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Real-life Rants; Vent here.
Topic Started: Jan 9 2008, 03:44 PM (22,216 Views)
~Qualanx~
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I love my computer so much.

I finally managed to fix the rampant artifacting and crashing (I had some faulty memory; that was switched out with something new and it's fine now).

But you know what?

Now, I can't listen to ANY music, because for some goddamn reason, ANY audio played on my computer skips, stutters and pops, FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER. Why do I have so many computer problems. Hell, why do I even OWN a computer, if I have no idea how to fix any of these myriad problems that hurl themselves against my psyche DAY AFTER FUCKING DAY, WITH NO END.

I don't think I'll ever have a computer that works one hundred percent perfectly...


Ok, scratch that about the artifacting being gone. It's still attacking my computer full bloody force. Looks like I just can't own any electronics anymore.
Edited by Qualanx, Jul 4 2009, 06:10 PM.
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Roffel House!

First, is it a desktop or a laptop? Secondly, are you using onboard audio or a sound card? Thirdly, did you replace the power supply like I suggested? Memory wouldn't make your computer artifact.
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~Qualanx~
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I'm using a Desktop, with a sound card. The Power Supply seems fine, and after I got new memory in, there hasn't been a single instance of artifacting. Apparently the old memory was somewhat faulty.
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~wildwood~
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I am looking for a new computer because our old one is so slow!!!!

Either fight hard or die trying.
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Roffel House!

Yeah, but Qualanx, you said in a PS that the artifacting returned after you got the memory replaced? I'm really confused now.

And Wildwood, keep bugging your Dad. He'll relent! ;-)
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~Qualanx~
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That was a fluke. I've noticed that if certain things happen in Garry's Mod, it'll mess up horribly. It's got some ridiculously poor code in it. EVE Online hasn't artifacted ONCE yet, nor has TF2, or any other game I've played, other than Gmod. So it's got to be a simple fluke.

For example, there's this really annoying guy who seems to take perverse pleasure from detonating explosives that will kill anything in 75% of the map.

The instant that shockwave hit me, there was EXTREME artifacting, and apparently I wasn't the only one affected by it either.


Yay! My left earbud quit working for NO REASON WHATSOEVER. So I bought a new pair of skullcandies, thinking they would be ok. I was dead wrong. Terrible quality. Bass is too strong, everything sounds too hollow, and it's just... Agh. I have no music I can bear listening to right now.
Edited by Qualanx, Jul 6 2009, 04:32 PM.
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So I loaded up Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts earlier tonight, and about halfway through the loading sequence, the loader animation locks up. I didn't think anything of it, and restarted. I fiddled around in Mumbo's Motors for a bit, then headed to Nutty Acres to drive my new biplane when it locks up again, my controller stops responding, and starts searching for an Xbox 360 to connect to.

You all know what's coming, but I'm going to go into a ridiculous amount of detail anyway.

I figured "Ok, so I lost my controller synchronization, I'll just reboot and-"

Suddenly, a wave of thick black smoke rolls out of the corner of my room. At the center of the cloud, a hole emitting an unearthly orange glow opens, and with a jet of scorching flame, he emerges, the master of life and death.

The Grim Reaper.

His black hooded and robed figure floats across the room, as if his feet were never touching the ground, his gaunt, rotting hands gripping a scythe made of bone. He leans down, and a sinister red glow gleams in his empty eye sockets. He speaks, ever so softly, his cold, stinking breath stinging my face.

"Tonight, thy soul is required of thee... I have come..."

He leans even closer, and whispers into my ear.

"...for your Xbox."

An even deeper, more hellish red gleams forth, but neither from him, nor his gate to the netherworld, no, this light shines from a halo of torment and death, as three lights of doom are displayed on the front of my 360.

It's time... had come...

I begged for it's life, but death would not relent. I threatened, pleaded, bargained, even offered myself in it's place, but he would have none of it.

Finally, with no other options left, I threw down the gauntlet, and challenged death to a contest, a game if you will, the only way to bring back my Xbox.

He looked down at me, and I knew it was useless, but I had to try.

"I challenge you... to Microsoft Customer Support..."

Death laughed in my face, the chill of his voice freezing the very marrow of my bones.

"...None have ever defeated me at this challenge!"

I remained resolute.

"...nevertheless, it is my right. If I win, you will return my Xbox to me."

He nodded, amused at my pitiful attempt.

"Understand that if you cannot defeat me... it is mine... for all eternity..."

He handed me a scroll of paper, and a feather.

"Sign it, and our challenge begins..."

I looked up at death.

"I have no ink..."

He lifted his scythe, and with one slice, tore a gash along my forearm.

"You do now..."

With no other choice, I signed a deal with death... in my own lifeblood... for my Xbox's sake...

What have I done?
Edited by esreveRPsychology, Jul 9 2009, 05:17 AM.
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That's probably the most elaborate rant this thread has seen esreveRPsychology.
Good luck with getting it working again.
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Agreed, that was epic.

My own rant is less so, but I seriously think the trees in Washington are trying to kill me. I don't mean in a traditional way either, yeah, trees can fall on people but the ones in Washington are too crafty for that. Instead, thos damn trees have decided to give me some kind of Tree Flu.

It's happened two years in a row now. We go up there for a four day long camping trip and I get really sick. I didn't vomit this year at least, but my throat got so irritated and swollon that it almost couldn't swallow. Luckily my parents were ready for anything. I took more pills in those four days than I have in the past couple of years. Oh, and I guess this time isn't as bad as last year because I didn't return totally deaf for a week either.

Yeah...nevermind, this time was okay-ish by comparison.

...stupid trees. Even now I'm all stuffed up and coughing.
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