After it became public that they arrested a certain Stacy Bonds, for public drunkenness, because she apparently had a bottle of alcholol in her hands, which mysteriously vanished , and was never entered into evidence or found, and after the case was tossed because they got caught on video kneeing her in the back stripping her topless , and otherwise acting like a bunch of hoodlems mugging a victem instead of proper police officers ...
The ottawa police have been distributing this particular video among themselves as a response.
Note how the "charges" against the criminal are trumped up to the most atrocious things imaginable ? The fact that this is in response to a woman who was innocent (charges dropped this time and no previous charges) is probably the most aggravating thing of all.
When people just open their mouths and let fly the lies ... it serves them right they get caught.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
This is what we are fighting for
Soldiers stay cool after Canadian convoy shot at following fender-bender
The ANA crew refused the paperwork and demanded instead a cash payment on the spot, they said. The Canadians refused, walked away and drove off.
Not giving up, the ANA soldiers drove ahead, set up a roadblock and stopped the heavily armed and armoured convoy again. When the Canadians refused the demand for instant payment a second time, shots were fired first in the air and then at their vehicle.
In a statement issued Tuesday, Canada’s Task Force Kandahar confirmed there were no injuries and that the Canadians did not shoot back.
ANA is Afghanistan National Army.
Basically , they had a fender bender with some canadian troops. And then tried (twice) to shake the canadians down for cash. Even pointing guns at them and shooting their vehicals up.
So this is what we are fighting for in Afghanistan ? This is what we are building ? A whole army unit that openly shakes down anyone they feel like , and feel outraged that their right to do so has been violated ? They feel they deserve to shake down anyone ?
We should stick to simple 6 day wars. Go in. Shoot everything. Tear the place up. Leave.
because this nation building stuff. It's just not working.
The ANA crew refused the paperwork and demanded instead a cash payment on the spot, they said. The Canadians refused, walked away and drove off.
Not giving up, the ANA soldiers drove ahead, set up a roadblock and stopped the heavily armed and armoured convoy again. When the Canadians refused the demand for instant payment a second time, shots were fired first in the air and then at their vehicle.
In a statement issued Tuesday, Canada’s Task Force Kandahar confirmed there were no injuries and that the Canadians did not shoot back.
ANA is Afghanistan National Army.
Basically , they had a fender bender with some canadian troops. And then tried (twice) to shake the canadians down for cash. Even pointing guns at them and shooting their vehicals up.
So this is what we are fighting for in Afghanistan ? This is what we are building ? A whole army unit that openly shakes down anyone they feel like , and feel outraged that their right to do so has been violated ? They feel they deserve to shake down anyone ?
We should stick to simple 6 day wars. Go in. Shoot everything. Tear the place up. Leave.
because this nation building stuff. It's just not working.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Tool Time Winner
An interesting news article that covers the matter rather nicely I think.
Julian Assange is being accused of being a terrorist , and wiki leaks a terrorist organization , but who did they kill ? Who did they demand die ? Who are they shouting "this guy must die ! Somebody go kill him here's his home address !!!"
Umm...nobody. They don't do that.
This would be why they're subtly hinting that congressman Peter King is a tool.
Worse. By speaking out and demanding this guy be assassinated , illegally if necessarily ( not in this video , I'm still looking for that one) then the USA is now the one agitating for someone to die , or commiting acts of terrorism if they run off and used their own internal staff to assassinate this guy.
Terrorism , you know , as in killing people so as to frighten other people into obeying you ? That kind of terrorism? Yep. That shoe fits really well on certain US Congressmen , and not so well on Julian Assange.
I hope these peoples tempers cool and this blows over, because lets face it. If the rule of law is tossed away , suddenly everyone in the world is a target for these idiots.
And that includes you and me , brother.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Stephen Harper brings new definition to the term 'Prime Ministerial'
you will not believe it until you see it.
Somebody doesn't spend all their time in front of the tele , this much is obvious.
Thanks for the Terrorism
Teen accused of hacking WikiLeaks pay sites
There is a certain inevitability in world events. Certain patterns that keep being repeated , certain people in authority with no sense of history , doomed to repeat the course , so to speak , only all of us will suffer because of their ignorance.
When the romans decided to make christianity illegal , they did not destroy it, they merely drove it underground where it could not be seen or dealt with. And they spread like wild fire, and eventually rose up and took over the western world for a few centuries.
When a group of scholars challenged the dictators of the day (yeah , the very same christians, who also had a problem with learning even their own history) and were all imprisoned or punished horribly , it did not wipe them out. It drove them underground, and turned them into a violent group who , technically I suppose now rule the world (atheism vs theology)
There are many examples where people were either just minding their own business or were merely pointing out that the authorities of the day were doing things they weren't supposed to be doing.
And the government surpressed them.
And they got driven underground. But their cause was popular.
And so they became violent. They fit the modern definition of todays terrorists.
Mr. Assange , god bless you , for you are about to be Martyr'd for your cause.
Mr. Barak Obama. Thanks a heap. You just brought a bunch of new age terrorists upon us. Only this time they're not ignorant goat herders on the other side of the world. They're high tech home grown westerners. And they're lack of religion isn't going to lessen their zeal.
Mark my words. This movement has legs, and we're all going to regret the decision to surpress it.
There is a certain inevitability in world events. Certain patterns that keep being repeated , certain people in authority with no sense of history , doomed to repeat the course , so to speak , only all of us will suffer because of their ignorance.
When the romans decided to make christianity illegal , they did not destroy it, they merely drove it underground where it could not be seen or dealt with. And they spread like wild fire, and eventually rose up and took over the western world for a few centuries.
When a group of scholars challenged the dictators of the day (yeah , the very same christians, who also had a problem with learning even their own history) and were all imprisoned or punished horribly , it did not wipe them out. It drove them underground, and turned them into a violent group who , technically I suppose now rule the world (atheism vs theology)
There are many examples where people were either just minding their own business or were merely pointing out that the authorities of the day were doing things they weren't supposed to be doing.
And the government surpressed them.
And they got driven underground. But their cause was popular.
And so they became violent. They fit the modern definition of todays terrorists.
Mr. Assange , god bless you , for you are about to be Martyr'd for your cause.
Mr. Barak Obama. Thanks a heap. You just brought a bunch of new age terrorists upon us. Only this time they're not ignorant goat herders on the other side of the world. They're high tech home grown westerners. And they're lack of religion isn't going to lessen their zeal.
Mark my words. This movement has legs, and we're all going to regret the decision to surpress it.
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Wikileaks fiasco
Article
This whole Wikileaks fiasco, the one where some secret government documents got released to the general public, has been going on a while , and I suppose I should make a few comments on it, since it has to do with computers and all.
First point : what exactly was released ?
I see a few unkind comments made by low level flunkies .
We saw a grainy video of a guy carrying what sure looks like a big rifle to me , but the narrerator claims other wise, and then he and the other gun men (whom the narrorator does not dispute have guns) get all shot up by americans.
We see our (former )cheif of intelligence wants to turn canada into a police state to make his job easier , demonstrating he's forgotten that he's supposed to be protecting democracy ,not eradicating it. Perhaps this is why he's now "former" ?
A lot of people figured they knew what North Korea was going to do next. And then got caught with their pants down when North Korea decided to do something different.
There's nothing in these leaks. Nothing important, just bureaucrats covering their behinds and trying not to have their mistakes come to light |real or imagined mistakes).
And for this they are tracking the head of Wikileaks down , charging him with sexual assault and rape (with a prostitute, while they were doing it ...apparently she changed her mind half way throgh .. classic he said she said no witnesses present case) . And donating money to wikileaks has been shut down. Not declared officially illegal , but Visa and Master Card and Pay Pal suddenly decided not to process such transactions.
It is fascinating how undemocratic our democratic nations can act. I was reading an article on china about some chinese citizens getting a nobel peace prize for thwarting the government, and the terrble things the chinese were doing to him, and I kept thinking ,we're doing the exact same stuff to this guy. We're really not much different.
Which indicates maybe this Wikileaks guy is on to something. The Witch Hunt being engaged in itself affirms the very things the western democracies are trying to deny.
The second fascinating thing is the reaction to this. Private citizens are now rebelling against their "democratic" overlords by way of a volintairy program they run on their computers to form a bot net to attack the instruments of the governments. (Visa, master card, etc , who refuse to take payements.
And the news articles focus heavily on the sexual charges against this guy, but no one is biting, no one is fooled. All they're doing is identifying themselves , telling us who's a cats paw for the government and who isn't.
A new form of rebellion has arisen. In nations that formally enjoyed immunity to rebellion , because they were for the people, by the people, as the americans say. Except that that principle has been tossed aside.
And now we have a live example of why democracies were created in the first place. And what happens when they cease to function as democracies. And the controls they had on their populations slip and fall to the side, leaving nothing but an angry mob behind.
They put their hands on a live wire , these politicians, when they spent centuries preaching freedom of speach and then suddenly tossed it away. And now they will get their hands burned for doing that.
This whole Wikileaks fiasco, the one where some secret government documents got released to the general public, has been going on a while , and I suppose I should make a few comments on it, since it has to do with computers and all.
First point : what exactly was released ?
I see a few unkind comments made by low level flunkies .
We saw a grainy video of a guy carrying what sure looks like a big rifle to me , but the narrerator claims other wise, and then he and the other gun men (whom the narrorator does not dispute have guns) get all shot up by americans.
We see our (former )cheif of intelligence wants to turn canada into a police state to make his job easier , demonstrating he's forgotten that he's supposed to be protecting democracy ,not eradicating it. Perhaps this is why he's now "former" ?
A lot of people figured they knew what North Korea was going to do next. And then got caught with their pants down when North Korea decided to do something different.
There's nothing in these leaks. Nothing important, just bureaucrats covering their behinds and trying not to have their mistakes come to light |real or imagined mistakes).
And for this they are tracking the head of Wikileaks down , charging him with sexual assault and rape (with a prostitute, while they were doing it ...apparently she changed her mind half way throgh .. classic he said she said no witnesses present case) . And donating money to wikileaks has been shut down. Not declared officially illegal , but Visa and Master Card and Pay Pal suddenly decided not to process such transactions.
It is fascinating how undemocratic our democratic nations can act. I was reading an article on china about some chinese citizens getting a nobel peace prize for thwarting the government, and the terrble things the chinese were doing to him, and I kept thinking ,we're doing the exact same stuff to this guy. We're really not much different.
Which indicates maybe this Wikileaks guy is on to something. The Witch Hunt being engaged in itself affirms the very things the western democracies are trying to deny.
The second fascinating thing is the reaction to this. Private citizens are now rebelling against their "democratic" overlords by way of a volintairy program they run on their computers to form a bot net to attack the instruments of the governments. (Visa, master card, etc , who refuse to take payements.
And the news articles focus heavily on the sexual charges against this guy, but no one is biting, no one is fooled. All they're doing is identifying themselves , telling us who's a cats paw for the government and who isn't.
A new form of rebellion has arisen. In nations that formally enjoyed immunity to rebellion , because they were for the people, by the people, as the americans say. Except that that principle has been tossed aside.
And now we have a live example of why democracies were created in the first place. And what happens when they cease to function as democracies. And the controls they had on their populations slip and fall to the side, leaving nothing but an angry mob behind.
They put their hands on a live wire , these politicians, when they spent centuries preaching freedom of speach and then suddenly tossed it away. And now they will get their hands burned for doing that.
SIU to examine new Ottawa cellblock video
Article
The existence of the new cellblock videos was announced by Ottawa police Tuesday, after two other videos released publicly showed people being kneed or kicked at the Elgin Street cellblock.
One video from 2008 shows Stacy Bonds, a 27-year-old woman with no criminal history, being kneed and strip-searched in September 2008 after being arrested on Rideau Street for public intoxication. The charge was stayed by Justice Richard Lajoie of the Ontario Court of Justice in a verbal ruling Oct. 27.
We have a problem. Our police are out of control and are randomly mugging anyone who annoys them. And this isn't a stray incident. Two more vidoe's ? They've been doing this for a while and it's only now coming to light.
What does it take to charge a cop with a criminal offence ? They kill people with Tasers , firing five or more times when their taser manual says twice is the limit. They arrest and strip search random people picked up off the street.
My friend Wireless Toaster doesn't much like cops, never has.
I'm beginning to see why.
And our new mayor isn't helping matters. It's like he likes things the way they are.
"This is something that's happened and we're dealing with it," said Coun. Bob Monette (Orleans), who sits on the board.
"If the membership is concerned about it, they should be bringing it up to the attention of the board."
Which doesn't meet until dec 20th.
Stall , stall stall. Maybe it will all blow over if you give it enough time.
The existence of the new cellblock videos was announced by Ottawa police Tuesday, after two other videos released publicly showed people being kneed or kicked at the Elgin Street cellblock.
One video from 2008 shows Stacy Bonds, a 27-year-old woman with no criminal history, being kneed and strip-searched in September 2008 after being arrested on Rideau Street for public intoxication. The charge was stayed by Justice Richard Lajoie of the Ontario Court of Justice in a verbal ruling Oct. 27.
We have a problem. Our police are out of control and are randomly mugging anyone who annoys them. And this isn't a stray incident. Two more vidoe's ? They've been doing this for a while and it's only now coming to light.
What does it take to charge a cop with a criminal offence ? They kill people with Tasers , firing five or more times when their taser manual says twice is the limit. They arrest and strip search random people picked up off the street.
My friend Wireless Toaster doesn't much like cops, never has.
I'm beginning to see why.
And our new mayor isn't helping matters. It's like he likes things the way they are.
"This is something that's happened and we're dealing with it," said Coun. Bob Monette (Orleans), who sits on the board.
"If the membership is concerned about it, they should be bringing it up to the attention of the board."
Which doesn't meet until dec 20th.
Stall , stall stall. Maybe it will all blow over if you give it enough time.
Police Harassment The Wireless Toaster Way
So me and Wireless Toaster went In Drinking , in not out , meaning that we got some beer, we stayed home, and we cranked up skype and in the comfort of our own homes we got stinking drunk together.
Which is likely to replace going out to a bar , since it's a heck of a lot cheaper , far more comfortable, no line up for a filthy bathroom, etc etc etc ... but thats another topic for later on.
So wireless toaster is having problems with his wife, and he went to this rather unsavory motel (he's tracking down his wife, he things she has ... not so kind habits..it's a long story lets not get into it) and while he's there he see's these rather nasty looking individuals go into the motel ,have an admittedly heated conversationw with the clerk , and leaves.
And he got pictures.
And so he reports it to the police. And they never get back to him.
Wireless toaster is a technology freak , I have to mention. His current fetish is phones and phone systems. And he's a certified (computer) network engineer. A very technical person. And he had a nice computer network at home before he and his wife had problems and he had to leave, and now has a pretty awsome phone switchboard system where he lives.
Which is important to this story. because it records phone calls , incoming and out going.
And we're drinking , and he's talking about this , and he emails me three recordings for me to listen to. So , drinking back the beer, I give them a listen.
In the first recording he manages to track down the police officer that he talked to at the motel. A police officer who refused to give him his name, it should be noticed. As for the problem at the motel , it reveils nothing, but I found it fascinating that even if a cop refuses to give you his name and badge number , you can call the police station up and get it anyways. In this day and age of video's being released of cops doing nasty not very police like things, this is a fairly important point I think.
In the second recording the cop calls back , and of course, you can't give out information to a total stranger about a case thats under investigation . Even if the case is closed it's a violation of privacy to discuss it with a stranger. But Wireless toaster wants to get his say in , and the cop kept cutting him off and pointing this out... not much was accomplished.
I mentioned the phone system right ?
It seems that when you block your number when phoneing someone, it's just a courtesy that the receiving phone pays attention to that. Wireless's phone system wasn't programmed to be courteous , and ignored the signil indicating the number was blocked and gave him the number anyways.
Interesting that a blocked number could be over ridden and gotten anyways. Thats a second piece if information I found fascinating in our little drinking session.
He ran the number through google. He didn't get the cops personal details , of course, thats a serious violation of privacy. But he did get the name of the phone provider. It was a Fido Phone. Indicating that the cop had actually called on his private cell phone rather than his office phone.
Well...my wind phone has unlimited minutes, I've used it for work all the time. So I don't think there's much wrong with that , to be honest.
Third phone call recording was Wireless calling back.
Try to imagine, you called someone , you blocked the number ... and he calls you back on the phone who's number he's not supposed to have. And he goes on and on about this case . And the cop lies and says it's not his personal phone it's his work phone (yeah right) And to never call him on it. (ha ha ...don't call me at work ? To discuss work ? But it's ok to call me on this *OTHER* work number ? Thats your private phone buddy)
And Wireless went back to going on and on about having pictures and he want's to turn them in and help solve that case...
And so I learned a third thing that session. It's possible to harrass a police officer in such a way that he cannot do anything about it.
all and all a very productive evening I think. Which was contrary to what I wanted to actually do , but ok, this worked too.
I can still imagine the expression of horror that cop probably had on his face when Wireless called back on that guys personal phone. "I swear I blocked the number ! Honest I did !" It makes me laugh.
Which is likely to replace going out to a bar , since it's a heck of a lot cheaper , far more comfortable, no line up for a filthy bathroom, etc etc etc ... but thats another topic for later on.
So wireless toaster is having problems with his wife, and he went to this rather unsavory motel (he's tracking down his wife, he things she has ... not so kind habits..it's a long story lets not get into it) and while he's there he see's these rather nasty looking individuals go into the motel ,have an admittedly heated conversationw with the clerk , and leaves.
And he got pictures.
And so he reports it to the police. And they never get back to him.
Wireless toaster is a technology freak , I have to mention. His current fetish is phones and phone systems. And he's a certified (computer) network engineer. A very technical person. And he had a nice computer network at home before he and his wife had problems and he had to leave, and now has a pretty awsome phone switchboard system where he lives.
Which is important to this story. because it records phone calls , incoming and out going.
And we're drinking , and he's talking about this , and he emails me three recordings for me to listen to. So , drinking back the beer, I give them a listen.
In the first recording he manages to track down the police officer that he talked to at the motel. A police officer who refused to give him his name, it should be noticed. As for the problem at the motel , it reveils nothing, but I found it fascinating that even if a cop refuses to give you his name and badge number , you can call the police station up and get it anyways. In this day and age of video's being released of cops doing nasty not very police like things, this is a fairly important point I think.
In the second recording the cop calls back , and of course, you can't give out information to a total stranger about a case thats under investigation . Even if the case is closed it's a violation of privacy to discuss it with a stranger. But Wireless toaster wants to get his say in , and the cop kept cutting him off and pointing this out... not much was accomplished.
I mentioned the phone system right ?
It seems that when you block your number when phoneing someone, it's just a courtesy that the receiving phone pays attention to that. Wireless's phone system wasn't programmed to be courteous , and ignored the signil indicating the number was blocked and gave him the number anyways.
Interesting that a blocked number could be over ridden and gotten anyways. Thats a second piece if information I found fascinating in our little drinking session.
He ran the number through google. He didn't get the cops personal details , of course, thats a serious violation of privacy. But he did get the name of the phone provider. It was a Fido Phone. Indicating that the cop had actually called on his private cell phone rather than his office phone.
Well...my wind phone has unlimited minutes, I've used it for work all the time. So I don't think there's much wrong with that , to be honest.
Third phone call recording was Wireless calling back.
Try to imagine, you called someone , you blocked the number ... and he calls you back on the phone who's number he's not supposed to have. And he goes on and on about this case . And the cop lies and says it's not his personal phone it's his work phone (yeah right) And to never call him on it. (ha ha ...don't call me at work ? To discuss work ? But it's ok to call me on this *OTHER* work number ? Thats your private phone buddy)
And Wireless went back to going on and on about having pictures and he want's to turn them in and help solve that case...
And so I learned a third thing that session. It's possible to harrass a police officer in such a way that he cannot do anything about it.
all and all a very productive evening I think. Which was contrary to what I wanted to actually do , but ok, this worked too.
I can still imagine the expression of horror that cop probably had on his face when Wireless called back on that guys personal phone. "I swear I blocked the number ! Honest I did !" It makes me laugh.
Thursday, December 02, 2010
Ottawa police attack and strip search innocent woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFq66qIWajo
So these are the police I have to deal with in my city ?
I want them fired. All of them.
But I know they'll get off scott free without even a slap on a wrist.
Mayor Watson , are you going to do something about this ? Or are these thugs going to continue with their thuggary unabated ?
So these are the police I have to deal with in my city ?
I want them fired. All of them.
But I know they'll get off scott free without even a slap on a wrist.
Mayor Watson , are you going to do something about this ? Or are these thugs going to continue with their thuggary unabated ?
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Duckies House of Quackery
Ont. man dies after MS vein opening
An Ontario man with multiple sclerosis died of complications after a controversial treatment in Costa Rica to open up his neck veins, CBC News has learned.
Mahir Mostic, 35, of St. Catharines died on Oct. 19, one day after doctors in the Central American country tried to dissolve a blood-clot complication.
Skip all that. Down to the comments.
meowiekitty wrote:Posted 2010/11/19
at 1:27 PM ET
If I had fast developing MS, I'd try experimental procedures to increase my quality of life (it wasn't meant to cure him). I'd try experimental procedures for anything, and I'd probably try heroin too. What difference does it make if I'm going to die soon anyway?
This disease is terrible, especially the fast moving kind. I don't think people live much longer than 5 years after they are diagnosed.
Science can't move forward if we don't try new procedures. At one time, we thought the cure for STDs was mercury. We also used to bleed people to cure them!
This man was very brave to try something new and controversial, and he did so knowing that there is a high degree of risk.
We at Doctor Duck's House of Quackery have created a new cure for MS ! It involves stuffing cotton balls into the ears of the patients while praying to the secret VooDoo spirit of MS Cures who's name we are sworn never to reviel !
So have your 10 000$ ready and come on down ! Our Voodoo doctors only have limited beds available so hurry to get yours !
Remember ! You're dying of a horrible incurable disease so its time to try anything ! Does it really matter I got my degree off the back of a cracker jack box ?
You have nothing to lose but the contents of your wallets !
Remember Doctor Ducks motto ! "I'm not a duck , just a Quack !"
PS: Medical degree's in Quackery for sale cheap , exams optional , inquire within.
An Ontario man with multiple sclerosis died of complications after a controversial treatment in Costa Rica to open up his neck veins, CBC News has learned.
Mahir Mostic, 35, of St. Catharines died on Oct. 19, one day after doctors in the Central American country tried to dissolve a blood-clot complication.
Skip all that. Down to the comments.
meowiekitty wrote:Posted 2010/11/19
at 1:27 PM ET
If I had fast developing MS, I'd try experimental procedures to increase my quality of life (it wasn't meant to cure him). I'd try experimental procedures for anything, and I'd probably try heroin too. What difference does it make if I'm going to die soon anyway?
This disease is terrible, especially the fast moving kind. I don't think people live much longer than 5 years after they are diagnosed.
Science can't move forward if we don't try new procedures. At one time, we thought the cure for STDs was mercury. We also used to bleed people to cure them!
This man was very brave to try something new and controversial, and he did so knowing that there is a high degree of risk.
Meowkittie you're In luck !
We at Doctor Duck's House of Quackery have created a new cure for MS ! It involves stuffing cotton balls into the ears of the patients while praying to the secret VooDoo spirit of MS Cures who's name we are sworn never to reviel !
So have your 10 000$ ready and come on down ! Our Voodoo doctors only have limited beds available so hurry to get yours !
Remember ! You're dying of a horrible incurable disease so its time to try anything ! Does it really matter I got my degree off the back of a cracker jack box ?
You have nothing to lose but the contents of your wallets !
Remember Doctor Ducks motto ! "I'm not a duck , just a Quack !"
PS: Medical degree's in Quackery for sale cheap , exams optional , inquire within.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Return of the Wireless Toaster
My friend the paranoid schizophrenic called the other day, said he had some time off work next week if I wanted to have a coffee with him.
Hmm...time off work.
Last time I checked he didn't have a job , and swore up and down he'd never work again.
You know ... an unstable paranoid schizophrenic holding down a job ... umm... unstable people generally don't do that. They'd rather be out on the street freezing to death.
hmmm.....
Well ok ... I suppose I can risk a cup of coffee on the off chance he's cured, or maybe never was paranoid , or whatever weirdness might have happened.
So I meet up with him.
He actually went back to work some number of months ago. He didn't want to , he swore up and down he never would, but they made him , so he went. And he fired that lawyer who was leeching all his money and giving him nothing for it.
Hmm....paranoid schizophrenics wouldn't return to work , wouldn't deal with these issues, would just ignore them actually. That would be the "Schizophrenic" part of disease, the innability to deal with reality. Apparently being paranoid is ok , maybe even normal , it's only when it interfere's with your ability to deal with reality that the psychologists get all interested in it.
Hmm...he's still got his car. In fact, he tells me , the lease ran out on it and he bought it. Hmm... I would have bet long odds he would have lost it long ago.
Ok. Time for the big test. "Do you still think I work for a government agency thats out to kill you ? "
"I never said that ! You're paraphrasing ! Thats not what I meant ..." yadda yadda yadda...
Well..ok. Good enough for me. You don't throw a 20+ year friendship away if you really don't have to , they're kind of hard to replace , and it looks like I don't have to. So hey !
Welcome back , Wireless Toaster.
Hmm...time off work.
Last time I checked he didn't have a job , and swore up and down he'd never work again.
You know ... an unstable paranoid schizophrenic holding down a job ... umm... unstable people generally don't do that. They'd rather be out on the street freezing to death.
hmmm.....
Well ok ... I suppose I can risk a cup of coffee on the off chance he's cured, or maybe never was paranoid , or whatever weirdness might have happened.
So I meet up with him.
He actually went back to work some number of months ago. He didn't want to , he swore up and down he never would, but they made him , so he went. And he fired that lawyer who was leeching all his money and giving him nothing for it.
Hmm....paranoid schizophrenics wouldn't return to work , wouldn't deal with these issues, would just ignore them actually. That would be the "Schizophrenic" part of disease, the innability to deal with reality. Apparently being paranoid is ok , maybe even normal , it's only when it interfere's with your ability to deal with reality that the psychologists get all interested in it.
Hmm...he's still got his car. In fact, he tells me , the lease ran out on it and he bought it. Hmm... I would have bet long odds he would have lost it long ago.
Ok. Time for the big test. "Do you still think I work for a government agency thats out to kill you ? "
"I never said that ! You're paraphrasing ! Thats not what I meant ..." yadda yadda yadda...
Well..ok. Good enough for me. You don't throw a 20+ year friendship away if you really don't have to , they're kind of hard to replace , and it looks like I don't have to. So hey !
Welcome back , Wireless Toaster.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Khadr confirms he was al-Qaeda member, prepares for sentencing
Article
Canadian Omar Khadr, the self-confessed al-Qaeda murderer and terrorist, was back in the war crimes courtroom today for the sentencing phase of his trial.
In a long stipulation of facts, Mr. Khadr confirmed that he was an al-Qaeda member, wanted to kill Jews and Americans, and that the “happiest moment of his life” was when he built and planted roadside bombs aimed at killing Americans and other unbelievers then deployed in Afghanistan.
I do not like self confessions. They stink of rubber hoses and cigarette burns and beating the accused with out mercy until he'll confess to anything. And Eight years in prison , it's pretty obvious thats what happened.
But ...
He has no good reason to be on the other side of the world, in a terrorist training camp, learning how to build road side bombs. Put aside the accusations of him throwing a grenade and killing someone , put aside the "military trial" which is little more than a kangaroo court that puts to shame the very notion of justice.
Omar Khadr had no business being on that side of the world , let alone in that terrorist camp.
And so I have no sympathy for him at all.
I do have sympathy for what has befallen our justice system if this kind of nonsense is considered perfectly legal. That I am deeply concerned with. But Omar Khadr can rot in hell for all I care.
Canadian Omar Khadr, the self-confessed al-Qaeda murderer and terrorist, was back in the war crimes courtroom today for the sentencing phase of his trial.
In a long stipulation of facts, Mr. Khadr confirmed that he was an al-Qaeda member, wanted to kill Jews and Americans, and that the “happiest moment of his life” was when he built and planted roadside bombs aimed at killing Americans and other unbelievers then deployed in Afghanistan.
I do not like self confessions. They stink of rubber hoses and cigarette burns and beating the accused with out mercy until he'll confess to anything. And Eight years in prison , it's pretty obvious thats what happened.
But ...
He has no good reason to be on the other side of the world, in a terrorist training camp, learning how to build road side bombs. Put aside the accusations of him throwing a grenade and killing someone , put aside the "military trial" which is little more than a kangaroo court that puts to shame the very notion of justice.
Omar Khadr had no business being on that side of the world , let alone in that terrorist camp.
And so I have no sympathy for him at all.
I do have sympathy for what has befallen our justice system if this kind of nonsense is considered perfectly legal. That I am deeply concerned with. But Omar Khadr can rot in hell for all I care.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Lighting the Fire and then running.
Col. Russell Williams: Should the videos and photos be destroyed?
This story is now closed to commenting.
The end is new for news media when they pull stunts like this. They ask for your opinion , let you vote and everything , and then you see the story is closed for commenting and there are Zero comments , the story was never open for comments.
Why ?
Because it's too much work. Because they want the popularity of running a story thats in the public interest but they don't want to deal with the ten thousand comments such an interesting story will generate.
In other words, they don't want to be a newspaper, and they hate user comments, and anytime it looks like it's going to generate too many they cut you off at the knees.
My opinion was no , don't destroy the photos, lock it up in some archive for forensic experts and psychologists to look at and learn from.
But it seems no one at CBC wants to hear that.
This story is now closed to commenting.
The end is new for news media when they pull stunts like this. They ask for your opinion , let you vote and everything , and then you see the story is closed for commenting and there are Zero comments , the story was never open for comments.
Why ?
Because it's too much work. Because they want the popularity of running a story thats in the public interest but they don't want to deal with the ten thousand comments such an interesting story will generate.
In other words, they don't want to be a newspaper, and they hate user comments, and anytime it looks like it's going to generate too many they cut you off at the knees.
My opinion was no , don't destroy the photos, lock it up in some archive for forensic experts and psychologists to look at and learn from.
But it seems no one at CBC wants to hear that.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Moms' guilty pleas tossed after pathologist errors
article
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ordered new trials for two women who originally pleaded guilty after now disgraced forensic pathologist Dr. Charles Smith testified they had asphyxiated their babies.
A judicial inquiry into Dr. Charles Smith's work found the pathologist's testimony was responsible, in part, for several people being wrongfully convicted of killing children and being sentenced to prison.A judicial inquiry into Dr. Charles Smith's work found the pathologist's testimony was responsible, in part, for several people being wrongfully convicted of killing children and being sentenced to prison. (Canadian Press)
Smith's testimony has since been found to be responsible for a number of wrongful convictions.
On Wednesday, the Appeal Court set aside guilty pleas from the women, one of whom was convicted of manslaughter and the other of infanticide.
Welcome to the wonderful world of the canadian courts. These women were forced to confess in order to avoid jail , of a crime they didn't actually commit. What happened to our great lie detectors ? What happened to that crack team of RCMP specialists who can beat a confession out of anyone ?
It seems they realy can beat a confession out of anyone.
Even those who are completely innocent.
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ordered new trials for two women who originally pleaded guilty after now disgraced forensic pathologist Dr. Charles Smith testified they had asphyxiated their babies.
A judicial inquiry into Dr. Charles Smith's work found the pathologist's testimony was responsible, in part, for several people being wrongfully convicted of killing children and being sentenced to prison.A judicial inquiry into Dr. Charles Smith's work found the pathologist's testimony was responsible, in part, for several people being wrongfully convicted of killing children and being sentenced to prison. (Canadian Press)
Smith's testimony has since been found to be responsible for a number of wrongful convictions.
On Wednesday, the Appeal Court set aside guilty pleas from the women, one of whom was convicted of manslaughter and the other of infanticide.
Welcome to the wonderful world of the canadian courts. These women were forced to confess in order to avoid jail , of a crime they didn't actually commit. What happened to our great lie detectors ? What happened to that crack team of RCMP specialists who can beat a confession out of anyone ?
It seems they realy can beat a confession out of anyone.
Even those who are completely innocent.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Islam Passes Judgement on Harper's Foreign policy
Siddiqui: World passes judgment on Harper’s foreign policy
(Article in the toronto star web site) 14/10/2010
Canada’s failure to get elected to the Security Council has been described as “a shocking development,” “a disaster,” “a diplomatic fiasco,” “a colossal failure” and “a dark day for Canada” that brought us “humiliation” and “shame on the world stage.”
Those are apt descriptions of this development — the first time in the 64-year history of the United Nations that Canada has failed to win a council seat, unlike in our six earlier bids. Our next bid cannot be for another 10 years.
The Harperites are reacting with their usual dishonest double-talk.
It’s no big deal not to have won a seat in a dysfunctional organization, they say. If so, why did we run?
So ok , you've got a big "I hate harper" sign on your t-shirt
It’s not just his pro-Israeli stance that made Canada a pariah at the UN. He:
Ok, this editorial is written by an anti-semite. And his name is obviously Islamic in nature. "Haroon Siddiqui" (actually it's an Indian name , but he authored a book called "Being Muslim" so ... yeah . )
Or, it is the fault of the Europeans. They must have voted as a bloc. What else can explain the win by Portugal, not even a member of the G20, let alone the G8, and an economic basket case to boot? But Europe has less than 30 votes, whereas Arab and Muslim nations have 57 and Africa 51 votes, the two blocs with good reasons to oppose us.
Ok, so we helped invade afghanistan and lost 57 votes ..thats a good reason to lose. Hardly the "disaster" you claim it to be. Figure the aftrican votes were split among 5 other contenders (or more) and defeat is inevitable for anyone who has to face an election who went to afghan or iraq.
• Diverted Canadian funds from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency to the Palestinian Authority, to boost Mahmoud Abbas against rival Hamas.
Oh dear. we supported a standing government working towards peace instead of some islamic terrorists who's only agenda is to kill all the jews in the world and you're mad at Harper for it.
Left Omar Khadr to rot in Guantanamo Bay, while defending the policy of indefinite detention as well as the American military’s kangaroo courts.
Caught red handed in a terrorist camp , and you want to bring him home and set him free.
It seems that the Toronto Star has become the Voice of Islam and the lastest Israeli Basher in this country. Kind of odd, but what they hey , newspapers have been sinking fast ever since the internet came out , I suppose it's only a matter of time before the wacko nut cases take them over as they enter their death throws.
You need more than slanted numbers and "If they love jews they must be bad" to convince most canadians, mister "Being Muslim". Because this crud only flies in the middle east , it has no place here.
(Article in the toronto star web site) 14/10/2010
Canada’s failure to get elected to the Security Council has been described as “a shocking development,” “a disaster,” “a diplomatic fiasco,” “a colossal failure” and “a dark day for Canada” that brought us “humiliation” and “shame on the world stage.”
Those are apt descriptions of this development — the first time in the 64-year history of the United Nations that Canada has failed to win a council seat, unlike in our six earlier bids. Our next bid cannot be for another 10 years.
The Harperites are reacting with their usual dishonest double-talk.
It’s no big deal not to have won a seat in a dysfunctional organization, they say. If so, why did we run?
So ok , you've got a big "I hate harper" sign on your t-shirt
It’s not just his pro-Israeli stance that made Canada a pariah at the UN. He:
Ok, this editorial is written by an anti-semite. And his name is obviously Islamic in nature. "Haroon Siddiqui" (actually it's an Indian name , but he authored a book called "Being Muslim" so ... yeah . )
Or, it is the fault of the Europeans. They must have voted as a bloc. What else can explain the win by Portugal, not even a member of the G20, let alone the G8, and an economic basket case to boot? But Europe has less than 30 votes, whereas Arab and Muslim nations have 57 and Africa 51 votes, the two blocs with good reasons to oppose us.
Ok, so we helped invade afghanistan and lost 57 votes ..thats a good reason to lose. Hardly the "disaster" you claim it to be. Figure the aftrican votes were split among 5 other contenders (or more) and defeat is inevitable for anyone who has to face an election who went to afghan or iraq.
• Diverted Canadian funds from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency to the Palestinian Authority, to boost Mahmoud Abbas against rival Hamas.
Oh dear. we supported a standing government working towards peace instead of some islamic terrorists who's only agenda is to kill all the jews in the world and you're mad at Harper for it.
Left Omar Khadr to rot in Guantanamo Bay, while defending the policy of indefinite detention as well as the American military’s kangaroo courts.
Caught red handed in a terrorist camp , and you want to bring him home and set him free.
It seems that the Toronto Star has become the Voice of Islam and the lastest Israeli Basher in this country. Kind of odd, but what they hey , newspapers have been sinking fast ever since the internet came out , I suppose it's only a matter of time before the wacko nut cases take them over as they enter their death throws.
You need more than slanted numbers and "If they love jews they must be bad" to convince most canadians, mister "Being Muslim". Because this crud only flies in the middle east , it has no place here.
Saturday, October 02, 2010
Legalized Prostitution
Article = none , personal opinion
(Some references to a commentary appearing in page 13 Ottawa Sun Oct 1 2010 by Brian Lilley)
So, prostitution is in the news again. A Judge has struck down the laws against it. Laws that were only against communicating or such for purposes of prostitution , the actual act of prostitution is not illegal in this country. And people are all up in arms about how can this be legal here ?
Well... first , when you're crafting a law, you have to make sure it doesn't come and bite you in the rear end , or you'll be forced to strike down your own creation. That's probably why prostitution itself is still legal , there wasn't any way to make it illegal without someone taking a hit somewhere from an over broad law.
And I'm looking at an Ottawa Sun article , a commentary , that goes on and on about how prostitution is "wrong" , and the only reasoning I can see is that he wouldn't want his daughter to do it.
There's a lot of reasons , lot of good arguments, why prostitution should be legalized. And there's a lot of good arguments why it should not be. But "I think it's wrong" isn't on either of those lists. Sorry buddy. Nor is "I wouldn't want my daughter to do it"
Much as I might agree with the sentiment , this is how bad laws are made. The kind that come back to haunt you and leave you saying "I didn't mean for that to happen !" and then you wind up voting to strike it down anyways and the whole thing becomes a decade of trouble and wasted effort.
Reviewing his other points we see ...
Netherland and Germany are cited as places of legal prostitution , that still have illegal prostitution , sex workers imported for the task are mentioned.
And so do we ! Yes, I have met a girl at a strip joint who reported she was here from another country and was doing this to send money home to her family. So, I personally know it's happening in Canada. Your argument implies by legalizing prostitution we will cause this to happen here, guess what ? It already is.
Our Wag also argues that while the court hesitates to inject any sort of morality into sexual matters , he thinks they should , arguing "morality underpins our legal system" and points to theft as being immoral.
Umm.... no. Imposing your morality on everyone else was discarded long ago. I don't know why you're bringing it up.
The Judge has decided the laws are bringing harm to the prostitutes by way of driving them underground where they become victems of organized crime , pimps, beatings, and murder because they dare not go to the police
This is the classic case of a law backfiring and doing the exact opposite of what was intended, and I believe she was right to strike it down. The purpose of the law was to protect people, not put them in harms way. It failed that purpose, get rid of it.
My Personal Opinion...
Whether it's legal or not , whether you like it or not , prostitution is going to happen. You have two choices only. Protect the prostitutes, or abandon them to the wolves, that's about it. And our current laws that have been struck down abandon them to the wolves.
Those are your choices, which will you choose ? I choose not to abandon anyone to the wolves.
(Some references to a commentary appearing in page 13 Ottawa Sun Oct 1 2010 by Brian Lilley)
So, prostitution is in the news again. A Judge has struck down the laws against it. Laws that were only against communicating or such for purposes of prostitution , the actual act of prostitution is not illegal in this country. And people are all up in arms about how can this be legal here ?
Well... first , when you're crafting a law, you have to make sure it doesn't come and bite you in the rear end , or you'll be forced to strike down your own creation. That's probably why prostitution itself is still legal , there wasn't any way to make it illegal without someone taking a hit somewhere from an over broad law.
And I'm looking at an Ottawa Sun article , a commentary , that goes on and on about how prostitution is "wrong" , and the only reasoning I can see is that he wouldn't want his daughter to do it.
There's a lot of reasons , lot of good arguments, why prostitution should be legalized. And there's a lot of good arguments why it should not be. But "I think it's wrong" isn't on either of those lists. Sorry buddy. Nor is "I wouldn't want my daughter to do it"
Much as I might agree with the sentiment , this is how bad laws are made. The kind that come back to haunt you and leave you saying "I didn't mean for that to happen !" and then you wind up voting to strike it down anyways and the whole thing becomes a decade of trouble and wasted effort.
Reviewing his other points we see ...
Netherland and Germany are cited as places of legal prostitution , that still have illegal prostitution , sex workers imported for the task are mentioned.
And so do we ! Yes, I have met a girl at a strip joint who reported she was here from another country and was doing this to send money home to her family. So, I personally know it's happening in Canada. Your argument implies by legalizing prostitution we will cause this to happen here, guess what ? It already is.
Our Wag also argues that while the court hesitates to inject any sort of morality into sexual matters , he thinks they should , arguing "morality underpins our legal system" and points to theft as being immoral.
Umm.... no. Imposing your morality on everyone else was discarded long ago. I don't know why you're bringing it up.
The Judge has decided the laws are bringing harm to the prostitutes by way of driving them underground where they become victems of organized crime , pimps, beatings, and murder because they dare not go to the police
This is the classic case of a law backfiring and doing the exact opposite of what was intended, and I believe she was right to strike it down. The purpose of the law was to protect people, not put them in harms way. It failed that purpose, get rid of it.
My Personal Opinion...
Whether it's legal or not , whether you like it or not , prostitution is going to happen. You have two choices only. Protect the prostitutes, or abandon them to the wolves, that's about it. And our current laws that have been struck down abandon them to the wolves.
Those are your choices, which will you choose ? I choose not to abandon anyone to the wolves.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Clash of the Titans @ 2010
Wings away Pegasus !
Sorry , but it was difficult not to start singing that annoying hercules song. Hero's name was Perseus though in this movie. And yes, like hercules , he was a half son of Zeus
Star was Sam WORTHINGDON, i Think.
Remember that annoying terinator movie where the hero was a deathrow inmate that go ressurecd and turned into a temintor ? Yeah , that guy. And it's the same personality her. He smiles once in a while , but you swear you're looking at that same terminator guy transplanted into this movie. I swear the guy is like arnold swartznegger in his early day he can only play one roll.
ok. So . Mankind, symbolized by one single anient greek city, no longer worships the gods and starts tearing down their temples. Since the gods need mans worship to survive , they cant have this , so man and gods go to war, with lots and lots of really cool modern special effects on the side of the gods , who are highly hamstrung by the fact that the more men they kill the weaker they become.
Philisophically , as an aspiring writer, I find the whole situation fascinating. How do you go to war with someone you don't want to hurt ? And the whole waring philosophies of man trying to do things their own way and forget about the gods, vs the gods trying to keep their worshippers, it's a theme the modern world is struggling with in real life, making this several thousand year old myth a lot more relevant than you would expect.
In the end, big battles, awesome special effects, and an interesting philosophy debate to think about long after the movie ends.
Oh yes, the good guys win in the end. But considering how old this tale is , you probably already figured that out.
Sorry , but it was difficult not to start singing that annoying hercules song. Hero's name was Perseus though in this movie. And yes, like hercules , he was a half son of Zeus
Star was Sam WORTHINGDON, i Think.
Remember that annoying terinator movie where the hero was a deathrow inmate that go ressurecd and turned into a temintor ? Yeah , that guy. And it's the same personality her. He smiles once in a while , but you swear you're looking at that same terminator guy transplanted into this movie. I swear the guy is like arnold swartznegger in his early day he can only play one roll.
ok. So . Mankind, symbolized by one single anient greek city, no longer worships the gods and starts tearing down their temples. Since the gods need mans worship to survive , they cant have this , so man and gods go to war, with lots and lots of really cool modern special effects on the side of the gods , who are highly hamstrung by the fact that the more men they kill the weaker they become.
Philisophically , as an aspiring writer, I find the whole situation fascinating. How do you go to war with someone you don't want to hurt ? And the whole waring philosophies of man trying to do things their own way and forget about the gods, vs the gods trying to keep their worshippers, it's a theme the modern world is struggling with in real life, making this several thousand year old myth a lot more relevant than you would expect.
In the end, big battles, awesome special effects, and an interesting philosophy debate to think about long after the movie ends.
Oh yes, the good guys win in the end. But considering how old this tale is , you probably already figured that out.
Data Stick - Wind
Bought myself a Data Stick from Wind.
what the heck is a data stick , you ask ?
You stick it in the usb slot of your lap top computer (or regular computer) and ...well , it's not quite a cell phone call , but it is using the cell phone network to connect to the internet. And it has a phone number and everything , but don't call me on that number, cause there's no handset , no way to answer, no way to even hear it ring.
World of Warcraft hates it.
The first time I tried out the game on it , well it is a different provider , and they are paranoid with all the account theft going around in that online game. They locked me out and sent me a nasty email to reset my password because of suspicious activity.
But it's all good now.
100$ for the stick
45$ for "unlmited" data.
By unlimited they mean 5 gigs a month and they slow you down if you go over it, but you never actually incur extra charges above the 45$ / month.
And the best part of all ?
No contract.
If you're feeling poor , you shut it down for a month or two , and then when you're feeling rich you start it up again.
It's not for everyone. Not everyone is in a position where internet on the go will do them any good or do them much use. But if you are one of those people , it sure as heck beats the 3 year contract nonsense bell and rogers will demand of you.
what the heck is a data stick , you ask ?
You stick it in the usb slot of your lap top computer (or regular computer) and ...well , it's not quite a cell phone call , but it is using the cell phone network to connect to the internet. And it has a phone number and everything , but don't call me on that number, cause there's no handset , no way to answer, no way to even hear it ring.
World of Warcraft hates it.
The first time I tried out the game on it , well it is a different provider , and they are paranoid with all the account theft going around in that online game. They locked me out and sent me a nasty email to reset my password because of suspicious activity.
But it's all good now.
100$ for the stick
45$ for "unlmited" data.
By unlimited they mean 5 gigs a month and they slow you down if you go over it, but you never actually incur extra charges above the 45$ / month.
And the best part of all ?
No contract.
If you're feeling poor , you shut it down for a month or two , and then when you're feeling rich you start it up again.
It's not for everyone. Not everyone is in a position where internet on the go will do them any good or do them much use. But if you are one of those people , it sure as heck beats the 3 year contract nonsense bell and rogers will demand of you.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
House MD
House Video's at Megavideo
Kind of got into the House TV series, which is an interesting thing in itself since I don't watch TV. Found a site on the net.
House is a drama about a doctor named Gregory House, some staff , and the patients they treat. I suppose I could go on and on about the stuff other people covered, or I could just put a link in HERE and let you read it when you get around to it.
One of the most interesting things about House, from the perspective of an aspiring writer , is the way the series is organized. You have to understand that the most successful shows have always been about people. Be it the latest star trek episode, or star wars , or House. The Gizmo's in start trek really should overshadow the people. In real life they would. One need only look at any modern western army and what do you see ? Tanks, stealth bombers, rifles with a ridiculously long range that should be called sniper rifles, but every rifle is that long range so they don't bother, night goggles... the toys make the war in the real world.
But in Star trek , it's all about the charactars interacting. In star wars, the force and the light sabres are really nice toys , but the one thing The Force did was balance out the toys and bring people to the front again.
House is the same way.
Lets face it. House is a total Ass. But he's a well crafted total ass. His urge to solve puzzles , manipulate people , and see how they work becomes the perfect vehical for doing , you guessed it , charactar studies. And of course it's no good to study boring people , so every one of the main charactars in that show has their own little secrets for him to slowly pick apart. Even better, the episodes are not stand alone works. They all build on each other (makeing it different from most TV series) and reference previous things the charactars have done.
And of course the major point of the medical setting is to bring in a constant string of new charactars to be picked apart and analyzed. The patients. They're all deep charactars with their own little secrets to be picked apart as well.
Other shows have tried to do this. Star Trek goes to different worlds for example, thats their endless stream of new charactars to study. But doing up a whole world every episode .. it's too broad a stroke. They're biting off more than they can chew , and it shows. Really they should have circled the same three or four planets and plumbed the depths of charactars from a very few races rather than make totally new races every single episode. That was just too much squeezed into each show, and it showed.
Babylon 5 did well, with it's station bringing in diplomants and wanderers so there was always new blood to be examined there. But again , no one was really doing the examining. You just happened to notice they were doing weird things.
Another thing that should be mentioned are the long term plots The ones that go across ten or so episodes. A new hospital owner hates house , and over ten episodes trys to fire house or get him to quit . House ticks off a cop , who makes Houses life miserable and trys to get him thrown in jail for another dozen or so episodes. The slow work up of houses insanity , trip to a mental institute, and the aftermath which is in fact still ongoing as late as the end of season 6.
Some people call it formulistic writing. But I call it a vehical. You have a relatively stable situation ( a hospital) and a steady stream of new events (in this case patients) to provide fresh blood , fresh infusions of material , so the audience doesn't grow bored.
If I was to try and write an ongoing story or novel (which by the way I am) I would make a check list of things to do in that novel.
And of course, you would have to first think about a framework , often called a formula , to fit all this in. Either they all stay in one place and the people come to them (hospital , space station ala babylon 5 / Deep space 9) , or a group of them go wandering and are always encountering new people (Xena Warriar Princess, David Eddings Belgariad, Original Star Trek hopping on their ship and always exploring )
Just my thoughts on the matter.
Kind of got into the House TV series, which is an interesting thing in itself since I don't watch TV. Found a site on the net.
House is a drama about a doctor named Gregory House, some staff , and the patients they treat. I suppose I could go on and on about the stuff other people covered, or I could just put a link in HERE and let you read it when you get around to it.
One of the most interesting things about House, from the perspective of an aspiring writer , is the way the series is organized. You have to understand that the most successful shows have always been about people. Be it the latest star trek episode, or star wars , or House. The Gizmo's in start trek really should overshadow the people. In real life they would. One need only look at any modern western army and what do you see ? Tanks, stealth bombers, rifles with a ridiculously long range that should be called sniper rifles, but every rifle is that long range so they don't bother, night goggles... the toys make the war in the real world.
But in Star trek , it's all about the charactars interacting. In star wars, the force and the light sabres are really nice toys , but the one thing The Force did was balance out the toys and bring people to the front again.
House is the same way.
Lets face it. House is a total Ass. But he's a well crafted total ass. His urge to solve puzzles , manipulate people , and see how they work becomes the perfect vehical for doing , you guessed it , charactar studies. And of course it's no good to study boring people , so every one of the main charactars in that show has their own little secrets for him to slowly pick apart. Even better, the episodes are not stand alone works. They all build on each other (makeing it different from most TV series) and reference previous things the charactars have done.
And of course the major point of the medical setting is to bring in a constant string of new charactars to be picked apart and analyzed. The patients. They're all deep charactars with their own little secrets to be picked apart as well.
Other shows have tried to do this. Star Trek goes to different worlds for example, thats their endless stream of new charactars to study. But doing up a whole world every episode .. it's too broad a stroke. They're biting off more than they can chew , and it shows. Really they should have circled the same three or four planets and plumbed the depths of charactars from a very few races rather than make totally new races every single episode. That was just too much squeezed into each show, and it showed.
Babylon 5 did well, with it's station bringing in diplomants and wanderers so there was always new blood to be examined there. But again , no one was really doing the examining. You just happened to notice they were doing weird things.
Another thing that should be mentioned are the long term plots The ones that go across ten or so episodes. A new hospital owner hates house , and over ten episodes trys to fire house or get him to quit . House ticks off a cop , who makes Houses life miserable and trys to get him thrown in jail for another dozen or so episodes. The slow work up of houses insanity , trip to a mental institute, and the aftermath which is in fact still ongoing as late as the end of season 6.
Some people call it formulistic writing. But I call it a vehical. You have a relatively stable situation ( a hospital) and a steady stream of new events (in this case patients) to provide fresh blood , fresh infusions of material , so the audience doesn't grow bored.
If I was to try and write an ongoing story or novel (which by the way I am) I would make a check list of things to do in that novel.
- Steady stream of new charactars
- Someone to examine those new charactars
- Detailed charactars , with secrets , for the main cast
- Really deep main charactar , with a lot of secrets to be dribbled out a little at a time.
- Always have a love interest going somewhere
- Always have some secret activity going on
- Long term plots ! (A given if you're writing a novel..not so much on a TV series )
And of course, you would have to first think about a framework , often called a formula , to fit all this in. Either they all stay in one place and the people come to them (hospital , space station ala babylon 5 / Deep space 9) , or a group of them go wandering and are always encountering new people (Xena Warriar Princess, David Eddings Belgariad, Original Star Trek hopping on their ship and always exploring )
Just my thoughts on the matter.
Sunday, August 08, 2010
Sony 2HD diskettes 10 Pack - worthless
gotta reinstall winxp on an older machine, got a back up disk but it's not bootable. So I go down to the hardware store and buy a pack of diskets.
Computer can't read the disks.
Cant format them.
Insists there's no disk in the drive.
I give up after 4 disks of this nonsense.
These guys are pirates, their product flatly doesn't work.
Computer can't read the disks.
Cant format them.
Insists there's no disk in the drive.
I give up after 4 disks of this nonsense.
These guys are pirates, their product flatly doesn't work.
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