For those of you who are not aware, my home network is being denied access to the DNS server with Brighthouse -

a.k.a

-I have no internet (at home).

At least, not until Tuesday afternoon, which is the earliest they can make it. Not that I'm too thrilled with them anyway. They installed our router in the laundry room, in the basement, when they first came out to set it up. The only problem with that is that we couldn't get a good enough signal upstairs, which is where most of the computers were. We had to move it. That, and the "tech" couldn't answer any of our technical questions either; which leaves me to wonder whether he's actually a networking tech or can just drill holes in the walls and pull wires through them.

I'm pretty sure I could do that...

In any case, it's still annoying having to wait so long just to get the internet back. At the moment, I'm using the local library's Wi-Fi connection and yesterday I used Panera Bread's connection. However, as you may have guessed, both of these connections are not secure connections and I don't feel too comfortable doing very much on them. That, and my IRC client dislikes it when I used an insecure connection. AIM doesn't care though, so maybe I'll get a chance to chat with some people in the meantime.

Of course, the places I hang out to get Wi-Fi close before 10pm, so no one is actually online. But, such is life, right?
Right??

Tags: aim, chat, computers, etc, internet, irc, networking, random crap, wi-fi
Current Location: Carmel Clay Public Library, Carmel, IN, USA
Current Music: It's a LIBRARY, duh.

I seem to be popular this week. I wonder if I would have gotten salmoned again if I had gotten on last night?

I didn't get on the computer at all last night, too busy playing The World Ends With You. And thinking "Damn, it's just like Kingdom Hearts, except with better music and no Dis-crap". But the three main characters look exactly like the three from KHII in the fact that they seem to have the same hair and eyes. Neku = Sora ; Shiki = Kairi ; Yoshira = Riku. The personalities are totally different though. Neku is an ass. XD

I LIKE YOSHIRA- HE GIGGLES. XD

And how can you not like a game where the combo move battle cry is:

Yoshira: Follow my lead!
Neku: SCREW THAT!
*cars fall on enemies*

The gameplay with your partner though, is EXTREMELY COMPLEX. I mean, I heard people complain of it, but I had no idea it was this hard! basically, if you don't immediately set your partner's play to Autoplay: FAST then you will die a lot if you cannot do two things simultaneously. You are expected to control Neku on the bottom screen, using the stylus and play a sort-of DDR-esque thing with the C-Pad on the top screen for your partner's play. If you don't hit all the right combos, they do not attack or even really move. I just set my partner onto the Autoplay: FAST all the time, because I can't multitask like that. I mean, look at this:


(screenshot stolen from some game site)

It's not that the game isn't fun, because it is! Some of the extra things, like buying the right brandname clothing to wear in the correct part of Shibuya to increase your chances of winning, are WEIRD. And I have yet to bother with them. I think my favorite part of the whole game, besides getting to use flair to fight things, is the wonky dialogue. Seriously, translators: You tried too hard to sound cool. I like Neku though, he's a pottymouth for sure.

Oh, and I have to admit, it's always a little weird hearing one of the characters say "Neku" since it's so close to "Neko". Very weird.

Tags: aim, bot, gaming, random crap, salmon, twewy
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: The End Has No End ~ The Strokes

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WestwardSalmon (2:58:16 AM): http://youtube.com/watch?v=wv5A6LnIXz4
Akuwaneko (2:58:47 AM): Do I...know you?
WestwardSalmon (2:59:18 AM): ...Very doubtfully. Why did you IM me, that being asked? o_O
Akuwaneko (3:00:04 AM): I...did not.
Akuwaneko (3:00:26 AM): Honestly, I have no idea how this came about.
WestwardSalmon (3:00:29 AM): ...Youuu... sent me a Mass Effect youtube URL out of the blue?
WestwardSalmon (3:00:37 AM): Well, that makes two of us. o_o
Akuwaneko (3:00:38 AM): I sent you nothing.
WestwardSalmon (3:00:44 AM): 'k.
Akuwaneko (3:00:50 AM): I have no idea who you are. > w <
Akuwaneko (3:01:01 AM): Well, that was weird.
WestwardSalmon (3:01:05 AM): ...>n>
WestwardSalmon (3:01:10 AM): Are you sure?
Akuwaneko (3:01:25 AM): Am I sure of what?
WestwardSalmon (3:01:33 AM): That you  have no idea who I am.
WestwardSalmon (3:01:40 AM): Or that you didn't send me anything.
Akuwaneko (3:01:41 AM): Well, uh...
Akuwaneko (3:02:02 AM): I'm sure I didn't send you anything, since the link was in the IM box when I opened it.
WestwardSalmon (3:02:10 AM): ..?
WestwardSalmon (3:02:13 AM): I got this:
WestwardSalmon (3:02:16 AM): RestrainedSalmon: http://youtube.com/watch?v=wv5A6LnIXz4
queen anise: Er? Who's this?
RestrainedSalmon: Do I...know you?
Akuwaneko (3:02:36 AM): I got this:
Akuwaneko (3:02:37 AM): WestwardSalmon (2:58:16 AM): http://youtube.com/watch?v=wv5A6LnIXz4
Akuwaneko (2:58:47 AM): Do I...know you?
WestwardSalmon (3:02:54 AM): ...What the fuck, salmons!
Akuwaneko (3:02:56 AM): ...Wait
Akuwaneko (3:03:06 AM): That's...bizarre.
Akuwaneko (3:03:18 AM): And...well, possible.
WestwardSalmon (3:03:25 AM): ...It really is. o_O;;
WestwardSalmon (3:03:28 AM): Possible??
Akuwaneko (3:03:46 AM): I should think that hacking AIM would not be an amazingly hard task-
Akuwaneko (3:03:57 AM): the program has many flaws already. XP
WestwardSalmon (3:03:58 AM): Yeah, but to spread a mass effect video?
WestwardSalmon (3:04:01 AM): Yeah. XD
WestwardSalmon (3:04:09 AM): Well...fuck, that's...really weird.
Akuwaneko (3:04:28 AM): So, our own usernames aren't even showing up?
Akuwaneko (3:04:42 AM): Because yours says "Westward Salmon"
WestwardSalmon (3:04:57 AM): Nope. I didn't see Akuwaneko as your SN until you showed me what you got on your end. You're "Restrained Salmon" on my window.
WestwardSalmon (3:05:02 AM): My actual SN is "queen anise"
Akuwaneko (3:05:16 AM): That is so weird!
Akuwaneko (3:05:41 AM): And who names their little daemons "Salmon" anyway, that's dumb.
WestwardSalmon (3:06:05 AM): Seriously. I am not a fish, sir or ma'am behind this hacking.
Akuwaneko (3:06:14 AM): I'm not a fish either.
Akuwaneko (3:06:31 AM): I'm sure he/she is enjoying him/herself
Akuwaneko (3:06:42 AM): and I'm way too lazy to do anything about it...
Akuwaneko (3:06:45 AM): XD
WestwardSalmon (3:06:48 AM): Probably.
WestwardSalmon (3:06:55 AM): I'm way too ignorant to do anything about it.. XD
WestwardSalmon (3:07:01 AM): (That is I'd have no idea what to do.)
Akuwaneko (3:07:25 AM): Oh, right~ I understand.
WestwardSalmon (3:07:54 AM): Well, uh, for the record, nice to meet you 'pon this strange happenstance.
WestwardSalmon (3:07:57 AM): o_0
Akuwaneko (3:08:23 AM): Uh, yeah- it was...interesting!
WestwardSalmon (3:08:37 AM): Yeah, certainly!
Akuwaneko (3:08:49 AM): Would you mind if I blogged it?
Akuwaneko (3:09:04 AM): It wouldn't make much of a difference, and I would block out your username.
WestwardSalmon (3:09:04 AM): XD By all means, go ahead. Ahaha.
WestwardSalmon (3:09:17 AM): Oh, no, that's not required. I'm easy.
Akuwaneko (3:09:25 AM): Okay, then.
WestwardSalmon (3:09:27 AM):

LOL @ Salmon names. Evidently, to this user I appeared as "Restrained Salmon" while she was "Westward Salmon".

Hackers are funny creatures. No wonder I'm obsessed with them. XD

Tags: aim
Current Mood: greatly amused
Current Music: Euphoric Field (ENG)