The Robot's Thoughts

If you've bothered to check in on me in the past week or so, you've probably noticed that my site was down. Its only partially my fault.

See, having a 3 year old laptop that's already had the hard drive die once, and my file server being a 9 year old Blue & White G3 Mac Tower that's been upgraded in a patchwork fashion, I'm hesitant of storing my files on a single drive.

Imagine all those images I have from college parties that are for me and my friends alone. All the pictures from the first family reunion I attended in something like 13 years. Pictures of the cats I rescued with Erin two years ago.

So of course, having dreamhost give me 500GBs of web space for $300/year seemed like a pretty good deal. I could archive all those "don't want to lose" files on a web site that's backing stuff up and uses RAID.

Turns out, this is a "Terms of Service" violation. "We're not a back up service" is the reason stated by "Kelli", the person who handled my account. Dreamhost.com, being the nice guys that they are, didn't just tell me to stop -- even tho the files have been sitting on their servers for nearly 2 years, but they simply terminated my account and took my money.

So yeah, not really big fans of them at this point in time. Basically, they terminated my account because I was using a lot of space -- space which they promised me. But they can basically free up anyone who's a "loser" (profit-wise) and keep their incredibly over-sold boxes chugging along.

Anyway, so now you know the story. They were also a huge pain to transfer my domains away from. It definitely pissed me off, but at least I can say I've got my own private server working for me now. Nothing impressive, but its mine.

Labels: dreamhost, web 2.0, Web Development

(11:13:22 AM) valaXXXX: http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2438836820080625
(11:13:26 AM) valaXXXX: news like this is comforting
(11:14:09 AM) redrobot5050: yeah, what's it called when you invade 2 countries for no good reason?
(11:14:16 AM) redrobot5050: oh yeah, imperialism
(11:14:24 AM) redrobot5050: def. not a draft situation
(11:14:41 AM) redrobot5050: i mean, when we're maiming 30,000 soldiers and teaching them that voting republican is a mistake
(11:15:07 AM) redrobot5050: its nice to know that nobody but their families and their friends will be asked to sacrifice for the good of the country
(11:15:12 AM) valaXXXX: gonna need a draft after that
(11:15:19 AM) redrobot5050: its like Chrysler's $2.99/gallon gas
(11:15:25 AM) redrobot5050: we're locking in "prosperity"
(11:15:40 AM) valaXXXX: i wish i could get a lock on prosperity
(11:15:47 AM) redrobot5050: (Hint: WWIII == war with iran)
(11:16:27 AM) valaXXXX: yeah, believe that was implied right?
(11:17:23 AM) valaXXXX: Dobson, who has previously said he will not vote for McCain because of his past support for stem cell research, on Tuesday said the Arizona senator wasn't doing enough to stop gay marriage in his home state.
(11:17:36 AM) valaXXXX: tollerant people those christian leaders are
(11:17:45 AM) valaXXXX: "fuck those homos in wheel chairs, and their hope"
(11:17:49 AM) valaXXXX: im fine brah
(11:18:21 AM) redrobot5050: yeah
(11:18:44 AM) redrobot5050: if only christianity was a religion that was founded by a messianic leader who believed in peace, love, and brotherhood
(11:19:14 AM) redrobot5050: not homophobia, nationalism/fascism, and monday night sports (football or wrestling, take your pick)
(11:20:06 AM) valaXXXX: yeah, keep wishing bro
(11:20:19 AM) redrobot5050: i know, right?
(11:20:29 AM)valaXXXX: last time i checked the religion was found by a combination, part hitler, part joe nameth and part alligator
(11:20:47 AM) redrobot5050: you think the alligator part would be pretty tolerant
(11:21:03 AM) valaXXXX: one would think, but its jsut like the alligator on Joe Dirt
(11:21:05 AM) redrobot5050: but it was actually an alligator that was inducted into the KKK as a grand marshal
(11:21:12 AM) valaXXXX: just waiting for you to stick your head inside, then CHOMP
(11:21:19 AM) redrobot5050: yeah
(11:21:30 AM) redrobot5050: which is in fact
(11:21:34 AM) redrobot5050: what will happen to America
(11:21:47 AM) redrobot5050: if it sticks its head inside the glory hole of gay marriage
(11:21:52 AM) redrobot5050: CHOMP
(11:22:26 AM) valaXXXX: u know, with all the famine, financial difficulties and general shit-i-tude (R) in this country
(11:22:29 AM) redrobot5050: "I do not believe the draft is even practicable or desirable," McCain said.
(11:22:44 AM) redrobot5050: (But everlasting war is)
(11:22:36 AM) valaXXXX: the thing that bugs me the most is the gays, and stem cells
(11:22:43 AM) valaXXXX: how DARE someone think they're my equal
(11:22:48 AM) valaXXXX: how, fucking DARE they
(11:23:11 AM) valaXXXX: how dare you have health problems that you would want cures for
(11:23:23 AM) valaXXXX: just be like me, perfectly normal, perfectly healthy
(11:23:31 AM) redrobot5050: and hard working too
(11:23:38 AM) valatruck: pos
(11:23:45 AM) redrobot5050: let the market find a solution to poverty
(11:23:53 AM) redrobot5050: its worked so well for big business in this country so far
(11:24:12 AM) redrobot5050: like the time the Japanese tried to knock out American competitors in making TV sets
(11:24:29 AM) redrobot5050: one of them survived. Zenith. Its a brand I woudln't even give to people I wanted dead.
(11:24:42 AM) valaXXXX: hahaha same
(11:24:42 AM) redrobot5050: the free market won, dawg.
(11:24:48 AM) valaXXXX: i wouldn't cast that upon my worst enemy
(11:25:02 AM) redrobot5050: "Its either a Zenith TV or Herpes."
(11:25:24 AM) redrobot5050: "Fuck, does valtrex suppress Zenith on a daily basis?"
(11:25:27 AM) redrobot5050: "No!"
(11:25:39 AM) redrobot5050: "Well, at least nothing falls off with herpes. Let's get this over with."
(11:26:14 AM) valaXXXX: yup
(11:26:20 AM) redrobot5050: seriously, McCain just needs to eat a flag or shit out a flag to win my vote. With his lucky 4 leaf clover and crazy spiritual adviser, a daily flag pill supplement isn't too far behind
(11:26:36 AM) valaXXXX: haha spiritual advisers kill me
(11:26:39 AM) valaXXXX: how do i get that gig
(11:26:52 AM) redrobot5050: molest innocent children for 20+ years
(11:26:55 AM) valaXXXX: really, u don' thave your own set of morals that u live by
(11:26:56 AM) redrobot5050: and not get caught
(11:27:04 AM) valaXXXX: u need someone to tell you what to think
(11:27:18 AM) redrobot5050: think of it as one of god's exit pollers
(11:27:28 AM) redrobot5050: he tells you what the religious mouth breathers expect of you
(11:27:30 AM) redrobot5050: you know
(11:27:35 AM) redrobot5050: the same people on Pitt's campus
(11:27:40 AM) redrobot5050: that wanted to nuke an arab nation
(11:27:43 AM) redrobot5050: on 9/11
(11:27:48 AM) redrobot5050: for "retaliation"
(11:27:58 AM) valaXXXX: same guy that picked a fight w/ an italian dude, because he was a "arab looking" ?
(11:28:49 AM) redrobot5050: haha. Yeah. How did nate not get hate crimed by mistake that day? Assuming he got out of bed after he found out that classes were canceled around 10ish when he woke up around noon
(11:29:08 AM) redrobot5050: (dude, its cool, i can skip my CS class. I totally rock at it.)
(11:29:34 AM) redrobot5050: admitting we don't need a draft
(11:29:37 AM) redrobot5050: is tantamount
(11:29:56 AM) redrobot5050: to admitting that our nation's survival -- which is the ONLY justification for war -- isn't on the line
(11:30:07 AM) redrobot5050: and that this is a military grab at oil resources for energy corporation
(11:30:09 AM) redrobot5050: s
(11:30:35 AM) redrobot5050: Democracy and Syphilis: Both are best spread at gunpoint.
(11:31:23 AM) valaXXXX: obviously
(11:31:34 AM) valaXXXX: fuuuck, need to get lunch before this meeteing, we'll continue this @ a later hr


You'll need some David Cross references explained (like Flag Pills) if you're not already a fan of him. I'll leave that up to you YouTube. Anyway, I just thought I should post something to keep people occupied, and my friend and I cynically ranting about America's political climate seemed to do the trick.

Labels: crazy people, IM conversations, me trying to be funny, politics

This is like the coolest thing I've seen on youTube in a while.

Labels: links, movies, video

I helped make this video. Mostly, I just let someone use iMovie 08 on my Mac Book Pro, but hey, that's why I'm pimping this video. It is totally awesome, right?

Labels: links, video, youtube

I found three articles I really felt like sharing from my usual social news site, Reddit.com

1. Why I'm (Probably) Leaving The Mac Platform: A Bucknell Student (disclaimer: I'm a sort-of alumni) whining about how its wrong that Apple updates their OS platform, strives to make it more unix-compatible than Linux, how it has a separate window manager, blah blah blah. I'll probably do a post later really smacking the shit out of this poor, know-nothing kid, but right now the entire blogosphere is calling this guy a waaahmbulance.
2. Truth or Consequences NYTimes Op-Ed Column: I really like this article for the same reason it will piss off most people in the US. It makes sense. At $4/gallon for gas, people actually start to cut back on driving. This didn't happen at $3/gallon gas, even though economists predicted it would. So, this columnist is calling for a price minimum of $4/gallon. That means if gas prices drop down to $2/gallon again (unlikely) the government would impose a $2/gallon gas tax, which would be used to fund public transportation, alternate, green energy, and buying back people's gas guzzling SUVs so they can be crushed.
   
3. The New Homeless of America: Rent is so high in Santa Barbra that people laid off because of the housing crash are finding themselves sleeping in their car, in special parking lots where its legal (sleeping in your car in a public street is illegal). This article, which I found to be slightly heart breaking, details one Santa Barbra resident whose been laid off and is living in her car with her two dogs. Sadly, the number of people using these parking lots are likely to grow.
   

Labels: gas prices, links, politics, pop culture, ramblings, Reddit

Alternate Title, for those of you not a fan of Telefone Tel Aviv, could be "unfamiliar ceiling". (Eva reference).

I'm feeling a bit morose, because its the real first night in the new apartment, which means I've moved one step further away from someone who always seems to give a damn about me no matter what I do.

Part of me wonders if in hindsight I'll realize I've made the biggest mistake of my life (so far) in this past year, and I've been too up in my head to do anything about it. But I'm too stubborn to risk damaging someone by making them put up with my shit again, even if they think I've turned a corner.

Doubt clouds my faith in humanity. I'm not trying to be emo. Life has just taught me to expect that people are too busy in their own little bubble to really care about another person. Expect to be disappointed and you're really not let down. It leads to a pretty accurate prediction of any situation's outcome.

But when you're wrong, you usually owe someone an apology.

It will be days before I sleep soundly, but the wonderful thing about being all up in your head is that its easy to forget all the minor emotional stresses.

Labels: late night thoughts, personal

This guy should realize that you don't post a photo on the internet unless you're comfortable with people everyone re-posting it, using it in every way imaginable.

Labels: blogging, crazy people, links, pictures, Reddit

(11:25:58 AM) redrobotXXXX: i wonder if, like, an atari 2600 secretly raped and killed his family, and made him watch
(11:26:12 AM) redrobotXXXX: i'm told if you actually beat the E.T. video game
(11:26:25 AM) redrobotXXXX: it did come to life and started raping and murdering
(11:26:28 AM) chuckaXXXXX: lol
(11:26:32 AM) chuckaXXXXX: i beleive it
(11:26:37 AM) chuckaXXXXX: that game was awful
(11:27:00 AM) redrobotXXXX: there's a reason they buried all the unsold copies under 30 feet of concrete in a landfill in new mexico
(11:27:43 AM) redrobotXXXX: every video game where Steven Spielburg had a hand in it has the power to make the system come to life and kill you and rape your family
(11:27:55 AM) redrobotXXXX: Boom Blox looks safe
(11:28:04 AM) redrobotXXXX: but if you ever try to play it after midnight
(11:28:08 AM) redrobotXXXX: you are so fucked
(11:28:15 AM) chuckaXXXXX: i expcet it to explode and put shrapnel in you dick

Labels: IM conversations, me trying to be funny, Nintendo Wii, video games