1.5 hours left….

…till I become 18. It got me thinking, what can I do in a few hours that I can’t do now? Well, I can vote – but I don’t recall there being an election of any sort anytime soon; I can gamble (whoopie -_-); I can enter those 18-or-older contests – none of which seemed unsuitable for minors; I can also watch porn (o rly?); I can get my own credit card (don’t want to deal with the fucking ridiculous interest rates yet). I’m still one year away from the legal drinking age, have yet to attain at least a Novice Driver’s License, and on the brink of entering the apparently difficult first year of university…it’s not that amazing if you ask me. So I ask you, what else is there to do? Comments plz.

Fanboyism at it’s finest (or worst)

I’m sorry this is just too funny not to post! The floodgates have been unleashed after yesterday’s announcement that final fantasy 13 is also coming to the xbox 360. This is pinnacle of Console Fanboyism. If you thought AMD fanboys were hardcore gentek, well they are nothing compared to the final fantasy nerds.

AMD heading down a dark path.

With my recent discovery of Amd’s stock at an all time low of 4.56$ USD a share, i was flummoxed at how this could be! Then I was reminded of how “analysts” are the worst. These people, are the ones who pretty much dictate whether a company’s stock will rise or fall. As soon as some “analyst” lowered AMD’s target to 5$ instead of 8$, AMD’s  stock fell dramatically. (which reminds me of the show Dilbert). This is as far as I know, please correct me if I am wrong. In addition, I am most likely over simplifying the problem; but thats not of your concern. After their +5bill usd acquisition of ATi, AMD has been heading down a dark path. Their Phenom processors turned out to be less than phenomenal, the major TLB fiasco, massive layoffs and debt, their future looks exceptionally grim. Hector Ruiz also seems to be a very incapable CEO, he has been talking about Asset Light restructuring for awhile now, and none of the investors have yet to see the fruit of his work.

Query: Who actually visits this blog?

I’m just wondering, does anyone actually visit this blog? Please post a response if you did! I don’t care whether you where tricked here by a friend, who clicked the wrong link and immediately wanted to get out. Just post!! As a sidenote, my AMD rocks post seems to be the most popular .

WEP , WPA , And I // Part I

I recently bought a new laptop to bring back with me on my vacation and for university, the TX2524CA tablet running AMD / ATi <3 . Anyway, the basis of my plan for keeping in touch with the western civilization was based on the assumption that everyone in Taiwan had unsecured internet. I was right about 5 years ago, when my brother brought a laptop back. Back then, everyone did in fact have unsecured connections. I could randomly turn my laptop on at the side of a busy road and get about 15unsecured Wifi connections.

Another One Bites the Dust + DMCA

Popular torrent site QuebecTorrent has been given a permanent cease and desist order from the Quebec Superior Court recently (source). The decision was backed by the 4 major music labels, Warner Music, Vivendi Universal, EMI, and Sony BMG.  While it’s apparently the first injunction of its kind in Canada, I’m sure it will be the start of many more as torrent/Peer-to-Peer sites will, one by one, be shut down by corporations, companies, and labels.

On a similar note, it’s well known that these same corporations, companies, and lables are lobbying for the proposed DMCA act for Canada. I agree with many people that this act just takes away our freedom to do what we want with our movies, music, and games; one hardcore fan of Major League Baseball was left with $280 worth of DRM-laden unplayable crap when the MLB decided to change DRM systems. The big names shouldn’t tell us what we can or can’t do with our possessions – that’s just bullshit.

Links: Fair Copyright Canada, Fair Copyright Vancouver Chapter, Anti-DMCA