I have the Slashdot RSS feed and I saw an article posted 'How to Become A Real-World Superhero', which links to a Forbes.com article called 'Being Batman'. That was exactly what I was working on for this blog. Ah well, the Forbes article is OK, a little too short in info but check it out anyway...
The one think you should definately see is Batman Begins! This movie totally rocked in ways that I never expected (ex.: They actually make the Scarecrow cool). Spend your nine bucks to see it, it's worth it.
Later...
(but that's my problem...)
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Friday, June 17, 2005
Don't Mess With The US!
Holy Freakin' Crap! This is another one From The Inbox™ and I got it from my buddy Ian. This is absolutely some amazing shit!
These pictures were taken from an AC130 Specter gunship two and a half miles away. The guys in the picture are setting up a roadside bomb and an ambush for an American convoy that followed a short while after the pictures were taken.
They were setting up for the ambush and were pacing off the distance from the bomb to where the convoy was to pass
40 mm cannon on the gunship. Awesome technology now a days.
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Get the video here. Terrorist scumbags...
These pictures were taken from an AC130 Specter gunship two and a half miles away. The guys in the picture are setting up a roadside bomb and an ambush for an American convoy that followed a short while after the pictures were taken.
They were setting up for the ambush and were pacing off the distance from the bomb to where the convoy was to pass
40 mm cannon on the gunship. Awesome technology now a days.
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Get the video here. Terrorist scumbags...
Thursday, June 16, 2005
101 Uses For A Lightsaber, #62
Reheating coffee.
This is by far the best use for a lightsaber in daily living. Now I have a legitimate reason to own one..
(Mmmm... Sith Java™)
This is by far the best use for a lightsaber in daily living. Now I have a legitimate reason to own one..
(Mmmm... Sith Java™)
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
From The Inbox: Mexican Earthquake
I love it when I get stuff like this emailed to me :)
Mexican Earthquake
A big earthquake with the strength of 8.1 on the Richter scale has hit Mexico.
Two million Mexicans have died and over a million are injured.
The country is totally ruined and the government doesn't know where to start with providing help to rebuild. The rest of the world is in shock.
Canada is sending troops to help the Mexican army. Saudi Arabia is sending oil. Other Latin American countries are sending supplies.
The European community (except France) is sending food and money.
The United States, not to be outdone, is sending two million replacement Mexicans.
God Bless America
Mexican Earthquake
A big earthquake with the strength of 8.1 on the Richter scale has hit Mexico.
Two million Mexicans have died and over a million are injured.
The country is totally ruined and the government doesn't know where to start with providing help to rebuild. The rest of the world is in shock.
Canada is sending troops to help the Mexican army. Saudi Arabia is sending oil. Other Latin American countries are sending supplies.
The European community (except France) is sending food and money.
The United States, not to be outdone, is sending two million replacement Mexicans.
God Bless America
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Talk about a complete 180°
Some disturbing yet odd news coming in;
Gentoo Founder Joins Microsoft
The founder and chief architect of the popular Linux distribution Gentoo Daniel Robbins, has taken up a job at Microsoft. He describes his new job as "helping Microsoft to understand Open Source and community-based projects". While in the midst of hastily packing to move to Redmond, Robbins nonetheless managed to find the time to finalize the transfer of Gentoo's intellectual property (essentially copyrights on ebuilds and other software as well as soon-to-be trademarked Gentoo logos) to the not-for-profit Gentoo Foundation, Inc. From OSNews.
Here's a 'choice' comment;
"I wouldn't lose any sleep over Microsoft. Their idea of innovation is calling index.html -> default.htm
In other words they take what already exists, tweak it so that it's incompatible with the current standards, rename it and call it their great invention."
Gentoo Founder Joins Microsoft
The founder and chief architect of the popular Linux distribution Gentoo Daniel Robbins, has taken up a job at Microsoft. He describes his new job as "helping Microsoft to understand Open Source and community-based projects". While in the midst of hastily packing to move to Redmond, Robbins nonetheless managed to find the time to finalize the transfer of Gentoo's intellectual property (essentially copyrights on ebuilds and other software as well as soon-to-be trademarked Gentoo logos) to the not-for-profit Gentoo Foundation, Inc. From OSNews.
Here's a 'choice' comment;
"I wouldn't lose any sleep over Microsoft. Their idea of innovation is calling index.html -> default.htm
In other words they take what already exists, tweak it so that it's incompatible with the current standards, rename it and call it their great invention."
Friday, June 10, 2005
More Apple Whining (Or I Should Just STFU Already!)
Here's a slightly modified email exchange between me and another Mac user;
On Jun 8, 2005, at 8:23 PM, [Name Hidden For His Own Safety] wrote:
There are two kinds of computer users. Those that use computers because they love them, and those that use their computers because they make some task easier for them. The second one is the majority of people and where the real money is. They don't care what the case looks like or how the processor works. They just want the computer to do it's job. If your average PC user can run their favorite PC software EASILY on a bug free, virus free OS, they will probably choose that OS over Windows XP
I have to disagree. The majority of people know nothing about computers and buy them based on price. I have been asked many times what computer to but and I say 'Get a Mac'. The response 'But there's no software for it and it's so expensive'. I reply back; 'Ok, buy a Dell then'. I'm not one to argue with what people should do with their money...
Being a Mac guy, how many times have you heard 'Oh... A Mac... They're good for graphics'. We both know that's total bullshit but the average person believes it to be true (otherwise you wouldn't hear it so much). Plus their friend has some lame screen saver or a copy of Office that they will put on it once they get it.
Get someone a little shopper savvy who looks and compares a Mac with a Dell and they see;
Dell
P4 3.6Ghz
512MB RAM
250Gb HD
Windows Longhorn
$1200
PowerMac(Tel)
P4 3.6Ghz
512MB RAM
250Gb HD
OS X 10.5 Leopard
$3000
'Gee Mister Salesman why the big price difference?' 'Well Miss Customer, it has OS X on it'. Then they see a copy of OS X on the shelf for $130...
I know, I know, I need to get over this...
On Jun 8, 2005, at 8:23 PM, [Name Hidden For His Own Safety] wrote:
There are two kinds of computer users. Those that use computers because they love them, and those that use their computers because they make some task easier for them. The second one is the majority of people and where the real money is. They don't care what the case looks like or how the processor works. They just want the computer to do it's job. If your average PC user can run their favorite PC software EASILY on a bug free, virus free OS, they will probably choose that OS over Windows XP
I have to disagree. The majority of people know nothing about computers and buy them based on price. I have been asked many times what computer to but and I say 'Get a Mac'. The response 'But there's no software for it and it's so expensive'. I reply back; 'Ok, buy a Dell then'. I'm not one to argue with what people should do with their money...
Being a Mac guy, how many times have you heard 'Oh... A Mac... They're good for graphics'. We both know that's total bullshit but the average person believes it to be true (otherwise you wouldn't hear it so much). Plus their friend has some lame screen saver or a copy of Office that they will put on it once they get it.
Get someone a little shopper savvy who looks and compares a Mac with a Dell and they see;
Dell
P4 3.6Ghz
512MB RAM
250Gb HD
Windows Longhorn
$1200
PowerMac(Tel)
P4 3.6Ghz
512MB RAM
250Gb HD
OS X 10.5 Leopard
$3000
'Gee Mister Salesman why the big price difference?' 'Well Miss Customer, it has OS X on it'. Then they see a copy of OS X on the shelf for $130...
I know, I know, I need to get over this...
And Another One Bites The Dust!
Crime Drops, Despite Expiration of Gun Ban
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Senior Editor
June 08, 2005
(CNSNews.com) - So much for "anti-gun hysterics" and predictions of "blood running in the streets," a Second Amendment group says.
- I'm not surprised! Are you surprised?
Nine months after the Clinton-era "assault weapons ban" expired, the FBI has released crime statistics showing a drop in homicides in 2004 -- the first such drop since 1999. The FBI report said all types of violent crime declined last year, and cities with more than a million people showed the largest drops in violent crime.
- Maybe it's because the citizens are a little better armed :)
When the Clinton ban on certain semiautomatic weapons expired last September, gun control groups warned that violent crime would escalate, including violence against children.
- YES! They invoked the Liberal Battlecry™; 'Let's do it for the children!' The only 'control' these people want is to NOT let you own any firearms. That is their goal plain and simple (just ask Cruz's wife).
But those "doom and gloom" forecasts have been exposed as "pure clap-trap," said Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) President Joe Tartaro.
"Where is the news media on this?" Tartaro wondered. He said if the number of homicides had gone up, reporters would be writing front-page stories linking the rise to the end of the semi-auto ban.
"But that's not the case, and the mainstream press, with the exception of an April 28 New York Times article, has been pretty quiet about it," Tartaro said.
- The 'mainstream' press is run by liberals. Why do you think they're so pissed off at Fox News?
The FBI crime report is more proof that the rhetoric from anti-gunners is bogus, Tartaro added. "The press should now question all the other outrageous claims and predictions from the gun control crowd."
- Never happen...
"The gun control movement is, and always has been, built on a foundation of hysteria and lies," SAF Founder Alan Gottlieb said.
- Yes, I've been on the receiving end of it a few times myself. My two favorite's are "You're not allowed into my house with a gun. Ever!' Then they had some 'vandal issues' and then I was TOLD to come over with one. I guess they think if you own a gun you're some kind of hitman or something...
The next one was because I brought a gun magazine over someone's house (the type you read, not load a semiauto with). Another person was also visiting the same residence and turned evil on me as soon as she saw what it was. Of course little comments were said and when I mentioned a few facts (kinda like this article) it went downhill 'You just have gun's to make up for a small penis!' Anti-Gunners are crazy... and I don't have a small penis... really.
"From their lawsuits against gun makers to their assaults on the firearm civil rights of law-abiding American citizens, these gun grabbers have been deliberately deceitful and consistently wrong."
- They have also admitted as much. Here's some good articles;
Weapons ban purely cosmetic - "The Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer, who's pro-gun control, admitted that the ban's "only real justification is not to reduce crime but to desensitize the public to the regulation of weapons in preparation for their ultimate confiscation." The ban erodes respect for the right of the people to keep and bear arms."
This one really kills me, they keep 'assault weapons' over the border in Virginia because DC's gun laws are so restrictive... Isn't DC the murder capitol of the US? NPR Examines the Semi-automatic gun ban.
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Senior Editor
June 08, 2005
(CNSNews.com) - So much for "anti-gun hysterics" and predictions of "blood running in the streets," a Second Amendment group says.
- I'm not surprised! Are you surprised?
Nine months after the Clinton-era "assault weapons ban" expired, the FBI has released crime statistics showing a drop in homicides in 2004 -- the first such drop since 1999. The FBI report said all types of violent crime declined last year, and cities with more than a million people showed the largest drops in violent crime.
- Maybe it's because the citizens are a little better armed :)
When the Clinton ban on certain semiautomatic weapons expired last September, gun control groups warned that violent crime would escalate, including violence against children.
- YES! They invoked the Liberal Battlecry™; 'Let's do it for the children!' The only 'control' these people want is to NOT let you own any firearms. That is their goal plain and simple (just ask Cruz's wife).
But those "doom and gloom" forecasts have been exposed as "pure clap-trap," said Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) President Joe Tartaro.
"Where is the news media on this?" Tartaro wondered. He said if the number of homicides had gone up, reporters would be writing front-page stories linking the rise to the end of the semi-auto ban.
"But that's not the case, and the mainstream press, with the exception of an April 28 New York Times article, has been pretty quiet about it," Tartaro said.
- The 'mainstream' press is run by liberals. Why do you think they're so pissed off at Fox News?
The FBI crime report is more proof that the rhetoric from anti-gunners is bogus, Tartaro added. "The press should now question all the other outrageous claims and predictions from the gun control crowd."
- Never happen...
"The gun control movement is, and always has been, built on a foundation of hysteria and lies," SAF Founder Alan Gottlieb said.
- Yes, I've been on the receiving end of it a few times myself. My two favorite's are "You're not allowed into my house with a gun. Ever!' Then they had some 'vandal issues' and then I was TOLD to come over with one. I guess they think if you own a gun you're some kind of hitman or something...
The next one was because I brought a gun magazine over someone's house (the type you read, not load a semiauto with). Another person was also visiting the same residence and turned evil on me as soon as she saw what it was. Of course little comments were said and when I mentioned a few facts (kinda like this article) it went downhill 'You just have gun's to make up for a small penis!' Anti-Gunners are crazy... and I don't have a small penis... really.
"From their lawsuits against gun makers to their assaults on the firearm civil rights of law-abiding American citizens, these gun grabbers have been deliberately deceitful and consistently wrong."
- They have also admitted as much. Here's some good articles;
Weapons ban purely cosmetic - "The Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer, who's pro-gun control, admitted that the ban's "only real justification is not to reduce crime but to desensitize the public to the regulation of weapons in preparation for their ultimate confiscation." The ban erodes respect for the right of the people to keep and bear arms."
This one really kills me, they keep 'assault weapons' over the border in Virginia because DC's gun laws are so restrictive... Isn't DC the murder capitol of the US? NPR Examines the Semi-automatic gun ban.
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
I'm Officially Taking A Wait And See Attitude (Or More Apple Crap)
Here's another copy/paste from another email I sent whining about the 'MacTel' decision.
I watched the keynote and I admit it was very good (watch it here). My problem with them moving to Intel is cost. Intel based PC's are dirt cheap, and Mac's aren't. I've been hearing around that Apple will NOT allow OS X to run on anything other than a Mac. That's all good and fine, and Apple makes a gorgeous computer but the prices HAVE to be close to what Dell sell's the same PC for. With the Power PC processors (which still are superior to the x86), Mac OS X and the hardware design I feel you are getting a good package deal. Change out the Power PC's to Intel Pentium's and you're getting a FreeBSD based operating system on a Pentium box with a pretty case. It's just not that special to me anymore. Give me OS X, I'll build my own PC (which I've been doing forever) and I'll be satisfied. We'll have to wait until the end of 2006 to see if I'm willing to buy one...
I watched the keynote and I admit it was very good (watch it here). My problem with them moving to Intel is cost. Intel based PC's are dirt cheap, and Mac's aren't. I've been hearing around that Apple will NOT allow OS X to run on anything other than a Mac. That's all good and fine, and Apple makes a gorgeous computer but the prices HAVE to be close to what Dell sell's the same PC for. With the Power PC processors (which still are superior to the x86), Mac OS X and the hardware design I feel you are getting a good package deal. Change out the Power PC's to Intel Pentium's and you're getting a FreeBSD based operating system on a Pentium box with a pretty case. It's just not that special to me anymore. Give me OS X, I'll build my own PC (which I've been doing forever) and I'll be satisfied. We'll have to wait until the end of 2006 to see if I'm willing to buy one...
Why Would Anyone Buy One Now? (Or Apple Offended Me)
This is a copy/paste from an email I sent out rambling on about why on God's green earth would Apple switch (bad pun) to Intel processors.
I guess if I had $3000 to throw away I would buy the PowerMac that I've been pretending to save up for (it'll be a collector's item). Because Apple has announced the transition to Intel do you think anyone would want to buy a current Mac? Do you realize in 2 years our Macs will be outdated? Did you know my ear is still fucking killing me?
This decision by Apple really and truly is bothering me... Apple had something special and all because the Intel chips run cooler... that's flawed logic... Apple uses the SAME processors in their desktops and Laptops. Intel has specific processors for Laptop's, The Pentium M, who's top speed is currently at 2.1Ghz. They're great processors but Power PC processors are still faster and Job's all but admitted that during his keynote address. It's all because they run cooler. They better 'white box' OS X 10.5 Leopard or SERIOUSLY drop the prices of their hardware into the realm of what Dell is charging. To me this is almost unforgivable... I'm sure the die hard Mac users won't have a problem because they're either too brainwashed or stupid to care...
I guess if I had $3000 to throw away I would buy the PowerMac that I've been pretending to save up for (it'll be a collector's item). Because Apple has announced the transition to Intel do you think anyone would want to buy a current Mac? Do you realize in 2 years our Macs will be outdated? Did you know my ear is still fucking killing me?
This decision by Apple really and truly is bothering me... Apple had something special and all because the Intel chips run cooler... that's flawed logic... Apple uses the SAME processors in their desktops and Laptops. Intel has specific processors for Laptop's, The Pentium M, who's top speed is currently at 2.1Ghz. They're great processors but Power PC processors are still faster and Job's all but admitted that during his keynote address. It's all because they run cooler. They better 'white box' OS X 10.5 Leopard or SERIOUSLY drop the prices of their hardware into the realm of what Dell is charging. To me this is almost unforgivable... I'm sure the die hard Mac users won't have a problem because they're either too brainwashed or stupid to care...
Monday, June 06, 2005
I'm confused...
Can someone please explain to me why the Left, who is trying to remove all instances of God from any federal building, is so hell bent on persecuting our soldiers for possibly mishandling a Koran? Isn't the Koran 'the literal word of God and the culmination of God's revelation to mankind'? And the place these terrorists are located is a federal building, right?
Saturday, June 04, 2005
For Those Of You That Noticed...
I moved my blog yet again. I was hosting it at my personal (although sparse) .WebSite, I have now moved it to www.ImOffended.org. I couldn't resist getting the domain name...
Thursday, June 02, 2005
The Way It Was (or WTF Happened To Us?!)
Ahh... More Mac back ups to share with my Faithful Reader(s)! This one dates back to November 26, 2003 and comes from my buddy at The Ideasmithy. I can't express how much I wholeheartedly agree with it.
Are you a survivor.........
According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's probably shouldn't have survived. Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.)
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors! We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. No cell phones. Unthinkable. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cell phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms. We had friends! We went outside and found them. We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms, and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law. Imagine that! This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. And you're one of them! Congratulations. Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors?
A must read for people over 25 yrs of age!
Are you a survivor.........
According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's probably shouldn't have survived. Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.)
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors! We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. No cell phones. Unthinkable. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cell phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms. We had friends! We went outside and found them. We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms, and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law. Imagine that! This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. And you're one of them! Congratulations. Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors?
A must read for people over 25 yrs of age!
My New Home (or Live It, Love It, Learn It)
Well I guess it's pretty obvious that my HTML skills aren't all that great. I tacked on a nav bar to the top of my Blogger Template so you guys could navigate around the new site with some ease... uh... that's about the extent of it.
Be sure to check out the Gallery (more pics coming soon) and my links section for some stuff of interest.
More later...
Be sure to check out the Gallery (more pics coming soon) and my links section for some stuff of interest.
More later...
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