tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62560516773326712562024-02-07T00:21:23.850-05:00The Omni Tech's BlogComputers continue to revolutionize the world, in ways good and bad. Ideals are based around them, wars are fought with them, and people swear by them. This blog will capture my interactions with computers as I make them do some things they were never meant to do. Never.Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-79356064290883843342008-08-30T13:19:00.000-04:002008-08-30T13:24:22.330-04:00Dual MonitorsWoot. I wish I had dual monitors. That would just be really cool. But no, instead, I set up my Friend with Dual monitors. Why he needs them, I don't know, all he uses his computer for is music. Oh well, I was called in for Tech Support, and off I went!<br />
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Basically, it was a straightforwads process. His computer had Intel intergrated graphics, which supported one monitor, so I had to install another graphics card which had another VGA output. That went well. However, once I accomplished that, the computer didn't recognize the Intel graphics, only the newly installed one. So, I had to go and find a new Driver for the Graphics card, which wasn't that difficult, install, restart, and hoped it worked.<br />
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It did! It was awesome. Going to Control Panel -> Display, (Alternate "Right click" on desktop, -> Properties, (or personalize in Vista) then go to Settings, (or Display in Vista), allowed me to set it up so the Mouse could move between monitors. I got a program which extended the start menu across to the other monitor. The entire thing was pretty awesome. Very pleased without it all came out.Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-1277005863047907992008-08-28T17:07:00.000-04:002008-08-28T17:12:57.032-04:00First Day of SchoolAhhh, my friend and I were talking about the first day of school. I was doing some of the complaining, but then he reminded me that it wasn't so much the "first day of school," more like the "first day of penetration testing on the school network." That brightened me up considerably. And oh, what fun we did have.<br />
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Although no penetration testing.<br />
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Not yet.<br />
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During my free block, I showed off Leopard and Parallels running, with the cube effects, very cute. But then, I installed a new version of Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne, and using the newest patch, got it running without needing the CD. I then proceeded to set up an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad-hoc_network">ad-hoc network</a> and play my friend in a game of Warcarft. Unfortunetely, the school's network wouldn't allow us to play, we think they blocked the port.Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-52553058386366926072008-07-31T14:26:00.000-04:002008-07-31T14:35:30.168-04:00Fedora 9 is History - Moving to OpenSuse<a href="http://xkcd.com/456/">Relevant XKCD.</a><br />
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Anyways, I decided that I am done with Fedora, at least for the time being. I have never really warmed up to it, for a number of reasons. The most annoying being, wireless is extremely obnoxious. It used to connect to networks, but recently, it just has refused to connect to my network. It fails to remember the Network password properly, and it fails at life. I have to resort to ethernet to hook up to the internet; I already do that in OS X, I don't need two OS's which fail at wireless.<br />
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The other reason that Fedora 9 annoys me, is the fact that it uses some very wierrd file system (ext4 maybe) instead of the usual ext3 for Linux. And do you know what that means? It means, that windows XP CDs won't boot anymore. I don't get it, but I want to reinstall XP, and Fedora 9 doesn't let the CD boot. Very, very wierd.<br />
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The solution? Lots of troubleshooting. The other option, which I am taking, is to try another Distrobution. I'm moving to OpenSuse, and am going to see how it works. Eventually I will make my own OS which works perfectly. That will be the day.Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-11771178151303689392008-07-29T23:23:00.000-04:002008-07-29T23:27:21.462-04:00UpdateThings move in a forwards direction. This is good, because if everything moved backwards, our bodies would be different. And that would suck. Point is moot though.<br />
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The computers are all plugged in and opperational. They all work, I just need to get the wires involved to hook them all up to the Network. And then we have extreme LAN games. It will be intense. As well as a lot of learning, because with this many computers on the network, it would be good to have them all update at once. There is much to be done here.Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-78956397120689448922008-07-28T15:34:00.000-04:002008-12-10T06:33:21.729-05:00Cluster!Congratulations, now I can have Cluster fail. With my three new computers and a whole lot of organizing and working, friends and I managed to get the computers set up. It isn't completely done, but it really is amazing what we have managed to accomplish. Once we can get them all up and running at the same time, then we can really work on networking and LAN gaming.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="text-align: center; clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: center; clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: center; clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: center; clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: center; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1JqyYTq0eH322vn2nUKEXei-OrvhmuZC54ms_sV9Usthp_jdRbj87u879ot52b3oC70HKzVdLG5ys4JrOrAY9017GnK16OffVgO935Blvq77ZMDj849UpeR1pu1Lwp6r5FacBLWhVosz4/s1600-h/102_1003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0pt none ; background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_nspaG3PwsdFtwZOmzDXr3xwFNAuHolCCSBOtA0z-JH2fxpRULqzmf3O2JKFRH6wbORvWIqNwsctJ2mUCMk5jM74bZq6XXhg00n8DMRExbf0jngBAaqc6_OaJEalWNwuwFW2TWDNu4b5/s320-r/102_1003.JPG" style="border: 0pt none ;" /></a></div>So, this is the rearranging of the basement. Once I got the all clear from the Parental Units, it was all in our own hands. We moved the TV and Xbox out from the corner you see (where the two walls of windows meet) to the other side of the basement. We then condensed all the crap in the basement over into the space you see. See the wagon? All those boxes on it are Magic cards. A lot of Magic cards.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="text-align: center; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh424xcgO61_a_SHB8-05JouKbnrX3Z0ahptMYKoA6Sgd3tl_zWn6GmY70ulfia0vPoxgeRiYd6MFeR1kan0Da7FzmxYTP3qrMhyphenhyphenb1mmezUvrz5hfe7ITfGZVn1qQcrIBtVbMfBjzr92I73/s1600-h/102_1004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0pt none ; background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lQPXhWPgcNk2fomzvRA4IyohO4BkD4qi9KMsrD2IY61NAdOwNqzAexvADzrDuckwxgo2eY0_gYbk8xneH9VcaBBh3bnKbIMwC0qN-NEvEhaRl8z0NZb-V2DFHovFx2pgv5HOoz-fdxFh/s320-r/102_1004.JPG" style="border: 0pt none ;" /></a></div>This is our cluster. Three computers, with room for a Laptop (which is what Sam is doing right now). Unfortunetly, I don't have a switch yet to give them all Ethernet, that will come soon. (Along with more RAM). Very happy with how the cluster turned out. I also need a powergrid to get them all working at the same time. At the moment, only one computer can be on. Two max, but the other outlets are being used my less important things. Like Sam's laptop.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="text-align: center; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PYRkipMx1mWxbEqZqIObUaWcp3XCT9dKl5iY_202BtzC4pIKVzO8br_ODwEDFKdSiTC8Z05X_duS9yJEKWdkNM9JscK7PQR1WI-yD2pnN_KB9LIcksm45nKY5EOxiFhYkOeoUT457sPF/s1600-h/102_1005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0pt none ; background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlHdaGYI6adlVJe-vdlv9kxG-GO5p6EOc89tc3c_5InlxpOuXetxE6B693zWLRmpnKsCFKXvid0kzmw7il7PnY4wHr-um01RC2QcEPcczn9XK5KtY_NjpqvyqoZNUdbewerpIGSqtfxODO/s320-r/102_1005.JPG" style="border: 0pt none ;" /></a></div>That is our big ass-tv. And the Xbox, with Halo. The person you see working on the Mac is my Linux Guru of a friend, Henry. Working on getting Wordpress to work on our server, which isn't going well. Anyways, we got the area cleared out so that could work as well. Very pleased by this turnout, although without Sam, Henry, and Brian (my bro), it would have been a lot harder to do. Now.... to networking!<br /><br /><br /><br />Enjoy these other pictures!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="text-align: center; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMp7gPOnPZAbnMdBDih_uKwZOm8mK_v7hjiGedPHt53lUQSQ5a49oKClJKvGmHgz7mCdkIKcwuAEQWCxc0AjtiNqSe1cxJiXgqqAzJ1U9BczxtmxR6BBIUQUn1BGO1ynQVzaSsW7po22b/s1600-h/102_1006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0pt none ; background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQc_w1sbK1i5zlTPZPeNhj5qCmPyziXg-fJu9GpAwHeGyyYXGFXOXLPnkrh0EWCG59BRgNE4hx1P5dhjzllWWKLLLqMnxfS1sJ9yUgQW81-zNkZs2xJuvK0yeThdd372YbdaXBZAULeFS/s320-r/102_1006.JPG" style="border: 0pt none ;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: center; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wkEG6_cix91jzXo7QZ1PalpLb6Wb0NgVqnLmARgWvVY4gvRvYADuaPx4KLJ5k_LdAm6C8or3VJqoZqUbp3As0mmKugdR4achiQnDSe_017Ro2nKWtsBXP6-yZawVXXqwFJe1gqmbU1Hs/s1600-h/102_1007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0pt none ; background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-MOko2FgKuEFeSBrWRbH2siwjKYf72iSvakZmyqzYTV9jn08FKT59R37lrDGMGxQkxIICX858bYUhym7NIgsEpmeMAtvzojFNcAp1BralnWhExYUH-tVVqkBweot5EYQD2AUEIqXl1TlM/s320-r/102_1007.JPG" style="border: 0pt none ;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: center; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizqCKMW7TkBjAR6xeXF5lneulJ2ACS99gdAsTjQLAHxkAyPDV3GFpBz_HEihCGuSkyIsb0B_fp9p6u1H2o_YFiPWDvyJXHhbGIuZZnfucMStLrYiOvNVyq7BUHF3K0vX-lNpHGnru5dL-/s1600-h/102_1009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0pt none ; background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGivq8ey1izwQuZRkmpc9RpDPho-Als2sjEo0fIPKbtckHGng4NshvSfBqI69biJl-YbXTdo3BB4qhKZk41kNPAG9tJqQ-Eg8k22uBWMFx6VHsQ5oSavh76ARpleVTpuVvD-qrckw4VRz/s320-r/102_1009.JPG" style="border: 0pt none ;" /></a></div>Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-89091036563028257262008-07-27T23:25:00.001-04:002008-07-27T23:35:14.110-04:00New ComputersSo, with the help of a friend, and some fast action, I managed to grab 3 computers. Now, keep in mind, they aren't new, but they are computers. The story goes, a school decided that they needed to upgarde their technology. So, IT calls out that they are selling off these computers. I don't know this is happening, I am hanging out with my Girlfriend at a lake house. Good fun that was. However, my friend does, and he knows how into technology I am. He IM's me and tells me about this deal. He had already told the school that he wanted too. When he contacted me with this information, this is all I got:<br />
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School is getting rid of computers.<br />
$20 each, comes with Monitors, keyboard, and a mouse.<br />
Pentium 4 Intel Processor at 2Ghz.<br />
256mb of Ram.<br />
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That is all I know. But for $20, how can you go wrong? I tell them to grab those two he ordered, and if he can, pick up a third. And you know what? It all worked out. I have (In fact, I'm typing this on a new computer) three computers sitting in front of me. The RAM sucks, but I am ordering more. Hopefully by the end of this week each computer will be fitted with 1GB of ram. They only have 20GB HDD, but I don't really need more storage. So, the next step? Extreme networking and extreme LAN partying. Fun stuff.<br />
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If you have ideas on what I should do with them, post it!Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-1033111484892309522008-07-23T09:30:00.000-04:002008-07-23T09:32:55.159-04:00Epic New WebsiteWow, I have been so busy actually making the website, I forgot to tell the world about it. Of course, it isn't done yet, the hardest part is still to come. Basically, I (with graphic help from x986123) made a website to host stories for my friends and myself. It is farely basic, but looks really good. I am happy to see it is almost complete. The entire thing came together with the visuals, so I am very happy to have that done!<br />
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Now, with the adding of content, things will get a move on it. I am working on the best way to make that happen. Ideas, ideas...<br />
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Here is the URL: <a href="http://epicstory.freehostia.com/">http://epicstory.freehostia.com/</a>Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-82964865857890843872008-07-11T16:59:00.000-04:002008-07-11T17:02:01.700-04:00New Site IdeaThis idea has probably been done a thousand times. But you know what? I don't care. I was outside thinking of the many stories I am currently writing, and thought how terrrible it is that most of the never reach an audience besides the person I write them for. Most are short stories that get read once, never again. But I still have a lot of fun writing them. So, I thought, why don't I make a website where the stories would stay, and people could come and read them? And at that point I got excited and started thinking of ways I could have other people upload their own stories, so everyone could read lots of stories. Kinda like Deviant. However, as I thought more, and the project grew, I decided that I just don't have the time to do all of it. So I will lug it away in the back of my mind (or this blog) and come back to the idea when I have more time. Who knew summer vacation would be such a busy time?!Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-54588122214805282802008-07-09T10:42:00.000-04:002008-07-09T10:44:48.817-04:00iPod Touch - Jailbroken!So, my friend came over with his touch. We played around some, played some Age of Empires, played some magic. The server parts still haven't all arrived, but whatever. Anyways, he took out his iTouch and asked me again, (he has asked me many times before), "can you really put Pokemon on this?"<br />
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"Yes. Yes I can."<br />
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And so he gave it to me. And you know what? I did. I jailbroke it using Ziphone method, and now I am busy stuffing it full of fun applications. Oh boy, it really is exciting. More to come later when I get everything working.Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-71847618187608855252008-07-08T12:57:00.001-04:002008-07-08T13:15:54.731-04:00Server - Being Processed, literallySo, my friend and I gave it. We have to do it. We bought a server. Well... the parts to it at least. We are going to put it together ourselves. And you know what? I am extremely excited. This is going to make all sorts of testing easy, and create an amazing adventure.<br />
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So, here are the specs for the machine:<br />
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Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor<br />
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Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory<br />
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GIGABYTE GA-945GCM-S2C LGA 775 Intel 945GC Micro ATX Intel Motherboard<br />
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Linkworld PRESCOTT 437-01-C2222 Black SECC/SGCC MicroATX Mid Tower Computer Case 430W Power Supply<br />
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EXCELSTOR Jupiter Series ESJ8160S 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive<br />
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Total - $369.24<br />
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However, that is being split between a friend and myself, so I didn't pay for the entire thing. This is going to be epic!Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-82416333459190382742008-07-04T13:30:00.000-04:002008-07-05T09:31:28.276-04:00WebsiteI am hunting for people who know how to code PHP/ROR/Javascript or any other web scipting langauge. I need you for a website I am working on. I have the ideas, but I can't make the entire site on my own, so I am going to delegate. If you know someone or can help, post a comment and I will get to you.Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-37596146577747741182008-06-29T10:49:00.000-04:002008-06-29T10:53:11.031-04:00Getting Closer to PerfectionismSo, I used TinyXP to get XP installed on my system. This is because when I finally got my hands on an external Floppy Drive, XP told me that my drivers were corrupted. The ones that HP gave me. Screw that.<br />
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Interesting factoid - XP won't boot up off the CD if Fedora 9 is installed. I thought that very odd.<br />
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Anyways, I did a complete reformat, and starting putting on OS's. I put XP on first, (hd0,4) and then Vista (hd1,0) and then Leopard (hd1,1) and finally Fedora9 (hd0,5/6). And now I am in the process of bringing my system up to speed. Vista is fully updated, as is Leopard. However, XP is having driver problems, which is surprsing. Something about my NVidia card, it doesn't recognize it, and that doesn't make running XP that much fun. Something which I will definetely have to fix. Soon.<br />
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But there I have it. 4 OS's, one computer. All of which work. My dream is complete. Next step? Make my own OS.Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-1999311313880732642008-06-28T08:16:00.000-04:002008-06-28T08:19:17.694-04:00One Final Reformat?I don't know if I let the world know this, but I reformat my computer a lot. And I don't mean too. I just get angry at it, and reformat it, so I can start from scratch. There is nothing on it that I can't put back on, and anything I want to save, well, I have a 500 GB external HD for that. So, when I found out that my XP cd won't even boot anymore, I'm going to reformat my computer and see if that helps. Because, honestly, it <i>did </i>boot at one time. I don't know why it won't anymore, my only thought is that it could be Feroda 9, but that doesn't make any sense. I dunno. But I am going to find out, and I will tell you when I return. I have my external floppy drive, and many different hacked versions of XP laying around. With all this, one of them is bound to work. Let's hope.Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-53071882716551881502008-06-18T10:36:00.003-04:002008-06-18T10:40:48.887-04:00Wine 1.0Well, yesterday was an amazing day. Not only did Firefox 3 come out, (and the Firefox servers crashed under the amount of people trying to download it) but Wine 1.0 came out after 15 years of development. For anyone who does not know, Wine is a program which allows users to run Windows "exe" files in Linux. Absolutely amazing. Some great games are available because of Wine.<br /><br />I am compiling Wine as I write, because otherwise it will take me a few days before I can get it through Yum. I'm psyched. Of course, this generally takes a half hour, but I can wait.<br /><br />On the flip side, I am trying to install Rainlendar in Fedora 9, and don't quite remember how I did it in Ubuntu. And the Nvidea drivers are not supported with the lastest kernel. And I need to crack some wireless. Oh boy, so much to do, so much time spent blogging.<br /><br />And now, back to work.Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-13318851387079054262008-06-17T12:12:00.002-04:002008-06-17T12:15:15.751-04:00Fedora 9So, I got bored with my computer, and decided to try out a new Linux distro. Talking with my friend, I finally decided to Download Ferdora 9 and gave it a spin. Fedora uses Gnome as default, or at least mine done, so it looks a lot like Ubuntu. This is nice as most everything works in Gnome. Happiness. Everything works in it, sound, wireless, and graphics. I got my drivers all up and running, which means Compiz is going to town.<br /><br />All in all, I am very happy with Fedora. I am also assured that the developers and community care about the Upstream. This means that if they catch a bug, they don't just fix it for Fedora, they fix it for the entire Linux community. Pretty awesome. Now I just need something to do with Linux. Like crack networks. Fun!Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-74196627041783185172008-06-17T11:01:00.001-04:002008-12-10T06:33:22.078-05:00Opening IssuesSo, I was snooping around my Age of Empires program folder, and managed to find the place where all the taunts are stored. I was actually looking for the folder which held campaign noises, but - whatever, this will work too. (Found the other one a few seconds later). I tossed in a new sound, and tested it out. Worked fine. I was like - cool! The things I could do with hacking my own programs. I need to try this out more.<br /><br />I jump to Starcraft. Look around some - interesting stuff, but nothing too cool to muck with. Maybe I will mess with some maps and make them godly. Not important though.<br /><br />I jump to Guild Wars. Surprising that, Guild Wars' program file only holds 3 files. A temporary file, the .exe, and the .dat file. And you know, that makes messing around with Guild Wars really hard. I do a quick Google search, looks like Notepad will let me into the .dat file. Of course, this is where everything is stored, it is over 2 GB. I open it.<br /><br />"The File cannot be opened because it is too big."<br /><br />WTF! I didn't know that was an error. Okay, if it is just text, then Word should be able to open it. I try word.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ZAg0hCIyD3qKm23j9J6e1Af-yFZ-pT8vBdh_D0Gy_giMEWQp-An6K22jyYS1l5lge6R_8WWTzdOC7BAEJQmOGn6f1SSVU-Lnexw3NKWEyuUz9m5QmT6qF4nZIpUhugiMdO3zWpLzqQ3j/s1600-h/Worderror.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ZAg0hCIyD3qKm23j9J6e1Af-yFZ-pT8vBdh_D0Gy_giMEWQp-An6K22jyYS1l5lge6R_8WWTzdOC7BAEJQmOGn6f1SSVU-Lnexw3NKWEyuUz9m5QmT6qF4nZIpUhugiMdO3zWpLzqQ3j/s320/Worderror.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212867069144825618" border="0" /></a>Son of a bitch. Totally didn't know that there was a LIMIT on how big a file could be for Word to load it. This changes everything. I think it is time to let Linux eat face.Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-32524516706010566562008-06-09T15:57:00.002-04:002008-06-09T16:01:50.718-04:00Mac Book AirSo, I was thinking. I was thinking, "Wow, wouldn't it be a lot of fun to get a Mac book air." It would be thinner, lighter, and look cooler than my current Laptop. I would use this one for all the "Hard" work, and save the Air for all the "Light" work and transportation. But I also thought of how quickly I would fill up the Hard Drive. 80 GB is not that big....<br /><br />But then I thought again... wait, couldn't I use web services more? Instead of installing all the complicated software to do anything, use as many services provided online. That is what the air is built for, isn't it? Google documents for everything you would need - they would also be available everywhere.<br /><br />....<br /><br />Now I want to compile a list of good Online Services. I will report back whenever I find something cool.Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-85236049634877432832008-05-22T19:41:00.006-04:002008-05-22T20:01:30.402-04:00A Work In ProgressOkay, so as a testimony to how nerdy I am, I am creating a equation for finding out how many kisses equal a hug. Because, well, I have a girlfriend and no life. So, let's get to the action.<br /><br />The equation looks like this: <span style="font-weight: bold;">kiss=hug</span> Very simple. However, those could be anything, so I have started looking up what the constants mean in the real world. For example, "i" is the letter which stands for <span style="font-style: italic;">imaginary</span>, or the square root of -1. "s," for lack of a better constant is going to be seconds, in this case, seconds squared. And "k" is going to be the constant from the Boltzmann equation, which measure physical constant at a certain level. k=[8.314 472 m<sup>3</sup>·Pa·K<sup>−1</sup>·mol<sup>−1</sup>] * [6.0221*10<sup>23</sup>).<br /><br />On the other side of the equation, "h" is going to be the Planck constant, u could be "mu" or the coefficient of friction; I am not sure what it should really be. G will probably be the gravitational constant, or 6.67*10<sup>-11</sup>. So, that is how I will relate the two.... I think.Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-66475940887570004442008-04-30T16:30:00.001-04:002008-05-03T15:02:14.471-04:00New iPodWell, when I say new, it is relative. It is new relative to me. I got it from a friend, because it isn't working anymore. A 5th generation 30GB iPod which is off the warenty. It broke on him, and I figured I might as well take it. He gave it to me.<br /><br />I double checked the warranty. No luck, I can't simply replace it. However, it is not completely dead, and it kinda boots up. I am going to hit it a lot and see if I can get it too work. I mean, come on, what is the worse that could happen?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">EDIT:</span> I got it to work. This is the second iPod I have managed to get working by hitting it. Hard.<br /><br />Edit Edit: I gave it back to my friend. Before I had learned that he had gotten a new iPod. I feel jipped. Even though i did the right thing, I feel like I shouldn't have. I feel like he should give it to me. Grrr.... see what happens when you do the right thing?Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-88602191488649618362008-04-29T21:30:00.003-04:002008-04-29T21:35:05.795-04:00Installation IssuesYeah, I tell you. Installation issues. And not the normal program kind. I'm talking about the OS kind. I just installed 3 different OS's so many times, I don't want to see another Boot screen again. Why was it so hard? Because Vista is an Ass. That is why.<br /><br />I tried install Leopard. Worked fine. Then I would install Vista, and it would boot into Vista. And Leopard wouldn't boot, and so I would stop Vista's bootloader, and that would end up with the computer not booting at all. Then Darwin wouldn't boot into Vista, because Vista is fucked up.<br /><br />Short story of it all is this. Kubuntu and Grub had to go on the Primary Hard Drive. Vista and Leopard went on the secondary one, and so Grub would boot first. Vista went on, then leopard, then Vista, then Kubuntu, and it is all good. Finally, everything works again. That took way, way to long.Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-56011821362214748692008-04-28T21:15:00.003-04:002008-04-29T21:37:30.733-04:00Guild Wars on MacWell, I guess I should get back to posting, or else I will drive myself crazy. Besides of course being extremely busy with studying and other work, I have been messing with my computer. Of course, this means that I made it completely unbootable.<br /><br />I will go over that another time, but let's just leave it at this:<br />1: Ubuntu Hardy Heron didn't recognize monitor size and graphic cards.<br />2: Leopard (Hacked) got angry when I tested 4965 wireless card drivers, many kernel panics, didn't respond to me removing the driver.<br />3: Windows Vista gave me the BSOD.<br /><br />All that just made me want to reformat my computer. So I did. And now, I am down to only Leopard working, It is temporary, I will get everything back up and running, with many tutorials on how I did so, but in the meantime, hang tight, it will be a bumpy ride.<br /><br />In the mean time, I wondered if I could get Guild Wars working. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Downloaded Crossover Games</span> (not the application version) and tested it out. It is working as I type. Absolutely amazing. I ran the application, and it asked if there were any games I wanted to download. It had Guild Wars available right there. Absolutely wonderful. Guild Wars running on Leopard, this will be a lot of fun!Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-67268572611233182542008-04-05T14:19:00.004-04:002008-04-05T14:22:15.123-04:00Typos<span style="font-size:100%;">Well, I found a typo. And it got me thinking, wow, this is a terrible place to have a typo. I mean, the only place worse than this could be the Constitution of the United States. Or the Declaration of Independence. Both of those would be pretty bad too. However, this is kinda funny:<br /><br />"<i style=""><span style=";font-family:Times;" >[School Name]</span></i></span><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:100%;" > recognizes the importance of and the significant educational benefits that are derived from providing students and staff member’s access to information technology and the Internet.<span style=""> </span>The Internet is an important educational and communications resource <span style="font-weight: bold;">whish </span>provides our students and staff members access to a limitless level of resources and information.</span><span style="font-size:100%;">"<br /><br />That is a school's Privacy Policy on the internet. Ummm... pretty sure "whish" is </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >not </span><span style="font-size:100%;">word. Although, it is rather funny. Got some other good typo's? Tell them in the comments section!<br /></span>Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-15245937556945786062008-03-26T18:52:00.003-04:002008-03-28T22:18:05.213-04:00Blog WorkHaha, I find it funny that I am writing about a blog while writing in this blog. But, basically, some friends are trying to start up a new blog and they are going to need some tech support, which is what I am going to do for them. I don't really know what they need, and neither do they, but I have been looking at Blogger and Wordpress as options for them. We shall see.<br /><br />**Edit**<br /><br />The Blog is up and running. <a href="http://manustunes.blogspot.com/">Check it out!</a>Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-85967033415438272862008-03-15T19:52:00.002-04:002008-03-15T19:57:27.621-04:00Ruby (on Rails)So, I popped onto IM one day, and I was looking for a person. This person knows a lot about computers, and I know he could help me out to get started. Started on what? On a website. But not just any "Look at my rabbit Bill! He eats lettuce!" website, no, this will be a fully interactive powerful website which has a purpose, and it isn't to show the world my rabbit. I won't go into details now, but it will involve a logging in system, with different levels of access, and it will involve a "Digg" like system. After talking with my friend for a while, he told me the only way I will be able to get this to work is if I used <a href="http://rubyonrails.org/">Ruby on Rails</a>. <a href="http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/">Ruby </a>is a programming language, and a very good one at that. The "on Rails" part is there because Ruby on Rails is a web development language, and a powerful one at that. But it also isn't that hard to learn, so i won't be working my arse off just to type a few lines of code. Check it out, you might learn something. I already have.Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256051677332671256.post-84779674169009134622008-03-15T19:49:00.002-04:002008-03-15T19:52:12.145-04:00HamachiWell, I am at it again. I am working with <a href="https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/vpn.asp">Hamachi</a>, which creates Virtual Private Networks between computers. Basically, what I hope to do with this is create a network with all my friends which we can share information, music, videos, and the such. Basically, it will just be a test of my techiness, how far can I go with getting information to my friends. I am really enjoying myself.Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01404157196407400788noreply@blogger.com28