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FragKrag's Terran Adventures! Part 1

FragKrag — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 13:29:56 +0900

After about 6 or so months of playing Protoss, I have decided to switch back to Terran, which I played during beta. Protoss is just boring. Though I have complaints against the entire game in general, I feel like Protoss is what hurts my impression of StarCraft 2 the most, and there are really only 2 units that combined, makes most standard Protoss play (in my opinion) very bland. The Sentry...

UC Santa Barbara SC2 Team

FragKrag — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:44:37 +0900

Is there already a UCSB SC2 team? I know there was a team that played in the UC league, but is it still up and ready for SC2? If there isn't one I'd be interested in starting one up. I'm gong to be a first year at UCSB this coming fall. If you're interested (and if UCSB doesn't already have a team), you could PM me your info. I don't see UCSB on the list here though. http://www.cstarleag...

[Pictures] Finished Computer Build!

FragKrag — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:36:42 +0900

Final Build: CPU: Intel i7 860 RAM: Corsair XMS3 1600MHz 8-8-8-24 MOBO: ASUS P7P55D Pro PSU: Corsair HX650 GPU: MSI Twin Frozr GTS 250 512MB HDD1: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB HDD2: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit HSF: Corsair H50 LCD: ASUS 21.5'' 1920x1080 Optical Drive: Some ASUS drive Case: Antec 300 As you can see, a bit changed from my initial build aro...

[Music] Heavy Metal Mania

FragKrag — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:43:10 +0900

Thread is Youtube heavy. The past two weeks I have taken for the most part, a 2 week break off of TL.net under the premise of studying for AP tests. Seeing as how Blizzard released StarCraft 2 Beta for Mac the second day after I requested the ban, I obviously didn't get as much studying done as I probably should have :( However, over the past 2 weeks, I did notice that I was listening to ...

[Guide] Hardware Nerdery

FragKrag — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:25:12 +0900

A lot of people asked me how I learned all this stuff about computer hardware, and seeing as how I don't have the time I would like to have to answer all those hardware questions (the SC2 guidelines thread has been without updates for quite a while now :< ), I decided to give you guys a starting point. There are actually a few things I would like you to read before starting to read this, ...

[Unboxing] i7 860 and FragKrag's Build!

FragKrag — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:22:14 +0900

Yeah, so I just got my new i7 860 for $200 at Microcenter :D! (They actually have i7 920s for $170 now, so if you were considering a LGA 1366 system, go for it) I decided to do a little unboxing of the processor for people who don't quite know what to expect when they are buying computer parts. I'll probably do more of these as I get more parts so :D! I normally would not advocate buying...

gah Quick math help

FragKrag — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:35 +0900

I have a math quiz tomorrow, and in the process of studying I found a problem that escapes me. "Solve the differential equation by separation of variables." essentially, integrate the function by separating y and x. question: dy/dx = cos(x) * e^(y + sin(x)) I get: sin(x) = u, cos(x)dx = du dy = du * e^(y + u) dy = du * e^(y) * e^(u) e^(-y)dy = e^(u)du => -e^(...

[H] Selecting Colleges

FragKrag — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:50:37 +0900

Well, I'm a senior in high school in California. I have done some research on universities, but I probably don't know as much as I should by now. Since I'm in CA, I'm going to blanket the UCs (obviously), and apply to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo + other CSUs. However, I don't really want to stay in California if there is a chance to go to the New England/Northeast area of the US. From my resear...

[Guide] Hearts (card game)

FragKrag — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:21:55 +0900

I'm sure most of you have seen Hearts on your PCs. Maybe some of you tried to play it, maybe you just ignored it, or maybe you actually learned how to play it. Well, for the past 2 years Hearts has become a bit of a hobby for me and my friends. Of course on the surface it looks fairly bland and simple, but the game does hide complexity. I'm here to teach you how to play, and give you some of...

Fuck you Apple and Hitachi!

FragKrag — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:47:07 +0900

Fuck! Yesterday was one of the worst days of my life. My FagBook Pro's hard drive decides to die on me before I could print out my compsci lab and my English paper so I am now failing both english and comp sci because of a shit fucking hitachi hard drive. If the fucking mbp was more than 7 months old I could understand but the fucking computer is almost brand new =_= you'd think that for ...

[H]Opening a Map in SCMDraft 2.0

FragKrag — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:53:29 +0900

I'm trying to open a map in SCM draft (obviously :D). But I get this error when I try to open it: "(ENGINE) Loaded data. Error: Unknown tileset encountered (ENGINE) Closed Map." along with error message: "error opening map: C" The map is Pokemon Battle GgG v3.4 Tile is Installation not sure what the map size it is, but it shouldn't matter right? I'm trying...

Thrash Metal: A Guide

FragKrag — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:53:33 +0900

disclaimer: I have included no thrash albums after 1993 except the Antichrist by Destruction because it is an amazing album that could have been released in 1980s Introduction Thrash metal can be considered one of the most influential branches of metal. Death, black, and groove all derive from it. It is also one of the most commercially accessible, as many thrash metal acts have been dece...

Death Metal: An Intro

FragKrag — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:39:34 +0900

Introduction Death metal is, along with Black metal, probably one of the least accessible divisions of heavy metal... And it probably isn't without good reason. Death metal is often associated with cookie monster vocals, chaotic guitar riffs/solos that have no melody, heavy guitar tones, and lyrics that are often gory or unpleasant. I'm not going to lie, cookie monster vocals, and downtuned ...

I hate group work (high school rant yay)

FragKrag — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:54:58 +0900

Guitar blog of frustration

FragKrag — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:59:17 +0900

So I have been making progress on guitar for about 3-4 months after dropping it (big mistake) for like 6-7 months. Now, I have recovered most of what I know, and made some scales my bitches again. I was feeling great. I felt like I had it back again, and so I tried to play some basic riffs. I got Cowboys from Hell, Paranoid (lol), and Balls to the Wall (lol) all down except for the solos, wh...

New to AirSoft, Recommendations?

FragKrag — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:01:55 +0900

^- as the title says, I'm quite new to the AirSoft gun stuff. Me and a few of my friends decided that it would be pretty cool and fun to start playing some AirSoft. Well, I really don't know what gun to buy or anything. We set up some restrictions so that the game would be fair... Restrictions: Spending cap (for gun): $50 +/-$5 FPS limit: 400 (.12g) well, I am considering an M14: $39...

So you have 27,000 USD

FragKrag — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:55:45 +0900

What would you spend it on? Poll: What would spend $27000 on? (Vote): 1 Mac Pro (Vote): 56,000 tacos (Vote): 28,000 cheeseburgers (Vote): Ford Mustang GT (Vote): 4 Mac book Pros (Vote): Rent for 40 years (Vote): 3 Alienwares

Calc Optimization Help

FragKrag — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:31:25 +0900

so I'm having trouble with optimization :( I don't think I understand it well enough. I know the whole two formula plugin and derive, but I don't think I'm getting it. You have 20 ft of wire, and you need to make an equilateral triangle and a square. How much should be used for each figure so that the area is maximized? x for square, b for triangle so far, I have: 4x+3b=20 x^2+1/2(bh)=...

Kreator San Francisco Show

FragKrag — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:56:59 +0900

So Kreator is coming to SF with support from Exodus, Warbringer, and Belphegor. Tickets are $24 or like $50 for a meal and a ticket. "Hordes of Chaos" support tour. http://tickets.slims-sf.com/evinfo.php?eventid=29260 I'm thinking about going, is anybody else from TL planning to go?

Precalc Help

FragKrag — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:07:46 +0900

hihi T_T New Problem:X^3+Y^3=125 dy/dx =? a. -x/y b.-x/5y c. y/x d. x/(y-5) e. x/y Well, I thought it was -(x/y)^2, but it's not on there. I think that it should be negative, and there should not be a 5, which leaves me -x/y, which is x^2+y^2=C Problem: The function y=|x-8|+2 is differentiable over.. a. [8,10) b. (2,10) c. [2,10] d. [2,10) e. (2,10] halps would be ap...