Tadaka, Experienced 2

Well, thanks to my parents, Tadaka now has a shiny new 1200 MHz AMD Duron processor, and a new motherboard to go along with it. I got it installed last night without a hitch, and everything seems to be running smoothly. Well, except for Diablo 2 - the gameplay was good, but it looked like it was suffering from a bit of burst lag. I may give it another try tonight and see how well it works. Might have to tweak the video settings, but other than that it seems to be a happy little computer.

New goals for Tadaka:
- New hard drive, preferably a 7200 RPM one with many many GB of storage
- More memory; I think a couple of 256 MB SDRAM DIMMs should do the trick.
- Another fan to mount in the front of the case. Good airflow makes all the difference.
- New video card... this one's still in the future, though. No hurry just yet.
- Window kit with neon light. Okay, this one's just silly... but I want to trick out Tadaka like a hot rod. :)

With all the parts I have - a case, a motherboard, and a P2 450, I'm well on my way to having enough bits for a second computer for Z. Needs a hard drive and memory, which I can take from Tadaka once I get the replacement parts above. It'll need a video card, but I can probably get a cheap one. And it'll need a CD-ROM drive, but those are also inexpensive. Oh, and a keyboard and mouse. In fact, I might even replace that case, too... those Gateway cases are utter crap for airflow.

Hagakure

From the 1st Chapter:

"It is said that one should not hesitate to correct himself when he has made a mistake. If he corrects himself without the least bit of delay, his mistakes will quickly disappear. But when he tries to cover up a mistake, it will become all the more unbecoming and painful. When words that one should not use slip out, if one will speak his mind quickly and clearly, those words will have no effect and he will not be obstructed by worry. If there is, however, someone who blames a person for such a thing, one should be prepared to say something like, 'I have explained the reason for my careless speech. There is nothing else to be done if you will not listen to reason. Since I said it unwittingly, is hould be the same as if you didn't hear it. No one can evade blame.' And one should never talk about people or secret matters. Furthermore, one should only speak according to how he judges his listener's feelings."

- Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai