N.Y. scanners spark union cries of "geoslavery"
The Artical reports on "geometric" slavery , watching employee's as they go about their work day through various bio-scannrrs scattered through the work place, and is responded that credit cards and cell phones are more likely avenues.
Well...it's so easy , isn't it ? You can't get a credit card ? Well...maybe the company will lend you one for your use as long as you pay it back. No cell phone, borrow the company one.
But now the company can review the records. Wow, you go to the beer store a lot don't you ? And look at all these calls to Afghanistan ? Arn't we at war with the Afghans right now ? Man I hate those rag heads (just an example lol ) I think I'll fire you.
The fiction is , the company doesn't care what you do in your own time. The fact is , oh yes they do. Drunkards not welcome. Bosses can be racist as all get out and if they think you're a member of some group they hate , bye bye. surf the net on the company computer, they'll watch. Check your email , they'll save copies. Borrow the company phone, the list of numbers you called is theirs to do wtih as they want (man you use a lot of call girls, you and the wife not getting it on lately ? ) Borrow the company credit card, the list of transactions is theirs to examine, paying every penny back on time or early does not change this. Use a company provided phone ... again company property. Company vehical , same deal.
Company phone with gps ... oh look you went carousing down town to every bar on main street ... three times a week , do we really want such a drunk on our payroll in any kind of important position ... ?
Get your own cell phone . Pay cash for that beer. Get your own credit card and use the company one for company business only. Leave the company cell phone in the office, not in your car (if it has gps the company can see everywhere you drove while it's in it).
If you publish anything on the internet , don't do it in your name unless it's bland boring "these are my skills please hire me I'm a nice guy" , otherwise you're likely writing your own "please fire me" sign.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Danny's Scam Review
Article - warning : scam site
Note : This ad apeared in the ad's they make you look at while checking my gmail..so this stuff apears even on legitimate web sites.... an interesting point.
IF YOU DO NOT READ THIS PAGE YOU WILL GET SCAMMED!
Aha...well it was on my gmail it's gotta be legit ,right ?
Hello my name is Danny I'm from your country..
Umm...what country did you say again ?
I spent the next 3 months trying almost every business opportunity online and off. I was scammed by 37 different "get rich quick schemes" and I lost over $4800 in 3 months...
Nice to hear the voice of experiance.
Out of 37 programs 35 were complete scams that just took my money. Only 2 of the programs actually worked. I am going to give you an honest review of the 2 programs that did work for me...
Oh oh ! Scam alert. And you can't go any farther without submitting your email and name (and thus getting your email spammed by junk)
I vote we rename the site DANNY'S SCAM SITE : READ ON TO BE SCAMMED
Who's danny , by the way ? Does he have a last name ?
Newspapers : Speaking of Doomed Industry's
While we are listing off the number of industries that the internet is killing (television and movie theatres top the list) It occurs to me that I havn't actually bought a newspaper in a number of years.
Oh , I have my news websites that I go to , every day in fact. But actually purchase a newspaper ? Nope. Been at least two years now, maybe longer. And I'm a news junkie , it's the only thing I read.
Kiss it goodbye and add it to the pile.
Oh , I have my news websites that I go to , every day in fact. But actually purchase a newspaper ? Nope. Been at least two years now, maybe longer. And I'm a news junkie , it's the only thing I read.
Kiss it goodbye and add it to the pile.
Credit Card Fraud
Be vigilant against credit card fraud, consumer group urges
Article
The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada on Friday urged all
credit-card holders to be vigilant and carefully monitor their credit
card statements for any unusual activity in light of two high-profile
security breaches revealed this week
Mentions the Winners , and Home Sense , shopping chains. And the Bank CIBC.
Let me help you with your credit card security.
Today is Jan 20. Phone your credit card company and tell them that ,
for reasons you would prefer not to reveil , you suspect your credit
card has been compromised and could they please change the number on
it and give you a new one ?
Feb 20 do the same. And mar 20. and every 20th.
In an age of increaseing credit card fraud, they're not going to
complain a witt. They know whats going on out there. They'd much
rather eat the cost of you changing your credit card number every
month than having it racked up and you pointing out "that wasnt me . I
won't pay. I CAN'T pay , I'm poor. And I can't return the 5,000 $ of
merchandise because I didn't buy it in the first place so I don't have
it on hand to be returned. "
Trust me. Do it today. Just for your peace of mind.
ottawaboy story : card readers
Article
Tampered card readers used to rob 350 Gatineau shoppers: police
Thieves have swiped money from the bank accounts of at least 350
shoppers in Gatineau, Que., and may have stolen sensitive banking
information of up to 1,600 people using tampered debit card readers,
police say.
Ah ..the latest cyber crime.
He would not identify the stores or say how much money was stolen.
Umm...ok ...gatineau somewhere... If I go there I don't dare spend
money on anything for fear of having my bank account emptied.
LeMay added that the scam is probably carried out by several organized
groups of criminals who work in teams to distract store clerks and
steal the original card readers while store clerks aren't looking.
"They modify it and they go back and put the modified PIN pad," said
LeMay. "And from there they get the information they need to clone
cards."
The modified card readers store the card numbers and PINs so the
criminals can later download the information, make copies of the cards
and use them to withdraw money from bank machines.
Charming people...very technical our criminal element in this country.
Gatineau Chamber of Commerce spokesman Antoine Normand said he feared
business will be hurt if customers lose confidence in the popular
payment method
The Customers themselves you don't give a rats behind about of course,
you're with the chamber of commerce ,thats not your problem. Let those
foolish people lose every single dime of their life savings ! As long
as they keep spending and your business's do well your job is done !
Police released information about the Gatineau debit card fraud just
one day after the owner of the Winners and Home Sense retail chains
confirmed hackers had broken into a company computer system that
stored information about credit and debit card transactions, cheques
and merchandise returns.
Ok , don't buy at Winners (a grocery chain) or Home Sense (furnature
chain) on anythign except cash...
scratch that. Pay cash only for everything and only use bank machines
... from a bank. Not a corner store.
Welcome to the new century.
Tampered card readers used to rob 350 Gatineau shoppers: police
Thieves have swiped money from the bank accounts of at least 350
shoppers in Gatineau, Que., and may have stolen sensitive banking
information of up to 1,600 people using tampered debit card readers,
police say.
Ah ..the latest cyber crime.
He would not identify the stores or say how much money was stolen.
Umm...ok ...gatineau somewhere... If I go there I don't dare spend
money on anything for fear of having my bank account emptied.
LeMay added that the scam is probably carried out by several organized
groups of criminals who work in teams to distract store clerks and
steal the original card readers while store clerks aren't looking.
"They modify it and they go back and put the modified PIN pad," said
LeMay. "And from there they get the information they need to clone
cards."
The modified card readers store the card numbers and PINs so the
criminals can later download the information, make copies of the cards
and use them to withdraw money from bank machines.
Charming people...very technical our criminal element in this country.
Gatineau Chamber of Commerce spokesman Antoine Normand said he feared
business will be hurt if customers lose confidence in the popular
payment method
The Customers themselves you don't give a rats behind about of course,
you're with the chamber of commerce ,thats not your problem. Let those
foolish people lose every single dime of their life savings ! As long
as they keep spending and your business's do well your job is done !
Police released information about the Gatineau debit card fraud just
one day after the owner of the Winners and Home Sense retail chains
confirmed hackers had broken into a company computer system that
stored information about credit and debit card transactions, cheques
and merchandise returns.
Ok , don't buy at Winners (a grocery chain) or Home Sense (furnature
chain) on anythign except cash...
scratch that. Pay cash only for everything and only use bank machines
... from a bank. Not a corner store.
Welcome to the new century.
Sunday, January 14, 2007
MY Space = Please fire me now
www.myspace.com
My space is the online popular socializing site of the web. You put up your pic and a profile, talk about yourself , meet people, sounds great !
Go for a job interview , the interviewer looks up your name , see's that picture of you getting stinking drunk last summer that you've been passing around to all your friend s.... you don't get the job.
Anonymoty people ! It's important ! the police and the government are required to leave you alone (in the western world) ... but any yahoo with a computer waving a job under your nose is under no such restriction.
And with sites like myspace being so increadably popular , they don't even bother asking , they just run your name into the search engine anyways and you never know why the interview seemed to go so well , but later on they dropp kicked you out the door in a hurry....
My space is the online popular socializing site of the web. You put up your pic and a profile, talk about yourself , meet people, sounds great !
Go for a job interview , the interviewer looks up your name , see's that picture of you getting stinking drunk last summer that you've been passing around to all your friend s.... you don't get the job.
Anonymoty people ! It's important ! the police and the government are required to leave you alone (in the western world) ... but any yahoo with a computer waving a job under your nose is under no such restriction.
And with sites like myspace being so increadably popular , they don't even bother asking , they just run your name into the search engine anyways and you never know why the interview seemed to go so well , but later on they dropp kicked you out the door in a hurry....
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Stupid anti-IT ads
Saw another stupid ad today. Buy our computer and you can fire your IT department !
Aha.
I get phone calls all day at work. do you want to know the most common problems ? Where do I plug this wire in? What is that ? This instruction manual is all gobbily gook , how do I turn this on ?
You need to know how to operate the equipment in front of you , people ! Failing that , you need somone on staff all the time who knows how to operate it , even if you skip the repair part and contract that part out.
If you cannot operate your own tools, you are totally doomed. Contracting that part out is like contracting your accounting department out. The first time the paychecks bounce, the good people leave and only the so called "lemons" stick around , knowning they'll find no better....
Aha.
I get phone calls all day at work. do you want to know the most common problems ? Where do I plug this wire in? What is that ? This instruction manual is all gobbily gook , how do I turn this on ?
You need to know how to operate the equipment in front of you , people ! Failing that , you need somone on staff all the time who knows how to operate it , even if you skip the repair part and contract that part out.
If you cannot operate your own tools, you are totally doomed. Contracting that part out is like contracting your accounting department out. The first time the paychecks bounce, the good people leave and only the so called "lemons" stick around , knowning they'll find no better....
A proposal for internet age television
Article - no reference, this is my own idea.
podcasting has inspired me. If you can make an mp3 file with say , a BBC broadcast, and bury the commericals in it , why can't you make MPG's (movie format files) and imbed a few commercials here and there, and voila ! internet television.
play it when you want, free to the users , no way to avoid the ad's so the advertisers are happy to pay our Simpsons Addiction , and easy to market too. (50,000 downloads of this episode this week , only 5 thousand of that ... guess we charge higher for this show than that ... )
No guessing with what channel the consumer is watching (put a bug in THEIR television ? Their private equipment ? To see what they watch ? Illegal immoral , and you can hear the activits screaming all ready... but count how many times a file was downloaded , no need to keep track of who downloaded it... that works much better)
I give it a much better chance of surviving than regular television , because even the commercial hating testimonial despising ME will put up with such things for one or two good shows , though definately not for most of the rot out there.
podcasting has inspired me. If you can make an mp3 file with say , a BBC broadcast, and bury the commericals in it , why can't you make MPG's (movie format files) and imbed a few commercials here and there, and voila ! internet television.
play it when you want, free to the users , no way to avoid the ad's so the advertisers are happy to pay our Simpsons Addiction , and easy to market too. (50,000 downloads of this episode this week , only 5 thousand of that ... guess we charge higher for this show than that ... )
No guessing with what channel the consumer is watching (put a bug in THEIR television ? Their private equipment ? To see what they watch ? Illegal immoral , and you can hear the activits screaming all ready... but count how many times a file was downloaded , no need to keep track of who downloaded it... that works much better)
I give it a much better chance of surviving than regular television , because even the commercial hating testimonial despising ME will put up with such things for one or two good shows , though definately not for most of the rot out there.
DVD's Doomed
Doomsayers say DVDs are dinosaurs, but they're dead wrong. These discs will not only make it through the digital age - they'll thrive in it.
Article
Agreed.
*I look back at massive selection of DVD's filling an entire bookcase behind myself*
I certainly have no plans on giving up my DVD collection :) . For me , they replace Television. That is to say , I don't watch the usual 11 min of highly watered down and censored show and 22 min of commercials that mostly contain testimonials (testimonials are the "legitimat , legal" way for a company to lie their butt off to you about whatever product they want to sell ) . I like my commercial free stop it anytime you need a biobreak then come back later DVD collection. And it doesn't cost me a hundred bucks a month either , I pick up a new dvd only when I have some cash in my pocket , no long term commitment , no "watch it all you want in three days and then it self destructs too bad if the download messes up by the way regular DVD's are dead trust us and buy our product" )
:)
Article
Agreed.
*I look back at massive selection of DVD's filling an entire bookcase behind myself*
I certainly have no plans on giving up my DVD collection :) . For me , they replace Television. That is to say , I don't watch the usual 11 min of highly watered down and censored show and 22 min of commercials that mostly contain testimonials (testimonials are the "legitimat , legal" way for a company to lie their butt off to you about whatever product they want to sell ) . I like my commercial free stop it anytime you need a biobreak then come back later DVD collection. And it doesn't cost me a hundred bucks a month either , I pick up a new dvd only when I have some cash in my pocket , no long term commitment , no "watch it all you want in three days and then it self destructs too bad if the download messes up by the way regular DVD's are dead trust us and buy our product" )
:)
iPod Sucks on Video Games
Article
EA, the world's largest video game maker, and other companies have built a stable of 11 iPod games since September that are available for $4.99 each on Apple's iTunes online store. Five of the games are from EA.
Lasky joined Redwood City, California-based EA when it bought Jamdat Mobile Inc. for $684 million last year in a bid to boost its status in the mobile market and expand beyond its core console gaming business.
Do you know how small the screen is on an iPod ? It's a major source of eye strain these tiny gadgets (and one of the primary reasons why the Microsoft gadget with it's new much larger screen will likely take off). You seriously damage your eyes if you deal with the things for more than a minute or two at a time.
And now you want to put games on the things.
These manufacturers have absolutely no concearn for the health of their customers. None at all.
scumbag scumbag scumbags !
EA, the world's largest video game maker, and other companies have built a stable of 11 iPod games since September that are available for $4.99 each on Apple's iTunes online store. Five of the games are from EA.
Lasky joined Redwood City, California-based EA when it bought Jamdat Mobile Inc. for $684 million last year in a bid to boost its status in the mobile market and expand beyond its core console gaming business.
Do you know how small the screen is on an iPod ? It's a major source of eye strain these tiny gadgets (and one of the primary reasons why the Microsoft gadget with it's new much larger screen will likely take off). You seriously damage your eyes if you deal with the things for more than a minute or two at a time.
And now you want to put games on the things.
These manufacturers have absolutely no concearn for the health of their customers. None at all.
scumbag scumbag scumbags !
Latest Advertising Ploy
Article
A mysterious online countdown. USB drives containing cipher keys. Notes and videos from a woman who calls herself Loki. Bloggers' reports of extravagant gifts, marked with a return address for Microsoft's headquarters.
And the reason is ?
It's an advertising ploy by microsoft to sell Vista, their new operating system.
Of course they don't tell you that until much later, you find the clues first and try to unravel the puzzel ...
High marks for creativity.
Low marks for ethics.
Totally wasting people's time like this and then in the end trying to sell them your crud.
Scumbag scumbag scumbag !!!!
A mysterious online countdown. USB drives containing cipher keys. Notes and videos from a woman who calls herself Loki. Bloggers' reports of extravagant gifts, marked with a return address for Microsoft's headquarters.
And the reason is ?
It's an advertising ploy by microsoft to sell Vista, their new operating system.
Of course they don't tell you that until much later, you find the clues first and try to unravel the puzzel ...
High marks for creativity.
Low marks for ethics.
Totally wasting people's time like this and then in the end trying to sell them your crud.
Scumbag scumbag scumbag !!!!
Latest Email Scam : The Hitman
Article
Hit man to Pittsburgh professionals: Pay up or die
Gimme money , or I kill you , sayeth the email.
Simple , brutal , to the point... the first one to receive the email and doesn't ahve 80 000 dollars american is turning it over to the cops ... now you're a wanted fugative commiting an act recognized as a crime in every country in the world.
stupid stupid...should ahve stuck with the "bank lost all your records and is closing your account unless you fill out this form " scam...
Hit man to Pittsburgh professionals: Pay up or die
Gimme money , or I kill you , sayeth the email.
Simple , brutal , to the point... the first one to receive the email and doesn't ahve 80 000 dollars american is turning it over to the cops ... now you're a wanted fugative commiting an act recognized as a crime in every country in the world.
stupid stupid...should ahve stuck with the "bank lost all your records and is closing your account unless you fill out this form " scam...
Iraq Troop Surge
I know I know , I promised to stay off the middle east, but I just ahve to say this.
Bush is a genius. Or has genius advisors or something.
How would you feel , being an Islamic fundy , trying to conquer Iraq, and the USA goes on for months and months about how they're thinking about pulling out , if you can push them just a little more ....
then zing ! Nope ...we're not pulling out , we're doubling the number of troops.
Kiss their moral goodbye. And it was already pretty bad to begin with.
it is good that they are willing to die for their religion. Because they have to be looking at a trip to Iraq as precisely that particular fate.
Bush is a genius. Or has genius advisors or something.
How would you feel , being an Islamic fundy , trying to conquer Iraq, and the USA goes on for months and months about how they're thinking about pulling out , if you can push them just a little more ....
then zing ! Nope ...we're not pulling out , we're doubling the number of troops.
Kiss their moral goodbye. And it was already pretty bad to begin with.
it is good that they are willing to die for their religion. Because they have to be looking at a trip to Iraq as precisely that particular fate.
Friday, January 05, 2007
www.youtube.com
Where do you go to my lovely ?
looking for tunes to play ? This site has a huge collection of video's. You cannot copy them to your hardrive, that is prevented, but you can book mark them and listen to them anytime you like... at home, on your main (connected to the internet) machine.
The above song I've been looking for for ages, i'm impressed they have it.
There's a search bar , top right , to help you look for tunes, keep in mind these tunes are uploaded by users, and they upload a lot of home videos as well, so you often wade through three dozen versions of some guy on a mike messing with a stuffed animal or some silly thing, before you find the real stuff.
looking for tunes to play ? This site has a huge collection of video's. You cannot copy them to your hardrive, that is prevented, but you can book mark them and listen to them anytime you like... at home, on your main (connected to the internet) machine.
The above song I've been looking for for ages, i'm impressed they have it.
There's a search bar , top right , to help you look for tunes, keep in mind these tunes are uploaded by users, and they upload a lot of home videos as well, so you often wade through three dozen versions of some guy on a mike messing with a stuffed animal or some silly thing, before you find the real stuff.
podcasts.yahoo.com
Site requires registration (a yahoo id) which is free.
lesson 65
I think it's the way my browser is set up , I click on download and it starts to play the file. But thats ok , you simply to to file > save as on your browser and you can save the file anyways.
This yahoo site has huge wacks of podcasts, including french (the above podcast is a french lesson) where as podcast.com has very few french lessons, so I thought I'd revisit this and post the site.
the yahoo has huge quantities of podcasts, must be thousands , pages on pages on any particular subject, you're better off to decide what you want first and then search for it rather than browse the directory listings, they're simply too long , too many broadcasters.
Spotted a few get rich quick schemers, so be reminded that a lot of these broadcasts are from private individuals. If you're just looking for comedy that's ok, but if you're looking for real advice , watch your pocket book or they might empty it !
lesson 65
I think it's the way my browser is set up , I click on download and it starts to play the file. But thats ok , you simply to to file > save as on your browser and you can save the file anyways.
This yahoo site has huge wacks of podcasts, including french (the above podcast is a french lesson) where as podcast.com has very few french lessons, so I thought I'd revisit this and post the site.
the yahoo has huge quantities of podcasts, must be thousands , pages on pages on any particular subject, you're better off to decide what you want first and then search for it rather than browse the directory listings, they're simply too long , too many broadcasters.
Spotted a few get rich quick schemers, so be reminded that a lot of these broadcasts are from private individuals. If you're just looking for comedy that's ok, but if you're looking for real advice , watch your pocket book or they might empty it !
Podcasting
www.podcast.com
I have this mp3 player. That is to say , a small device that hangs around my neck and plays music. Mostly I rip the music from my own collection of cd's. Rip means to convert them from the cd to a special computer file called an mp3 file (thus why the device is called an mp3 player).
Then I wander off to work and listen to the tunes.
It seems they've been putting out mp3's on the web that contain more than just music. The BBC for example does broadcasts , you download the mp3 file to your computer , copy it to your player , and wander off. It took me 2 min to download a 25 min broadcast, so you can get an idea of the savings of time.
I tried out the above site, podcast.com , and you click on the link and it plays the podcast as it is called. But if you look carefully , the link is to an mp3 file , so you can right click and "save target to disk" and save the file to your computer .
Now , it is true that listening to the BBC news may not thrill anyone, but I also spotted french lessons there , among other things. so imagine downloading french lessons and listening to them whilest travelling too and from work. And maybe even all day at work if you have some kind of mindless repetiative job (janitor or some such). Now you're seeing the potential.
This is called "pod casting" after the apple mp3 player which is called an ipod. And the mp3 files they're sporting they're giving away for free. And yes, the podcasts come with commericals included (at elast the BBC news one did )
Well , not a bad deal still. Certainly the french will come in handy for me. I have a cheap no name brand mp3 player that cost me a hundred bucks and takes a triple A battery , by the way , I think it's called Iriver ? Works great. No need to buy an expensive apple ipod and deal with their games.
ANNOYING IPOD GAMES
The only annoying ipod game that comes to mind is the battery game. Thats where your ipod has a built in battery thats only good for a few months , and then the manufacturer (apple is notorious for this) expects you to throw away the device and buy another. Needless to say , picking up an mp3 player or a palmtop computer or what not that uses standard batteries makes you immune to this particular evil stunt, and has always been my preference.
Note to others : My iRiver mp3 player requires windows XP , nothing less , to load / unload mp3 files from it. A deliberate limitation that annoys me since my other computer is win2000 and it wont do spit on that thing. If you are shopping for an mp3 player watch for such stunts and avoid them. I deeply regret having to maintain an xp machine just to listen to my tunes at work, but I'm too cheap to shell out a hundred bucks for an alternate player.
I have this mp3 player. That is to say , a small device that hangs around my neck and plays music. Mostly I rip the music from my own collection of cd's. Rip means to convert them from the cd to a special computer file called an mp3 file (thus why the device is called an mp3 player).
Then I wander off to work and listen to the tunes.
It seems they've been putting out mp3's on the web that contain more than just music. The BBC for example does broadcasts , you download the mp3 file to your computer , copy it to your player , and wander off. It took me 2 min to download a 25 min broadcast, so you can get an idea of the savings of time.
I tried out the above site, podcast.com , and you click on the link and it plays the podcast as it is called. But if you look carefully , the link is to an mp3 file , so you can right click and "save target to disk" and save the file to your computer .
Now , it is true that listening to the BBC news may not thrill anyone, but I also spotted french lessons there , among other things. so imagine downloading french lessons and listening to them whilest travelling too and from work. And maybe even all day at work if you have some kind of mindless repetiative job (janitor or some such). Now you're seeing the potential.
This is called "pod casting" after the apple mp3 player which is called an ipod. And the mp3 files they're sporting they're giving away for free. And yes, the podcasts come with commericals included (at elast the BBC news one did )
Well , not a bad deal still. Certainly the french will come in handy for me. I have a cheap no name brand mp3 player that cost me a hundred bucks and takes a triple A battery , by the way , I think it's called Iriver ? Works great. No need to buy an expensive apple ipod and deal with their games.
ANNOYING IPOD GAMES
The only annoying ipod game that comes to mind is the battery game. Thats where your ipod has a built in battery thats only good for a few months , and then the manufacturer (apple is notorious for this) expects you to throw away the device and buy another. Needless to say , picking up an mp3 player or a palmtop computer or what not that uses standard batteries makes you immune to this particular evil stunt, and has always been my preference.
Note to others : My iRiver mp3 player requires windows XP , nothing less , to load / unload mp3 files from it. A deliberate limitation that annoys me since my other computer is win2000 and it wont do spit on that thing. If you are shopping for an mp3 player watch for such stunts and avoid them. I deeply regret having to maintain an xp machine just to listen to my tunes at work, but I'm too cheap to shell out a hundred bucks for an alternate player.
Anti-Vending machine Diet
Enough about Iraq and the middle east.
I hear by vow to swear off that middle east stuff. There's not much I can do but rant anyways.
I have personally invented a brand new diet, at the behest of my doctor. Actually he didnt' say "invent a new diet" he said "lose 10-15kg before I operate on your belly" (20-30 lbs )
I call it the Anti-vending machine diet , in honor of all those vending machines we have at work with all those wonderful tasting sweets. How it works is surprisingly simple.
1. Bring real food to work for lunch.
2. Bring coffee to work, the instant stuff as well as a thermos. Can't run without coffee (I can't)
3. Leave all money and plastic at home. I mean ALL money , ALL plastic money too.
Three simple steps.
This diet was invented on the spot after the tuesday fiasco. What was the tuesday fiasco ? That whas were I brought money and no food to work with me. And pigged out on the vending machines. mostly sweets. Desgusting , dubious natured, truely delicious...never mind !
Note to self : never bring money to work again.
I hear by vow to swear off that middle east stuff. There's not much I can do but rant anyways.
I have personally invented a brand new diet, at the behest of my doctor. Actually he didnt' say "invent a new diet" he said "lose 10-15kg before I operate on your belly" (20-30 lbs )
I call it the Anti-vending machine diet , in honor of all those vending machines we have at work with all those wonderful tasting sweets. How it works is surprisingly simple.
1. Bring real food to work for lunch.
2. Bring coffee to work, the instant stuff as well as a thermos. Can't run without coffee (I can't)
3. Leave all money and plastic at home. I mean ALL money , ALL plastic money too.
Three simple steps.
This diet was invented on the spot after the tuesday fiasco. What was the tuesday fiasco ? That whas were I brought money and no food to work with me. And pigged out on the vending machines. mostly sweets. Desgusting , dubious natured, truely delicious...never mind !
Note to self : never bring money to work again.
Monday, January 01, 2007
The numbers , pure and simple, in Iraq
U.S. deaths in Iraq reach 3,000
The identity of the 3,000th military death could not be precisely determined as the exact times of deaths late last week were not immediately available.
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More than 22,000 other U.S. troops have been wounded in Iraq since the war began nearly four years ago
It took the enemey 4 years to kill 3000 enemey troops.
Thats 750 per year.
More importantly , troops are only stationed in Iraq for 6 months at a time, so thats 375 casualties per rotation.
The US has a standing force of at least 100 000 troops (in Iraq), sometimes as high as 150 000 troops. But we'll use the lower number.
375 / 100 000 = 0.00375= 0.375% chance of you dying during your rotation to Iraq. Thats one third of one percent chance of death , over a six month rotation.
This begs the question , are these casualties of war numbers ? Or are these traffic fatality numbers ? these number are rediculously low for enemey activity.
And Bush had to confess to "losing" the war in Iraq.
yeah , right.
The identity of the 3,000th military death could not be precisely determined as the exact times of deaths late last week were not immediately available.
.
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More than 22,000 other U.S. troops have been wounded in Iraq since the war began nearly four years ago
It took the enemey 4 years to kill 3000 enemey troops.
Thats 750 per year.
More importantly , troops are only stationed in Iraq for 6 months at a time, so thats 375 casualties per rotation.
The US has a standing force of at least 100 000 troops (in Iraq), sometimes as high as 150 000 troops. But we'll use the lower number.
375 / 100 000 = 0.00375= 0.375% chance of you dying during your rotation to Iraq. Thats one third of one percent chance of death , over a six month rotation.
This begs the question , are these casualties of war numbers ? Or are these traffic fatality numbers ? these number are rediculously low for enemey activity.
And Bush had to confess to "losing" the war in Iraq.
yeah , right.
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Hussein was symbol of autocracy, cruelty in Iraq
Article
Oh no ! He's gone ! How will we ever cope ? Who will we have to laugh at and ridicule ? Oh right , we still have George Bush ... never mind !
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Saddam Hussein, the former dictator of Iraq who spent his last years in captivity after his ruthless Baathist regime was toppled from power by the U.S.-led coalition in 2003, has been executed -- hanged for crimes during a brutal crackdown during his reign.
DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD ! (oops..wrong tune)
Having moved to Baghdad as a teenager, Hussein joined the Arab Baath Socialist Party while a secondary school student. In 1958 he spent six months in prison for his political activities.
Loser ! Looooooser ! In jail aready are we ?
The next year Hussein and several others attempted to assassinate Gen. Abdul Karim Kassem, who came to power in 1958 in a military coup. Hussein was shot in the leg during the botched attempt, but he escaped and fled to Iraq. He was sentenced to death in absentia February 25, 1960, for his role in the plot.
Is this a list of his acheivements or his failures ?
After studying in Egypt, Hussein returned to Iraq in February 1963 following the Ramadan Revolution, in which Baath Party members overthrew Kassem. The following months of political turmoil culminated in another coup, and Hussein was arrested again on October 14, 1964.
He was elected deputy secretary-general of the Baath Party while in prison.
Another round in jail ! Another assassination attempt ! A twice failed assassin now elected leader of the Baath...what a joke.
According to the prewar Iraqi News Agency's resume of Hussein, he escaped from jail in 1967. In July 1968 he played a leading role in a coup that led to the ascension of Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, a fellow Baath member and Hussein's cousin, as Iraq's new ruler.
What does "played a leading role" mean ? For someone who's your leader who wants his claim to fame even if he did nothing ... loser ! You stole someone elses thunder , didn't you ?
"Saddam accumulated power over a period of 10 to 12 years," said Mark Bowden, a best-selling author who profiled Hussein's daily life in a May 2002 Atlantic Monthly article. "When you have evidenced considerable charm [and] an ability to get things done, even very idealistic and ambitious people begin to side with you."
There we go. The failed assassin turns out to be great at the talk talk thing , lousy at the assassin - assassin thing. heh heh heh
With a camera recording the event, Hussein told a room full of top officials that he had uncovered a conspiracy to overthrow the government. One by one he named the alleged traitors. Sixty-eight men were taken away, and 21 were executed.
"He essentially betrayed many of those people who had relied on him," Bowden said.
And what a charming talker he turned out to be ! My but he was skilled at it !
In 1980 Hussein entered a war with Iran that would last eight years and, according to some estimates, cost more than a million lives, before ending in a stalemate.
loser ! Again !
Two years later he ordered troops and tanks to invade Kuwait, Iraq's oil-rich neighbor to the south. A U.N.-backed, U.S.-led coalition routed Iraq's forces and forced them out of Kuwait in early 1991.
And again !
Hussein and his associates tried to lobby Middle Eastern nations to end the U.N.-imposed sanctions and support his policies, in particular his fervent opposition to the United States and Israel.
After you just finished stupidly invading one of those neibours ? Even YOUR legendary talk talk was not enough for the job, it seemed.
But under mounting pressure after Bush's speech, Iraq re-admitted U.N. weapons inspectors, who returned to Iraq in November 2002 with the prospect of war or peace hanging in the balance.
Inspectors found illegal Samoud missiles and destroyed them in February 2003.
The inspectors departed again in March 2003 after the United States advised the United Nations to remove its weapons inspectors from Iraq ahead of an expected U.S.-led attack.
The final loss.
Here is a man who tried assassination , twice it seemed, didn't work out for him. Then the old talk talk lie lie business, and discovered how gullable people can be. Odd...everytime he talked, he got away with it mostly . Every time he acted , he lost.
You'd think he'd stop acting. Stop invading his neibours stop rattleing his sabre. Being a dictator is a sweet set up , you simply point and your guards pluck any young lady you like off the street for you to enjoy , and if anyone complains you shoot them. It's a great set up , but I guess it wasn't enough , always have to push for more.
Eventually, the Bush administration conceded that there were no weapons of mass destruction, the primary reason it had cited for the invasion. It has since said that it launched the invasion to get rid of Hussein and spread democracy.
Even though some in the administration advanced the idea that there may have been a working relationship between the Hussein regime and al Qaeda, that theory was firmly refuted by the 9/11 commission report.
This is a different issue.
First off , Al Qaeda means "The list" , and it's just a list of names of people who passed through some safe houses Osama Bin Laden was running , in case a relative called and wanted to know if their brother had made it safely , etc etc. It wasn't any kind of organization per say , and it had no command structure, it was just people passing through those houses.
I suppose, philosophically , you could say Saddam Hussain was on the list in spirit at least because all those people were terrorists on their way to terrorist training camps (thus the sudden importance of such a list) and he supported that and even donated money , payed 25 000$ for every succesful suicide bomber that killed at least one jew , etc etc ... but no , he did not pass through the houses.
Second there were minimal weapons of mass destruction. That is to say , I recall articles where a nuclear reactor had simply been abandonned, and the americans had to actually buy back some barrels that used to hold radioactives, because they were poisoning the people now using them to hold rain water. The radioactive powerder it held had been simply dumed on the ground and the barrels stolen. (smart move, guys...)
Take some of that powder , stick it in a bomb , fire it off at Isreal like they do a few times a day now for the last couple of years. It won't go nuclear , thus technically it's not a weapon of mass destruction, but spraying radioactive dust over a civilian population is definately going to terrorize someone , I guarentee you that much. Even if there are no "mass deaths" to qualify as mass destruction.
Those crazy buggers are lucky they live in a desert or they would have bio-weaponed each other to death long ago.
Anyways, the evil witch of our time is dead, and I think he derserved it , and I think Bush was right to invade.
Were there weapons of mass destruction ? Technically no. Was he part of Al Quaeda ? Technically No. But the word Technically is occuring way too many times in those answers.
Gone, but not forgotten. Just like Hitler !
Oh no ! He's gone ! How will we ever cope ? Who will we have to laugh at and ridicule ? Oh right , we still have George Bush ... never mind !
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Saddam Hussein, the former dictator of Iraq who spent his last years in captivity after his ruthless Baathist regime was toppled from power by the U.S.-led coalition in 2003, has been executed -- hanged for crimes during a brutal crackdown during his reign.
DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD ! (oops..wrong tune)
Having moved to Baghdad as a teenager, Hussein joined the Arab Baath Socialist Party while a secondary school student. In 1958 he spent six months in prison for his political activities.
Loser ! Looooooser ! In jail aready are we ?
The next year Hussein and several others attempted to assassinate Gen. Abdul Karim Kassem, who came to power in 1958 in a military coup. Hussein was shot in the leg during the botched attempt, but he escaped and fled to Iraq. He was sentenced to death in absentia February 25, 1960, for his role in the plot.
Is this a list of his acheivements or his failures ?
After studying in Egypt, Hussein returned to Iraq in February 1963 following the Ramadan Revolution, in which Baath Party members overthrew Kassem. The following months of political turmoil culminated in another coup, and Hussein was arrested again on October 14, 1964.
He was elected deputy secretary-general of the Baath Party while in prison.
Another round in jail ! Another assassination attempt ! A twice failed assassin now elected leader of the Baath...what a joke.
According to the prewar Iraqi News Agency's resume of Hussein, he escaped from jail in 1967. In July 1968 he played a leading role in a coup that led to the ascension of Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, a fellow Baath member and Hussein's cousin, as Iraq's new ruler.
What does "played a leading role" mean ? For someone who's your leader who wants his claim to fame even if he did nothing ... loser ! You stole someone elses thunder , didn't you ?
"Saddam accumulated power over a period of 10 to 12 years," said Mark Bowden, a best-selling author who profiled Hussein's daily life in a May 2002 Atlantic Monthly article. "When you have evidenced considerable charm [and] an ability to get things done, even very idealistic and ambitious people begin to side with you."
There we go. The failed assassin turns out to be great at the talk talk thing , lousy at the assassin - assassin thing. heh heh heh
With a camera recording the event, Hussein told a room full of top officials that he had uncovered a conspiracy to overthrow the government. One by one he named the alleged traitors. Sixty-eight men were taken away, and 21 were executed.
"He essentially betrayed many of those people who had relied on him," Bowden said.
And what a charming talker he turned out to be ! My but he was skilled at it !
In 1980 Hussein entered a war with Iran that would last eight years and, according to some estimates, cost more than a million lives, before ending in a stalemate.
loser ! Again !
Two years later he ordered troops and tanks to invade Kuwait, Iraq's oil-rich neighbor to the south. A U.N.-backed, U.S.-led coalition routed Iraq's forces and forced them out of Kuwait in early 1991.
And again !
Hussein and his associates tried to lobby Middle Eastern nations to end the U.N.-imposed sanctions and support his policies, in particular his fervent opposition to the United States and Israel.
After you just finished stupidly invading one of those neibours ? Even YOUR legendary talk talk was not enough for the job, it seemed.
But under mounting pressure after Bush's speech, Iraq re-admitted U.N. weapons inspectors, who returned to Iraq in November 2002 with the prospect of war or peace hanging in the balance.
Inspectors found illegal Samoud missiles and destroyed them in February 2003.
The inspectors departed again in March 2003 after the United States advised the United Nations to remove its weapons inspectors from Iraq ahead of an expected U.S.-led attack.
The final loss.
Here is a man who tried assassination , twice it seemed, didn't work out for him. Then the old talk talk lie lie business, and discovered how gullable people can be. Odd...everytime he talked, he got away with it mostly . Every time he acted , he lost.
You'd think he'd stop acting. Stop invading his neibours stop rattleing his sabre. Being a dictator is a sweet set up , you simply point and your guards pluck any young lady you like off the street for you to enjoy , and if anyone complains you shoot them. It's a great set up , but I guess it wasn't enough , always have to push for more.
Eventually, the Bush administration conceded that there were no weapons of mass destruction, the primary reason it had cited for the invasion. It has since said that it launched the invasion to get rid of Hussein and spread democracy.
Even though some in the administration advanced the idea that there may have been a working relationship between the Hussein regime and al Qaeda, that theory was firmly refuted by the 9/11 commission report.
This is a different issue.
First off , Al Qaeda means "The list" , and it's just a list of names of people who passed through some safe houses Osama Bin Laden was running , in case a relative called and wanted to know if their brother had made it safely , etc etc. It wasn't any kind of organization per say , and it had no command structure, it was just people passing through those houses.
I suppose, philosophically , you could say Saddam Hussain was on the list in spirit at least because all those people were terrorists on their way to terrorist training camps (thus the sudden importance of such a list) and he supported that and even donated money , payed 25 000$ for every succesful suicide bomber that killed at least one jew , etc etc ... but no , he did not pass through the houses.
Second there were minimal weapons of mass destruction. That is to say , I recall articles where a nuclear reactor had simply been abandonned, and the americans had to actually buy back some barrels that used to hold radioactives, because they were poisoning the people now using them to hold rain water. The radioactive powerder it held had been simply dumed on the ground and the barrels stolen. (smart move, guys...)
Take some of that powder , stick it in a bomb , fire it off at Isreal like they do a few times a day now for the last couple of years. It won't go nuclear , thus technically it's not a weapon of mass destruction, but spraying radioactive dust over a civilian population is definately going to terrorize someone , I guarentee you that much. Even if there are no "mass deaths" to qualify as mass destruction.
Those crazy buggers are lucky they live in a desert or they would have bio-weaponed each other to death long ago.
Anyways, the evil witch of our time is dead, and I think he derserved it , and I think Bush was right to invade.
Were there weapons of mass destruction ? Technically no. Was he part of Al Quaeda ? Technically No. But the word Technically is occuring way too many times in those answers.
Gone, but not forgotten. Just like Hitler !
Monday, December 25, 2006
Merry Xmas to the world
I've been thinking about a number of things, and I suppose I should sum them up. Some of them concearn the whole world, and some of them just me... :)
North Korea will never have nukes.
Their laundry list of demands , as it is called , includes the west giving them a nuclear reactor. Thought they were building a nuclear reactor ? Oops, they're a communist regime. Every see the beginning part of that move K12 ? The russian sub with a nuke weapon ? How they had to build it with substandard and even wrong parts. The most telling moment of the movie was the second officer reading the instructions in case of an accdient. "And then it goes on to describe how to operate the saftey equipment , which was never installed because we didn't have the parts..."
If these idiots build a reactor it will do the Chernoblye thing , and they'll only burn themselves.
2.. Iran is building a nuclear reactor. Unlike north korea, they don't have a problem spending money and paying people what they're worth. These people will not do the self destruct thing, and are a serioius threat.
3.. the notion of "colonizing" the west with islamics who are busy running away from the middle east in terror and hatred is dubious at best. There have been what ? One, two terrorist attacks in six years ? Phht ! Forget it. These islamics over here want nothing to do with those gangsters in the middle east. And in the end , thats exactly what they are. Gangsters dressed up in preist robes and not hesitating to shoot anyone who gets in their way.
4..I should stop pushing myself. Most physiotheropy recovery from major injuries is a year or more. I don't know why I keep thinking I'll be back to normal this time next month if I just keep pushing myself and ignoreing the pain ... gotta stop that.
5.. gotta stop ranting on the middle east and go back to computers. Those guys are pretty much set on their course and not much is going to change it. And that course is right into a brick wall at high speed with a lot of spattering going on after they hit it.
6.. Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 is being force downloaded to all the good little people of the world by way of that 2 am update windows function. It usually doesn't work , and I spend half my day at work helping people uninsall it. :) Our first post-bill gates disaster for microsoft. I hope the company sinks, but billy boy wont care , he's retired. took the money and ran.
7.. note to self : Convert your spare computer to linux , it's the next os to replace windows when it sinks.
8... radio is dead. I've been listening to my mp3 player for a year and a bit now , dont' even know what the new tunes out there are, havn't listenned to a radio in at least that long. such a quiet death , I never noticed....
9 .. tv is dying. That move to high definition TV means nothing, and any delay it gives to the TV's death will be slight. I say this because I play online games and enver watch tv , as do half my coworkers at work.
10.. DVD's are doing great and likely to get better. I'm always buying one to add to my library.
11... movie theatres are already dead, they just don't know it. Home entertainment killed them.
12.. downloading music / video is nothing but a flash in the plan. "You've got to get used to a pay per view or per listen cost structure !" no we don't. Disks that self distruct after three vewings, or after a certain date, songs that can only be copied three times... these are all temporary construts. The music industry is getting too greedy and it's gonna cost them. Try to honestly solve the problem and you might get somewhere , but honesty and big business are opposites ..thats a pipe dream I won't waste time on.
13...Internet Explorer, that cess pool of programming that attracts every virus and trojen out there needs to die. needs to die bad. DIE DIE DIE ! YOU SCUM BAG SACK OF POOR ILL THOUGHT OUT MAKE A BUCK QUICK PROGRAMING DIE !!!!!
But it probably wont.
MERRY XMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT...
North Korea will never have nukes.
Their laundry list of demands , as it is called , includes the west giving them a nuclear reactor. Thought they were building a nuclear reactor ? Oops, they're a communist regime. Every see the beginning part of that move K12 ? The russian sub with a nuke weapon ? How they had to build it with substandard and even wrong parts. The most telling moment of the movie was the second officer reading the instructions in case of an accdient. "And then it goes on to describe how to operate the saftey equipment , which was never installed because we didn't have the parts..."
If these idiots build a reactor it will do the Chernoblye thing , and they'll only burn themselves.
2.. Iran is building a nuclear reactor. Unlike north korea, they don't have a problem spending money and paying people what they're worth. These people will not do the self destruct thing, and are a serioius threat.
3.. the notion of "colonizing" the west with islamics who are busy running away from the middle east in terror and hatred is dubious at best. There have been what ? One, two terrorist attacks in six years ? Phht ! Forget it. These islamics over here want nothing to do with those gangsters in the middle east. And in the end , thats exactly what they are. Gangsters dressed up in preist robes and not hesitating to shoot anyone who gets in their way.
4..I should stop pushing myself. Most physiotheropy recovery from major injuries is a year or more. I don't know why I keep thinking I'll be back to normal this time next month if I just keep pushing myself and ignoreing the pain ... gotta stop that.
5.. gotta stop ranting on the middle east and go back to computers. Those guys are pretty much set on their course and not much is going to change it. And that course is right into a brick wall at high speed with a lot of spattering going on after they hit it.
6.. Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 is being force downloaded to all the good little people of the world by way of that 2 am update windows function. It usually doesn't work , and I spend half my day at work helping people uninsall it. :) Our first post-bill gates disaster for microsoft. I hope the company sinks, but billy boy wont care , he's retired. took the money and ran.
7.. note to self : Convert your spare computer to linux , it's the next os to replace windows when it sinks.
8... radio is dead. I've been listening to my mp3 player for a year and a bit now , dont' even know what the new tunes out there are, havn't listenned to a radio in at least that long. such a quiet death , I never noticed....
9 .. tv is dying. That move to high definition TV means nothing, and any delay it gives to the TV's death will be slight. I say this because I play online games and enver watch tv , as do half my coworkers at work.
10.. DVD's are doing great and likely to get better. I'm always buying one to add to my library.
11... movie theatres are already dead, they just don't know it. Home entertainment killed them.
12.. downloading music / video is nothing but a flash in the plan. "You've got to get used to a pay per view or per listen cost structure !" no we don't. Disks that self distruct after three vewings, or after a certain date, songs that can only be copied three times... these are all temporary construts. The music industry is getting too greedy and it's gonna cost them. Try to honestly solve the problem and you might get somewhere , but honesty and big business are opposites ..thats a pipe dream I won't waste time on.
13...Internet Explorer, that cess pool of programming that attracts every virus and trojen out there needs to die. needs to die bad. DIE DIE DIE ! YOU SCUM BAG SACK OF POOR ILL THOUGHT OUT MAKE A BUCK QUICK PROGRAMING DIE !!!!!
But it probably wont.
MERRY XMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Al Qaeda's No. 2 opposes Palestinian elections
Article
"And it is not a ... formula, the one which Bush says, 'We hit the terrorists in their land so they don't strike in our land.' On the contrary, if we are hit in our lands, then we will not stop striking in your land, God willing.
God willing....
It has now been 6 years since 9/11. There has been One (1 - count it ... ONE) successful terrorist attack in all of the western nations carried out by Al Quaeda. A train in spain.
It would seem that god is not willing.
It would seem that these unelected idiots who think they know how to rule the world and shoot anyone who disagree's with them are not the right hand of god, at least not any god that has any power in this world.
Al-Zawahiri also warned the United States, "You are not negotiating with the real power in the Islamic world ... those whom you are negotiating with to secure your departure from Iraq, they will not be useful to you."
It was not clear which countries he was referring to.
He's refering to Iran and it's attempt to make nukes. It is unclear to him that that factory will be bombed into dust the moment the US beleives the first nuke is under construction. It is unclear to our religously blinded Iranian President also , who continues to rattle a nuclear sabre with weapons he has not yet produced and cannot possibly defend.
As many middle easterner's have remarked. "It is interesting holding a conversation with someone who still lives in the 16th century."
In other words ... I have a toy, god will not let you take it away from me.
ha ha , oh yes he will !
"And it is not a ... formula, the one which Bush says, 'We hit the terrorists in their land so they don't strike in our land.' On the contrary, if we are hit in our lands, then we will not stop striking in your land, God willing.
God willing....
It has now been 6 years since 9/11. There has been One (1 - count it ... ONE) successful terrorist attack in all of the western nations carried out by Al Quaeda. A train in spain.
It would seem that god is not willing.
It would seem that these unelected idiots who think they know how to rule the world and shoot anyone who disagree's with them are not the right hand of god, at least not any god that has any power in this world.
Al-Zawahiri also warned the United States, "You are not negotiating with the real power in the Islamic world ... those whom you are negotiating with to secure your departure from Iraq, they will not be useful to you."
It was not clear which countries he was referring to.
He's refering to Iran and it's attempt to make nukes. It is unclear to him that that factory will be bombed into dust the moment the US beleives the first nuke is under construction. It is unclear to our religously blinded Iranian President also , who continues to rattle a nuclear sabre with weapons he has not yet produced and cannot possibly defend.
As many middle easterner's have remarked. "It is interesting holding a conversation with someone who still lives in the 16th century."
In other words ... I have a toy, god will not let you take it away from me.
ha ha , oh yes he will !
Libya to execute HIV medics
Article
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- A court convicted five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor Tuesday of deliberately infecting 400 children with HIV and sentenced them to death, despite scientific evidence the youngsters had the virus before the medical workers came to Libya.
Once you understand one or two basic facts of the matter, this makes perfect sense.
One : You're in a muslim nation. Any muslim accuses you of something , and you're not a muslim , you're found guilty. Evidence , testimony , etc, it doesn't matter. It is a religious requirement that you are punished for being a non muslim , and this is one of the favorite ways they do it. The Non-Muslim is ALWAYS guilty. And if the international press gets annoyed, you don't care. You hold your trial , you let them show overwhelming evidence that these people couldn't possibly have done the crime , maybe even that they were victems of a crime , and then you find them guilty anyways. because they're infidels.
two : The people these non-muslim infidels are helping could , potentially , convert to that non muslim religion , this causing more infidels to apear in your land. Better to let them all die. So the threat of removing all aid workers that these people are starving to death without their help is no threat at all. The so called government of these people would happily see them all dead rather than let some foriener feed them and possibly convert them.
Once you understand these two rules, that Infidels are always guilty and refugees are better off dead than saved, it all falls together and makes perfect sense.
The nurses and doctor have been in jail since 1999 on charges that they intentionally spread the HIV virus to more than 400 children at a hospital in the city of Benghazi during what Libya claims was a botched experiment to find a cure for AIDS. Fifty of the children have died, and the rest have been treated in Europe.
Bulgaria and European officials have blamed the infections on unhygienic practices at the hospital and accuse Libya of making the medical workers scapegoats.
Gadhafi has tried to reach a deal by which Bulgaria would pay compensation to the victims, a proposal Sofia has rejected, saying it would imply the nurses' guilt. The defendants have claimed they were tortured in their detention, and two of the nurses -- who are all women -- said they were raped. A Libyan court acquitted several Libyan prison officials of the charge.
Luc Montagnier -- the French doctor who was a co-discoverer of HIV -- testified in the first trial that the deadly virus was active in the hospital before the Bulgarian nurses began their contracts there in 1998.
More evidence for that argument surfaced on Dec. 6 -- too late to be submitted in court -- when Nature magazine published the analysis of HIV and hepatitis virus samples from the children.
Using changes in the genetic information of HIV over time as a "molecular clock," the analysts concluded the virus was contracted as much as three years before the defendants arrived at the hospital..
Prediction :
They'll be executed. In front of the whole world. And the whole world will know they're innocent of the charges, but that simply demonstrates the Infidels Are Always Guilty rule rather than making any muslim feel in any way ashamed of these events. Muslims will cheer and dance in the streets.
The executions must come soon , because if they're already accusing of rape and being shushed, you can figure half of them are pregnent from the rapes and the government doesn't want to deal with that, execution is the only way out.
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- A court convicted five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor Tuesday of deliberately infecting 400 children with HIV and sentenced them to death, despite scientific evidence the youngsters had the virus before the medical workers came to Libya.
Once you understand one or two basic facts of the matter, this makes perfect sense.
One : You're in a muslim nation. Any muslim accuses you of something , and you're not a muslim , you're found guilty. Evidence , testimony , etc, it doesn't matter. It is a religious requirement that you are punished for being a non muslim , and this is one of the favorite ways they do it. The Non-Muslim is ALWAYS guilty. And if the international press gets annoyed, you don't care. You hold your trial , you let them show overwhelming evidence that these people couldn't possibly have done the crime , maybe even that they were victems of a crime , and then you find them guilty anyways. because they're infidels.
two : The people these non-muslim infidels are helping could , potentially , convert to that non muslim religion , this causing more infidels to apear in your land. Better to let them all die. So the threat of removing all aid workers that these people are starving to death without their help is no threat at all. The so called government of these people would happily see them all dead rather than let some foriener feed them and possibly convert them.
Once you understand these two rules, that Infidels are always guilty and refugees are better off dead than saved, it all falls together and makes perfect sense.
The nurses and doctor have been in jail since 1999 on charges that they intentionally spread the HIV virus to more than 400 children at a hospital in the city of Benghazi during what Libya claims was a botched experiment to find a cure for AIDS. Fifty of the children have died, and the rest have been treated in Europe.
Bulgaria and European officials have blamed the infections on unhygienic practices at the hospital and accuse Libya of making the medical workers scapegoats.
Gadhafi has tried to reach a deal by which Bulgaria would pay compensation to the victims, a proposal Sofia has rejected, saying it would imply the nurses' guilt. The defendants have claimed they were tortured in their detention, and two of the nurses -- who are all women -- said they were raped. A Libyan court acquitted several Libyan prison officials of the charge.
Luc Montagnier -- the French doctor who was a co-discoverer of HIV -- testified in the first trial that the deadly virus was active in the hospital before the Bulgarian nurses began their contracts there in 1998.
More evidence for that argument surfaced on Dec. 6 -- too late to be submitted in court -- when Nature magazine published the analysis of HIV and hepatitis virus samples from the children.
Using changes in the genetic information of HIV over time as a "molecular clock," the analysts concluded the virus was contracted as much as three years before the defendants arrived at the hospital..
Prediction :
They'll be executed. In front of the whole world. And the whole world will know they're innocent of the charges, but that simply demonstrates the Infidels Are Always Guilty rule rather than making any muslim feel in any way ashamed of these events. Muslims will cheer and dance in the streets.
The executions must come soon , because if they're already accusing of rape and being shushed, you can figure half of them are pregnent from the rapes and the government doesn't want to deal with that, execution is the only way out.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Christmas Money
Got a xmas card from my new found aunt. I was quite happy to simply stick it under our rather empty looking xmas tree , but my wife insisted we open it.
It's just a card !
$50 bill falls out.
I have to admit. My wife has fast reflexes. The money never touched the floor. I'v never seen her move that fast in my life. "Christmas money !" she called out.
"Errmm... doesn't that card have MY name on it , not yours ?" I asked.
"Well ! " she said. "Oh look , there's another card inside, with my name on it. Rapidly openned it up . "More xmas money !" 25$
"I think some of that is mine at least. " I pointed out.
"You're right. " and she gives me the 25$ "Money money money .. we should send your aunt some cards by way of thank you. "
I look down at the 25$ , not quite sure what has happened.
Later my brother phones about me fixing his computer, and confirms he got his xmas card from our aunt as well. Only since he's single he gets to keep the whole 75$ and not share it with anyone.
*sigh* T'is the season for giving. And it looks like I just unexpectedly gave.
It's just a card !
$50 bill falls out.
I have to admit. My wife has fast reflexes. The money never touched the floor. I'v never seen her move that fast in my life. "Christmas money !" she called out.
"Errmm... doesn't that card have MY name on it , not yours ?" I asked.
"Well ! " she said. "Oh look , there's another card inside, with my name on it. Rapidly openned it up . "More xmas money !" 25$
"I think some of that is mine at least. " I pointed out.
"You're right. " and she gives me the 25$ "Money money money .. we should send your aunt some cards by way of thank you. "
I look down at the 25$ , not quite sure what has happened.
Later my brother phones about me fixing his computer, and confirms he got his xmas card from our aunt as well. Only since he's single he gets to keep the whole 75$ and not share it with anyone.
*sigh* T'is the season for giving. And it looks like I just unexpectedly gave.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Spy on yourself online
Article
Strange as it may sound, though, soon you may be spying on yourself. Why would anyone want to do that? Entrepreneur Seth Goldstein, whose startup Root Markets aims to create a financial market for consumer data, offers a compelling reason.
"Everybody else is spying on me," he says, "so I want to spy on myself."
But Goldstein wants a better copy of his online behavior than anyone else has, and he wants to have complete control over who gets to see it. Instead of spyware, he calls the software that will let him do this "myware."
You want to spy on yourself, and keep a copy of it all...why ?
Companies like Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo are trying to collect as much information about you as possible. Whenever you sign up with them for a service that requires a password (such as e-mail, My Yahoo, or personalized search), you are laying the groundwork for them to one day track your behavior across different parts of the Web through your online identity. If this information is so valuable, why not collect it yourself?
Ok... so you're collecting it yourself ... to do what ? Sell to advertisers ?
With these principles in mind, Goldstein hopes to bring advertisers and publishers into the mix and create a market for consumer data.
Yup. To sell it to spammers.
Lemme get this stragiht. Your brilliant idea is for me to keep track of my own movements, with your special software (that I doubt you're giving away for free) so that I can sell it for a few pennies (one persons tracked info isn't worth much , but 10 000 peoples info is... it's all in the numbers) to some yahoo's who will fill my email inbox with spam and make my life miserable ?
The hole in this system is, as I mentioned, numbers. On person's "click stream" as you call it , is worth almost nothing. Only when you have tens of thousands of them and you can play a numbers game with them , then do they become worth something. Thus me selling you my information is a waste of time. I'll get what , 5 cents per month , maybe less ? Forget it. Not worth the time I will spend clearing out the extra spam in my in box.
Strange as it may sound, though, soon you may be spying on yourself. Why would anyone want to do that? Entrepreneur Seth Goldstein, whose startup Root Markets aims to create a financial market for consumer data, offers a compelling reason.
"Everybody else is spying on me," he says, "so I want to spy on myself."
But Goldstein wants a better copy of his online behavior than anyone else has, and he wants to have complete control over who gets to see it. Instead of spyware, he calls the software that will let him do this "myware."
You want to spy on yourself, and keep a copy of it all...why ?
Companies like Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo are trying to collect as much information about you as possible. Whenever you sign up with them for a service that requires a password (such as e-mail, My Yahoo, or personalized search), you are laying the groundwork for them to one day track your behavior across different parts of the Web through your online identity. If this information is so valuable, why not collect it yourself?
Ok... so you're collecting it yourself ... to do what ? Sell to advertisers ?
With these principles in mind, Goldstein hopes to bring advertisers and publishers into the mix and create a market for consumer data.
Yup. To sell it to spammers.
Lemme get this stragiht. Your brilliant idea is for me to keep track of my own movements, with your special software (that I doubt you're giving away for free) so that I can sell it for a few pennies (one persons tracked info isn't worth much , but 10 000 peoples info is... it's all in the numbers) to some yahoo's who will fill my email inbox with spam and make my life miserable ?
The hole in this system is, as I mentioned, numbers. On person's "click stream" as you call it , is worth almost nothing. Only when you have tens of thousands of them and you can play a numbers game with them , then do they become worth something. Thus me selling you my information is a waste of time. I'll get what , 5 cents per month , maybe less ? Forget it. Not worth the time I will spend clearing out the extra spam in my in box.
Commentary: Bush must act now on Iraq report
Article
I would begin to send a few combat troops home immediately as a message and embed at least a platoon with every Iraqi battalion, perhaps more. I would make our mission simply to train the Iraqi troops, not combat. I would participate in combat only with the Iraqis -- not on our own -- with some exceptions for Special Forces targeting key "wanted" figures.
You are an idiot.
The iraqi troops are infiltrated to a fair thee well with Sunni's and Shiites who hate each other. The cops stop random people on the street and demand bribes, and soldiers are regularily robbed of their paychecks, when they're not setting up false check points and robbing whoever comes by.
These are the people you want to turn the country over to TODAy ? As in tommorow morning ?
I would not take on Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army, nor Abdul Aziz Hakim's Badr Brigades, but insist that the Iraqi government do so in the political arena and make reconciliation with the Sunnis the priority
Translation : You would stop attacking the terroists with american troops, who always win , and start attacking them with ill trained ill equipped iraqi militia , who always lose. Ooohhh..bright idea there ! That one rings my bell real good !
I would withdraw combat forces slowly over time to Kuwait and the Kurdish area, but begin some immediately.
Dont forget the part where you put ear plugs in your ears to silence the noise of every terroist in the middle east declaring victory over the US infidel.
I would construct the regional group as suggested by the Iraq Study Group and talk to Syria and Iran without pre-conditions while bringing in Jordan, the Gulf oil states, Egypt and Turkey.
Translation : You would talk to a bunch of middle east nations with a long LOOONG track record of being talked to to death and nothing every being accomplished, and probably continue to accomplish nothing.
I would work tirelessly to find a solution to the Iranian nuclear programs -- the "Sword of Damocles" hanging over the region.
Translation : I have no idea what to do about Iran ...let me think about it a while ....
would reinvigorate our diplomacy, a total reversal, directing our State Department to immediately begin talks with all our enemies, as well as our friends, and demand that wherever possible we seek cooperation and alliances rather than engage in unilateral action.
We should umm...talk...yes..talk . I'd like to say talk more, but mostly we've been just talking at the moment to begin with anyways....we'll keep on talking anyway.
Here's why I would do this: We are not winning this war in Iraq and have no possibility of doing so.
You ARE winning the war. Idiot. When the terrorist kill 10 civilians and declare it a victory , and you kill 20 SOLDIERS the next day, and spend all your time mourning that one american died ... well.. you're an idiot. You're a winning idiot , but you're still an idiot.
Though some do not believe it, we went to war because we thought Saddam had weapons of mass destruction
You went to war because the middle east is one big nation that hates you, and the responsibility for 9/11 lies with all of them, not just the afghanistani's.
You invaded afghanistan because they attacked you. The middle east countered by sending terrorists (unsuccessfully) at america to boot you out of Afghanistan , in effect declaring themselves to have the right to attack you anytime they pleased and you to not have the right to even basic self defence.
Our diplomacy has been a disaster. Despite being viciously attacked on 9/11, we are diplomatically isolated, the world's laughing stock and are blamed for everyone's ills.
You're diplomacy has been a disaster from day one. You have half wits demanding countries like India open their borders to tobbaco sales , and using state department people to do it in the obvious name of profit of certain american corperations. Pulling out of iraq isn't going to stop the laughing , but maybe seperating big business and official government offices will.
We need a new course in every dimension. We need to start talking directly and continually to our enemies without pre-conditions: Iran, Syria, North Korea and many others; even the disgusting and vile must be engaged.
You keep saying "we need to start talking.." as if the US hasn't been talking to anyone. From what I read on CNN , they havn't stopped talking to anyone , not even Iran , not even for a moment. Oh they might lack an official ambassadore or two if some nation like Iran ticked them off, but there's always someone to send messages to and the US gets them.
This commission report will not solve the problems in Iraq. It is not a plan. It is imperfect, even vastly flawed and overly simplistic
You're backing a plan you know won't work ? Your idiocy is aproaching epic levels.
Let me tell you something.
If america leaves iraq, it will fall to the Islamics.
They will then attack America itself (they're already
trying ) , and instead of reading in the news once
every few days how a single or maybe two american
soldiers died, you'll be reading about how 20 or 30
american civilians died in a terrorist attack , every day.
The Islamics want you dead. They want all us westerners dead. You can keep the war over there and let them continue to piss off and kill their own civilians , or you can let it come here , and let them start killing western civilians.
There isn't a third option.
I would begin to send a few combat troops home immediately as a message and embed at least a platoon with every Iraqi battalion, perhaps more. I would make our mission simply to train the Iraqi troops, not combat. I would participate in combat only with the Iraqis -- not on our own -- with some exceptions for Special Forces targeting key "wanted" figures.
You are an idiot.
The iraqi troops are infiltrated to a fair thee well with Sunni's and Shiites who hate each other. The cops stop random people on the street and demand bribes, and soldiers are regularily robbed of their paychecks, when they're not setting up false check points and robbing whoever comes by.
These are the people you want to turn the country over to TODAy ? As in tommorow morning ?
I would not take on Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army, nor Abdul Aziz Hakim's Badr Brigades, but insist that the Iraqi government do so in the political arena and make reconciliation with the Sunnis the priority
Translation : You would stop attacking the terroists with american troops, who always win , and start attacking them with ill trained ill equipped iraqi militia , who always lose. Ooohhh..bright idea there ! That one rings my bell real good !
I would withdraw combat forces slowly over time to Kuwait and the Kurdish area, but begin some immediately.
Dont forget the part where you put ear plugs in your ears to silence the noise of every terroist in the middle east declaring victory over the US infidel.
I would construct the regional group as suggested by the Iraq Study Group and talk to Syria and Iran without pre-conditions while bringing in Jordan, the Gulf oil states, Egypt and Turkey.
Translation : You would talk to a bunch of middle east nations with a long LOOONG track record of being talked to to death and nothing every being accomplished, and probably continue to accomplish nothing.
I would work tirelessly to find a solution to the Iranian nuclear programs -- the "Sword of Damocles" hanging over the region.
Translation : I have no idea what to do about Iran ...let me think about it a while ....
would reinvigorate our diplomacy, a total reversal, directing our State Department to immediately begin talks with all our enemies, as well as our friends, and demand that wherever possible we seek cooperation and alliances rather than engage in unilateral action.
We should umm...talk...yes..talk . I'd like to say talk more, but mostly we've been just talking at the moment to begin with anyways....we'll keep on talking anyway.
Here's why I would do this: We are not winning this war in Iraq and have no possibility of doing so.
You ARE winning the war. Idiot. When the terrorist kill 10 civilians and declare it a victory , and you kill 20 SOLDIERS the next day, and spend all your time mourning that one american died ... well.. you're an idiot. You're a winning idiot , but you're still an idiot.
Though some do not believe it, we went to war because we thought Saddam had weapons of mass destruction
You went to war because the middle east is one big nation that hates you, and the responsibility for 9/11 lies with all of them, not just the afghanistani's.
You invaded afghanistan because they attacked you. The middle east countered by sending terrorists (unsuccessfully) at america to boot you out of Afghanistan , in effect declaring themselves to have the right to attack you anytime they pleased and you to not have the right to even basic self defence.
Our diplomacy has been a disaster. Despite being viciously attacked on 9/11, we are diplomatically isolated, the world's laughing stock and are blamed for everyone's ills.
You're diplomacy has been a disaster from day one. You have half wits demanding countries like India open their borders to tobbaco sales , and using state department people to do it in the obvious name of profit of certain american corperations. Pulling out of iraq isn't going to stop the laughing , but maybe seperating big business and official government offices will.
We need a new course in every dimension. We need to start talking directly and continually to our enemies without pre-conditions: Iran, Syria, North Korea and many others; even the disgusting and vile must be engaged.
You keep saying "we need to start talking.." as if the US hasn't been talking to anyone. From what I read on CNN , they havn't stopped talking to anyone , not even Iran , not even for a moment. Oh they might lack an official ambassadore or two if some nation like Iran ticked them off, but there's always someone to send messages to and the US gets them.
This commission report will not solve the problems in Iraq. It is not a plan. It is imperfect, even vastly flawed and overly simplistic
You're backing a plan you know won't work ? Your idiocy is aproaching epic levels.
Let me tell you something.
If america leaves iraq, it will fall to the Islamics.
They will then attack America itself (they're already
trying ) , and instead of reading in the news once
every few days how a single or maybe two american
soldiers died, you'll be reading about how 20 or 30
american civilians died in a terrorist attack , every day.
The Islamics want you dead. They want all us westerners dead. You can keep the war over there and let them continue to piss off and kill their own civilians , or you can let it come here , and let them start killing western civilians.
There isn't a third option.
Sunday, December 10, 2006
CNN instigates revolution in Lebanon
Article
BEIRUT, Lebanon (Reuters) -- Hundreds of thousands of flag-waving protesters flooded central Beirut on Sunday after a call by the Hezbollah-led opposition to step up their 10-day campaign to topple Lebanon's Western-backed government.
Insert pic of proper muslim woman holding a sign , in ENGLISH , reading "3 2 1 Nasrallah the best 1"
"Siniora out," the crowds shouted. "Beirut is free," others yelled as one of the biggest rallies in Lebanon's history kicked off in bright sunshine.
In English too. Almost like they could see the cnn camera man and were putting on a show , just for him. And the Writer of this article seems very happy to cooperte in this mater.
"We will stay for days, weeks or months. Whatever it takes to bring down the government," said Nader Hafez, a 21-year-old Shiite from Beirut.
Again in english. In a country with poor education , high poverty , where only the terrorists who are heading out to other lands speak english.
So how long is CNN going to keep up this nonsense ? How long will they inist on being the propaganda wing of every terrorist group to wander across their path , in the name of increased ratings ?
When are they going to mention that the Hezbollah who organized this is a Terrorist organization , and that they most likely got their protesters by pointing guns at them , and maybe shooting a few as examples, and telling them "I'm gonna shoot your little brother back home if you don't make it look good for the cnn camera's ? "
Nope...that part never gets mentioned. Ever.
So when do we get to sue CNN for crimes against humanity ?
Huge protest pressures Lebanese government
BEIRUT, Lebanon (Reuters) -- Hundreds of thousands of flag-waving protesters flooded central Beirut on Sunday after a call by the Hezbollah-led opposition to step up their 10-day campaign to topple Lebanon's Western-backed government.
Insert pic of proper muslim woman holding a sign , in ENGLISH , reading "3 2 1 Nasrallah the best 1"
"Siniora out," the crowds shouted. "Beirut is free," others yelled as one of the biggest rallies in Lebanon's history kicked off in bright sunshine.
In English too. Almost like they could see the cnn camera man and were putting on a show , just for him. And the Writer of this article seems very happy to cooperte in this mater.
"We will stay for days, weeks or months. Whatever it takes to bring down the government," said Nader Hafez, a 21-year-old Shiite from Beirut.
Again in english. In a country with poor education , high poverty , where only the terrorists who are heading out to other lands speak english.
So how long is CNN going to keep up this nonsense ? How long will they inist on being the propaganda wing of every terrorist group to wander across their path , in the name of increased ratings ?
When are they going to mention that the Hezbollah who organized this is a Terrorist organization , and that they most likely got their protesters by pointing guns at them , and maybe shooting a few as examples, and telling them "I'm gonna shoot your little brother back home if you don't make it look good for the cnn camera's ? "
Nope...that part never gets mentioned. Ever.
So when do we get to sue CNN for crimes against humanity ?
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Site Institute
Their URL
This site keeps track of terrorists , you can actually read online publications that the terrorists put out. IT's an eye opening experiance.
Human targets: “We must target and kill the Jews and the Christians, as we say to each combatant of God, his prophet and the believers: We come to slaughter you. Nowadays, we must not be limited by boundaries, or be separated by geography, as each Muslim home is our home, and their territories are our territories. We must transform the Blasphemers’ homes into hell as they did to the Muslim countries. (If you punish, do it the same way you were punished). Therefore, all active entities in the whole world should discard the geographic boundaries set by the enemies. They need to persevere in turning the Blasphemers’ countries into war zones, and keep the blaspheming countries and their agents busy with their issues, as they turned the Muslim countries into experimental fields for their weapons and inventions. Transforming their territories into hell and destruction is a must. With God’s permission, the sons of the Muslim nation are capable of accomplishing that.
I don't think they like us very much. And being christian instead of jewish doesn't help much , they seem to hate christians too.
some of the articles are pretty scary. How to use a rocket propelled grenade , with full diagrams , for example. Exhorting them to kill any fellow muslims that may side with the Infidels (us !) , and so one and so forth.
LOL ! they banned the terrorist web sites. Which I can understand of course. But it's pretty funny to see "popular catagories" and see "Al-qassam Brigades" right next to "Sexy Singles" and "Casino Game" and "Sex Dating". It's obviously an online search engine of some kind capitalizing on mistyped (or banned) entries, but it's funny just the same. (http://www.alqassam.info/) pulled it up)
My opinion :
these guys rule by the sword. Democracy is not a possiblity for them. And so they are doomed. People fear you for only so long, then they get sick of it and decide to do something. For this simple reason , the terrorists are , eventually , doomed.
Oh they will have their day , they will frighten a few people into silence, for a time. but the moment they show any weakness the noise of the silence breaking will be overwhelming. They are reaching out and grabbing someting by brute force, and if their hand slips for even an instant , and it always slips eventually , you lose everything. The people don't want them. The people are tired of being lined up against the wall and shot. (who wouldn't be ? ) The people are tired of a bunch of priests (Imans) telling them what to do and killing anyone who disagree's.
Brute strength is great. But it has no endurance at all. And sooner or later , your hand fails. And then you die. An Islamic Terrorized state is an amazingly brittle thing.
This site keeps track of terrorists , you can actually read online publications that the terrorists put out. IT's an eye opening experiance.
Human targets: “We must target and kill the Jews and the Christians, as we say to each combatant of God, his prophet and the believers: We come to slaughter you. Nowadays, we must not be limited by boundaries, or be separated by geography, as each Muslim home is our home, and their territories are our territories. We must transform the Blasphemers’ homes into hell as they did to the Muslim countries. (If you punish, do it the same way you were punished). Therefore, all active entities in the whole world should discard the geographic boundaries set by the enemies. They need to persevere in turning the Blasphemers’ countries into war zones, and keep the blaspheming countries and their agents busy with their issues, as they turned the Muslim countries into experimental fields for their weapons and inventions. Transforming their territories into hell and destruction is a must. With God’s permission, the sons of the Muslim nation are capable of accomplishing that.
I don't think they like us very much. And being christian instead of jewish doesn't help much , they seem to hate christians too.
some of the articles are pretty scary. How to use a rocket propelled grenade , with full diagrams , for example. Exhorting them to kill any fellow muslims that may side with the Infidels (us !) , and so one and so forth.
LOL ! they banned the terrorist web sites. Which I can understand of course. But it's pretty funny to see "popular catagories" and see "Al-qassam Brigades" right next to "Sexy Singles" and "Casino Game" and "Sex Dating". It's obviously an online search engine of some kind capitalizing on mistyped (or banned) entries, but it's funny just the same. (http://www.alqassam.info/) pulled it up)
My opinion :
these guys rule by the sword. Democracy is not a possiblity for them. And so they are doomed. People fear you for only so long, then they get sick of it and decide to do something. For this simple reason , the terrorists are , eventually , doomed.
Oh they will have their day , they will frighten a few people into silence, for a time. but the moment they show any weakness the noise of the silence breaking will be overwhelming. They are reaching out and grabbing someting by brute force, and if their hand slips for even an instant , and it always slips eventually , you lose everything. The people don't want them. The people are tired of being lined up against the wall and shot. (who wouldn't be ? ) The people are tired of a bunch of priests (Imans) telling them what to do and killing anyone who disagree's.
Brute strength is great. But it has no endurance at all. And sooner or later , your hand fails. And then you die. An Islamic Terrorized state is an amazingly brittle thing.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
BitTorrent Inc. expands movie, TV show downloads for new service
Article
LOS ANGELES (AP) - BitTorrent Inc., developer of a popular online file-sharing tool, said Tuesday it has reached licensing deals that will boost the number of movies and TV shows it can offer as part of a video download service launching next year.
The company has yet to disclose a pricing scheme but has said individual TV shows could be priced as low as US$1, and movies will be sold for about the price of a DVD.
TV shows and most films can be purchased and burned on a backup DVD, although the copy will only play on the computer used to buy the original and not on standard DVD players.
Some films will only be available for viewing a limited number of times.
Ummm... ok. I can download a movie and pay full price for it , after waiting 2 hours for it to download, burn it to a cd , and it will play only on one device in my house. Six months later, when that device breaks and I have to replace it, ALL the movies I bought from the download service, I have to throw out because I will never be able to view them again anywhere on any device ever.
So.. we have user piracy , and now we have an example of company piracy.
Pardon me , but if it's gonna cost as much as a DVD , maybe I'll just by a DVD , that will last for many years, and play on every device in the world , and not bother with the whole download experiance thingy ?
You wanna run a download service ? here's what you do. YOu load special s/w on the users computer that downloads a movie and writes it to a cd or writable dvd. You give them a discount on the price because they used their own equipment to make the copy thus saving you money, and maybe you mark the cd somehow so that it cannot itself be copied.
do that , and it becomes a discount cd / dvd store. Anything short of that, any weird copy schemes play only 3 times , copy twice and then you're toast etc schemes ... better off hitting the store and buying a copy there than fiddling with the online stuff.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - BitTorrent Inc., developer of a popular online file-sharing tool, said Tuesday it has reached licensing deals that will boost the number of movies and TV shows it can offer as part of a video download service launching next year.
The company has yet to disclose a pricing scheme but has said individual TV shows could be priced as low as US$1, and movies will be sold for about the price of a DVD.
TV shows and most films can be purchased and burned on a backup DVD, although the copy will only play on the computer used to buy the original and not on standard DVD players.
Some films will only be available for viewing a limited number of times.
Ummm... ok. I can download a movie and pay full price for it , after waiting 2 hours for it to download, burn it to a cd , and it will play only on one device in my house. Six months later, when that device breaks and I have to replace it, ALL the movies I bought from the download service, I have to throw out because I will never be able to view them again anywhere on any device ever.
So.. we have user piracy , and now we have an example of company piracy.
Pardon me , but if it's gonna cost as much as a DVD , maybe I'll just by a DVD , that will last for many years, and play on every device in the world , and not bother with the whole download experiance thingy ?
You wanna run a download service ? here's what you do. YOu load special s/w on the users computer that downloads a movie and writes it to a cd or writable dvd. You give them a discount on the price because they used their own equipment to make the copy thus saving you money, and maybe you mark the cd somehow so that it cannot itself be copied.
do that , and it becomes a discount cd / dvd store. Anything short of that, any weird copy schemes play only 3 times , copy twice and then you're toast etc schemes ... better off hitting the store and buying a copy there than fiddling with the online stuff.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
The Death of TiVo
TiVo ads at the end of programs
The Beauty of TiVo. It used to be a service down in the states where you could record shows and skip television commericals. A google search now adays on WHAT IS TIVO no longer even mentions the part about skipping commericals.
They said there were going to be ads when you paused programs, ads above the timeline when you're fastforwarding through a program and now ads when you're deleting a program.
Is anyone signing up for these?
Ah , how a beautiful concept dies an ugly death. Reduced to little more than a digital video recorder that deliberately inserts ads on you while you operate it. The dream is dead.
The Beauty of TiVo. It used to be a service down in the states where you could record shows and skip television commericals. A google search now adays on WHAT IS TIVO no longer even mentions the part about skipping commericals.
They said there were going to be ads when you paused programs, ads above the timeline when you're fastforwarding through a program and now ads when you're deleting a program.
Is anyone signing up for these?
Ah , how a beautiful concept dies an ugly death. Reduced to little more than a digital video recorder that deliberately inserts ads on you while you operate it. The dream is dead.
Who will pay for the higher costs of high-def TV?
Article
As Canada's broadcasters pursue the expensive transition from analog to digital broadcasting, the country's broadcast regulator is hearing ideas on how to pay for the added costs of high-definition.
At CRTC hearings this week, the broadcast networks are arguing for permission to charge fees to cable and satellite providers for programming they now provide for free. Some broadcasters are also asking the CRTC to allow more advertising minutes per hour and to allow alternate advertising arrangements like product placement.
Let me answer this question for you more fully and succinctly.
No one will pay for the higher costs.
Why ?
Because TV is a dying animal. Everyone is moving to the internet. If you choose to retain any illusion of hope that TV will somehow survive in some form or another, your best move is to lower the price of television. Not raise it.
Raising the price or increaseing the number of commericals per hour will merely hasten the demise of this dinosaur.
As Canada's broadcasters pursue the expensive transition from analog to digital broadcasting, the country's broadcast regulator is hearing ideas on how to pay for the added costs of high-definition.
At CRTC hearings this week, the broadcast networks are arguing for permission to charge fees to cable and satellite providers for programming they now provide for free. Some broadcasters are also asking the CRTC to allow more advertising minutes per hour and to allow alternate advertising arrangements like product placement.
Let me answer this question for you more fully and succinctly.
No one will pay for the higher costs.
Why ?
Because TV is a dying animal. Everyone is moving to the internet. If you choose to retain any illusion of hope that TV will somehow survive in some form or another, your best move is to lower the price of television. Not raise it.
Raising the price or increaseing the number of commericals per hour will merely hasten the demise of this dinosaur.
Monday, November 27, 2006
Who's responsible for this mess ? (Palistine / Israel)
I've been thinking about this for a long time. Who's right , who's wrong , what was the series of events that created this mess, things like that. And I think I've figured it out.
1.. The muslims must bear part responsibility. Sorry , but you're running around with a holy book in hand that calls the jews pigs and monkeys and generally encouraging people to kill every jew in the world. There's no escaping this.
2.. The World War II allies. Why ? Because at the end of world war II , after the nazi's were defeated , they divided up the middle east , which at that time had no formal nations, and created the current set of nations. One can immagine the generals, in this highly racist time, arguing about what to do with the jews. I dont' want them in MY COUNTRY ! Nor mine either ! I know ... lets dump them back in the desert in historical Israel ! Yeah ! Surrounded by muslims who want to kill them all ! yeah , thats a great idea !
3.. The jews. For going along with the new isreal , cut from the lands of the muslims. It is true that 1400 years ago the muslims drove the jews out (killing any that refused to leave or convert to islam) of that land , but then , it is true that if you go back 1400 years for any nation or group of people you're going to find that they did something really horrible probably a whole bunch of things that are really horrible , so you really should let bye gones be by gones and not go digging too far. No nation on earth is going to permit you to take a slice of their land , no matter how they got it , and give it to their hated enemies. They were stupid for going along with such a plan. Stupid , and greedy. One can imagine the jubilation. WE'RE GETTING OUR OLD COUNTRY BACK HURRAY ! You're old country is surrounded by muslims who want to kill you . Oopsie .
4... The United States. You're buying oil off of the muslims , making them rich , and thus funding their attacks on Israel. Then , you're lending troops and equipment to israel to defend itself. It's insane , you're actually funding both sides of this conflict. Something not obvious to the average american , but true enough just the same ! Can't you just pick one side and crush the other ? Any side ? It doesn't really matter, as long as the fighting stops.
5... Modern Technology. The Global Village etc. Guess what ? A plane trip from Iraq to USA is what , 8 hours ? 10 hours ? And all I need is a couple of box cutters to hijack the pilot and crash the plane into something provocative ? My only question is how come it hasn't happened sooner. "over there on the other side of the world" isn't really very far away anymore. Distance is no longer any protection from people who hate you. (A search on cheapoair.com shows boston to beruit is 922$US 14hrs 35min including 4 hours waiting for a connecting flight, exspensive for a private individual like you and me , cheap for any well funded terrorist. )
Conclusions
- Muslim oil runs out in 20 or 30 years, and research has already begun on fusion reactors as a replacement energy source for oil. Once the muslims run out of oil, the only thing they got is opium (used to make cocaine) and thats just not going to work out too well. My guess is that the muslim war machine will simply run out of steam at that point. They'll still hate everyone, but they won't be able to do much about it.
- Oh yeah , who is responsible for this mess ? Pretty much everyone has a hand in it , it seems. Pretty much everyone.
1.. The muslims must bear part responsibility. Sorry , but you're running around with a holy book in hand that calls the jews pigs and monkeys and generally encouraging people to kill every jew in the world. There's no escaping this.
2.. The World War II allies. Why ? Because at the end of world war II , after the nazi's were defeated , they divided up the middle east , which at that time had no formal nations, and created the current set of nations. One can immagine the generals, in this highly racist time, arguing about what to do with the jews. I dont' want them in MY COUNTRY ! Nor mine either ! I know ... lets dump them back in the desert in historical Israel ! Yeah ! Surrounded by muslims who want to kill them all ! yeah , thats a great idea !
3.. The jews. For going along with the new isreal , cut from the lands of the muslims. It is true that 1400 years ago the muslims drove the jews out (killing any that refused to leave or convert to islam) of that land , but then , it is true that if you go back 1400 years for any nation or group of people you're going to find that they did something really horrible probably a whole bunch of things that are really horrible , so you really should let bye gones be by gones and not go digging too far. No nation on earth is going to permit you to take a slice of their land , no matter how they got it , and give it to their hated enemies. They were stupid for going along with such a plan. Stupid , and greedy. One can imagine the jubilation. WE'RE GETTING OUR OLD COUNTRY BACK HURRAY ! You're old country is surrounded by muslims who want to kill you . Oopsie .
4... The United States. You're buying oil off of the muslims , making them rich , and thus funding their attacks on Israel. Then , you're lending troops and equipment to israel to defend itself. It's insane , you're actually funding both sides of this conflict. Something not obvious to the average american , but true enough just the same ! Can't you just pick one side and crush the other ? Any side ? It doesn't really matter, as long as the fighting stops.
5... Modern Technology. The Global Village etc. Guess what ? A plane trip from Iraq to USA is what , 8 hours ? 10 hours ? And all I need is a couple of box cutters to hijack the pilot and crash the plane into something provocative ? My only question is how come it hasn't happened sooner. "over there on the other side of the world" isn't really very far away anymore. Distance is no longer any protection from people who hate you. (A search on cheapoair.com shows boston to beruit is 922$US 14hrs 35min including 4 hours waiting for a connecting flight, exspensive for a private individual like you and me , cheap for any well funded terrorist. )
Conclusions
- Muslim oil runs out in 20 or 30 years, and research has already begun on fusion reactors as a replacement energy source for oil. Once the muslims run out of oil, the only thing they got is opium (used to make cocaine) and thats just not going to work out too well. My guess is that the muslim war machine will simply run out of steam at that point. They'll still hate everyone, but they won't be able to do much about it.
- Oh yeah , who is responsible for this mess ? Pretty much everyone has a hand in it , it seems. Pretty much everyone.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Sleeping on the Job
Another Doctors appointment , this one to see if I had Sleep Apnea. Call two weeks in advance to confirm I knew about it (no one answered had to leave a message). That didn't bother me much , I was told they were very busy and I was lucky to get in with less than a 9 month wait.
show up on the day ... Saturday (yesterday)...
Doors locked. No one around. Security came by and I got them to peek inside and make sure they weren't on coffee break.
Nope. No one showed up for my appointment.
I want my 50$ ! They charge you 50$ if you fail to show for an appointment , I want 50$ when I show up and it's the staff that sleeps in or calls in sick or whatever ! I had a one hour bus trip across town to get there and I made it on time , where were they ?
I think the part that the resperologist that booked me into that appointment doesn't have a phone number and I'd been trying to reach him for a week before giving up was the worst. I had no one to complain to or protest. Tick me right off.
show up on the day ... Saturday (yesterday)...
Doors locked. No one around. Security came by and I got them to peek inside and make sure they weren't on coffee break.
Nope. No one showed up for my appointment.
I want my 50$ ! They charge you 50$ if you fail to show for an appointment , I want 50$ when I show up and it's the staff that sleeps in or calls in sick or whatever ! I had a one hour bus trip across town to get there and I made it on time , where were they ?
I think the part that the resperologist that booked me into that appointment doesn't have a phone number and I'd been trying to reach him for a week before giving up was the worst. I had no one to complain to or protest. Tick me right off.
13,000 Palestinian security forces maintain cease-fire
Article
Hamas' militant wing and the Islamic Jihad militant group claimed responsibility for firing several rockets into Israel after the cease-fire took effect at 6 a.m. (11 p.m. ET Sunday).
Welcome to the standard Islamic Cease fire. The Israeli's stop firing and retreat. The Terrorists keep on firing and killing Israeli's.
I give it a week at most before the Israeli's get tired of being "peacefully" shot at , go back in , and the Hamas blame them for violating the so called cease fire (in which they failed to ...cease firing ... oddly enough).
But ... this is a new thing.
Oh it's happened many times before , with the terrorists continuing to provoke isreal and another war starting, that part is old hat.
The new part is that I was watching CNN on the telly, and they actually bothered to mention that the Hamas was still shooting at the Israeli's. Instead of the usual white wash of it all being the fault of the Jews and the poor innocent palistinians are so picked upon , they're actually giving it something akin to balanced coverage.
That will not change the Islamic actions or attitudes a witt, but it does mean the west will react differently to this kind of nonsense from now on. It will be interesting to see what happens next , since in this post 9/11 era tolerance for islamic extremism seems to have gone down hill.
Hamas' militant wing and the Islamic Jihad militant group claimed responsibility for firing several rockets into Israel after the cease-fire took effect at 6 a.m. (11 p.m. ET Sunday).
Welcome to the standard Islamic Cease fire. The Israeli's stop firing and retreat. The Terrorists keep on firing and killing Israeli's.
I give it a week at most before the Israeli's get tired of being "peacefully" shot at , go back in , and the Hamas blame them for violating the so called cease fire (in which they failed to ...cease firing ... oddly enough).
But ... this is a new thing.
Oh it's happened many times before , with the terrorists continuing to provoke isreal and another war starting, that part is old hat.
The new part is that I was watching CNN on the telly, and they actually bothered to mention that the Hamas was still shooting at the Israeli's. Instead of the usual white wash of it all being the fault of the Jews and the poor innocent palistinians are so picked upon , they're actually giving it something akin to balanced coverage.
That will not change the Islamic actions or attitudes a witt, but it does mean the west will react differently to this kind of nonsense from now on. It will be interesting to see what happens next , since in this post 9/11 era tolerance for islamic extremism seems to have gone down hill.
Friday, November 24, 2006
Computer User Rights
Cell phone owners getting new rights
NEW YORK (AP) -- Cell phone owners will be allowed to break software locks on their handsets in order to use them with competing carriers under new copyright rules announced Wednesday...
When do computer users get new rights ?
When do I get the right to say "I bought this computer brand new , I don't want that bundled 90 day crap THAT WILL NOT UNINSTALL on my machine. And that crud keeps demanding my credit card and treating me like a criminal and I jsut want to get rid of it !!!!" (mcafee security on my new dell comes to mind... word perfect office is also up there... same computer oddly enough)
When Do I get to say "I don't want my brand new machine, that I PAID FOR " to be loaded up with junk trying to sell me stuff. When do I get to decide I don't want my computer to be a salesman working for every computer company in the world , I want to be just my computer and nothing else ?
When do I get to say "I don't want windows on my machine , I want something else " without being told "Nothing runs on anything but windows. you HAVE to have windows or you can't do anything"
When do I get to say "I dont' want to buy a word processer every 3 years , the old one works fine, why can't I simply bring it along to my new computer ?"
When can I install a new program , and NOT have 5 different advertising icons apear on my desk top all trying to sell me junk apear ?
When did printer drivers need 50 megs of space to install, and it turns out 48 megs of that is trial software , have your credit card ready to upgrade. When do I get to have that stop from happening ?
When did everyone and the dog start demanding my email address so they can send me junk mail , and denying me a warrenty if I refuse to give one ?
When did it become ok for me to buy an online game , like Matrix online, and all the sign posts inside the game contain real advertising. And there's no way to turn off the ads ? I'M PAYING FOR THE GAME, THE COMPUTER, THE CONNECTION ! I should be able to turn off those ads !!!!
When did it become ok for complete strangers to send me emails to try and sell me stuff ?
When did the only response to all of these questions become "Everyone does it. Too bad live with it , those who don't we run out of business so you're stuck !"
When did my computer ,which I paid for , stop being my computer , and start being everyone elses property ?
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Israeli troops advance into Gaza towns
Article
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza (AP) -- Israeli ground troops, tanks and armored vehicles advanced on two northern Gaza towns Wednesday in pursuit of Palestinian rocket squads, besieging a well-known Hamas lawmaker's house and engaging militants in ferocious gunbattles, Palestinian officials said.
They're "beseiging" an ordinary house, with tanks ? Your story doesn't add up. One tank would
roll over a house, not beseige it.
Militants, undeterred by Israel's military might, pressed ahead with their rocket attacks on southern Israel, at one point hitting a school just before pupils arrived.
Well...thanks for admitting you're shooting at civilians. So much for whining about how Israeli's occasinally hit your civilians by accident, you're targettig them on purpose.
Snipers were also staked out on the roof of a Hamas lawmaker who earlier this month helped to organize a women's demonstration that permitted dozens of Hamas militants to escape an Israeli siege on a Beit Hanoun mosque, Palestinian security officials said.
They locked lawmaker Jamila Shanti and her family inside the house in Jebaliya, and built a sand embankment around the house to protect soldiers from Hamas gunfire, Palestinian security officials said. Troops fired nine rocket-propelled grenades at Shanti's two-story house, which was hit earlier this month in another offensive on Jebaliya, they said.
make up your mind. Are they beseiging the place , or are they already inside being beseiged by the Hamas ? And what the heck are the Hamas doing attacking their own Law maker in the first place ? You guys can't even make up decent propaganda.
"We advise the occupation to spare itself the effort of invading Gaza, because this is not going to stop rockets" said Hamas military wing spokesman Abu Obeidah. "It's going to escalate rocket fire."
Losely translated : We hate you , we're going to keep on shooting. don't bother trying to stop us.
Late Tuesday, an Israeli man wounded by Palestinian rocket fire earlier in the day died of his injuries.
"No government would tolerate such attacks, and neither will Israel," said Israeli government official David Baker, after the second rocket fatality within a week.
Separately, a rocket fired from Gaza hit the entrance of a school in southern Israel shortly before pupils arrived Wednesday morning. No one was hurt.
Another rocket fell nearby and a third rocket hit a farm close to the Israel-Gaza border fence, damaging a chicken coop but causing no casualties, the army said.
I'm caught between your insane psychotic cruelty with these rockets and your amazingly poor aim. You coudln't even hit the chicken ?
Israel has been boycotting the Hamas-led government, which took power in March, because it has refused to recognize Israel and renounce violence.
Losely translated : They're still shooting at us !
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza (AP) -- Israeli ground troops, tanks and armored vehicles advanced on two northern Gaza towns Wednesday in pursuit of Palestinian rocket squads, besieging a well-known Hamas lawmaker's house and engaging militants in ferocious gunbattles, Palestinian officials said.
They're "beseiging" an ordinary house, with tanks ? Your story doesn't add up. One tank would
roll over a house, not beseige it.
Militants, undeterred by Israel's military might, pressed ahead with their rocket attacks on southern Israel, at one point hitting a school just before pupils arrived.
Well...thanks for admitting you're shooting at civilians. So much for whining about how Israeli's occasinally hit your civilians by accident, you're targettig them on purpose.
Snipers were also staked out on the roof of a Hamas lawmaker who earlier this month helped to organize a women's demonstration that permitted dozens of Hamas militants to escape an Israeli siege on a Beit Hanoun mosque, Palestinian security officials said.
They locked lawmaker Jamila Shanti and her family inside the house in Jebaliya, and built a sand embankment around the house to protect soldiers from Hamas gunfire, Palestinian security officials said. Troops fired nine rocket-propelled grenades at Shanti's two-story house, which was hit earlier this month in another offensive on Jebaliya, they said.
make up your mind. Are they beseiging the place , or are they already inside being beseiged by the Hamas ? And what the heck are the Hamas doing attacking their own Law maker in the first place ? You guys can't even make up decent propaganda.
"We advise the occupation to spare itself the effort of invading Gaza, because this is not going to stop rockets" said Hamas military wing spokesman Abu Obeidah. "It's going to escalate rocket fire."
Losely translated : We hate you , we're going to keep on shooting. don't bother trying to stop us.
Late Tuesday, an Israeli man wounded by Palestinian rocket fire earlier in the day died of his injuries.
"No government would tolerate such attacks, and neither will Israel," said Israeli government official David Baker, after the second rocket fatality within a week.
Separately, a rocket fired from Gaza hit the entrance of a school in southern Israel shortly before pupils arrived Wednesday morning. No one was hurt.
Another rocket fell nearby and a third rocket hit a farm close to the Israel-Gaza border fence, damaging a chicken coop but causing no casualties, the army said.
I'm caught between your insane psychotic cruelty with these rockets and your amazingly poor aim. You coudln't even hit the chicken ?
Israel has been boycotting the Hamas-led government, which took power in March, because it has refused to recognize Israel and renounce violence.
Losely translated : They're still shooting at us !
Saturday, November 18, 2006
I was robbed !
I bought NWN2 the other day (Never Winter Nights 2) .
It doesn't run on my system. Or either of my systems.
2 ghz clock speed min ? 3 recommended ? 128m video card, yuck !
Put it on the shelf. Perhaps in a year or two.
Then I began to think. The last never winter nights had exactly the same problem. It would barely run on the system I had at the time , but a year later I upgraded and it ran perfectly.
I began to wonder if they were doing that deliberately. Release a new game , even an online game , with high system requirements. The first players are the eager first adopters wtih high end computers and money to spend. Later on, a year or two later when all the cheap buggers like me get around to it , our upgraded or new systems can finally run the game , and we form the second wave of players for that game.
They're doing it on purpose ? I was robbed !
I hate that.
On the other hand , Matrix Online, and StarWars Galaxy's and EQ2 are just coming in reach for my computer, so I have a selection of , albeit older games , to play on now.
Still , the notion that I'll never play cutting edge games I'll always be waiting a year or two until I upgrade , is really annoying.
Oh yeah , EQ2 (ever quest 2) sucks... after level 10 you run out of quests and you're just wacking random monsters hoping to gain levels. There's some lip service to finding a group and doing group quests ... but you can never find one , or they're all idiots who think dying over and over and over is an ok thing ...
Havn't tried StarWars Galaxy's yet, Matrix online is ok. Let you now how that goes, though I suspect as a second generation player any verdict I render will be moot as the first generation players will have written all about it long ago.
It doesn't run on my system. Or either of my systems.
2 ghz clock speed min ? 3 recommended ? 128m video card, yuck !
Put it on the shelf. Perhaps in a year or two.
Then I began to think. The last never winter nights had exactly the same problem. It would barely run on the system I had at the time , but a year later I upgraded and it ran perfectly.
I began to wonder if they were doing that deliberately. Release a new game , even an online game , with high system requirements. The first players are the eager first adopters wtih high end computers and money to spend. Later on, a year or two later when all the cheap buggers like me get around to it , our upgraded or new systems can finally run the game , and we form the second wave of players for that game.
They're doing it on purpose ? I was robbed !
I hate that.
On the other hand , Matrix Online, and StarWars Galaxy's and EQ2 are just coming in reach for my computer, so I have a selection of , albeit older games , to play on now.
Still , the notion that I'll never play cutting edge games I'll always be waiting a year or two until I upgrade , is really annoying.
Oh yeah , EQ2 (ever quest 2) sucks... after level 10 you run out of quests and you're just wacking random monsters hoping to gain levels. There's some lip service to finding a group and doing group quests ... but you can never find one , or they're all idiots who think dying over and over and over is an ok thing ...
Havn't tried StarWars Galaxy's yet, Matrix online is ok. Let you now how that goes, though I suspect as a second generation player any verdict I render will be moot as the first generation players will have written all about it long ago.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Corrupt Iraq Cops
Article
The Interior Ministry has ordered the arrests and interrogations of several high-ranking police officers over their handling of security in the area
I keep hearing this on the tv , but never seeing it written , until now. It seems many of the Iraqi police also belong to the local militia's that are fighting each other.
There are many police blockades , reported as "fake" blockades to kidnap and kill people, but I wonder now how many of the fake cops are in fact real cops ? The iraqi civilian prime minister seems to have allowed the wolves into the house and is doing nothing to stop it.
Rather like only now are they starting to complain about Iran and Syria backing various militia inside Iraq. Why ? Because they might have to do something about it if they talk too loudly about it. And they're always complaining they're short on resources. (I know our canadian military is demanding more money from parliment to cover deployment expenses)
there was even one journalist who reported that the cops set up a road block on the soldiers payday to fleece them on the way home.
*sigh* They gotta do something about the cops. If you can't trust the cops on the street of a country , you've pretty much had it. A program of snap inspections and corruption entrapment investigations is required here. Catch them in the act and publically punish them , that sort of thing.
The Interior Ministry has ordered the arrests and interrogations of several high-ranking police officers over their handling of security in the area
I keep hearing this on the tv , but never seeing it written , until now. It seems many of the Iraqi police also belong to the local militia's that are fighting each other.
There are many police blockades , reported as "fake" blockades to kidnap and kill people, but I wonder now how many of the fake cops are in fact real cops ? The iraqi civilian prime minister seems to have allowed the wolves into the house and is doing nothing to stop it.
Rather like only now are they starting to complain about Iran and Syria backing various militia inside Iraq. Why ? Because they might have to do something about it if they talk too loudly about it. And they're always complaining they're short on resources. (I know our canadian military is demanding more money from parliment to cover deployment expenses)
there was even one journalist who reported that the cops set up a road block on the soldiers payday to fleece them on the way home.
*sigh* They gotta do something about the cops. If you can't trust the cops on the street of a country , you've pretty much had it. A program of snap inspections and corruption entrapment investigations is required here. Catch them in the act and publically punish them , that sort of thing.
Palestinian militant rockets kill Israeli woman
Article
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- In a deadly attack from northern Gaza, Palestinian militants hit the Israeli town of Sderot with four Qassam rockets Wednesday morning, killing one woman and wounding a man, Israeli police and medical sources said.
But thats ok. Killing innocent civilians is just fine as long as they're jewish civilians.
Two militant groups, the Islamic Jihad and the Izz el-Din al-Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for the attacks in a statement faxed to the Ramattan News Agency, based in Gaza City.
In fact , the terrorists boast of their activites.
But they really shouldn't.
It took you four rockets to kill two random people ? Has anyone ever told you your aim sucks ? I mean , really .... you lauched a similar attack a few days ago and hit no one , so it's more like costing you 4 rockets to kill one random civilian. Thats very pricy. Very inefficient.
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- In a deadly attack from northern Gaza, Palestinian militants hit the Israeli town of Sderot with four Qassam rockets Wednesday morning, killing one woman and wounding a man, Israeli police and medical sources said.
But thats ok. Killing innocent civilians is just fine as long as they're jewish civilians.
Two militant groups, the Islamic Jihad and the Izz el-Din al-Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for the attacks in a statement faxed to the Ramattan News Agency, based in Gaza City.
In fact , the terrorists boast of their activites.
But they really shouldn't.
It took you four rockets to kill two random people ? Has anyone ever told you your aim sucks ? I mean , really .... you lauched a similar attack a few days ago and hit no one , so it's more like costing you 4 rockets to kill one random civilian. Thats very pricy. Very inefficient.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
The Plumber Fails To Speak
Two weeks ago , I run around with all this stupid insurance paper work , get it to where it has to go , pay my doctor $10 bucks , the whole nine yards. All done.
wait for money.
Today the insurance company takes the greatest of pleasure in calling me up. It seems my Doctor , that self styled "Call me The Plumber" kind of guy , checked off that I was capable of returning to work.
Which , while I might argue might not be the case, certainly I would argue HE SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME !
Two weeks sitting on my butt waiting for insurance money and he knew it wasnt' coming , and he didn't tell me a dang thing.
And he charged me 10$ for that piece of paper on top of it all.
I WANT MY MONEY BACK !!!!!
Excuse me, I have to start putting stuff together , it seems I have to go to work this friday.
wait for money.
Today the insurance company takes the greatest of pleasure in calling me up. It seems my Doctor , that self styled "Call me The Plumber" kind of guy , checked off that I was capable of returning to work.
Which , while I might argue might not be the case, certainly I would argue HE SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME !
Two weeks sitting on my butt waiting for insurance money and he knew it wasnt' coming , and he didn't tell me a dang thing.
And he charged me 10$ for that piece of paper on top of it all.
I WANT MY MONEY BACK !!!!!
Excuse me, I have to start putting stuff together , it seems I have to go to work this friday.
Monday, November 13, 2006
Quebec bar owners take smoking ban to court
Article
A group representing bar owners will ask Quebec Superior Court on Monday to strike down the province's strict anti-smoking law.
The law, which took effect earlier this year, bans smoking in bars, restaurants and other public places.
Peter Sergakis says Quebec bars are hurting because of a provincial smoking ban.
Bar owners say the ban is driving customers away and hurting their bottom line.
Yes yes, our bottom line , our profit margin is all important here. We don't care if our customers and employees all catch lung cancer and die , thats not important. Only money is important. The health of everyone in the nearby vicinity can go take a flying leap off a ...
People like this remind me why business interests simply cannot be trusted with anything.
A group representing bar owners will ask Quebec Superior Court on Monday to strike down the province's strict anti-smoking law.
The law, which took effect earlier this year, bans smoking in bars, restaurants and other public places.
Peter Sergakis says Quebec bars are hurting because of a provincial smoking ban.
Bar owners say the ban is driving customers away and hurting their bottom line.
Yes yes, our bottom line , our profit margin is all important here. We don't care if our customers and employees all catch lung cancer and die , thats not important. Only money is important. The health of everyone in the nearby vicinity can go take a flying leap off a ...
People like this remind me why business interests simply cannot be trusted with anything.
Arab groups say Tories refuse to meet with them
Artical
I cannot explain to you how filled with apathy I am at that headline.
Some of Canada's largest Arab organizations say they are being frozen out by the Conservative government.
Although the Tories have run an active outreach campaign to several ethnic communities — including the Hindu, Sikh, and Chinese communities — Arab groups say the party appears to have made a decision to write off the Arab vote.
I suppose I'm supposed to care that a minority is getting the shaft ...
Both Prime Minister Stephen Harper — who earlier angered some Arabs over his support for Israel during the Israeli/Hezbollah conflict...
this doesn't help. The fact that the minority in question is activly working to promote racisim against another minority (Jews) only deepens my apathy.
What does a country with strong hate laws do , how does such a country deal , with a minority that actively promotes hate ?
Staying low , staying quiet , and avoiding them seems to be the current tactic. Certainly anyone saynig "Yeah we think you arabs are right , we really should kill all the jews" is going to get in trouble deep.
What do you do ?
I cannot explain to you how filled with apathy I am at that headline.
Some of Canada's largest Arab organizations say they are being frozen out by the Conservative government.
Although the Tories have run an active outreach campaign to several ethnic communities — including the Hindu, Sikh, and Chinese communities — Arab groups say the party appears to have made a decision to write off the Arab vote.
I suppose I'm supposed to care that a minority is getting the shaft ...
Both Prime Minister Stephen Harper — who earlier angered some Arabs over his support for Israel during the Israeli/Hezbollah conflict...
this doesn't help. The fact that the minority in question is activly working to promote racisim against another minority (Jews) only deepens my apathy.
What does a country with strong hate laws do , how does such a country deal , with a minority that actively promotes hate ?
Staying low , staying quiet , and avoiding them seems to be the current tactic. Certainly anyone saynig "Yeah we think you arabs are right , we really should kill all the jews" is going to get in trouble deep.
What do you do ?
Palestinians: Israelis kill 19 in Gaza
Article
"The cowardly act of Zionists (Israelis) requires a legitimate Palestinian action. "We have big trust in our military wings, which will reply on this aggression and resist occupation and retaliate for those victims."
The bloodshed occurred early Wednesday with Israeli tanks poised just outside the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun. The tanks fired 10 artillery rounds into the town's center and killed 19 people, the medical sources said.
Among the dead was a 13-member family which included seven children, the sources said. The other six killed were also civilians, they said.
Hmmm... rather than post the rest of the article , let me finish it for CNN.
(My insert , not the articles) Of course , since all of the "sources" inside Palestine are under control of Hamas gunmen and other terrorists , it is likely that this story is a complete fabrication of a group of people in the middle of fighting a war against Israel. We just print this garbage, that we pretty much know to be false, because we hate our current president Bush , and anything to make him or his allies look bad , no matter how false, is fine by us. and we can always say "The palistinians lied, it wasn't us !" should it turn out to be false. Which we know it is already.
For CNN this is Two Faced Tony , happy to pass along enemy propaganda.
"The cowardly act of Zionists (Israelis) requires a legitimate Palestinian action. "We have big trust in our military wings, which will reply on this aggression and resist occupation and retaliate for those victims."
The bloodshed occurred early Wednesday with Israeli tanks poised just outside the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun. The tanks fired 10 artillery rounds into the town's center and killed 19 people, the medical sources said.
Among the dead was a 13-member family which included seven children, the sources said. The other six killed were also civilians, they said.
Hmmm... rather than post the rest of the article , let me finish it for CNN.
(My insert , not the articles) Of course , since all of the "sources" inside Palestine are under control of Hamas gunmen and other terrorists , it is likely that this story is a complete fabrication of a group of people in the middle of fighting a war against Israel. We just print this garbage, that we pretty much know to be false, because we hate our current president Bush , and anything to make him or his allies look bad , no matter how false, is fine by us. and we can always say "The palistinians lied, it wasn't us !" should it turn out to be false. Which we know it is already.
For CNN this is Two Faced Tony , happy to pass along enemy propaganda.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
A model for Internet Security
I've been watching this whole hacker / spammer / denial of service attack thing for years, and I've been thinking, there's a solution for this , a fairly easy one.
The world should be broken up into zones, say one zone for each continent, maybe one zone for each country or for a small group of countries.
When a user signs onto the internet he signs onto his own zone only. He may choose to sign onto a single other zone at a time , say to chat with his uncle in the UK, free of charge of course.
Point being , if you're not in the zone , you cannot send / receive data from the zone.
This has no effect on email , of course , because most email goes through your isp's mail server, and your isp is going to be signed on to every zone in existance , of coure.
But most "zombie nets" , that is to say users who's computers have unknowningly been hijacked by a virus or trojen, are signed into only one zone. If they got a virus by email from yugoslovia , and they're in New York , guess what ? That trojen cannot receive command and control signils from most computer's in new york, because only a few new yorkers will sign into yugoslovia to chat with their relatives. Most are not from there, they're from a dozen other different countries and zones, and they'll be signed into those zones instead.
This works the otherway too. Your new york cannot launch a denial of service attack on Amazon.ca (the canadian site) because it's in a different country. A different zone. You have to span three zones to do that , and you only have two to work with (Yugoslovia for receiving orders from the hacker, new york where the penetrated computer lives, and canada where the target lives)
The basic theory of all of this is simply that the world is too large a ball to play with. You must break it down into pieces. Smaller pieces mean smaller bot nets. Smaller pieces means that off shore hacker STAYS off shore, only a very very limited number of people go to that zone and are therefore potentially susceptable to being hacked by him. And guess what ? 10 or 20 computers being remote controlled from yugoslovia isn't going to cut it. Thats not a bot net. You need 20 thousand if you're going to bring down one of the big boys, twenty thousand suckers with low or no security happy to leave their connection on all the time ,AND connected to yugoslovia. And even then , they can only attack new york or yugoslovia , no where else.
It's all a game of numbers. And you must think in numbers to win it. The inconvenience of a user having to go through a free sign in is nothing next to the extra security it provides.
The world should be broken up into zones, say one zone for each continent, maybe one zone for each country or for a small group of countries.
When a user signs onto the internet he signs onto his own zone only. He may choose to sign onto a single other zone at a time , say to chat with his uncle in the UK, free of charge of course.
Point being , if you're not in the zone , you cannot send / receive data from the zone.
This has no effect on email , of course , because most email goes through your isp's mail server, and your isp is going to be signed on to every zone in existance , of coure.
But most "zombie nets" , that is to say users who's computers have unknowningly been hijacked by a virus or trojen, are signed into only one zone. If they got a virus by email from yugoslovia , and they're in New York , guess what ? That trojen cannot receive command and control signils from most computer's in new york, because only a few new yorkers will sign into yugoslovia to chat with their relatives. Most are not from there, they're from a dozen other different countries and zones, and they'll be signed into those zones instead.
This works the otherway too. Your new york cannot launch a denial of service attack on Amazon.ca (the canadian site) because it's in a different country. A different zone. You have to span three zones to do that , and you only have two to work with (Yugoslovia for receiving orders from the hacker, new york where the penetrated computer lives, and canada where the target lives)
The basic theory of all of this is simply that the world is too large a ball to play with. You must break it down into pieces. Smaller pieces mean smaller bot nets. Smaller pieces means that off shore hacker STAYS off shore, only a very very limited number of people go to that zone and are therefore potentially susceptable to being hacked by him. And guess what ? 10 or 20 computers being remote controlled from yugoslovia isn't going to cut it. Thats not a bot net. You need 20 thousand if you're going to bring down one of the big boys, twenty thousand suckers with low or no security happy to leave their connection on all the time ,AND connected to yugoslovia. And even then , they can only attack new york or yugoslovia , no where else.
It's all a game of numbers. And you must think in numbers to win it. The inconvenience of a user having to go through a free sign in is nothing next to the extra security it provides.
My email
Trying to send an email to my aunt and uncle. Keep being told the address doesn't exist.
Try google's email. Works like a charm.
I cannot help but notice that my isp is rogers, and my aunt's is Sympatico. Rogers and Sympatico are rivals in my area , they're always trying to out do each other.
Hmmm... it would seem that I cannot send email to anywhere in the world , as advertised. Heck I'm not even trying to send email out of the country, those two are living canada.
Even worse, I didn't get an error message indicating the system was somehow down and would be back soon. I got one saying that email address didn't exist.
The internet is still full of deceptive business practices I see. It isn't ready for prime time. Funny enough , it is on prime time though.
Try google's email. Works like a charm.
I cannot help but notice that my isp is rogers, and my aunt's is Sympatico. Rogers and Sympatico are rivals in my area , they're always trying to out do each other.
Hmmm... it would seem that I cannot send email to anywhere in the world , as advertised. Heck I'm not even trying to send email out of the country, those two are living canada.
Even worse, I didn't get an error message indicating the system was somehow down and would be back soon. I got one saying that email address didn't exist.
The internet is still full of deceptive business practices I see. It isn't ready for prime time. Funny enough , it is on prime time though.
Iran says will reply swiftly to any Israeli attack
Iran and its Revolutionary Guards would respond swiftly if
Israel attacked the Islamic state over its disputed nuclear program, an official said on Sunday
And so we dance the grim fandango.
Iran is set on it's course, it's religious leaders cannot change their path, it is a matter of faith and they will not give it up. Their religion calls for the eradication of the Israeli state, one need only look up on the internet an english translation of the Koran and go to the chapter marked Children of Israel to see how trapped they are. (Yes, their holy book actually mentions the Israeli's BY NAME and requires they be wiped out)
Israel , who has been dealing with these religious air heads for more than fifty years now , knows this , and knows their only option is to bomb that plant out of existance after it gets too far along. The only difficulty is determining exactly when it's almost ready to produce nuclear materials, in this way you get the Iranians to invest the maximum amount of effort into it , and then wipe all that effort out in a single shot with a borrowed US war plane.
But Israel bombed
Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor in 1981 to prevent then-President
Saddam Hussein from assembling atomic weapons, and some analysts have speculated that Israel could consider similar action against Iran if it felt threatened.
Ah ah. Do they have a choice ?
Experts say knocking out Iran's nuclear facilities would be a far tougher prospect than it was in Iraq, partly because Iranian sites are spread out and heavily defended.
"If Israel takes such a stupid step and attacks, the answer of Iran and its Revolutionary Guard will be rapid, firm and destructive and it will be given in a few seconds," Hosseini told a news conference.
The Guards are an ideologically driven wing of Iran's military with a command structure separate from regular units.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said Israel should be "wiped off the map" but also that Iran is no threat. Iran refuses to recognize the Jewish state.
Ah ah. Honest , we're not making nukes ! But we will wipe you off the map in mere seconds if you attack us. How ? Well... nukes would do that job , wouldn't they ? I thought you said you didn't have any ?
Lol. Funny people.
Israel is widely believed to have the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal, though it has never said it possesses such weapons. Iran often complains about Western double standards in failing to confront Israel about its nuclear capability.
You're going to try and nuke someone who already has nukes ? LOL ... really funny people.
As I was saying.
Iran will build it's plant (or plants , looks like they're spreading out into a few heavily defended ones)
The Isreali's will bomb them out of existance (even if they have to borrow a few high tech just off the assembly line american war planes of some kind or another to do it.
Iran will now be stuck with a lot of hot air , a lot of angry words in their mouth , and not much they can do about it. Lauch a normal attack against a nuclear nation ? Send your conscript milita against highly trained soldiers who've been fighting more or less continuously against you guys for decades now and pretty much count as elite troopers at this point ?
Israel will hand you your butt, is what is going to happen. They just gotta do it before you actually produce any significant radioactive material. Don't need that stuff floating all over the continent now do we ?
The Islamics may not care about their own people, but it's odd how the westerner's like Israel and the US do. Almost sounds like time for a regime change, to me.
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Weak Kneed American Democrats
The American Democrats seem to be causing bush all sorts of problems on Iraq, and thats just amusing.
Amusing because I'm up here in Canada , and I'm not the one about to shoot myself in the foot.
Amusing because the Democrats have for a long time demanded a pull out of troops from Iraq.
He's the situation.
Pull out troops from Iraq, and Iraq will collapse. And the terrorist swill CHASE you back to america , and try for another 9/11 . These people arnt' satisfied with half measures, they want to rule the world. You're in their way , you're target number one.
Don't pull out troops from Iraq, and now you have egg on your face. You spent all that time demanding it , electioneering on it , and now that you're in power, you gotta say "oops ...we didn't REALLY mean that"
I HOPE they have the guts to leave the troops in iraq , rather than some kind of futile withdraw , get hit by terrorists , go and conquer Iraq again dance, but these are politicians , and I really wouldn't want to bet on that.
Do you remember the philipino dance ?
It's the same deal. No one aquieces to kidnappers because when you get your kidnap victem back the kidnappers will just go get someone else and do it again.
Truck driver got kidnapped in Iraq.
Big outrage at home in Philippines.
Government caves in , pays ransom.
Truck driver released and goes home.
Next day kidnappers pick up another philipino.
(true event)
Love that dance. Apparently so do the democrats.
Amusing because I'm up here in Canada , and I'm not the one about to shoot myself in the foot.
Amusing because the Democrats have for a long time demanded a pull out of troops from Iraq.
He's the situation.
Pull out troops from Iraq, and Iraq will collapse. And the terrorist swill CHASE you back to america , and try for another 9/11 . These people arnt' satisfied with half measures, they want to rule the world. You're in their way , you're target number one.
Don't pull out troops from Iraq, and now you have egg on your face. You spent all that time demanding it , electioneering on it , and now that you're in power, you gotta say "oops ...we didn't REALLY mean that"
I HOPE they have the guts to leave the troops in iraq , rather than some kind of futile withdraw , get hit by terrorists , go and conquer Iraq again dance, but these are politicians , and I really wouldn't want to bet on that.
Do you remember the philipino dance ?
It's the same deal. No one aquieces to kidnappers because when you get your kidnap victem back the kidnappers will just go get someone else and do it again.
Truck driver got kidnapped in Iraq.
Big outrage at home in Philippines.
Government caves in , pays ransom.
Truck driver released and goes home.
Next day kidnappers pick up another philipino.
(true event)
Love that dance. Apparently so do the democrats.
Junk Mail
I am an old man , with grey hair , and I remember many things.
Do you remember Junk Mail ? It came every sunday in your mail box, and no matter how many signs you put up saying "No Junk Mail" "No Advertising" "No Flyers" etc , it just kept coming in. Most of it was from the local grocery stores or pizza shops or other places.
I remember working one summer for a distributer , we got paid 1 cent for every piece we delivered ( I was just a kid , it was summer holidays , it got me a soda pop and a chocolate bar at the end of the day).
Do you remember that you didn't care that it came from the local grocery store, it was still JUNK MAIL ?
Now we have the online version of it , called SPAM. Guess what ? I still don't care if it came from the grocery store, or the electronics store, or my own ISP, I'm not interested.
But of course these people have a different idea of what is , and isn't spam, and money to back up that idea. Whether it be through bribing ISP's to let their mail through the spam filters , or disembowling government anti-spam legislation, or even paying hackers to shut down a web site that actually provides a working anti-spam service (true story) , there's always a way.
I have to ask. When did it become ok for MY COMPUTER to spy on me ? When did it become ok for it to keep track of what sites I surf so they can determine what kind of advertising would most effectively work on me ? When did subverting MY PROPERTY , my own personal property , so someone else could make a buck , become an ok thing ?
When did the option to opt out vanish ? When did the argument "everyone else does it, so we have to do to stay competitive" become acceptable ?
When did it become ok for me to buy and pay for a video game (matrix online) and play it on my computer , and find out it's filled with real world advertisements ? Something I bought and paid for outright , computer , game , and monthly fee, and there's no opt-out button for the ads ?
When did stupid advertising tricks become more important than inventing a good product people actual want or need ?
And just like putting up those futile NO JUNKMAIL signs on your old mail box, the new signs (anti-spam software) are just as futile.
The more things change, the more they don't.
Do you remember Junk Mail ? It came every sunday in your mail box, and no matter how many signs you put up saying "No Junk Mail" "No Advertising" "No Flyers" etc , it just kept coming in. Most of it was from the local grocery stores or pizza shops or other places.
I remember working one summer for a distributer , we got paid 1 cent for every piece we delivered ( I was just a kid , it was summer holidays , it got me a soda pop and a chocolate bar at the end of the day).
Do you remember that you didn't care that it came from the local grocery store, it was still JUNK MAIL ?
Now we have the online version of it , called SPAM. Guess what ? I still don't care if it came from the grocery store, or the electronics store, or my own ISP, I'm not interested.
But of course these people have a different idea of what is , and isn't spam, and money to back up that idea. Whether it be through bribing ISP's to let their mail through the spam filters , or disembowling government anti-spam legislation, or even paying hackers to shut down a web site that actually provides a working anti-spam service (true story) , there's always a way.
I have to ask. When did it become ok for MY COMPUTER to spy on me ? When did it become ok for it to keep track of what sites I surf so they can determine what kind of advertising would most effectively work on me ? When did subverting MY PROPERTY , my own personal property , so someone else could make a buck , become an ok thing ?
When did the option to opt out vanish ? When did the argument "everyone else does it, so we have to do to stay competitive" become acceptable ?
When did it become ok for me to buy and pay for a video game (matrix online) and play it on my computer , and find out it's filled with real world advertisements ? Something I bought and paid for outright , computer , game , and monthly fee, and there's no opt-out button for the ads ?
When did stupid advertising tricks become more important than inventing a good product people actual want or need ?
And just like putting up those futile NO JUNKMAIL signs on your old mail box, the new signs (anti-spam software) are just as futile.
The more things change, the more they don't.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Hamas leader calls off Israel cease-fire
Article
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip - Hamas' exiled leader on Wednesday called off a cease-fire with
Israel and militants threatened to attack Americans after 18 members of a family, including eight children, were killed in an Israeli artillery barrage on a densely populated Gaza neighborhood.
You had a cease fire with Israel ? Weren't you just shooting rockets at them yesterday ?
In Damascus,
Syria, Khaled Mashaal, the exiled leader of Hamas, said the group would no longer honor a February 2005 truce and called for renewed attacks on Israel. He urged other militant groups to join the struggle.
2005 ? A whole year ? OOps, it's november, a year and 8 months , thats quite a cease fire . Especially since I seem to recall you had A WHOLE WAR with Israel that lasted 30 days during this cease fire, kidnapped soldiers , and fired rockets galore at Israel during this ceasefire .
"The armed struggle is free to resume, and the resistance is dictated by local circumstances," he told a news conference.
The armed struggle never stopped. You raped that cease fire silly and got your knuckles rapped for it.
Hamas would be taking a gamble by resuming large-scale violence. The group won legislative elections this year and has been struggling to win international legitimacy. Already boycotted by the U.S., Europe and Israel, Hamas would risk further international isolation.
Oh gee, let me think. We won the election on the platform of "we hate americans , and jews, and want to kill them all. " and we wonder why the americans and jews are ticked at them ? What did you expect ? They'd fall all over themselves to give you money ?
In Gaza, Abbas said the killings jeopardized peace prospects. "We tell the Israelis, you are not seeking peace at all, but are destroying all chances for peace. You must therefore bear all the consequences of these crimes," he told Palestine TV.
Yeah yeah ! They should stand there and take it like a man when you fire rockets and kidnap people and try to kill them ! Fighting back is not at all forwarding chances for peace ! fighting back is a CRIME !
apparently , so is truth , as far as the Hamas are concearned.
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip - Hamas' exiled leader on Wednesday called off a cease-fire with
Israel and militants threatened to attack Americans after 18 members of a family, including eight children, were killed in an Israeli artillery barrage on a densely populated Gaza neighborhood.
You had a cease fire with Israel ? Weren't you just shooting rockets at them yesterday ?
In Damascus,
Syria, Khaled Mashaal, the exiled leader of Hamas, said the group would no longer honor a February 2005 truce and called for renewed attacks on Israel. He urged other militant groups to join the struggle.
2005 ? A whole year ? OOps, it's november, a year and 8 months , thats quite a cease fire . Especially since I seem to recall you had A WHOLE WAR with Israel that lasted 30 days during this cease fire, kidnapped soldiers , and fired rockets galore at Israel during this ceasefire .
"The armed struggle is free to resume, and the resistance is dictated by local circumstances," he told a news conference.
The armed struggle never stopped. You raped that cease fire silly and got your knuckles rapped for it.
Hamas would be taking a gamble by resuming large-scale violence. The group won legislative elections this year and has been struggling to win international legitimacy. Already boycotted by the U.S., Europe and Israel, Hamas would risk further international isolation.
Oh gee, let me think. We won the election on the platform of "we hate americans , and jews, and want to kill them all. " and we wonder why the americans and jews are ticked at them ? What did you expect ? They'd fall all over themselves to give you money ?
In Gaza, Abbas said the killings jeopardized peace prospects. "We tell the Israelis, you are not seeking peace at all, but are destroying all chances for peace. You must therefore bear all the consequences of these crimes," he told Palestine TV.
Yeah yeah ! They should stand there and take it like a man when you fire rockets and kidnap people and try to kill them ! Fighting back is not at all forwarding chances for peace ! fighting back is a CRIME !
apparently , so is truth , as far as the Hamas are concearned.
Monday, November 06, 2006
Windows for Banks
I was out and about today , and I happened to pass by a bank machine (actually , I was trying to get money out of said bank machine) when I noticed it was out of order.
It did not say "Out of Order." Nor "Offline" nor anyone of a dozen other useful messages.
It said , in a nice big window , a WINDOWS style window I might add "One or more services did not start ..." yadda yadda yadda , a standard windows operating system message.
How does it feel to know your money is being managed by the most penetrated, the most virus prone , operating system in the world ? One they've apparently been working on since 1995 (win95) and still havn't gotten it right yet (it's 2006 as of writing this article , 11 years later).
How secure is your bank password or pin number ? Check for odd transactions lately ? strange charges on your account ?
Just wondering , just wondering ?
It did not say "Out of Order." Nor "Offline" nor anyone of a dozen other useful messages.
It said , in a nice big window , a WINDOWS style window I might add "One or more services did not start ..." yadda yadda yadda , a standard windows operating system message.
How does it feel to know your money is being managed by the most penetrated, the most virus prone , operating system in the world ? One they've apparently been working on since 1995 (win95) and still havn't gotten it right yet (it's 2006 as of writing this article , 11 years later).
How secure is your bank password or pin number ? Check for odd transactions lately ? strange charges on your account ?
Just wondering , just wondering ?
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Bad Boy ISP's (internet service providers)
Article
The below pretty much says it all.
Examples of alleged discrimination by some ISPs:
February 2006 - Some customers of Cox Cable in the U.S. are unable to access Craig's List because of a so-called software bug in the Authentium personal firewall distributed by Cox Cable to improve customers' security. The group Save the Internet calls it an intentional act on the part of Cox Cable to protect classified ad services offered by its partners. The issue is resolved by correction of the software as well as a change in the network configuration used by Craig's List. The site's founder Craig Newmark acknowledges it was not an intentional act on Cox's part.
March 2006 - Alberta's Shaw Cable offers a "quality of service" upgrade for their own VoIP service. Vonage complains to the CRTC about Shaw's $10 surcharge on Vonage users, calling it a hidden Vonage tax.
April 2006 - Time Warner's AOL blocks all e-mails that mention www.dearaol.com, an advocacy campaign opposing the company's pay-to-send e-mail scheme. An AOL spokesman calls the issue an unintentional "glitch."
July 2006 - Canadian telephone giant Telus blocks access to voices-for-change.ca, a website supporting the company's labour union during a labour dispute, as well as over 600 other websites, for about 16 hours.
Source: Save the Internet (savetheinternet.com).
Hmmm...I'm ABC(for example) internet provider (ISP) and I'm putting up a new voip (internet phone) ... I think i'll make all the other voip's flowing through my network stop working ... ! yeah , thats a great idea !
The below pretty much says it all.
Examples of alleged discrimination by some ISPs:
February 2006 - Some customers of Cox Cable in the U.S. are unable to access Craig's List because of a so-called software bug in the Authentium personal firewall distributed by Cox Cable to improve customers' security. The group Save the Internet calls it an intentional act on the part of Cox Cable to protect classified ad services offered by its partners. The issue is resolved by correction of the software as well as a change in the network configuration used by Craig's List. The site's founder Craig Newmark acknowledges it was not an intentional act on Cox's part.
March 2006 - Alberta's Shaw Cable offers a "quality of service" upgrade for their own VoIP service. Vonage complains to the CRTC about Shaw's $10 surcharge on Vonage users, calling it a hidden Vonage tax.
April 2006 - Time Warner's AOL blocks all e-mails that mention www.dearaol.com, an advocacy campaign opposing the company's pay-to-send e-mail scheme. An AOL spokesman calls the issue an unintentional "glitch."
July 2006 - Canadian telephone giant Telus blocks access to voices-for-change.ca, a website supporting the company's labour union during a labour dispute, as well as over 600 other websites, for about 16 hours.
Source: Save the Internet (savetheinternet.com).
Hmmm...I'm ABC(for example) internet provider (ISP) and I'm putting up a new voip (internet phone) ... I think i'll make all the other voip's flowing through my network stop working ... ! yeah , thats a great idea !
Saddam, co-defendants sentenced to hang
Article
*sniff*
I'm gonna miss that guy. The beard, the attitude , the constant telling of the judges where you can go and what you can do with yourself when you get there, it all had a certain attractiveness to it.
Of course he has to die, he's a dictator who's murdered more of his own people than we will possibly know.
Of course it was a Kangaroo court. He WAS the law in old Iraq and there is no getting around that. He did as he pleased and yes , it was LEGAL. Not very nice, but legal.
And of course he's a threat to middle east stability. He invaded his own neibours after all (Kuwait comes to mind).
And of course there were no weapons of mass destruction. But did there really need to be ? Hasn't he done enough without them to deserve the noose ?
Still...they could have dragged it out a bit longer.
Gonna miss that old rascal.
*sniff*
I'm gonna miss that guy. The beard, the attitude , the constant telling of the judges where you can go and what you can do with yourself when you get there, it all had a certain attractiveness to it.
Of course he has to die, he's a dictator who's murdered more of his own people than we will possibly know.
Of course it was a Kangaroo court. He WAS the law in old Iraq and there is no getting around that. He did as he pleased and yes , it was LEGAL. Not very nice, but legal.
And of course he's a threat to middle east stability. He invaded his own neibours after all (Kuwait comes to mind).
And of course there were no weapons of mass destruction. But did there really need to be ? Hasn't he done enough without them to deserve the noose ?
Still...they could have dragged it out a bit longer.
Gonna miss that old rascal.
Election Booby Trap
So , I was thinking, if I was prime minister Harper , and I pretty much knew that I had six months in office before getting the boot, and I pretty much knew that the Liberals were coming back ... how could I booby trap things for them ?
At this point , the television blares something about our doomed Kyoto Accord, and I look at it , and I have an epiphany.
He did't actually break the Kyoto Accord did he ? He just got the opposition , INCLUDING the Liberals, saying how awful he was and how Canada really should abide by the accord.
Can't you just see it ? Six months from now , there's been an election, the Liberals are now in power, and now they're the ones Big Business is bribing money to to get out of it.
And Harpers conservatives sweetly come along with this big list of quotes , "You said this on this date about Kyoto , you said that on that date about Kyoto ... what do you mean you suddenly want to pull out ?"
If you wanted to try and lock the Liberals on course for Kyoto , and you know your minority government could never do much about it ... this would be a good attempt.
This would be a good booby trap to leave behind. Hang them with their own words.
At this point , the television blares something about our doomed Kyoto Accord, and I look at it , and I have an epiphany.
He did't actually break the Kyoto Accord did he ? He just got the opposition , INCLUDING the Liberals, saying how awful he was and how Canada really should abide by the accord.
Can't you just see it ? Six months from now , there's been an election, the Liberals are now in power, and now they're the ones Big Business is bribing money to to get out of it.
And Harpers conservatives sweetly come along with this big list of quotes , "You said this on this date about Kyoto , you said that on that date about Kyoto ... what do you mean you suddenly want to pull out ?"
If you wanted to try and lock the Liberals on course for Kyoto , and you know your minority government could never do much about it ... this would be a good attempt.
This would be a good booby trap to leave behind. Hang them with their own words.
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
CSR Sun life Insurance
CSR = Customer Service Representative.
I met a friend from work the other day in my favorite coffee shop , we're both CSR's , but while I stayed in technical support fixing computers, he moved on. To Sun Life Insurance, which is who's paying out my short term disability. He's a CSR there too, answering the phone, talking to yahoo's like me.
I asked him about all the paper work and forms and stuff I have to fill out, and the answer was not really what i expected.
It's his job to keep us sick people running around. Go here, go there. Hoping we'll get depressed and give it up. Because if we don't fill out those forms , they don't have to pay us. It's all a game he said, and you'd be surprised how much they save just by insisting on one or two extra sheets of paper, one extra trip to the doctor to sign one more document...how many people just give it up as a bad job...
Made a special trip today to get my latest piece of paper signed from that company. That conversation echoing in my mind. Totally unfair, they know I'm not going to get better in just a few weeks. But at least now I know how this game is played.
I met a friend from work the other day in my favorite coffee shop , we're both CSR's , but while I stayed in technical support fixing computers, he moved on. To Sun Life Insurance, which is who's paying out my short term disability. He's a CSR there too, answering the phone, talking to yahoo's like me.
I asked him about all the paper work and forms and stuff I have to fill out, and the answer was not really what i expected.
It's his job to keep us sick people running around. Go here, go there. Hoping we'll get depressed and give it up. Because if we don't fill out those forms , they don't have to pay us. It's all a game he said, and you'd be surprised how much they save just by insisting on one or two extra sheets of paper, one extra trip to the doctor to sign one more document...how many people just give it up as a bad job...
Made a special trip today to get my latest piece of paper signed from that company. That conversation echoing in my mind. Totally unfair, they know I'm not going to get better in just a few weeks. But at least now I know how this game is played.
8 dog night
Ah the beauty of an unfettered parliment.
apparently the forien affairs minister leaned over to a friend and whispered that his ex girlfriend , now a member of the opposition and a minister of parliment , was something of a dog.
Apparently , 8 keen eared opposition ministers heard this whisper, though the near by microphones sitting at EVERYONE'S desks did not , and signed affidavids to that effect.
Which is increadably stupid.
Why ?
Do you honestly immagine 8 opposition ministers, 8 people known to hate our current government , are sitting there like vultures within two or feet of the minsiter , listening to his every whisper ?
The very fact that there are 8 such affidavids merely confirms that politicians will tell any lie, and sign any peice of paper. Come on , 8 people listening in would look like a football huddle ! Hard to miss !
It's an 8 dog night that day in parliment , when the Liberals don't hesitate to tell even the most ridiculous and unbelievable lies. And these people are likely to win the next election ?
Sheesh !
apparently the forien affairs minister leaned over to a friend and whispered that his ex girlfriend , now a member of the opposition and a minister of parliment , was something of a dog.
Apparently , 8 keen eared opposition ministers heard this whisper, though the near by microphones sitting at EVERYONE'S desks did not , and signed affidavids to that effect.
Which is increadably stupid.
Why ?
Do you honestly immagine 8 opposition ministers, 8 people known to hate our current government , are sitting there like vultures within two or feet of the minsiter , listening to his every whisper ?
The very fact that there are 8 such affidavids merely confirms that politicians will tell any lie, and sign any peice of paper. Come on , 8 people listening in would look like a football huddle ! Hard to miss !
It's an 8 dog night that day in parliment , when the Liberals don't hesitate to tell even the most ridiculous and unbelievable lies. And these people are likely to win the next election ?
Sheesh !
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