Random Fact: The AMD k6-x series of CPUs was so successful that it singlehandedly generated enough revenue for AMD to develop the flagship Athlon line, which was internally codenamed “k7”, as a followup to the series that successfully competed against not just the Intel Pentium, but the Pentium, the Pentium Pro, the Pentium 2, and Pentium 3. The Athlon, compared to the k6-x, was able to reach much higher clockspeeds than its predecessor, and later on started the x86-64 generation of

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Random Fact:
Bloons Tower Defense was based on the original game, “Bloons” which was in turn basically a digital take on those balloon pop games. Except instead of throwing the darts directly at the balloons, one had to aim from the side, and in later levels, bounce the darts around. How do I know? I’ve played the Bloons games before.

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Meh. I’ve mostly had the same stuff on my mind as I did yesterday.

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Random Fact: Windows XP and Windows 7 are both very well known for their wide range of hardware compatibility, with the former being able to (unofficially) run on platforms as far back as the i486, and the latter still receiving official support for the latest hardware.

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My SD to IDE adapter I ordered for ~$2 arrived today. Windows XP now runs surprisingly fast considering how it’s only got 64 megabytes of RAM.

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How about a little poll for today’s blog, eh?

With Space Horse nearing its ending, what should Gadget’s name turn out to actually be when she ends up in Equestria?

Criteria for poll (WARNING: SPOILERS!): Gadget will be human once she exits the portal, and as such, when she finds her family, her name will follow traditional names that people have.

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We’re goin’ to Vegas, y’all!

Random Fact: PGA CPUs, which have a Pin-Grid-Array connector, were once very common with off-the-shelf CPUs. Though, due to the nature of bent pins resulting in damaged processors, most chips today instead either use LGA sockets, which place the pins on the board, or are directly soldered to the board instead, making them non-replaceable.

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Twilight's a thief, because who gives a crap about logic?

This is what I apparently do with my life now. I'm okay with this.

The technology for CDs and DVDs may be able to be used in the future for currently experimental "Holographic Versatile Discs," since they still use lasers for encoding and decoding data.

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I literally have nothing to say right now.

Random Fact: 3.5” and 2.5” hard drives aren’t actually that size. It’s the actual disks inside that measure up to that.

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Meh. Today was a day.

Random Fact: In many places of the US, fireworks are banned due to being fire hazards. This is especially so in drier areas.

Thoughts & Opinions~~~~~~~

I’ve pretty much been spouting a decent little stream of my own thoughts today in separate blogs, so this here’s probably gonna be short.

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Brace yourselves... the school year is approaching...

Random Fact: Many computer hardware vendors actually own seemingly unrelated companies as subsidiaries. For example, Acer used to run Aopen as a hardware vendor (Something I only know because of the fact that my first PC has an Aopen mobo), and ALi, AKA Acer Labs, inc. AOpen now mostly does business with embedded electronics and special-order PCs, and the part of ALi was acquired by Nvidia.

Thoughts & Opinions~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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No random facts today.

I’ve realized a while back that I tend to post facts based on my mood. I’m not in a good mood.

Can you say, “COMCAST SUX?!”

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Don’t worry, my mood’s quite a bit better today. Nothing beats some good ol’ uplifting music.

Random Fact: MLC, or Multi-Level Cell technology is used to produce cheaper and higher capacity SSDs and memory cards, but are notorious for wearing out faster than their SLC (Single-Level Cell) variants.

Thoughts & Opinions

Ask me what my favorite band is any day, and I’ll probably say Owl City.

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Random Facts (Only three today) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For a time, one of the most popular recording formats for home videos were small DVDs that were roughly around 3 inches in circumference.

These aforementioned discs weren’t able to be loaded in the slot-loading drives that were common to Apple’s computers at the time, as the loading mechanism wasn’t able to properly latch onto the disc.

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Random Fact:
With a compatibility pack installed, Microsoft Office XP can still actually open and edit modern docs perfectly fine. Guess who uses a thrift-store copy of Office XP for offline editing?

Thoughts & Opinions~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Let’s have some dubstep Tetris. Why? Because dubstep Tetris.

Random Fact: Often times, it’s possible to tell a phone’s build quality simply by weighing the phone. Typically, the heavier the phone is, the better built it is. Just look at the Nokia bricks, for example.

Thoughts & Opinions~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Early designs of the Raspberry Pi prototype were based on ATMega microcontrollers instead of the Broadcom SOC that they are today.

Faster-than-light travel by conventional means is physically impossible without things like quantum entanglement to help along the way.

There’s a USB adapter for just about every game controller imaginable.

The Nintendo Switch is the first Nintendo console to utilize an Nvidia GPU.

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AMD K6 > Pentium

Random Fact: Clock-for-clock, many of AMD’s earlier CPUs such as the K6 and Athlon were actually faster than Intel’s own offerings, and so AMD adopted the “PR-Rating” system, which compares the speed of the CPU directly against a competing Intel model, while in reality running at a lower clock speed.

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At least only one of my eyes don't see well.

Random Fact: In order to build the Hoover Dam, the Colorado River had to be diverted through the canyon walls, which ended up taking the majority of the work and time involved in the dam's construction. The rest was just digging down to bedrock and filling the place with a crapton of concrete.

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Guess who broke their glasses by simply taking them off today?

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Productivity rates? What is this productivity that you speak of?

Random Fact: My kindergarten teacher was racist. Guess who switched schools ASAP?

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At this point, I'll just say that the US has a loooooong way back to the top once Trump's out. There's deals to fix, Nazis to punch point out, agreements to re-agree to, climate to un-change, and overall, everyone just needs some time to heal.

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Random farts facts~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WITH EXTRA SARCASM!

Farts are smelly.

Farts are stinky.

Farts are all of the above when one does it in a tent on a hot day filled with multiple people.

Don’t light farts on fire. They are flammable.

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Random Fact: In the "Sonic the Comic" series, Dr. Robotnik, AKA Dr. Eggman, was formerly Dr. Ovi Kintobor, the reverse of "Ivo Robotnik", Dr. Eggman's name. How did he become Eggman? He got fused with a rotten egg. How? Apparently future Sonic travelled back in time to purposely turn the guy evil because his evilness somehow both saves and destroys the world. Somehow.

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