Most of this is just me bitching about shit. And it's not even a good rant.
Once D&D Online is fully running... I'm hoping I can use this to communicate with you all. anyoe know how I can do Live Broadcasting?
29 December, 2008
28 December, 2008
SUCH POWER!
Some pepple may wonder where the awesomeness of my racquetball skillz come from... To tell you the truth I do not know... but all know is that I bring the PAIN on and off the court.
25 December, 2008
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
To all my friends whom I dearly miss, Minerva and I wish you nothing but the best, and hope that your holiday will be as amazing as ours.
We will be seeing you in the next few months!
Alex and Minerva
We will be seeing you in the next few months!
Alex and Minerva
24 December, 2008
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17 December, 2008
Dennis Leary Remembers Dennis Leary Movies
I little walk down memory lane with out favorite Bill Hick's impersonator
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6fc5cf60e3/denis-leary-remembers-denis-leary-movies-from-fod-team
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6fc5cf60e3/denis-leary-remembers-denis-leary-movies-from-fod-team
16 December, 2008
People that should not breed
Reading the news lately I have come to this thought. There are some people that should not be allowed to breed. The reason(s) may vary, but it always come to the same conclusion. THEY HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM FUCKING BREEDING! Why, because man has outgrown most of Darwinism. The survival of the fittest is almost over and the human race has lost all quality control. Things like this make me think of Idiocracy. We are definitely not getting smarter as a time goes on. We are still hung up on the same stupid things that we were 2000k years ago. Case #1: Guy at the gun show that thought it was smart to let the little kid try and shoot the uzi. BOSTON – Gun control advocates hope that manslaughter indictments in the death of an 8-year-old who (Allegedly) accidentally shot himself in the head with an Uzi at a gun show will deter(1) other gun shows from allowing children to fire weapons. 1.) The definition of Deter to those reading in Massachusetts is: Deter: (d But enthusiasts say gun ranges are remarkably safe (Allegedly) and that most shows do not feature live shooting like the one in Westfield where Christopher Bizilj, of Ashford, Conn., lost control of the powerful automatic weapon(2) while aiming at a pumpkin. 2: Lost control of the powerful automatic weapon - Yea, then why the fuck did he have this in his hands. Obviously, the kid should not have been handling it. Kid: Daddy, I wanna shoot that gun. James Wallace, executive director of the Gun Owners' Action League, a membership-based organization that represents individual gun owners and gun clubs around Massachusetts, said the clubs have a near-perfect safety record. Gun Owners Action League eh!? Maybe your G.O.A.L. should be to not have innocent people die at your gun shows. Maybe you should think about stricter safety procedures and not handing a little kid a fucking fully automatic submachine gun. I know that I am not a leading expert on these types of things, but common sense people! "We look at safety so seriously that any accident, especially a fatal accident like this, is going to rock our members for years," Wallace said. "But this is so rare; if you look at other activities kids are involved in, shooting sports at the ranges is probably the safest activity kids can get involved in," he said. EXCEPT when the place is run by morons and you have a slight case of death! Christopher attended the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo at the Westfield Sportsman's club on Oct. 26 with his father and brother. The fair's ads promised shooters with certified instructors, but prosecutors said last week Christopher was supervised by an uncertified 15-year-old boy when the accident occurred. Do I really have to comment on this. I mean seriously. I know that the law is going to come down on these people for letting something as stupid as this happen, but that is seriously not enough. There is nothing that will compensate the child's parents for the loss they sustained in this tragic event. These dumb asses need to be taken out of the gene pool. That maybe, hopefully, but not for certain may clog a small whole in a ever leaking dam. The gun club, two men who supplied the weapons and a small town police chief who owns a company that sponsored the fair were all indicted last week on involuntary manslaughter charges. In addition to the manslaughter charges, the police chief and the club were also indicted on four counts each of furnishing a machine gun to a minor. But the criminal charges may have little effect on how gun shows are run in Massachusetts, which already has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation. (Allegedly) State law says it is legal for children to fire a rifle or shotgun if they have parental consent and are supervised by a certified instructor. But it is illegal in Massachusetts to furnish a child with a machine gun under any circumstances. The only problem with that is that ALL kids want to shoot the machine gun. You have to have adults that will be able to supervise the kids so nothing BAD happens. Who would have thought that. Adults actually looking out for there kids? Are you sure we do not have to consult Dr. Phil on that one? I mean is it that hard that we are going to have an hour long special to teach stupid ass parent to be more "empowered" in their kids safety? Most gun shows in the state are events where guns are bought and sold, but they do not feature live shooting. And politicians thought California had it bad! We only had mini guns and flamethrowers. NewMart Promotions, a New York company that sponsors several gun shows in Massachusetts, including a popular annual show at the Western States Exposition in West Springfield, has no live shooting at any of its events. Here comes the "We don't allow that", but where is the "We did not thing to prevent or boycott shows like this." "We don't even allow loaded guns in the shows. Every gun is emptied at the door by the West Springfield police," said Martin Fasack, director of NewMart. How could Mr. HickMart not take that to lawmakers in his State and say, "We believe that gun shows with this kinds of practices are extremely unsafe and potentially deadly? Gun control supporters hope the indictments in Massachusetts will deter promoters in other states where shoots offering children the chance to fire machine guns are more common. Right, and that has the same chance as a Chinese jet fighter pilot. "This sends a strong message nationwide that other gun clubs who are engaging in these kinds of machine gun shoots could face criminal penalties if they don't stop this sort of dangerous conduct," said Daniel Vice, senior attorney for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence in Washington D.C. Really, you think so? I am sure your threats are really going to send shivers down their collective spines. How are you not moving to close down this gun show. I know that some might say, "Why would you close a show because of one stupid person?" My answer to that is because stupid people congregate. Because like Lemmings, one stupid person is never alone, and the longer you take to eradicate them, the longer it takes to wash the stupidity stain from everything they do. It is only a matter of time till another tragedy happens again. Vice said there are no federal regulations governing live shoots at gun shows. The events are regulated by each state. In most states, a child could walk into a gun show and fire an Uzi legally, he said. Why has this not already happened? I am glad that it takes something this tragic to being the talks of regulation. I am not a lawyer, but it also seems like the punishment does not fit the crime. A manslaughter charge? How is that not murder? Fuck'em and strap them to a gurney. Ralph Scott, who organizes the Southern-Ohio Machinegun Shoot in Minford, Ohio, said he hires certified range officers to stand at each of the 20 positions at his shooting range to oversee each person firing a weapon. Scott said the vast majority of people who come to the shoot are adults, but when a child comes with a parent, the instructors make decisions on a case-by-case basis when a child asks to shoot one of the machine guns. The range officers stand with and help any child who shoots a machine gun, Scott said. "It has to do with ability, competency and being able to listen to instructions," Scott said. "It's tightly, tightly controlled," he said. "There are multiple layers of safety built into this thing." Still, Scott said Christopher's death made him look again at safety precautions. "I think it's an awful thing," he said. "Anytime anybody gets hurt, anytime there's a lapse in safety, somebody needs to re-evaluate what happened because something wasn't taken care of. It just makes me more vigilant." Hey Dip shit, hindsight is 20/20.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081215/ap_on_re_us/boy_uzi_death;_ylt=AkUGykaEKAVCvC_KUPAuBx_Xn414
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To prevent or discourage from acting, as by means of fear or doubt
Dad: Son, isn't that a powerful automatic weapon?
Gun Owner: Haven't you seen the gang movies. They all shoot it one handed. Here you go little, buddy.
WTF! See previous comment.
15 December, 2008
And I thought over stuffing myself on Dino Nuggets was bad!
Snake bursts after gobbling gator | ||||
An unusual clash between a 6-foot (1.8m) alligator and a 13-foot (3.9m) python has left two of the deadliest predators dead in Florida's swamps. The Burmese python tried to swallow its fearsome rival whole but then exploded. The remains of the two giant reptiles were found by astonished rangers in the Everglades National Park. The rangers say the find suggests that non-native Burmese pythons might even challenge alligators' leading position in the food chain in the swamps.
The python's remains were found with the victim's tail protruding from its burst midsection. The head of the python was missing. "Encounters like that are almost never seen in the wild... And here we are," Frank Mazzotti, a University of Florida wildlife professor, was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency. "They were probably evenly matched in size. If the python got a good grip on the alligator before the alligator got a good grip on him, he could win," Professor Mazzotti said. He said the alligator may have clawed at the python's stomach, leading it to burst. "Clearly, if they can kill an alligator they can kill other species," Prof Mazzotti said. He said that there had been four known encounters between the two species in the past. In the other cases, the alligator won or the battle was an apparent draw. Burmese pythons - many of whom have been dumped by their owners - have thrived in the wet and hot climate of Florida's swamps over the past 20 years. | ||||
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Clearly, if they can kill an alligator they can kill other species 
I have to tell Johnny about this!!!
US man uses pizza in self-defence | |
A Florida pizza delivery man who was challenged by armed robbers in the city of Miramar got in first with his own weapon - a large pepperoni pizza. Eric Lopez Devictoria, 40, flung the piping hot pizza at the gunman, then turned on his heels and ran. He made a safe getaway, according to the Florida Sun-Sentinel, despite one shot being fired as he fled. Police later arrested three teenage suspects, who have been charged with armed robbery. | |
New Species out of Mekong!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/3776981/New-species-discovered-in-Greater-Mekong.html
Pretty freaky shit coming out of Mekong!
Pretty freaky shit coming out of Mekong!
New Species out of Mekong!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/3776981/New-species-discovered-in-Greater-Mekong.html
Check it out... some freaky new spiders the size of dinner plates.
Check it out... some freaky new spiders the size of dinner plates.
13 December, 2008
Blocked it!!
Corey Hill suffers broken leg in loss to Dale Hartt at UFC Fight Night 16 (Pic)
via UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets -- MMAmania.com by MMAmania on 12/11/08
Corey Hill — the lanky and likable contestant from season five of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) — sustained a catastrophic leg injury during his fight against Dale Hartt at UFC Fight Night 16: “Fight for the Troops” last night at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Hartt apparently checked a leg kick from Hill early in the second round, which snapped the 6′4″ Miletich-trained fighter’s shin. It is a terribly graphic and unfortunate injury that will more than likely keep him sidelined for a very long time.
We wish him a speedy and full recovery.
Hill stopped Joe Veres via technical knockout in his Octagon debut at UFC Fight Night 12 back in January. He dropped his next fight against Justin Buchholz at UFC 86 on July 5.
We’ll provide and update on Hill’s health as soon as possible. For the rest of the “Fight for the Troops” results click here and here.
Photo credit: Fight! magazine
12 December, 2008
10 December, 2008
movie review: The Day the Earth Stood Still
OK, this is a brief/spoiler free review. I'll post the full review this weekend.
The orginal 'tdtess' was a wonderfully written movie about mankinds need to find peace, and look past our warlike hisotry. The modern version seems to jump onto the enviromental bandwagon. but it's not really clear. What, exactly, have we screwed up? Everything? Anything?
Oh, and the acting is flat. Keanu seems to have found the perfect role for himself, but everyone seems to be doing an interpretation of him. Oh, except for the moron white house rep, who can't wait to attack the aliens, and the annoying child that everyone loves... for no good reason that I could find.
It was nice to see John Cleese in the movie, and in a non comedic role, but it's hard to believe that his argument to save humanity had never occered to the aliens.
Then again, it's not a bad film. and if you're going to pay 10 bucks to see the wolverine trailer, might as well stay for this one.
The orginal 'tdtess' was a wonderfully written movie about mankinds need to find peace, and look past our warlike hisotry. The modern version seems to jump onto the enviromental bandwagon. but it's not really clear. What, exactly, have we screwed up? Everything? Anything?
Oh, and the acting is flat. Keanu seems to have found the perfect role for himself, but everyone seems to be doing an interpretation of him. Oh, except for the moron white house rep, who can't wait to attack the aliens, and the annoying child that everyone loves... for no good reason that I could find.
It was nice to see John Cleese in the movie, and in a non comedic role, but it's hard to believe that his argument to save humanity had never occered to the aliens.
Then again, it's not a bad film. and if you're going to pay 10 bucks to see the wolverine trailer, might as well stay for this one.
09 December, 2008
America, FUCK YEAH!
Only 22 more days left in the California Assault Weapon ban. This AR-15 ejection port cover is the perfect way to celebrate.
I always thought it was cock bag. huh.
Get your very own here
08 December, 2008
07 December, 2008
05 December, 2008
04 December, 2008
some good hip hop
Blu and Exile : Below the heavens
Though new hip hop is great for a good laugh, here is an underground track by Blu(rapper) and Exile(dj). exile released an album a few years ago with Aloe blacc under the group name emanon. Emanon had a few good songs, but Exile's new stuff with Blu is a lot better. Anyway, if you are down with some good newer stuff, then give these boys a listen.
side note: I have been flowing and strumming my guitar to "love is this club" in preparation for Bish 08-09
track title: My world is
Though new hip hop is great for a good laugh, here is an underground track by Blu(rapper) and Exile(dj). exile released an album a few years ago with Aloe blacc under the group name emanon. Emanon had a few good songs, but Exile's new stuff with Blu is a lot better. Anyway, if you are down with some good newer stuff, then give these boys a listen.
side note: I have been flowing and strumming my guitar to "love is this club" in preparation for Bish 08-09
track title: My world is
Electronic Gaming on the Cheap
At last ... you can play something very 'Counterstrikish' and based on the half life 2 engine for cheap as in FREE.
Combat Arms. An online fps based on the very successful engine that not only is free to play, though there are pay options, but runs very well on older machines. Any machine that could run WoW could easily run this. Looking at the tech specs I would imagine that it would even run on machines that might have a bit of trouble with WoW.
My machine was well above the minimum spec except for the graffix card and even with the the only thing that wasn't perfect was the rendering of my left hand when I was holding a SAW.
Basically Combat Arms is an rpg type standalone mod for the engine and is managed by Nexon America. It is based on a Korean business model. You can pay but you don't have to. Even more specifically for Combat Arms, since it is a FPS and they are promoting skill > gear, none of the pay to use gear is any different than the non-pay gear except for cosmetics.
To play, you sign up to make an account at http://combatarms.nexon.net/ and download the client installer. When you log in after installation you make a character. There are 4 basic characters to choose from. One appears to be Asian, one black, one red-neck lookin' guy and one an ethnically neutral looking guy who shaved a big "V" in his hair.
You start out with 9k credits to outfit your warrior.
You start with a stock M16, a semi-auto pistol, a knife, and two grenades. You can buy weapons, uniforms, weapon components like extended magazines, silencers and scopes, helmets and support gear including 'hear beat' monitors to track opponents a la the movie 'Aliens'.
I purchased with a submachine gun and added a silencer as I like to 'run and gun' in fps games and typically submachine guns are a bit more forgiving with this style. The silencer was there because often, especially with longer shots, I need take a few shots to take someone down with one and getting a few free shots in before the target reacts is a nice thing.
Mission theaters that are the most popular, from what I saw, are urban and snowy alpine environments. I bought a set of urban cammys which work nicely for both.
Helmets actually do something in this game so I forewent cool looking berets and ball caps for a good sturdy helmet.
After a while I added a scoped and silenced M14 as a second primary weapon for sniping. I love to camp choke points as much as I like to assault and this went well.
By the end of the night I was geared with a scoped and silenced AK-47 (so I could assault and snipe without changing weapons), a SAW as my second primary weapon (to lay down cover fire, control choke points and to suppress areas), my trusty knife (got one knife kill by accident even), my 2 grenades and 3 very lovely mines. During one game I spent the whole game laying mines in spots in a contested hallway where the enemy would duck for cover. It was literally a blast.
You play in two teams of up to 16 players total and both spawn areas are fully open to the opponents so take and hold was more important to me than run and gun.
Scenarios include Team and Individual play. As a team the most common matches I played were a race to kill a certain number of opponents. It was sometimes as low as 20 but often as high as 120 with 100 being the norm I guess.
As you make kills and complete missions you gain cash and xp. When you buy gear you buy it for a set amount of time like the old MUD gear rent system. To keep playing with the cool gear and to make the most out of it play when you have some time to make up cash to buy it again. The base cost of the gear is the amount that it would take to keep it for 24 hours and with more credits you can purchase the gear for up to a week of use.
You level up and unlock more gear that you can use as you gain XP. You start as a Recruit, level to Trainee and I made it to Private on the first night It's hella fun. Unlike Counterstrike if you are doing well you don't get booted by jealous server hosts as the servers are automated and ran by Nexon. A player sets up the game victory conditions and map but does not have the authority to boot other players.
I had a good night of play. I was accused of hacking once I figured the maps out. Of course I was only accused of hacking after doing a public message in a game when I saw one of my teammates using a map exploit.
I am sure he was more peeved about me outing his cheating than anything else. Of course his complaints started on the next map when he was on the opposing team and busy being very predictable, and quite dumb and had a love for running through choke points that I had slathered with mines and fell for my famous suicide grenade kills enough times to be humiliated.
I would rack up both kills, him and myself with that move so no kills for him.
The game also keeps track of your stats on the Nexon website. I don't know how someone who had an average of 10 kills and 11 deaths per game and 12% accuracy with weapons fire, I like to use suppression fire a lot while my teammates advance, could be realistically accused of hacking but it made me smile a lot and be happy with my performance.
It's free. It has a pay option that makes you look cool but has no performance advantage. It is based on an award winning game engine. It is fun and definitely does not suck.
Combat Arms. Awesome. A winner.
jof
Combat Arms. An online fps based on the very successful engine that not only is free to play, though there are pay options, but runs very well on older machines. Any machine that could run WoW could easily run this. Looking at the tech specs I would imagine that it would even run on machines that might have a bit of trouble with WoW.
My machine was well above the minimum spec except for the graffix card and even with the the only thing that wasn't perfect was the rendering of my left hand when I was holding a SAW.
Basically Combat Arms is an rpg type standalone mod for the engine and is managed by Nexon America. It is based on a Korean business model. You can pay but you don't have to. Even more specifically for Combat Arms, since it is a FPS and they are promoting skill > gear, none of the pay to use gear is any different than the non-pay gear except for cosmetics.
To play, you sign up to make an account at http://combatarms.nexon.net/ and download the client installer. When you log in after installation you make a character. There are 4 basic characters to choose from. One appears to be Asian, one black, one red-neck lookin' guy and one an ethnically neutral looking guy who shaved a big "V" in his hair.
You start out with 9k credits to outfit your warrior.
You start with a stock M16, a semi-auto pistol, a knife, and two grenades. You can buy weapons, uniforms, weapon components like extended magazines, silencers and scopes, helmets and support gear including 'hear beat' monitors to track opponents a la the movie 'Aliens'.
I purchased with a submachine gun and added a silencer as I like to 'run and gun' in fps games and typically submachine guns are a bit more forgiving with this style. The silencer was there because often, especially with longer shots, I need take a few shots to take someone down with one and getting a few free shots in before the target reacts is a nice thing.
Mission theaters that are the most popular, from what I saw, are urban and snowy alpine environments. I bought a set of urban cammys which work nicely for both.
Helmets actually do something in this game so I forewent cool looking berets and ball caps for a good sturdy helmet.
After a while I added a scoped and silenced M14 as a second primary weapon for sniping. I love to camp choke points as much as I like to assault and this went well.
By the end of the night I was geared with a scoped and silenced AK-47 (so I could assault and snipe without changing weapons), a SAW as my second primary weapon (to lay down cover fire, control choke points and to suppress areas), my trusty knife (got one knife kill by accident even), my 2 grenades and 3 very lovely mines. During one game I spent the whole game laying mines in spots in a contested hallway where the enemy would duck for cover. It was literally a blast.
You play in two teams of up to 16 players total and both spawn areas are fully open to the opponents so take and hold was more important to me than run and gun.
Scenarios include Team and Individual play. As a team the most common matches I played were a race to kill a certain number of opponents. It was sometimes as low as 20 but often as high as 120 with 100 being the norm I guess.
As you make kills and complete missions you gain cash and xp. When you buy gear you buy it for a set amount of time like the old MUD gear rent system. To keep playing with the cool gear and to make the most out of it play when you have some time to make up cash to buy it again. The base cost of the gear is the amount that it would take to keep it for 24 hours and with more credits you can purchase the gear for up to a week of use.
You level up and unlock more gear that you can use as you gain XP. You start as a Recruit, level to Trainee and I made it to Private on the first night It's hella fun. Unlike Counterstrike if you are doing well you don't get booted by jealous server hosts as the servers are automated and ran by Nexon. A player sets up the game victory conditions and map but does not have the authority to boot other players.
I had a good night of play. I was accused of hacking once I figured the maps out. Of course I was only accused of hacking after doing a public message in a game when I saw one of my teammates using a map exploit.
I am sure he was more peeved about me outing his cheating than anything else. Of course his complaints started on the next map when he was on the opposing team and busy being very predictable, and quite dumb and had a love for running through choke points that I had slathered with mines and fell for my famous suicide grenade kills enough times to be humiliated.
I would rack up both kills, him and myself with that move so no kills for him.
The game also keeps track of your stats on the Nexon website. I don't know how someone who had an average of 10 kills and 11 deaths per game and 12% accuracy with weapons fire, I like to use suppression fire a lot while my teammates advance, could be realistically accused of hacking but it made me smile a lot and be happy with my performance.
It's free. It has a pay option that makes you look cool but has no performance advantage. It is based on an award winning game engine. It is fun and definitely does not suck.
Combat Arms. Awesome. A winner.
jof
03 December, 2008
02 December, 2008
Financial news brought to you by the letter RRRRRRR.
Somali Pirates to acquire Citigroup
December 2, 2008 – 5:57 pm(hat tip Walnuts)
November, 2008 (Bloomberg) — The Somali pirates, renegade Somalis known for hijacking ships for ransom in the Gulf of Aden, are negotiating a purchase of Citigroup.
The pirates would buy Citigroup with new debt and their existing cash stockpiles, earned from hijacking numerous ships, including most recently a $100 million Saudi Arabian oil tanker. The Somali pirates are offering up to $0.10 per share for Citigroup, pirate spokesman Sugule Ali said earlier today. The negotiations have entered the final stage, Ali said. ”You may not like our price, but we are not in the business of paying for things. Be happy we are in the mood to offer the shareholders anything,” said Ali.
The pirates will finance part of the purchase by selling new Pirate Ransom Backed Securities. The PRBS’s are backed by the cash flows from future ransom payments from hijackings in the Gulf of Aden. Moody’s and S&P have already issued a AAA investment grade rating for the PRBS’s.
Head pirate, Ubu Kalid Shandu, said “We need a bank so that we have a place to keep all of our ransom money. Thankfully, the dislocations in the capital markets have allowed us to purchase Citigroup at an attractive valuation and to take advantage of TARP capital to grow the business even faster.”
Shandu added, “We don’t call ourselves pirates. We are coast guards and this will just allow us to guard our coasts better.”
01 December, 2008
Professor Erlenmeyer
"You can't be Professor Erlenmeyer!!", shouted Tabitha, "You've a round bottom!"
"I certainly have," replied Professor Erlenmeyer.
30 November, 2008
Bruce Lee?
Check out these ads for a Nokia cell phone being sold in China. Pretty bad ass and think that Forrest Gump started it all!
Belgium now leads the world in recreational urine based hobbies ...
http://lioninoil.blogspot.com/2008/05/you-can-call-this-game-wee-play.html
29 November, 2008
The Erotic Telegrams of Samuel F. Morse:
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/morse-erotic-telegram.php
One Word ... Wuss
In response to the article:
"A teenage boy collapses after playing "World of Warcraft" for 20 consecutive hours."
Wait until he installs a Foley catheter, colostomy bag, Vault or Jolt on an IV drip, and starts chain smoking.
THEN he can come take a stab at the champ.
jof
"A teenage boy collapses after playing "World of Warcraft" for 20 consecutive hours."
Wait until he installs a Foley catheter, colostomy bag, Vault or Jolt on an IV drip, and starts chain smoking.
THEN he can come take a stab at the champ.
jof
28 November, 2008
www.hulu.com
I do not know if you use this site but it is the bomb. It has some updated tv shows on it, but the biggest thing is that it has the complete season of firefly.
That is what is getting me through this long, boring ass day at work!
That is what is getting me through this long, boring ass day at work!
Flip-flops to stop tipsy feeling
Late night revellers in a Devon resort are being offered flip-flops to help them get home.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/7753971.stm
Flip-flops are the key eh? We need to have this kind of social reform in the US!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/7753971.stm
Flip-flops are the key eh? We need to have this kind of social reform in the US!
Men guilty over fake penis scam
The makers of a prosthetic penis to help men cheat on drugs tests have pleaded guilty to two charges of conspiracy in a US federal court.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7747833.stm
So awesome!!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7747833.stm
So awesome!!!
Actor robots take Japanese stage
First there were dancing robots, then house-sitting robots and now a new breed of acting robots is making its big debut on the Japanese stage.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7749932.stm
- Uhhhhhh... soon we will be doing there bidding!!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7749932.stm
- Uhhhhhh... soon we will be doing there bidding!!!
27 November, 2008
Happy Turkey DAY
I just want to wish you all a very happy and safe Thanksgiving. I hope you get a chance to spend with with your loved ones.
Eat as much as you can then throw it up and eat some more!
I just wanted to say that I am thankful for the brotherhood that the Forrest family helped forge. I am thankful for each and everyone for keeping it going as well. I am thankful for all of the experience we have had together and the future that it leads us all too.
One love.
26 November, 2008
A hi from a drunk alex
nothing new I know, but needed to say hi to all the crew in cali, Minerva says hi as well!!.
we got her a new addiction, she is now into warhammer fantsy, slowly building her golbin army.
Life is ever changeing in chicago, but always for the better, hopping to get out to so cali for a visit.
and as for a vid, now that I am not in california I get to see the commercials for people to visit.
All I can say is Wow
Vid
See you all Soon!
Alex
we got her a new addiction, she is now into warhammer fantsy, slowly building her golbin army.
Life is ever changeing in chicago, but always for the better, hopping to get out to so cali for a visit.
and as for a vid, now that I am not in california I get to see the commercials for people to visit.
All I can say is Wow
Vid
See you all Soon!
Alex
25 November, 2008
Red Tides Stemmed by 'Alien'-Like Parasites
GAME OVER MAN, GAME OVER! NOW WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO!
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/11/24/red-tide-parasites.html
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/11/24/red-tide-parasites.html
Cinematic Ninja Probability
General Theory of Cinematic Ninja Probability:
The probability of a successful mission for any number of ninja in a cinematic piece is the inverse of the number of ninja bearing in mind certain significant exceptional cases.
For example given 500 ninja this number would be 0.002 or a 0.2% chance for 500 ninja to achieve their goal in a cinematic setting.
The Ideal Ninja Number:
Due to the corollary of "No Good Prop Goes Unused" (cf Mathematics and Logic in Cinema, Fry, pp 102 - 114) any probability of less than 0.20 or 20% yields a probability of 0.00 or a 0% chance of success where cinematic ninja are concerned. Producers and Production Accountants should take note that this means that any more than 5 ninja are redundant.
Furthermore strict uniformity of costuming in a production with a liberal use of camera set up changes and an organized rotation of weapons and equipment designates 5 ninja as sufficient, or the "Ideal Ninja Number" for cases where due to plot reasons ninja are determined in advance to fail in a mission.
Five ninja using the proper cuts, camera set ups and camera angles may represent any given number of ninja at any given time up to and over the number of 5 so any more than 5 would be fiscally irresponsible since they are doomed to fail in the first place hence the designation of the number 5 as the constant known as the Ideal Ninja Number.
For more information and the mathematic proof of the Ideal Ninja Number please refer to the Bonus Features of the recently re-released DVD Set of the complete series of "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" starring Gil Gerard. This treatise is only available on the collectors edition of said DVD set.
Predetermined Success:
Accordingly one ninja is guaranteed a probability of 1.00 or a 100% chance of success in their cinematic endeavor.
This can be further assured for any ninja portrayed by an actor who has billing above the title of the screenplay on any mass distributed promotional materials as well as for ninjas who wear colors that would naturally clash with their surroundings or by a probability equal to 1 * [5/(20 - apparent age of the ninja)].
In the above case ninja who have an apparent age of 20 creates an asymptotic line and are not allowed to exist. Furthermore for insurance purposes ninja below the age of 21 are not allowed to exist unless they wear garish costumes for safety and insurance reasons.
When success needs to be assured due to plot reasons any single ninja may be considered a separate group of ninja when calculated cinematic probability provided that the one single ninja conforms one of the following: having the name of their actor over the title, wearing a garish costume, or is apparently 15 years of age or younger for the purpose of the cinematic endeavor.
The Rule of Four:
Single ninja in garish costumes or comparatively young ninjas in garish costumes in groups of more than two and up to and including four are virtually guaranteed a 1.00 probability, or 100% chance, of success in any cinematic endeavor. They are also guaranteed many, many sequels.
The Rule of Cinematic Ninja Probability in the Historical or Costume Drama:
In this case garish costumes and irregularly young age have absolutely no effect. This is an outstanding case much like a "saddle point" in three dimensional calculus.
The most probable scenario for this case is for two ninja to partake in a mission and one of them to have a 100% chance of success and one to have a 0% chance of success.
Furthermore a single ninja in this case will have a zero % chance of success because if successful they would derail the plot because they would accomplish their objective and leave no evidence behind to lend the victims of the operation to know that ninja were involved and this would lead to awkward and expensive plot exposition.
The victims would have to wait for days and perhaps weeks of time in the plot to realize that the ninja were indeed successful as they would have to determine this by other means and with no direct evidence that ninja were involved, vis a vis a dead ninja.
Furthermore in this case any number of ninja greater than two is redundant in this case as the production will most likely be over budget from the inherent load of drastically increased costuming costs, set design overhead, hiring day players to play massive numbers of indigent armed forces and the signing bonus for at least one of the following: Richard Chamberlin, Tom Cruise or Chow Yun Fat.
jof
The probability of a successful mission for any number of ninja in a cinematic piece is the inverse of the number of ninja bearing in mind certain significant exceptional cases.
For example given 500 ninja this number would be 0.002 or a 0.2% chance for 500 ninja to achieve their goal in a cinematic setting.
The Ideal Ninja Number:
Due to the corollary of "No Good Prop Goes Unused" (cf Mathematics and Logic in Cinema, Fry, pp 102 - 114) any probability of less than 0.20 or 20% yields a probability of 0.00 or a 0% chance of success where cinematic ninja are concerned. Producers and Production Accountants should take note that this means that any more than 5 ninja are redundant.
Furthermore strict uniformity of costuming in a production with a liberal use of camera set up changes and an organized rotation of weapons and equipment designates 5 ninja as sufficient, or the "Ideal Ninja Number" for cases where due to plot reasons ninja are determined in advance to fail in a mission.
Five ninja using the proper cuts, camera set ups and camera angles may represent any given number of ninja at any given time up to and over the number of 5 so any more than 5 would be fiscally irresponsible since they are doomed to fail in the first place hence the designation of the number 5 as the constant known as the Ideal Ninja Number.
For more information and the mathematic proof of the Ideal Ninja Number please refer to the Bonus Features of the recently re-released DVD Set of the complete series of "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" starring Gil Gerard. This treatise is only available on the collectors edition of said DVD set.
Predetermined Success:
Accordingly one ninja is guaranteed a probability of 1.00 or a 100% chance of success in their cinematic endeavor.
This can be further assured for any ninja portrayed by an actor who has billing above the title of the screenplay on any mass distributed promotional materials as well as for ninjas who wear colors that would naturally clash with their surroundings or by a probability equal to 1 * [5/(20 - apparent age of the ninja)].
In the above case ninja who have an apparent age of 20 creates an asymptotic line and are not allowed to exist. Furthermore for insurance purposes ninja below the age of 21 are not allowed to exist unless they wear garish costumes for safety and insurance reasons.
When success needs to be assured due to plot reasons any single ninja may be considered a separate group of ninja when calculated cinematic probability provided that the one single ninja conforms one of the following: having the name of their actor over the title, wearing a garish costume, or is apparently 15 years of age or younger for the purpose of the cinematic endeavor.
The Rule of Four:
Single ninja in garish costumes or comparatively young ninjas in garish costumes in groups of more than two and up to and including four are virtually guaranteed a 1.00 probability, or 100% chance, of success in any cinematic endeavor. They are also guaranteed many, many sequels.
The Rule of Cinematic Ninja Probability in the Historical or Costume Drama:
In this case garish costumes and irregularly young age have absolutely no effect. This is an outstanding case much like a "saddle point" in three dimensional calculus.
The most probable scenario for this case is for two ninja to partake in a mission and one of them to have a 100% chance of success and one to have a 0% chance of success.
Furthermore a single ninja in this case will have a zero % chance of success because if successful they would derail the plot because they would accomplish their objective and leave no evidence behind to lend the victims of the operation to know that ninja were involved and this would lead to awkward and expensive plot exposition.
The victims would have to wait for days and perhaps weeks of time in the plot to realize that the ninja were indeed successful as they would have to determine this by other means and with no direct evidence that ninja were involved, vis a vis a dead ninja.
Furthermore in this case any number of ninja greater than two is redundant in this case as the production will most likely be over budget from the inherent load of drastically increased costuming costs, set design overhead, hiring day players to play massive numbers of indigent armed forces and the signing bonus for at least one of the following: Richard Chamberlin, Tom Cruise or Chow Yun Fat.
jof
24 November, 2008
Special Thanks to Derrek
For ...
http://www.blackdynamite.com/media/videos
A new stab into the blaxploitation genre.
1. Commercial for Anaconda Malt Liquor
2. Black Dynamite Meets Little Barry
If you are over the age of 35 or if you are into '70's cultural references reborn then you might enjoy these.
jof
http://www.blackdynamite.com/media/videos
A new stab into the blaxploitation genre.
1. Commercial for Anaconda Malt Liquor
2. Black Dynamite Meets Little Barry
If you are over the age of 35 or if you are into '70's cultural references reborn then you might enjoy these.
jof
You asked for it...
I just added an RSS Feed. So if you want to do that you can now! It is under Just Along for the Ride.
Enjoy!
BOO YHAAAA!!!
Somehow this sounds like an episode of the shield...
A former police chief in Argentina, wanted for alleged crimes against human rights, has shot himself dead in front of television cameras.
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