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Jun. 29th, 2004 10:52 amI was told that if I wore a bandana, an eyepatch and had a parrot, I'd look just like a pirate.
Um... wouldn't *anyone*?
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Sep. 19th, 2003 03:45 pmAvast, ye scurvy dogs... it be talk like a pirate day, it be.
You Are A Pirate!
What Type Of Swashbuckler Are You?
brought to you by Maddog Varuka & Dawg Brown
I be in the crow's nest Saturday, but Sunday I get me time off for laundry and such.
Arr!! A Pirate Palendrome -
"Yet a ripe man was pirate ghost, rats. Edit name, no, forever! Of evil, is it? Arrr, 'at is! I live forever, of one man! Tide starts - oh, get a ripsaw name, piratey."
( today's eats )
You Are A Pirate!
What Type Of Swashbuckler Are You?
brought to you by Maddog Varuka & Dawg Brown
I be in the crow's nest Saturday, but Sunday I get me time off for laundry and such.
Arr!! A Pirate Palendrome -
"Yet a ripe man was pirate ghost, rats. Edit name, no, forever! Of evil, is it? Arrr, 'at is! I live forever, of one man! Tide starts - oh, get a ripsaw name, piratey."
( today's eats )Don't forget, Friday September 19 is Talk Like A Pirate Day!
Ah, wonderful! "You are sire to 72 other vampires, including: LdySaphyre (7040 pints), MissV (2613 pints), Liliana (2570 pints), gilbella (1266 pints), mixedresults (1246 pints), Morgoth (564 pints), Nathanael (302 pints), night_flyer (300 pints), wchmum (281 pints), King of Ice (222 pints)." Well on my way to having a gang of 100 by Halloween. Care to be a part of my gang of vampires?
I can tell every time the lemmiwinks episode of South Park comes on, because I get massive hits looking for the lyrics.
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mskaren911 - Any Photo on Playing cards Deal yourself in for fun with this pack of photo playing cards in a tin! Your favorite photo is featured on the back of every card in this standard, 52 card deck (plus 2 jokers). You also get a matching tin to hold your cards in! Makes a uniquely personal gift for card playing friends or family members. That's a pretty cool idea, although a wee bit pricey for what you get.
I took an hour nap this afternoon, and I feel pretty good, even after yesterday's poor night's sleep. Only
Ok, I worked out what was partly fubar with my system...MSIE had a lot of damaged items. If your system is being naughty, feel free to try the following. (I take no responsibility for your system, so go at your own risk.) I still need to replace my power supply and add, confirm the rest of my hardware. Yanking out and reinstalling Java runtimes seems to have helped a lot.
( RESOLUTION )
Something that may dismay ol' Danny when I tell him... or maybe not - MOND - (Modified Newtonian Dynamics)
Mordehai Milgrom started looking at dark matter and galactic revolutions. The dark matter/energy thing has some flaws and problems. He starts doing math, discovers a relatively simple mathematical adjustment to gravity that fits all known galactic weirdness.
There are several esthetic problems, the major one of which is there is no theoretical basis for MOND. It's observational. This has most other astronomers leery or dismissive about it. But, well... it works.
MOND works as follows... gravity is not always the same, and behaves differently under low accelerations. Essentially, gravity at low accelerations is stronger than would be determined by regular gravity laws.
Below this acceleration, called a0, acceleration becomes the square root of gravitational force. A0 x age of the universe (as far as people guess) happens to be around the speed of light. There is apparently something relating a0 and the cosmological constant.
As goofy as this sounds, there are several points that support the idea... one, it fits galactic observations better than dark matter. Two... Pioneer 10 and 11.
Both left the solar system and, before shutting down, mysteriously showed deceleration that did not fit what people were expecting. Engineers frantically looked for gas leaks, possible other bodies, etc... nothing. It is still a mystery why this happened. However... it fits MOND. Farther than about .1 light year from the sun you hit a0 levels.
It also explains why we never observe it here... everything in the solar system is under acceleration of the sun, well above a0.
If MOND is true, it means inertial and gravitational mass are not tied strictly. Which is f-ing weird.
But there are a lot of puzzles right now... perhaps MOND will uncover why the expansion of the universe is accelerating (which makes no sense).
For more fun physics, try - Amusement park physics: Design your own roller coaster online and see why you design succeed or failed.
Zombie City in 3-D (The Zombie simulation is now an exe, and you can get a better feel of how the city looks at an isometric tilt. C++ Source in the Zip)
Ah, wonderful! "You are sire to 72 other vampires, including: LdySaphyre (7040 pints), MissV (2613 pints), Liliana (2570 pints), gilbella (1266 pints), mixedresults (1246 pints), Morgoth (564 pints), Nathanael (302 pints), night_flyer (300 pints), wchmum (281 pints), King of Ice (222 pints)." Well on my way to having a gang of 100 by Halloween. Care to be a part of my gang of vampires?
I can tell every time the lemmiwinks episode of South Park comes on, because I get massive hits looking for the lyrics.
Via
mskaren911 - Any Photo on Playing cards Deal yourself in for fun with this pack of photo playing cards in a tin! Your favorite photo is featured on the back of every card in this standard, 52 card deck (plus 2 jokers). You also get a matching tin to hold your cards in! Makes a uniquely personal gift for card playing friends or family members. That's a pretty cool idea, although a wee bit pricey for what you get. I took an hour nap this afternoon, and I feel pretty good, even after yesterday's poor night's sleep. Only
Ok, I worked out what was partly fubar with my system...MSIE had a lot of damaged items. If your system is being naughty, feel free to try the following. (I take no responsibility for your system, so go at your own risk.) I still need to replace my power supply and add, confirm the rest of my hardware. Yanking out and reinstalling Java runtimes seems to have helped a lot.
( RESOLUTION )Something that may dismay ol' Danny when I tell him... or maybe not - MOND - (Modified Newtonian Dynamics)
Mordehai Milgrom started looking at dark matter and galactic revolutions. The dark matter/energy thing has some flaws and problems. He starts doing math, discovers a relatively simple mathematical adjustment to gravity that fits all known galactic weirdness.
There are several esthetic problems, the major one of which is there is no theoretical basis for MOND. It's observational. This has most other astronomers leery or dismissive about it. But, well... it works.
MOND works as follows... gravity is not always the same, and behaves differently under low accelerations. Essentially, gravity at low accelerations is stronger than would be determined by regular gravity laws.
Below this acceleration, called a0, acceleration becomes the square root of gravitational force. A0 x age of the universe (as far as people guess) happens to be around the speed of light. There is apparently something relating a0 and the cosmological constant.
As goofy as this sounds, there are several points that support the idea... one, it fits galactic observations better than dark matter. Two... Pioneer 10 and 11.
Both left the solar system and, before shutting down, mysteriously showed deceleration that did not fit what people were expecting. Engineers frantically looked for gas leaks, possible other bodies, etc... nothing. It is still a mystery why this happened. However... it fits MOND. Farther than about .1 light year from the sun you hit a0 levels.
It also explains why we never observe it here... everything in the solar system is under acceleration of the sun, well above a0.
If MOND is true, it means inertial and gravitational mass are not tied strictly. Which is f-ing weird.
But there are a lot of puzzles right now... perhaps MOND will uncover why the expansion of the universe is accelerating (which makes no sense).
For more fun physics, try - Amusement park physics: Design your own roller coaster online and see why you design succeed or failed.
Zombie City in 3-D (The Zombie simulation is now an exe, and you can get a better feel of how the city looks at an isometric tilt. C++ Source in the Zip)
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Sep. 10th, 2003 06:02 pm7:28 am
end palm update.
Must be the season... folks are removing/renaming Live Journals in droves. Yesterday, three evaporated like condensation on hot pavement. I wonder if/when they'll be back? a few other folks going on hiatus...I wonder what sets that to rolling in September? Is it related to Lj's load balancing issues?
I'm bushed...going to try to hit the sack early tonight.
The Mind World Map is evolving a map of the world a pixel at a time, according to user votes.
found viasweetalyssm - The New York Post has scored a coup and made an increasingly reviled trade association look even worse than it did even yesterday. Yes, the RIAA is suing a 12-year-old girl named Brianna.( Read more... )
Reportedly an honors student at her Catholic school who lives with her mom in the projects no less, Brianna is among the batch of 261 people slapped with lawsuits by the RIAA in recent weeks... What's next in their campaign to deter file-sharing? Will the RIAA start torturing kittens? Tripping blind people? Punching babies?
Dutch baffled by 'baboon noses'
Dutch authorities are trying to track down who left a foul-smelling suitcase at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport containing up to 2,000 suspected decomposing baboon noses. The gruesome discovery was made by security guards during a routine patrol last week.
( Read more... )
I have just a twinge of anxiety this morning... Been carrying it since yesterday's early hours. There are good vibes, too, and the combination is striking an odd chord. Sort of a "bongos & violin" concert. Both as individuals have merits, but make for a dissonant harmony at best.8:03 am
prop4 on time?! (interrobang) first time by my reckoning, and we have to wait for Kahuna to arrive with the new keys. D'oh.Noon
Today's Bulkier Elements to deal with= PowerPoint, ebay, logos, Kiwanis, Broward SO
All trepidation has passed.. The office is empty, save for Prop2 and Rhode Island. They celebrated both September birthdays with a carrot cake today, and are comfortably enjoying a little sugar-bliss. I'm accomplishing a lot, and surprisingly, three ebay items are already bid on. It just might raise some bucks, yet. I'm in a good mood, and thinking good thoughts. The girls think I'm a loony for refusing carrot cake on the basis of my not knowing the points.4:02 pm
Office closed for the day, as the skeleton crew are all early-bouncers.4:30 pm
My appointment with the Neurosurgeon as been approved... Morning appointment in a couple of weeks. A positive end light in sight.
end palm update.
Must be the season... folks are removing/renaming Live Journals in droves. Yesterday, three evaporated like condensation on hot pavement. I wonder if/when they'll be back? a few other folks going on hiatus...I wonder what sets that to rolling in September? Is it related to Lj's load balancing issues?
I'm bushed...going to try to hit the sack early tonight.
The Mind World Map is evolving a map of the world a pixel at a time, according to user votes.
found via
sweetalyssm - The New York Post has scored a coup and made an increasingly reviled trade association look even worse than it did even yesterday. Yes, the RIAA is suing a 12-year-old girl named Brianna.( Read more... )Reportedly an honors student at her Catholic school who lives with her mom in the projects no less, Brianna is among the batch of 261 people slapped with lawsuits by the RIAA in recent weeks... What's next in their campaign to deter file-sharing? Will the RIAA start torturing kittens? Tripping blind people? Punching babies?
Dutch baffled by 'baboon noses'
Dutch authorities are trying to track down who left a foul-smelling suitcase at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport containing up to 2,000 suspected decomposing baboon noses. The gruesome discovery was made by security guards during a routine patrol last week.
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Jul. 28th, 2003 02:59 pmBehold the wooly panda. It is plump and round. The nearby sound of a throttling chainsaw frightens him. 'Eek eek' says the panda.
No word from my brother this weekend. Dan took my advice and did his school work at the library today, given that his A/C has been out since Thursday, and won't be repaired until Tuesday. I'd find that pretty intolerable, but he's dealing with it pretty well, all told.
Newt is an insane spazmo today. Running around with his motor going a mile a minute. He was doing the "run so fast that the back end outpaces the front" resulting in a sort of sideways arc in pursuit of paper wads, his tail fully outpoofed like a raccoons. Very talkative, too.
Bro's got himself set up in an apartment for at least a month, and it looks like he'll do ok with a strict budget, if he really decides to run with it. I hope he can make it.
I dreamt last night of marketing "mood scents" a smart perfume that'd smell differently according to how you were feeling... and contact lenses that would show dashed lines exactly wherever you’d look, like laser pointers. I know I'd buy 'em. Be neat to see a roomful of them at a club sometime, too... girls would know if a guy was looking at their chest or not, as a handy side effect.
Best anti-piracy video ever. Don't copy that floppy.
nomi showed me this pretty little thing.. Play full screen and with speakers on for most fun effect. (It's interactive)
Fill out the survey by typing in the first word that comes to mind that starts with the given letter/prefix.
( alphabet meme )
Note. Orange Zinger Tea and strawberry pop tarts do not a healthy lunch make. Must preapre something extra tasty and healthy for din din.
Ok.. I need to do my shower/workout/shower. Until later, dear journal!
a year ago - Peter Gabriel bald, change the flavor of your sexual secretions, a bunch of broken picture links, worh1000 coolness - Persian elephant
2 years ago - chores, Tron 2.0, tick quote
three years ago got invited to an everway group, palindromes, food, translations.
No word from my brother this weekend. Dan took my advice and did his school work at the library today, given that his A/C has been out since Thursday, and won't be repaired until Tuesday. I'd find that pretty intolerable, but he's dealing with it pretty well, all told.
Newt is an insane spazmo today. Running around with his motor going a mile a minute. He was doing the "run so fast that the back end outpaces the front" resulting in a sort of sideways arc in pursuit of paper wads, his tail fully outpoofed like a raccoons. Very talkative, too.
Bro's got himself set up in an apartment for at least a month, and it looks like he'll do ok with a strict budget, if he really decides to run with it. I hope he can make it.
I dreamt last night of marketing "mood scents" a smart perfume that'd smell differently according to how you were feeling... and contact lenses that would show dashed lines exactly wherever you’d look, like laser pointers. I know I'd buy 'em. Be neat to see a roomful of them at a club sometime, too... girls would know if a guy was looking at their chest or not, as a handy side effect.
Best anti-piracy video ever. Don't copy that floppy.
nomi showed me this pretty little thing.. Play full screen and with speakers on for most fun effect. (It's interactive)Fill out the survey by typing in the first word that comes to mind that starts with the given letter/prefix.
( alphabet meme )Note. Orange Zinger Tea and strawberry pop tarts do not a healthy lunch make. Must preapre something extra tasty and healthy for din din.
Ok.. I need to do my shower/workout/shower. Until later, dear journal!
a year ago - Peter Gabriel bald, change the flavor of your sexual secretions, a bunch of broken picture links, worh1000 coolness - Persian elephant
2 years ago - chores, Tron 2.0, tick quote
three years ago got invited to an everway group, palindromes, food, translations.
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Jul. 22nd, 2003 09:22 amPerhaps the best ever episode of Samauri Jack last night.. a really good treatment of a exciting and yet spooky posessed house story. Speaking of which - Real-life ghost stories. I don't know if any of them are real, but I like to pretend they are, and then proceed to scare the tar out of myself. After about twenty or thirty minutes of them, sitting in your room with the lights off, you start to hear things; start to imagine what might be outside the window right now, waiting for you.
The MRI company screwed up, and thought that my appointment is today rather than wednesday.. so I had call to reschedule cancel my appointment for the foot piece. I'm sure the MRI has priority. I've left a message, and hopefully they canfit me in wednesday about the time of my last appt.
Semi-cheated and added more feeds to my friend's list. I don't feel too guilty, because there's no huge text, just comics and pictures of the day. I made a filter that will allow viewing of feeds that are primarily "pictures" I don't know if it'll work for folks that aren't me, though. (warning, some of the photos can be bandwidth suckers)
I would also like a swimming pool to work in, and a Jacuzzi to soften up before, and relax in after. While I'm making wishes, I haven't had takeout in forever, and the last time I've eaten out was with Dan at Subway the other week. I'm in the mood for some delicious, not-made-by-me, fresh food. There's an assortment of things I'd really enjoy, but I would really like some Thai or Indian food especially, but I could go for just about anything that didn't come out of the freezer or cupboard. I suspect the latter is more of an immediate possibility.
I noticed that the userpic page is now 2-up, rather than one long strip of icons. I'm not sure which style I prefer.
Three words as reasons to see The Pirates of the Carribean movie: Zombie. Pirate. Monkey.
Microsoft chosen as exclusive Homeland Security contractor +
Microsoft admits critical flaw in nearly all Windows software =
Terror Alert raised to Blue Screen Of Death
Former Ugandan leader Idi Amin - whose 1971 to 1979 regime was one of the bloodiest in African history - reportedly remains in a coma after three days on a life support machine.
Random Scotto factoid - As a boy my parents would slip me a lifesaver before taking communion, because I didn't like the taste of the bread or wine served as host at my church. (preferably butterscotch, rather than a mint... mint just made it worse)
a year ago - dreams, sounds, guns, action comics #1, hello kitty stress test, bike named, infinity
2 years ago - Cohort, fwap, morning speech quiz, coloring game, kitty cookies, sunflower bread, web indexes, english language, Olestra conspiracy
3 years ago - X-men with Dan, Robb's Radio, went to Hops, April reading my LJ
The MRI company screwed up, and thought that my appointment is today rather than wednesday.. so I had call to reschedule cancel my appointment for the foot piece. I'm sure the MRI has priority. I've left a message, and hopefully they canfit me in wednesday about the time of my last appt.
Semi-cheated and added more feeds to my friend's list. I don't feel too guilty, because there's no huge text, just comics and pictures of the day. I made a filter that will allow viewing of feeds that are primarily "pictures" I don't know if it'll work for folks that aren't me, though. (warning, some of the photos can be bandwidth suckers)
I would also like a swimming pool to work in, and a Jacuzzi to soften up before, and relax in after. While I'm making wishes, I haven't had takeout in forever, and the last time I've eaten out was with Dan at Subway the other week. I'm in the mood for some delicious, not-made-by-me, fresh food. There's an assortment of things I'd really enjoy, but I would really like some Thai or Indian food especially, but I could go for just about anything that didn't come out of the freezer or cupboard. I suspect the latter is more of an immediate possibility.
I noticed that the userpic page is now 2-up, rather than one long strip of icons. I'm not sure which style I prefer.
Three words as reasons to see The Pirates of the Carribean movie: Zombie. Pirate. Monkey.
Microsoft chosen as exclusive Homeland Security contractor +
Microsoft admits critical flaw in nearly all Windows software =
Terror Alert raised to Blue Screen Of Death
Former Ugandan leader Idi Amin - whose 1971 to 1979 regime was one of the bloodiest in African history - reportedly remains in a coma after three days on a life support machine.
Random Scotto factoid - As a boy my parents would slip me a lifesaver before taking communion, because I didn't like the taste of the bread or wine served as host at my church. (preferably butterscotch, rather than a mint... mint just made it worse)
a year ago - dreams, sounds, guns, action comics #1, hello kitty stress test, bike named, infinity
2 years ago - Cohort, fwap, morning speech quiz, coloring game, kitty cookies, sunflower bread, web indexes, english language, Olestra conspiracy
3 years ago - X-men with Dan, Robb's Radio, went to Hops, April reading my LJ
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Jun. 20th, 2003 11:54 amNo Danny today, but probably Lunch on Saturday. Project #2 is coming to a close for me... a large Net-meeting with bigwigs first thing Wednesday morning to go over what I've cooked up for them so far. I'm hoping that they'll be pleased.
Today's Island Boy's last day at my old gig... If corporate HR had been a little more responsive about his raise, they'd probably still have him. Ah well, I hope he's happier at his new gig with Tuan. Saturday is Erica's B'day.
Dan's talking to a Mortgage broker about getting a new deal on his place, and his wife's feeling the stresses of starting her own business. (I dare not mention the rule of "don't expect a profit for at least 2 years" to her, or even Danny. It might dash their hopes even more.)
A few days ago I mentioned Orrin Hatch and what he said about illegal downloading. As it turns out, he's one of them himself!
WatchBlog is a multiple-editor weblog broken up into three major political affiliations, each with its own blog: the Democrats, the Republicans and the Third Party (covering everything outside the two major parties).
Orrin Hatch: Software Pirate?
( archived for future ref )
a year ago - apt hunting, tiling my current apt, NexGen Money, planning Breakfast, remembering jsw vs freakshow
two years ago - ogee, waxing mushy, sambo white in some ads, either-or poll, house of leaves
three years ago - Roadwork
Today's Island Boy's last day at my old gig... If corporate HR had been a little more responsive about his raise, they'd probably still have him. Ah well, I hope he's happier at his new gig with Tuan. Saturday is Erica's B'day.
Dan's talking to a Mortgage broker about getting a new deal on his place, and his wife's feeling the stresses of starting her own business. (I dare not mention the rule of "don't expect a profit for at least 2 years" to her, or even Danny. It might dash their hopes even more.)
A few days ago I mentioned Orrin Hatch and what he said about illegal downloading. As it turns out, he's one of them himself!
WatchBlog is a multiple-editor weblog broken up into three major political affiliations, each with its own blog: the Democrats, the Republicans and the Third Party (covering everything outside the two major parties).
Orrin Hatch: Software Pirate?
( archived for future ref )a year ago - apt hunting, tiling my current apt, NexGen Money, planning Breakfast, remembering jsw vs freakshow
two years ago - ogee, waxing mushy, sambo white in some ads, either-or poll, house of leaves
three years ago - Roadwork
Reflections from the semi-moist
Oct. 22nd, 2002 10:23 amCNN has a weird news section now. Pretty, because they have higher production values than Reuter's "Oddly Enough" which is my other fun wacky news source.
Playing with the eviltron Rubik’s cube,while my hair dries from the shower. I really like the astronauts. I still have a tiny keychain cube around here somewhere, too. Rubik’s too calm and placid? Go run over pedestrians, then. Especially with the groovy soundtrack it has. My best score there to date is 105 little dead German senior citizens.
Also see bookworm... scrabble meets bejeweled. if it becomes available for the palm, I'm in trouble.
The moon was beautiful last night, as was the quiet chirping of crickets in accompaniment. my thoughts were pleasant as I drifted off to sleep, thinking of her nestled close... a peaceful, blissful time to be sure. Awake and in the daylight now, some overflow remains...I'm going to keep and hold that seed of calm, and mentally try to get it to bloom over me today. Things at work have been a little pesky lately, and I carry thoughts of her as a touchstone to keep me happy and tranquil. I want to give her cow tales, hold her in my arms, and tell her how much I love her.
Work has begun on my second variation of my beloved in miniature... still in the planning stages. I wonder if cellophane will work as the more transparent aspects of the new costume? This one may take a while to develop properly.
Had a moment of stupidity yesterday, but I think that I've successfully squelched it. it hasn't reared it's ugly head today, much to my relief
There’s some sort of flu-bug going around work, making folks icky-sicky here and there. It’s tagged Island Boy, Chupa, Kev and I'm not sure who else. My eyes were burning a little yesterday, but that seems to have faded. I'll be happy if it bypasses the rest of the gang... a few people going on vacation in the next week or two... (Myself included) they don't need boogie-snots to mess it up.( A Good Cough Mixture. - Reprinted from ~90 years ago ) Sappho and Riker are taking off for a week-ish on Friday Going to spend Halloween at the campground on the peace river. I bet that'll be a hoot.
My goal today is to see at least three people smiling.
People only seem to ever remember Nietzsche's "That which does not kill me" quote. Here's one of his which I like a lot more:
Playing with the eviltron Rubik’s cube,while my hair dries from the shower. I really like the astronauts. I still have a tiny keychain cube around here somewhere, too. Rubik’s too calm and placid? Go run over pedestrians, then. Especially with the groovy soundtrack it has. My best score there to date is 105 little dead German senior citizens.
Also see bookworm... scrabble meets bejeweled. if it becomes available for the palm, I'm in trouble.
The moon was beautiful last night, as was the quiet chirping of crickets in accompaniment. my thoughts were pleasant as I drifted off to sleep, thinking of her nestled close... a peaceful, blissful time to be sure. Awake and in the daylight now, some overflow remains...I'm going to keep and hold that seed of calm, and mentally try to get it to bloom over me today. Things at work have been a little pesky lately, and I carry thoughts of her as a touchstone to keep me happy and tranquil. I want to give her cow tales, hold her in my arms, and tell her how much I love her. Work has begun on my second variation of my beloved in miniature... still in the planning stages. I wonder if cellophane will work as the more transparent aspects of the new costume? This one may take a while to develop properly.
Had a moment of stupidity yesterday, but I think that I've successfully squelched it. it hasn't reared it's ugly head today, much to my relief
There’s some sort of flu-bug going around work, making folks icky-sicky here and there. It’s tagged Island Boy, Chupa, Kev and I'm not sure who else. My eyes were burning a little yesterday, but that seems to have faded. I'll be happy if it bypasses the rest of the gang... a few people going on vacation in the next week or two... (Myself included) they don't need boogie-snots to mess it up.
( A Good Cough Mixture. - Reprinted from ~90 years ago ) Sappho and Riker are taking off for a week-ish on Friday Going to spend Halloween at the campground on the peace river. I bet that'll be a hoot. My goal today is to see at least three people smiling.
People only seem to ever remember Nietzsche's "That which does not kill me" quote. Here's one of his which I like a lot more:
"I would believe in a god who could dance. And when I saw my devil I found him serious, thorough, profound, and solemn: it was the spirit of gravity - through him all things fall. Not by wrath does one kill but by laughter. Come; let us kill the spirit of gravity! I have learned to walk: ever since, I let myself run. I have learned to fly: ever since, I do not want to be pushed before moving along. Now I am light, now I fly, now I see myself beneath myself, now a god dances through me."
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Sep. 21st, 2002 07:34 pmTo prevent piracy of promotional CDs, Epic Records issues reviewers portable CD players that are glued shut. Heh heh, I find that very amusing. If you really wanted to make mp3s, can't you just smash open the CD player?
Well, it's getting dark... gnite, dear journal.
Well, it's getting dark... gnite, dear journal.
oh! here's the kazaa pirate letter Riker got! Yikes! from here on, it's a big quote.
( The names have been changed to protect the )
for those that don't care... a magical tunnel I drew on the palm on the way home.
( The names have been changed to protect the )for those that don't care... a magical tunnel I drew on the palm on the way home.
Remember folks... it's talk like a pirate day! (thanks to rgladiator for reminding me!
Newtcam is on, if you'd like to spy on him. An example - Arr...I must've dreamt of time travel last night, because I think I took off three days' worth of beard, shaving this morn...I tell ya true.
I took me body and me booty outside... Mike's van (a scurvy tub, if ever I saw one!) was parked right outside of me captain's quarters, and he had the radio turned all the way up... I'm glad I wasn't sleepin'... I asked him politely to turn off the radio if he's going to park there...(I'd have been much less polite if I was driven from slumber.) I'd have skewered him with me cutlass.
Just went through and weeded out about five folks on my reading list who've deleted... I was wondering why I'd not seen anything by them lately!
The Sweetie figure is pretty much done, I think. I hope the tattoo fades a trifle to a more "henna-ring" color. I'll post it here, after she's seen it first. A humble tribute to the flame-haired lass I love so well.
Next up? Sweetie, revision II, or maybe Danny. (Probably Danny, because it'll be simpler, and I'd like to give him a present sometime soon.)
May your day be filled with Buxom Wenches, Grog, Rum, and Orange Cats pretending to be Parrots!
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Sep. 18th, 2002 09:44 pm
Riker at work got an email today, regarding his Internet account, Kazaa, and Goldmember... nope, not cc:ed to me yet. I'll post it tomorrow. The long and the short of it is that they saw him with Goldmember shared on his computer, and they're going to press charges for illegal distro of copy written goods. Sent such a scare, that kazaa is verboten at our workplace. Ah well... I'll still do it from home. I just grab mst3k and cartoons these days, anyhow. Yikes! I still have to burn some CDs, typing of which.
Dream last night of a neighbor coming over, complaining about my reading lamp being to bright, and burning his eyes. I was nice, and apologized, even though I couldn't see where the light would get out.
Bought a fresh batch of Newt food this evening…and got myself some junk. chocolate-cookie crunch tofutti. yumitty-yum! Strange to see an ingredient "cookies".
I think I'm ready for a little snack. Nigh nigh, dear journal!
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Jul. 25th, 2002 10:58 pmThe moon is full tonight and very nice lookin'!
We will also be able to see the International Space Station with the naked eye between now and mid-August. Neat.
Oh, the humanity... bear-lynching... there ought to be a law, I say!
From Yahoo! News:
No. Really. There's a picture and everything. I'm surprised it's not in the "most viewed" yet, but it will be. It is number one in most emailed.
Q: How much is pirate corn?
A: A buccaneer.
Pirate cardiac arrest: "Arrrr! Me hearty!"
Nighty night, dear journal
We will also be able to see the International Space Station with the naked eye between now and mid-August. Neat.
Oh, the humanity... bear-lynching... there ought to be a law, I say!
From Yahoo! News:
Blind German psychic Ulf Buck feels the buttocks of a client during a session in his study room in the northern German village of Meldorf near Hamburg July 15, 2002. Clairvoyant Buck claims that people's backsides display lines like those on the palm of the hand, which can be read to reveal much about their character and destiny.
No. Really. There's a picture and everything. I'm surprised it's not in the "most viewed" yet, but it will be. It is number one in most emailed.
Q: How much is pirate corn?
A: A buccaneer.
Pirate cardiac arrest: "Arrrr! Me hearty!"
Nighty night, dear journal
(no subject)
Sep. 30th, 2001 09:37 amhttp://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20010930/ts/mdf60629.html
Holy Cow... it's red dog the pirate guy!!
Arrr! Young Jim! Who be yer pally now, that the treasure be found?
Arrr!
An eyepatch. Good lord, how much more stereotypically villainous is this going to get? Next thing we'll be seeing footage of women tied to train tracks while the Al Qaeda twirl their moustaches.
Holy Cow... it's red dog the pirate guy!!
Arrr! Young Jim! Who be yer pally now, that the treasure be found?
Arrr!
An eyepatch. Good lord, how much more stereotypically villainous is this going to get? Next thing we'll be seeing footage of women tied to train tracks while the Al Qaeda twirl their moustaches.
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Think Maritime Piracy is a thing of the past? Think again! Piracy doesn't just mean a bootleg copy of the latest cool software, or music.
Pirate attacks rose last year by 57% compared with 1999 figures and were nearly four and half times higher when compared with 1991 according to a report by the ICC's International Maritime Bureau (IMB).
In its annual Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships report for 2000, the IMB - a division of the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) - reports a total of 469 attacks on ships either at sea, at anchor or in port.
The violence used in the attacks also rose to new levels, with 72 seafarers killed and 99 injured in 2000, up from 3 killed and 24 injured the previous year. The number of hostages taken halved to 202 seafarers. Ships were boarded in 307 instances and a total of eight ships were hijacked.
*Thinking good thoughts for Cap'n Emer*
totally unrelated... what is this? I love the sound of the blue car, and the uncle bens rice instructions.Flash 5 required.
Behold! The Beast Wakes!
Aug. 25th, 2001 11:03 am
Must do my chores... just lurking here to do a quick post, and procrastinate to see if my sweetie will pop up before I dash off to do laundry.
I had a wonderful night last night, all told... the mood was sensual, the company, delightful. I love a very special woman...I spent a little chunk of the night creating some stuff for her, from some custom scripting to things rather more romantic. [I wonder if this is visible outside of source? I love you, sweet moonflower!]
A clever way to hide things in plain sight. enclose them inside of less than/greater than signs. :)
You were licking your lips and your lipstick shining
I was dying just to ask for a taste
We were lying together in a silver lining
By the light of the moon
You know there's not another moment
Not another moment
Not another moment to waste
[update-noon] Ok.. I'm off! see you kids later! But first, a pirate joke.
So this pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel coming out of the front of his pants. The bartender says, "Hey, what's up with that steering wheel?" The pirate replies, "Arr, it's driving me nuts."
And now... the evil news.
Jul. 19th, 2001 08:39 am-Want to cut personal health care costs? Die.
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A controversial report commissioned by Philip Morris found that the Czech Republic saved about $147 million during one year because the premature death of smokers saved money on health care and housing for the elderly.
Childproof Caps
=================================
The State of Connecticut has created a new law that prohibits schools from recommending psychiatric drugs for any child.
Use P2P, Go To Jail
=================================
In December 1999, David McOwen -- a system administrator at DeKalb Tech, part of the Georgia state university system -- installed a screensaver from Distributed.net on some of the computers at DeKalb. That was his mistake -- but he never could have guessed how big a mistake that would turn out to be. As it turns out he will likely be arrested in the next few weeks on charges that have a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.
In fact, McOwen is now being criminally prosecuted for the "crime." What crime?
The state claims that the Distributed.net client cost the state $415,951.49 in bandwidth charges. The cost of bandwidth, the state says, is 59 cents per second. If you do the math at this rate, you find that the DeKalb is paying $1,529,280 per month for bandwidth. The amount they're seeking from McOwen is roughly a third of this cost.
Suing For Not Being Aborted
=================================
France's highest court of appeal, the Cour de Cessation, [...] has ruled that disabled children are entitled to be compensated if their mothers were not given a chance to abort the defective fetus. [...] The metaphysics is breathtaking. A child stands in court, and demands the legal right never to have existed.
Dog Found Undercooked in Cooking Oil
=================================
The owner of a dog that was found Saturday morning in a trash bin with 3 to 4 feet of cooking oil is offering a $200 reward to find the person who put her there.
"I cannot believe anyone would do this," said Jill Ballinger, 24. "It makes me so sick. She's the nicest dog."
The 6-year-old red and white Siberian husky called Sadie was recovering Monday at the hospital for Veterinary Specialists of Northern Colorado.
Maintence Workers Baked Golden Brown
=================================
A bakery company and three company directors have been fined £373,000 after two
workers died inside a bread oven.
The men were carrying out maintenance work when they became trapped inside the
machine where temperatures were above 100C.
They died from burns and heat exposure after being unable to escape...
"No-one, it seemed, looked at the temperature gauge at the side of the oven
which would have indicated it wasn't safe to go in."
Oregon Law Officers Cannot Tell A Lie
=================================
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- For nearly a year, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies have been handcuffed in Oregon, constrained from launching undercover operations as basic as sending an agent to buy drugs from a suspected dealer...
The reason is an Oregon Supreme Court ruling that all attorneys -- prosecutors included -- must abide by state ethics rules against the use of deceit.
Under Justice Department policy, undercover activities by federal agents must be approved by prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office. Since the Aug. 17 ruling, the U.S. attorney's office in Portland has suspended some undercover operations and has not approved any new ones for fear of disciplinary action from the Oregon State Bar, which can disbar members.
The FBI said the cases hampered include an undercover operation against Russian mobsters, an investigation of adults who go into Internet chat rooms to try to lure children into having sex, and a probe of a check fraud scheme involving more than $1 million in losses in four states.
Crack Crappy Encryption, Go To Jail
=================================
A Russian computer programmer who gave a presentation at the DefCon hacker convention in Las Vegas this weekend has been arrested by the FBI on charges that he wrote a program that allegedly circumvents a controversial U.S copyright law...
``The information for how to copy PDF files is being treated the same as lock picks and nuclear information,'' Schneier said.
New Zealand Jumps In Lead For Most Screwed Up Kids
=================================
New Zealand: A 14-year-old Te Puke girl was sentenced in Tauranga District
Court yesterday to three years' jail on charges of sexual violation, attempted rape, robbery and kidnapping.
Originally a Youth Court matter, the girl was sentenced in the District Court because the charges were too serious for the Youth Court. Judge Ian Thomas suppressed the girl's name, saying it may help with her longer term rehabilitation.
The six charges arose from an incident involving a 13-year-old boy and girl at Te Puke's Jamieson oval on November 11 last year.
The 14-year-old was the main offender in a scene inside the unused scoreboard building where the two 13-year-olds were taken and ordered to have sex at knifepoint.
=================================
A controversial report commissioned by Philip Morris found that the Czech Republic saved about $147 million during one year because the premature death of smokers saved money on health care and housing for the elderly.
Childproof Caps
=================================
The State of Connecticut has created a new law that prohibits schools from recommending psychiatric drugs for any child.
Use P2P, Go To Jail
=================================
In December 1999, David McOwen -- a system administrator at DeKalb Tech, part of the Georgia state university system -- installed a screensaver from Distributed.net on some of the computers at DeKalb. That was his mistake -- but he never could have guessed how big a mistake that would turn out to be. As it turns out he will likely be arrested in the next few weeks on charges that have a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.
In fact, McOwen is now being criminally prosecuted for the "crime." What crime?
The state claims that the Distributed.net client cost the state $415,951.49 in bandwidth charges. The cost of bandwidth, the state says, is 59 cents per second. If you do the math at this rate, you find that the DeKalb is paying $1,529,280 per month for bandwidth. The amount they're seeking from McOwen is roughly a third of this cost.
Suing For Not Being Aborted
=================================
France's highest court of appeal, the Cour de Cessation, [...] has ruled that disabled children are entitled to be compensated if their mothers were not given a chance to abort the defective fetus. [...] The metaphysics is breathtaking. A child stands in court, and demands the legal right never to have existed.
Dog Found Undercooked in Cooking Oil
=================================
The owner of a dog that was found Saturday morning in a trash bin with 3 to 4 feet of cooking oil is offering a $200 reward to find the person who put her there.
"I cannot believe anyone would do this," said Jill Ballinger, 24. "It makes me so sick. She's the nicest dog."
The 6-year-old red and white Siberian husky called Sadie was recovering Monday at the hospital for Veterinary Specialists of Northern Colorado.
Maintence Workers Baked Golden Brown
=================================
A bakery company and three company directors have been fined £373,000 after two
workers died inside a bread oven.
The men were carrying out maintenance work when they became trapped inside the
machine where temperatures were above 100C.
They died from burns and heat exposure after being unable to escape...
"No-one, it seemed, looked at the temperature gauge at the side of the oven
which would have indicated it wasn't safe to go in."
Oregon Law Officers Cannot Tell A Lie
=================================
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- For nearly a year, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies have been handcuffed in Oregon, constrained from launching undercover operations as basic as sending an agent to buy drugs from a suspected dealer...
The reason is an Oregon Supreme Court ruling that all attorneys -- prosecutors included -- must abide by state ethics rules against the use of deceit.
Under Justice Department policy, undercover activities by federal agents must be approved by prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office. Since the Aug. 17 ruling, the U.S. attorney's office in Portland has suspended some undercover operations and has not approved any new ones for fear of disciplinary action from the Oregon State Bar, which can disbar members.
The FBI said the cases hampered include an undercover operation against Russian mobsters, an investigation of adults who go into Internet chat rooms to try to lure children into having sex, and a probe of a check fraud scheme involving more than $1 million in losses in four states.
Crack Crappy Encryption, Go To Jail
=================================
A Russian computer programmer who gave a presentation at the DefCon hacker convention in Las Vegas this weekend has been arrested by the FBI on charges that he wrote a program that allegedly circumvents a controversial U.S copyright law...
``The information for how to copy PDF files is being treated the same as lock picks and nuclear information,'' Schneier said.
New Zealand Jumps In Lead For Most Screwed Up Kids
=================================
New Zealand: A 14-year-old Te Puke girl was sentenced in Tauranga District
Court yesterday to three years' jail on charges of sexual violation, attempted rape, robbery and kidnapping.
Originally a Youth Court matter, the girl was sentenced in the District Court because the charges were too serious for the Youth Court. Judge Ian Thomas suppressed the girl's name, saying it may help with her longer term rehabilitation.
The six charges arose from an incident involving a 13-year-old boy and girl at Te Puke's Jamieson oval on November 11 last year.
The 14-year-old was the main offender in a scene inside the unused scoreboard building where the two 13-year-olds were taken and ordered to have sex at knifepoint.
argh. yar, matey.
Oct. 10th, 2000 07:26 pmI be havin' a strong case of buccaneer-speak m'laddo. Yar. Swabs! Ahoy, landlubbers! Keelhaul the salty sot!
::sings::
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
The mate was fixed by the bosun's pike
The bosun brained with a marlinspike
And cookey's throat was marked belike
It had been gripped by fingers ten;
And there they lay, all good dead men
Like break o'day in a boozing ken
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
Fifteen men of the whole ship's list
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Dead and be damned and the rest gone whist!
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
The skipper lay with his nob in gore
Where the scullion's axe his cheek had shore
And the scullion he was stabbed times four
And there they lay, and the soggy skies
Dripped down in up-staring eyes
In murk sunset and foul sunrise
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
Fifteen men of 'em stiff and stark
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Ten of the crew had the murder mark!
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead
Or a yawing hole in a battered head
And the scuppers' glut with a rotting red
And there they lay, aye, damn my eyes
Looking up at paradise
All souls bound just contrawise
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
Fifteen men of 'em good and true - '
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Ev'ry man jack could ha' sailed with Old Pew,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
There was chest on chest of Spanish gold
With a ton of plate in the middle hold
And the cabins riot of stuff untold,
And they lay there that took the plum
With sightless glare and their lips struck dumb
While we shared all by the rule of thumb,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
More was seen through a sternlight screen...
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Chartings undoubt where a woman had been
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
'Twas a flimsy shift on a bunker cot
With a dirk slit sheer through the bosom spot
And the lace stiff dry in a purplish blot
Oh was she wench or some shudderin' maid
That dared the knife and took the blade
By God! she had stuff for a plucky jade
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
We wrapped 'em all in a mains'l tight
With twice ten turns of a hawser's bight
And we heaved 'em over and out of sight,
With a Yo-Heave-Ho! and a fare-you-well
And a sudden plunge in the sullen swell
Ten fathoms deep on the road to hell,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
::sings::
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
The mate was fixed by the bosun's pike
The bosun brained with a marlinspike
And cookey's throat was marked belike
It had been gripped by fingers ten;
And there they lay, all good dead men
Like break o'day in a boozing ken
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
Fifteen men of the whole ship's list
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Dead and be damned and the rest gone whist!
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
The skipper lay with his nob in gore
Where the scullion's axe his cheek had shore
And the scullion he was stabbed times four
And there they lay, and the soggy skies
Dripped down in up-staring eyes
In murk sunset and foul sunrise
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
Fifteen men of 'em stiff and stark
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Ten of the crew had the murder mark!
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead
Or a yawing hole in a battered head
And the scuppers' glut with a rotting red
And there they lay, aye, damn my eyes
Looking up at paradise
All souls bound just contrawise
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
Fifteen men of 'em good and true - '
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Ev'ry man jack could ha' sailed with Old Pew,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
There was chest on chest of Spanish gold
With a ton of plate in the middle hold
And the cabins riot of stuff untold,
And they lay there that took the plum
With sightless glare and their lips struck dumb
While we shared all by the rule of thumb,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
More was seen through a sternlight screen...
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Chartings undoubt where a woman had been
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
'Twas a flimsy shift on a bunker cot
With a dirk slit sheer through the bosom spot
And the lace stiff dry in a purplish blot
Oh was she wench or some shudderin' maid
That dared the knife and took the blade
By God! she had stuff for a plucky jade
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
We wrapped 'em all in a mains'l tight
With twice ten turns of a hawser's bight
And we heaved 'em over and out of sight,
With a Yo-Heave-Ho! and a fare-you-well
And a sudden plunge in the sullen swell
Ten fathoms deep on the road to hell,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
