Good Morning, 2010! The Princess' Diary Intarwebs Edition

[SageAcrin]

My impression from DLC4 was that 24 hours+ for Andrew was about as abnormal as it is for me-inconvenient but not really abnormal. Andrew is, however, way too nice.

*Whistles.* Incidentally, since making my own topic would be tacky, and as such I will derail the random ramblings topic which is marginally less tacky; Anyone have any good advice for a cheap video card?

Thinking 80$ or less, don't care about the details(the one in this computer is like five years+ old. Based on my experience last time I shopped, *anything* I buy right now would be an improvement), just as long as it supports Shader 3.0. AKA the thing that makes every new game crash when I try to play it on this, as it supports Shader 2.0 but not 3.0. ._.

[Grefter]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131342

Something around this is probably the best I can reccomend in the price range.  If it HAS to be less than $80 including postage from New Egg you are looking at probaby a Radeon 4670.  If you want to go an NVidia card instead of an ATI I don't know the cards from that era well enough to make a suggestion.  A 5570 is an alright card and the jump from the 4000 series to the 5000 series is probably worth the $10.

[SageAcrin]

huh, that actually looks like it'll work with the PSU of epic fail.

Admittedly, not very well. Newegg has a PSU calculator and supposedly the setup ALREADY overdrains it's ridiculously bad 250W PSU. But, this won't overdrain it any more, from the looks of it.

(Also, in fairness, reports for this Dell's PSU are along the lines of "Fuck, it works with things way the hell higher than it's PSU should support. One guy mentioned he'd tossed every AGP card he could find at it it and they all worked". The only problems I've actually found are that it isn't AGP 8x compliant and hence that's not working. Seems like it should work with a PCI card though, unless something happened there in the last...six or seven years or so. I hate computer obsolescence.

Also also I can reasonably unplug one of these CD drives. It doesn't work worth a damn. That should more than make up the difference. Although now I'm wondering if they don't work worth a damn because of the overdrain from the card. ...oh well, don't care.)

Edit:

Wait, 5900 XF, not 5700.

*Checks again.*

NEVER MIND IT DROPS THE POWER CONSUMPTION ABOUT 20%. ahahaha, I guess it's a good PSU alright.

[Bardiche]

You Wake Up In Razor Hill

Well, that was the best way to spend my morning.

[Idun]

I thought my day was going to be wonderful. My body is fully waxed - I've been debeasted.

But then I went to work. And of course, it's the last day of the sale. We barely have any cashiers, too many managers are on registers. Etc. Etc. More bad things. BUT, at night when the cashiers were supposed to finish their duties, they just up and left. So, I left a scathing note to the CS manager. I have nothing to say to those grown ass adults either. Despite my frustrations with my job, I'm blessed to still be employed and am not operating on "me" time or fucking around. I didn't think I could come and go to work as I please. Yeah, fuck them. I'm done being Ms. Nice.

[Cotigo]

Quit my job, went back to Grants to visit my parents and the last two of our dogs before they died.

One of the dogs barely moved, couldn't hear and couldn't see.  I guess that's what happens when dogs are alive for 15 years.  Poor guy.  The three times he got up he seemed pretty happy for the attention.   The other dog's 2-3 years younger and is still more alive than dead, so that's good at least.  Still, it's kind of shitty to see one of your childhood pets on its last legs.  So it goes.  Great day of resting otherwise.

[SageAcrin]

Funny thing, vaguely related.

One of my dogs, a 14+ year old border collie, disappeared five days ago.

My family is terrible about leaving him out (He's usually moderately good but gets into our garbage and things when he takes random notions, which is why this pisses me off.) and he's been listless/tired acting lately, so I kinda figured he'd just wandered off somewhere to die.

He showed the hell back up today about five pounds lighter and covered in random junk. Apparently he'd gotten lost somehow. And managed to come back. Five days later. He was clearly not in a house or anything. And now he seems happier in general than when he left, not in worse shape.

What I'm saying is, my old dogs are weird outliers.

Then again my 20 year old kitty was running around the house and bouncing off things a few weeks ago.

[Ultradude]

Update the fuck out of things on computer, things finally start working the way I want them to again.

*Fistpump*

[superaielman]

Man, on the trip here, I lost my favorite pair of panties!  Did anyone see them?!  What will I wear?!

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

... I'm just saving this for posterity.

EDIT:



Laggy-poo, is that you?

[Dunefar]

You need to clear cookies when you use someone else's computer.

Edit: I'm betting on Toro.

[Fudozukushi]

Gah.  Who uses a white background by choice?

[Dunefar]

Brazilians, apparently. Scary.

[Yakumo]

Geez, Super, you would think you would have learned by now.

[Grefter]

Not it this time.

[Bardiche]

Visit to grandmother began with her hugging me and ushering me inside on the street, in front of all my siblings and other family members. Then it continued with her offering me fruit and cookies and drinks and all sorts of delicacies and she never offered anyone else any.

I declined it all, saying I was quite full and not thirsty at all (she'd also began offering various soda drinks), and when we leave she pushes a plastic bag in my hands which she filled with grapes and chocolate because she insisted I take something along. Once again neglecting everyone else.

... I am so thoroughly confused. Apparently I made "Favourite Grandson" without ever knowing.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

Well, I was given the day off work today, and I passed the stupid UA for the diversion so it is time to get FUCKED. UP.

[Luther Lansfeld]

I am at work late at night due to needing to be at DLC~  Actually a blessing in disguise since it was really hot today and the lab has no A/C.

[Cotigo]

Well, I was given the day off work today, and I passed the stupid UA for the diversion so it is time to get FUCKED. UP.

Good man.

Related, kinda.  My friend who is teaching in Japan has been in town the past couple of days.  Since he can't really do it in Japan, he has been getting trashed all day and hangin' out all America style.  I haven't really had to work since I quit, so I've been joining him.  It's been great.  Party.

[Idun]

I think I'm getting swamped with stuff I should be doing on my days off. Granted, I'm doing part of what I should be doing, but I don't think it' enough.

[superaielman]

You need to clear cookies when you use someone else's computer.

Edit: I'm betting on Toro.

Whoever it is gets a 2/10 for half assing it.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Yeah, they didn't even bother with a PellegriXCitrine avatar.

[NotMiki]

I think I'm getting swamped with stuff I should be doing on my days off. Granted, I'm doing part of what I should be doing, but I don't think it' enough.

[Luther Lansfeld]

I'm off on my boat trip! I may come by ocassionally depending on the Internet service.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

And I got a raise. That means I'm going suit shopping.