Conservative pastor urges buying Microsoft stock to fight its gay rights efforts

Ya gotta love our local insane asylum inmate Ken Hutcherson. I swear this guy is gay; he has the MO. His obsession with homosexuality is getting tiresome.

Ken Hutcherson is a swindler. This little “buy-up” of Microsoft stock sound suspiciously like “If I don’t receive 200 million shares of Microsoft stock by June, God will call me home;” in other words, something straight out of the Oral Roberts playbook.

These extreme religious leaders are doing so much harm to their faith that if I believed in Satan I would be sure that they have sold their souls to him; sounds much like the Nazgûl in Lord of the Rings.

From the interview, “When asked why he's putting so much effort into this new venture, he said, ‘God will judge us one day, and I want to do everything it takes for him not to judge us on my watch.’”

Wow, now Ken thinks he can stave off the second coming while he is alive; that’s very presumptuous as well as sacrilege. He thinks he can influence God.

Ken, meet Lucifer… oh, I see you already “know” each other.

Computer Build Update 2.0

So the new system is up and running. Except for one problem that required a hot fix from Microsoft (will talk about a little later), everything has gone smoothly.

Earlier I mentioned there were some issues that still needed to be addressed. Those, along with the results, are listed below:

1. Attempt to get the second HD working,

Doh, turns out that the power cable was not connected. All is well now.


2. Attempt to see if I can get the CPU fan more secure,

Did my best, I think it’s in there to stay. If not, you’ll hear about it via a major rant.


3. Install the card reader that should arrive today,

The installation was easy. Well, except it took me a bit of trial and error to figure out how the case 3.5 slot adaptor worked. I finally found a diagram that showed the correct way…

“Me see pretty picture and make boxy thing fit good.”


4. Reattach the SATA drives to different ports (the OS HD is currently on SATA port 3, I want it on 1) … yeah, I know, very anal of me,

Yup, I actually did that. Both hard drives are now on SATA 1 and 2 (as it should be).


5. Do a little bit more cable management since some are too close to some fans for my comfort,

I was actually able to get more cables out of the way so it’s less messy in there now.


6. Re-clock my memory (factory settings are worse than what it's rated at),

This was surprisingly easy. The BIOS is very user friendly (well, at least to me).


7. Figure out if I can get Vista to see all 4GB of memory (don’t think so),

Never really looked into this.


8. Figure out exactly where I'm putting the case in my room,

The computer is exactly (to the nearest centimeter) where I want it. OK, just kidding about the centimeter; I’m not THAT anal!


9. Do external cable management for all the wires of the 3 PCs (time to pull out that old KVM until I get everything I want off of the oldest computer (it's a P3) so I can give it away),

Well, maybe I am THAT anal. I spent much of Saturday underneath the desk getting all the cables rolled, twisted, coiled, tied off, routed, wound, and installed so that they were all neat and tidy.


10. Install all the software and transfer files to the new machine,

I am still in the process of getting all the software installed.


11. Clean up the mess in the living room (I assembled it there and the place looks like a tornado hit).

Except for the coffee table, much of the living room is now clean.

Well, there you have it. The list is mostly complete.

As mentioned earlier, I had to get a hot fix from Microsoft. This was an issue with the way Vista manages memory. I’ll spare you the details but let’s just say that when I was running Everquest II (yup, I play games; isn’t that what life is all about?)… Anyway, I cranked the quality settings in the game up and ran around in game checking out how my system handled it. Around 20 minutes later, the game crashes and gives me an error stating “Application ran out of memory when requesting 2048592 (limit 2048)….” I was directed to the hot fix from the game’s tech support. Initial test seem to show that it works though I have not tested it for any length of time.

Computer Build Update

It took me awhile to install everything into the case last night. Unfortunately I started out trying to do "proper" cable management; what a pain. The GPU is so big that you really can't manage all of the cables well. However, the tangle that they are currently in has an artistic component so it does not bother me.

I am a little concerned about the CPU fan since I am not sure that it is properly seated but I didn't want to push too hard and crack the mobo. Two of the attachments are in, but the other side is where I am not sure. I think I can remove it and reseat it which I might try to do. I definitely do not want that thing coming loose and falling on the GPU; it'd pretty much be endgame at that point.

Other than that, the only other thing I had to guess on (the documentation SUCKED!) was where to attach the ground wire from the power supply. It said attach to the mobo and gave a tiny picture so I guessed, unscrewed one of the mobo attachment screws, and put the gound wire between the screw head and the washer. I think that is right.

Once everything was in, I hooked it up to the externals and it worked from the start (YEAH!). However, when installing Vista I got a BSoD (Blue Screen of Death) so I removed one of the memory modules and was able to install Vista with 2GB. Once that was done, I reinstalled the remaining card as well as connected the second HD.

Vista only recognizes 3.25GB memory (I think the 768Mb graphic card has sequestered the rest) and the second HD is not recognized in the BIOS.

So, tonight and this weekend I get to...

1. Attempt to get the second HD working,


2. Attempt to see if I can get the CPU fan more secure,


3. Install the card reader that should arrive today,


4. Reattach the SATA drives to different ports (the OS HD is currently on SATA port 3, I want it on 1) … yeah, I know, very anal of me,


5. Do a little bit more cable management since some are too close to some fans for my comfort,


6. Re-clock my memory (factory settings are worse than what it's rated at),


7. Figure out if I can get Vista to see all 4GB of memory (don’t think so),


8. Figure out exactly where I'm putting the case in my room,


9. Do external cable management for all the wires of the 3 PCs (time to pull out that old KVM until I get everything I want off of the oldest computer (it's a P3) so I can give it away),


10. Install all the software and transfer files to the new machine,


11. Clean up the mess in the living room (I assembled it there and the place looks like a tornado hit).

... and anything else that comes up.

Oh, and finally, I need to get some sleep.

Will the Fake Steve Jobs Please Stand Up?

I came across this site while researching a power supply for my computer of all things. The things people invent on the internet these days. Obviously it's all satirical but some have taken it seriously and actually think that Apple is threatening legal action.

While much on the site is obviously fake, there is a bit of truth there as well. I’ve news for y’all, Apple is just as sleazy as any other big company (DUH!). Case in point, the new iPhone and its price reduction within months of the original release.

However, I’ve found that Mac fanboys are much like Bush lovers, they refuse to see a monster for what it is, blindly following their chosen leader off the nearest cliff. At least most of us Microsoft users slam Microsoft as much as we can and rarely wear rose colored glasses. More than once have I made the statement, “It’s Microsoft Word, what did you expect.” or “Why do they feel the need to bloat their software with all this unnecessary crap, you’d think they were overcompensating for something.”

Anyway, take a look for yourself; here is the site: http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/