Has It Been That Long?

Doesn't it feel that time has passed by really fast. I remember when I heard so many songs such as the Macarena or ATB - 9PM or even Eric Clapton. Also time has been going by so fast, that I remember back in the 1990's Dubai was just a desert that had very few buildings built here, now Dubai just looks like a Christmas Tree. I remember my parents told me that before back in the 70's Dubai was just sand and Sharjah was more like the place to be because in Sharjah, they would be the only place in the whole of the Emirates that would have a fast food place over there and I think it was called "Wendy's". And one time I remember my parents also mentioned that the roads were mainly made up of sand and it's not really like the roads we have nowadays.
Even technology has changed over the past 19 years. I remember back in the 1990's the coolest gadgets used to be the Nintendo 64 and the Dreamcast. Now it's a tie between the X-Box 360, Playstation 3 and the Nintendo Wii. Hmm I wonder, what will the world look like 20 years from now? I also remember reading something about the 1950's when some people predicted that the future will consist of flying cars, but so much for that theory. I think that might be done in about another 500 years from now. Can you imagine what Dubai would look like in the year 2100? I bet by that time it would look completely different and that the Burj Dubai would not be the tallest hotel in the world, it would probably be some other building even bigger and I'm guessing that the price of Pepsi would be 25 Dirhams for 1 can and that would be considered to be the cheapest, imagine how much would a meal at a cafe would be? I wonder how would even the technology would look like? Who knows?!

Retro's Desktop Pc Issues: Fan Issues

This is what I'm going to do to my PC if it still refuses to respond!!!!

Have you ever felt like going on your desktop pc at home and had decided one day that you will probably stay up for about at least a couple of hours just to play some games or probably go and browse the internet? Well I felt like doing that tonight, which to some point, something strange happened today.

Today I had decided (since I couldn't sleep of course) to go and use my desktop computer for a couple of hours and I was thinking "hey, why don't I go spend half an hour on Facebook, then check out tonights news at Gulf News and then why not I go play The Sims 2?". So I went online, dealt with Facebook, I checked my inbox and commented on some of my friend's statuses and then I logged out of there and headed on to Gulf News to read the headlines of todays world problems.

Then since all that took about 45 minutes, I should restart my desktop PC before I even play my game and I did. Eventually after restarting my pc, I ended up having a couple of problems. Once everything was up and running my desktop pc decided to quit on me when I was playing my game.

Now just imagine, the loading time of my game (The Sims 2) took about 45 to an hour due to my pc acting up, so I was like who cares, it's probably Kaspersky doing some quick scan (but it wasn't). So as soon as the game loaded, I just went to play with a random family and believe it or not. In less than 5 minutes the fan from my desktop computer started making noise. Not like any noise, it was more like a buzzing sound BZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

And I was confused at first, so I was like WTF? And then the sound started getting louder and that's when I just decided to quit the game as soon as possible because my pc sounded more like it was going to explode and maybe set my room on fire (which I did not want that to happen). So I quickly hurried up and pressed the exit button and the sound of the fan kept getting louder, So I was like "That's it, I have to manually press the restart button on the PC and see what happens". So I did and now the fan had instantly calmed down. The strange thing was that I didn't bother downloading anything new for my game, I have one of the least number of downloads. I remember reading on some forums that people would have at least 8 to 9 GB of downloads but I only had about 6GB (including music and the neighborhood files).

Now I don't know what to do with my desktop PC? I want to throw it out the window (literally speaking) But I need to back up ALL my downloads (don't expect me to download everything from scratch.) And take my movies but this stupid PC of mine is refusing to copy any files. So whatever shall I do? I was thinking I am going to call the repairman and me and him are both going to try and back EVERYTHING up from my desktop PC and then I will literally throw the desktop PC out the window and end it already.

Technical Problems Affecting My Life:

Ever since I came back to Dubai, I have been having so many technical problems. I think that now with all the high tech gadgets and things, that ALL those technological items hate me.
Here is a brief summary of what has happened to me ever since I came back from my holidays:

• My desktop computer has stopped working (I will be explaining these issues in details)
• My satellite box has stopped working (Thanks a lot Showtime & Orbit :@ )
• My Internet has literally been driving me crazy (I hate you Etisalat, you and your so called "good services". Hah!)
• My mobile has also been on the fritz (Talk to Etisalat's services)

All those points that I have just mentioned has been bothering me for the past couple of days.
My Desktop Computer:
My desktop computer is my main computer that I use (other than my laptop) for doing my university assignments, printing papers and who could forget play some games (The Sims 2, Spore & Simcity Societies and of course surf the Internet). Now all that has changed. When I came back to Dubai, I had decided that I was going to use my desktop PC to play my games and of course the computer was running normally for about 2 days. I had decided that I was going to play my games for about 3 to 4 hours max and not more than that and then of course something happened the very next day.The very next day my desktop computer was running normally and I had decided to check my email before I went to sleep, so I checked my mail and then I went to sleep. Suddenly at around 4:20 AM in the morning, my computer started making a lot of noise but I was confused since the Internet was off, it was still making a lot of noise. So I woke up and I went and clicked on the start button and then clicked "shutdown without updates" and I pressed that and the computer shutdown safely.The very next day, I went to switch on the PC and my PC started to make 3 beeping sounds and then it turned off without me touching the PC. So I was confused with all this and I called the repairman (who didn't bother showing up on Thursday but he will come hopefully on Saturday) and I explained the problem to him on the phone and he told me that the RAM and the video card might be a little loose, so he will come and fix it. So I asked him what was I supposed to do? He said just switch the PC off my the power outlet and don't touch it till he comes to see it. And I did, eventually the PC got worse as I had decided to check whether or not it would work today but it didn't, and I think the video card burnt out *sigh*.Let's talk about Showtime:
Showtime offers everyone a great variety of movies and shows to watch but now they have recently merged with Orbit. Now for the past few months my Showtime satellite box has been running normally until Wednesday, when it decided to quit on me. Now the box is making a loud buzzing sound, louder than ever and to make things worse, the satellite box keeps restarting ALL the time and the buzzing sound keeps getting louder. I already called and cussed the daylights out of Showtime and I told them that I was unhappy with their service. Of course they are finally going to change it sometime this week.

Etisalat: The Biggest Frauds EVER
Oh Etisalat, you are one of the worst services I have ever used in my entire life. Your phone services suck, and your Internet services are ridiculous. So please just stop lying to everyone about your worthless services. Let me tell you what I think of your Internet services.
Your Internet services are one of the WORST services I have ever used here and just to be blunt, you guys are blocking almost the ENTIRE Internet. Well if you wanted to block ALL the Internet, then why did you bother getting the Internet services in the first place. Sure, I understand that you don't want people to look at explicit content and illegal content but does that mean you have to block sites such as the PMBD and certain news sites. Say hello to Simslice, you guys even blocked that, when there was NOTHING bad with it and I had to send you over a 10000000 messages just to tell you to unblock it and you didn't bother unblocking it until 3 weeks later and what about the PMBD, when are you planning to unblock that site? Don't worry, the ENTIRE world goes on that site for "oh I don't know" downloading some items for your SIMS and this is how you treat the Simmers Society. Well if I had to dedicate a song to you I would dedicate that song by Lilly Allen -#### You Very Much!
Now let's also talk about your Wireless Internet. What does a wireless Internet give you? it gives you Internet access on your wireless devices, am I right? Now imagine, people are paying to use their Internet services and just think, what would happen if you are spending a lot of money to use something that doesn't even work. That is money down the drain and with Etisalat they guarantee "Great Services". Well the Internet connection down in Jumeirah Sucks BIG time. So If you guys have anything to say about that? Please be my guest and say it because You guys are Thieves.
Also you guys say that your phone services are amazing and you also say that you can hear EVERYTHING whenever you call someone, you will be able to hear everything. Well I'm sorry but that is not true at all. For example, if a person goes to any public place such as the mall, their signal for the phone is really weak and why is that? The answer is that simple. It's bad service.
Now another thing, let me ask everyone on this blog. Who here thinks that Etisalat's international calls are expensive *everyone raises their hands*
OK We understand that if you call the U.S and you talk for about 30 minutes it's going to cost around 20 Dirhams but let's call Dubai's next door neighbor Saudi Arabia. "Hello Saudi Arabia, Yes I would like to inform you that for every minute I talk to you. It's going to cost me 10 Dirhams per minute. It seems that my phone services is ripping people off, ALL the time".

I feel that Etisalat's services are just unfair with everything (even their prices). Come on Saudi Arabia is Dubai's next Door's Neighbor and they are just ripping us off. Well What they should do is move Dubai next to the U.S, because then in that way the price will be cheaper than ever. I meant that in a metaphorical way about moving Dubai. Not literally speaking!