Dear Target.com

Dear target
I never plan on shopping online with you again... probably never going to your store again... I’m generally a very patient person, but it has run out.... I pre-ordered this game on the 26th of OCTOBER....the first thing you did was charge me twice, so I had to call up and get one of them taken care of. Second when you pre order this game you get what’s called early game access which lets you gain access to the game before its released but only for a few days... you were supposed to send me that code with my receipt... when I asked about it a week later you told me it isn’t something you do and that I had to talk to the game company…. So I talk to them and they tell me no that is something you (as in target) is supposed to take care of…. Keep in mind all this was in October…

I didn’t get my pre order access code till December just a week before I could use the access code… now I was happy to receive my access code in time to play BUT there was one problem… YOU (as in target) sent me a CODE that SOMEONE ELSE already USED…. Yes you sent me a code I couldn’t use cause someone had already used it… what the hell am I supposed to do with a code that is already used? so I thought about messaging you again to get a new code… but then it hit me… you aren’t reliable so I would probably be waiting a week just to hear back from you… so I decided to message the game makers again and see if they could help me… luckily for me they just sent me a new one without a problem…

So here I am playing the game a few days before it is released on the 20th of December… everything is fine at this point… the 20th rolls around and I start checking my email for the notification from you that the game has been shipped…. 20th no email…. 21st no email and they stop early game access and make it so only people with a product registration can play…. 22nd no email…. And then comes the 28th and I receive a notification saying that my order has been delayed, well no shit I can already tell that. I read further down and you tell me that my order won’t be shipped till the 9th… are you serious the 9th? That is 3 weeks after the release date…

Well like I said I’m patient, but here I am on the 9th as in TODAY… and still no notification…. Get your shit together and send my order or I’m canceling my 160$ order and going to Wal-Mart… and when I say send me my order, I don’t mean next week.. I mean overnight that on your own dime… I don’t care if you have to hand deliver it to me yourself at 4AM because this is fucking stupid. You have done nothing but fuck up my order since day one and I’m a little pissed off now.

Isn’t your motto expect more pay less? I do expect more… WAY more considering you’re a corporation... worst customer service and no customer satisfaction. And how am I paying less? I'm paying just as much here as anywhere else… try changing it to – pay the same with a headache

I hope you had some happy fucking holidays slacking off
Adam
P.S……… oh and fuck you

Xprize - working together for the future

many of you fellow cyber nerds already know about google's xprize contest for creating a robot to be launched and land on the moon's surface. for those that dont know about this i will go threw a quick breakdown of it

google along with the Xprize foundation is putting on a world wide competition, the goal is to "safely land a robot on the surface of the Moon, travel 500 meters over the lunar surface, and send images and data back to the Earth". the first team to land on the moon and complete the mission will get 20 MILLION DOLLARS! there is a few catches tho. you want to get it up and done by december 31st 2012 because after that the prize will drop to 15 million. another catch is you have to be 90% privately funded.... so that means you can only have a 1 or 2 major sponsors or you can have alot but only get a little from each. no nike swoosh on my doom lunar bot. the final deadline is dec 31 2014, yeah i know forever from now.. im excited and want to see it now!!!!

check out the video

now to those of you that did know about this.. did you know that Xprize and other competitions going on? yup! they currently have 4 going on. i will talk a bit about each.

first up is one of my favorites: Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE

this one actually was just announced the other day on the 7th

with this one they are trying to make better fuel efficient vehicles. they are using a variety of different types of fuel from gasoline to solar to stuff like vegetable oil and other strange things.
now they havent gotten ALL the rules and regulations worked out yet but they have a few things. like they want it to be efficient but usable for everyday things. there is 2 sections, the mainstream which is normal looking cars (as cool as it may be in your dreams, its not really that cool to be the only one riding around in a car that looks like it was dreamt by george lucas {WOOO!!! STAR WARS!!!}) and then you the alternative class which looks like those george lucas made some of those small japanese cars (we have you now rebel scum). another thing they are aiming for is 100mpg. I KNOW! that would be fucking amazing! a 20 gallon tank would get me from here to here to see this all in one tank of gas. speaking of indiana, one of the teams in this competition is from indiana: BITW Technologies lead by George Voll and Dan Boyd... go guys im cheerin for ya! now there are 25 states in the running with atleast one team in each state giving us a total 88 teams with a total of 107 vehicles. other than USA there is 10 countries giving the competition 23 more teams with 29 more vehicles.... whats that give us

1. a total of 11 countries
2. giving us 111 teams
3. presenting 136 vehicles
   

136 vehicles to make this world a cleaner healthier more fuel efficient planet. once this is done and over with it will pave the way for the automotive industry in bringing us better cars for us and our planet. 80 of them are mainstream and 56 of them are alternative.

up next: Archon X PRIZE for Genomics

i really cant write about this one as i dont know much about the body, dna, and medicine. so im just gonna copy and paste what they have written on the site as a brief description... if you would like to know more click on the link.

"Imagine the day when you and your doctor sit down to review a copy of your own personal genome. This vital information about your biology will enable your physician to inform you of your disease susceptibilities, the best ways to keep yourself healthy and how to avoid or lessen the impact of future illness.

This is a very exciting time in Genomics. Scientists are on the brink of discovering the genetic factors in diabetes, heart disease, common cancers, high blood pressure, asthma, mental illness — virtually any disease that tends to run in families.

In the past, the diagnostic classification of a cancer was based on the organ or tissue location, such as liver or breast cancer. But now, the many forms of cancer can be characterized by their molecular profile. These molecular characteristics provide new information on how rapidly the cancer might spread or how it might respond to specific treatments.

The use of personal genetic information to predict disease susceptibility and guide proactive care has the power to transform our entire healthcare system."

last but not least: Lunar Lander Challenge

ok this one is a bit different.. they have it as a yearly thing that im having troubles following exactly how and what they are going to do with it this year. i dont think they have made any decisions yet but i will post last years video which explains it all worked.

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yay to xprize and yay to a better life and a better planet.

oh and since your still here can you click an ad or 2 to give me some change... thanks!