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by Steve Gibson, Jul 29, 2004 6:07pm PDT
Related Topics – Wack News, FCC

Well after looking at the HardOCP DOOM3 article I'm feeling alright about my 9700pro being up to the task of handling DOOM3 at a respectable framerate.

- That last PayPal scam looking email you got? It wasnt a scam - Microsoft likes Blogs - That TV show you watch is too violent Thanks Fark - You arent tired, you just think you are! - More games involving actual movement
Lastly, apparently being emo 3 days a month is totally acceptable


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    By: boolean x
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    So on my way into work this morning I'm driving on 101 North and am about to make the switch to 280 North. As I switch lanes and pull right from behind a large truck, I see two pieces of debris in the road. One was off to the side enough to easily avoid it but the second one is smack in the center of the lane. At first I thought I could drive right over it but as I get closer I realize its a wooden box and it is way taller than the ~6 inches of ground clearance my RSX Type-RS has. So I try to swerve right to avoid it. As I did this I heard a crunch and some vibration in the front left of the car. It didn't feel too bad. I thought I just barely grazed it and that I had got away unscathed.

    But shit, sure enough a minute or so down the road I get this guy signaling to me that I have a flat tire -- rear left. I think that my front end impacted the box, broke it up, and some wood shards punctured the tire. Unfortunately there is a slash in the tire on the sidewall ~1 inch long. I'm thinking this will not patch and I will have to buy a new tire :(

    So I'm off to throw on the damn undersized spare and poke along at 50mph driving to a car shop. All the while angry, downsized Bay Area techies will probably hoot and holler at me for driving slowly on the freeway. But not before I ALERT THE INTERNET!
    Jul 30, 2004 11:50am PDT
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    Ok, two things:

    1) Once again, it's impossible for me to go to the grocery store and complete a purchase without dealing with some kind of social ineptitude from my fellow citizens. No, it wasn't item dividers and no, it wasn't fraud in the express checkout lane. This was something new but equally as annoying and stupid. I won't get into it though as most everyone else would think it's petty. One thing is for sure, my hell will be working at a grocery store.

    2) While outside of said store, some awesome went down. Where I live, there is this independent newspaper published weekly called "Streetwise". Streetwise is distributed on the street, through the homeless. They sell for $1 and the seller gets to keep 50% of that. It's a way to help the homeless situation and when Streetwise initially started, the articles and writing were actually pretty good. They touched upon some cool stuff. Over the years though it's jumped the shark, but that isn't the point here.

    Selling Streetwise became so popular that to help follow city ordinance and prevent over-saturation, sellers of Streetwise needed to have a specific permit in order to push the papers. If you got caught selling the paper without the permit, you got super busted. Big fines, sometimes jail, etc. Also, this ordinance helps legit sellers move the papers. No one wants to buy from drunken alcoholics, drug addicts, or people who are harassing the public. The people who have the permits to sell, got them through various social programs and special conditions. So it also helps keep the riff-raff out.

    Today, as I was walking out of the failed social efficiency project known as the grocery store, some guy tried to push a Streetwise on me. He was pretty shady to begin with and I haven't really seen him around before selling it. I gave him the standard "I paid with plastic..." line (which is true, I rarely carry cash on me) and was about to go on my way. As I turned away from him, this typical fat Chicago cop on a bike skids right by me and almost runs right into the shady Streetwise peddler and gets all up in his face demanding to see his permit. The guy of course doesn't have a permit and was selling illegally. The cop goes to get his ticket book out and bust the guy when all of the sudden these two people come charging across the street.

    Well, one guy was actually charging, the other was just getting pushed. It was a guy pushing this obese quadriplegic woman in a wheelchair. Apparently our Illegal Streetwise Dealer was moving in on someone else's market! The guy looked more worried about the cripple and her associate than the cop. The cop just look bewildered. So, up comes this woman yelling "OUT MY SELL NIGGA! OUT MY SELL!" (and she also said it like nowguh which in and of itself totally rules) and they all started totally going at it. I couldn't even understand what anyone was saying between the woman in the wheelchair, the guy pushing her, the guy getting busted, and the cop. All of the soccer moms and business people tried to pretend it was every day business but I just stood there and stared and this awesome scene going down. The cop actually had to call for back up!!

    I'm not sure how it ended because I had stuff that needed to go into the fridge, so I left. It was rad though!
    Jul 30, 2004 11:29am PDT

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