Random Abstract Archives: March 2002

Sunday, March 31, 2002

Why we don't care about getting wiped out by a giant asteriod and why we should.

Kuro5hin List of scoop sites

Shemale or Female Test
I scored 11 out of 16 correctly.

Origins of Easter
Many religious historians believe that the death and resurrection legends were
first associated with Attis, many centuries before the birth of Jesus. They
were simply grafted onto stories of Jesus' life in order to make Christian
theology more acceptable to Pagans.

Gods who Die: Attis and the Great Mother Goddess, Cybele

Easter at Camp X-ray
Although most of detainees are Muslim, there are a few Christians being held at the camp.
Camp X-Ray hunger strikers to be force fed
45 Taliban and al-Qaeda detainees are refusing meals

Prisoners Nationalities
They come from 33 different countries, including some Western nations,
and range widely in age and education level.
there are dozens of Saudis, Yemenis and Pakistanis with smaller numbers
from countries including Britain, Algeria, Egypt, Australia, France, Russia,
Belgium, Denmark and Sweden.
One detainee has been identified as 22-year-old Mehdi-Muhammed Ghezali from Sweden.
Swedish officials have expressed frustration that the United States isn't more forthcoming
with charges against detainees.

Camp X-ray: The legal options


General Sir Michael Walker has secretly instructed regimental commanders to prepare
for an invasion of Iraq this autumn. Ok if its a secret how do we know?

French book claims US invented air attack on Pentagon

Lawyers claim taking down the Ten Commandments from a courthouse wall might injure the
limestone wall. I hear they suggest giving it the ashcroft treatment with a drape.
They don't wanna take it down during the appeal process. Like they have any legal chance
on keeping it up.

U.S. District Judge Stewart Dalzell ruled that the Ten Commandments are primarily a religious
document and their admonition to honor no other God amounts to a government endorsement
of one religion.

Eric Raymond: Linux will rule the desktop
Microsoft's Xbox sales abroad are very weak


Saturday, March 30, 2002

French scientists have successfully cloned rabbits from adult cells for the first time.
How bout cloning something endangered instead of cats and rabbit?

March 30th, 1981 - US President Ronald Reagan was wounded in an assassination in Washington.
I'm still wondering if he is ever gonna kick it?

US soldier 'died in friendly fire'
The disclosure came as part of report making public some of the findings into 10 cases
of friendly fire and civilian casualties since the war in Afghanistan began nearly six months ago.
The report confirmed that US communications and procedural errors resulted in several other
friendly-fire incidents causing the deaths of American soldiers in Afghanistan. It also found
the US was not at fault in several other incidents that caused casualties to innocent civilians


So thats where Ibiza is
Ibiza Holidays
Ibiza Spotlight
Radio 1 Ibiza
Ibiza Gallery

UR Dumped - pretty funny stuff.
Cheatin Bastard - new paintjob for his car
Other Relationship Humor Site

Clubbers.cz

Xoxide Pre-modded Cases
I am not a geek.com


I had this stuff yesterday and forgot to post it with all the other stuff going on.

How to make a flamethrower out of a car
Anarchy Stuff
64 Ways to Piss Off Cops

:: osama's bin bloggin :: Bin Laden (joke) Weblog
via Off on a tangent

This is the kinda of stuff that people hit my page for.
photos of big belly men in underwear
images of girls vomitting

Kelli Ali via paralaxview
Kelli Ali Promo

Punch Baby - The Gift
Suavalicious
Hole in the Wall Gang Celeb Photos

Countdown to the clones


Friday, March 29, 2002

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Free Notebook?
I got a call a couple days ago. "hi do you dispose of broken notebook computers?" I said no, but
I said I could dispose of it. I figuire I could pull some parts out of it or whatever. So I got it today.
Its an old Dell Latitude XP 450C, A 486-50mhz machine with 12 megs and a 300 meg hard drive.
So I plug it in and fire it up, the windows 95 software was corrupt, I re-installed 95 and now I
have a old free color notebook. It has a grovy Panasonic KXL-D745 4X CD-ROM drive on a
PCMCIA card with built in sound. It came with a original dell 14.4 modem and a new 56k modem.
I have the cd-rom/sound and the modem working in it.



I was talking about the Burger King Veggie Burgers the other day.
I made mention of the fact I couldn't find any pictures of them. I took a few quick
photos of one tonight while I wolfed it down.
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Thursday, March 28, 2002

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Wrath of God Flash Game at No-god.com
created by Armegalo jelly
via Hatchetation

Makes me wanna play Dungeon Keeper II or Populous.


Strategy Page How to make war.

The web is bad and it's getting worse

Iraq and Kuwait strike reconciliation deal

Netherlands overturned a lower court ruling that had held Kazaa BV liable for copyright infringement, saying Kazaa is not responsible for the illegal actions of people using its software.

[ - 403] - [Talk] - RA


Cool little memory card reader, no idea if its any good, but it looks neat.
AtechFlash Pro II Media Card Reader 49.99
I-O Data 256meg compact flash card $88.99

Rizenet
Quark Map Making Tutorial
Deja Review


hmmm Amigas, hmmm New Amigas
Life's origins among the stars
An ancient supercontinent, has been pieced together.

Europe plans to create its own GPS type Navigational Satellites Network

UN finds depleted uranium (DU) traces in Yugoslavia
The UN found some areas had "widespread, but low-level" contamination.

Arabic Paper Claims bin Laden E-Mail

Bin Laden Sat Phone records released.

Palm, Handspring doomed by wireless?

Bush Signs Fund-Raising Law, Then Raises Money
Bush Scores Big on Fund-Raising Trip

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring DVD Release info.
Apple stops underage darwin developer.

Future 3G Terminal by Ericsson

Smaller.com
NexGear.com
MaximumPDA
The Gadgeteer
PDA Buzz
Pocket Now
Pocket PC City
CE Windows.net

TimeSplitters 2 Preview PS2
Peter Pan Return to Never Land PS One/Psx
Ghost Recon Xbox Preview
Hot Shots 3 Review PS2
New Ghost Recon patch out or coming out soon


Wednesday, March 27, 2002

Judge Orders Details Released on Sept.11 Detainees

Bush Signs Campaign Finance Bill
Without fanfare, President Bush signed landmark campaign finance legislation
Wednesday as he opened an aggressive multimillion-dollar fund-raising swing.

Allen Telescope Array Press Release
Allen Telescope Array

So I have been to Burger King twice in the past week. I tried the new BK Veggie, flame-broiled veggie burger. This is pretty cool thing for Veggies like me. I haven't had a fast food burger in something like 6 or 7 years. The funny thing was I heard about them 3-4 months ago and asked someone at the local burger king if they had heard about them. I guess Burger King is going to advertise them. Even for non veggies they are still very healthy.

The taste is a nice, not strong flavor to or too spicy. There are lots of ground up goodies in it and it has a good texture, not gooey or to dry. This is a Veggie burger not a vegan burger, but I guess some vegans eat it. I am a vegetarian that doesn't sweat the small stuff. From further reading they are cooked on the same grills, I guess vegan/veggies can request to have it nuked instead of flamed. I was trying to find some pictures of it online, I couldn't. I guess I will have to disect one for my digital camera.

BURGER KING - Launches First-ever Veggie Burger
The flame-broiled, soy-free patty offers a blend of vegetables, grains and spices
on a sesame seed bun. Topped with reduced fat mayonnaise, lettuce and tomatoes,
the burger provides a leaner fast-food alternative only 10 grams of fat and 330 calories.
A Whopper has 39 grams of fat and 680 calories.

Confessions of a Carnivore The BK Veggie: Blasphemy or Farce?
My First BK Veggie
Readers Response


Fighting Whites have their CafePress Merchandise avialable.

Saddam stokes war with suicide bomber cash
Saddam dispenses blood money to win Palestinian hearts

Ancient fire and handprints rewrite history
The remains of a 20,000-year-old fire have been found in Tibet.

Homo erectus one speices
A million-year-old Homo erectus skull found in Ethiopia indicates that this human
ancestor was a single species scattered widely throughout Asia, Europe and Africa,
not two separate species.

IMAX - Spacestation Movie coming soon.

EphPod - Ipod software for the PC


Nokia 9290
Its running the Symbian OS. Its supposed to be much better than palm and windows CE.
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More Photos
Nokia Photo Gallery

I was reading this article that mentioned this Nokia 9210 phone. Very cool.
The article mentioned that 400 million cellphones were sold last year.
Then it stated that only 12-15? million PDA have ever been sold.

Palm, Handspring too small to survive

3 G Gadget Gallery
Motorola V70


Random Drivel is Movin Servers. Also has a new look
RD anonymous also scored a 5 on the Enneagram test.

That inspired me to clean up my very complex basic html coded page.
I removed lots of old links and took out alot of crap. I am shortening
the number of days to display by one. The length is to long and of
course to short on the weekends.

3bruces score a bunch of fives too.
Speaking of, Mookie has been absorbed into the 3bruces.


Iamwhitetrash.com
Astronomy in Motion Sun Pages
Techy Network
Sims Survivor Bobopolis

Astrology & World Trade Center and Pentagon Attack
WTF? I think some people need a smack to the head with a hammer or something.


Erotic Art Gallery - GARV

The Band Lickitty Clit (Now thats a cool band name.)


Tuesday, March 26, 2002

Ali G is more trouble. This time for the movie poster for his new movie.
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Ali G Poster Off Da Streets

Ali G Indahouse - The brother from outta Staines
Ali G keeps it real

Ali G and Jennifer Lopez get the poodle treatment


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Farscape is back on Sci Fi. I've really missed the show, sorta a hole in my weekend.

Farscape SCIFI Fri, Mar 29th 9:00PM "Fractures"
The crew encounters a group of escaped Peacekeeper prisoners.

Farscape SCI FI Fri, April 5 th 9:00 PM Farscape: I Yensch, You Yensch
Talyn, the offspring of the living spaceship Moya, turns psychotic in a gripping story that
kickstarts a season-ending four-episode cycle.

Farscape SciFi.com
Farscape.com
Yahoo Farscape Lisitngs

[more] - farscape - 396 - [Talk] - RA


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take free enneagram test

5 (scored - 20)
Fives are basically on some level estranged from the rest of the world, consequently, their mind is usually their best friend. They like to analyze things and make sense of them (that is their anchor), this makes them great inventors and philosophers. The immense inner world of fives can cause them to lose touch or interest in reality.

4 (scored 18)
Fours are all about being unique and creating their own distinct culture. They experience the highs and lows of life more intensely than other types. This makes them great creative forces (artists, writers, filmmakers). Fours often feel like misplaced children, and they long for a sense of real family.

9 (scored 18)
Nines are open minded optimists. They are able to see everyones point of view, and have a natural desire for making peace. Consequently, they are skilled mediators. They often live by the 'go along to get along' creed. However their openess to other people can cause them to lose site of themselves and their own happiness.

Via Ultimate Insult Another 5

More 5s
Century Research Foundation
Home Crap Home
Indigo's Idle Hands
atayah.net
Houndspun


I was thinking how nice it would be to run my astromony Palm software on PocketPC
platform. I guess it is possible now.
PocketPC Palm Emulator discussion
Pocket Palm site
Pocket Palm Article

Cassiopeia B-300 Upgrade
CASSIOPEIA Pocket Manager BE-300 from Microsoft Windows CE 3.0 to Windows CE.NET.
As a result, customers will be able to use Pocket Internet Explorer and the audio functions
of Windows Media Player. This represents one of the first smart mobile devices compatible
with the next-generation Internet world based on the .NET concept envisioned by Microsoft Corp.
The upgrade program will be available from April on a CD-ROM for US $29.

MS CE .NET
CE .NETProduct Overview

680 Megs?? Damn thats big


Greg the Bunny - Welcome to Sweetknuckle Junction
FOXNET 2 09:30PM-10:00PM Wednesday Mar 27
With: Eugene Levy, Seth Green, Sarah Silverman, Bob Gunton, Dina Waters.

Greg The Bunny Fan Site
Sarah Silverman
Greg the Bunny Official site

Greg the Bunny - "Welcome to Sweetknuckle Junction" FOX, Wed Mar 27 09:30pm EST
Greg the Bunny - "SK 2.0" FOX, Sun Mar 31 08:30pm EST
Greg the Bunny - "Jewel Heist" FOX, Wed Apr 03 09:30pm EST

I can't figuire out if I am getting flash your rack hits or if they are spamming my refer logs.
Flash Your Rack New (For giggles look at the bottom 25.)

Ok, if I am veg pull the tubes, turn off the machines.
Yuck
Maggots were found in the nostrils of one patient on July 22, 1998, the article said.
Maggots were found in the nose of a second patient on Sept. 30, 1998.
Klotz said the maggots were removed immediately and that neither patient was harmed
by the infestation. The first patient died two days after the maggots were found but the
cause of death was unrelated. "They're ghastly," he said, "but they're harmless."
Klotz said he found a few other cases where flies laid eggs in patients at other hospitals.

Bush Turns Over Energy Documents
The Bush administration turned over thousands of documents Monday related to Vice
President Dick Cheney energy task force. Two federal judges ordered the release of
the documents by private groups trying to determine who influenced the crafting of
the administration's energy plan, which was unveiled with great fanfare last May.

The US military admits video technology used during its battles in Afghanistan hasn't helped the war effort.

Film giant censured over 'offensive' Ali G poster

Jack Osbourne Fan Page
Osbournes

Mst3k goodies
Mst3k Ebay Goodies


I have had one of these on again off again migraine headaches for 2-3 days. Doesn't seem
to be a sleep thing, I have caught alot of crap from people in the past month or so.
I burned a bunch of stuff to CD, I forgot how slow my old 2X burner is. Yes I said 2x
I've had it for a very very long time. I remember some of the first stuff I burned to
it was my jpop mp3 collection. I got through 4 discs tonight, I probably have at least
another ten left to burn.
I re-did my paintball barrel order, I have been waiting for a few weeks on an out of
stock 16" carbon fiber 32 degrees barrel. I replaced it with a 12 inch version, that
won't be much of a sniper barrel, but I should be able to swing it around much easily.
I added a Diablo V-force Armour mask, its very cheap and doesn't fog and has great
reviews. I hope to get my wife out there on the paintball field sometime this year.

I forgot I made a Yahoo Club
Now I guess its a group not a club.

Andy is on Tonight.
Andy Richter Controls the Universe - Grief Counselor FOX 2 08:30PM-09:00PM Tuesday Mar 26

My wife caught this one before I even noticed it. Must be getting old or something.
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Monday, March 25, 2002

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Bill Gates' pie attacker Noel Godin attacks again.
Pie-throwing anarchist Noel Godin of Brussels
Noel Godin Page

Tribal Leaders in Pakistan Warn the U.S. to Keep Out

Tree rings reveal cycle of global warming
More Ice Shelves Face Breakup
A world of fire or ice? Some climate scientists are proposing that
the current dramatic rise in global temperatures might actually accelerate the
start of the next big freeze.

Environmentalists lost in their bid to boost automobile fuel economy in the Senate
More than 10 percent of all world oil consumption goes to gasoline use in America.


I got the word on the Drew Carey Episode my Sister-in-Law in going to be in.

Wed April 3rd 2002 - 9:00 PM Drew Carey - O Brother, Who Art Thou?
Drew gives Steve a job to get him out of the house, but soon finds that being his
brother's boss may actually be harmful to his health. Meanwhile, a DrugCo empathy
potion makes Lewis very popular with some female inmates.
Tina: Sandra Goff. Bob: Richard Topol. Ed: Jim Cody Williams.

Cast:
Drew Carey, Diedrich Bader, Ryan Stiles, Christa Miller, Kathy Kinney,
Craig Ferguson, Nan Martin, Sandra Goff, Jim Cody Williams, Richard Topol


Registry hack turns XP Pro into server

NVIDIA Geforce 4 SPARKLE TI4600 & MSI G4 Ti4400-VTD

I have been goofing around with Divx5 lately. I am trying to see how small I can get movies so
I can use them with my handheld and pocket divx. I am crunching the movies to 288-192 and
sometimes cropping them to 224-182. The bit rate is around 112-116Kbps and the audio
32khz at 24kbp/sec. That makes the movies around 112-120 megs. I have no idea sinc I don't
yet have my handheld how watchable the movies are, but I am very curious. Nothing like taking
a handheld with a couple full length movies on it to pass the time.

Q-bert has all Divx/DVD software I could ever need.
I mainly use Smart Ripper 2.40 and FlaskMpeg, although I just tried CladDVD XP 1.3 which
did a great job. I also use Virtualdub to do the final Divx5 file.


Sunday, March 24, 2002

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Larsen B Ice Shelf has existed since the last Ice Age 12,000 years
Over the course of 35 days, 3,250 square kilometers of shelf area disintegrated
(An area larger than that of Rhode Island.)
Weighing 500 billion tonnes the Larsen B Ice Shelf was 1,255 square miles and 655 feet deep.
Temperatures at the Antarctic Peninsula have increased by 2.5 degrees Celsius over the last
50 years, warming that is much faster than the concurrent average global temperature increase.

Scientific American - Climate Warming Causes Collapse of Antarctic Ice Shelf
Rising temperatures fracture ancient Antarctic ice shelf AP

(Been meaning to mention this one for awhile)



Maine Won 4 to 3. Next Game is Thursday.
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Did the LAN party thing the other night, lots of fun. While I was over at Blaine's house I got sucked into the NCAA Maine Harvard Hockey Game. I'm watching the Maine BU game right now. I used to watch it with my ex since she went to school up there. I went to one game with her and my folks. I haven't paid much attention to it until now. Oh yeah maine just scored a 4th goal and they are 2 ahead with 4 minutes on the last period. If they win this the next game is on Thursday night. Three minutes and BU just scored.


Saturday, March 23, 2002

Spongebob Squarepants DVD
features a music video "The Violent Femmes Sing SpongeBob SquarePants"

FIVA PEN TOUCH TABLET PC 200MHZ
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition preinstalled

Samsung TSL-2795HF 27in Tantus HDTV DynaFlat

Newegg.com compact Flash Cards
MR FLASH 256MB COMPACT FLASH $83.00
MR. FLASH 128MB COMPACT FLASH $43.00
MR. FLASH 64MB COMPACT FLASH $24.00


Valuable clues to the pace of evolution have been found in
the bones of long-dead penguins recovered from the Antarctic.

Lara Croft tomb Raider game coming to the Playstation2 by Christmas.
PS2 Only that is.

Violent galaxy seen in 3D

Microsoft Windows XP SE (I will stick with 2000)
3D Spotlight Operation Flashpoint tweak guide
Twisted Metal Black Online
AMD demos ClawHammer

The Sims has sold more than 6.3 million copies worldwide
becoming the best-selling PC game of all time.
Over 50 percent of new Sims players are female.

Sony is dropping PS3 hints
"Moore's Law is too slow for us," Okamoto said. IBM is researching "grid computing," a variation
of distributed computing, for the next PlayStation.

Ghost Recon: Desert Siege Interview with Richard Dansky


U.S. Says Al Qaeda Network Rendered Ineffective

Al Qaeda-Anthrax Link?
I still think it's some nut job from the U.S. either ex-military/scientists or someone still
in the government wanting to increasing their funding.


Friday, March 22, 2002

AOL email so bad Time Warner who is merged with AOL is giving up using it for its business. Fixed!!

Google forced to remove anti Scientology pages after being threatened by Evil Scientoligists

Antarctic ice shelf Pic
Another Photo

Actor William Shatner, 71 (Thats a scary thought)



Thursday, March 21, 2002

Iraq has asked the UN whether U.S. actions toward Saddam Hussein violate international law.
Iraq has accused some U.S. and British inspectors in the former U.N. inspection agency
of spying for the West. The queries also have the potential of splitting the 15-nation
Security Council, particularly if members decide to take a position on U.S. threats of
action against Saddam, which numerous countries oppose at this time. Specifically,
Sabri asked if "threats to invade Iraq and to change the national government by force
violate Security Council resolutions (and) rules of international law."

William Scott Ritter a US Weapons Inspector was on Politically Incorrect talking about spying.

Ritter: But what I'm trying to tell you is, when we bombed Iraq in December of 1998,
America, we're the ones that ripped up the international agreement.
We used the weapons inspectors, my team, to spy on Iraq.
Not to get weapons of mass destruction is what the law said but to get rid of Saddam Hussein.
Our unilateral policy, not the security council's policy, that's why there's no inspectors in there today.


The Salon Interview - Denis Halliday
The former head of the U.N.'s humanitarian program in Iraq says an American invasion
would be an international crime and would make the U.S. even less safe.


My Brother is in Utah, maybe he is having fun maybe not.
Novell BrainShare 2002
FAQ
The BrainShare Network is compatible with any 802.11b compliant wireless card.

The web page formerly known at Nutlog is officially Plep.org now.

Darwin software is evolutionary time machine
A computer is accurately predicting the course of evolution. Doctors are
using it to find out how bacteria will evolve immunity to medicines. The new
software was tested by asking it to predict how bacteria evolved from a
known point 40 years ago. Science Daily Story

Burger King serves up veggie burger

FBI Most Wanted Eric Robert Rudolph

FBI cuts search for accused Olympic bomber
TODD LETCHER, FBI: We need to send a message that we're not going away,
that this case is a top priority. We're going to find Eric Rudolph.

CABELL: That was the official line last summer. It's a still the official line. But agents,
who've already spent $30 million trying to track him down will now spend much less time on him.

Alive or Dead, Eric Rudolph Is Gone
Near Miss Haunts Sheriff Two Years Later Jan. 29, 2000

Did Eric Rudolph try to surrender?


cassiopeia-be300 (15k image)Casio Cassiopeia BE-300


NEC VR4131, 166MHz, 280 MIPS 64 bit CPU,
16MB RAM, 16MB ROM
3.2" 320x240 pixel 32,768 color STN,
Compact Flash Type II card slots,
Windows CE 3.0 OS
Li-ion rechargeable battery.
Amazon.com $167.95 clearance

Cnet Spec
My Casio.com
BE 300 FAQ
Epinions BE 300
Casio Cassiopeia BE-300

Hardware Central BE-300
Brighthand - Casio Cassiopeia BE-300

Top CE Sites
BE 300 Links
More Links

Casio BE 300 User Ports and Apps

Mike's little BE300 page
BE300.net

BE 300 Thread Discussion
Project Mayo Pocket Divx
BE 300 Rulez
Pocket City.org
Wolfman's humble be-300 site
BE Midi

Pocket NES

BE-300 FAQ
BE Free
BE Central
BE300 Org
BE Emulators
BE Free
BE Dev Site
BE Port a Port
Be Links




Discussion on Fark about if it's possible to pull a ak-47 on someone.
This is a AK-74 not a 47 but there are 47s about the same size.
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Bin Laden sports a 74 in some of the video footage of him that cnn etc.. shows.


A New Form of Matter Scientists have created a new kind of matter.
It's very late, and that just hurts my brain.

DOS Copy Examples
MS-DOS 6.22+

Axny.org NY Anime Expo Aug 31st-Sept 2, 2002
Sky and Telescope - Skychart

Apple Increases Price of New IMacs
I thought computer prices were supposed to go down?

US denies inflating casualty figures

Al-Qaida regrouping
Al-Qaida, Taliban forces regrouping in east Afghanistan
Allied troops attacked in eastern area

US Army GPS Receiver from Somalia ended up in Afghan Cave


MPEG has adopted 3 ways to compress every picture frame, which are
"I frame" (Intraframe),
"P frame" (Predicted frame)
"B frame" (Bi-directional frame).
These three frames are explained as follows:

I-Frame (Intraframe pictures): I-frames typically are the first frame
of each GOP moderately compressed, and serves as the reference points
for random access and can be likened to images.

P-Frame (Predicted pictures): P-frames are coded with reference to past
pictures, predict in a forward direction, and are moderately
compressed.

B-Frame (Bi-directional pictures): B-frames' predictions are forward,
backward and bi-directional, which is relative to the other I-frames
and P-frames. Compression is at a high level.

IBBBPBBBPBBBP

copy/b mpg1+...mpgn mpgsum


E:\>copy /b the-01.mpg + the-02.mpg + the-03.mpg + the-04.mpg the.mpg
the-01.mpg
the-02.mpg
the-03.mpg
1 file(s) copied.

(files do combine but doh, doesn't work.)


Wednesday, March 20, 2002

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Sony unveils new SDR-4X robot
Sony reveals singing robot
Sony robot sings, dances and isn't cheap


Tuesday, March 19, 2002

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Andy Richter Controls the Universe (Pilot) FOX 08:30PM-09:00PM Tuesday Mar 19
A struggling writer (Andy Richter) narrates the stories of his life, showing what did happen,
what could have happened, and what should have happened.



A 13-year-old girl died she was hit in the head by a hockey puck during an NHL hockey game.

Bush Repeats 'Axis of Evil' Remark in Visit to Midwest

Operation Anaconda Under Scrutiny
U.S. officials quickly upped their estimate of the number of al-Qaida and
Taliban in the valley to somewhere between 500 and 1,000 a figure some
Afghan commanders believe is too high.

Afghans Question Anaconda's Success
"Americans don't listen to anyone," said Commander Abdul Wali Zardran.
"They do what they want. Most people escaped. You can't call that a success."
Killing or capturing the enemy is the whole purpose of guerrilla warfare and the
principal measure of success. Otherwise, they say, the opponent will fight again
somewhere, someday

"I remember once the Russians were bombing and bombing," former guerrilla
Mullah Mohammed Khaqzar said. "We left the area in groups of five and 10.
We stayed away hidden in the mountains until we knew it was over and then we returned."

His advice for winning the war is
"to know where they are hiding and then send in small commando units to take them out."


Anaconda ends; battle winds on

Toms Hardware - Divx5

Microsoft suffered a minor legal setback Friday when a federal
judge questioned the software giant's claim on the word 'Windows.'

Apple screwing themselves on new iMac parts shortages.

Americans Overseas Face Dangers Umm, Duh
Am I the only one that thinks a Christian church in Pakistan
is a very very soft target and a very dangerous place to be?


Monday, March 18, 2002

Damn, we are worried about a few crazy terrorists? How bout a fucking Solar System full or giant asteroids?

One of the largest asteroids known to have approached the Earth zipped
past about 450,000 kilometres away on March 8.
Nobody recorded it until four days later.

Space Weather

Seriously if I had a brain, I wouldn't be at 40 feet above sea level. If the government had one did they would spend a hell of alot more to watch for these kinda things.

Legacy-free Motherboard
CnC Renegade Review
Unreal Tournament 2003 & Unreal II announced

A Brief Introduction to X-Ray Astronomy
Six telescopes act as one
MP3 engineers tackle digital cinema

Digital Music has changed music forever
Experts estimate around three billion music files are swapped every month.
Microsoft whines at CeBIT so people couldn't play Sony PS2s
Hitech CeBIT Gadgets
Yet another Weblogs in the News story.
New Toys for the High-Tech Soldier
Pirated Oscar Films on sale at EBay


Leave me alone with Google Image search and I find all kinds of random stuff.

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The Shibuya Gals of Yoyogi Park in Tokyo

Imockery - Anti Raver
Rave Links

ShanMonster
ShanMonster Bla-Bla.com
Xkot: Interview with ShanMonster
Interview With The ShanMonster: MmMelpomene
Rate My Picture - Shan Monster
Shan Monster Virtual Tourist
Radio DJ Shanmonster
Shantell Powell, aka The ShanMonster,
The music director of CHSR-fm
in Fredericton, NB, Canada.
Shanmonster Photo

Billegible.org
Luke Log
DVDfreax
Pissed.com
Dont Blow

Leave me alone for to long I and I find even crazier stuff.

WTF? Sex Tour Vacations?
Love Tours
Sex Tour Photos

Emily Strange
Splosh

Ok I found this in my IE cache, I have no idea.
I don't remember seeing it on a site. The file name is Nad Bite
nadbite1 (19k image)


My little brother finally posted some info on my sister inlaws acting job. They moved out to LA so this
Colby College graduate could persue a career in acting. Well it has payed off =)

Sandra's Big Night
I went and watched Sandra tape her appearance on the Drew Carey show on Tuesday. It was way cool, because of the wonderful world of LA traffic I almost missed it :( but I made it. I felt cool because they were holding a ticket for me and I could just go right through.

Unfortunatley we couldn't see Sandra actually in person, because her set was off to the side, but we got to see it on the monitors. She was really good, the episode was way funny. It should be on in 3-5 weeks.

After the show we went to a bar near the studio and hung out with the cast and crew. Drew and Ryan Stiles were there. It was a little weird to see them as just guys having a beer after work.

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ABC Drew Carey Page
WB Drew Carey Page

Drew Carey Episode Guide
Drew Carey Episode Guide

I pulled down the TV listings for the next couple episodes.
Drew Carey Daddy Dearest Wednesday, 20 9:00 PM 30 min.
Drew mentors Milan (Jessica Cauffiel) in the ways of retail management to help her impress her father---and possibly his own. Meanwhile, Lewis becomes a reluctant cannibal after eating part of Oswald's science experiment.

Drew Carey Never Been to Spain Wednesday, 27 9:00 PM 30 min.
Lewis and Oswald rain on Drew's flight to Milan's birthday bash in Spain after they land jobs as airport security guards.
(This is the one ABC was throwing a fit over a couple weeks ago)



Which HTML tag are you?


You're the STYLE tag- you are very dramatic, but when you mess up or overdramatize something, you know it and you change.

We may get some Campaign Finance Reform Passed!
The George Bush Republican Campaign Machine

New Fighting in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan on Sunday morning, a team of Army Special Forces soldiers attacked a convoy of three vehicles about 45 miles southwest of the city of Gardez, killing 16 people believed to be al-Qaida fighters and wounding one. One other was detained, Rosa said.

In a separate incident shortly after the firefight, U.S. forces captured 31 suspected al-Qaida or Taliban fighters in a compound west of the city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, officials said. Rosa said weapons and a large amount of ammunition were captured in the compound. He had no other details

Rosa also said U.S. military officials were pleased with the outcome of Operation Anaconda, although he would not discuss how many enemy fighters may have been killed in those battles, which began March 2. He said whatever the body count, the al-Qaida had been disrupted and put on the run.

I don't think this qualifies as news...
Gore beardless in Nashville
Al Gore's Beard Vanishes

[ - 370] - [Talk] - RA


So I know I don't talk much about stuff I do unless its paintball related.
Well Saturday my wife and I went to the Black Bull Tavern to see Bill
play locally in Blind Albert
They are a local band that doesn't play many local gigs. So
when they do play locally its nice to try and catch them.

The other major thing I did this weekend was of course paintball related.
A bunch of us went to our Paintball field and put in a few more hours of
work. Mostly clearing out brush and putting up the barricades and walking
the field. I was able to shoot a few rounds of paint off too. We put
up these evil tin barracades that make an insane about of noise when
they are shot. The field is actually in the woods it's not in a field.
Its about 600-700 feet long and 300-350 feet wide. There is alot
of cover and of course some barracades and bunkers. We played there
four or five times last year, but we have put alot more work into making
it much more playable.


SETI is sorta working again, I snuck in some results and downloaded a workunit.
Blaine found me a SETI caching program. SETI Monitor
Will cache several seti units for those nice long server outages.

I sometimes remember to use StarMap for Windows
starmap2 (10k image)
Shows were the workunits came from on a star chart.
Full Screen Map


SETI Programs and
Optimization Tips for running SETI@Home
GUI Client Speedup Tips for Windows 95/98/98SE/ME/NT



I guess SETI has been down all weekend. The SETI servers have been having way to
many problems lately. I am going to look into a program that grabs multiple work units
so my machine can still crunch away at the data.

Random Googled Images
Nasa Gallery - Wow
Feng Chang-jiang Works
PR-Foto.nl
JPN Wallpapers
Ottavio Mononi Photography Gallery
Ai's Homepage
Amida Net> - Sukhavati - The Land of Bliss


I found a couple cool programs that work with my Avermedia TV Studio card.
RC4Mpeg
This program lets you use your remote on Winamp and there is a video player
that supports the remote. So TV out of my computer will work with the Avermedia Remote.

Someone suggested I try TMPGEnc. I found the newer one does alot more and is easier
to use than some other programs. I can do perfect 320x240 VCD conversion now.
I got some help from Doom9.org Forum. Those guys know their shit.
I should be able to convert higher quality 640x480 720-480 files to vcd format.
I would like to play around with higher views but my DVD player is kinda weird on
those 720-480 mpeg2 discs I made. I will have to try 320x240 MPEG2 format sometime.


Osama bin Later
Scary, thats probably too close to be funny.

Searching a 5 year old? Airport Security? How fucking dumb is that?

Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill told a foreign policy group
this week that he disagreed with the Bush administration's
decision earlier this month to impose tariffs on imported steel.

Graham Apologizes For 1972 Comments

The secret Afghan war

The United States is expected to test New Zealand's commitment
to its 15-year-old anti-nuclear stance when Prime Minister
Helen Clark meets President George Bush this month.

Cheney fails to alter Saudi view on US action
Saudis 'refuse to let America use bases for attacks on Iraq'

Saudi Arabia's religious police stopped schoolgirls from leaving
a blazing building because they were not wearing correct Islamic dress.


Sunday, March 17, 2002

Where are the bodies?
Al-Qaeda dead have vanished
Allies find few bodies from battle

SENIOR Afghan commanders yesterday raised questions about the
success of the intense 12-day US military operation in the
mountains at Shahikot when they admitted that hundreds of al-Qaeda
and Taleban fighters escaped the battle.

Enemy may have slipped the trap, officials suggest
Afghan commanders said they had found 25 corpses since the area fell under
allied control Wednesday. U.S. forces say they are holding 20 prisoners.

Many of those who had hunkered down in the fortified caves of the Shah-e-Kot
valley had escaped from the caves of Tora Bora, the official added.

Britain's military leaders issued a stark warning to Tony Blair
last night that any war against Iraq is doomed to fail and would
lead to the loss of lives for little political gain.

British Telecom hacked by a Ali G Fan

A former employee of a Trussville, Ala., Target store has filed suit against the
company, alleging that managers fired her because she refused to remove or
hide a Christian cross hanging from her neck that was visible to customers.
The suit alleges that the store did not have a dress code policy for jewelry,
which permitted the wearing of tongue rings, nose rings and other "unusual"
forms of jewelry.

This is still a simple case of a dress code issue.
They wouldn't let her wear a walmart pin, its the same idea.
A symbol is that a symbol. worship the meaning not a cross.
I doubt any company would want to promote any specific religion.
Great way to alienate people.
The story is from worldnet daily one of those fringe news organizations.


Saturday, March 16, 2002

Globe of Blogs

Temple of the Screaming Pengiun
Dev Null.org
Gnurps.de

Moddin'.net

Europe not interested in going after Sadam
New X-ray machine can see your Wang

How to hack/change your Windows XP Boot Screen
State of Emergency Review PS2


I have been playing with my TV Card and having too much fun. I wish I knew someone who is
or is trying to do the stuff I am doing. I basiclly want to turn my PC in a TiVo box with the
option of removing commericials and burning the content to CDR. I have tried several different
methods none entirely sucessful or easy.

My latest method.
I record something at 720x480 MPEG2 1350 Kbps 29.70 Fps, 224Kps mp3 audio.
I manually start and stop the recordings were I want. (Pain in the butt)
45-50 minutes end up being around 550-650 megs.
This is were it gets weird.
I use Nero to burn a standard VCD with these non-compliant mpeg2 files.
This crazy XVCD will now play in my Pioneer DV-302D DVD Player.
It does VCDs and can read CDRs, most players can't read CDRs.
I have no idea if this will work in any other DVD player that can read CDRs.
The quality is right around VHS, I am sure I can improve it too.
The problem is there are just too many variables or options to try.
If anyone is doing crazy stuff like this email me, I wanna discuss methods options etc...

[more] - Sucess? - 362 - [Talk] - RA


Friday, March 15, 2002

zim-big (41k image)
Invader ZIM Alert!!

Sunday Mar 17 NIK 31 01:00PM-01:30PM
Bestest Friend - Zim befriends Keef, then cannot get rid of him;
Nanozim - Dib takes pictures of Zim's secret lair.

Sunday Mar 17 NIK 31 01:30PM-02:00PM
Parent Teacher Night - Zim brings his roboparents to school, with disastrous results;
Walk of Doom - Zim and Gir get lost in the city.

Fri Mar 22 NIK 09:30pm EST Invader ZIM
Torneo de Verano
Oaxaca vs. Tigres

Sun Mar 24 NIK 01:00pm EST Invader ZIM
Torneo de Verano
Oaxaca vs. Tigres

Sun Mar 24 01:30pm EST Invader ZIM
Invasion of the Idiot Dog Brain
Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy Piggy


Al-Qaida fighters evaded US siege, Afghans claim

US researcher seeks to exhume 'Jesus Christ' in Kashmir

Steven Miles for 16 years has had a license plate that says "ATHEIST."
the state of Florida said it is obscene or objectionable and recalled the plate.
Story Here
Atheist wants to keep his license plate

Lawmakers from both parties blistered the Bush administration on
Thursday for "a severe attitude problem" in its dealings with Congress.

Rosie O'Donnell, on her homosexuality and Adoption

Pentagon nuke report
Nuclear Posture Review and completed in January, said more than 10,000
underground military facilities exist in more than 70 countries. About 1,400 of
the underground facilities are considered specially important because they
house weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles or top-level military
command stations, the report said. "At present the United States lacks
adequate means to deal with these strategic facilities," it said.


Being in Tech Support I can really enjoy - Nolan Curtis' Ultimate Tech Support Cubicle Via Fark

Anti-Spam email address robot hiding Code Generator
Dark Cam Portal
Gothic Sluts Gallery

DVR Tivo ReplayTV FAQ
TiVo / Replay TV comparison
Amazon Info
Digital VHS HDTV recorder only 1400 dollars? what a steal.
I'm putting that on my Wishlist.

Action Paintball - Black Dragun Electronic Marker
PB Review Black Dragun
Paintball Channel.com
Paintball Comes to Television via Splatter Factor
Vforce Goggle Review
PBreviewJT Spectra nFORCER
Dye Invision System
Xpaintball - Dye Invision
shop 4 paintball has great prices on protective gear, pads, vests etc..


I was playing around with non standard SVCD/XVCD discs. My DVD player can handle CDRs and VCDs.
So I have tried a bunch of differant bit rates and frame sizes. My Pioneer DV-C302D seems to be
able to handle VCD encoded with MPEG2 720x480 1400 kbps 128/audio Discs. So I can make MiniDVDs
at a very low bitrate. I can probably get 50-60 minutes on a disc. I am not totally sure what I am
going to do with this bit of info, but it's nice to know.
VCD Help.com has info on SVCD and VCDs.
DV-X302D discussion



Thursday, March 14, 2002

I figuired out the refer code I have seen on many pages including Hatchetation
I don't do the total counter thing but I found a perl script to do daily counts
and it lists the date.
Doh!! My paintball barrel is backordered, I will probably get it in about a week.
It was very nice out today, I went to the park with my kids on my lunch break.
I so wanted to call up some people on lunch for a quick 1/2 hour game but didn't.


Samsung Nexio S150
5.1" reflective LCD screen with a WVGA (800 x 480)
Siemens M50

US Army has taken its first step in developing 'invisible' lightweight body armour
for the soldier of the future.
Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
army.mil - Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies

George Carline Dirty Words
The Pussy List

Flash Face

Daypop a searchengine ranks wishlisted items
Daypop top wishlist items
Number 3. UHF Amazon.com Sales Rank: 69 - DVD
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars Daypop Score: 106 On 5 Wish List(s)


The Onion - Gulf War Part II
WASHINGTON, DC—At a Pentagon press conference Monday, Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld touted the military's upcoming Gulf War II: The Vengeance

Pravda - Guantanamo Zoo in need of new cages

A prisoner's day at Guantanamo

Detainee Shouts Complaint To Media
"We are on a hunger strike. We been on a hunger strike for 14 days and nobody cares,"
said the man, who was not identified by name or nationality.
"We need the world to know about us. We are innocent here in this place," said the man.
"We got no legal rights. Nothing.
So can somebody know about us?
Can you tell the world about us?"

A Tour of Camp X-Ray - Photo Gallery

Mystery surrounds 'Iranian general' in Kandahar detention camp

One of the United States' key Arab allies, Jordan's King Abdullah, warned U.S. Vice President
Dick Cheney on Tuesday against attacking Iraq

Pravda - Who will do washingtons dirty work?
Iraq does not have its own 'Northern Alliance'

Iraq's deadly guessing game

Unlike 1990, Arab support for attacking Iraq is tepid

Jordan opposes U.S. Iraq agenda


I have been having trouble with my left eye. It felt like I had a scratch on Cornea.
It started tuesday night and I had it looked at this monring. The doctor said my eye looks fine.
It may have been a dry patch or something and gotten better. So its all in my head.
I knew there wasn't anything I could do, but I did get a peice of sawdust in my once and
I had to goto the doctors office to have it removed.

Monkey Jungle
a funny my boy has a kids computer game he calls it Monkey Jungle.

Introduction to Newspelling
Holo Net News

Moto Sex Pitstop
I know too many motosex guys, I just can't see the point to it.

Cow Blog
Britney Underground


Wednesday, March 13, 2002

Afghans say al-Qaida fighters are running out of ammunition

U.S.-led forces pursue fleeing al-Qaida, Taliban fighters
U.S. officials said they were holding about 20 prisoners and they were being interrogated.
One Afghan commander, Naeem, said he had talked to one injured Afghan fighter who
claimed there were about 14 Arab commanders and about 250 Chechens in the region
at the start of the campaign.

The US military says American fighter jets attacked a vehicle in eastern
Afghanistan on March 6, killing 14 people, including women and children.

Photo Wounded Afghan Prisoner

Central Command.mil

National Geographic tracked down the
girl from that photo from 17 years ago.

Bartcop Guy Arrested.
Perkel.com
Bartcop.com
One of his other sites

Chew gum to improve your memory

Tokyopop
Animenation
House of Anime

Blackroses Textfiles Lots of text files on fringe stuff, humor, sex etc...
Piracy - NFOs and RAZOR 1911


Tuesday, March 12, 2002

New SETI version 3.07 Bug Fix 3.06 just came out but I guess 3.07 fixed it.
This is for windows only. download
I have been having nothing but trouble lately so I am doing the upgrade.
I'm using my home machine so I can hit 2500 SETI units. Roughly 5 hrs a packet.



Feeling tired, so I took the Spark Lazy Test via Presurfer

I am 48% lazy
(48%) people lazier than you (4%) people just as lazy as you
(47%) people less lazy than you

16% of vegetarians gave blood after September 11th. (Yeah and they threw like 90% of it out.)
I think there should be a 'don't give a fuck test' or a 'slacker test', but I don't feel like making one.


Decided on getting some Zap and RPS Big Ball paint. The cold weather balls are for 30-50
degrees. I guess they don't mean maine, 50 is kinda warm. Maybe that is why we had troubles
at the end of last season. Still waiting on my barrel, I suppose I should go track the order.

CompGeeks - Living Monitor Fish Tank
USB Modem

Mozilla 0.9.9
Rate My Ho.com
Sex with Cars (yes not in but with)
Treo 180 Review

Seattle PI Survivor Coverage
Yahoo Survivor 4 section is filling up.

The nation's cell phone service providers will soon know exactly
where every one of their customers is, at all times.


I've been playing Worms World Party again.
Doing the deathmatch thing my score right now is 14 wins and 12 losses.

eVGA e-GeForce 4 MX 440

2 New Sony Clies
Recordable DVD Drives Plus and minus all over again
Three Early Samples of the GeForce4 Ti4600

Linux Security Hole
A buffer overflow—caused key memory-management functions in the zlib
compression library to fail, a condition that could allow a smart attacker
to compromise Linux computers over the Internet.


FBI fails to expose al-Qaeda networks
Thousands of FBI agents have rounded up more than 1,300 suspects across America.
They have failed to find a single al-Qaeda cell operating in the United States.

More than 1,000 Afghan troops rushed to the front line yesterday to take up the
slack after the withdrawal of 400 US troops from the mountains of eastern Afghanistan.
The American military has described the withdrawal as a tactical reappraisal of their
battleplan, but Afghan commanders told a different story of inexperienced American
soldiers unable to advance through the unfamiliar mountains to track down al-Qaeda
and Taleban foes.

U.S. intelligence agencies have obtained new information indicating Iraq is holding
captive a U.S. Navy pilot shot down during the Persian Gulf war.

China attacks US military role
Russia urges US to explain nuclear plan


Monday, March 11, 2002

Things that go boom.
c4-preboom2 (7k image)c4-pre-boom (15k image)c4-boom (20k image)

Operation Anaconda Photos 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6
More 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9


oicwstripped (52k image)

That was the Objective Individual Combat Weapon (OICW)
in that picture on sunday.

HK's OICW Page

If that operates anything like in the Ghost Recon game, I would not
want to go up against it. I would bet that would have been nice in
Afghanistan too.

(OICW FAQ)

An air bursting 20mm high explosive munition can be programmed to
detonate up to 1000 meters down range with a shoulder fired weapon.

So you laser rangefinder someone behind some object you can't shoot.
Set one of the 20mm rounds to detonate 1-2 meters behind the obstacle.
Boom, you have a gun that practically shoots around corners now.

Firing 3-4 rounds of 40mm takes up to 40 seconds.
With OICW, 6-8 rounds of 20mm can be fired in less than 5 seconds.

OICW’s 20mm HE round weighs only 1/4 pound compared to the M203’s 40mm
round weight of 1/2 pound – a 50% comparison weight savings with substantially
more effectiveness.


Evil Spyware Netscape Alert!!
Netscape Navigator Browser Snoops On Web Searches
I don't want AOL knowing I am searching for, I don't really want anyone to know.
That kinda stuff is just freaks me out. Part of me is convinced the internet is still somewhat
anonymous, even if it isn't true.

That comic strip that
got pulled from the NY Times.
Via Ultimate Insult


Bin Raiders (Dumpster Diving)
I think everyone should own their own personal shredder.

Revisiting that re-writting the torah story from earlier.
Its a pretty profound change I would say.

The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, which represents the 1.5 million Conservative Jews in the United States, has just issued a new Torah and commentary, the first for Conservatives in more than 60 years. Called "Etz Hayim" ("Tree of Life" in Hebrew), it offers an interpretation that incorporates the latest findings from archaeology, philology, anthropology and the study of ancient cultures. To the editors who worked on the book, it represents one of the boldest efforts ever to introduce into the religious mainstream a view of the Bible as a human rather than divine document.


I just love Worms. Simple fun gaming.
I have it for the PS but it only uses 1 controller, very lame.

It's like its christmas or something, all these church vs. state things going for seperation.
Science coming out with feather dinos and disproving this and that.
And to top it off people are remembering how the president is a Moron.

Attracting most attention is Ambling Through History, an account of Bush's 2000
presidential campaign written by New York Times writer Frank Bruni, which begins
with an account of a memorial service Bush attended for seven people killed in a
church shooting in 1999. 'As preachers preached and singers sang and a city prayed,
Bush turned round from time to time to shoot us [reporters] little smiles. He
scrunched up his forehead, as if to ask silently what we were doing back there.
He wiggled his eyebrows, a wacky and wordless hello,' he writes. 'It is astonishing
that he wasn't more concerned that one of the television or still cameras might
catch him.'

The bible isn't true? -via hypocrites.com
Abraham, the Jewish patriarch, probably never existed. Nor did Moses.
The entire Exodus story as recounted in the Bible probably never occurred.

It seems unlikely that the story of Genesis originated in Palestine. More likely,
Mr. Wexler says, it arose in Mesopotamia, the influence of which is most apparent
in the story of the Flood, which probably grew out of the periodic overflowing
of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The story of Noah, Mr. Wexler adds, was
probably borrowed from the Mesopotamian epic Gilgamesh.

I have a copy of Gilgamesh and I have read it. Very weird cool stuff.


Sunday, March 10, 2002

Ikeya-Zhang Comet
Ikeya-Zhang Cometh - Slashdot story
Comet Ikeya-Zhang Photo Gallery
SKy Map
Comet Man
Comet Ikeya-Zhang Continues to Brighten



I picked up some Diablo Dusk paintballs at wallymart. Diablodirect.com doesn't
have any info on that type of ball. The balls roll out my barrel pretty quickly, too small.

We spent 2 1/2 hours today cleaning up our main paintball field. Mostly picking up
blow downs and we built a few wood bunker / foxholes. We also re-drew the line
of the fiedl so it wasn't in the swamp and the edges are strait now. Perfect day
for it, not too wet and no bugs just yet. Maybe we can get a game togeth in
the next couple weekes. My new barrel should be on on monday or tuesday.
I did end up going with the 16" Carbon Fiber 32 degrees Barrel.
That should be alot of fun for woods games.


jsf (91k image)
Joint Strike Fight Gallery


Darpa MAV Program Umm, Cool.
mav (5k image)

cz-techgun (10k image)
My polish is a bit rough Looks damn cool though.

Space and Missile Defense Command - Direct Energy Gallery
US Army Helicopter History hmm, AH-56A Cheyenne

HK G11
Security Arms Firearm Gallery

[ - 342] - [Talk] - RA


Saturday, March 9, 2002

In the, you won't be abel to sleep tonight dept...

Bush administration has told the Defense Department to prepare, on a contingency basis,
plans to use nuclear weapons against at least seven countries.
China, Russia, Iraq, North Korea, Iran, Libya and Syria.

The three contingencies listed for possible use of the weapons were "against targets able
to withstand nonnuclear attack; in retaliation for attack with nuclear, biological or chemical
weapons; or "in the event of surprising military developments,"
BBC Article

"Dr Strangelove is clearly still alive in the Pentagon" - John Isaacs

America has asked Britain to draw up plans for 25,000 of this country's
troops to join a US task force to overthrow Saddam Hussein.

Hmmmm, Chicken

Astronomy Astrophotography - yahoo

Clitical (keyword clit)
Satin Slippers
JaneDuvall -Journal
Jane's Guide
Persian Kitty
Jackin World


Friday, March 8, 2002

Cool. My I got my two DVD movies today. I am a big HK movie fan.
The mixture of realism and humor and gore is just perfect.
I think american movies don't try hard enough to blend that kinda stuff.
The only one that comes to mind is the big hit and that was directed by
an HK Director.

gen-y-cops2 (16k image)



The Clitoris in History

Who is Keith Henson? And why is Scientology after him?
Cult of Greed and Power
The Secret Library of Scientology A library for the critical study of Scientology
what L. Ron Hubbard would not want you to read.

Ondadx SETI / Aliens page

British Girls Adult Film Database

The Adventures of Edward the Less (MST3K People)
Playstion.com PS2 Linux




What is your meaning of life?



Studys says people are losing their religion
More people than ever are opting out. Not just out of the pews.
Out from under a theological roof altogether. In 2001, more than
29.4 million Americans said they had no religion more than double
the number in 1990, and more than Methodists, Lutherans and
Episcopalians all added up according to the American Religious
Identification Survey 2001.

People with no religion now account for 14% of the nation.

The six states with the highest percentage of people saying they have
no religion are all Western states, with the exception of Vermont at 22%.

A federal judge Wednesday ordered county officials to remove an
82-year-old Ten Commandments plaque from a courthouse, calling
it an unconstitutional display of the biblical text.

Scientists Discover a Dinosaur Clad in Flightless Feathers
A Different Take on Human Origins

Enron Corp. disclosed that it spent nearly $2.5 million lobbying the Bush
administration and Congress in the first six months of last year.

Fox News started or reported a rumor that U.S. ground troops are inside Iraq

Tonya Harding Paula Jones Fight promo pics.

Mysterious pulsing x-ray beacon near the north pole of Jupiter

Boring sex 'becoming global problem'

REZ Playstation 2 game
Gamespy Rez review
REZ TechTV Review
Rez Review


Thursday, March 7, 2002

We were playing some quake 3 arena this evening. Lots of fun. I have a nasty cold and with
the effects of the game that is making me feel like throwing up. I almost think I got over one
cold and a second one hit me almost imediately. My little clones are just giant germ magnets.
Of course I could goto bed earlier when I feel ill say before midnight.


Shockwave games
Collapse
Gem Drop
Shockwave Games

Yahoo Shockwave Games
Arcadepod

Disney Games
Nickjr
Mozilla Kids Games
Yahooligans Games


So my Avermedia TVstudio card is based on the Brooktree 878 chip BT878
There is a ton of generic software for windows based BTXXX chips.
AVerTV Studio 103 & TVPhone98 w/VCR (Bt878)

Borg TV Enhanced TV on the BT chips and Remote support,
Very cool. Remote Control for Winamp for Avermedia Users.
Russian TV Tuner Apps Info Links

ATV 2000 another BT TV Program.

Older Toms Hardware article on Digital Video Capturing Part II - Part I

Bt848/Bt878 Windows 2000 Drivers And Applications
TV Card Comparison
List of TV Card including their BTchipset type

PcTvFr (french)
exotv.de
livanda

ID a Brooktree chipset


VCD Tools is were I found info on a couple video tuner capture program I hadn't heard of.
I still haven't figuired out the whole capture with virtualdub thing.

Iulab.com
Has a shareware Digital VCR program iuVCR and tweaked Bt8xx WDM Drivers.
Very cool you can record in Divx5 or huffy or whatever. I couldn't get above
512x384 without skipping frames. I don't have a problem with that though.
PowerVCR II stops at 600 megs which is a major pain and the mpeg2 can
loose sync when you start converting files with vidomi.

Yet another tweaked driver at sourceforge.net
Bt8xx WDM Video Driver
More Useful Links

digital-vcr (7k image)

So now I should be able to record in huffy or high divx5 and dump the file into virtual dub
mess around with it and output it to something I can archive.


Wednesday, March 6, 2002

The press has recently released some video of the ongoing stuff in Afghanistan.



More Images



The-Penis.com
Valley of the Geeks

NY Times Op-Ed Ted Koppel on Nightline and its fate.

Its gonna be a Trade war over steel.

Paintball fun. we are in search of a good woods/weekend paintball that doesn't cost 55 bucks a case.
We had been using 32 degrees paint and had some issues with it or a bad batch.

RPS PMI Big Ball Review
PMI El Tigre Review
RPS/PMI Big Balls 4x4gear
PMI Paintballs 4x4gear
RPS/PMI Paintballs iisports
RPS/PMI Paintballs 1-2-3paintball
RPS/PMI Paintballs xpaintball
Great American 1-2-3paintball


Tuesday, March 5, 2002

Jpopmusic news
Jpop France.com

Namie Amuro CDs at Yesasia.com

Jpop Music News Board
jpopmusic.com
J-fan.com Jpop Dir
J-seek
Jpop-Mp3.com
Jpop Top 100 sites
Jpop Top 30
Jpop One

101-mp3.net
Worldwide Music News


Sex offender nearly wins GOP award
Bong maker wins national Republican business award
Via Hypocrites
Tony Rawk stickdeath skatepark via Sensible Erection
Global Security.org
T-shirt Countdown - Axis of Evil (Enron)

Plan on seeing 40 days 40 nights tonight.
Josh Hartnett Tattoo

The Security Systems Standards and Certification Act - Evil Antipiracy bill
Wired has an article on it too.

Japanese Xbox problem
More proof Ashcroft is a nutjob
Durex launches new-shape condom


What Flavour Are You? Cor blimey, I taste like Tea.Cor blimey, I taste like Tea.

I am a subtle flavour, quiet and polite, gentle, almost ambient. My presence in crowds will often go unnoticed. Best not to spill me on your clothes though, I can leave a nasty stain. What Flavour Are You?

Why google loves Weblogs and Google bombs


Battle Sends Broader Message of U.S. Resolve
In launching a ground offensive in the dead of winter in some of the harshest terrain
in Afghanistan, the U.S. military seems bent not only on crushing a pocket of al Qaeda
fighters but also on sending a broader message: that it is willing to put troops in harm's
way as it prosecutes the war on terrorism.
At least we are getting our hands dirty this time, not letting others fight our battles.

'Tabletop' Fusion Report Elicits Mixed Reaction


Visiontek Geforce4 TI4600 Review
Another one and of course Tom's Hardware

Another Renegade Review
Renegade Skin Pack - Part 1

Ack, another OFP patch 1.46


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Why does this make me miss beavis and butthead?


Monday, March 4, 2002

I've been playing with Divx5 I converted an hour show with Divx 5. It looks really really good.
I converted it to 480x360 Divx5 1200kbps with 32khz 96kbps audio only 546 megs.

CS Monitor - How bin Laden got away
A day-by-day account of how Osama bin Laden eluded the world's most powerful military machine.

GAO: Pentagon Fudged Missile Test

Tip on Nuclear Attack Risk Was Kept From New Yorkers


Divx5 Codec is out.
I guess there is a basic and a pro version now. Pro you pay for or an adware version.

Features of DivX 5.0
Compatibility with all versions of DivX video content. DivX 5.0 can play
every version of DivX video ever created, from prior to 3.11 alpha to the
brand new DivX Pro 5.0.

MPEG-4 compatibility. DivX 5.0 can decode MPEG-4 Simple Profile, MPEG-4
Advanced Simple Profile, and H.263 video (all levels). It is also able to
encode fully MPEG-4 Simple Profile compliant video (ISO/IEC 14496-2).

DivX(tm) MPEG-4 file format. Full support (encoding and decoding) for the brand
new MPEG-4 based file format that replaces the venerable AVI file format.

A new version of Zoom Player 2.50? is supposed to be out.
I haven't been able to find it just yet.

Vidomi Version .429 is out now.

I record my stuff to Mpeg2 and use vidomi to convert it down to divx mpeg4.


I guess 1.45 Patch for OFP is out
I think I am still running 1.40, they sorta are patch happy over there.

Have iPod, Will Secretly Bootleg
TV Shows on DVD
Fake Someones Death

How to Cast out Demons in the Name of Jesus

One of those shows I forget to watch. The Job will be on comedy central 11:30pm this week.


Sunday, March 3, 2002

Has the US lost its way?
Does everybody hate America? Maybe the world is just
concerned at the lack of visionary leadership from
such a powerful nation.

ABC idiots wanna replace Nightline with Savid Letterman?

C&C Renegade Review
Another C&C Renegade Review

Surfing the Apocalypse

Pointless rants and crappy links


Does bin Laden matter anymore?

Fears Prompt U.S. to Beef Up Nuclear Terror Detection

Astronauts have grabbed Hubble and plan to start the upgrade soon.
Water on Mars

TiVo to Raise Monthly Prices by 30 Percent

Saudi Peace Plan not supported by all arab states

Whats up with Cheney's Secret Service detail?

Secret Service Agent bit off the tip of a man's ear in a fight outside the Daley Double
bar with about 15 locals triggered by agents making "rude comments" to a local woman.

Secret Service agents shopping lost documents
detailing security plans for the Vice President.

Congress Not Advised Of Shadow Government


Saturday, March 2, 2002

Fasthack.com
Shack News

FIC Radeon 8500 OEM Videocard Review
The Register weighing in on the whole Weblogs in the media thing

How to fry an egg using an Athlon XP1500+

Reminded to self, Invader Zim in on tomorrow at 1:00pm EST
Nick Zim Page
So I guess Zim was cancelled in January


Had another LAN party friday night. Everyone had alot of fun,we played for 6-7? hours.
We played Operation Flashpoint, Ghost Recon, and the Medal of Honor Demo.
There were six of us, that is about the most we seem to be able to get together at once.
That Medal of Honor demo was alot of fun even if someone spanked
us all pretty hard. Its one of those you forget to blink games.

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Friday, March 1, 2002

Going deep into the whole ball size barrel size thing.
Barrel Sizes
Barrel Chart
Barrels
Paint/barrel sizes
PB Gurn Barrel
Paintball Chart

Armson Stealth 8", 10", 13", 16"
-Advertised Bore: N (.691d) .688e
-Measured Bore: .687 - .691***
-Bore Description: Small

Great American - Medium - .688 - .690
Great American - Banana Ball - Medium - .688 - .690
Great American - Sour Apple - Medium - .688 - .690
32 Degrees - Medium - .689 - .691
Brass Eagle Top Brass - Medium - .689 - .691

Place the paintball inside the barrel.
Blow. If the paintball rolls out before you blow, the paint you are using is to small for the barrel.
If the paintball gets stuck in the barrel, the paint is too big. If you blow it out without it getting
stuck or rolling out, you got yourself a good paint to barrel match.

(That PMI stuff I used in my PMI gun rolled out the barrel.)

Paintball watch
Dye Barrels Order a couple specific ball sizes.

32 Degrees Carbon Fiber - Review


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