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Wednesday, February 4th, 2004
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11:02 pm - Ugh
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I can't believe this. Now I'm getting spam from livejournal, as if the penis enlargement and viagra isn't enough. Some retarded shit has spammed a request to join a community I have no interest in joining. It's as I told the latest telemarketer who called today, and asked as to why I wasn't interested in purchasing their unsolicited product and/or service: 'Because I hate telemarketers you dumb fuck' *click*.
I will not tolerate this shit.
Then, when I posted in said spammed community protesting the spam (go figure), I noticed that many people had posted saying 'I don't know why this request was sent to me, but here I am'. Dumb shits, this is why spamming works you fucking retards, don't respond and it won't be a viable method of advertising, you fucking cocksuckers.
Needless to say I am pissed, and I filed a (polite) abuse report to livejournal.
Lets see some justice served.
For once.
C'mon.
*growls*
current mood: pissed fucking off
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7:24 pm - In the news
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'Bomb joke' student walks free "A British student arrested at an American airport after saying she had bombs in her bag, escapes a jail sentence...She was about to board a British Airways flight to London on 17 January when she told an official: "Hey be careful, I have three bombs in here." Asked to repeat herself, she repeated the same statement twice and was arrested and charged." --Initial article mentioned that she had some connection to the owner of Virgin. Convenient, eh?
Human cloning attempt has failed "The attempt by US fertility expert Pavos Zavos to clone a human has failed...Animal tests have shown cloning produces a high number of miscarriages and deformities in pregnancies which result in a live birth. Professor Richard Gardner, chairman of the Royal Society's working group on cloning, said that knowledge meant human cloning experiments were unethical. "To embark on human cloning at this stage with our current knowledge of what happens in animals, just seems to me quite astoundingly irresponsible."
India finds pesticides in colas "Indian MPs uphold a report that says Coca-Cola and Pepsi drinks contain pesticide residues." --I'm not terrible surprised. The North American and British cokes taste as one might imagine pesticide would taste.
Indians embrace wine-drinking "Wine is becoming big business in India, growing by 20% a year, and vineyards are even exporting to France and Italy...Domestic wine production expected to grow at an annual rate of 30% for the next five years. Wine-loving Indians don't appear to have a hangover just yet, even though they were drinking a mere half-a-teaspoonful-a-head of wine just three years ago."
Magic mushrooms are cash crop "A Plymouth woman is enjoying a burgeoning trade in magic mushrooms, while opponents says she is dealing in a dangerous substance...It is the processing of the mushrooms, such as drying or freezing, that is currently prohibited. Ms Timiney gets around the law by selling her mushrooms fresh."
Mice produce sperm from monkeys "After coaxing lab mice to produce viable monkey sperm, researchers say their work could be of benefit to humans." --Why the fuck would anyone want to do this in the first place?
US apoplexy over Jackson flash "Two seconds of bare flesh and America is beside itself with indignation and outrage..."I know many people in other countries are scratching their heads and thinking 'What in the world is the big fuss over there?'," said Robert Thompson, director of the Centre for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University..."Maybe when we left the old country we somehow froze certain attitudes," explained Mr Thompson. "While other attitudes began to evolve elsewhere we held to many of them very carefully. There is this paradoxical part of the American character where we are simultaneously arguably the most obsessed about sex of anybody else in the entire planet and at the same time the most uptight about it."..."This two seconds of exposed breast seems to have really been the fuse that in fact is now going to start all of these much larger discussions than simply the breast or not," he added...Not withstanding any possible changes in the law, American television is expected to introduce tougher policing of its live broadcasts...Events such as award shows are likely to be transmitted on a five or 10-second delay. This would allow network censors to bleep or blur out potentially offensive material." --Welcome to 1984. Two seconds of a single exposed breast amid all the violent deaths, propaganda, lies, mentally stunted barbarians groping each other for a misshapen pig skin, and they're introducing new laws to ensure that you don't see another tittie. What a fucking waste.
Janet Jackson's Super Bowl strip --For those who missed it in the first round, here's the slideshow.
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| Tuesday, February 3rd, 2004
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8:46 pm - Contributing to a project for someone's class in evolution...
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MEME Where did you first see this meme? bkwyrm Are you male or female? Female. Post your memelink HERE /MEME
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8:18 pm - In the news
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US father names son 'Version 2.0' "A proud new father and self-confessed engineering "geek" has partly named his baby son Version 2.0...Jon Blake Cusack, from Holland, Michigan, told local newspapers the US practice of adding "Junior" or "II" after a boy's name was too common. So, when his son was born last week, he decided on the name Jon Blake Cusack 2.0, as if he were a software upgrade. Mr Cusack admitted that it took months to persuade his wife, Jamie, to accept the idea. "
Wallet returned after 40 years Gulli Wihlborg, 58, was stunned last week when she opened an envelope, sent anonymously, and discovered her long-forgotten red leather wallet. The wallet still contained everything which was in it when she dropped it - receipts, photographs and 45.54 crowns, half her monthly rent at the time."
Japan to display Hitler painting "A painting by Germany's Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler, will be displayed at a Tokyo theatre this week, to promote a film loosely based on his life. The work, which shows a church in Vienna, will be put up on Saturday to mark the opening of the film Max."
Mydoom cripples US firm's website "The Mydoom virus overwhelms the website of US software firm SCO, which owns a version of the Unix operating system...The Mydoom e-mail worm has paralysed the website of US software firm SCO, in a massive denial of service attack."
The changing face of Bollywood "Bollywood actress Preity Zinta begins a series of columns for BBC News Online by predicting that Bollywood is in for a great year...There's one film I remember where the hero's in a fight. He gets hit in his face and falls down. When he gets up, he's had a haircut - and everybody in the audience is screaming, "Hey, he's cut his hair!"."
TV-style adverts arrive on web "Net users may have to get used to watching TV ads between web pages, if trials currently under way are successful." --Don't worry, this will never happen to SN.
Christian foot soldiers battle for Bush "One focus of the presidential campaign is George W Bush's evangelical faith and how that guides his political belief...An increasingly polarised presidential election appears to be in the offing. One of the fault-lines is religion and, in particular, President George W Bush's evangelical faith and how that guides his political beliefs..."Gay men do not live for a long time. They have a lot of disease... It's a moral issue, but also a health issue," says Jim, unconcerned that in the secular world, his views reek of homophobia."
Bush to order intelligence review "The US president is to launch an inquiry into intelligence on Iraqi weapons and other perceived threats, officials say..."We don't know if [President Bush] was given bad information... or if he and the administration at the highest level decided to manipulate the intelligence reports," Mr Dean told NBC television on Sunday."
US budget to be unveiled by Bush "President Bush is due to announce his 2005 budget, with cuts to domestic programmes predicted..."He's promising a trillion-dollar tax cut and a trip to Mars... and he has a half-trillion-dollar deficit," said Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean. "Where do these Washington people think this money comes from? This is crazy". " --Dean's funny.
UN seeks to break impasse in Iraq "United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has confirmed he will send a team of experts to Baghdad to advise on the handover of political power in Iraq."
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7:59 pm - WTF?
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| Monday, February 2nd, 2004
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8:48 pm - We got it!
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Husband's living in the country, new job, new apartment...things are looking up!
current mood: content
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| Sunday, February 1st, 2004
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4:02 pm - Book Review
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3:13 pm
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| Saturday, January 31st, 2004
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8:05 pm - Yes!
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I have found it. The ultimate apartment. Oh yes.
Two bedrooms (office/guestroom/rat room/temple/TBD) and a much larger master bedroom, eat-in kitchen with decent cupboard space, large dining room, large living room with a giant window. Hardwood floors, loads of doors and hallways, full bathroom, newly renovated (as it they're still renovating it, yeah, that new). Safe neighbourhood.
Close to TTC, High Park, Bloor West Village - all the things.
My Gods, this is my house.
He's still showing two other people, but fuck 'em, this is my house. We saw it first, we want it more.
We just have to pass the credit check (no problem) and give our first and last. Then we move in March 1st.
We hve looked at easily a dozen other apartments. We'd submitted an application for one other that may have been worthy of my presence, save that they were over charging for a one bedroom. This place has that beat thousandfold. And this guy's undercharging, but we're ok with that.
My house.
Woot.
current mood: excited
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| Friday, January 30th, 2004
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10:10 pm
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8:02 pm
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'Evil is an "externalization" and "objectification" of something fearful, horrifying, or different. Evil can be a label for something as simple as a person or an object that frustrates us. Evil is pain. Evil is the enemy. Evil is the Gods of other men. Evil is he night terrors. Evil is the overwhelming feeling of falling apart. Yet all these images are non-sense. Evil like other ideas exists because we as humans exist. Natures knows not Evil, neither Good, nor for that matter Law. These are creations of the human mind, "explanations" Which help us quiet the "terrors in the night". The human mind requires the belief in "its" idea of "order" for the sole purpose of the human mind. Thus, the nature of evil is the human mind.'
--DuQuette & Hyatt, Aleister Crowley's Illustrated Goetia, pg 10-11
Something I've said many times, in many different ways.
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7:14 pm - In the news
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The challenge of the 'cannibal consensus' ""Legal dilemma: What do you do when someone wants to be eaten?...London-based hotel worker Dirk Moller - one of dozens who allegedly replied to Mr Meiwes' adverts - was called to testify that he had even got as far as being chained to the bed and marked out for butchery before changing his mind and being released...Harald Ermel has said that murder "always happens against somebody's will". Should his client be convicted of little more than killing on request, Mr Ermel advises those planning similar forays into the world of cannibalism to ensure both parties draw up a contract before the act takes place." --I've been following this case since it started, it's absolutely facinating. Check memories for more.
Manslaughter verdict for cannibal "A German court jails cannibal Armin Meiwes for eight-and-a-half years for killing a "willing" victim whom he then ate...Meiwes, 42, admitted killing and eating Bernd Juergen Brandes after sex and hours of sado-masochism but insisted his victim had volunteered...The internet cannibal, who ate the flesh of Brandes over a period of several months, defrosting cuts from his freezer, may now be the most notorious cannibal in modern German history. However, his record pales in comparison with the crimes of his countryman Fritz Haarmann, the "Monster of Hanover". Haarmann, a butcher, murdered at least 24 boys and youths between 1918 and 1924 and sold their flesh to customers seeking cheap meat."
The great cannabis cash-in "A landmark move to relax the cannabis laws throws the spotlight once again on Britain's most lucrative black market...Britain's army of dope dealers will be indifferent to the partial relaxation of the cannabis laws which takes effect on Thursday. They will be too busy making money to notice."
Earth's core 'simpler than thought' "The Earth's core is important because it generates the planet's electromagnetic field - which seems to be weakening. This is already having consequences in space, creating glitches in satellites that rely on the field to protect them from solar and other space radiation. Furthermore, scientists are keen to find out if the Earth's magnetic poles are about to "flip" - with magnetic North becoming South, and vice versa. It has happened many times before in Earth history."
New form of matter created in lab "A new form of matter - only the sixth ever seen - has been made in the lab - could provide a new way to generate electricity."
'Look away when I speak to you' "Parents and teachers have been urged not to get angry with children who turn away when they are talking to them..."What our research clearly shows was that primary-school-aged children used gaze aversion to help them concentrate on difficult material." She added: "It is something to be encouraged rather than discouraged.""
How memories build during sleep "Evidence is growing that the brain uses sleep time to consolidate memories acquired during the day...Dr Sidarta Ribeiro, one of the study authors, said: "We're proposing that the two stages play separate and complementary roles in memory consolidation. "Periods of slow-wave sleep are very long and produce a recall and probably amplification of memory traces. "Ensuing episodes of REM sleep, which are very short, trigger the expression of genes to store what was processed during slow-wave sleep.""
Berlusconi eyes are for his wife "Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has thanked his wife for coaxing him to have cosmetic surgery. He said the idea for his controversial eye enhancement came from Veronica. But he was so delighted with the result that he planned more changes, he said at a meeting with fashion designers in the capital, Rome."
Hunting the last Nazis "BBC News Online looks at a last-ditch attempt to track down Nazi criminals, many of whom are now in their eighties and nineties..."Many are dead. The rest are old, weak, and often senile. But sought after...Tell the authorities that you suspect your ageing neighbour is a Nazi criminal and you could be up for a cash prize...."It's utterly retarded to feel sorry for these people just because they are old." Dr Efraim Zuroff Simon Wiesenthal Center."
Why is Dr Kelly's death an 'apparent suicide'? "One of the world's leading experts on suicide has told the Hutton Inquiry it was "well nigh certain" Dr David Kelly killed himself. So why is his death still described as an "apparent suicide"?...Contrary to this belief that "apparent" implies doubt, this phrase is the journalistic convention used when an inquest has yet to be report on the circumstances of any such death. "While some [journalists] have just called it a suicide, most are being very careful," says Professor Justin Lewis, of the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies. "But what is interesting is the different prefixes used. Those who lean towards being more suspicious call it a supposed suicide, which suggests that it might not have been suicide. Supposed is much more leading than apparent, which simply implies that we don't yet know.""
US expert says WMD inquiry needed "e former senior US weapons inspector, David Kay, has called for an independent inquiry into intelligence failures over Iraq."
Bush wants 'facts' on Iraqi WMD "US President George W Bush has said he wants to "know the facts" about Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction." --Gee, isn't that nine months too late?
Artefact recalls witches' shadow "A "witch bottle" sheds new light on how long our ancestors lived in fear of black magic...A chilling reminder of our superstitious past has been unearthed from a rural farmhouse. The "witch bottle" was discovered buried in old foundations in the Lincolnshire village of Navenby. Containing bent pins, human hair and perhaps urine, the bottles were supposed to protect a household against evil spells." --Nifty.
Also: I want one. (As discovered from stonemirror.)
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6:02 pm - Friday Five
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You have just won one million dollars:
1. Who do you call first?
I call to confirm it's not a hoax, then wizzard.
2. What is the first thing you buy for yourself?
Boringly, I'd pay off all debts, then I'd look into investing. Only one million isn't enough for what I've really got in mind.
3. What is the first thing you buy for someone else?
Perhaps my mother a jag, 'cause I know she wants one, but other than that I'm not sure.
4. Do you give any away? If yes, to whom?
No, I keep it all. Fuck the rest of you.
5. Do you invest any? If so, how?
Yes. I don't know how yet. Something that brings big returns.
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| Wednesday, January 28th, 2004
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8:49 pm
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"...So wide is the separations between the way men actually live and the way they ought to live, that anyone who turns his attention from what is actually done to what ought to be done, studies his own ruin rather than his preservation. Any man who wishes to make a profession of goodness in every department of conduct, must inevitably come to ruin among so many men who are not good. Therefore a ruler who wishes to preserve his power must learn to be able not to be good, and to use this knowledge or not to use it as necessity may dictate."
--Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
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8:34 pm
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8:05 pm - Nifty fun
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The rules to the game are written below and there's the website address where the game is located...just hit the bigger circular button and it takes you to the game Japanese IQ Test ... See if you can figure it out. Apparently this is an IQ test given to employees in Japan. Everybody has to cross the river. The following rules apply: * Only 2 persons on the raft at a time * The father can not stay with any of the daughters without their mother's presence * The mother can not stay with any of the sons without their father's presence * The thief (striped shirt) can not stay alone with any family member * Only the Father, the Mother and the Policeman know how to operate the raft * To move the people click on them. * To move the raft click on the red balls
Result: if you succeed in: 4 minutes: you are a Genius 6 minutes: You are exceptionally intelligent 10 minutes: You are very intelligent 20 minutes: You are average 25 minutes: You are a bit slow 30 minutes or more: You are terrible http://smallcampus.net/html/maths_games/2001-05-03/riverIQGame.swf
As discovered from thejordanconsp.
PS: Conqured this and Hamlet. I rule.
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6:56 pm - In the news
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Long history of water and Mars "Mars Express has returned the most detailed and spectacular images ever of the Martian surface...They offer the prospect of great discoveries, but, despite what some headlines have suggested, the finding of water-ice at Mars' south pole and water vapour in the atmosphere are simply confirmations of what we already knew."
Working on the Moon "The US plans to set up the first base on the Moon as a staging post to going to Mars. What would living on the Moon do to astronauts' bodies and minds?...Twelve astronauts walked on the Moon between 1969 and 1972. The experience changed all their lives - some more dramatically than others. Buzz Aldrin battled with alcoholism while Apollo 14's Edgar Mitchell became a paranormal investigator. Following Apollo 15, the late James Irwin became a born-again Christian, heading to Mount Ararat in search of Noah's Ark."
Mauritania's 'wife-fattening' farm "Obesity is so revered among the Arab population in Mauritania that young girls are sometimes force-fed..."Some girls have asked me whether they should get fat or stay thin. I tell them if you want to find a man, a European or a Mauritanian, stay thin, it's better for you. But some blokes still like them fat."..."Once they are fat and beautiful they can serve their men well, once they are fat they can be married."" --Large ambitions.
Whale explodes in Taiwanese city "A dead sperm whale has exploded while being delivered to a research centre near the southwestern city of Tainan. Passers-by and cars were soaked in blood and body parts were sprayed over a road after the bursting of the whale, which was being carried on a trailer."
Boy swaps MikeRoweSoft for Xbox "A Canadian teenager whose website annoyed Bill Gates' lawyers is giving it up in exchange for Microsoft goodies, including an Xbox console."
Microsoft creator to be knighted "The king of computer software Bill Gates is to receive an honorary knighthood from the Queen for his contribution to enterprise in the UK." --You also have to take into account that George Bush Senior also received the same so-called 'honour'. Bah.
Clinton 'sent only two e-mails' "The former president sent a grand total of two e-mails during his White House years, the Clinton Presidential Foundation says."
Ousting Saddam 'no cause for war' "A leading human rights group has said the US and UK are wrong to use the toppling of a brutal regime in Baghdad to justify going to war against Iraq...Human Rights Watch said Mr Bush and Mr Blair should not try to justify the war retrospectively as an effort to save human life.Brutal as Saddam Hussein's reign had been, the scope of the Iraq Government's killing in March 2003, was not of the exceptional and dire magnitude that would justify humanitarian intervention. "The Bush administration cannot justify the war in Iraq as a humanitarian intervention, and neither can Tony Blair.""
CIA under fire for Iraq failure "The former chief US weapons inspector has questioned the abilities of the intelligence services after failing to find illicit arms in Iraq."
George Bush defends Iraq invasion "President George W Bush has defended his decision to invade Iraq despite the failure of his troops to find weapons of mass destruction (WMD)." --I like that they're now referring to it as an 'invasion' rather than a war.
US troops face Iraq abuse charges "Four US marine reservists are due in a military court on Monday to face charges of abusing Iraqi prisoners." --To those numbskulls who say 'support the troops': fuck you!
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| Monday, January 26th, 2004
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10:29 am - I suck
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9:56 am - Try this
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While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles with it. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction and there's nothing you can do about it.
Weird as shit.
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| Sunday, January 25th, 2004
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6:12 pm - Book Review
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