The new registration process was phenomenal. The overall setup and hard work everyone put into everything was very impressive…

That being said, it just didn’t feel the same at all. This year someone decided that it would be a good idea to ban file sharing in the BYOC. BAN FILE SHARING?! Quakecon is supposed to be Americas largest and most awesome LAN party. Tell me, What kind of shitty ass LAN party BANS FILE SHARING?! This year, there was nothing that I could do in the BYOC, that I couldn’t have done better and faster at home. With Steam not working at all and Quake Live running hit or miss there is really not much to do in the BYOC. I thought it was especially ironic when they announced a special Quakecon 2010 Gaming package. During Quakecon only, you can buy every game ID and Bethesda has ever made for only $70! Heres the catch, Its through STEAM! You cant even log into Steam when your at Quakecon!!! LOL ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! They literally said you should probably leave so you could go buy it. What a Cluster Fuck. You would think that at least Quake Live would work well at Quakecon right? Wrong. It ran great when it worked but the connection was so hit or miss it made you not even want to play it.

Back in olden times, we used to hang out in the BYOC all night! We would drink outrageous amounts of BAWLS energy drinks and browse other users computers and see what kind of weird shit they had to offer. EVERYONES games worked because with file sharing, everyone had the same games. DC++ was the LIFE FORCE behind the BYOC. Now that it’s gone you might as well just get a general admission pass and just look around for a few hours and then leave. File Sharing is no more illegal than is sharing a piece of birthday cake. Any website you have ever viewed is proof of this. If you are trying to stop software piracy…well then your going to have to kill the internet all together (good luck with that).

There was no Bawls booth this year and the only answer I could get out of anyone is that they went bankrupt. I remember last year they had an entire booth made up of cases of Bawls. They couldn’t truck that shit in fast enough. I saw a few people this year that must have brought their own and i know they still sell that shit at the store! So whats the deal with that? Whatever the reason for them not being there, it just added to the failure.

Needless to say we checked out of the hotel early and came home yesterday out of sheer boredom and frustration. Something that I have never EVER done. I’m really glad I got to check out RAGE, BRINK, and Fallout 4. John Carmack’s keynote speech was incredibly insightful. It made coming to Quakecon all worth it. I do not regret making the trip, but I do regret bringing my computer.

I am just thankful that I was not one of the many people that drove from across the whole damn country to come to Quakecon this year. If there had been a “NO FILE SHARING” announcement months ago, I am willing to bet that most of us wouldn’t have bothered to participate in the BYOC at all.

For those of you who have never been, Heres a video of me doing a quick walk through:

I found this today in one of the dorms during a routine fire alarm inspection.

Apple has been a huge force in mobile technology over the past few years. Their Sales have skyrocketed with every new version of the iPhone and everyone seems to just love everything that they do. So much so that no one seems to notice when they rob their customers blind. I don’t feel like listing everything that they have done but a quick Google search should fill you in. Most recently, the public eye has been opened to a few more of Apples negligent business practices which have in fact been happening all along. CNET.COM recently did an article about the new iPhone 4′s notorious reception problem. In this article they described their phone conversation with an Apple Care Representative regarding the new software fix. During their call, the Apple Care rep said the update “would address only how bars are displayed in the signal meter on the handset’s screen. As he put it, it would fix a problem where more bars are mistakenly shown when users are in areas with poor AT&T reception.”

Let me just clarify what this means. There are actually TWO separate issues at hand here. First of all the new Antenna. the design utilizes dual antennas which are built into the body of the phone. When you hold the phone with your left hand, your skin shorts out the antennae and you lose your reception. Steve Jobs responded to this issue by basically saying “There’s nothing wrong with my phone, It’s your fault for holding it wrong. If you have to hold it with your left hand then buy our $30 rubber cover to prevent the shorting.”

If thats not bad enough there is an even more serious issue at hand. While studying the antenna signal short issue, it was recently discovered that Apple has been programing ALL iPhones to display false readings on their signal bars. 2 Bars to be exact. So when you think you have 4 bars you actually only have about 2. They did this on purpose to make the iPhone and the AT&T Network appear to be superior and obviously it worked. When confronted with this issue Apple basically said “Ooops. We’ll get right on fixing that.”

So now Apple has responded to the antenna short issue by saying that they will be releasing a software update which will fix the signal loss problem. Turns out that their Software “FIX” is to have the phone LIE AGAIN about its signal strength. Thats right they are going to make the phone pretend like shorting out its antennas has no effect on its reception. you will be aboe to short your antennae all day long and you’ll still have 4 BARS! Hurray! Now thats how you fix problems! Just cover them up with nice lies and pretend they don’t exist. Apple has no intention of owning up to their hardware design failures whatsoever. Are they just the greatest or what! How Stupid do they think we are?

On a lighter note it does make for some really funny Videos!

Wait something is wrong here. If you take a close look at this address, the last “numbers” of the IP address (2O7) look funny. Thats because it’s not a zero its actually the letter ‘O’. Also, IP address don’t end in any .com/net/org suffix. This is a website pretending to be something it’s not.

Turns out that 192.168.112.2O7.net is owned by Omniture, a huge behavioral analytics firm. They want to know what you do in your spare time. Basically, They are spying on us. Sugar coat it any way you like but thats the bottom line and there isn’t a damn thing you can do about it… Or is there?

Don’t worry friend. I Will Teach You.

We are going to use Windows firewall to block those fuckers and make sure they never see a damn thing from your computer ever again. I’m using Windows 7 so if your using something else then this instructions are usless to you and you should just skip to the end or just go away and read another article. Go on. Clear out!

Ok so the first thing your going to do is push the windows key on your keyboard to bring up the start menu. Or if your one of those mouth breather types go ahead and use your mouse clicker device because it lights up when you move it. Oooh Shiney!

In the search bar type “%windir%\system32\WF.msc” and hit enter. Or copy and paste it like a smart kid. If you do it fast enough your friends will think your SUPER smart!
Welcome to the Windows Firewall Control Panel. On the left select “Outbound Rules” and then on the right select “New Rule”. Now your going to want to Select “Custom Rule” and then “All Programs”. Now it is going to show you a screen where it asks you Which ports and protocols this new rule will apply to. Go ahead and leave this alone and click next because we want this protection to apply everywhere at all times just in case. Now is the fun part. We are going to enter the IP address of the website we want to block. It is a Remote IP address on the lower set of boxes click “These IP addresses”, click “Add” and type your address. To block the Omniture fuckers we’re going to use the address “66.235.132.91″ without the quotes.
If you have a list of fuckers to block you can add all the addresses now and click next. Now your going to select the Block option because we obvoiuslly want to block this, otherwise we wouldnt be here in the first place! Click next a few more times, Give your new rule a funny name like “BLOCK ADOBE SPY FUCKERS” click next again and your all set! I also like to make rules like this for shitty websites that I hate like Yahoo.com That way if I let a friend use my computer I dont have to worry about them going to something retarded.
Here’s what mine looks like:

If you are not using Windows 7, then at least I was able to inform you about Software Companies and their mass quantities of Douchbaggery. Add that one to your spell check dictionary!

On a side note, after writing this article I feel that I have really singled out Adobe as a wicked villain and thats not at all what I am trying to do. I love Adobe even if they are some sneaky little bastards. They make great products and in reality they probibly only use the data to see which Adobe products get the most use and it’s all perfectly legal in fine print. Their methods are just a little too invasive for my taste. Adobe is not the only company that does this sort of thing. Omniture works with hundreds of big name software firms some of which are probibly installed on your computer right now. Don’t even get me started on Apple’s shitty business operation. I could produce a whole blog on the horrible shit that they do. Anyway, Cheers. Have Fun!

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Fishing at Lake Somerville. All I caught was a stick, some dirt, a bag of pond scum, and also a cold. It was fun though

Fun fact: Arizona doesn’t fuck around with daylight savings time and neither does most of the rest of the world. Why? BECAUSE IT’S FUCKING STUPID!