M$ sucks

My mom's laptop came with M$ Office 2007 trial version that saves everything in a .docx format by default. The sucky thing is that docx is a completely proprietary format that things like Office XP or OpenOffice can't read. Also, whenever she sent these docs to friends, they couldn't open them since they didn't have Office 2007. The trial period ran out and I have to get some sort of converter to convert the files. This type of stuff just makes people mad; no wonder M$ is getting less popular these days.

definition of fearless

fearless
–adjective
without fear; bold or brave; intrepid.

Of course I know the odds are against the Broncos. What does making a fearless prediction really mean? Is making the prediction, that "Patriot will win the SB" when the odds of them doing that are 2-5, fearless? Is making the prediction, that "Broncos will win the SB" when the odds of them doing that are 500-1, fearless? Which statement is the fearless statement? Does one have more to fear when the chances of winning are 5% than when the chances of winning are 95%? Is being fearless while being oblivious to dangers and being fearless while knowing the dangers the same thing?

These aren't really hypothetical questions nor do they have definite answers but they are interesting things to think about.

Stupid mutual funds

I was talking to a co-worker during lunch about my 401k loss and he thought that my funds probably had a lot of real-estate related business since it had a meteoric rise up to 3 months ago then a harsh fall since. I just checked it and he's right. One of the largest holding in my funds was Genworth financials who does mortgage loans and stuff and it dropped 20% this quarter. I guess it could've been worse if the funds weren't diversified. In any case, I automated my thing so Merril Lynch or whatever can take care of it.

Systematic Gambling

I just checked my 401k today and it has a 1 year RoR (Rate of Return) of -2%.
Holy crap. Doesn't 401k feel like a sham sometimes? You put all these money in and you are not guaranteed to even get back the amount you put in. I think we're already in a recession and we just don't realize it. A lot of economic signs (stocks, housing, employment, real-wage growth, productivity, current accounts) point towards a recession. Start saving money folks.

Fearless prediction

Broncos will win out the season and go 9-7, win the wild card, then beat the 16-0 Patriots in the biggest upset ever. You heard it here first.

ugh, Broncos

For the past 2 weeks, Broncos did everything to lose a game that they easily could have won. What's wrong with your guys?!?!? Ugh.

I started and beat Uncharted in a day

I came home exhausted this past Friday and went to bed way earlier than usual; at 9 pm. I also woke up way earlier than usual; at 4 am. That's when I popped in Uncharted that I got from gamefly and started playing. I took a 3 hour nap in between and managed to finish the game that evening. The entire game took around 8 hours to finish. A lot of modern day games are really short but that is a good thing for working adults.

Uncharted looks great, sounds great, and plays great. The best way to describe this game is that it's a mix of Indiana Jones, Gears of War, and Tomb Raider. Not worth buying but totally worth renting.