Welp, my computer seems to have decided that it doesn't like my "new" video card that I bought a few months ago. I've been having sporadic problems with it since I installed it, I thought it was because of my crappy computer with its onboard video which is supposed to automatically disable upon installation of a video card in a slot. And maybe it is, I dunno, but in any case, sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. But finally, it decided not to, so I plugged the monitor back into the onboard thingie (that's the technical term for that little doo-dad where you plug the plug in) thinking (wrongly) that it would boot to the onboard video since it's Plug and Play. But alas, apparently having a video card in a slot does disable the onboard video, so now, neither would work. Lovely. So, I put the cat in her "penalty box" (kitty carrier used for time outs) and yanked all the cords from the computer box, opened it up, sucked out all the dust bunnies, and pulled the card. Then I plugged it all back in and rebooted, yay it went back to "normal" so I tried to pretend I'd just gotten the card and followed directions on how to install it. But alas, the computer wouldn't detect the card ... hmmm ... so I'm thinking maybe it's not my crappy computer, it's the card. Maybe Sims Online killed it! Hehe. So, I pulled the card again, and went back to onboard video while I tried to find if the card has a warranty that might still be valid, and, according to their website, it has a "lifetime warranty". Oooh! Cool! Then I remembered that the company that makes the card went outta business hehe. Ooops. Well, their website *is* still up, so I'm debating if I should file a "your hardware is crap" complaint with tech support hoping they'll ok an RMA and send me a new card. Or I could go through Amazon.com and <whine> cuz they're pretty good at fixing customer whining, especially since I alone have bought enough stuff from Amazon.com to pay an employee's salary for a year or two. Hehe. Well, not really, but I've been a customer of theirs since the dark ages when they didn't have online ordering, you used to have to send *email* or *snail mail* to order stuff! Anyway, I'll think about it. I don't really "need" my new video card at the moment since the AC2 beta is over and that's the main reason I needed it. SOL (great abbreviation) still works with my old video, so I'm cool there. And I have no money to buy any of the l33+ new 3D games so I don't need it for them either. The good news in all this though is I can use linux again yay! For some reason, linux went nutso with my new video card, cuz I hadn't configured it or something, I dunno, but apparently linux doesn't have an auto-detect thingie on install of new hardware. I didn't try re-installing linux though it mighta worked then, but I didn't wanna chance it. Anyway, I can now use linux again, and I'm tempted to get a copy of Everquest and try it since I read it now works on linux <faint>.

[ 8:45:00 AM ]   Posted at the speed of blight by NONOBADKITTY!  



Thursday, November 14, 2002

More kitten pix:

The kitten still has no name but she does have a couple of potential names: Sage, because she has sage colored eyes and was born on/near the Fall Equinox so she must be a pagan kitty <g> and sage is an herb used in rituals or something, I dunno, I'm a NONOist not a witch so I don't use herbs, well, except catnip but not for rituals. Anyway it's a fall-ish, equinox-ish, pagan-ish kinda name and I dig pagan stuff even though I'm not technically a pagan, although depending on your definition I might be. Anyway, that's one possible name and it's also gender non-specific since I'm still not sure she's a girl, although I see no evidence to the contrary but she's still kinda little and I've made the mistake of thinking rabbits were girls too till they hit puberty and then finding out otherwise, so I remain open-minded. The other possible name, which will only work if she's a girl, is Terra, which is a nicer more socially acceptable way of saying Unholy Terror, which she is, and it's also a pagan-ish earth-friendly name. This poor little creature may end up here if she's not careful and doesn't outgrow the terror stage though. She is undeniably cute though, so that gives her a lotta leeway but if she keeps up with the "I must hunt your face now" game when she's a year or two old, we may have to go to kitty boot camp or something.

Ok, on to other news. Saddam has accepted the UN agreement thing, well, sorta, he didn't actually *accept* it but he acknowledged it or something. So, that means he's got a couple weeks or something to report on all his non-existent nukes and whatnot before we bomb his country to the moon and back. Oh, joy!

In politics today, the Democrats performed yet another boneheaded move by appointing probably the most left-wing liberal possible person to take the seat of minority leader in the House. Oh, joy. Oh! And the Dems were blaming their own voters for their heavy losses in the elections last week, saying that they (the Dems) were cheated out of an election because not enough Democrats felt the need to vote or something. I swear, the Democratic party is such a reflection of American society it's sickening: Blame anyone but yourself. It couldn't *possibly* be that America actually didn't vote Democratic because the Democrats DON'T STAND FOR WHAT AMERICA WANTS could it? No, it must be some OTHER reason. Hehe. It's actually quite amusing though to see them constantly change their position depending on polls and what not, and screaming like little children when they don't get their way. But I do find it disturbing they skirt laws and try to change them to get their way. God, just think what would happen if the Republicans were as determined as the Democrats are to get elected. We might end up with a Bush as president or something ... erm ... oh wait. Uhm ... yeah k. Hehe. I'm glad I'm not a Democrat or a Republican though. I'd be thoroughly embarassed if I was. I'm registered as a Green though, which is almost as bad as Democratic cuz it's a party of commies and socialists but at least they're honest (most of the time) about who they are and they're not afraid to say what they stand for. I do admit though, that even though I'm registered as a Greenie I rarely vote for Green candidates, I am one of those annoying people who votes issues and positions not parties.

Uhm ... lemme see, what else ... oh! I just thought I'd say that the idea of macaroni & cheese and Spam disgusts me. K ... that's all folks.

[ 7:03:00 PM ]   Posted at the speed of blight by NONOBADKITTY!  



Monday, November 11, 2002

Awww ... she's so cute when she's sleeping.




So far the cat still has no name, but she has picked up her first nickname: Aggy, short for aggravation, which is what I felt the first night that I tried to sleep with a cat bouncing on my head all night. Oh, and there's the "ooh it's a string, it must be a cat toy" thing she does with *anything* that even remotely resembles a string, which includes the cord to my mouse and my toes. Now, I'll admit it's kinda cute when the cat chews your toes ... the first 100 times, but it's a bit hard to walk with a cat chewing your toes. Or climbing your leg, or digging its claws into your neck to surprise you when you're typing on the computer. Needless to say, I have clipped the kitten's claws. All of them, even the back ones and the "thumbs". So, her weaponry has been nerfed, which I think ticked her off because she seems even more determined now.

Her new favorite thing is the help me with my math homework. She does this by chewing the blank papers I have lying on the bed. She apparently thinks that kitten spit will somehow help me get the answer faster. It doesn't. In fact, it makes it likely I won't get the correct answer at all. Oh well, fortunately, she tired of this game rather quickly. But I do now have a valid excuse if I can't turn my homework in on time ... "My cat ate my homework ... see the chew marks?"

In other news, a few days ago the UN, which stands for Uninterested Nations, erm ... United Nations, decided unanimously, after receiving hefty bribes from the Bush administration (ok, I tossed that part in, I promise) that they would support the watered down and overly vague agreement that basically says Iraq must do as King Bush says, or Iraq will get its ass kicked by the US Army. Of course, Iraq will not do as the agreement *says* but they will *agree* to it, so the Democrats can continue to say "Oh, why can't we just be nice? He *agreed* to it!" not understanding that the word "agree" is not the same as the word "obey". In Iraq, they understand the difference in meaning. Agree to everything, obey no one except Saddam. So, they'll agree, but then they'll say '"Oh, now we will discuss the terms of this agreement" and it'll deteriorate into another "treaty" that the US will try to "enforce" and Iraq will continually violate until some president gets pissed off and kicks their ass. And, fortunately for us, Bush is a kick-ass kinda guy, so maybe he'll do what his daddy and Clinton couldn't do. Or maybe he'll just start world war three, who knows. But hey! At least he does *something*! And if this Saddam dude really is as bad as some people think, then maybe we'll do the world a favor by taking him out. Or maybe we'll just really piss off Israel after our bombing Iraq makes Iraq bomb Israel, and they'll refuse any future military and financial support from us. Heh. Yeah right. If it weren't for us, Israel wouldn't be a terrorist nation. Oops! Did I say that? Sorry. I better shut up now or carnivore might start logging my thoughts or something.

[ 7:22:00 PM ]   Posted at the speed of blight by NONOBADKITTY!