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Name: Robert
Birthday: 8/19/1992
Gender: Male
Interests: Music, Friends, Dancing, Photoshop, Martial Arts, Sketching, etc...
Expertise: Debate, playing bagpipes, acting, photo editing, and body guarding.
Occupation: Music, Student
Industry: everything
Message: message meEmail: email me
Member Since:
2/27/2006
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| It's here...almost three weeks ago. But still. It be-ith here, and it be-ith a beastly machine.
Maxing EVERYTHING out on Portal, and all the Half-Life 2 installments with like 80 frames per second.
Running Crysis almost maxed out at 1024x748 resolution. I can get around 15 to 20 frames per second with the settings at Very High mostly. and then about 18 - 25 fps with things down to high/medium. However if I put resolution and every other setting down to LOW I can pull about 40 - 50 fps out of the game.
I've also got Call of Duty 4 Demo on here and that thing doesn't even make this dude sweat.
Unfortunately my 8700M SLi config is somewhat limited due to the 128bit Front Side Bus; but there isn't a better FSB for lappies; so I can live with it.
And for all of you peeps who have NO IDEA what those kind of nerdances mean, here it is in a nut shell: This is the 2nd best commercial laptop on the planet right now. So uh...PWNT? ok ok seriously. what all that means is I have next to no limitations as to what I can run on this computer.
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| ORDERED!!!!
Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Home Premium
Notebook Tuners and Remotes: With Media Center Remote Control
Video/Graphics Card: Dual 512MB Nvidia® GeForce™ 8700M GT - SLI Enabled
Chassis: 17" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD - Stealth Black
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7400 2.16GHz 4MB Cache 667MHz FSB
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 1024MB
System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 160GB 5,400RPM Hybrid Drive w/ 256MB flash memory
Optical Drives : 8x Dual Layer CD-RW/DVD±RW Burner w/ LightScribe Technology - View Demo
Wireless Network Card: Internal Intel® PRO Wireless 3945 a/b/g Mini-Card
Sound Card : High-Definition Audio with surround sound
Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service
AlienContact: Added Bonus with any AlienSupport Selection
AlienContact - Remote Alienware Support
Monitor: No Monitor
Mouse: Razer Copperhead™ High Precision Gaming Mouse - Chaos Green Edition
Power: Vehicle AC Adapter - Belkin® AC Anywhere 300W Vehicle Outlet Adapter
Mobile Bags: Alienware® Odyssey Messenger Bag
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mesh Cap
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mousepad
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mobile Binder
Alienware Extras: Owner Identification Card
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| So I've been thinking...My laptop has been in a plan since 2002.
Here are the facts:
-I joined speech and debate and learned (still learning) to argue effectively and nicely
-My mom made me write a Resume when I was 12
-I fell in love with Alienware 3 years ago
-I went to TMM camp in Sept 2006
-Inspired by said camp, Matteo and I made HSDR3
-I began to be more involved with 3D graphics/Photoshop
-Also in 2006 Petra earned a grant from Tiger Woods for a car
-Again in 2006, I finally killed my 2.4GHz Pentuim 4 trying to render hair; thus confirming the fact that I needed a new computer in order to continue my endeavors as a GPU/CPU n00bzor
-Spring 2007, I discovered FEAR...and I also discovered that it cannot run on my computer confirming that I need a new computer to continue my endeavors as a next gen gamer
-Summer 2007, I take into account my interest for computers, gaming, and graphics; as well as the fact that I keep killing my computer and decide to write a grant to the same place that Petra did, 'cept for a computer
-I use the resume material that my mom made me write 3 years ago to further my arguments in my grant
-I also use HSDR3 as a computer related project to show in my grant that I am involved in the computer comunity
-I use the skills I learned from speech and debate to present my grant in a persuasive way
-I select my laptop: the Alienware Area-51 m9700 running at $3047
-I select software and a camp to go to to justify to Tiger Woods that I will use my computer
-I send off my grant in late August 2007
-Late September 2007, I check alienware.com to find out that the m9700 has been taken off the market, and the m9750 (the next model up) has had a price-drop and a hardware upgrade. Price of computer is still $3047
-Early November 2007, I receive notice that I will be sent a $4200 check from Tiger Woods
-While I wait for the check to come the m9750 gets a bigger price drop, and a huge graphics card upgrade. Performance of the system goes up 100% and price goes down $44. Price $3003
That's where I am now...all that has been in the works for almost 4 years. The resume, debate camp, everything. The one thing that sticks out to me the most, however is the fact that I have to wait for my check. Had my check arrived when I had received my acceptance letter, I would spend more money and miss the major upgrade on the hardware. There's God for you...that was one insane plan.
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| Hello, my name is none of your business. I am suffering from seven
rare and deadly diseases, poor scores on final exams, fear of being mauled
by squirrels, and guilt for not forwarding out 50
billion chain letters sent to me by people who actually believe that if
you send them on, then that poor 6 year old girl in Arkansas with a potato
growing out of her forehead will be able to raise enough money to have it
removed before her redneck parents sell her off to the traveling
freak show. Do you honestly believe that Bill Gates is going to give you
and everyone you send "his" e-mail to $1000? How stupid are you?
Ooooh, lookyhere! If I scroll down this page and make a wish, I'll meet
the girl (or guy) of my dreams tomorrow! What a bunch of junk. So
basically, this message is directed to all the people out there who have
nothing better to do than to send me stupid chain
mail forwards. ?Maybe the evil letter leprechauns will come into my house
and write "I'm a moron" on my forehead in permanent marker in my sleep for
not continuing the chain which was started by a knight of the round table
and was brought to this country by midget pilgrims on the Mayflower and if
it makes it to the year 2000, it'll be in the Guinness Book of World
Records for longest continuous streak of blatant stupidity. If you're
going to forward something, at least send me something mildly amusing.
I've seen all the "send this to 50 of your closest friends, and this poor,
wretched excuse for a human being will somehow receive a nickel from some
omniscient being" forwards about 90 times. It's getting old. Show a little
intelligence and think about what you're actually contributing to by
sending out forwards. Chances are it's your own lack of good judgement.
THE FOUR BASIC TYPES OF CHAIN LETTERS:
Chain Letter Type 1
(scroll down)
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Make a wish!!! No, really, go on and make one!!!
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Oh please, they'll never go out with you!!!
Wish something else!!
No, I'm sorry, we're out of ponies at the time
being!!
Have you forgotten why you're scrolling yet?
STOP!!!!
Wasn't that fun? ?Hope you made a great wish ?Now, to make you feel
guilty, here's what I'll do. First of all, if you don't send this to 5096
people in the next 5 seconds, you will be kidnapped by ninja elves and
thrown off a high building into a pile of manure. It's true! Because, THIS
letter isn't like all of those fake ones, THIS one is TRUE!! Really!!!
Here's how it goes:
*Send this to 1 person: One person will be annoyed with you for sending
them a stupid chain letter.
*Send this to 2-5 people: 2-5 people will be annoyed with you for sending
them a stupid chain letter.
*Send this to 5-10 people: 5-10 people will be annoyed with you for
sending them a stupid chain letter, and may form a plot on your life.
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*Send this to 10-20 people: 10-20 people will be annoyed with you for
sending them a stupid chain letter and will napalm your house.
Thanks!!!! Good Luck!!!
Chain Letter Type 2:
Hello, and thank you for reading this letter. You see, there is a starving
little boy in Baklaliviatatlaglooshen who has no arms, no legs, no
parents, and no goats. This little boy's life could be saved, because for
every time you pass this on, a dollar will be donated to the Little
Starving Legless Armless Goatless Boy from Baklaliviatatlaglooshen Fund.
Oh, and remember,
we have absolutely no way of counting the emails sent and this is all a
complete load of junk. So go on reach out. Send this to 5 people in the
next 47 seconds. Oh, and a reminder - if you accidentally send this to 4
or 6 people, you will die instantly!!! Thanks again!!
Chain Letter Type 3:
Hi there!! This chain letter has been in existence since 1897. This is
absolutely incredible because there was no email then and probably not as
many sad email addicts with nothing better to do. So this is how it works:
1. Pass this on to 15,067 people in the next 7 minutes or something
horrible will happen to you like:
*Bizarre Horror Story* #1
Miranda Pinsley was walking home from school on Saturday. She had recently
received this letter and ignored it. She then tripped in a crack in the
sidewalk, fell into the sewer, was gushed down a drainpipe in a flood of
poop, and went flying out over a waterfall. Not only did she smell nasty,
she died too. This Could Happen To You!!!
*Bizarre Horror Story* #2 Dexter Bip, a 13 year old boy, got a chain
letter in his mail and ignored it. Later that day, he was crushed by an
anvil that was dropped by a plane that just happened to be flying directly
above him. This Could Happen To You Too!!!
Remember, you could end up just like Pinsley and Bip. Just send this
letter to all of your loser friends, and everything will be okay.
Chain Letter Type 4:
As if you care, here is a poem that I wrote. Send it to every one of your
friends.
Friends
Blah, Blah, Blah, Friends,
>Blah, Blah, Blah.
A friend is not someone who sends you chain letters because he wants his
wish of being rich to come true. Now pass this on! If you don't, no one
ill like you for as long as you live. I mean it, as long as you live.
The point being?
*If you get some chain letter that's threatening to leave you friendless
or luckless for the rest of your life, delete it.
*If it's funny, send it on. It's great when you actually get a cool
funny one. But other wise don't annoy people by making them feel guilty
about a leper in Botswana with no teeth, who's been tied to a dead
elephant for 27 years, whose only chance of living is the 5 cents per
letter he'll receive if you forward this mail, otherwise you'll
end up like Miranda.
Right?
***Now pass this on this to everyone you know otherwise you'll find all your
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| Just as there is Heaven
There is also Hell
Just as one has their perfect self
So they also have a demon
We hide it under our skin
We live our perfect lives
When those lives are only our skin
Hiding the blackness of our pedals
Pedals of a whithered flower
We are a whithered race
There is only one answer
But the cursed will never see it
We are the cursed
We are all cursed
Find the answer...
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