Having been to see The Departed, The Illusionist, and The Prestige all in the last month, it seems there’s not really anything out that I’m looking forward to seeing. Nope, no peaks on the horizon.

Oh, and the word “The” could use a rest. I think I’ve seen an unhealthy amount of the particular word “The” in recent weeks.



Found a good reason to wait
No, not sex, silly. Bit that bullet a LONG time ago. Computers is what I’m referring to.

Found this bit of info today. Seems that although the chip is 64-bit, the motherboard is not. This essentially means that the system as a whole is kinda-sorta hobbled, One of the benefits of 64-bit computing is the amount of memory the system can address. 32-bit systems are limited to 4GB of memory addressing, whereas 64-bit can access up to like 32GB of memory. Not that I plan to install 32GB of memory into my laptop, mind you, but it does bring up other issues. Like, memory is faster in “Matched Pairs,” where both slots have the same #. But with the current setup, even though the computer can access 4GB, the system locks down 700MB of that, meaning if you install a full 4GB (which is expensive in the first place), it won’t be able to see it all.

So your options are a) buy 4GB memory for the matched pairs theory and be OK with only using 3.2GB of it, or being frugal and buying only 3GB of memory, but losing the matched pairs benefit. But either way, it leads me to question: when Mac OS X goes full 64-bit in 6 months or so, will this hardware really fully support it?

Guess I’m waiting for sure, after all. I’d prefer to be future-proofed as much as possible.



Dumb Southerner of the Day
Today’s entry comes courtesy of a combination of good ol’ southern stupidity with California sly. Nathan today took a call from a man who had seen something on ebay, which in and of itself was pretty amazing.

After the self-admittance that he was dumb (thank you! Finally, an honest dummy!) and could not complete the order due to his awe-inspiring stupidity, Nathan began the process of taking his order over the phone. Of course, we always begin this process by gathering the customer’s personal info, including phone # and address, including zip code (obviously).

As you may have guessed, we use an automated system, and most automated systems anymore have the correct city/state information tied to the customer’s zip code. Well, when Nathan asked for this particular field and the customer gave the info, nathan moved on. Daffy Dummy, not having given his city and state, wanted to make sure that Nathan had his city and state, so piped up that he lived in xyz city.

To which Nathan responded that he already had that information. Amazed, the southerner asked how that was possible. Nathan’s response?

“It’s Magic.”

Yeah, I was amused, too. Good one, Nathan, good one.

Peace.

Tags: Technology, hate