MECH! Hell yes. Land Walker

All three SCSI hard drives may be dead... but the MDPortal Elite now has NIC! w00t! I'm thinking that since there are no SCSI devices in the chain, the SCSI controller might be shut down. I'll have to check that... then make sure all of the IRQs are correct. Go go gadget device manager! Now where'd I put that Cat 5 UTP... Eh.. Now that I come back to the driver installation it wants the 98 SE disk. Grr..... where'd I put that...

So I have this friend who enjoys video game soundtracks... he gave me some mp3's from a Super Metroid remix he found. It's remixes of all of the music in the game- a few of them are done poorly in my opinion (the quality is good, but they didn't do the thematic ambiance of the area it's from justice). The "Norfair 2" theme (Y'know.. swim through the lava, take the elevator down... welcome to Ridley's pad!) in particular, is much too happy. Certainly not the threatening mood the game music imposed. But, it's still pretty cool that people like the game that much. And why not... it rocks my socks right out of their basket. (I have no sock drawer)

I liked the way BBcode displayed quotes before you upgraded. Is there any way to make quotes stand out a little more? I say this because it's really hard to distinguish between the end of a quote and the rest of the post.

To this day, I still don't understand Alienware. Not the company itself... the point of a $3500 laptop. The only thing owning one shows is how big your pocket book is. Though, it's not like it's my money. However, here's something that might disuade you from buying an overpriced computer. This is a consumer warning. If Alienware asks you to open your laptop or do physical repairs on it - REFUSE. They will refuse any follow-up or repairs if you damage your computer. Trying to give directions for removing Laptop components over the phone is ridiculous practice anyway. Still, what's the difference if the tech accidentaly busted off a tab? More than likely you'd never hear of it and you'd end up with a broken tab. Alienware responded as such: Many repairs can be done by the customer and can save time instead of sending it into our repair facility. The physical damage was done to the case. Regrettably this can not be repaired under warranty. What the hell kind of warranty is that?! The only thing that really makes an Alienware computer (besides the price) is the silly little cases they toss the bits into. Well, I know I still plan on hating Alienware. lab notes: