- 3:27 PM - It has to be said...

OMG WTF BBQ ROOTKIT OMG

Will people just shut up about the Sony rootkit? It's all I hear about at the moment. Okay, so Sony shoved some clever program that hides their DRM software on a CD and... *gasp* installed it on your computer!

Oh fucking noes!

I don't mean this necessarily on this site, but on lots of sites and even IRC it's constantly rootkit this, rootkit that. Let's be honest, half of us probably didn't know what the hell a rootkit was until this story came out.

</rant>

- 5:25 PM - Random thought of the moment

Have you really ever heard a retard object to being called a retard?

It's sort of like how a black person can call another black person "nigger" or a homosexual can call another "faggot" and nobody gets offended.

Thought initiated by a quote from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: "Even a retard could figure it out."

- 1:20 AM - The Power of Free Software.

In the flesh.

Yes, ladies and gents, that is my desktop. And it's running Linux. And it's also running ignitionServer. Put two and two together yet? Yes, that means that Wine 0.9.1 supports enough stuff so ignitionServer works! :D

You do have to install the Microsoft VB Runtimes, which should be no biggie. It probably requires X11 to be running (haven't tested under ttydrv)... if it works under ttydrv, I'll write some Gentoo ebuilds for =sys-libs/msvbvm-6.0.6 (SP6) and an ebuild for =net-irc/ignitionserver-0.3.6_p1, and we can all have ourselves a little party.

- 1:20 AM - Nooo...

Like a DQ Blizzard. D D Q Blizzard. This song will not go away. Neither will Fett's Vette. Noooooooooooooooooo

- 11:59 PM - Bow to me, for I am the almighty root.

If you have not seen this movie yet, you suck. And now I rule for making this ringtone. Yes, folks, that's right. It is the victory fanfare ringtone from Final Fantasy VII Advent Children. Now, give me a dollar for my hard work and perseverance. (or, at the very least, thank me for my hard work ;p)

Uh anyway. In blog-related news today.. we won 55-6 (Wewoka can bite our shiny metal asses). And, I've discovered that the person I've had a crush on for the longest time:
* Is so far gone she's beyond help. I mean, she gets drunk and stoned and then wakes up in a different room in different clothes with her lower body hurting. Please, pray for her. This is not her purpose in life.
* Does not like me. Here's what happened. At half time, I left the stadium to go give her something I bought her in Fort Smith about a month ago. I figured that I'd sit in the car and chill with her and her friend since the game was uninteresting. Anyway, I call my sister to ask the score, and she asked me "So, what are you doing, making out with Mikka or something?" Quiet car. "Can you say that just a little bit louder please?". Response. "Cassie then?" Answer. "Uh, no. Haven't seen her all night." ... anyway, of course Mikka heard that. Because she joked about it. Then, she offered to hook me up with Cassie (something I'm not exactly against -- I mean, I like Cassie too, and in Mikka's present condition... I'd be better off with Cassie anyways). Of course, I said "sure, why not." Ten minutes later, we hugged (a little too long I think because she blushed), I said "seriously, if you'd do that, that'd be cool" and she said "alright", and I left. End of story. If she liked me or even had remote feelings for me, she'd have certainly said something like "well, do you want to make out with me?" I mean, it would have certainly been easy for her to say that and save face either way. So, anyway. That ends that crush I suppose. Now, to hope that Cassie would like dating me ;p. Of course, I need to be sure she doesn't want to date me just so she can have my money (I have a couple of chicks flirting with me asking me for money.. she's not one of them, but you never know.)

Anyway, seriously. Mikka seriously needs prayer. Ten years from now if she's still doing this crap, she'll be the same broke ass alcoholic redneck she doesn't want to be. I pray it's just a phase and she'll realize that getting drunk and blanking out and having who-knows-what done to you is not a way to go.

- 11:41 PM - My bologna has a first name...

Of all things to see on the way home from working at another store for the day. My co-worker and I stopped at a gas station for drinks and next door, in a hotel parking lot, was the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.

So of course I walked over and took a picture of it on my cellphone. How could I pass that up?

- 12:57 AM - Poor Idaho

Following a link Maddox provided in his latest article, I found something rather pitiful.

http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/HCR029.html

The Idaho legislature wants to commend the makers of Napoleon Dynamite for raising the national awareness of Idaho...

- 7:28 PM - IRC - third time lucky?

This time I'm not looking to set up a server, like the last 2 failures, eh? I set up a channel on irc.gamesurge.net called #exonyte. Come idle if you want, we can see how popular the idea is.

Moderators, if you register with AuthServ on GameSurge then I can add you to the oplist.

eXonyte, or one of the other admins, if you want me to remove the channel for whatever reason I will.

irc.gamesurge.net #exonyte - see you there!

- 12:03 AM - Stupid dev

Yeah, so what good is asking y'all to let me know if something breaks, if the comment posting is what's broken? :P

- 1:33 PM - Could the XBox 360 be Dreamcast 2.0?

Dreamcast 2.0 from 1UP.com

I found this article funny. Especially considering my lack of interest in the 360. For those who would hang me for lack of enthusiasm, the second page is a list of reasons why it isn't Dreamcast 2.0.

- 3:06 AM - Just in case

I did some behind the scenes work on some things tonight here on the Realm. If anything is broken as a result, please do let me know.

- 6:06 PM - Another I-hate-Jack-Thompson thing

http://content.ytmnd.com//120000/120374/image.jpg

Warning: this does contain questionable content. Don't look at it at work/school.

- 11:00 AM - An interesting article about girls on the 'net

The Escapist - OMG Girlz Don't Exist on teh Intarweb!!!!1

This article is written by a girl (woman?) who's annoyed at the disbelief that she's actually female. It's a good read, and the worst part is that it's true.

For more humor, I supply a link to the Slashdot discussion.

- 9:36 PM - Driving Sucks!

Hey man you know I'm really okay.

The gun in my hand will tell you the same.

But when I'm in my car,
don't give me no crap
'cause the slightest thing and I just might snap.

When I go driving, I stay in my lane.

But getting cut off -- it makes me insane.

I open the glove box,
reach inside.

I'm gonna wreck this fucker's ride,
cause I got a bad habit
of blowin' away.

I got a bad habit
and it ain't goin away.

They say the road's a dangerous place.
If you flip me off, I'll get in your face.

You drive on my ass,
your foot's on the gas,
and your next breath is your last,
'cause I got a bad habit
of blowin' away.

I got a bad habit
and it ain't goin away.

Drivers are rude.

Such attitudes.

When I show my piece,
complaints cease.

Something's odd.

I feel like I'm God.

You stupid dumbshit goddamn motherfucker!

I open the glove box,
reach inside,
gonna wreck this fucker's ride,
'cause I got a bad habit
of blowin' away.

I got a bad habit
and it ain't goin away.

And now for the rest of the story...

First of all, if you've ever driven on someone's ass with your high beams on, kill yourself. Second of all, if you do that for a good 10 miles with the ability to do your retardedness in another lane, kill yourself. And, in any event, when three people in the car flip you off (and you can see it, due to the highbeams turning the dark inside of the car into Showtime at the Apollo), you had best get the picture.

However, some people are this stupid. I just drove home from Muskogee, a stone's throw away from here (a 30 minute drive), and most of the way back some asshole did this. It took slowing down to 55 miles an hour before he would get off my ass. The speed limit is 75 (I was doing well over that, FWIW). The other lane was totally empty. I mean, he could have stopped and had a picnic there. Nothing. And when he passed me, he said "fuck you!" (window down). Like, uh, it's my fault you're illuminating my car with your damn high beams and riding my ass.

The one thing I didn't do, of course, was get right behind him with MY highbeams on. That's instigating a fight. See, he could get something called "road rage" and want to kick my ass or something. Because apparently some people are both stupid AND violent!

Anyways, my point is this: if natural selection occured in humans, the world would be a better place. Please, if you're a moron, please throw a toaster in a bucket of water and then try and go after it (leave it plugged in and have toast toasting, please). Now, I get to check my e-mail. If I'm lucky, no brain-lacking people e-mailed me.

Also, on the topic of stupid people. What is a nice way to explain that 5 spaces in "Times New Roman" != 0.5in != 5 spaces in "Comic Sans MS" != 5 spaces in "Courier New" == 5 spaces on a typewriter != 5 spaces on Word != 5 spaces on OpenOffice.org? My English teacher wants us to use five spaces in a hanging indent, and it's nowhere remotely close to a proper 5 spaces (0.5in). So, I looked it up in the MLA handbook, and it's 0.5in on a word processor or 5 spaces on a typewriter. And apparently, because the book uses a proportional font for examples, it's undeniable proof that 5 spaces in Times New Roman == 0.5in. If she counts off, I'm seriously going to show her a math teacher and the yearbook teacher. And the special ed teacher. They all three can hopefully explain that Times New Roman, and pretty much every other font other than Courier is nonproportional, and that every letter is a different size.

I hope.

Also, eXonyte, have you committed any text files for the design of EEWiki (we need a better name for that... Since "Magic Essence" is something having to deal with Enchanting in WoW, I propose "AstralText", after another Enchanting item [unless you have another idea])? If not, I'll try and work on that later.

- 11:33 AM - Not that anyone cares, but

I haven't posted here (properly) for a while. So here's a brief update on why and what's going on in my life.

I'm coming into my GCSE mock period, so I'm going to be doing a lot of revision, leaving little or no time to use the computer, unfortunately. It sucks, I know, but what can you do? I want a life, so I'm doing what I need to do to earn it right now.

I'm still peeking at the site, but I haven't gone away.

By the way- I have been given a link to a sweet FTP file dump with movies/music/apps/roms etc. If you want the link, talk to me on MSN. My address is in my profile.

I will be back soon.