Holy shit! How did they do this with such old hardware?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5885351342753379583&q=8088

I think I had a dream about:

Being harrassed by some strange pedophile. This is funny because I am no longer a child.

I got into a show of aggression match with a duck today.

The duck hissed at me a few times and I had never seen a duck hiss before. It was BONKERS.

That's just more evidence that makes me believe that birds really are descended from dinosaurs.

Slept for about 2 hours

I can no longer sleep


(I'll probably fall asleep really hard in about 20 minutes)

Life is like what?

I can now see life as a game. In this game, people play in many different ways. Some, like Dave Chappelle once said, are "always trying to get points." That's not the way I play. I myself find myself like the player who wants to get the most out of life. That is to say, I see myself as the player who wants to experience as much of the game's content as possible before it's game over. There are many perks to this. I feel that this kind of gameplay has the most benefits, and offers the richest experience I could have in the game. The other player types include: the casual-good player, the cheater, the spaz (button mashers are like people who flail their arms lol), the one who doesn't want to put in the time necessary to get good (losers lol), and the game genius-who can figure out exactly how the thing works behind the scenes and therefore can use/exploit all of it's richness and knowing exactly why things happen as they do. In other words, the person who is able to figure out the secrets. This guy though, he may not exist in real life, at least not as powerful as he is in the world of games. It is only since modern times that man has had the tools necessary to even come close to doing this. Never before have we come so close to touching the very fabric of our world. A game. That's all this is. When you think about it that way, it's far easier to take it easy and try to enjoy what you do. Life is not just a game. It's also a dance and a metaphor for the seasons, among other things. But for me, right now, when I can, I like to think of this as a game. I'll play it may way, you play it yours, and maybe I'll see you one day in a dragon's lair.

Hey; Energetic, Bitter, and Optimistic: These things go great together

I'm feeling this stuff lately and really, fuck a customized template; fuck spending a lot of time trying to make something look good; it just has to be readable. This pre-made template is readable. I am glad it is readable.

I'll be back and I won't make any promises I can't keep.

Shitty Dreams

Slept hard dreamt of an airplane amusement park it was a fucking drag by the end of the dream I had gone on like 5 different planes looking for family members all over the world what a drag

First Day of Class, Winter Session 2006.

I started my day today by brushing my teeth and then going back to my room and putting on Necro's song "Burn The Groove To Death (Nail 'Em To The Cross)."

The song goes like this:

Yo, insult the coat you'll fit this casket, imma break a cassette tape and stab you with the plastic, so bleed beautifully, roll up your shirt strap on a belt, start shootin’ me but draw no blood, peep like a water bug, cursing out the mugs, roll with a hord of thugs, necrthe lord of drugs, pay me for death till you got no brains cells left, no fit, rippin' a prison up in your crib, yo you dead kid, no brass or tassel left, i’ll leave my beef bloody, i cook it red, your future is as good as dead, i’ll shove my blade in, so you could fade out, your trapped in a time that’s played out, so check the date out, you’re a pussy that no one ate out, while my brains on fast foward, you’re a victim and you don’t even know it, the evil poet, you got no hands, you can’t catch it when i throw it, depression makes you cut dimes until your brain crashes like the streets without traffic signals and stop-signs, cause everyday, is judgment day for me, cause humans that don’t know me get scared and run away from me, it’s trife hate, let no one control the life, channel your energy cut thru your clothes like a soldier’s knife, while the average front, i’m on a never-ending scavenger hunt, i’d rather be blunt so violate the fact you wanna die is great, watch me annihilate i got insanity inside a jar and i’m dropping it off the empire state, cause you talk like your in justice, so muskets we trust kid, so bust clip, the verbal open, my philosophy is molten, cause my pupils can only see a world unwholesome, insulting, repulsive, revolting, let’s risk it for piles of green, with, sadistic violent schemes, twisted like silent screams, i have a determination and, seeing your termination to extermination, cold like a frozen igloo, your rubber room is closing in on you, the chosen is you, death, is, fucking you insane, you’ll get nothing from my pockets, the only thing you got sewn up is your eye sockets, so play dead as i color you blood red, give up the bread or i’ll put a hole in your fuckin skull large like a huge alien head, incinerate the beat till’ it’s six feet deep, then do a jesus on em, like the crucifix, repeat, now watch me

Better give it up kid, burn the groove to death say yeah yeah
Better give it up kid, burn the groove to death say yeah yeah

The hour glass is filled with blow, sniff your time away, sink into the snow and suffocate your face, the mind decays, string the brains the spine will pay, there’s no burden vermin vaccination, i’m doing your life’s bid and imagination, bitch i don’t gotta answer you, how bout’ i cancel you? bury you with satan, smoke up and do a dance for you, morbid shit, keep me poppin’ on your guts g, watch your step of sinkin’ breed be bloody, i’m bleeding sin, there’s cancer in the air, you’ll breathe it in, my whole scheme is to achieve a win, slice you leave you with un-even skin, it’s apparent your transparent you can’t conceal your lies, your synthetic like women that are really guys you got jeff heely’s eyes, fuck you in your cunt group, i’ll bring murder right to your front stoop, talking like you comatose your correct, i’ll propose a toast to your death, i hope you’ll decompose with one breath, i suppose i’ll infest, i doubt your mine, peep the poison here’s enough for an amount to die , and the holes in your body you ain’t got enough fingers to count that high, after you lose, swallow my chief of rings you’ll be crying, so much your putrid smelling body will be washed clean, rippin the mics allowed to do with pride it’s necessary to bury involuntary like mandatory suicide, government style, there’s nothing more fresh than a skull covered with flesh i’m dressed not to impress i’m cold laughing g, i’m so fly the swat team’s after me cause everywhere i go i bring a blood bath with me, peep the creak creak, yo hemaglobin's cheap, just look for it it’s skin deep, the person next to you got eight accessible pints you can keep, peep the black market, your girl and there ain’t nothin' but a target, i’ll gin start you up fuck you with an exclamation, jig you the jug and i don’t need no explanation, i’m fo exploitation my slang has no expiration, bloodied up you’re a sight for sore eyes, you’ll be screaming for me when your cuts get basted in sodium chloride, i’m pulling your cards kid, i see the ace of spades, death is in your future watch it parade to your face with blades, the reels reviled your face in the jiffy bag is sealed, would it kiss up to disease, i’m on a h.g louis blood feast, i run with the insane type your life is like water floating down the drain pipe, a scream or cries cracked feind demise, open up your eyes and breathe between the lies, a flick, imagine light up a kid a whole drum kit, till there’s no life and no and theres a spike infested with 2 pieces of crooked wood now beat me.
Burn the groove to death kid, gonna burn the groove say yeah yeah
Burn the groove to death kid, gonna burn the groove say yeah yeah

Have a wonderful day. I know I will after listening to this song.

Interesting article on wealth. Read this.

http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMCA

I'm not sure if most of you know what this is. It is a copyright law that was passed in 1998 here in the United States of America. Uh, let me just copy the first paragraph from the wikipedia entry, to give you a feel for it:

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a United States copyright law. The act criminalizes production and dissemination of technology that can circumvent measures taken to protect copyright, not merely infringement of copyright itself, and heightens the penalties for copyright infringement on the Internet. Passed on May 14, 1998 by a unanimous vote in the United States Senate and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on October 28, 1998, the DMCA amended title 17 of the US Code to extend the reach of copyright, while limiting the liability of Online Providers from copyright infringement by their users.

Yeah, so that's about it. It is a huge "fuck you" to those of us who want the freedom necessary to make informed choices in the software-based marketplace. I firmly believe that if something is good enough, I'll buy it, but I'd rather try it first, because there's a lot of shit out there that's being boxed up, wrapped real pretty, and advertised on television as the second coming of whatever-god-you-believe-in. Also, the freedom to do as we please with products we've already purchased would be pretty nice, and I don't know, maybe even something they shouldn't be allowed to arrest us for.

Twenty die as historic seaplane crashes into water

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=2436252005

For some reason, I really liked the title of this story. It's Something about the release of twenty souls as a historic seaplane crashes into water, I guess.

When I clicked on the link, it became even more awesome because there was a public service announcement on the page done in flash that showed animated balloons made to look like a penis and a pair of testicles, and the penis balloon deflated. The ad then said not to use cocaine because it damages your sex drive.

A Boring Dream

I had a dream that I got three bags of groceries for less than five dollars. Good groceries, too. Actually maybe it was less than six dollars. Either way it was pretty cheap I'll tell you what. Finals are a good time.

Extremely intense French music video

http://www.icidailleurs.com/nonstop/devantmanuque.mov
Very intense indeed.

Coming Soon: Some Damn Good Reasons NOT to invest in Next-Gen Consoles

This means you, Xbox 360. WE COMIN' FOR YOU, NIGGA!

Recording Industry Out of Their Fucking Minds

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/81101/music-giants-bear-down-on-lyric-search-apps.html

Basically a couple of huge record companies are shutting down the programs that search the internet for lyrics you are listening to. How are such programs illegal? Is it wrong to want to know what the artists are saying? Ha. Do such programs facilitate illegal file sharing? Because I really don't think they do. I mean, a lot of albums don't even come with lyrics in the liner notes so you have to get them from outside sources, like the internet anyway. This is truly insane. I hope they can't get away with this shit for long. Freedom of speech lol

This is cool

Cool that is, until you realize it's part of what was used to train people to kill each other. So that takes away from the cool factor for a little while at least. Killing is inherently uncool in real life.



Graciously copied from http://www.cyber-heritage.co.uk/cutaway/
. Tons more of these can be found at that website.

The End Of The World As We Know it: Life-Changing Events Via Digg.com

As if a billion and one meaningless Web 2.0 entries weren't enough, Digg has been reporting on all kinds of bad news lately. The world is basically over, ladies and gentlemen.

Sharpies are bad for DVD and CDs. What the hell do we do now?

Macromedia is now Adobe. Who's going to compete with Adobe now?

Dogs laugh. Has your dog ever laughed at YOU? Check for disobedience.

X-Men 3. Oh great, we get to see Doctor Frasier Crane play as a mutant genius with blue skin and huge muscles. No one is excited about this.

At least we still have Google Calendar to look forward to in a few days.

Note: I'm actually a big fan of Digg. I'm not the biggest fan of every new website popping up promising ajax and ruby on rails based social networking, previews, betas, rounded borders, color gradients, MS Trebuchet font, and just generally looking like a piece of internet candy, though. I'm not a fan of the new X-Men movie (yet. I really liked the second one actually. It just seems like they're going to drag it into the ground). I am a fan of the idea of Dogs laughing. It is hilarious. I am not a fan of software companies buying up all of their competition. Adobe will really have to prove themselves on this one. It makes little difference to me because I don't use Windows right now, but I'd hate to see their new products become garbage and lack innovation just because they basically have a monopoly. I'm not a fan of the sharpie news. And of course, I am always a fan of Google. Except for that Web Accelerator bullshit. That thing needs to quit trying to come back from the grave. Not a great idea.

Hope the sarcasm wasn't too "advanced" for you guys.

Ohhhhhhh Man.

Brick by brick
the night eclipsed
Pricked by cuticle thorns
Dried the sleep
on nursery slits
Into this life I'm born

Heaven's just a scab away
I'd like to see you after just one taste

Q-Unit

http://members.home.nl/visionx/

Horrible mashups. I listened to a few and almost wished I hadn't. The picture is funny though. Very funny. I love Queen. Rest In Peace, Freddie.

Giant Prehistoric Scorpions...In Scotland?!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4486830.stm

Aside: I would be a lot less stressed for time if I started sleeping more normal hours. The semester is almost over...and I may quit the Geek Squad soon, just to try to enjoy free time again.