| | You Are Christmas | 
More than most people, you are able to find magic in life's small moments.
Traditions mean a lot to you, and you tend to be quite nostalgic.
You are a giving, kind person who really understands the true meaning of holidays.
You inspire others to be as altruistic and caring as you are.
What makes you celebrate: Tradition and a generous spirit
At holiday get togethers, you do best as: The storyteller. You like to recount memories with everyone.
On a holiday, you're the one most likely to: Give a gift to everyone you know |
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| To whom it may help in the future:
solution to: " download started --- Emergency @ USB, Bootblock Version: a950_bb:YK24.3 " error that can appear on Verizon Samsung A950 phones
3 months ago, my phone was caught in a downpour and after it dried out, this is the message I got. My phone was completely unresponsive, and would turn off only if I took out the battery. Verizon says that the phone is damaged, I need to buy a new one for $50. They're less than helpful because of that little dot behind the battery that turns purple when it gets wet. They say that they can't flash the firmware to fix it. But I know I've been able to get it to turn on into the normal screen before. I know it can still work.
Here is the way to get around this apparent 'bricking' of your phone.
You'll find that any time this error message, a950_bb:YK24.3, appears, you can only get the phone to turn off by disconnecting all power to it. Upon reconnecting power, you'll be met with the same, depressing message.
But wait, what if you hold buttons? I've found that holding 8, 6, 9, or the speakerphone button miraculously allow for my phone to start up! Unfortunately you'll find your happiness rained upon by the fact that your buttons are all screwed up and dont register what they're labeled as. Have we met the end of the road?
Fear not. Patience will bring the answer. Simply close your phone and let it be for a few minutes. Lets say 2-10 minutes, though I havent really timed myself. The next time you open it, you'll find all the buttons yield the right stuff on your screen. Your phone functions completely normally!
You'll find this doesn't "solve" the problem persay. You'll continue to have this come up from time to time (I find it is more likely to happen when my battery is low). But this method does bypass the problem, allowing you to use your phone until you can exchange it for something else. I've been using this method for 3 months now, and in another month, I'll get a free exchange. It's not very hard to do, there's nothing truly wrong with my phone, and I save $50. Documentation on this error is very limited, but since I seem to have found a solution, I am posting it for the good of some other poor bloke out there who someday, may stumble upon my path and save $50 as well.
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edit 7/10/08:
For anyone who may be wondering, I am still using the same phone that was referred to in the above post. In the subsequent weeks after the damage, the phone's error message appeared less and less frequently, until it eventually stopped malfunctioning at all. My guess is that it might be related to residual water in the circuits in the phone finally drying out, but my phone has continued to function flawlessly ever since. Those who don't have the patience for the error may want to exchange their phones, but for those who are willing to wait it seems the problem will eventually go away, saving you a nice chunk of change.
I'm glad to see from the comments that my post is helping people out there, and know that I do receive email notices when comments are posted, so if you have further questions and are willing to check back I most likely will respond. | | comments: 5 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Reply to this post, and I will list three things I love about you. Maybe more than three. Then repost to your own journal and spread the love. | | comments: 16 comments or Leave a comment |
| /b/ - still alive
the soup was beef and potato fyi
never again.
hahaha, moot has class. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | You Are From Neptune | 
You are dreamy and mystical, with a natural psychic ability.
You love music, poetry, dance, and (most of all) the open sea.
Your soul is filled with possibilities, and your heart overflows with compassion.
You can be in a room full of friendly people and feel all alone.
If you don't get carried away with one idea, your spiritual nature will see you through anything. |
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| According to some of our residents, some of our UCF fans were real dicks during the game. Yet, I can't help but love them. Apparently in the last 2 minutes of the football game tonight (UCF vs. Memphis), UCF was leading 42 to 6 and the band started playing "na na na na, hey hey hey, good bye!"
I love my school XD | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| Lesson learned: Paper in microwave can catch on fire. Especially if the basil leaves you're trying to dry out catch on fire first.
Lesson learned: Attempting to blow out a 3" diameter ring of fire doesn't work very well. Smothering it, however, does.
Lesson learned: If the microwave makes strange buzzing sounds, it's because you started a fire inside.
Lesson learned: Even on 30% power, you can start a fire in your microwave.
Good thing I caught it quickly so no damage was done... | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| Hey There Delilah is currently number 1 on the UK iTunes top 100.
Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_There_Delilah
Original can be downloaded here: http://star.walagata.com/w/dragoncmf/4028024.mp3
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Apparently there's a parody out there, quite well done. You can get it below, along with lyrics
http://thefump.com/fump.php?id=110
Song Lyrics:
RE: YOUR SONG ABOUT MY CLIENT DELILAH
Parody of "Hey There Delilah" by Plain White T's
Lyrics by M. Spaff Sumsion
Dear Mr. Higgenson: It's me, Delilah's lawyer
I am writing to inform you there's
A third restraining order
In effect
The first two haven't stopped you yet
She's quite upset
May I remind you, Tom, my client doesn't like you
Yet you keep composing songs for her
Which means you have the IQ
Of a brick
You couldn't "hit that" with a stick
Please seek help quick
Oh, we're watching you, you creep
Oh, we're watching you, you creep
Oh, we're watching you, you freak
Oh, it's what we do all week
All the stupid week
Do not address Delilah's mother as a MILF and
Please desist from mailing puppy dogs
And photos of yourself in
Plain white T's
And next time put some pants on, please
Nice cottage cheese
My client's gone in hiding halfway 'cross the nation
But you evidently stalked her to
Her undisclosed location
In New York
You put it in your song, you dork
We're freaking torqued
Oh, were watching you, you creep
Oh, we watch you when you sleep
Oh, we watch you when you eat
Oh, we watched you take a leak
A thousand miles seems pretty far
But you've used planes and trains and cars
And pogo sticks and Segways and a horse
But we've got warrants out for you
So, Romeo, if you try to
Go near her, you'll regret the choice, of course
There's lots of guys who'd gladly pay
To make your love song go away
They'll quickly take you down without remorse
With deadly force
Dear Mr. Higgenson: This isn't 'cause I'm jealous
That I left the band for law school while
You got rich with the fellas
With your song
Here's why I took this client on:
Like you, I've wanted her so long
So it's so nice to sue you, Tom
P.S. How's Mom?
Lyrics from Spaff.com | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| It's a sad day when you find that your nutella has gone rancid.
Rancid nutella doesn't taste too good btw, in case you were wondering just how Asian I am. | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
|  | You scored as Kaylee (Kaywinnet Lee) Frye, The Mechanic. You are a natural mechanic, and you are far too sweet and cheerful to live out here. How you can see the good in everyone around you boggles the mind occasionally. Still you don't seem to be any crazier than that, and it is a nice kinda crazy.
Kaylee (Kaywinnet Lee) Frye | | 94% | Shepherd Derrial Book | | 69% | River Tam | | 69% | Zoe Alleyne Washburne | | 69% | The Operative | | 69% | Simon Tam | | 63% | Capt. Mal Reynolds | | 56% | Hoban 'Wash' Washburne | | 50% | Inara Serra | | 38% | Jayne Cobb | | 31% | </td>
Which Serenity character are you?
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Not that I know who any of these people are, but the fact that I scored so closely to 100% with one is a little disturbing I think | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| So, among the odder things I've ever had happen, tonight at 2:40am I got a call on my room phone from a guy who only said "look at your door" and hung up.
So I go put on a shirt and open my door, and I find a note on there, written in cursive (presumably female, though not the neatest) handwriting. I'd take a picture and post it but my camera is broken and I don't trust my cellphone camera, so I'm going to transcribe it instead.
But first some backstory:
During the 1st week before school, two guys from one of the floors above me (I believe the 6th floor but I'm not certain anymore) came and asked to borrow a screwdriver from me. So trying to be helpful, I gave them my belkin toolkit which I use to repair computers with, but forgot to ask for their names. They never returned it, so recently when I remembered where it went, I went and posted fliers asking for it back. Which brings us to tonight, and the message I found on my door.
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T'is we who hold your treasured tools
But please do not get angry, we
Just want to play a game, you see,
And you will get them through our rules
The rules are simple, follow this
And after everything, you'll know
That we are not just here as show,
And you'll gain quite a pow'rfull bliss.
We'll lead you through this. Yes, we four
Shall clue you in on where to go
If you can solve five riddles, oh
Then need to search will be no more:
Mythology is wonderful
Just look at your great school. So why
Not start your search with Gemini
Whose lives were always oh so cruel?
They faced each other, always did,
But separate, they could not touch,
And they just wanted to so much
But one is always with the dead
A lonely tree stands in between
And signaling their love, they brought
Two arrows always bringing thought
Of love at that tree's base, unseen.
To find these arrows is your goal
To help you on the way to know
Where all your dear things lie, and so
Be hasty! Make your treasure whole!
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Well, being a curious and sometimes whimsical person, and despite suspecting a prank, I decided to take them up on their game at 2:40am and got on my bike and biked around the school in stride.
A few things I learned:
Gemini Blvd is about 3 miles long.
It doesn't actually connect to itself entirely
There's some nice weather and quiet at 3:00am
The people who act like dicks drive about at 3am shouting things.
Alas, for all my riding and looking by flashlight, I could not find this supposed second clue out there, and seeing as I need to be at a cappella practice by 10am I decided to call it a night at 3:30am and returned to my room, whereupon I wrote this reply:
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Poetic though your message be
I could not find your blessed tree
It seems I am not clever enough
To see through a riddle this tough
Late into the night I searched
Oak, palm, bush, pine tree and birch
But alas it seems I will not find
This $10 toolkit of mine
- Bryan, 9/8/07 3:40am
Off to bed for me now, and hopefully an end to this nonsense.
Also someone keeps trying to draw a penis on my whiteboard. I left a message for them:
To those who draw penii:
If you're going to draw a penis, at least try to be remotely creative about it. Draw one with 3 heads or something.
I suspect I may regret this, but ah well. I'm usually laid back enough that things won't get at me. | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| I know videos of planes landing at St. Maarten SXM are a dime a dozen on the internet, but here's a new one (at least to me) which has to be the lowest I've seen yet.
I don't think you can possibly get any lower on the third landing in the video. You could probably touch the plane it is that low
http://view.break.com/350055 - Watch more free videos | | comments: Leave a comment |
| 13) When Parker Pen marketed a ball-point pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to have read, "It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you." The company thought that the word "embarazar" (to impregnate) meant to embarrass, so the ad read: "It won't leak in your pocket and make you pregnant."
12) Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer Electrolux used the following in an American campaign: "Nothing Sucks like an Electrolux."
10) Coors put its slogan, "Turn It Loose," into Spanish, where it was read as "Suffer From Diarrhea."
9) Pepsi's "Come Alive With the Pepsi Generation" translated into "Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back From the Grave" in Chinese. (This is my favorite)
6) Frank Perdue's chicken slogan, "It takes a strong man to make a tender chicken," was translated into Spanish as "it takes an aroused man to make a chicken affectionate."
5) When American Airlines wanted to advertise its new leather first class seats in the Mexican market, it translated its "Fly In Leather" campaign literally, which meant "Fly Naked" (vuela en cuero) in Spanish.
4) An American T-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the Spanish market which promoted the Pope's visit. Instead of "I saw the Pope" (el Papa), the shirts read "I Saw the Potato" (la papa).
3) The Dairy Association's huge success with the campaign "Got Milk?" prompted them to expand advertising to Mexico. It was soon brought to their attention the Spanish translation read "Are You Lactating?" | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| Alright, I'm sick and tired of reading about the 1001 ways Best Worst Buy and it's "Geek Squad" rip people off.
Before you buy ANYTHING computer related there, ask me? I bet you that 95% of the time, I can find you somewhere that will not only sell it 20-70% cheaper, I can also save you a ton of grief if it is directly a computer or computer related problem.
Perhaps you've already done business with them, perhaps you're considering doing business with them. Geek squad no longer staffs competent computer technicians. Most are salesmen with as much knowledge as the last guy who was there. Best Buy wants you to buy 'upgrades' more than they want to actually provide service. They destroyed the original geek squad.
So what does this mean? $500 for the geek squad to fix your hard drive? Bullshit. I can find you a new laptop for that much. $100 to install a HD? Fuck that, your hard drive shouldn't cost more than $120 for just about any size. Spending over $1000 on any computer? You're getting ripped off.
Tech support issues? Hell even if your operating system is completely crippled, I can back up your data, reinstall your OS and all its programs, AND put all your data back in place in under 4 hours. This last resort tactic wipes out every software glitch you may have acquired. At my working rate is $35/hour that's $140. Yes, nearly any problem you have, just about guaranteed to cost you under $150. Even if it's a hardware problem, there are good chances I can find and replace the piece in question. And most of the time, the problem is minor. Less than 1 hour. And that's what I like. Getting the damn thing fixed as quickly as possible.
And Best Buy? I guarantee you Geek Squad will not only cost more, they will do less.
How about 'upgrades'? Did they get you to buy Norton? Say goodbye to your computer's speed (and your wallet). There is a ton of even better stuff out there, and it's FREE. Avast! Antivirus and AVG are two of them. That's just the surface.
If you're going to get your computer fixed, find a real geek. If you're going to buy a computer, find a real geek. They know what you need and how to get it cheap. There's a reason you dont find them at Best Buy.
Ask me, please. I'm tired of seeing people ripped off. | | comments: 12 comments or Leave a comment |
| It's 3:14am and I can't believe it but I'm playing chess on /b/...
wtf?! XD
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Funny thing is that because most of /b/ doesn't know how to read chess notation, they're having a hard time screwing my game up.
Edit: final position:
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1. e4 Nc3
2. d5 Nxd4
3. QxN e6
4. f4 Qf6
5. e5 Qg6
6. Nf3 d4
7. Bd3 Qh5
8. Nc3 a5
9. Nb5 Ra6
10. Nxc7+ Kd8
11. NxR b7xN
12. Qb6+ Ke8
13. Qc7 Ne7
14. Be3 a4
15. 0-0-0 Bd7
16. Bb6 Bb5
17. Qd8 ++ (checkmate; bishop defends queen)
Good game! By far the most intelligent thing I’ve seen on /b/ in awhile. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
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