Well, don't get too excited. You're like a fuckin' yappy little dog, aren't ya?
Do you know what happens to those bastards?
BOOT!

Yeah, so, I decided I should probably add something here because, well, I think I pay some money for some of this crap. I might as well entertain myself with it.
I sure as hell ain't gettin' a Myspace page.
I thought about gettnig an ac count just to continue my monopoly on junkpc, the username, but...eh. I did that with LJ, and look what happened. For a while, I couldn't make up my mind about where to post.

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...and no, I am not referring to that wonderful piece of musical genius about the Steelers.
Today, I am taking the first half of the CompTIA A+ test. This is the first test I have taken in more than 5 years. To say I'm a little nervous would likely be accurate.
I mean, I think I have an ok grasp of the material, for the most part. Slot something, socket that, female 25 pin, don't park near the fire hydrant. Right.
Anyway, wish me luck.
Or don't.
I will likely post how it goes.
In the unlikely event that anyone reads this.

Enjoy your *placeholder* day.

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1) I severely underestimated the sheer amount of crap that baby stores try to sell to newly expecting parents. I think it's a function of not knowing what the hell one actually needs.
1a) I severely underestimates the sheer amount of crap that newly expecting parents need to bring a baby home.
2) I guess I paid enough attention to the stories of overtly horrible parenting that I completely missed the parents that act as if the child and the accompanying equipment are a fashion accessory. wtf?

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It will be a girl.

Yeah, found that out a few days ago, but been a bit busy.
Sorry if I forgot to tell you in person.

Well, good evening.
We have worked hard for a good number of days, and had some help, so the house is finally somewhat presentable for the first annual Junkpc Decemberween extravaganza.
Well, it's maybe not all that.
It's just Mrs Junkpc's family.
... but it *is* here.

So I am finishing laundry, waiting for my brother to arrive from the shadows of a pollution creation factory somewhere in the wilds of Pennsyltucky, and catching up on sbemails. Yes, sbemails.
It's been a while, but the little guy still has it.
The emails are a lot longer than they used to be, though.

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Ok, I have recently been watching Brainiac, because they are showing it on a channel which, until they started showing this show, I had a self-imposed boycott on. Anyway...
They did a bit where Dr Bunhead crushed a can with air pressure.
Here's how it was done:
Bit of water inside a coke can.
Bit of water in a tray - maybe an inch or so deep.
Heat the bottom of the coke can until steam comes out.
Quickly invert the can into the tray of water.
The can collapses.
I wanted more information, and I found this: www.delta.edu/slime/cancrush.html
That's all.
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Re: my server update issue, thanks for all the help. I have some good news. Like I said, I went to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822798, and tried the first option, which was "ren %systemroot%\system32\catroot2\Edb.log *.tst" It worked. I was able to install the SBS BPA tool, and find out how much stuff I have done incorrectly. This list includes service packs and patches that I haven't done. The good thing is that I now have something to tell me what I need to do.

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