Väljavalitu

As this was originally in Estonian, it was quite challenging to translate teenage rage. It was on a hot-or-not-type site, where users had an option to mark someone as the chosen one. It would show on their profile with a heart icon. The original name was "väljavalitu", abbreviated as "vv". I was 27 at the time.

So, I got a message:

From: rety123
To: dandee

vv-d?:)

The girl was 13. No matter, it was no bother to mark her as the chosen one. Then came the rage. Her friend wrote to me: "eww your such a perv hitting on to young girls find your own kind perv..". This is probably a weird translation, but she really said "own kind". After I explained that she requested it, she replied: "ummmmmghhhh don't lie hit on your own kind clown r u some kinda pervvvv", and "yo rety dint ask u maybe take her off ur chosen one like for real ur a perv". And, of course, she commented on my picture with:

ahahhahaahahhahahahahahhahhahahahahahahahah ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly your your your your your your clown clown clowqn nice comment asswipe cool smile i know i smiled myself omg do u have a handicap LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL:( YOUR NOT NORMAL..LMAO GROW UP.. PMSL

The word "normal" in Estonian is often used to describe something as positive, as in "this party was normal". This language usage comes from Russians, and I dislike it. It's a term to describe data or phenomenon, it does not make sense as a compliment. But that is the context she used it in, and I had to explain, otherwise you connect it only with the handicap remark.

Alright, you may think it's weird that a 27-year-old "chose" a 13-year-old, but it was just a silly text, I wasn't even interested in talking to her. But what's amusing is that even if her friend didn't believe me, she did not even realise that if I had sent her the chosen one request, she would have had to accept it in order for it to show on our profiles. And, of course, the teenage rage language.

Lord of the blu-ray

I watched my first blu-ray yesterday, today I made my first blu-ray image. Everything went fine. My system:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2400 MHz CPU
Asus P5Q Deluxe motherboard
nVidia GeForce GTS 250 grapics card
Kingston 4 GB (2 x 2 DDR2) memory
LG BH10LS30 blu-ray writer
Samsung SyncMaster 2433BW monitor
Windows Vista Ultimate operating system

I googled blu ray rip, but in the end, my trusty DVD Decrypter did the job. Unfortately, it could only rip a region free blu-ray. When I tried ripping a blu-ray with all regions, i made a messed up file. Now I used AnyDVD, but as far as I understand, it can only rip folders, so not in *.ISO form. That gives me a chance to use Nero image writer, I hope Nero can write blu-rays.

Blu-ray is a bitch in that it requres the latest technology, but luckily I have a relatively new machine and even newer monitor. By the way, it's been said that blu-ray needs a DVI (digital) monitor with HDCP support, but somehow a VGA (analogue) showed the picture just fine. Well, burry, but okay.

And a friendly warning. Most blu-ray movies are on double layer which means up to 50 GB disc space for image file. The real downside is that double layer blu-ray blank discs are not even out yet. So, for now, you can rip, but not write. Oh well, writing is not so important, you can store your back-ups on an external hard drive. And even single layer discs are about $5 which is a little pricy.

Also, I have yet to try and connect my PC to TV, but if that goes well, no need for standalone blu-ray player.

Edit: Yes, Nero can write blu-rays, but as always, you have to have amount equal to data you are writing of disc space to cache. And somehow blu-ray image lags terribly, and from what I got from google, it does so with others, too. So I just rip the files onto hard disc, and watch the *.m2ts files with BSPlayer. Also, I stumbled on a secret. You can watch blu-rays from other region. Sure, blu-ray player software tells you there's a mismatch between drive region and disc region, but when you manually access the *.m2ts file, you can watch the movie.

Valereklaam

Mu sugulane on õhtujuht ja ta armastab telefoniga Facebook'i staatusi muuta, tänu sellele ma tean, et hiljuti oli kuskil Tallinnas McDonald'si juubeliüritus. Login täna portaali Rate.ee ja ennäe, McDonald's juubelimäng! Suurelt ja uhkelt 15. juubeliaasta puhul korraldab McDonald’s Rate.ee kasutajatele põneva 10 päevase mängu.

On siis nii raske märkida, et 15. juubel on ainult Eestis? Võimalik muidugi, et ka muudes maades on McDonald's tegutsenud 15 aastat, aga... Jah, saab öelda, et targem inimene teab isegi, et McDonald's on vanem, aga ikkagi, see on valereklaam! Juubel on McDonald'sil küll, aga mitte 15., vaid 70. Või tahetakse inimestele sisendada, et maailma suurim kiirtoidurestoranikett ei alustanud mitte 1940 Ühendriikides, vaid sai alguse just pisikeses Tallinnas 1995?

Muide, panite tähele, et mina kautasin ülakoma, reklaamtekst aga rõhumärki? Siin blogis muidugi paistab see rõhumärk ülakomana, sest ameeriklased ei teagi, mis on rõhumärk. Mitte, et eestlased teaks... Õppige klaviatuuri kasutama! Teate ikka, et üht ülakoma kasutades tuleb let's go ja teist "ülakoma" kasutades letś go?