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WoW whore has 36 accounts, raids by himself.

n what is perhaps the most shining example of obsession and geekiness I have ever seen, a fella by the name of Bradster has 36 World of WarCraft accounts that he plays on 11 computers simultaneously. He mainly seems to be doing it because he doesn’t like to rely on so many other people to get a raid going, which includes attacking the Alliance capital cities, and on that front I can totally see where he’s coming from.

I hate those Alliance douchebags too, but I’m not about to drop $5711 per year like Bradster is. The best way to get to them is to just live well, right? Well, Bradster doesn’t appear to be letting the Alliance off the hook so easily, as he plans on picking up 36 copies of Wrath of the Lich King on day one, spending around $1500, just so he can have a raid group of level 80 Shamans terrorizing Stormwind as soon as possible.

Read on to see how this crazy man manages to control all of these characters…

http://www.ripten.com/2008/10/10/wow-whore-has-36-accounts-raids-by-himself/

I commented to Scott the other day that between him and his 4 kids he had his own 5-Man Raid group.  Scott then pointed out that he only has 1 account, so the idea of him and his kids raiding wouldn’t work with just one account.  Now I’m sure you all find this conversation fascinating, but I have a point.  My point is this, I will be joining Scott in the 4 kids group!  Yes its true Mrs. Crager is pregnant.  She is due January of 2009, we aren’t gong to find out in advance if it is a boy or a girl.  I don’t care what gender it is, but I think most in the family are hoping for a boy.   Crager 

Second Skin takes an intimate look at computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by the emerging genre of Massively Multiplayer Online games (MMOs). World of Warcraft, Second Life, and Everquest allow millions of users to simultaneously interact in virtual spaces. Second Skin introduces us to couples who have fallen in love without meeting, disabled players who have found new purpose, addicts, Chinese gold-farming sweatshop workers, wealthy online entrepreneurs and legendary guild leaders – all living in a world that doesn’t quite exist.  

Now that you guys have posted your new computer set-ups/rigs whatever. Here is the keyboard you should be using. It is called the Optimus Maximus. Each key has an OLED display. I think the resolution is 48X48 pixels and 2cm by 2cm big. The best part is each can be assigned a color or image or both. So imagine you want a key set to launch Firefox, well you can assign the Firefox logo to that key. Very cool. Here is a video to see it in action.

http://www.5min.com/Video/Get-to-Know-the-Optimus-Maximus-Keyboard-4234946

Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!

I’m guessing those are the roof tops of William Jewel College.

That, is an upside down Darth Vader.

Congratulations to Thatguy on his promotion to Full Floor, way to go! Hopefully now we wont have to listen to other Floors complain about not getting out on time. But seriously I hope you are as good a floor as you are dealer (although considering how you have done so far as a Dual Rate it shouldn’t be a problem).

While on the subject of science, I found this article by a Nevada high school teacher interesting…

Finding the Speed of Light with
Marshmallows-A Take-Home Lab

Robert H. Stauffer, Jr., Cimarron-Memorial High School, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

I have heard that at 16 years old, Albert Einstein constantly wondered what it would be like to ride on a beam of light. Students in physics always seem to be fascinated by the properties of light. However, speed-of-light demonstrations often require extensive preparation or expensive equipment. I have prepared a simple classroom demonstration that the students can also use as a take-home lab.

The activity requires a microwave oven, a microwave-safe casserole dish, a bag of marshmallows, and a ruler. (The oven must be of the type that has no mechanical motion-no turntable or rotating mirror. If there is a turn-table, remove it first.) First, open the marshmallows and place them in the casserole dish, completely covering it with a layer one marshmallow thick. Next, put the dish of marshmallows in the microwave and cook on low heat. Microwaves do not cook evenly and the marshmallows will begin to melt at the hottest spots in the microwave. (I leaned this from our Food Science teacher Anita Cornwall.) Heat the marshmallows until they begin to melt in four or five different spots. Remove the dish from the microwave and observe the melted spots. Take the ruler and measure the distance between the melted spots. You will find that one distance repeats over and over. This distance will correspond to half the wavelength of the microwave, about 6 cm. Now turn the oven around and look for a small sign that gives you the frequency of the microwave. Most commercial microwaves operate at 2450 MHz.

All you do now is multiply the frequency by the wavelength. The product is the speed of light.

Example:

Velocity = Frequency ´ Wavelength

Velocity = 2450 MHz ´ 0.122 m

Velocity = 2.99 ´ 108 m/s

This works in my physics class, often with less than 5% error. Then the students can eat the marshmallows.