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Article posted on Nov 7
Technology sucks. And so do you.
- Posted by Ryan Finnie on November 7, 2004, 10:12 pm
I just ordered this. If you're looking to buy a DVD burner, DL or otherwise, this is pretty much the peak time to do so. Nearly everything is at the top theoretical rate: CD-R 48x/RW 24x, DVD+-R 16x/RW 4x, DL 4x (the boat's still out on whether this is the fastest DL can go). And it's $67.
67 freakin bucks. And I had a $10 coupon at mwave. I bought one of the first dual-format drives, Sony DRX-500ULX, for about $350 2 years ago, which BTW broke today, prompting me to buy a replacement. And I bought the first $100 DL drive, Lite-On SOHW-832S, about 2 months ago, which was only a few months after DL drives first came out.
Damn technology. At this rate, I'll be able to buy a Blu-Ray burner for $6.99 in 3 weeks. At least I take comfort in the fact that DL discs are still prohibitively expensive ($9.60 PER DISC is the lowest price I've found) and isn't following the same rapid price drop that the burners took.
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Article posted on Nov 7
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- Posted by Ryan Finnie on November 7, 2004, 9:23 pm
I have cleaned out my wallet. Among the things I threw away:
* My old california driver's license, expired 3/19/2004.
* About 20 business cards of people I don't remember meeting, or never plan on contacting.
* The security code for my previous Public Storage unit.
* "Buy 800, get 1 free" cards from Supercuts and Port of Subs.
* An Atlantis "player's club" card that I don't remember signing up for (though I suspect it was to get free food or something).
* A couple dozen receipts.
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Article posted on Nov 7
Cisco (wine) is evil
- Posted by Ryan Finnie on November 7, 2004, 3:59 pm
owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.... never doing that again
Also, I've had Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) in my head for the last week or so.
Jump to the jam, boogy woogy jam slam, bust the dialect, I'm the man in command...
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Article posted on Nov 6
Drink, my pretty college students, drink...
- Posted by Ryan Finnie on November 6, 2004, 9:29 pm
I now have Cisco wine. It tastes like crap, but it's sure to get you REAL drunk.
I've known about Cisco wine for some time now, but I thought it was only an east coast thing. But the wine company's website has a store locator, and there are several locations in Reno that sell it. Including the Jackson's food mart down the street, right next to the university. And they had a TON of it, compared to the other wines they had. I wonder why.
Update: Yep, I'm drunk. That was quick.
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Article posted on Nov 4
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- Posted by Ryan Finnie on November 4, 2004, 2:56 pm
No, this didn't take place in Iraq. It was in New Jersey.
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Article posted on Nov 3
I love Lil Sis
- Posted by Ryan Finnie on November 3, 2004, 9:41 pm
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Article posted on Nov 2
I voted, electronically even.
- Posted by Ryan Finnie on November 2, 2004, 3:39 pm
The process was amazingly simple here. I arrived at the polling place (got slightly lost finding it), and there were several lines, each corresponding to your district #. My district's line had 2 people in it. When I got to the front, the lady asked for my name, found my record, had me sign it, and gave me a number on a paper that she made me write next to my name. Then she sends me over to a guy to get a key card. He gives me a plastic key card and an unsharpened pencil (to be used to select stuff), and tells me to find a voting machine.
There were about 5 free out of 20 machines in the room. Each machine has a touchscreen and privacy blinds. The right blind has instructions, while the left had a sheet of plastic embedded in it, with a white screen behind it (this is explained soon). I put the card in the slot below the screen, and it begins. 8 pages, beginning with national election (IE, president), then state, then local, the referrendums. After I was done, it displayed what I selected for review, which I accepted.
Then the white "screen" becomes appearant; it is a roll of paper, about the width of a normal receipt printer's roll of paper. A printer on the bottom prints as it scrolls up with my selections. Again, this is all behind plastic, so it is for review and record only, not for my receipt or anything. I finalize my selection on the touchscreen. It feeds the paper with my selection up out of view and pops out the key card, which I give back to the guy who gave it to me. I leave.
Oh, and I got a sticker that says "I voted electronically". I'm confused; "voted" wasn't in quotes! (Kidding... it's been said that Nevada's system is one of the least prone to stupidity... 1) It's not made by diebold, 2) you have multiple chances to review your selections, and 3) it keeps a paper record.)
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Article posted on Nov 1
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- Posted by Ryan Finnie on November 1, 2004, 12:01 pm
I love how Linksys has its own line of knock-off products, seemingly to compete against itself. (For example, Wal-Mart sells Linksys and Network Everywhere gear side-by-side.)
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