the times of kryptoniteglows

I leave this alone for a little while and there are just masses of spam comments, some even got thru the filter, so delete delete delete!!!

I finally installed my 10k RPM Raptor, so many months after buying it! There doesn’t seem to be much of a difference honestly, there is some speed increase but I think it’s more likely due to the fact I haven’t reloaded all the software I use on here. I’ve still got an x800 I’ve yet to put to use because my board lacks a PCI-e slot. I’m thinking if I buy a new mobo, I’ll need a new chip. I already have a 3400+, seems like any chip that is significantly better than this one is going to cost major dough. It seems not worthwhile to pay a hundred or two for a chip that is only marginally better though. Plus I’ll need more RAM, something like 2 GB. Starts adding up to ridiculous amounts of money when this box actually works fine. It’s got at least a year left of a good life in it. So that leaves me the choice of selling all the computer parts I’ve accumulated for this project…..

Anyhow, enough geek speak. Work is bland, feel highly unproductive and my numbers seem to reflect that. I almost feel like a demotion is in order. Though I’m constantly frustrated by the things that arrive in by the customer. Sometimes it’s things that are so ridiculous simple while others are complicated beyond our means, something that they should be paying their developer to handle, not the web host they pay maybe $20 a month for. Which reminds me, we’ve for some unknown reason to me, started offering plans for $3/month! Yes, $3 a month! Not only are they $3/mon, but there is allowance of 15 GB of disk space! The best part is if you are a reseller client, you get an additional 30% off, so it’s $2.10 a month! Seriously, feel like I’m going to be canned soon so that we can outsource to India to support these insanely low prices. If the customer uses just one hour of support time through out the entire year, we must already be in the hole. Not just support we need to offer, but there is the billing aspect of the account. I think no matter the cost of the plan, it takes the same amount of time to bill, so between using people hours to bill them and support them, I just don’t see how it’s possible to even break even on these. I suppose if there are large volumes of these customers whom never contact us and use the automated processed, it might work. However, these are people we are talking about! Their internet might be out and they’ll call us first because they can’t get their site to come out and it’s somehow our fault instead of their ISP…. I guess that was sorta of more geek speak, but I had to get that out. In the end I’m not in charge of that, I’m not in charge of anything

So I started summer session at UD, a freaking 8 AM class every single day! First week has been bearable, though I’m tired all the time because I can’t seem to sleep early enough ever. There is already a test tomorrow in my finance class. Then for my communications class I’ve to do a speech on Tuesday, yet I don’t know what the hell they want. Seriously, I’m suppose to introduce this other kid in my class, and I’m not suppose to say I’m here to introduce blah blah, I’ve got to make it interesting. Well, I can’t even do that for myself and they expect me to do it for another person. So far the class has been less communications and more just common sense. I can’t believe we have a test on that class in Thursday, felt like I’ve learned nothing at all. Though I haven’t done all the assigned readings and watched the lame videos online. I feel somewhat tricked, there is so much additional work than the 2 classes a week! Second summer session I’ve got to take Accounting I, again (well they refused to transfer my Del Tech credit for it) and some English class. The account is such BS, because I’ve already taken much more advance accounting classes including Accounting II and International Accounting. It’s just great, my finance class uses a lot of the ratios from 207 and the professor is always like everyone has taken 207 right? I’m to afraid to admit I technically haven’t. taken it.

Well off to study….or play games….