UF's Nuclear Waste

Motherboard Review

2007-09-04T19:00:00.000-05:00

So I just built my first computer and I want to go on a little rant about MSI.

MSI Sucks. First, I got a bad motherboard from them. I sent it back and ended up getting an ASUS motherboard, other than the power connection being in a wrong spot, it performs wonderfully.

The other MSI problem I had are the graphics cards. I got 2 650meg GeForce 8800 graphics cards from MSI and for some reason they do not work with a DVI to HDMI cord for my LCD TV.

MSI sucks. If you are building a PC avoid it. Get ASUS and ATI.

How Conservative or Liberal are you?

2007-05-10T14:38:00.001-05:00

Your Political Profile:

Overall: 80% Conservative, 20% Liberal

Social Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

Personal Responsibility: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

Ethics: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal

Defense and Crime: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

How Liberal Or Conservative Are You?

Life and Time

2007-05-07T08:44:00.000-05:00

Many of my friends that were at UF are graduating this spring. Some are getting married. Girls I knew in high school have had babies. There are many things currently in my life that make me feel old, in contrast to this would be that the aforementioned would make me feel young, but it doesn’t; they make me feel as if life has passed me by. There are people that are in your life for various segments, as if life came in certain segments tied together with glue that fades over time. People you randomly hang out with in your past, once you move to various other locations, fade away and only a handful of really good friends remain, but talking on the phone and hanging out every so often is not the same as being in the same city as them. I have recently moved to a very small town, a town no one would go to if they didn’t plan on going to it. The people here are fun but I have ties in my past to good people, people who I would want to hang out with all the time. Life comes, it goes.

However, the friends I met at UF I never would have met if I didn’t go there, and now I miss them greatly. The friends I met at BMHS I never would have met if I went instead to the high school I was districted to. I have realized that although I miss my friends at UF and many of them may fade away (except for the good ones :D) in this new location I may make new friends as well, ones that possibly if I move from this location I will miss too. It is time to make the best of the location I am in both physically and in time.

Go Gator Nation

2007-04-28T17:31:00.000-05:00

Wow, this looked like it took a lot of work:

I can't stand Grease..... but this was kinda cool.

Arab on Treadmill

2006-12-19T13:36:00.000-05:00

http://danerd.com/media/2656_arab+guy+run+treadmill+scream

rofl... Arabs

rofl.... Arabs on Treadmills

rofl.......... Arabs scream on Treadmills

that is what a Jihad must sound like.

Bad News on Wind Power

2006-11-30T13:53:00.000-05:00

From the National Post:

In May, the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) announced that the province's grid could not safely accommodate more than 900 megawatts of wind-power generation, a target that will be met late next year. Proposals for 3,000 more MW of production have been thrown into indefinite limbo at an estimated cost to producers of $6-billion; meanwhile, the province is already spending $1-billion to strengthen the transmission system so that even the 900-MW cap can be reached. In Ontario, meanwhile, the grid operator warned late last month that 5,000 MW -- about one-fifth of the province's current peak consumption -- is probably the absolute technological limit. (A total of 1,280 MW of wind capacity is already in operation or being built.)

It is starting to look as though wind cannot meet more than a fraction of our energy demand even if other issues with the technology, like esthetics and wildlife impacts, are ignored. The problem, as engineers skeptical of wind power have been yelping for decades, is that power usage and production constantly have to be balanced in an electrical grid. Adding too much unstable, unpredictable power to the system creates a risk of failure and cascading blackouts. In fact, the EU is investigating the possible role of Germany's heavy wind-dependence in causing a Nov. 6 blackout that hit 10 million Europeans.

Found this Funny

2006-11-29T19:33:00.000-05:00

Caffeine is my shepherd; I shall not doze.
It maketh me to wake in green pastures:
It leadeth me beyond the sleeping masses.
It restoreth my buzz:
It leadeth me in the paths of consciousness for its name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of addiction,
I will fear no Equal:
For thou art with me; thy cream and thy sugar they comfort me.
Thou preparest a carafe before me in the presence of The Starbucks:
Thou anointest my day with pep; my mug runneth over.
Surely richness and taste shall follow me all the days of my life:
And I will dwell in the House of Mochas forever.

-Props to Alicia for this

A quiz

2006-11-29T19:03:00.000-05:00

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Inland North You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."
The Midland
The Northeast
North Central
The South
Boston
The West
Philadelphia
What American accent do you have? Take More Quizzes

UF pwns the entire state

2006-11-29T18:50:00.000-05:00

2006 Regular Season Results:
UF: 11-1
USF: 8-4
FSU: 6-6
Miami: 6-6
UCF: 4-8
Ah everyone sucks but us, Go Gators!!!

On a side note, USF now has better season results than Miami and FSU, go USF!

Casino Royale

2006-11-19T06:20:00.000-05:00

So I had my doubts about Casino Royale and Daniel Craig, a blond haired blue eyed James Bond... All doubts were answered, Daniel Craig makes an awesome James Bond and this movie is incredible! It's such a great movie on so many different levels.

Go see it! :D

Thoughts on the 2 Jewish Parites, 80's Night, and a party at AEphi Sorority

2006-11-18T10:28:00.000-05:00

So I went to two Jewish parties, a club for 80's Night, and a party at a sorority house last night, AEphi. I noticed something contrasting who I was with at these events. 80's Night was with a group of friends of mine, about 10 people I knew and a 2 I didn't. From there I met the two girls I didn't know and had a great time at 80's Night -- had a few bears, danced a bit, and had good times with friends.

I left the club around 1:20 am to go to a party at AEphi with a friend of mine. This wasn't like any house party I've been to, everyone was sober: it was a dry party. Because of this, for the most part everyone seemed more uptight and more self conscious than they are at most parties. What's worse is that I didn't know anyone except the friend I went with and a small group of friends that showed up, but they left son afterward, mainly bc it was a dry part and the uptightness. I felt like I was at some UF Housing Department function for keeping kids from drinking. Well, a friend of mine got together with this one girl there and I was just standing around. That leads me to another little rant, loyalty. He has a gf but was very obviously hitting on that girl. I really just don't seem to understand that. I have like the loyalty of a dog, when I am in a relationship I am incredibly loyal; with friends I would always put them first before anything else I wanted. The girl he was with had a bf too... I just do not understand it. I love parties of like 20-30 people where like a quarter of the people are my friends. This 100 people or so sorority parties are just... stupid. Way too many people to really socialize, and without any drinks the whole party just felt so... juvenile. Oh, and there were also several cop chaperone's there... pretty lame.

80's Night and parties with my friends are just so much more enjoyable. 80's Night was huge, but I was with people I knew dancing with people I knew, and I got to talk to people I didn't know through connections with my friends. Parties with friends I love because they usually have a large amount of drinks (beer, hunch punch, and hard liqueur), and it isn't random people hitting on random other people. I just can't stand that, it just feels so childish, and by childish I mean college freshmen-ish. Being at a real party with the people you care and love is so much more fun than strangers hitting on mobs of sorority girls at a dry party.

Anyways enough with the rants. The Jewish parties were kinda fun. I was talking to this one girl and she said something that was so incredibly "Jewish'. I wanted to say so bad "OMG, that's so Jewish!" (I'm not Jewish btw), but yeah.... so many Jewish people there, prob not a good idea. 80's Night was so much fun, my roommates, Stephanie, Nichole, and Kelli are awesome. AEphi was just stupid, but eh, I guess it's a great way for freshmen to keep from drinking. Go Bernie Machon and his dream of a Sober UF! lol.

An Amazing Dream: A Visit to Nepal

2006-11-14T11:07:00.000-05:00

Setting:
So I had a dream last night that was unlike any dream I have ever had. I was recruited by NASA to go to the International Space Station due to abilities I have in nuclear engineering (why? I don't know, it was a dream). At the International Space Station an incident occurs that somehow involves the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D and everyone has to evacuate to the escape pods to escape an explosion (does the ISS have escape pods? I don't know, its a dream). Anyways, it turns out all this was a set up to the main part.

Nepal:
The space pod I am in crash lands in the mountains in Nepal. The crash landing amazingly was within walking distance of a monastery of monks. The mountains were windy and covered in snow. The temperature was far below this Florida guy has ever faced in his life. I make my way over to the monastery and knock on its front door, still wearing the traditional orange NASA oversuits that do nothing for warmth. I am greeted at the door and allowed to rest in their 'lobby'. I say 'lobby' with quotes because it really was just an empty room with nothing in it, but lobby I think would be most descriptive because it was the first room in the monastery. The entire building looked old and was made of wood, the lobby was no different. I had a curiosity about the monks, a monastery out in the middle of nowhere is not something I am used to in day to day college living. A monk came into the 'lobby' area and greeted me in a language I didn't understand. he signaled for me to follow and I came to what appeared to be a teaching room; it was very dusty. He then proceeded to ask me various questions in that same language. After a few responses of mine he then started talking to me in English. This part of my dream had the highest detail, and I cannot remember what he taught me. However, I was a terrible student, all I could think of while he was teaching me was what my parents were thinking when the ISS was evacuated before it blew up. I kept playing with my cell phone in my pocket, thinking when this lesson will be over so I could call them. Then it occurred to me: my cell phone would never get a signal in the mountains of Nepal. After realizing this, I started to pay more attention. For some reason in my dream I felt totally at peace at this point. Everything in my life was gone but this old man's teachings. He taught me only a few things throughout the whole day, apparently he was taking his time. He then left me when he was finished and talked to many other old monks. They seemed to be quietly talking among themselves if I should be allowed to continue to learn at the monastery. Good news: I was accepted. He told me to rest up and I was led to a communal room of students' living quarters; they were empty. From here I went to a diving area and got some soup. I saw some students here, including three Americans, two girls and a guy. I talked quietly with one of the girls; the entire room was very quiet and I felt awkward if I said anything above a very soft voice (but louder than a whisper). I talked to her about why she was here, what she wanted from life, relationships, and such life-long subjects of discussion. She was tall, thin, blond, and very beautiful. She was very friendly, yet very reserved. It's somewhat hard to explain. I talked to the barmaid after that, I told her about how I was worried about how my parents. I was missing after a disaster at the International Space Station, they had to be worried out of their minds about me. I also told her how I did not think I could stay here. I had one more month left at UF, and I can't just stop that now before I completed everything. This made me think what I truly wanted with life. The monastery offered inner peace. My career offered the American dream. I decided that I would leave the monastery and come back once I have graduated from UF. The barmaid told me that if I did plan on leaving i had better do it before when the monks woke up each morning at 5am or else I would get a swift kick in the ass (yes those were the exact words in my dream, I remember smiling). I wrote the monk who was my mentor a thank you note on some parchment and told him that it was my intent to leave and come back within 6 months, then after learning all that I could learn (how hypocritical I was, I could never learn all they had to offer), I would then pursue my career in nuclear engineering. I made my way out, all anyone had to offer was a warm coat. Combined with my NASA jumpsuit, I was freezing more than I have ever felt before. I barely made my way to a town on the way down the mountain and then I had some more soup. I got some warm pants here and told a town dweller I would pay him once I found some way to contact my bank when I got to the base of the mountains and in a city. He declined my offer and I didn't think anyone else would help so I begun the long and lonely task of traveling down the mountain in freezing weather, not knowing if I would survive. I got stuck in about 5 ft of snow at some point. My only thought in my mind was to get back to the United States and let my family and friends know that I am okay, that everything is alright. At this point I thought that would never happen. I struggled to get out of the snow but it felt like quicksand; the more I struggled, the more I couldn't get out. My vision in my dream then went dark and I woke up.

What I think it meant
I felt so incredibly at peace and happy at the monastery, but I always had my friends and family in my mind. I had inner peace before me, perhaps the most sought after state of being in life, but I could not pursue it there. I had to be with my friends and family. I would have to find my own way in life, and I made the choice it would be with my friends and family. I don't know if I died getting back, but I have realized from this that what I truly want in this life is friends and a family. I want a career that will support a family of my own.

Description of the Chernobyl Accident

2006-11-12T15:25:00.000-05:00

Best Description of the Chernobyl Accident I have seen

This is by far the most accurate description of the Chernobyl Accident I have seen. It describes in detail all the human-errors and design flaws that went into the combination of events that lead to the accident.

Thoughts on Justice

2006-11-12T03:49:00.000-05:00

"No system is perfect, which can be said for the US Justice system." How many times have you heard someone say something along the lines of that? I just finished watching Sin City for the 2nd time. The first time I saw it in Theaters, now I just borrowed a roommate's DVD. If you are not familiar with this movie, it is a film noir based on a series of graphic novels by Frank Miller about a city that is corrupt from low life cops all the way up to a Bishop and a Senator. A senator's son can get away with raping and murdering little girls. A sick friend of a bishop is able to get away with cannibalizing live people. A few good people are able to stand up for what is right, but it is only on a level that "makes do". They can never seek true justice. This brings me to the US Justice System. It is not perfect, but it is the closest thing we will get to perfect. The United States has perhaps the best justice system in the history of the world. I can go to sleep at night knowing that if someone wrongs me, the wrong can be corrected in a court of law. I've never met a corrupt cop, and I doubt I ever will. I do not think I could feel safer in any nation than the United States. I love this country.

Wasted UF Business Professor

2006-10-29T23:59:00.000-05:00

Wasted UF Business Professor Dr. Hall

Another Lecture

Ahhhhhhhhhh UF :D

This is UF's professor Dr. John Hall teaching some business class when he was completely wasted. I really hope he gets another job, his lectures seem awesome, so much more interesting than most others.

Old Computer Ads featuring William Shatner and the "Best Commerical of All Time"

2006-10-15T11:42:00.000-05:00

rofl, this is awesome :D Old school William Shatner goodness.

For more on old computer ads, check out this article: A Brief History of Computers, As Seen in Old TV Ads.
This section includes the "Best Commercial of All Time" as rated by TV Guide in 1999: Apple Introduces Macintosh. There are many versions of this and it took me quite some time to find one where the audio matches the video, enjoy.

Columbia University Minutemen Protest gone Crazy

2006-10-10T23:30:00.000-05:00

Wow..... This is crazy. These college students at Columbia act like they are 8 years old. How can they just not tolerate opposing views to their own? What really gets me about liberals is how they parade themselves as the champions of tolerance... yet they look like a violent mob, unable to accept an opposing view in a civilized manner.

Then.... these libs start using racial slurs! Libs, the so called "champions of tolerance" use the 'N' word against a black Minute Man! Click here for a follow up interview that shows this. This video is even more descriptive than the one above. A commenter on the video summaries it best "The MM are trying to protect the borders of a country with whites, black, latinos, etc. They are not there just trying to protect white people."

In closing I leave you with this thought: College Universities... center for freedom of speech and civilized discussion of ideas or liberal breeding ground bent on pushing their own agenda and silencing all that oppose?

Nuclear Power Knowledge Quiz

2006-10-03T19:04:00.000-05:00

People really should know the answers to this little quiz before they make opinions on nuclear power.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Talents

2006-09-26T09:27:00.000-05:00

So this morning, the morning after an exam, I really don't want to bother doing anything academic-related, so I am going to post on my talent specs for World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. I have a 60 Pally, Druid, and Warlock, and will possibly have a 60 mage and warrior by the time the expansion comes out.

Here are what my expansion talents look like for my characters:

Druid Talents 1 (8/11/42 - Tree of Life with Shapeshifting and Feral Charge) or...
Druid Talents 2 (8/30/23 - Strong Feral and fair healing, perfect for pvp) or.....
Druid Talents 3 (38/0/23 - A spec Similar to my current spec, the balance tree has decent talents that complement the restro tree to form a mage/priest hybrid)

However the best Druid solo-feral / healer build ever is my Favorite Druid Build.

Mage Talents 1 (31/29/0 - Burst Damage Build) or....
Mage Talents 2 (21/40/0 - Heavy Damage Raiding Build with Moderate Burst Damage)
Mage Talents 3 (41/20/0 - Slowing mage with damage based off total intellect, burst damage build as well)

Paladin Talents 1 (21/0/40 - Judgement Spam PVP Build with healing abilities) or...
Paladin Talents 2 (41/0/20) - Healadin Spec with Minor PVP Abilities)

Warlock Talents 1 (7/11/43 - Heavy Damage Build)
Warlock Talents 2 (7/41/13 - Felguard Build with a little caster damage, only going to use if the Felguard is insane)
Warlock Talents 3 (33/7/21 - A SM/Ruin Build with Dark Pact)
Warlock Talents 4 (30/0/31 - A SM/Ruin Build with Conflagrate)

Warrior Talents 1 (41/20/0 - PVP Build)
Warrior Talents 2 (33/28/0 - Another PVP Build)

On my druid I am probably not going to be using my Moonkin build after seeing how much the damage sucks compared to mages and locks. I'll just be doing pure instancing with my druid so no real need for dps. However, considering you can't use NS, decurse, or use Healing Touch in ToR form, it may be better to do the Tri-Spec build I made. My mage I am having the most trouble over. To get the burst damage of arcane power I have to waste a lot of talents, but Arcane Power, PoM, and Pyroblast just does such a huge amount of damage all at once I think it is worth it. On my paladin I am debating if I should go deeper into Holy, I will if I ever use him for raiding again. The new seal for paladins is a DoT, which won't be good for spamming judgement unless the DoT's stay on the target after the judgement occurs, in which the new seal will be awesome for spamming judgements. On my lock, I am fairly happy with my build but I am debating if Nether Protection and Soul Leech vs. Emberstorm. The warrior build I have is like my mage build in which I have to waste several talents to get something awesome.

If anyone still reads my blog and happens to play WoW, drop me a comment about what you think :D

2006-09-25T00:25:00.000-05:00

William Shatner trashes Trekkies

heh heh heh heh... classic :D

Family Guy is going downhill

2006-09-24T20:37:00.000-05:00

What is with these new Family Guy episodes? The one that just aired was a Wal-Mart hate marathon, and the one next week will be the same thing, but for the US Military. These episodes just aren't that funny anymore. The first 4 seasons were hilarious, they did so well. Now days Family Guy is getting too political and the humor is just fading away. Damn you Family Guy, be funny.

Basshunter - Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA

2006-09-22T21:16:00.000-05:00

Basshunter - Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA

heh heh heh, all these guys play Warcraft III while the hot girls are bored out of their minds; it is rather amusing. This guy, Basshunter I think his name is, makes reference to Ventrilo, aka Vent, communication software that I currently use to play World of Warcraft. DotA is a popular Warcraft III multiplayer mod game. The dance scene is funny :D Half of them are dancing, the other half are staring at computer screens. Weirdest club scene ever.

"Death to Pope Benedict" cries Muslim Protesters

2006-09-18T20:20:00.000-05:00

So Pope Benedict XVI opened his recent speech, "Faith, Reason and the University: Memories and Reflections", with a quote from Byzantine Emperor Manuel II that said

"Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.".

The emperor, after having expressed himself so forcefully, goes on to explain in detail the reasons why spreading the faith through violence is something unreasonable.

"Violence is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul. God is not pleased by blood - and not acting reasonably is contrary to God's nature. Faith is born of the soul, not the body. Whoever would lead someone to faith needs the ability to speak well and to reason properly, without violence and threats."

Benedict said that quote solely for the purpose as an introduction discussing that it made him think harder about the relationship between Christianity and Islam. After this he goes on to refute the statement made by the emperor. The intent of his speech was to invoke an intellectual discussion to bring closer understanding between Islam and Christianity.

So Muslims all around the world react with violence protesting that Islam is not a violent religion? I don't get it. Radical extremists had this to say regarding Pope Benedict speech:

"You infidels and despots, we will continue our jihad and never stop until God avails us to chop your necks and raise the fluttering banner of monotheism, when God's rule is established governing all people and nations".

A cleric in Somalia said:

"Whoever offends our Prophet Mohammed should be killed on the spot by the nearest Muslim".

This was a cleric! The only insult to Mohammed was that he spread his religion by the sword. They are reacting their leader being called violent with violence! I will never understand these people.

Link: Entire Speech by Pope Benedict XVI hosted by BBC (Adobe PDF)

Whoever thought UCF is better than UF is horribly mistaken

2006-09-11T21:55:00.000-05:00

So I have heard of many people at UCF that thinks that their school is better than UF. Hey, UCF won their conference championship and UF did not; that makes UCF better, right? UF just destroyed UCF 42-0. That's right, a complete shut-out. UCF had spirit for the first 10 min or so as they made 4 first downs, gaining yards against UF. However, after that, they did not get a single first down until the 4th quarter. They lost all motivation at UF's devastating offence. UF destroyed the champions of the MAC. To those of you that still think UCF is better than UF, I only have the words of the All Your Base Are Belong to Us.swf..... "you have no chance to survive make your time".

In other football news, Troy was beating FSU for most of their football game. Where is Troy? No idea. Do they suck at football? hell yes. How were they able to lead the scoreboard for most of the game? Only possible answer is FSU Sucks.

Steve Irwin and Albert the Alligator in an ESPN Commercial

2006-09-08T14:27:00.000-05:00

I don't know whether this is sad or ironic, but I like it. Go Gators.