$600 Paperweight
It is currently in the high teens, Fahrenheit, here in dear ol' Soviet, Idaho. It's the kind of night where if you aren't already asleep at this hour, then it is rather difficult to get warm. Two blankets only go so far. I should probably go cuddle with my dear sleeping girlfriend, but I found myself in a rather pissy mood when I first attempted sleep, which proved illusive, natch.
All of my game systems are in the living room. I've let my roommate use them if I don't have a prior claim since it seemed to be the neighborly thing to do. I had to go up to Coeur D'Alene (possibly one of the most difficult US city names to spell) tonight, and my roommate and another buddy were playing some NCAA Football on my 60GB, original launch model PS3 while I was gone. The thing apparently crashed. It is now stricken with the dreaded Yellow Light of Death. My options at the moment are taking out the hard drive and putting it back in (not likely to work), a complete tear down of the system in order to solder the cpu or gpu back on to the motherboard (we're talking complete disassemble, and I don't have a soldering gun or soldering experience), or send it in to Sony and have a refurbished system sent back (to the tune of $150 + tax/shipping). I'm not sure if I would receive another 60GB system if I go that route. I also hear that you lose all of your data since they can't/won't switch out the hard drives for you? Fuck.
Needless to say, I would have been slightly less pissed if I had been the one it crapped out on. As it is, I'm left to wonder if roommate and buddy left the permanent stack of games next to the side exhaust, which in turn lead to system fucking meltdown. I personally always move the stack of games to facilitate system cooling because I'm a nerd like that. But then again, my system hasn't ever died and shit all over itself in the previous 5 years of doing that...
Whatever. I'll get over it eventually, I'm just pissy now.
In happier news, Hugo is a pretty great movie. Scorsese, what else do you need to say at this point? Some of the best used 3D I've seen in film thus far. Charming tale as well. Go see it if you enjoy quality cinema.
All of my game systems are in the living room. I've let my roommate use them if I don't have a prior claim since it seemed to be the neighborly thing to do. I had to go up to Coeur D'Alene (possibly one of the most difficult US city names to spell) tonight, and my roommate and another buddy were playing some NCAA Football on my 60GB, original launch model PS3 while I was gone. The thing apparently crashed. It is now stricken with the dreaded Yellow Light of Death. My options at the moment are taking out the hard drive and putting it back in (not likely to work), a complete tear down of the system in order to solder the cpu or gpu back on to the motherboard (we're talking complete disassemble, and I don't have a soldering gun or soldering experience), or send it in to Sony and have a refurbished system sent back (to the tune of $150 + tax/shipping). I'm not sure if I would receive another 60GB system if I go that route. I also hear that you lose all of your data since they can't/won't switch out the hard drives for you? Fuck.
Needless to say, I would have been slightly less pissed if I had been the one it crapped out on. As it is, I'm left to wonder if roommate and buddy left the permanent stack of games next to the side exhaust, which in turn lead to system fucking meltdown. I personally always move the stack of games to facilitate system cooling because I'm a nerd like that. But then again, my system hasn't ever died and shit all over itself in the previous 5 years of doing that...
Whatever. I'll get over it eventually, I'm just pissy now.
In happier news, Hugo is a pretty great movie. Scorsese, what else do you need to say at this point? Some of the best used 3D I've seen in film thus far. Charming tale as well. Go see it if you enjoy quality cinema.