Ok so you all know... I got a new Xbox360... you all can stop worrying now... everything is going to be ok... I actually got a much better Warranty from Best Buy and its alot more trusted then FRYs... Plus it was 20 bucks cheaper when all was said and done... Oh and it hooked Robert into buying one too...
MWAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAAH....
**EDIT**
Robert's XBOX 360 was dead right out of the box.... EPIC FAIL
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
My XBOX died... and why I now HATE FRYs
Ok so it was like killing me all day at work today.... I really really was looking forward to getting home and starting the Halo 3 insanity with my Couz and friends.... So I get home, change out of my work cloths, grab a beer and boot up the ol' 360... which proceeded to flash one really bright red light at me while displaying an error E 38 at me in about 50 different languages...
...Ok so I knew this shit was unstable when I bought my 360 I had seen the news about how all of Microsoft's hardware is shit... and kills babies.... and blah blah blah... but seriously... it like knew I was really excited about playing games and crashed on purpose... I am pretty sure now that Microsoft are fucking genius that have built new revolutionary hardware that is programmed to fail upon your excitement...
...Anyways So I called Microsoft to see what was up... and they had me do a bunch of stuff like take out my hard drive and put it back in... so on so forth... it was actually a pretty nice call with a guy in Switzerland... however it amounted to nothing... damn... I resign my self to digging out the warranty plan I bought from FRYs when i bought my 360 and going and exchanging it...
...So off to FRYs I go...
... I arrive with my 360 packed back up in it box looking for a quick exchange... get a rep to help me with the exchange... give him my warranty... and then he proceeds to tell me they do not carry the Elite any more because they have the Halo3 360s right now (Yeah fuck you too Halo 3 your part of this too)... He said I could take one of those in exchange... I said ok but you need to give me a 120gb hd also... so hes like ok ill check with my manager... like 15 mins later he comes back with a core system and is like we will trade you this... So at this point I'm pissed... this guy obviously didn't know shit about what he was doing nor the diff in the systems... I tell him a few things... I said A) thats about half the price of what I paid for my Elite system B) that has no hard drive C) it is white.... and he looks at me like "What is the problem with that"....
...Anger level is at like 9 right now...
...So more arguing and about 3 managers later... I tell them that from my talks with Microsoft I know that its the Hard Drive that is the issue if they could just replace that I could be on my way... They say ok but that is going to take up the one exchange on my warranty... At this point Im like whoooooohhhhhhoooo... back that buss up a little bit... I bought a 2 year full service warranty from you folks what is this one time trade in bullshit.... and they explain to me that I can only have one service fix in that 2 years....
...Anger level at like 15 of 10 right now....
...So at this point I'm like if I am not out that door in like ten mins Im going balistik... I tell them what ever and they proceed to ring up the hard drive... as they are doing this they run into an error... and come to me and tell me that my warranty is not valid at this time as my 90 day warranty from the day I bought it with the store has yet to expire... so there is nothing they can do until their manager gets in tomorrow or I can wait two days till the store warranty expires...
...Anger level detecter explodes into a millon peices....
...I tell them very calmly "Get the highest ranked person in this store in here right now... I don't care if they have to come from home."... When that guy gets in and talks to me I'm like look... I am under store warranty I am under Microsoft's warranty I am under the warranty I bought on top of those two warranty and you can do nothing for me... I told him this is absolute bullshit and that I want all my money reimbursed right now... He tried to give me a bunch of bullshit about how he cant do that blah blah blah... and I told him that at this point I am tired of talking... the next words out of his mouth I want to here is "can I please have the credit card you would like this reimbursed on"... So finally the guy gives up and decides it would just be best to give me my money back...
...As they are crediting the card they guy ringing it up is like "We are going to have to prorate the warranty for the time that you had it"... I was like are you for real... I'm like I cant even use it... that is how we got into this little mess... and I start going off on the guy... the manager comes over and is like just give all the credit back...
.... So the moral of the story is... don't do biz with FRYs... ever.... ever.... oh and if you throw a big enough fit you can usaly get what you want...
***God Im still angry***
...Ok so I knew this shit was unstable when I bought my 360 I had seen the news about how all of Microsoft's hardware is shit... and kills babies.... and blah blah blah... but seriously... it like knew I was really excited about playing games and crashed on purpose... I am pretty sure now that Microsoft are fucking genius that have built new revolutionary hardware that is programmed to fail upon your excitement...
...Anyways So I called Microsoft to see what was up... and they had me do a bunch of stuff like take out my hard drive and put it back in... so on so forth... it was actually a pretty nice call with a guy in Switzerland... however it amounted to nothing... damn... I resign my self to digging out the warranty plan I bought from FRYs when i bought my 360 and going and exchanging it...
...So off to FRYs I go...
... I arrive with my 360 packed back up in it box looking for a quick exchange... get a rep to help me with the exchange... give him my warranty... and then he proceeds to tell me they do not carry the Elite any more because they have the Halo3 360s right now (Yeah fuck you too Halo 3 your part of this too)... He said I could take one of those in exchange... I said ok but you need to give me a 120gb hd also... so hes like ok ill check with my manager... like 15 mins later he comes back with a core system and is like we will trade you this... So at this point I'm pissed... this guy obviously didn't know shit about what he was doing nor the diff in the systems... I tell him a few things... I said A) thats about half the price of what I paid for my Elite system B) that has no hard drive C) it is white.... and he looks at me like "What is the problem with that"....
...Anger level is at like 9 right now...
...So more arguing and about 3 managers later... I tell them that from my talks with Microsoft I know that its the Hard Drive that is the issue if they could just replace that I could be on my way... They say ok but that is going to take up the one exchange on my warranty... At this point Im like whoooooohhhhhhoooo... back that buss up a little bit... I bought a 2 year full service warranty from you folks what is this one time trade in bullshit.... and they explain to me that I can only have one service fix in that 2 years....
...Anger level at like 15 of 10 right now....
...So at this point I'm like if I am not out that door in like ten mins Im going balistik... I tell them what ever and they proceed to ring up the hard drive... as they are doing this they run into an error... and come to me and tell me that my warranty is not valid at this time as my 90 day warranty from the day I bought it with the store has yet to expire... so there is nothing they can do until their manager gets in tomorrow or I can wait two days till the store warranty expires...
...Anger level detecter explodes into a millon peices....
...I tell them very calmly "Get the highest ranked person in this store in here right now... I don't care if they have to come from home."... When that guy gets in and talks to me I'm like look... I am under store warranty I am under Microsoft's warranty I am under the warranty I bought on top of those two warranty and you can do nothing for me... I told him this is absolute bullshit and that I want all my money reimbursed right now... He tried to give me a bunch of bullshit about how he cant do that blah blah blah... and I told him that at this point I am tired of talking... the next words out of his mouth I want to here is "can I please have the credit card you would like this reimbursed on"... So finally the guy gives up and decides it would just be best to give me my money back...
...As they are crediting the card they guy ringing it up is like "We are going to have to prorate the warranty for the time that you had it"... I was like are you for real... I'm like I cant even use it... that is how we got into this little mess... and I start going off on the guy... the manager comes over and is like just give all the credit back...
.... So the moral of the story is... don't do biz with FRYs... ever.... ever.... oh and if you throw a big enough fit you can usaly get what you want...
***God Im still angry***
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Oktoberfest out of context Pt.2
"From left to right... (Unknown),(Unknown),Chris,(Unknown),(Unknown),(Unknown),Phil"
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Wish I was this white so I could rap too... oh...oh... wait...
Ok so I love this crap... there is nothing funnier then a white guy who dose a decent job rapping like a white guy... I have posted a few of my favorites below..
Flight of the Conchords - Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros
The Filght of the conchords is a band out of New Zealand that do a show out here its pretty funny... this is one of their songs and I find it amusing...
Schaffer the Darklord - The Rappist
Schaffer is pretty cool... he has this box with STD in white tape on it that he swears the voice of the devil speaks to him through...
Lazy Sunday
Lazy Sunday was originally a skit from SNL so incase you missed it here is some other kids that did it...
Flight of the Conchords - Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros
The Filght of the conchords is a band out of New Zealand that do a show out here its pretty funny... this is one of their songs and I find it amusing...
Schaffer the Darklord - The Rappist
Schaffer is pretty cool... he has this box with STD in white tape on it that he swears the voice of the devil speaks to him through...
Lazy Sunday
Lazy Sunday was originally a skit from SNL so incase you missed it here is some other kids that did it...
Monday, September 17, 2007
Way out of line..... er context....
OK... so its the time of the year again.... and if you are thinking anything but beer when I say that then you are a sad sad person... Its time again for the Oktoberfest and boy it can be a good time... I have quite a few friends up for going this year it should be a good time... If you are interested let me know or go to http://www.oktoberfestbythebay.com/.... I will be there on Oct 13th... Since we have such good memories, and such few pictures (thank god), I figured I would put up the pictures from last years Oktoberfest festivities in a little piece that I like to call....
Oktoberfest taken out of context....
"Hey Chris... I bet you can't finish that beer and cigarette at the same time"
Tune in soon when I will post another picture... all leading up to the big day!
-Happy Drinking!
Oktoberfest taken out of context....
"Hey Chris... I bet you can't finish that beer and cigarette at the same time"
Tune in soon when I will post another picture... all leading up to the big day!
-Happy Drinking!
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Vonage... The better solution?
Sooooo... I am watching TV.... and I am sure if you have been too you have seen the Vonage vs. "The Telephone Company" commercials. Here is what I am thinking... Without internet their phone service dosent work.
That means if you are not using cable, then you are still paying for basic phone service and DSL service. Even if you are using cable you are still required to pay for internet just to be able to use your phone service. So I dont really see how anyone is saving money using Vonage if you are just after phone service. Not only are you paying for DSL on top of your 25 bucks a month but you are also dealing with two bills.
Now dont get me wrong I really dont know how much a normal land line phone will cost you a month, I myself have never had a "Home Phone". I find that I can not really survive with out a cell phone and I dont see any need to to have two different phones. Thus I only ever use my cell phone. But none the less I dont see all how Vonage is "cheaper".
I guess the way I see it Vonage can aford to be less expensive since they are not maintaining any of the lines that deliver the internet that is required with that service. But then again it seams that you kind of get the middle man if something goes wrong.
The bottom line to me anyways is I dont see why a land line is needed when a cell phone seems to be the more logical solution these days. And if you need to do something like a small biz it seams that maybe a Grand Central account might provide you with a more dynamic solution anyways.
-Game Over
That means if you are not using cable, then you are still paying for basic phone service and DSL service. Even if you are using cable you are still required to pay for internet just to be able to use your phone service. So I dont really see how anyone is saving money using Vonage if you are just after phone service. Not only are you paying for DSL on top of your 25 bucks a month but you are also dealing with two bills.
Now dont get me wrong I really dont know how much a normal land line phone will cost you a month, I myself have never had a "Home Phone". I find that I can not really survive with out a cell phone and I dont see any need to to have two different phones. Thus I only ever use my cell phone. But none the less I dont see all how Vonage is "cheaper".
I guess the way I see it Vonage can aford to be less expensive since they are not maintaining any of the lines that deliver the internet that is required with that service. But then again it seams that you kind of get the middle man if something goes wrong.
The bottom line to me anyways is I dont see why a land line is needed when a cell phone seems to be the more logical solution these days. And if you need to do something like a small biz it seams that maybe a Grand Central account might provide you with a more dynamic solution anyways.
-Game Over
Friday, September 14, 2007
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Java Hate vs. The Bay Area
Yes... I admit it... I hate Java.
I have hated Java for one reason or another for as long as I can remember. In my opinion it is a bloated development platform with too many hands in its pot. There is just too many ways of doing the same thing. This causes major integration issues and makes the code difficult to retrofit with newer technologies. Now I know that this hatred probably really stems from me dealing with corporate code design and coded in the most part by people either just learning Java or by someone who thinks they can code Java properly, but still with all the other options out there you would think there would have been some shift in the market already.
Well I guess you could... I was unaware until my recent foray into job boards based outside of the Bay Area. To my surprise there was little jabs out there looking for Java programmers... I don't know if this is because they were all taken by programmers who are ingraining themselves in their job and those jobs just never become available or if it is truly a shift in technology... but I deff saw more Ruby on Rails and ASP.net C# jobs out there.
When I looked at some job boards in the Bay Area there was a substantial increase of Java positions available... So my question is... why is it that the Bay Area loves Java so much? Is it that it is unwilling to adapt to new technologies? Could it be that Sun for the most part is located there? Or could it just be that there are more jobs here?
I don't know that the answer is... all I know is that all the job searches I do from now on will always exclude the word Java from it........... there is just too much good stuff out there right now to be playing with that junk.
I have hated Java for one reason or another for as long as I can remember. In my opinion it is a bloated development platform with too many hands in its pot. There is just too many ways of doing the same thing. This causes major integration issues and makes the code difficult to retrofit with newer technologies. Now I know that this hatred probably really stems from me dealing with corporate code design and coded in the most part by people either just learning Java or by someone who thinks they can code Java properly, but still with all the other options out there you would think there would have been some shift in the market already.
Well I guess you could... I was unaware until my recent foray into job boards based outside of the Bay Area. To my surprise there was little jabs out there looking for Java programmers... I don't know if this is because they were all taken by programmers who are ingraining themselves in their job and those jobs just never become available or if it is truly a shift in technology... but I deff saw more Ruby on Rails and ASP.net C# jobs out there.
When I looked at some job boards in the Bay Area there was a substantial increase of Java positions available... So my question is... why is it that the Bay Area loves Java so much? Is it that it is unwilling to adapt to new technologies? Could it be that Sun for the most part is located there? Or could it just be that there are more jobs here?
I don't know that the answer is... all I know is that all the job searches I do from now on will always exclude the word Java from it........... there is just too much good stuff out there right now to be playing with that junk.
Internet People.... wtf?
Ok so this song gets stuck in my head.... like all day... so kudos to you Meth Minute...
Anyways, I love this video. Its like a walk down memory lane to all the great (read stupid) videos on the net I have watched over the years.... how ever there are a few that they left out... it is still great.
Well...
Ok so I give up on my list of stuff to blog about because it keeps getting bigger and I seem to have less and less to blog about it... so I guess I will just start blogging on things the way they come out... so now we got no order up in this house.... none... at... all...
and thats just the way I roll
and thats just the way I roll
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