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Yesterday I posted my disappointment in Crysis and World in Conflict over on WSAG and talked about how the majority of big selling PC titles these days are just huge piles of crap.

Recently Xbox Elite also posted up their somewhat … controversial … Call of Duty 4 review  (such because of the meager 5/10 Multiplayer score for one of the best Multiplayer games of the year) and my Dynasty Warriors Gundam review went live. Yeah, it’s not a great review … I tried not to echo my Warriors Orochi review too much … But getting 1,000 words out of that game was harder than drawing blood from the proverbial stone.

I feel compelled to comment on my re-entry to WoW because I feel like i’m really rather missing the point: You have to raid. And yet I’ve passed up half a dozen raid invites already, instead I log on and do my daily Qs and then muck around on alts and such.

I’ve put this down primarily to my coursework/exam deadlines looming, I suppose I should honestly not be playing it at all.

That isn’t really an option.

Meh, I’m just rambling now … Putting off going to sleep because I know getting up in the morning is going to be really unpleasant. It’s got to be done.

Do I take my (heavy) laptop in tomorrow? That way I can play WoW … or not … HmmmmmmmMMMmmmmmm I think not. I’ll just drink and eat junk food like usual.

Regards,
James

So after slaving long and hard on my Java Coursework I arrive promptly for the session used for brief demonstrations. You show your program working, answer a few questions and you get a preliminary score before the hand-in on Wednesday.

Oh and he want’s you to give him a disc with the source on it.

Nobody -ever- mentioned that to me >_>

I’m hoping thats something that can be skipped … Because what’s the point in two seperate deadlines for one piece of coursework anyway?

Gah, I’ll edit this post and tell you how I got on.

It went pretty well all things considered, I got an average score and he’s agreed to let me take it to him on Disc on Monday.

Could be worse I guess.

Oh and my main lap top died … Mysteriously. FFS.

Regards,
James.

Theres nothing like a kick in the crotch to make one procrastinate even more than the usual … I mentioned i’m very busy recently but this is silly.

I thought I had untill *Peers over at WoW Calendar* next Wednesday to do a whole Java Project, instead I have untill thursday. I haven’t so much as opened the IDE or got the coursework sheets yet.

Shit right?

Well … I guess I should go start it?

I’m not sure what the legal stance is on sharing work i’ve submitted … but when I clarify it, i’ll share it with you.

Hope you’re having more fun than me!

Regards,
James 

At about 3 AM I was getting ready to pack up (having failed to get Garrys Mod to work) and suddenly it started blue screening everytime I tried to change a setting in it’s menu.

 Not wanting to leave something half working, I took to the usual, it was recommended that a BiosUpdate was a fix for people with a similar problem/laptop as me.

So I grab the latest bios for my model and flash away. And can’t boot. And don’t have a fucking copy of my presentation for tomorrow. And don’t have the screwdriver I need to get to the hard drive.

 So yeah, good fucking night for me.

Its now 5 AM (Presentation in 11 hours) and i’m trying to create an independant boot CD so that MAYBE I might be able to snatch my files off before throwing my laptop down the stairs.

What the hell kind of luck is this? I mean really? Ffs.

Regards,
Fucking Irate James.

Appendix 1: (5:25) http://www.ubcd4win.com - This piece of software, thus far, seems like a fucking miracle.

Regardless of whether it survives blue-screenery, it has already amazed me with it’s versatility. brb to tell you how it goes.

Appendix 2: (5:30) After a painfully slow boot process, it seems to be getting there >_> Its loading teh Shell now … I’m giving it all the time it needs, it is after all booting entirely from a CD <_<

 Appendix 3: (5:55) Good and Bad news, I think. It worked so far as  can tell except the browser is allergic to secure connections meaning I had to jump through hoops to get my files sent.

But now that i’ve got them my computer is convinced they’re encrypted? Is that just because I have an older version? Seems odd.

Ah yeah, downloaded the Office 2007 compatability pack and it works perfectly now.

DISASTER AVERTED.

This does of course mean you’ll be without the Legend of ET for a little bit longer, sorry chaps

Peace.

Final Appendix – It occurs to me the reason this is happening is because this is a fucking Vista Laptop … But has XP on it? So when I flashed the Bios, the world ended. Typical.

Final Final Appendix – Reflashing the Bios to an earlier version did nothing. However, I’m going to try and reflash to what I think was the exact version … Restoring the Status quo? Otherwise, I give the fuck up and i’ll just ask for a vista install.