Cogs can think.

Ordered a new computer today, to replace my way-too-loud P4 media centre.

Foxconn L10-S3 barebone, which is a mini-ITX system which comes with a dual-core Intel Atom 330 processor (2x1.6Ghz) with HyperThreading enabled. It uses Intel’s 945GC chipset, which has an Intel GMA 950 graphics processor. The motherboard has two SATAII slots and one low-profile PCI slot. The small case has two 2.5″ bays, and one 5.25″ one. I ordered 2GB of DDR2-533 RAM, and a 160GB hard drive.

Apart from the PSU, the entire system is passively cooled, no fans whatsoever. Technically, you could use boot132 to install Mac OS X on it without actually modifying the Mac OS X disk, which means you’re not circumventing any protection measures from Apple. That will be the first article for OSNews.

I’m pretty psyched about it.

Dick move by Creative.

On the box: YES, DIGITAL OUT!

In the box: …BUT YOU HAVE TO BUY THIS MODULE AT 40 EUR!

Assholes.

Public service announcement: I’m no longer available on the AIM/iChat network. The amount of spam IM messages is getting ridiculous; about 25 every day. I advise everyone else to do the same, and move to proper IM networks like Google Talk or MSN Messenger.

That is all.

A Google Street View car just drove through my tiny little street a few times. It’s funny, because my home town is a small insignificant blip on the map, out in the middle of nowhere. I stood right in front of the window, so maybe my coffee-energised face will appear on Google Maps.

This is all just part of Google’s masterplan to take over the world. I compete with them.

So, my parents bought this brand new multifunction uber-printer that can do anything, including making coffee. Great stuff.

I took their old printer home with me, because I don’t have one and was on the verge of buying one anyway. This is when I entered the twilight zone.

The HP Deskjet 840c has no Vista drivers. HP doesn’t make them. I need my Linux machine to print.

And now the world will end.

Several small things.

I have a new main desktop computer, built it myself from hand-picked parts. AMD Phenom X4 quad-core processor (4x2.2Ghz), 4GB of gaming RAM from Geil (whatever the hell gaming RAM means), and a fancy motherboard that can connect the on-board graphics chip to a discrete one via SLI. Also bought a red Asus case and a power supply picked because it was silent. It’s a blazing-fast machine now, and I’m really happy with it.

It set me back a mere 320 EUR. I forgot to order cooling paste, so I quickly drove to town to buy a tube of the stuff, and as I walked by the Apple store and noticed the prices, I couldn’t help but chuckle.

I also have a new job. I can’t say much about it, but it’s nothing fancy. I’m quite happy with it, in any case. This new job does mean more time for OSNews, which is always a good thing.

I bought This Is Alphabeat today, Alphabeat’s debut album. Great stuff.

Last night’s new Battlestar Galactica episode kicked major ass. Awesome stuff.

That will be all.

To all those people who claim that Apple is already in the netbook market because of the iPhone/Touch:

Bwahahahahhahahaha.

Seriously now.

Bwahahhahahahahahhahahahahahhahhahahahahahaha.

Bye now.

I bought an XBox 360 today, hooked it up to my 32″ HDTV via HDMI, and I’ve been playing Fallout 3 ever since. There is no way to explain in words just how beautiful this game is in high definition on such a TV. You really have to see it to believe it.

I sold my PowerBook to get the money, seeing after I bought my Aspire One, added a normal hard disk to it, and installed Vista on it, I never really looked back to the PowerBook - it was collecting dust. I have a PowerMac G4 for my Mac OS X needs now, so the PowerBook was just a useless piece of 15″ metal to me.

I’m really happy with the 360. Just to be safe, I bought 3 years of full insurance for the device, for just EUR 44.95. I can pee on it and they still have to replace it. HA HA.

Quite the clever spam message I just received. I wonder how many would fall for this one.

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Dear Email User,
This message was sent automatically by a program on Email which periodically checks the size of inboxes, where new messages are received. The program is run weekly to ensure no one’s inbox grows too large. If your inbox becomes too large, you will be unable to receive new email. Just before this message was sent, you had 18 Megabytes (MB) or more of messages stored in your inbox on your Email. To help us re-set your SPACE on our database prior to maintain your INBOX, you must reply to this e-mail and enter your

Email User name: { }
Email Password: { }

You will continue to receive this warning message periodically if your inbox size continues to be between 18 and 20 MB. If your inbox size grows to 20 MB, then a program on Bates Email will move your oldest email to a folder in your home directory to ensure that you will continue to be able to receive incoming email. You will be notified by email that this has taken place. If your inbox grows to 25 MB, you will be unable to receive new email as it will be returned to the sender. After you read a message, it is best to REPLY and SAVE a copy.

Thank you for your cooperation.
Webmail Help Desk

It came from mail@helpdesk.com, and the reply-to is set to help-desk-service@live.com.

Oh, and of course I hope the senders die and rot in hell and all that stuff. I just admire the cleverness.

I have a new computer. My dad and I switched machines, since his was way overpowered compared to mine. It’s an Asus Terminator 2 Deluxe, packing an Intel Pentium 4 2.8Ghz with hyperthreading, 2GB of DDR-RAM, and my own GeForce 6200 128MB DDR-RAM.

My dad had been running Windows 2000 on it for years now (with 512MB of RAM and the on-board video cad), and it was clear Windows 2000 was holding the machine down. It absolutely FLIES with Vista on it, in any case.

I’m quite happy. It’s also a lot quieter than I’m used to. Sassy.