So what "outstanding service" did I perform? Well I'm assuming that they presented this award to me because I organized the manpower to construct a bridge at our local Boy Scout Camp. This new bridge replaced an older bridge that went over a small creek leading to a campfire ring. The old bridge was rotting and falling apart and was not safe for anyone to use.
I kind of feel dirty for excepting this award because I was kind of an ass at the lodge campout we had. I was an especially big ass to Matt Michels; but then again he is a Vikings fan so he kind of deserved it. Overall I really don't think I did anything wrong, it's just I have a big personally conflict with many of the other leaders in the Lodge. Oh well, I will just do better next time.
Finally, no more waiting. I can finally switch between windows with a delay of less than a second. Like I said, most of my time sitting at my computer was spent waiting for Windows to load something. Now almost everything is all so fast. It like a thousand-pound weight is off my shoulders. Unfortunately, some things in my computer do not work as I had planned. For some reason unknown to me, I can not hear sound from MS-DOS programs. I believe I can fix this problem by buying a new sound card. The computer also likes to freeze up in Internet Explorer and Winamp for no apparent reason. It also freezes without fail when I am editing bitmaps but not when I edit any other types of pictures. I suspect this error is due to some kind of conflict with the 3dfx chip I have. I will figure out what's wrong before Christmas Break ends.
There were also some problems getting this system up and running. First I accidentally removed the thermal transfer solution on the bottom of the heat sink that came with the processor. I also had trouble obtaining a 300-watt power supply. After I physically put the system together, I could not get Windows Setup to run. I found out that Setup could not run while RAMDRIVE.EXE is running. After a couple weeks I overcame these problems and got the Windows to boot. Overall, I have successfully built a great system and I am considering doing it again once I am done with college. |
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