tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:31:56 +0000http://blog.realityripple.com/index.phpAndyBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-7787453715380991604Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:17:00 +00002008-04-08T16:24:58.342-07:00Sorry for the insanity last time... Now I have an actual complaint! CDs suck. Look at how many CDs I have that have gone bad: That's just depressing. I mean, I've got over 200 CDs that didn't burn correctly. Sure, that's a collection over around 6 years of burning discs, but that's a lot of wasted storage. Near 150 GB. Depressing. It's not just CDs, though. I don't like tapes, or DVDs, or any http://blog.realityripple.com/2008/04/cds.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-2769991053767647852Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:46:00 +00002008-03-19T13:46:46.067-07:00We all know what the universe is. We all know what everything is. We all understand everything there is to know. We are all insane. Life itself is insanity, and death is its end. That is suicide. That is murder. That is equality broken. All lives have their full length precalculated to a certain natural date, and to take that away without reason is to be cruel. To continue this life is to extend http://blog.realityripple.com/2008/03/i-am-insane.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-4818203319088111042Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:39:00 +00002008-02-17T13:42:37.433-08:00Remember when Ctrl+Alt+Del was actually useful? When Blue Screens had a chance of being recovered from? When Windows 98 ruled the PC with a glitchy fist? What happened? Ctrl+Alt+Del is now useless. It opens up some bullshit "Security" window, or the Task Manager, depending on your settings. What happened to it making your computer restart? What happened to it being useful? I want my tool back!http://blog.realityripple.com/2008/02/what-happened-to-ctrlaltdel.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-1009273006113419726Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:51:00 +00002008-02-14T23:54:22.111-08:00So... I turn 20 in a few minutes. I don't want to, but that's the way our numbering system works. I don't want to be part of this facade called Society. I don't want to deal with all the shit humanity has constructed around itself. I don't want to have to do anything that anyone else tells me to do, unless I have a good reason to do it already. Reason is not incentive. Damn you Humanity.http://blog.realityripple.com/2008/02/no-more-please.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-533143103838336224Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:32:00 +00002008-02-12T19:39:33.569-08:00Today, I was surprised to discover something that makes me rather unhappy. I have in my possession a Compaq Armada 1700. I just put Windows XP Pro (SP3 beta 3264...) on it, and wanted to see about Linux. So, I grabbed Kubuntu 7.04, slipped it in, and got angry. It didn't load KDE! It sat there for an hour after displaying the KDE load screen... Distressed, I loaded up Knoppix 4.2 and it did justhttp://blog.realityripple.com/2008/02/kde-bloated-windows-was-winning.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-7726256035585437726Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:40:00 +00002008-01-14T02:06:44.668-08:00At the beginning of December, I got myself a PLUM keyboard. I had read about them in PC magazine back when they were around 100 bucks each. Since then they've apparently outsourced the production and the price has been cut to a quarter. I decided to write a bit about what I think about it when I was good enough at typing on it, and here I am. For starters, it's tiny. The keys are full sized, buthttp://blog.realityripple.com/2008/01/plum-happy-sorta.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-7884126049834271565Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:23:00 +00002008-01-14T02:07:20.413-08:00So... Vista is Satan. Remember how much I hated IE7? And how the only good thing was it didn't effect Explorer? Vista is IE7 for Explorer.http://blog.realityripple.com/2007/10/devils-and-exorcisms.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-6438508749978841101Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:59:00 +00002008-01-14T02:09:29.920-08:00Well now... Some new stuff's been popping up in my life recently. A lot of my friends from online are planning on visiting me! I'm planning on making use of my computer skills by going into the repair field, possibly working for the local school district if it doesn't give me a migraine daily. Otherwise, I'll just be a local tech and make house calls to fix problems. Desi's just gonna visit for ahttp://blog.realityripple.com/2007/10/new-and-improving.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-5256263593783035958Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:54:00 +00002008-01-14T02:09:14.012-08:00The human race doesn't deserve saving. If they survive, then they deserve survival. If they go extinct because of their own idiocy, they deserved it. Nature takes care of itself. That's all.http://blog.realityripple.com/2007/09/no-revolution.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-5440434050472424075Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:22:00 +00002008-01-14T02:10:11.689-08:00Plans for overtaking the world and restoring sanity and peace to mankind. My way. I'd like to note that these plans are semi-serious in that I do hope someone will fulfill the outline, however the actual plans for taking over are mostly a joke. Also, take note that I have no intention of carrying this out myself, as I would make a terrible revolutionary. Someone with a charismatic personality, ahttp://blog.realityripple.com/2007/07/new-world-revolution-part-1.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-4834989823484586571Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:27:00 +00002007-07-23T23:43:02.155-07:00Thanks to new medical research and technology, fear has been cured. Now, people will be able to enjoy the courage of alcohol without side-affects like vomiting, loss of coordination, and all that other fun stuff. Luckily, it looks like the first things it'll go to are curing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and major life-affecting phobias. I just hope a certain Sci-Fi movie doesn't become http://blog.realityripple.com/2007/07/fearless.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-3235327186963596745Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:28:00 +00002007-06-10T17:48:57.531-07:00I've been wanting to write this out for a while, but I couldn't decide the best way to do it. I was thinking along the lines of a Sci-Fi story or an essay or something. I've decided to just write it out on here in a rough form. What is it? A collection of thoughts about the implications of a digital implant that reads and writes to the human brain. The basic idea goes something like this... The http://blog.realityripple.com/2007/06/digital-implants.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-4065613576226379241Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:40:00 +00002007-06-08T19:48:11.246-07:00Everyone always likes to personify the various Operating Systems nowadays. Here's my take: MacOS: The really annoying visionary who you have to coax to get anything useful done. She tends to focus on unimportant details, completely missing more important things. She'll take your money and turn it into fancy air. Windows: The really hot street-corner girl. Sure, she looks great, but you're http://blog.realityripple.com/2007/06/operating-personisystems.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-8516537411189170561Fri, 25 May 2007 10:09:00 +00002007-05-25T03:30:10.021-07:00I don't know why I'm posting this. I don't really care if anyone reads it and I don't want any replies to it. Maybe I'll read it later on and laugh at myself. I just need to get it out I guess. I hate money. I hate currencies of all forms. I hate everything to do with it. What a retarded idea. I hate society, civilization, and the Human Race in general. Collective idiocy putting on a http://blog.realityripple.com/2007/05/late-night-feelings.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-2396882320616312973Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:04:00 +00002007-03-21T05:17:22.069-07:00Well, I finally graduated to the broadband world with a Satellite connection. Within 5 days, I used up the bandwidth that was supposed to last me a month. Of course, this wouldn't do, so I upgraded the package. Now I'm halfway full after a week, again. They should really give you the first month without a cap, because I'm sure it's when people use the most bandwidth... After being stuck on dial http://blog.realityripple.com/2007/03/blazing-fast-violations.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-2891809493940365800Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:08:00 +00002007-01-27T12:31:29.213-08:00Well, thanks to my "Never give up, even if it's a good idea to" mentality, I've created a CheckRevision Database that has allowed my bot to connect to Battle.net again. Which, of course, means I'm working on it again. I've also added Google Ads to my site and blog, so I can hopefully gain some revenue somehow. I've also done freelance programming work on Rent-A-Coder. I've made $2.00 by doing onehttp://blog.realityripple.com/2007/01/back-in-business.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-116539239667875989Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:03:00 +00002006-12-06T00:06:36.686-08:00This is possibly the worst web browser I have ever seen. The only good thing about it was that it didn't affect the Windows Explorer appearance at all. The end.http://blog.realityripple.com/2006/12/internet-explorer-7.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-116261694149918348Sat, 04 Nov 2006 04:54:00 +00002006-11-03T21:09:01.506-08:00Well, my bot, my No-CD cracks, and my BNet life are all officially dead. Blizzard changed their connection system so that my No-CD's don't work, binary bots are pretty much obsolete, and because of it all, I don't care about it anymore. I'm sure someone else will take on the task some day... In the meantime, I'd like to enlighten some of you on hidden satire. Many people know of Lewis Carroll's http://blog.realityripple.com/2006/11/beware-jabberwock-my-son.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-115901313005323127Sat, 23 Sep 2006 11:24:00 +00002006-09-23T05:12:38.370-07:00September 22nd. The birth of Bilbo Baggins, and his heir, Frodo Baggins. Two of the greatest characters in the history of literature. Say hi to Bombadil for me. On to other things... Well, I'm working on a Fix release of Ripple Chat Bot, because there's just too many bugs in the "final" version I released. I've added a few things, like Bnet FTP abilities, so it can download the newest copy of http://blog.realityripple.com/2006/09/happy-birthday-bilbo-and-frodo-plus.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-115413105431063093Fri, 28 Jul 2006 23:25:00 +00002006-09-12T19:00:13.436-07:00Okay, since I am a geek, and I haven't done this yet... I'm going to give you all some tips on computer usage. Software: No computer should be without these great products: Anti-Virus - I personally reccomend AVG Free from Grisoft. http://free.grisfot.com Anti-SpyWare - Two reccomendations here. Spybot from http://spybot.info and Ad-Aware from http://lavasoft.de Firewall - Sygate Personal http://blog.realityripple.com/2006/07/computer-tips.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-114972652918659728Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:43:00 +00002006-07-14T18:21:52.636-07:00There are two main identifiable traits in nearly all humans. The first is the need to be happy. The second is the need for more. As can be seen by example, this causes the need to be happier. Drugs, Music, Television, Sex, Vacations, etc... can all be attributed to this need. People love to have a good time, and they only want it to get better. When one looks back on one's memories, the first http://blog.realityripple.com/2006/06/futility-of-happiness.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-114066899277978405Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:11:00 +00002006-02-22T20:29:52.800-08:00Ok, I'm gonna be talkin about Alyssa mostly, but first I want to make a comment about my post on people from a while ago. People are even more following what I quoted previously, it's actually gotten noticeably worse than from before. If you try to show someone that quote when they're displaying that type of behavior, they call you a pessimistic moron. Then their friends help them feel good abouthttp://blog.realityripple.com/2006/02/alyssa-and-other-stuff.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-114025351365482462Sat, 18 Feb 2006 08:52:00 +00002006-02-18T01:05:13.673-08:00Well, it's been quite a while since I've written anything. Currently, I'm living at home, working on my own programs in my own time. Tonight I went out with my mother to see John Lee Hooker Jr. It was quite entertaining, especially cause there were lots of drunk people around us. This one girl kept getting on stage and dancing with him... Finally two of the bouncers had to ask her to stay off thehttp://blog.realityripple.com/2006/02/recovery.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-113238154151155358Sat, 19 Nov 2005 06:23:00 +00002005-11-18T22:25:41.520-08:00Kit's written a follow-up to the previous poem: Ode to The Wire KitKatBar (USWest) My soul do drift unto the winds. Going for joy unsinned. My fate is joined in powered grasp. The Wire has me, just at last. Forever it and I shall be, Together for all eternity. It's keeps me going, With its graceful offers. I cannot deny its full potential. Thank you Wire, for I have sinned. You brought tohttp://blog.realityripple.com/2005/11/ode-to-wire.htmlAndytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12727157.post-113030746875794272Wed, 26 Oct 2005 06:15:00 +00002005-10-25T23:19:09.846-07:00Here's the full poem The Wire, which my friend Kit finally found again. Thanks Kit! *kiss* The Wire KitKatBar (Battle.net USWest) Beware! The wire sees you It is slowly taking you in by giving That which reality cannot give you as much of Beware! The Wire is coming To The Creators of The Wire it's a place of communication and information. To The Children of The Wire it is more. Beware! The http://blog.realityripple.com/2005/10/wire.htmlAndy