My main PC is out of action at the moment due to HDD failure, so I am using a computer that was given to me. Running Fedora Core 6 on it at the moment. which is running nice and slow because it does not have enough ram. Might do something about that soon, as well as getting it a new HDD current one is a really old 20GB maxtor. it will do for the OS.
Going to use this as a linux Storage system, once i figure out how to get the windows network sharing working. wont be too hard. i shall just look it up on google.
Which is what this post is about, Linux. Most people should know what it is by now. If not, it is a free operation system, Free as in freedom, although most Distributions are free of charge as well. if you want professional support you have to pay for it. which is fair enough, it seems to make them enough money to be giving it away for free. The only real difference with Microsoft is that you have to pay for the Operating system up front which pays for the software and some support. apart from the current system that im running it on, its faster than windows. hope it stays that way. would be faster if i had it on a better system.
Ah well. gotta figure out some things.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Dungeon Runners. MMO
Just started playing this game. its in beta supposedly, although if i want to use member items. i have to become a paying member. so maybe its open beta / semi published.
The game overall seems enjoyable. I found that soloing is rather easy as a warrior. there are three classes. Warrior, Magician and Ranger. Don't know why they choose 3, there is no healing class, no crowed control, just pure killing, have not partied with anyone yet, as have not seen the need to.
Here is a basic description of the game compared to others. Diablo 1 style game play / maps, World of Warcraft style graphics and it is made by NCSOFT and uses the Guild wars game engine the control are quite similar to Diablo and Guild Wars. WASD movement, mouse for attacking. 1-7 skill keys. and as far as i know there are only the 1-7 use able. just like Guild Wars. there are no other skill bars although can probably change the skills out when in an instance.
Oh yeah apart from town areas, all dungeons are instanced. It does fix the problem with traditional MMO's but makes the huge problem making it almost a single player game. which it would probably do well at. it is an ok game. although has its major flaws just like Guild Wars has. Unlike Guild Wars. from what i can tell. it is made for casual MMO gamers. which is ok i guess.
One major drawback. Non(paying) members can not stack health or mana potions, also non(paying) members can only use the crap items and have limited bank space. so if you pick up an item that is really good for your toon level, you probably can't use it because its for paying members only, so far have not used the trade system. One thing i noted that is useful is that with items being soul bound there is a 10min grace period before they become so.
which is good because maybe you want to sell that item before then. have not seen and auction house or a shop that resells player goods like Guild wars does. although i do prefer an auction house or the other method which is player run shops. which would be nice to have
I would rate this game 5/10 just on the Instancing alone. other factors would be NCSOFT and their lax ways of building a game, I'm no developer but you can tell when some things are not done right. to me it is really a Diablo 1 clone that is online only. graphic are not too bad. although judging that on my aging computer that really need replaced. sounds are average. and animations are pretty good. apart from the non paying members being limited its ok for a while i guess.
Not the best review i know but meh, what ya gonna do about it.
The game overall seems enjoyable. I found that soloing is rather easy as a warrior. there are three classes. Warrior, Magician and Ranger. Don't know why they choose 3, there is no healing class, no crowed control, just pure killing, have not partied with anyone yet, as have not seen the need to.
Here is a basic description of the game compared to others. Diablo 1 style game play / maps, World of Warcraft style graphics and it is made by NCSOFT and uses the Guild wars game engine the control are quite similar to Diablo and Guild Wars. WASD movement, mouse for attacking. 1-7 skill keys. and as far as i know there are only the 1-7 use able. just like Guild Wars. there are no other skill bars although can probably change the skills out when in an instance.
Oh yeah apart from town areas, all dungeons are instanced. It does fix the problem with traditional MMO's but makes the huge problem making it almost a single player game. which it would probably do well at. it is an ok game. although has its major flaws just like Guild Wars has. Unlike Guild Wars. from what i can tell. it is made for casual MMO gamers. which is ok i guess.
One major drawback. Non(paying) members can not stack health or mana potions, also non(paying) members can only use the crap items and have limited bank space. so if you pick up an item that is really good for your toon level, you probably can't use it because its for paying members only, so far have not used the trade system. One thing i noted that is useful is that with items being soul bound there is a 10min grace period before they become so.
which is good because maybe you want to sell that item before then. have not seen and auction house or a shop that resells player goods like Guild wars does. although i do prefer an auction house or the other method which is player run shops. which would be nice to have
I would rate this game 5/10 just on the Instancing alone. other factors would be NCSOFT and their lax ways of building a game, I'm no developer but you can tell when some things are not done right. to me it is really a Diablo 1 clone that is online only. graphic are not too bad. although judging that on my aging computer that really need replaced. sounds are average. and animations are pretty good. apart from the non paying members being limited its ok for a while i guess.
Not the best review i know but meh, what ya gonna do about it.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Idiots are among us
chief among them is Jack Thompson, he should get his Facts straight before doing anything, but he is a laugh. TeamXbox.com have an article that shows Jack Thompson's letter to Bill Gates claiming that Counter Strike is the cause of the Virginia Tech murder suicide that happened there recently. Now that would be totally fine if Microsoft had actually been the ones that created Counter Strike, but the Credit goes to Valve for that.
I don't know if it goes to show the ignorance of some people or just the average stupidity of some, from most of the article that i read, not one of them corrected the letter and pointed out that Microsoft are not the creators of Counter Strike. It just makes Jack Thompson fail at life as he generally does. Almost every decent gamer out there knows that there are very very few violent acts associated to gaming, there is usually an underlying problem already there.
It's about as stupid of allowing a serial killer out of jail and then blaming the serial killer for the next people he kills, where in fact it is the parole boards fault for being so stupid as to release such twisted retards back out into society.
Although there is an upside to a murder suicide, they can't do it again once they are dead. which is most likely what they had intended in the first place, just they decided to take out a few people while they were at it, would be a waste of money otherwise. no point in buying a box of bullets to use one now is there (insensitive i know). It's a bit like the when i used to smoke, after i had bought them people would ask why i don't just throw the packet out. because its a waste of bloody money, I ain't gonna spend loads of cash just to throw them all away.
Anyway, as tragic as it is, there is a greater underlying problem here, and as its mainly only happens in America, I would say it is a problem with either their government, or their lack of religion, or possibly the fact that they think they can be the only super power and every other country has to bend over and take it up the ass because they want to be in charge and make all the money, just hope the rich money grubbers pricks that do control the world realize that after they die they can't use the money, it just makes someone else have lots of money.
All empires end and their time shall come, then it will be up to the rest of us to clean up their mess, if it is possible. you would think that with all those companies out there that make billions of $$ each year they could easily help the so called 3rd world countries.
but they wont. anyway what ever. thats me out.
I don't know if it goes to show the ignorance of some people or just the average stupidity of some, from most of the article that i read, not one of them corrected the letter and pointed out that Microsoft are not the creators of Counter Strike. It just makes Jack Thompson fail at life as he generally does. Almost every decent gamer out there knows that there are very very few violent acts associated to gaming, there is usually an underlying problem already there.
It's about as stupid of allowing a serial killer out of jail and then blaming the serial killer for the next people he kills, where in fact it is the parole boards fault for being so stupid as to release such twisted retards back out into society.
Although there is an upside to a murder suicide, they can't do it again once they are dead. which is most likely what they had intended in the first place, just they decided to take out a few people while they were at it, would be a waste of money otherwise. no point in buying a box of bullets to use one now is there (insensitive i know). It's a bit like the when i used to smoke, after i had bought them people would ask why i don't just throw the packet out. because its a waste of bloody money, I ain't gonna spend loads of cash just to throw them all away.
Anyway, as tragic as it is, there is a greater underlying problem here, and as its mainly only happens in America, I would say it is a problem with either their government, or their lack of religion, or possibly the fact that they think they can be the only super power and every other country has to bend over and take it up the ass because they want to be in charge and make all the money, just hope the rich money grubbers pricks that do control the world realize that after they die they can't use the money, it just makes someone else have lots of money.
All empires end and their time shall come, then it will be up to the rest of us to clean up their mess, if it is possible. you would think that with all those companies out there that make billions of $$ each year they could easily help the so called 3rd world countries.
but they wont. anyway what ever. thats me out.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Boredom at its worst
I'm extremely bored, so much so that it is depressing. Having a job would be nice. but there is an issue of me being too bloody lazy to go out and look for work.well its either that or I am rather depressed and maybe need some help.
I prefer the lazy option. Although could use depression as an excuse. but I wont, just lazy. So I shall be looking for work from tomorrow onwards. According to my unemployment contract I have to actively look for work in order to be entitled to the money that they are giving me, which is fair enough.
Have a couple of problems though. Have to wait till I get my eye test done before I can find out if I am allowed to get a drivers license. If so then I can finally get around to getting my bike learners and get a bike, and maybe get a car if I go for my restricted as well. will probably make getting a job a lot easier - if it requires that I drive of course.
Ideal job would be what I'm good at, which is a PC Tech. Love problem solving and what not. Would love to be able to get a decent qualification though. At the moment I only have a Certificate in Computing. Getting an A+ cert would be nice. Maybe Network+ as well.Don't really care for programming at the moment, as I have already tried going for my B.I.T, failing miserably as well. Passed one paper out of six in my first year. Not good.
After that I found that I rather enjoyed just fixing PC rather than being able to program and design software - Although being able to do so would be great, It's not high on the need list. Repair is where it's at, as the majority of the population wouldn't know anything, mostly because they are too scared to try. Which is absurd, as everything is colour coded and even if it was all the same colour every plug is different, apart from PS2 keyboard and mouse plugs which are the same.
The only real difficulty is attaching the CPU heat sink to the mother board. Which can be a real pain sometimes. although there are a lot of heat sinks that can be screwed down now, which makes things a whole lot easier.
Arrghh, this started out as a, grr I'm bored post, and look what it turned into. Some lengthy crap about PC repair / Assembly. Which is what I would love to do.
Well tomorrow (Monday), I shall be applying at a couple of PC stores, and see if I can get employment, but first I must write up some bullshit Cover letter that makes them think I'm awesome - Which I am.
The only thing is, when I write like I am now, It flows fast, but when I want to write about myself for such a cover letter. I suck and cant think of anything to write. My younger brother wrote one, but it is not true for me, so going to write my own. Just hope that I can write a decent one and it will land me a job that I want.
There are two preferred places of employment that I would like to work at. Hunt Computer Services, last time I looked in there they were a small PC shop. looked like a nice place to start at least. and there is also Jensen Technical Services, another small place that would be nice to work at. I have already applied at both and never received a phone call from either. It would probably be best to try again or to go and see if they have any employment open. First I must go and get myself some freaking work clothes. Make myself look respectable and all. Probably get em from the warehouse.
I seem to have written a lot here, ah well. there will be no one to read it anyways. just passing time till I can watch something on History channel. Thats how bored I am
Also, just because I feel like writing it - I seem to have somehow screwed up my sleeping cycle which is seeming rather hard to set right. If I go to bed at "normal" times. 10pm-12am or whatever is normal / average. It seems that I will almost always wake at 1am-2:30am not sure why. Then I can not get back to sleep until about 6am which is quite annoying. Ah well. anyways, Until I think of something else to talk about this will be it. well or unless I go out riding again then there will be another update.
Link to Photo albums to the right.
I prefer the lazy option. Although could use depression as an excuse. but I wont, just lazy. So I shall be looking for work from tomorrow onwards. According to my unemployment contract I have to actively look for work in order to be entitled to the money that they are giving me, which is fair enough.
Have a couple of problems though. Have to wait till I get my eye test done before I can find out if I am allowed to get a drivers license. If so then I can finally get around to getting my bike learners and get a bike, and maybe get a car if I go for my restricted as well. will probably make getting a job a lot easier - if it requires that I drive of course.
Ideal job would be what I'm good at, which is a PC Tech. Love problem solving and what not. Would love to be able to get a decent qualification though. At the moment I only have a Certificate in Computing. Getting an A+ cert would be nice. Maybe Network+ as well.Don't really care for programming at the moment, as I have already tried going for my B.I.T, failing miserably as well. Passed one paper out of six in my first year. Not good.
After that I found that I rather enjoyed just fixing PC rather than being able to program and design software - Although being able to do so would be great, It's not high on the need list. Repair is where it's at, as the majority of the population wouldn't know anything, mostly because they are too scared to try. Which is absurd, as everything is colour coded and even if it was all the same colour every plug is different, apart from PS2 keyboard and mouse plugs which are the same.
The only real difficulty is attaching the CPU heat sink to the mother board. Which can be a real pain sometimes. although there are a lot of heat sinks that can be screwed down now, which makes things a whole lot easier.
Arrghh, this started out as a, grr I'm bored post, and look what it turned into. Some lengthy crap about PC repair / Assembly. Which is what I would love to do.
Well tomorrow (Monday), I shall be applying at a couple of PC stores, and see if I can get employment, but first I must write up some bullshit Cover letter that makes them think I'm awesome - Which I am.
The only thing is, when I write like I am now, It flows fast, but when I want to write about myself for such a cover letter. I suck and cant think of anything to write. My younger brother wrote one, but it is not true for me, so going to write my own. Just hope that I can write a decent one and it will land me a job that I want.
There are two preferred places of employment that I would like to work at. Hunt Computer Services, last time I looked in there they were a small PC shop. looked like a nice place to start at least. and there is also Jensen Technical Services, another small place that would be nice to work at. I have already applied at both and never received a phone call from either. It would probably be best to try again or to go and see if they have any employment open. First I must go and get myself some freaking work clothes. Make myself look respectable and all. Probably get em from the warehouse.
I seem to have written a lot here, ah well. there will be no one to read it anyways. just passing time till I can watch something on History channel. Thats how bored I am
Also, just because I feel like writing it - I seem to have somehow screwed up my sleeping cycle which is seeming rather hard to set right. If I go to bed at "normal" times. 10pm-12am or whatever is normal / average. It seems that I will almost always wake at 1am-2:30am not sure why. Then I can not get back to sleep until about 6am which is quite annoying. Ah well. anyways, Until I think of something else to talk about this will be it. well or unless I go out riding again then there will be another update.
Link to Photo albums to the right.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Trail riding in NZ
I'm not to familiar with any decent trail riding spots in New Zealand. as have just really started doing so. have been doing some searching, and have noticed that there are a lot of awesome places but they are not in NZ. so i'm probably not looking hard enough.
or they are being kept quiet about. or they just cant be bothered telling anyone. but i shall look. and try and find. there are a couple of places that i know about. mainly 4x4 tracks. like piano flat in Northern Southland / southern Otago. there is also the Nevis - which is probably mainly 4x4 tracks. and also Mace town. which is another 4x4 track. never been to mace town. and will try to do so next summer. as during winter it is bloody cold and the rivers are higher so not a chance of making it through.
i know no one reads this but if anyone does. can ya tell me of any decent trail riding locations in the southland / south Island region of New Zealand.
or they are being kept quiet about. or they just cant be bothered telling anyone. but i shall look. and try and find. there are a couple of places that i know about. mainly 4x4 tracks. like piano flat in Northern Southland / southern Otago. there is also the Nevis - which is probably mainly 4x4 tracks. and also Mace town. which is another 4x4 track. never been to mace town. and will try to do so next summer. as during winter it is bloody cold and the rivers are higher so not a chance of making it through.
i know no one reads this but if anyone does. can ya tell me of any decent trail riding locations in the southland / south Island region of New Zealand.
Very few updates
There will be very few updates to this. As it is coming into winter now and all getting colder, there are less nice days to be able to do anything outside. and getting extremely bored with some of the MMO's that i have been playing.
My WoW account runs out of Game time tomorrow 14th, April. I will not be renewing my subscription at this time. What i really want is a new PC and to be able to play some Off-Line RPG's that have a decent story line.
Well nothing much has happened, apart from taking the bikes out on Monday, which was quite fun. even though 2 of the bikes decided to break. our CT125 broke a throttle cable and the KLX300R now has a cracked crank case. which needs to be welded up, and if it can not be welded needs a new one. so we are hoping that it can be welded. - All this info is also on the Kronic Performance blog. listed to the right. there will also be a video when Diego decides to make another post.
While finding the oil leak int he Kawasaki, I was rather stupid and did not wear any shoes. resulting in the stand falling over and cutting one of my toes rather nicely. nothing serious though. But I will be wearing shoes from now on, Or work boots when i get some.
Apart from the above there is nothing else to say really.
actually just Deleted the Video i had uploaded to video.google.com. as its pretty crap. the original 700meg file was fine. but after compression it turned out really crap. Going to wait till we get some decent footage. then it will be posted over on Kronic Productions for some viewing.
That is all. probably update after something fun / interesting happens.
My WoW account runs out of Game time tomorrow 14th, April. I will not be renewing my subscription at this time. What i really want is a new PC and to be able to play some Off-Line RPG's that have a decent story line.
Well nothing much has happened, apart from taking the bikes out on Monday, which was quite fun. even though 2 of the bikes decided to break. our CT125 broke a throttle cable and the KLX300R now has a cracked crank case. which needs to be welded up, and if it can not be welded needs a new one. so we are hoping that it can be welded. - All this info is also on the Kronic Performance blog. listed to the right. there will also be a video when Diego decides to make another post.
While finding the oil leak int he Kawasaki, I was rather stupid and did not wear any shoes. resulting in the stand falling over and cutting one of my toes rather nicely. nothing serious though. But I will be wearing shoes from now on, Or work boots when i get some.
Apart from the above there is nothing else to say really.
actually just Deleted the Video i had uploaded to video.google.com. as its pretty crap. the original 700meg file was fine. but after compression it turned out really crap. Going to wait till we get some decent footage. then it will be posted over on Kronic Productions for some viewing.
That is all. probably update after something fun / interesting happens.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Blog links
Have made a list on the right with links to other blogs. currently there will only be one. will add more in the future. will probably also add some links to websites and possibly tutorials.
currently if you like you can hop on over to Kronic Productions.
This is my brothers blog, where he lists current video's that he is making, and will probably upload some 3-5min clips of some of our trail riding experiences. for more info head over there.
currently if you like you can hop on over to Kronic Productions.
This is my brothers blog, where he lists current video's that he is making, and will probably upload some 3-5min clips of some of our trail riding experiences. for more info head over there.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Tantra-Extreme
Is an online MMORPG that i am currently playing, along with WoW. Although my WoW account runs out of credit on April 5th, and not too sure if i am going to be putting more money onto it. Probably not.
Tantra-Extreme is well fun. apart from the games obvious flaws, which anyone whom has played a decent MMO will know,. is that it has a really really crappy User Interface. which IMO is what makes or breaks a game for many people. for me Tantra is not exactly what i would called fun. its more of playing with friends that attracts me. the same goes for any MMO really. but what ever.
Tried to play the new incarnation of Dcon the other day, seems that i don't have enough memory for the large maps, and i lag a lot. which makes playing dam near impossible. boo to that. as i was quite looking foward to playing it. one thing for sure though is it has Weapon Bunkers. yay. love that map.
short entry over. back when something interesting happens. I might even have a job, who knows. woot PB just finished. gonna watch it.
Tantra-Extreme is well fun. apart from the games obvious flaws, which anyone whom has played a decent MMO will know,. is that it has a really really crappy User Interface. which IMO is what makes or breaks a game for many people. for me Tantra is not exactly what i would called fun. its more of playing with friends that attracts me. the same goes for any MMO really. but what ever.
Tried to play the new incarnation of Dcon the other day, seems that i don't have enough memory for the large maps, and i lag a lot. which makes playing dam near impossible. boo to that. as i was quite looking foward to playing it. one thing for sure though is it has Weapon Bunkers. yay. love that map.
short entry over. back when something interesting happens. I might even have a job, who knows. woot PB just finished. gonna watch it.
More beach fun
Had some more fun at the beach, and as always took along the camera, made some short video clips and took 1 still picture, which is of my younger brother giving a cheesy grin after getting the crusty old 3 wheeler stuck in some mud.
apart from that the guy in the photo above also managed to crash his KLX300R again. This time only damaging the handlebars slightly and hurting himself somewhat less than the first time. but all is well. just need to bend the handle bars back into shape and will be all good. don't really want to buy another set of handlebars at $60 each. will probably upload a video to youtube and put a link to it.
Didn't get a video of the crash itself, but there is plenty of footage of other such goodness. may have to edit some as they are too long. also record them in DVD format in DVD quality, even in wide screen. so files average about 150-250meg for 10mins of footage. will try to make em smaller. Was going to show a video that is already on the net, but after looking at it don't think i will. really crap quality. might upload one to google video and see how that goes.
apart from that the guy in the photo above also managed to crash his KLX300R again. This time only damaging the handlebars slightly and hurting himself somewhat less than the first time. but all is well. just need to bend the handle bars back into shape and will be all good. don't really want to buy another set of handlebars at $60 each. will probably upload a video to youtube and put a link to it.
Didn't get a video of the crash itself, but there is plenty of footage of other such goodness. may have to edit some as they are too long. also record them in DVD format in DVD quality, even in wide screen. so files average about 150-250meg for 10mins of footage. will try to make em smaller. Was going to show a video that is already on the net, but after looking at it don't think i will. really crap quality. might upload one to google video and see how that goes.
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