Nimrod

I like many have commented on the number of news articles over the years about World of Warcraft players and how they spend whole days say infront playing it and use to laugh at them. Little did I know how addictive it is?

Now don't jump the ball game, I am still not a World of Warcraft player and this isnt a regular thing, but I have just spent the entire day playing one game online.

I woke up this morning at around mid-day, and by around 2pm I was dressed and playing Burnout Paradise on Single player for a while. Then an hour later both Curlysteve and Killerwhiteman came online and joined my game, turning it into multiplayer mode. Shortly after our favourite mexican (KingzBurnz) came on and before we knew it we were playing tons of the freeburn challenges. After completing about 50 of them we started to play Cops n Robbers (Online game mode in Burnout) and some marked man (another game mode) and then some Stunt Run (yet another game mode) then back to Cops n Robbers (Getting where I am going with this?). Before I knew it I was looking at my window and it was pitch black, and I hadnt eaten a thing. Being summer, this means it was past 10pm, so I had wasted my entire day playing the game.

But not at one point did I want it to end, I was having so much fun. We had Trebor appear for an hour to and then opened the game to random internet people and had some really fun games. Some games of Cops n Robbers went both ways in a deadlock trying to score the winning point for ages.

Considering the game was out back in January 2008 and us five have only just got it we love it to bits and theres so much to do online. You know the funny thing though? We only played the race mode once, the mode when the game was released was the only game mode to play. Its not that we dont like it, but since Burnout came out and the most reason 1.9 patch the game has changed so much, and we play every game mode except the main one it shipped with....

I've just completed my 2nd year at Huddersfield University with Distinction (70% or higher average)

I got 3 A's, two B's and a C. However one of my modules I got a B from, a friend who didnt do all the extra work for got a higher mark in so I felt it was a mistake, and challenged it. Turned out the teacher claimed I didnt do something which I did and was handed in, so I made her look at it!

At first, she tried to make out it wouldnt matter as there was nothing higher than a Distinction, but I said I still want my work marked then she made excuses that the car was parked to far away and had my coursework in but I again urged she look at it.

I then got a phone call this morning from her, in which she claimed yes she was wrong, but again it wouldnt effect my overall mark, and meant she had to come back to Campus and have a meeting with the Exam board and own up to her mistake and get my mark changed.

Seems to me like she was making excuses to get out of it. It turns out with my coursework corrected mark I would get 80% average in her module. Considering I only got 70% on the exams that means the coursework (which is worth half the mark) had to be 90% and not the 66% she gave me for it! The cheek, thats a lot of marks to claim arent worth having.

So as people get results, if your not happy with it put your foot down and demand to see the marking and challenge it, it works, even if teachers struggle to admit they arent flawless!

Been seeing the adverts for the new iPhone 3GS on the web and it talks about its "amazing" features like 3.5g support as well as a 3 megapixel camera with the ability to record video!

OH MY GOD, HOW NEW.

It's not like phones havent supported that for over 3 years already.

When the iPhone first launched it was outdated, yet tried to sell EDGE support (2.5g) as amazing and even now on its 3rd version (I think?) its still trying to sell old technology as a new amazement. You can finally send MMS's and also record video!!!! Jesus, my phone 5 years ago could do that..

I'd be the one to admit, I do like the look of the iPhone and the App Store has become amazing, but the price tag, crappy network lockins and lack of hardware features makes it a difficult purchase.

In the UK one of the worst networks we have (o2), have exclusive rights to the iPhone and sure charge you for it! £30 a month for 75 minutes and texts and still £200 for a phone and a 18 month contract. Thats stupid in comparasion to any other network. Combined with an awful 3G network which until the iPhone 3G came out, O2 claimed wasnt needed.

Yet still people buy it and bow to Steve Jobs feet. Do I want an iPhone? I wouldn't mind one if it was available outside of O2, didnt cost so much and had to be the 3GS version. Would I feel like I was mugged? Yes.

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