So I guess I mentioned that my newly pieced-together computer seemed to be behaving itself as long as I continued to run it with the cover off and keep it in a place where it made it impossible to sit normally in my chair. What I neglected to mention is that on a couple of instances, I told Windows to go head and look for a solution(s) to the problems. I didn’t have much hope, but figured it couldn’t hurt. Last night, I happened to notice that several days ago (coinciding with the time that I thought the old “run it with the covers off” solution was working), Windows found new 64-bit motherboard drivers for the Asus “Cool n Quiet” power management system and the USB 3.0 controller and installed them. I dunno about the USB 3 (no devices plugged in yet), but apparently the MB power management had some sort of issue (from what I’ve read – now – there was also a problem with the Linux drivers, I feel obliged to point out). And Windows actually fixed it for me. So, Asus bad (at least, up until they wrote new drivers). Windows (hate to say this) good. Go figure.
Of course, before I found this out, I’d already ordered a new power supply and video card that I apparently didn’t need. Oh well. Last night, I installed them both, and so far so good. My graphics “experience” went from a 4.5 to a 7.8 (which I can only assume is a big improvement, because 7.8 is like 67% bigger than 4.5).
It ought to be better. The card is literally a foot long and double width, taking up two slots and requiring two external power connectors (hence the justification for the new power supply).
Hopefully everything will keep working. So far, so good.
Billy Grammer is travelin’ on.
🙁 :gate: :cold:
From the mind and mouth of Mitt:
“Corporations are people, my friend… of course they are. Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to the people. Where do you think it goes? Whose pockets? Whose pockets? People’s pockets. Human beings my friend.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/11/mitt-romney-heckled-iowa_n_924426.html
And from Michelle Bachmann’s mind:
In a strange revelation Thursday, Mother Jones magazine unearthed a mostly forgotten 2002 movie that stars none other than Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann during her days as an education activist, warning Americans about a coming second Holocaust brought on by the U.S. public education system.
As if that weren’t bizarre enough, her co-star, activist Michael Chapman, got even more specific: He claimed that a globalist plot to destroy Christianity was underway in the U.S., warning that schools helping teens find jobs would ultimately lead to a new Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi concentration camp where countless Jews were slaughtered.
The film, called Guinea Pig Kids II according to the report, was made in conjunction with a conservative group called the Maple River Education Coalition. Consisting mainly of two presentations — one by Chapman and one by Bachmann — building upon conspiracies that sound like Glenn Beck’s worst nightmares.
“They redefine words,” Chapman claims in one segment. “‘Civic virtue.’ Doesn’t that sound wonderful? It is now redefined as ‘the dedication of citizens to the common good — even at the cost of their individual interest.’ Now you’re starting to see where we’re going. Because once you throw out God, that includes your individual liberty. So who’s the new God? Government.”
He goes on to assert that school-to-work programs, which help students identify core skills needed to get jobs in their chosen fields, are an echo of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s concentration camps. Later the film shows an image of a deserted, foggy area bearing the words “Work Makes Free!,” a rough translation of the phrase that hung in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
“As I was listening to Mike, I wondered — perhaps you had this same thought — I was wondering: Is this something that’s coming?” Bachmann says in another segment, endorsing Chapman’s conspiracies. “Or is this something that’s already here?”
“It’s already here, and it’s something that we have to deal with,” she concluded.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/08/11/bachmann-starred-in-movie-warning-public-education-would-spark-new-holocaust/