Well, my friends who speak French (at least some level of it anyway) seem to disagree greatly on the last comic. I did get an overall consensus that while the literal translation may not make sense, it is at least one technically correct way to say what I wanted to say in French, so I'm just going to leave it (unless one of my fine readers knows better than my friends and wants to offer up some advice.)
ISDC was pretty amazing. Except for the talks that were given in rooms no larger than 4 by 3 meters and containing a good 50 people in them. In Dallas. In the summer. During a monsoon (read high humidity.) Oh, and the air conditioning just wasn't cutting it. It was worth it though, what for the talk with Rusty Schweickart. Let's just hope ISDC2008 is somewhere a little more comfortable.
As for HP, I'm not so sure what to think of them anymore. I've had really great experience with them and their tech support in the past (once you can get past all the questions on the script which would apply except for the fact that I already know a little something about computers and I wouldn't be calling if it was a software issue!) This time however, it took them two weeks before they could even ship the HDD out to me (though in their defense, it can't be easy finding a 100GB, 2.5in, 4200RPM HDD these days.) Let's just say I'm disappointed in them, and leave it at that.
Next few updates are scheduled for the 6th, 13th, 15th, 17th, and 20th of June. [an error occurred while processing this directive] 06/01/07 [an error occurred while processing this directive] Updates owed counter: 3
I'm back baby! You'll note the counter above. I'm going to be updating three days a week from now on until that counter reaches 0. Two caveats to this plan. First is that the next week will have only the standard two updates, as I'll be busy finishing up cansat. Finally, I'll be gone to the cansat competition during next Sunday (on the 10th of June) so I'll be missing that update completely (which will, of course add one to the above counter.)
As far as the comic above goes, I doubt the french is very accurate, as I just used an online translator. All my french speaking friends are asleep right now (at 5am, can you believe that?) However, I do plan on making it a bit more accurate later once I can actually get a more accurate translation.
Finally, expect a report on ISDC next news post. Perhaps a rant at HP for not getting the new HDD to me sooner will be included as well. [an error occurred while processing this directive] 05/13/07 [an error occurred while processing this directive] I saw Spiderman 3 this week. For those of you who have yet to see it (and judging by the box office numbers, that's not many of you,) do yourself a favor and pass on this one. It was the largest disappointment I've had since the third X-men movie. The whole time I was watching the movie, I couldn't help but think that it's a lot like an art museum. The only reason to go is if you want to look at pretty pictures. So for now I sit and wish for a day in which such people start to realize that a good story is a lot more important than making it look shiny.
In other news, school's finally out, which means time for me to work on drawing comics and improving the site. If you have any suggestions, head on over to the forums and let me know.
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