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Grades…

April 15th, 2008

My grades are alright… Bs all around. Except for one class, World Civilizations, which I don’t really care for. I’m maintaining a C in that class. Which I find acceptable. My GPA is around 4.1, a number I’m told is pretty good. That’s acceptable to me. My parents seem to think that this is about the worst thing in the world. I get lectures almost every night about how I’m not going to be able to make it into any good schools, and how I have to start working harder to keep my grades up. Dinner has become a time to yell at Hayden because of his poor grades.

These grades are not poor! They are acceptable!

I know of many other kids in school who are happy with Cs in all of their classes. They don’t seem to be having any trouble when you look at them. I’m working plenty hard to maintain my Bs, and if there’s one class in the world that I’m not so good at, so be it. I’m not good at it. A C is acceptable for a class that you’re not good at.
I agree that my studying habits could be improved… but do they need to? I don’t want the kind of lifestyle where school is one’s only focus in life. That’s no fun, and fun is what makes life worth living.

sloik2004 Life, School

Nvidia Permissions Error

April 13th, 2008

With my NIS server and my OpenSuse clients, I’ve been having some problems getting 3D acceleration working.

Luckily, I’ve found a simple solution. Because I’m unable to assign the NIS users to the video group (which is what Nvidia’s permissions are set to), I must set the Nvidia device file to allow access for everyone.

Just edit /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia and replace 660 with 666. All done!

On another note, Doom 3 will only run at 24 bit depth. Make sure the xorg.conf file is set to that!

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Windows Update Reboot Nag Screen

April 11th, 2008

This is ridiculous.

Windows will not stop nagging me to restart my computer. Ever. It interrupts games, and is just plain annoying. Fortunately, I’ve found a way to disable it.

Now, to get rid of it:
Start / Run / gpedit.msc / Local Computer Policy / Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Windows Update / Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations

Pretty nifty.

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