What Limewire Is Really Used For
Downloading stuff right? More specifically..
Open your Limewire now, if you have it. Go to Monitor, and check Show for Incoming Searches. These are the search queries that your program receives from others searching.
Uncheck it once every 5 seconds to stop the list from scrolling. See what I mean? =)
I hate COLD
I’m sick! I don’t know where the virus came from this time. A few of my classmates had it. My dad has it. Now I do too. I never hated being sick, but I hate having a cold. It’s just that stuffy nose part. I don’t mind any of the other things - dizzy head, tiredness, etc. I can barely breathe with a nostril that’s stuffed with unimaginable crap. It gets so numb sometimes that I feel like I want to blow my head open just to clear my nose. Other times, it becomes so dry and cold that I don’t dare taking in a big breath.
Every year. Every friggin year, this annoying thing happens to me, and the other couple billions of us. I feel obligated to stay home, but I guess seeing others suffer from the same virus makes me feel better.
By the way, anyone familiar with a good host company that supports PHP 5? I’m doing some beta testing on the stream_socket() functions, and mediatemple has to be a jackass and not upgrade the php server cause it’ll require thinking.
Happy 14th birthday Brian!
MSN Messenger 7
I just have to point this out. It seems like MSN Messenger is becoming worse and worse. V5 was ok. It didn’t lag (too much) and had a relatively simple interface that crappy computers could handle. V6 was crap. Microsoft had to implement such a heavy-graphic interface. My old computer was begging me to uninstall it. Ok, so MSN Messenger 7 beta came out. Not much difference, except for more graphics. The thing is, graphics are nice. After someone uses the program for more than a month, the graphics become boring and retarded.. which brings a whole business of downloading skins and lah.
A couple of days ago, the official version 7 of MSN Messenger was released. I have to say it’s crappier than I thought.
The Main Window
All the rectangles with red tints indicate the parts of the program written by the programmers when they were temporarily retarded. What the hell is a “personal message”? We already have a Screen Name. Personal Messages won’t be so personal, since everyone sees it anyway. What’s the point of that? To take up more space and make the program bigger so dial up users can poke their eye balls out while waiting for the installations.
I, for one, do not use MSN Space or MSN Today (the main MSN website). But I can’t blame Mr. Gates for implementing these crap buttons into an already lame program (that everyone uses). They have to find some way to falsely fool users into a site that no one uses. Right?
And regarding the MSN Space thing, I’ve realized that many contacts on my MSN contact list have one. Not all, but many. And I guess this is common for everyone - everyone’s “blog” has about one or two entry, dated back to a couple of months ago. And why does the annoying yellow star still blink beside your green msn guy even if it’s not updated? Because Microsoft wants more hits for their “MSN Space Association of the Stupidest and Most Useless Blog Apprentice” site.
I haven’t noticed the Search bar on the bottom of the screen since the new installation. I remember seeing it in previous versions of MSN Messenger. Now the ad is probably bigger, that’s why I see more crap beside it.
By the way, anyone know how to get rid of the ads with MsgPlus? I can’t find the option.
Chat Window
Before I forget, I have to mention the lamest thing about MSN Messenger. It freezes. All the time, for many unimaginable reasons. You join a 2+ people chat. The window freezes. You try to login after being disconnected because you took a bite of an apple, it freezes. You see someone leave a chat, it freezes. You try to sign off, but someone talks to you because the MSN server is incredibly slow, it freezes. You change the option of not displaying your display pic because it’ll freeze, it freezes..
The Games button currently doesn’t work. And it annoys me so much not remembering it doesn’t work, and clicking it only to have it stuck on top of the window for eternity until you realize you can manually shut down MSN Messenger through Task manager.
Seriously, what are the winks / packs / nudge for? Winks = smileys, except you have to download the latest version of Flash player and have it go on forever. Packs = .. !? Something that rich bastards would pay for I guess. And the nudge. The sound, and sudden movement of the window scare the crap out of me and make me so pissed at whoever did it. And also, add it to the freeze list. My old computer couldn’t take the nudge, so I had to uninstall MSN Messenger 7 and reinstall the 6th.
WHAT THE HELL IS THE SEARCH BUTTON FOR? We all know how to use an internet messenger program, maybe we might know how to go to www.google.com as well? Guess those MS programmers haven’t thought of that. It has to be so gigantic and has to be right below the send button. It just has to take up 200% of my screen and return weird results from the so called MSN website that I never use. This has got to be the worst feature Microsoft has ever invented for a messenger. I could piss on a dead cow and get a better messenger than that.
And I’m not sure what that pen icon is, beside the A. I installed MsgPlus right after I installed MSN Messenger 7, afraid that it’d take over my computer if I don’t get some protection first. Anyway, if it’s from MsgPlus, skip this part. If not, I have to say it’s the second most retarded thing Microsoft can make. Knowing that I don’t have a tablet, the messenger still puts that icon there, assuming that I know what a tablet is (some might not) and reminding me to buy a tablet. Microsoft doesn’t even make tablets, where does Bill get the profit from that?
Freeze
A friend sent me this. Apparently, it’s quite infamous.
The other crap that comes pre-installed
Pretty self-explanatory? In the MSN help documentation, somewhere there should be the notice “This program sucks entirely, don’t use it. If you choose to, well, go ahead, cause we want you to. If you do, please say good things about it, even though it really really sucks.” Nuh-uh.
And you see, there are 273 email messages unchecked. Why? Because Hotmail sucks as much as MSN Messenger. As lame as it’ll get. A segway into something more serious, but necessary.
Hotmail
- Owns all the intellectual properties of your email messages, attachments, and contacts. When you sign up, the terms and conditions states that all your belonging on the Hotmail server is that of Microsoft. Switch to Gmail/Yahoomail?
- Has a crappy interface and loads of ads. Switch to Gmail/Yahoomail?
- Is a free email, which is banned from many sites. Many secure registration websites disallow the usage of free emails as a form of communication. Gmail isn’t part of this, yet. Switch to Gmail/Yahoomail?
- Gives you loads of spam, including all unnecessary messages about you know what. Switch to Gmail/Yahoomail?
- Doesn’t filter out those spam. Switch to Gmail/Yahoomail?
- Has the least storage space. Switch to Gmail(2GB) / Yahoomail (soon to be 1GB)?
Msn Today
This whole window is just absolutely wrong. Why the hell would anyone want to open up a heavy-javascript window made by javascript, which only reports celebrities getting impregnated? (Some might want to)
Conclusion - the guys who made this program were kicked in the head by donkeys.
Wickedest Thing Ever
Today, a grad from our school came and demo’ed a remote-controlled helicopter. She’s in third year Computer Engineering (not Computer Science) right now, and this was her project for the past three months. It’s SO AWESOME.
They built everything. Within their little group, they had board and circuit builders, physical helicopter makers, and programmers. There were four fans sticking out of a little box in the middle, pointing in the four outside directions, facing downwards. They are controlled by a central processor, which they built themselves. That thing measures angular velocities of the fans and increases/decreases speed to create a balance.
No pictures =( my camera was at home. I’ll friggin build one of these some day.
Too Cold For You?
“Hitler surrenders.”
FINALLY, that’s what I’ve been wanting to write the entire day. I finally did it, on the last frame of my flash presentation. It is only the visual part, which will be accompanied by someone reading notes or something.
Something to look at, if you are interested in WWII at all
Open the link, make your browser full screen (F11), and press the spacebar if the animation stops.
This’d better get me an A.
History Presentation
Okay I’m a bit big headed here. I know Flash, woopdido. For some reason that I can’t explain, I have to make this presentation (due tomorrow) in Flash, instead of the cliche Powerpoint. I know it’s harder. I know it’s going to take more time. I know it’s not going to make much difference. But for some reason, it’s against my belief to back out on Flash right now. My partner(s) just sent me the notes, and I have a couple of hours to complete a fully animated 15-minute long presentation.
Check this post tonight. I’ll have something sweet to go, or something as crappy as a powerpoint presentation can get..
Fall in Love
Capitol K - Pillow
Welcome to Media Temple’s MTsix!
If you see this message, you are now viewing this page that’s on Media Temple’s server. Browse around! Not much has changed, but the speed of each page increased dramatically! Everything is super fast now! Thanks to MT’s Zend Optimizer.
Isn’t it also so kool that (mt) is also the 2 letters that the name of this site starts with? =D
(mt) Media Temple!
Booya! I decided to switch to the most secure, convininent and stable server on the face of Earth - (mt) Media Temple.
The user interface, including the control panel (plesk or something), is really kool. I always like new things, and this time (mt) didn’t turn me down. Everything is under my control Muhahaha.
However, due to the switch, the site will probably not be updated within a day or two, as the DNS of the domain is being switched.
MT Pwns!
Everything is So Cheap in China
My dad just came back from China a couple of hours ago. Despite the jetleg and crappy weather and environment in China, he managed to get back over 300 DVD’s of movies, soap operas, software, music CD’s and all other kind of jazz within a week. Of course there’s other stuff (clothes and .. stuff).
The average cost for each disc is $0.50 CND, which includes about either 4 movies or 10 episodes of Futurama.
I mean like, everything in China is cheap, compared to whatever you can find in Canada. There is a variety of stuff. For the things that you don’t need quality insurance, get it from China. You can live off of a dollar / day in China.
He had to buy two 4×50-page disc cover booklets for the DVD’s.
And here’s something else that’s time well wasted.