October 27, 2004
October 24, 2004
Shedding the Pink, Part 2
About a week ago I wrote about Princess Peach getting naked in Paper Mario 2.
Well, thanks to my new TV-capture / tuner card...now you all can experience it first hand..
It's not so much disturbing as it is funny/unexpected. It made me laugh for a good while.
Synced
As is tradition on SNL, they have a musical guest. This week it was Ashlee Simpson. The musical guest usually plays 2 songs: First comes their "hit," then later on in the evening they play a lesser-known song.
Ashlee's first song went fine, but when it came time for the second song...well...someone cued up the wrong vocal track, and Ashlee was left stranded with the vocals she was supposed to be lip syncing to that didn't match the song the band was playing. Oops.
Can you say Milli Vanilli?
Update: At the closing of the show, she apologizes with: "...my band started playing the wrong song." Right, maybe if by "my band" you mean "the guy pushing play on the cd player." Also, videos removed because my bandwidth was exceeded due to excessive linking. :)
October 22, 2004
President Bush
How this man is President and is head-to-head with John Kerry in polls is beyond me..
October 20, 2004
Kerry Rally
John Kerry came to Carnegie Mellon today as part of his battleground states tour he's on at the moment. In addition to snipers on the roofs of our academic buildings, we were treated to Ted Danson (of Cheers fame and also a cmu alum.), Jon Bon Jovi, and, of course, John Kerry. There were a *ton* of people there...thousands. All in the middle of tiny Carnegie Mellon.
Videos (~6.5mb ea.):
Bon Jovi
John Kerry
And here are some pics..
Ted Danson
Bon Jovi
John Kerry
October 18, 2004
Dell Servers
The two Dell PCs I got the crazy deal on ($147 each) came today...what a deal..
P4 2.8gHz
AGP 8x / SATA / USB 2.0 / Onboard sound
128mb RAM
40gb 7200rpm HD
48x cd-rom / floppy drive
ATI Rage XL video
Man...it even opens cool.
October 17, 2004
October 15, 2004
Princess Peach Sheds the Pink
I was playing some Paper Mario 2 last night when I came across a really...interesting...part.
Princess Peach (Toadstool, for those of you who haven't played Mario games in a while) was under my control as I was attempting to contact Mario to come rescue her. As I was wandering around as her, I walked into a bathroom attached to the room she was locked in. I walked up to the bathtub and pressed A.
Now, what happens next is disturbing.
Princess Peach proceeds to stand behind the curtain. Then, you hear a zipper. In an instant, her entire pink dress has been hung over the shower bar and you hear the shower come on. After about 5 seconds, a few sounds effects resembling "mmm" come from my TV. Then, a dialogue box appears in which she says: "Mmm. Hee hee!"
The shower turns off. She grabs a towel. She replaces the towel. She puts her dress back on and walks out.
wtf.
October 13, 2004
Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra
Dear Apple Customer,
The following products shipped on 10/13/2004.
Product # Product Description Qty Ext Price
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M9593G/A NVIDIA GEF 6800 ULTRA DDL CARD-GEN 1 240.00
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Finally...w00t!
October 12, 2004
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
This game rocks. Go buy it now.
The graphics are great, the dialogue is usually hilarious, and the battle system is fun and intuitive. I'm not going to review it here, as I don't have time, but check out one of the many reviews online. I recommend this one.
October 11, 2004
Pascal and God
While reading The Will to Believe by William James, I came across this quite funny "proof" of (more like reason to believe in) God by Pascal..
Here's a slightly paraphrased + translated version:
"You must either believe or not that God is -- which will you do? Your human reason cannot say. A game is going on between you and the nature of things which at the day of judgment will bring out either heads or tails. Weigh what your gains and your losses would be if you should stake all you have on heads, or God's existence: if you win in such case, you gain eternal beatitude; if you lose, you lose nothing at all. If there were an infinity of chances, and only one for God in this wager, still you ought to stake your all on God; for though you surely risk a finite loss by this procedure, any finite loss is reasonable, even a certain one is reasonable, if there is but the possibility of infinite gain. Go, then, and take holy water, and have masses said; belief will come and stupefy your scruples, -- Cela vous fera croire et vous abêtira."
I found it quite interesting to say the least. :)
October 10, 2004
*Bzzzzzap!*
Tonight was pretty fun...had a few people over that I've met through my roommates (mostly).
We drank a bit, but mostly just chilled and played random games (board and video). Egyptian Ratscrew and Donkey Konga went over well. Donkey Konga, even with only one set of bongos, because of the clapping notes, is totally fun to play with a few people.
Tomorrow I really need to start my lisp assignment for HIP AI (Human Information Processing and Artificial Intelligence). I'll probably just end up putting football on TV, grabbing a few cokes, and programming all day. I really want to switch my desk around so that I can see the TV and my monitor at the same time. Thought that would definitely not work very well in here. Oh well.
October 05, 2004
FUGI'S BARGAIN BIN
All games are in excellent condition. Include boxes, manuals, etc.
Xbox
Steel Battalion: Line of Contact (Game only)
Rallisport Challenge 2
Top Spin
Project Gotham Racing 2
PS2
R-Type Final
GC
Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life
GBA
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
PC
Command & Conquer: Generals -- Deluxe Edition (Orig. + Zero Hour Expansion)
Unreal Tournament 2004 (CD version)
October 04, 2004
Note to Alok
Since you probably check this more than your email...check your email.
It's pretty urgent.