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Is anyone here some type of computer specialist? Yes, no? Well, guess what.
My day just slapped you all
IN THE FACE!!!!!!!!!

So it starts off with Friday, as some of you may recall, as this little tidbit has a bit of a tangent story:

“So I went home, grabbed my Windows XP disc for CJ to install on his laptop and went to his house. We started the installation, murdered that nigga Vista, and talked for a bit until EJ and Dreidel showed up.”

Yes, well, turns out CJ’s wonderful laptop has a motherboard with no Windows XP driver support! As Dreidel would say, Yay! (:
So, time for Plan B: Windows Vis-
WHAT!?

Fuck that. What other Plan B’s do we have? Levonorgestrel? No, that wouldn’t work…
Well then, Windows 7, here we go, yeah?

For those computer novices out there, Windows 7 is the successor to the wonderful Windows Vista, Microsoft’s wonderful piece of coal in the stack of diamonds diamond in the rough. And yes, I trust Wikipedia more than Microsoft, but I suppose I should include the real Windows 7 link for those easily offended by real information.

Anyways, as Windows 7 managed to actually be compatible with its predecessor's drivers, something Shitsta failed to do, we would theoretically be able to install it with no issue. So I downloaded a 7 trial from my perfectly legal bay of pirates, burned it to a DVD (holy crap they don’t even fit on CDs anymore), and headed over to CJ’s house. We stopped by my cousin’s first and I picked up a blank DVD for unrelated later uses.

Once I got to CJ’s we started the 7 installation. Everything was going nicely- the 7 setup actually had a GUI! Unfortunately we hit a (very pretty) roadblock; we needed an activation key.

The torrenters made no mention of activating. I had no clue how the 7 betas were supposed to run. I suppose, as the torrents were for progressive builds, that these people already had their own keys. Whatever the case, the other thing I failed to realize was that there was no reason for me to torrent a 7 Beta; there was already a public release candidate available from Microsoft.

Anyways, CJ and I went over to Monico’s to access his internet. We searched awhile online for every 7 key and keygen available, and NONE OF THEM WORKED.
So, very depressed and distraught, we started the 7 RC download on Monico’s computer. Easy, right? Play brawl for 2 hours, burn 7 to a DVD, an-
Okay. Wait. CJ has the blank DVD I had right? Oh, no. He left it at home. That’s just wonderful.

However, what we did have was the Windows XP disc I left at his house previously. So what we decided to do was reinstall Windows XP on the laptop, then boot 7 from the .iso. Of course, we couldn’t access the internet with the XP boot due to the lack of a LAN driver, so we’d have to transfer the .iso from Monico’s computer to the laptop with a-

DAMNIT. CJ left the USB at his house. Wonderful.
After much thinking we decided we would use…
An iPod.
…Yeah.

Well it’s 8 GB right? And we only needed 2.33 GB. Monico’s computer had the plug. So, right. iPod. Okay.

So it was time to install XP. Simple, right? Shove the disc in, turn on the computer and press a key when it says so to, of course, boot from CD. Unfortunately, the incomplete 7 setup, for some reason, decided to bypass that naggy little boot menu for a (very pretty) superimposing 7 loading screen! Oh joy.

So how did we fix this? Well, we used an ancient, secret technique known as button mashing. We turned the laptop on with the XP disc inside, and pressed all the buttons we could until the computer actually started beeping. It wasn’t exactly a good beep, but it was a beep, and beeps mean something’s happening right? Well, after trying this 5 times or so, it worked!

We ran the XP installation. When it finished, we excitedly restarted the computer and started to prepare to iPod to-
Oh joy. Can you guess what we saw then? Yes, that’s right. The legendary blue screen of death.

What we did then, in our infinite genius, was… try it again. And it worked! XP in, time for the iPod transfer.

Buuuut…
Well, CJ only had an iPod touch. The wonderful folks over at Apple blocked hardware usage on iPod touches to prevent hackers from placing free apps on their iPods, because they didn’t want to give too much control to their users in fear of the product becoming too good.

This turned out to be our final roadblock. After an hour or so of attempting to hack disk usage of the iPod touch, we had no luck, and I had to go home, leaving CJ to wait for Monico to come home with his iPod Video.

By morning, everything was fixed, thus ending a remarkable day of extemporisation and ghetto genius that would put most IT specialists to shame.

The   beast of the Serengeti slept through the whole thing. of course.


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Words of the Post

Levonorgestrel (I’m sure I’ll need this some day)
extemporisation (look, I’m English)

Quote of the Day

Me:  There, it’s done. Stop the seed.
CJ:  Oh, you dick.

Removed Word of the Post

angelic (as always, left a hint, but only Dreidel would know)

Current Song Addiction

Franz Ferdinand – No You Girls
I guess it’s the message I love, a battle of the sexes, but from a “Why can’t we all just love each other?” perspective. Accurately depicts both sides, I must say. Anyways, Something about getting shot by a Serbian just turns me on.