thing out. I have no political agenda bar sort all this shite out, i have no problem beating a few bankers and builders and putting them into their place. I have no issue in burning the HSE to the ground and hiring private contractors to sort the whole thing out. I have no issue working for 60K a year, tax free mind! So, next election, vote Corporate_Zombie!

Power, eh

I like this

http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/11/mini-nuclear-plant-is-safe-affordable-and-purifies-water-but-d/

Man, build that out the back and get Liam Shea to get “De Bomb” to throw some fuel over the fence every ten years. Sort Graig out nicely with some lovely electricity, and nice water too!!

Reminiscing, eh?

I called two of my old friends today. Had quite a good chat to each of them. Over the course of chat there was quite a lot of laughing done. Man, some of the things that guys laugh about is brilliant. There was quite the bit of reminiscing done too. Mainly about college and the various antics we used to get up to!! Included were sleeping on the couches of complete strangers, the complete lack of progress on Friday morning, simpler times!

Had a chat about the future too. One of the guys is off to London hopefully, and the other is taking a three month trip around the pacific (australia, new zealand and south east asia). Good luck to them

So what are you going to be doing this time next year. I will be in my house probably wrapping christmas presents! Thats not what i would have said 5 years ago, but thats grand!!

Updates, eh?

So some good things happened this week

1. I got my DSL installed. 7MB! nice! I have yet to game with it, so here’s hoping, but i did download the 550mb patch for battlefield 2142 in about 15 minutes. So thats pretty nice! Link Here

2. Time for change! Obama Wins! WOOOO!

3. Here is something nice to look at: http://deputy-dog.com/2008/10/pimp-my-drainpipe.html

Thats about it!

Another StarWars MMORPG, eh?

http://www.gamingshogun.com/Article/2540/LucasArts_Announces_Star_Wars__The_Old_Republic_MMORPG.html

Hmmm

Hmmmmm, followed by much rubbing of my chin, and further hmmmm’s

StarWars Glaxies was one of the first MMORPG’s thgat became really popular, but it died a slow and painful death. Why?

Well lets look at LucasArts and their approach to games. I am of the belief that LucasArts in their struggles to make great games end up handicapping themselves. Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy. Great games built on the quake engine. And they were commercial successes. But their after life was next to nill

I am part of a group that uses both of the above, and other LA products (TIE Xwing vs Tie Fighter, X-Wing Aliance) and all of them have 0 after-life and almost no support from LA. Jesus, if they even let the source code of TIE and XvT out, im certain that there would be a huge surge in their popularity!

But i digress. Will a new MMORPG from LA be any good? Given the results of Galaxies, I will not be holding my breath.

Tim Hortons, eh?

Well, my use of “eh?” here is well and truly justified!

Today for my lunch i enjoyed a Tim Horton’s Cappuccino and a Boston Cream donut. It was feckin lovely! I mean seriously lovely. The issue i always had with donuts was that they always felt too heavy. Not so these parties-in-my-mouth. Light and fluffy is the only way to describe it, and the topping, feckin grand it was!

Tim Hortons was first introduced to me by Fel (see his blog here: http://www.rodina.ca/ ), a mate of mine from my online Star Wars club, The Galactic Empire (ed: well, not my club as such, a club in which i am a member for over seven years now)

His description at the time was along the lines of “OMFG THEY ARE LIKE BAKED ANGELS!” or something similar

And they are…

the coffee was pretty good too!

Oh, they, and he (fel) are from Canada. Eh!

no nonsense, eh?

After the post i put up about Micheal Richards response at his injunction, i was provided with a link to a discussion about the Glass Ceiling that women experience in the work environment

http://thenononsenseman.mensnewsdaily.com/2008/09/01/the-farce-of-18-million-cracks-marc-h-rudov/

Interesting post

Racism, eh?

I agree with this. 100%:

Michael Richards better known as Kramer from tv’s Seinfeld, gave this  speech in court after making racial comments in his comedy act. He makes some very interesting points.
Proud To Be White

Someone finally said it but how many are actually paying attention to this?

There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Arab Americans, etc. And then there are just Americans.

You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction. You Call me ‘White boy,’ ‘Cracker,’ ‘Honkey,”Whitey,’ ‘Caveman’ … and that’s OK.

But when I call you, Nigger, Kike, Towel head, Sand-nigger, Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, or Chink …You call me a racist.

You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you, so why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?

You have the United Negro College Fund.

You have Martin Luther King Day..

You have Black History Month.

You have Cesar Chavez Day.

You have Yom Hashoah.

You have Ma’uled Al-Nabi.

You have the NAACP.

You have BET.

If we had WET (White Entertainment Television) we’d be racists.

If we had a White Pride Day, you would call us racists.

If we had White History Month , we’d be racists.

If we had any group for only whites to ‘advance’ OUR lives we’d be racists.

We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce, and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce. Wonder who pays for all that? A white woman could not be in the Miss Black American pageant, but any color can be in the Miss America pageant.

If we had a college fund for only white students scholarships we’d be racists.

There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US . Yet if there were ‘White colleges’ THAT would be a racist college.

In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for your race and rights. If we marched for our race and rights, you would call us racists.

You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and you’re not afraid to announce it. But when we announce our white pride, you call us racists.

You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white police officer shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug-dealer running from the law and posing a threat to society, you call him a racist.

I am proud. But you call me a racist.

Why is it that only whites can be racists?

There is nothing improper about this post. Has anyone got any issues with this? Let me know

Books, eh?

I am currently reading Terry Pratchett’s reaper Man. My better-half has loads of his books, mainly his Guard, Witches and Death ones. I picked this one to start with as i love the description on the back

“Death is missing - presumed … er … gone”

I have to say that i love it. The thinking behind some scenes and objects in  the book are brilliantly weird! the Death of Rats that could murder some cheese, Mrs Cake, a medium who can see 10 seconds into the future and answers questions before they are asked (following this on the page is weird!)

Reaper Man Cover