Various tidbits

Howdy all!

Today, I am just gonna talk about how my past couple of weeks have been. Start with school, wind through news, end with football. Ready? Here we go.

So far, school has yet to improve, crazy teacher is crazy, while the others are slowly growing on my nerves. One of them actually told us today that he puts some false information on the slides to show bad examples of various works... without pointing this out on the slide itself. That means if I miss a class, I could be in a world of trouble if I resort to only the slides. This also happens to be the class I am doing the worst in.

On the brighter side, my labs are going much betterm with the exception of freshman general biology lab, which is surprising. I am a senior and have seen most of this in all the classes I have had so far, yet I can't even get more than half the points of the question section? Really T.A.? Do you have to grade it so hard that if I don't mention a vague factiod about the subject the question is asking I get half off? That is bull.

Another bright side is that American Government is starting to become my favorite class solely on how well i am doing compared to the other classes.

Off to the news.

First, why oh why did Barack Obama get a Nobel Peace Prize. He has done NOTHING to deserve it, yet. The one reason why he got it that I have heard is it could possibly help some proposals of his. This is bull. This is just like how people voted for Sam Bradford for heisman just so they could have two heisman winners duke it out in the national championship(which is also another theory I heard back then). Anyways, I am not saying that he should never get one, but I believe he hasn't done anything to deserve it yet.

Thats all I have for news that I can think of today.

Finally to football!

So, I went to the Cotton Bowl and watched two big rivals, the Longhorns and the land thieves... I mean Sooners(no offense on this little joke), fight it out. I have to say I was saddened by how badly the Longhorn offense did due to the Sooner defense being rediculously good. The truly was a defensive battle the whole way.

That brings me to another point, Sam Bradford. Damn, just damn. I feel sorry for this guy. He wanted to come back, forsaking millions, just so he could try and win a national title. I give him props for this. But with both these injuries, I feel sorry. His whole stock in the draft will fall from this, losing him alot of money, as well as injuries that could cause complications later in life. I hope he gets better. Good luck to him.

Third, Colt McCoy. I loved how he ran during the game, even though he "fumbled" the ball after a beastly run. He did not fumble it. I didn't like his throwing so much, mostly due to the sooners being outstanding with their pass guarding. They did amazing, and it showed with his numbers.

Thinking of that fumble, this was the worst officiating I have ever seen, worse than this high school playoff game I went to where the refs were biased out their ass. Those refs called pass interference so much on my team that were not that it was rediculous. Anyways, the refs in the UT v OU game need to be sent back to ref school. They called so many things that weren't right while having to rely on the booth for many plays. Speaking of the booth, you also need to get sent back to officiating school since you called a horrible verdict on that last fumble by McCoy. That is a little extreme, but seriously, you guys need to get your act together.

That was said without knowing the exact ruling for fumble and whatnot, but I saw another paly in the NFL that had much better angles on the ball and the ball was actually moving out of the guys hand towards the ground, but since it was "between the arm and the chest" it was deemed in possesion. Colt had much more control on the ball, yet they called it a fumble? WTF! I trust the NFL ruling more than the other.

Anyways, I guess its that time to wrap it up and call it a night. Hopefully I will have cooler things to talk about later.

Peace,
-Eld

Apple Ads

Howdy All!

Instead of this being a random thought themed blog, it is starting to turn into just a ranting area for me. Well, hopefully that will not be the case.

Time for Rant 3!

So, for the past four commercial periods, I have seen at least one Apple v. PC ad. The two that I can remember are the ones where they are talking about "Apple Innovation" and the one where they have that "top of the line PC"

My first problem with these ads are they have to point out bad things about the PC in comparison to the Mac. There is one apple commercial I like, and it really said nothing about the PC. Instead it talking about how they are making more environmentally friendly laptops. Good for them! The problem is the bulk of their commercials are bashing the PC. It looks like dirty election tactics.

The second problem is they are telling half lies with these commercials. It is true that the Apple OS is more stable than Microsoft's, and Microsoft does tend to crash more and have some problems. The problem is that the Mac also crashes and has problems. In the commercial the "top of the line PC" says that "any PC you get is gonna have those problems" This is an outright LIE! I know many people who don't have any major problems with their PC. The only problems they have are when they install something wrong on their computer, or they try to fix said problem with their computer.

My last computer never failed me with BSODs, and only had a few errors with programs. The only system failures I had came from failing hardware, like the power supply and overheating, and when I tried to reinstall drivers for the graphic card after reformatting the drive. All of this happened after I had it for a few years. Of course, this doesn't make them true liers, but under their implied meaning, they completely lie, since they imply that PCs have major problems while the Mac has none.

The other commercial talks about their innovations like the Mag-safe power cord, which is very nice. But, the commercial implies that PCs are not safe from being pulled while the cord is tripped on. So far, all PC power chords I have see come out easy when tripped over. The only time my laptop has been pulled was when the cord was positioned in such a way where it went under the laptop, and the person walked across it. I concede that their cord is safer, but their commercial is deceiving.

They could be meaning actual desktops, in which case, the cords shouldn't even be exposed for a tripping hazard. Most towers will be placed on a desk with the cords not stretched across walkways. If they are, then sorry to offend anyone, you are stupid. It is an partially asinine move for one reasons you are being inconsiderate by causing a hazard. It is stupid because you are risking your desktop to a hazard.

I just saw another ad from Mac, the one about how all of a Mac is made by one company, while a PC is from all sorts of places.

I am not too good at economics or anything, but I do know what I am talking about when I say they are overpriced. There was a business back in the olden days that bought pretty much everything that dealt with their product, from the herds of cow, to the train system that brought them to different place, as well as the processing plants and distributor. This person could lower prices below other companies and thus out sell everyone. The thing with Mac is, either they don't understand this concept, or they just want a giant profit.

I don't know their actual revenue, or how much profit they make on everything they sell, but they need to drop their prices. You can buy a PC for very cheap, while a Mac of similar specs runs for much more.

Overall, I hate these commercials because they give you half truths and use deceiving dialog to try and sell their products. I have a few other problems with Apple that I am sure to mention within future posts of mine, but for now my rant is done.

Hope you all enjoyed another episode of Eldorn's rant corner.

Peace
-Eld

Rant 2

Howdy all! Welcome to my little spot on the internet where I can spew out all my problems in a sort of anonymous way!

So, my deal today is I hate hate hate teachers who do not have tests before the cutoff date on dropping classes. It makes me extremely mad. Whats worse is, the teacher that did it this year had his test the day after... a test that I failed miserably. I thought I knew the material, but what was going to be on his test was completely different than what I thought. Luckily, he drops the lowest grade, but unluckily is, if I fail another, I have no backup. It is horrible!

So, on to more happy things. I just got a game today called Batman Arkham Asylum.... it is AWESOME!!! my only problem is it is a tad bit repetitive in the boss fights. That, and the fighting makes this game easy. You spam X with some Y and you pretty much know everything. there are a few enemies that you have to do different things with, like a knife wielder that you have to stun before attacking by hitting B. Then you have a guy who has a stun baton. All you do with this guy is run at him and flip over him.. That will surprise him so you can attack him.

Other than that, this game is pure awesome. I highly suggest getting it.

Welp, time to sign off.

Peace
-Eld

Introduction

Howdy!

Well, as a new blogger, I guess I should introduce myself a little. I am a student in his senior year of college, majoring in Marine Biology. I am a republican, Christian, and enjoy all sorts of music. One thing that may surprise a lot of people is, I am a furry. "Woah, wait, your a Christian republican, and a furry? WTF?!?" you may say, but it is true. I feel like I have a connection to otters, and so my fursona is an otter. Woo!

So, as a first post, I feel like I will rant a little on text books. These things are ridiculous. They cost upwards of $120, and are redone into new editions every year or two for some. This is horribly outrageous. During freshman year I bought a chemistry book, new since a new edition was released that year, and spent about 140 I believe. At the end of the year I og to sell it back. Guess what the news I got was.

"We are only accepting a few of these back, and have already reached out quota."

When I asked why, the answer was a new edition is coming out. What. The. Hell. That is ridiculous. Then next year, when I found out what my friend was taking, I asked to see her book. I whipped out my copy, which I was trying to sell for cheap, to see what the differences were. Problem sets. That was pretty much it. No new information the teacher couldn't easily mention in class. Oh, there was some reorganization, as in switching chapters around. Other than that, I couldn't find anything really different.

Oh, as a side note, I still have that damn book sitting on my shelf, hoping to sell it to someone who doesn't want to spend alot. It currently is two editions behind I believe, and still very similar to the current edition. The one thing stopping people from buying this book is it has different problems, which most of the proffesors who teach chemistry at this university don't use. they make their own.

First, how do they justify selling the book for $100+? This is grossly over valuing the information within the book. Second, why the hell do they release a new edition every couple of years, when so little is changed that it would be smarter to issue revisions online.

/rant end.

So, with that out of the way, thanks for putting up with my tiredness fuelled rantings, and hope you continue to watch me, just out of some curiosity.

Peace,
-Eld

P.S. Eldorn is just an internet name I use to keep some anonymity, although alot of my real life friends already know it.... I probably should change that.