Waco

No, not what you're thinking.

Over the next few weeks (hopefully) I'll be assembling, testing, and installing a new computer for my fun little POS of a car.

Behold my new nightmare:



I get to build the whole thing essentially from scratch, program it, and with any luck, tune it.

So today I finally felt well enough (been sick for a few days) to get the HTPC updated with a new CPU and mobo to replace the dying/aging AMD setup that was there already.

Everything plays nice up until I go to enable Intel Smart Response...hey now, where's my acceleration tab?

RAID enabled in the BIOS? Check.
SSD connected to the system? Check.
Z68 chipset based board? Check.
Sandy Bridge CPU? Check.


Uhhh...yeah. At this point I'm a bit lost.


After a little Googling I find out that only Core edition CPUs can do Smart Response. The Sandy Bridge Celeron I bought apparently met the axe by Intel's idiotic marketing people where they decided to cut out features for no apparent reason...so instead of Smart Response I get to spend an extra $60 on features and things I don't need just so I can use the SSD I already have with some software that'll run on ANYTHING.

Bah. I hate fake market stratification especially when it's buried within technicalities that even Intel's own support people don't understand. When I called them to confirm that it was restricted to Core Edition CPUs (i3s, i5s, etc) both the people I talked to initially stated that my Z68 board paired with any socket 1155 CPU should be supported.




So, in short, screw Intel and their fake market segments.

Of course by little I mean by age...he's a good couple inches taller than me.

He's going to Harvard soon (for professional dancing / ballet or something like that) and he moved to NYC a few years ago to further his dancing talents at the School of American Ballet while furthering his academics at the Professional Children's School.

He did something I couldn't have done a few days ago - he addressed his entire school at graduation.  Sure, I could probably whip together a stupid speech or something, but he speaks like I have never been able to (as well as actually move like something that isn't a zombie on the dance floor): http://pcs-nyc.org/page.cfm?page=1462


Anyway - just wanted to post this because I'm proud of him.  No, a guy doing ballet isn't the norm (especially for a straight guy ) but all the same, GO SILAS!    

Posthumously, but still. http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz1wqTKkNt4


The guy is a bit odd...but the flying cat is hilariously disturbing and awesome.  Can you imagine that flying past when you're walking through the park?  

Look at the following:


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How long did it take you to figure it out?  BluePanda is mad at me because it took me about 5 seconds.  


EDIT:  If you've seen it before don't ruin it for everyone.