Anything Can Go Wrong

To tell you the truth, I watched the HBO miniseries before realizing that there was actually a book. So I decided to take a look (after all these years) and realized it has a profound history look into the men in World War II. I have read a lot of books in my life time and there are not much books that could impress me. Stephen Ambrose has written a exceptionally clear and well understood military jargon that would make reading interesting.

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You know, once in a while, there will be a movie released that was so good that nobody knows about it. Something like Girl Next Door, this is an underdog movie. It was funny, great and has a lot and a lot of sexual innuendos. If you like this kind of soft-porn movie with a lot of hilarious laughs, this is the movie for you. This movie is so good that I actually watched this movie twice.

*Spoilers ahead*

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“I see stupid people. Walking around like regular people. They do dumb stuff. They only do what they need to do. They don’t know they’re stupid.”

One of the things that could really set off my temper is the fact that some idiot would ask me stupid question. So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise when I could actually snap at the guy who is asking me some really dumb question.

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Toshiba finally quits the HD-DVD business after failing to get into the mainstream business. This is certainly a sad case because Blu-Ray is going to monopolize the whole market. I kinda hope that they will come in between, something like what happened to DVD+R and DVD-R. I understood how Toshiba would want to cut their losses but losing a giant in the HD DVD alliance is going to shift the weight towards Blu-Ray. Let’s see how they are going to affect us.

Pros:

1. It is time to get Playstation 3. Being the most cheapest and powerful Blu-Ray player around, you don’t have to worry about firmware upgrades. The player is capable of reading new content provided you update the player regularly.
2. You do not have any worry when picking up those Blu-Ray movies. Yes, with HD-DVD out of the question, you don’t have to worry whether Hollywood would embrace HD-DVD or Blu-Ray.
3. 3. Getting a blank disk for your Blu-Ray should be just a snap. Not to mention that you will have 50GB at the tip of your finger.

1. Sony will start increasing price for their ‘legal steroids‘ Playstation 3. I’d think both Playstation 3 and the price for the Blu-Ray discs are going to increase as well.
2. No monopoly means the alliance can do a lot of unwarranted things like purposely upgrade the standards of Blu-Ray and force consumer to buy new player or pay to upgrade their equipment to read the new content. For example, Sony would probably charge consumers USD $100 for the PS3 upgrade in the future.
3. Software developer will no longer learn how to shrink their programs because they will make them bigger and bigger.

So what gives? Is Toshiba pulling out is a good thing? Where the Blu-ray consumers celebrate their winnings, we must not forget that the manufacturer giants might be thinking of a step to extort more money from us.

I’m just expressing how good it is to play World of Warcraft, so don’t complain. It’s interesting how World of Warcraft has affected many people’s life. It affects us socially. As I attended an in-game wedding last night, I was surprised to see the real thing. Most of the time, I read all about marriages in WOW but never attended one. The wedding reception was great as it was an eye-opener for me.

Although they are some jokes and puns, you tend to appreciate the scale of the game. It is a game that will suck you in, and make you play your characters. And if you feel boring with the character, you can always pick another and try playing it until you find the one that you really like. In this game, you can be whatever you want to be. You can even stay at level 1 for the remainder of the game play, but you probably won’t get very far.

The fun social aspect of the game is undeniable. Some of the more mature player actually welcome you and help you. If you’re in a good guild, they’ll help you with your runs to get your equipments. And also if you’re a Horde player, there’s a thing called Barrens chat. Although not intentionally made by the developer, the map is huge that it will fit for level 10 to 25, so you will spend most of your early life here. As traveling is far, people do chat in the general channel and they love to come out with inspirational Chuck Norris jokes.

I tried various other games but always returned to WOW. The game was polished to a point that it is really comfortable just by playing the game.

I think that it affects people greatly that they will even leave their home gym equipment in the dust to play WOW.