31 July 2007
It's time for a spring cleaning. Take stock of things. I had taken out a lot of my old computer peripherals, boxes and more. I have finally retired my faithful, old Dell XPS 133 PC. Twelve years of use! Let's see about the recyclers. Old magazines, hmm..
I layered some shelves last night. I should have done that seven years ago but I was drowned in work. I also re-arranged some of my books. Quite a bit to do.
I layered some shelves last night. I should have done that seven years ago but I was drowned in work. I also re-arranged some of my books. Quite a bit to do.
30 July 2007
It is time to visit Sim Lim Square. I will go visit some time this week to pick up the expansion to Titan Quest. I need more DVD and CD media too.
I need to do some space maintenance on the machines at work and at home. Re-organise files and so forth.
Time for a clean up.
Perhaps, this September, I shall go on a trip.
I need to do some space maintenance on the machines at work and at home. Re-organise files and so forth.
Time for a clean up.
Perhaps, this September, I shall go on a trip.
27 July 2007
It is not unexpected that McLaren would get off scot-free. Heh. There is really too much money involved.
So much Scientific Proof in favour of Evolution
Wei Yi just sent an article on what Pope Benedict XVI has spoken on evolution and creationism:
"LORENZAGO DI CADORE, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI said the debate raging in some countries — particularly the United States and his native Germany — between creationism and evolution was an “absurdity,” saying that evolution can coexist with faith."
He knows that physical laws are there and should not be denied by some closed-minded bible-thumpers in the US midwest:
"Benedict also said the human race must listen to “the voice of the Earth” or risk destroying its very existence."
"“We all see that today man can destroy the foundation of his existence, his Earth,” he said in a closed door meeting with 400 priests on Tuesday. "
He acknowledges the overwhelming proof:
" “This clash is an absurdity because on one hand there is much scientific proof in favor of evolution, which appears as a reality that we must see and which enriches our understanding of life and being as such.”"
Benedict XVI, at this point, appears to be one of the more educated and enlightened religious leaders in years. Meanwhile, fundamentalists of all stripes continue to thump their chests.
Wei Yi just sent an article on what Pope Benedict XVI has spoken on evolution and creationism:
"LORENZAGO DI CADORE, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI said the debate raging in some countries — particularly the United States and his native Germany — between creationism and evolution was an “absurdity,” saying that evolution can coexist with faith."
He knows that physical laws are there and should not be denied by some closed-minded bible-thumpers in the US midwest:
"Benedict also said the human race must listen to “the voice of the Earth” or risk destroying its very existence."
"“We all see that today man can destroy the foundation of his existence, his Earth,” he said in a closed door meeting with 400 priests on Tuesday. "
He acknowledges the overwhelming proof:
" “This clash is an absurdity because on one hand there is much scientific proof in favor of evolution, which appears as a reality that we must see and which enriches our understanding of life and being as such.”"
Benedict XVI, at this point, appears to be one of the more educated and enlightened religious leaders in years. Meanwhile, fundamentalists of all stripes continue to thump their chests.
26 July 2007
CONGRATULATIONS SIU HEAN!
Siu Hean is the Chump! He's finally done it! He won the national championships for his word game, Scrabble! He's the Word-Master now! WOO HOO!
It must do wonders for his world rankings!
In the great Chump's own words:
"I have finished 2nd five times and 3rd twice. And picked up two Aussie national titles along the way. Finally I have won my own nationals. "
Well deserved! He has tried really hard and worked really hard for his cause over the years. BRAVO!
Siu Hean is the Chump! He's finally done it! He won the national championships for his word game, Scrabble! He's the Word-Master now! WOO HOO!
It must do wonders for his world rankings!
In the great Chump's own words:
"I have finished 2nd five times and 3rd twice. And picked up two Aussie national titles along the way. Finally I have won my own nationals. "
Well deserved! He has tried really hard and worked really hard for his cause over the years. BRAVO!
22 July 2007
21 July 2007
Kingdom Come
Consumerism! Going postal! Racist jingoistic attitudes in suburbia! What more?
An advertising executive discovers that his father has been shot to death in a mega-mall in suburbia. He endeavours to fathom the reasons. Ballard is revisiting the familiar territory in that of unexplained sudden massacres.
The new work by J.G. Ballard. I just picked this up at Borders last night.
Guild Wars: Exile of the North
Hmm.. New set for Guild Wars. Exile of the North. I have played and enjoyed Guild Wars momentarily. However, somehow, the character building and the way the game is set up did not engage me. This new one will have over 150 new skills, over 10 new armour sets. I can expect Winnie to have pre-ordered the limited edition set.
Hmm.. New set for Guild Wars. Exile of the North. I have played and enjoyed Guild Wars momentarily. However, somehow, the character building and the way the game is set up did not engage me. This new one will have over 150 new skills, over 10 new armour sets. I can expect Winnie to have pre-ordered the limited edition set.
20 July 2007
I once saw ink sketches by Rembrandt and I was very very impressed. He worked with fairly primitive equipment, not titanium-tipped pens with very consistent ink and he was able to draw very detailed sketches. I am also impressed by the lines of Goya. I have only seen postcards of his sketches but they had great feeling.
19 July 2007
Malaysia receives the first of eighteen Su-30 MKM Fighters
In May of this year, Malaysia received its first Sukhoi Su-30 MKM fighters. According to a report:
"Many observers consider the SU-30MKI/M to be superior to all US aircraft except the F-22A Raptor; this would include the Boeing Super Hornet it beat for the Malaysian order, as well as the new F-15SGs bought recently by neighboring Singapore."
It was also noted that:
"The SU-30 MKM also bears the NIIP N011M phased array radar system, and can carry large (up to 8,000 kg/ 17,650 lb) and diverse weapon loads over a very good unrefueled radius (more than 700 nm)."
Malaysia now has a fleet consisting of F/A-18 A/Bs, MiG-29Ns and Su-30 MKMs.
In May of this year, Malaysia received its first Sukhoi Su-30 MKM fighters. According to a report:
"Many observers consider the SU-30MKI/M to be superior to all US aircraft except the F-22A Raptor; this would include the Boeing Super Hornet it beat for the Malaysian order, as well as the new F-15SGs bought recently by neighboring Singapore."
It was also noted that:
"The SU-30 MKM also bears the NIIP N011M phased array radar system, and can carry large (up to 8,000 kg/ 17,650 lb) and diverse weapon loads over a very good unrefueled radius (more than 700 nm)."
Malaysia now has a fleet consisting of F/A-18 A/Bs, MiG-29Ns and Su-30 MKMs.
Skyspy
Another conversation on DuneMUD:
[22:01] Skruideli triumphantly beeps Marlboro on the nose.
[22:04] Marlboro eeks.
[22:07] Skruideli : were are the irish retard brothers from again ?
[22:08] Marlboro : Waterford.
[22:09] Marlboro : I wonder how many lives has Skyspy saved as a paramedic
(heheh, male nurse).
[22:10] Skruideli : he is a paramedic ? none I think
[22:11] Skruideli : actually, he has probably caused quite a few deaths
[22:12] Marlboro grins evilly.
[22:12] Marlboro laughs.
[22:12] Marlboro : He is really a paramedic based in Arizona
[22:12] Marlboro : I thought that bit about causing deaths ring true.
[22:12] Marlboro : I usually question him about that when he comes online.
[22:13] Skruideli : cause of death: incompetent parademic urinated in IV
[22:13] Paradox : Cause of death: paramedic attempted to remove "water on the knee"
[22:13] Marlboro : It's a bit frightening when one is lying in the ambulance
and Skysky appears and says, "Good Evening, I am Skyspy and I will be your paramedic this evening."
[22:14] Marlboro laughs at Paradox and Skruideli.
[22:14] Skruideli : that is the kind of scare that would actually cure you really fast
[22:14] Paradox : Is it water on the knee! Operation!
[22:14] Paradox grins evilly.
[22:14] Paradox : A whole bucket of sea? Operation!
[22:14] Skruideli : actually, the first thing he would do would be to claim "go pk gayfot!"
[22:15] Marlboro eeps.
Another conversation on DuneMUD:
[22:01] Skruideli triumphantly beeps Marlboro on the nose.
[22:04] Marlboro eeks.
[22:07] Skruideli : were are the irish retard brothers from again ?
[22:08] Marlboro : Waterford.
[22:09] Marlboro : I wonder how many lives has Skyspy saved as a paramedic
(heheh, male nurse).
[22:10] Skruideli : he is a paramedic ? none I think
[22:11] Skruideli : actually, he has probably caused quite a few deaths
[22:12] Marlboro grins evilly.
[22:12] Marlboro laughs.
[22:12] Marlboro : He is really a paramedic based in Arizona
[22:12] Marlboro : I thought that bit about causing deaths ring true.
[22:12] Marlboro : I usually question him about that when he comes online.
[22:13] Skruideli : cause of death: incompetent parademic urinated in IV
[22:13] Paradox : Cause of death: paramedic attempted to remove "water on the knee"
[22:13] Marlboro : It's a bit frightening when one is lying in the ambulance
and Skysky appears and says, "Good Evening, I am Skyspy and I will be your paramedic this evening."
[22:14] Marlboro laughs at Paradox and Skruideli.
[22:14] Skruideli : that is the kind of scare that would actually cure you really fast
[22:14] Paradox : Is it water on the knee! Operation!
[22:14] Paradox grins evilly.
[22:14] Paradox : A whole bucket of sea? Operation!
[22:14] Skruideli : actually, the first thing he would do would be to claim "go pk gayfot!"
[22:15] Marlboro eeps.
Wow! It seems that quite a few friends like Grey, JF and Siu Hean have all read Richard Dawkins' 'The God Delusion'. A few months ago, when we met at Vivocity I think I recall Grey mentioning his eagerness to read 'God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything' by Christopher Hitchens. I also recall Brian mentioning Sam Harris' 'Letter to a Christian Nation'.
18 July 2007
Tragedy
On the way home, I saw a motorcyclist lying face-down on the road next to the former police academy. There was a lot of blood flowing from his or her head. He or she appeared dead. There was a taxi parked nearby too. I presume that this was an accident involving a taxi and the motorcycle.
How fragile life can be.
On the way home, I saw a motorcyclist lying face-down on the road next to the former police academy. There was a lot of blood flowing from his or her head. He or she appeared dead. There was a taxi parked nearby too. I presume that this was an accident involving a taxi and the motorcycle.
How fragile life can be.
Soft Power
China has frequently employed what Joseph Nye has described as 'soft power'. Sometimes, China is successful. Sometimes, China gets exposed, for instance in Zambia and Sudan. An article in the Christian Science Monitor describes:
"The vast majority of this oil, 64 percent, is sold to China, now the world's second-largest consumer of oil. And while neither Khartoum, China, nor Petrodar release any statistics – this is generally believed to be an oil deal worth at least $2 billion a year."
And the backlash is certainly something the Chinese has not expected:
"This negative image of Beijing as a neo-colonizer could not be further from the way China – a country never involved in either the colonial "Scramble for Africa" of the 1800s or the African slave trade – wants to be perceived here."
Whether justified or otherwise, after all the Chinese are paying:
""[The Chinese] moved us away so we would not see what was going on. They were stealing our oil and they knew it," says Abraham Thonchol, a rebel-turned-pastor who grew up near Paloich. "Oil is valuable and we are not idiots. We were expecting something." "
China has become a global power and the means of employing soft power can lead to local reactions:
"Locals blame their lot on oppression by Sudan's Islamist government and the long war with the north. But they also blame the Chinese."
China has frequently employed what Joseph Nye has described as 'soft power'. Sometimes, China is successful. Sometimes, China gets exposed, for instance in Zambia and Sudan. An article in the Christian Science Monitor describes:
"The vast majority of this oil, 64 percent, is sold to China, now the world's second-largest consumer of oil. And while neither Khartoum, China, nor Petrodar release any statistics – this is generally believed to be an oil deal worth at least $2 billion a year."
And the backlash is certainly something the Chinese has not expected:
"This negative image of Beijing as a neo-colonizer could not be further from the way China – a country never involved in either the colonial "Scramble for Africa" of the 1800s or the African slave trade – wants to be perceived here."
Whether justified or otherwise, after all the Chinese are paying:
""[The Chinese] moved us away so we would not see what was going on. They were stealing our oil and they knew it," says Abraham Thonchol, a rebel-turned-pastor who grew up near Paloich. "Oil is valuable and we are not idiots. We were expecting something." "
China has become a global power and the means of employing soft power can lead to local reactions:
"Locals blame their lot on oppression by Sudan's Islamist government and the long war with the north. But they also blame the Chinese."
Followers of the The Great Mutator are never down for the count
Michael Behe has sold a lot of books. Jerry Coyne, in a review of Behe's new one for the New Republic notes:
"But IDers, like all creationists, are never down for the count, because they see themselves as fighting for the Lord. So Behe is back now, with a new book and a brand-new theory that puts the Intelligent Designer back into biology. What has Behe now found to resurrect his campaign for ID? It's rather pathetic, really. Basically, he now admits that almost the entire edifice of evolutionary theory is true: evolution, natural selection, common ancestry. His one novel claim is that the genetic variation that fuels natural selection--mutation--is produced not by random changes in DNA, as evolutionists maintain, but by an Intelligent Designer. That is, he sees God as the Great Mutator."
Seriously funny. If this is the sort of argument Behe is going to employ...
Michael Behe has sold a lot of books. Jerry Coyne, in a review of Behe's new one for the New Republic notes:
"But IDers, like all creationists, are never down for the count, because they see themselves as fighting for the Lord. So Behe is back now, with a new book and a brand-new theory that puts the Intelligent Designer back into biology. What has Behe now found to resurrect his campaign for ID? It's rather pathetic, really. Basically, he now admits that almost the entire edifice of evolutionary theory is true: evolution, natural selection, common ancestry. His one novel claim is that the genetic variation that fuels natural selection--mutation--is produced not by random changes in DNA, as evolutionists maintain, but by an Intelligent Designer. That is, he sees God as the Great Mutator."
Seriously funny. If this is the sort of argument Behe is going to employ...
17 July 2007
Emergence of Islamic Creationists
It is only a matter of time before the Islamic fundamentalists become vocal on evolution. An article in the New York Times illustrates an example of the logic these creationists employ:
“If he sees a picture of an old fossil crab or something, he says, ‘See, it looks just like a regular crab, there’s no evolution,’ ” Dr. Padian said. “Extinction does not seem to bother him. He does not really have any sense of what we know about how things change through time.”
The emergence of these Islamic creationists came in a strange way when prominent biologists and scientists across the USA received a massive, glossy, hugely-expensive hardcover book on Islamic creationism sent by a Mr. Yahya. Kenneth R. Miller, a biologist at Brown University, notes:
"That’s troubling, he said, because Mr. Yahya’s ideas “cast evolution as part of the corrupting influence of the West on Islamic culture, and that promotes a profound anti-science attitude that is certainly not going to help the Islamic world catch up to the West.” "
This does not bode well.
16 July 2007
BBC Fiasco II
More damning evidence, this time it is reported in the Times that:
"THE independent production company at the heart of the row over the royal photoshoot accused the BBC last night of ignoring repeated requests to show it the controversial footage before it was made public."
Was it deliberate then? There should be a full independent investigation into the bias that the BBC continues to exhibit with regard to certain issues.
More damning evidence, this time it is reported in the Times that:
"THE independent production company at the heart of the row over the royal photoshoot accused the BBC last night of ignoring repeated requests to show it the controversial footage before it was made public."
Was it deliberate then? There should be a full independent investigation into the bias that the BBC continues to exhibit with regard to certain issues.
The Idiot from Waterford
For some reason, DuneMUD usually has resident idiots and they are usually from Waterford, Ireland. DJ Dara (Djdara) is the latest in a long line of idiots starting from Skyspy:
[21:32] Djdara goes 'BS!!!'.
[21:32] Ravni : I'm not a tester.
[21:32] Vinto : ~;bow careful
[21:32] Vinto : oh I'm on telnet
[21:32] Vinto : interesting
[21:32] Djdara : finger ravni rofl
[21:32] Djdara : 84pkills
[21:32] Saffron : ravni's a guy, eew
[21:32] Ravni : Yes, and?
[21:33] Djdara : not possible
[21:33] Ravni : You don't believe that I've gotten pkills in the past?
[21:33] Djdara : pkrank ravni
[21:33] Djdara sighs.
[21:33] Djdara : nice pkills
[21:33] Djdara rolls around in a fit of laughter.
[21:33] Qetesh bonks Djdara with a rubber mallet.
[21:34] Djdara shrugs.
[21:34] Qetesh : your screaming ignorance, stop it, it's embarassing
[21:34] Djdara lafs at Qetesh.
[21:35] Djdara : im only saying
[21:35] Marlboro grins evilly.
For some reason, DuneMUD usually has resident idiots and they are usually from Waterford, Ireland. DJ Dara (Djdara) is the latest in a long line of idiots starting from Skyspy:
[21:32] Djdara goes 'BS!!!'.
[21:32] Ravni : I'm not a tester.
[21:32] Vinto : ~;bow careful
[21:32] Vinto : oh I'm on telnet
[21:32] Vinto : interesting
[21:32] Djdara : finger ravni rofl
[21:32] Djdara : 84pkills
[21:32] Saffron : ravni's a guy, eew
[21:32] Ravni : Yes, and?
[21:33] Djdara : not possible
[21:33] Ravni : You don't believe that I've gotten pkills in the past?
[21:33] Djdara : pkrank ravni
[21:33] Djdara sighs.
[21:33] Djdara : nice pkills
[21:33] Djdara rolls around in a fit of laughter.
[21:33] Qetesh bonks Djdara with a rubber mallet.
[21:34] Djdara shrugs.
[21:34] Qetesh : your screaming ignorance, stop it, it's embarassing
[21:34] Djdara lafs at Qetesh.
[21:35] Djdara : im only saying
[21:35] Marlboro grins evilly.
15 July 2007
14 July 2007
Behe demolished
Michael Behe is that creationist biochemist who made bold claims with his two books on 'intelligent design'. In a fascinating article titled 'Inferior Design' in the New York Times, Richard Dawkins demolished Behe's arguments. In this article, it is noted that one of the means which these creationists have used in their arguments is the following:
"This style of argument remains as unconvincing as when Darwin himself anticipated it. It commits the logical error of arguing by default. Two rival theories, A and B, are set up. Theory A explains loads of facts and is supported by mountains of evidence. Theory B has no supporting evidence, nor is any attempt made to find any. Now a single little fact is discovered, which A allegedly can’t explain. Without even asking whether B can explain it, the default conclusion is fallaciously drawn: B must be correct. Incidentally, further research usually reveals that A can explain the phenomenon after all..."
Michael Behe is that creationist biochemist who made bold claims with his two books on 'intelligent design'. In a fascinating article titled 'Inferior Design' in the New York Times, Richard Dawkins demolished Behe's arguments. In this article, it is noted that one of the means which these creationists have used in their arguments is the following:
"This style of argument remains as unconvincing as when Darwin himself anticipated it. It commits the logical error of arguing by default. Two rival theories, A and B, are set up. Theory A explains loads of facts and is supported by mountains of evidence. Theory B has no supporting evidence, nor is any attempt made to find any. Now a single little fact is discovered, which A allegedly can’t explain. Without even asking whether B can explain it, the default conclusion is fallaciously drawn: B must be correct. Incidentally, further research usually reveals that A can explain the phenomenon after all..."
BBC Fiasco
It is fascinating how the Channel Controller in the BBC refuses to take responsibility. As related in an article in the Guardian:
"As pressure mounted on the BBC yesterday, Mr Fincham repeated his determination not to resign. His fate may now hang on a crucial meeting between BBC trustees and the corporation's director general, Mark Thompson, due to take place next Wednesday."
An ex-BBC staff instead blames it on young people:
"Yesterday the row showed no sign of abating. Former BBC chairman Michael Grade, who now runs ITV, told the Today programme he saw a wider problem in broadcasting because an influx of young, inexperienced people."
Whether the BBC used an outside source like RDF is immaterial, the BBC is ultimately the broadcaster and the procurer of the programmes. The responsibility lies with them.
It is fascinating how the Channel Controller in the BBC refuses to take responsibility. As related in an article in the Guardian:
"As pressure mounted on the BBC yesterday, Mr Fincham repeated his determination not to resign. His fate may now hang on a crucial meeting between BBC trustees and the corporation's director general, Mark Thompson, due to take place next Wednesday."
An ex-BBC staff instead blames it on young people:
"Yesterday the row showed no sign of abating. Former BBC chairman Michael Grade, who now runs ITV, told the Today programme he saw a wider problem in broadcasting because an influx of young, inexperienced people."
Whether the BBC used an outside source like RDF is immaterial, the BBC is ultimately the broadcaster and the procurer of the programmes. The responsibility lies with them.
Bornhelm
Bornhelm is an old player who was very active in 1993-1996. That was when I was active. Wilson and Colin were active in 1995 while Kuoby was in 1994-95. He came back to the MUD for a visit. Conversation on DuneMUD:
[19:24] Bornhelm says 'I've killed women and children... I have killed
everything that has walked or crawled at one time or another... And I
am here to kill you Reeka.'
[19:25] Shaaitan : Try me for size bub.
[19:25] Bornhelm : I'd just piss on the ground in front of you and watch you
try and save it Fremen scum
[19:26] Bornhelm fucking lafs.
[19:26] Qetesh rolls around in a fit of laughter.
[19:26] Bornhelm : You ever notice in the bible when ever god needed to punish
someone
[19:26] Bornhelm : Make an example or when ever god needed a killing he sent
an angel?
[19:26] Bornhelm : You ever wonder what a creature like that must be like?
[19:26] Bornhelm : The whole exsistance spent praising your god only with one
wing dipped in blood.
[19:26] Qetesh : that's not bad, you're quick on your fremen jokes
[19:26] Bornhelm : Would you ever really want to see an angel?
[19:26] Bornhelm spreads his wings.
[19:28] Bornhelm : Ok this is boring me just logged on to see if any of the
old players are on and they aren't...
[19:28] Shaaitan goes 'Mememememememememe !!!'.
[19:28] Bornhelm established on Dune in 1993
[19:28] Qetesh : yeah why don't you give shaaitan or apollo a try rather then
challenging players half your size
[19:28] Bornhelm : I don't play anymore
[19:29] Bornhelm : If I did I would rule this mud like I did 10 years ago
[19:29] Bornhelm leans on his walker.
[19:29] Mreh : Well, it's Bornhelm.
[19:30] Mreh : Back with a large quantity of shit-talking, and stuff.
[19:30] Bornhelm : Would you expect anyless?
[19:30] Mreh : Yes.
[19:31] Mreh : Now, get back on your walker, get your ass back to IMG headquarters, and attach that robotic brain of yours to their cybermatrix, so that you can teach these young bloods how to use the tools they have, instead of bitching about what's been removed.
[19:31] Bornhelm lafs.
Bornhelm is an old player who was very active in 1993-1996. That was when I was active. Wilson and Colin were active in 1995 while Kuoby was in 1994-95. He came back to the MUD for a visit. Conversation on DuneMUD:
[19:24] Bornhelm says 'I've killed women and children... I have killed
everything that has walked or crawled at one time or another... And I
am here to kill you Reeka.'
[19:25] Shaaitan : Try me for size bub.
[19:25] Bornhelm : I'd just piss on the ground in front of you and watch you
try and save it Fremen scum
[19:26] Bornhelm fucking lafs.
[19:26] Qetesh rolls around in a fit of laughter.
[19:26] Bornhelm : You ever notice in the bible when ever god needed to punish
someone
[19:26] Bornhelm : Make an example or when ever god needed a killing he sent
an angel?
[19:26] Bornhelm : You ever wonder what a creature like that must be like?
[19:26] Bornhelm : The whole exsistance spent praising your god only with one
wing dipped in blood.
[19:26] Qetesh : that's not bad, you're quick on your fremen jokes
[19:26] Bornhelm : Would you ever really want to see an angel?
[19:26] Bornhelm spreads his wings.
[19:28] Bornhelm : Ok this is boring me just logged on to see if any of the
old players are on and they aren't...
[19:28] Shaaitan goes 'Mememememememememe !!!'.
[19:28] Bornhelm established on Dune in 1993
[19:28] Qetesh : yeah why don't you give shaaitan or apollo a try rather then
challenging players half your size
[19:28] Bornhelm : I don't play anymore
[19:29] Bornhelm : If I did I would rule this mud like I did 10 years ago
[19:29] Bornhelm leans on his walker.
[19:29] Mreh : Well, it's Bornhelm.
[19:30] Mreh : Back with a large quantity of shit-talking, and stuff.
[19:30] Bornhelm : Would you expect anyless?
[19:30] Mreh : Yes.
[19:31] Mreh : Now, get back on your walker, get your ass back to IMG headquarters, and attach that robotic brain of yours to their cybermatrix, so that you can teach these young bloods how to use the tools they have, instead of bitching about what's been removed.
[19:31] Bornhelm lafs.
13 July 2007
China: The World Greatest Carbon Dioxide Emitter
A dubious distinction? Well, it is a matter of time. Now, China is building 562 new coal power plants. With its cheap abundant coal deposits, it will be logical for a nation like China to want to rely on coal. It does not have to rely on the Middle East for power.
China has overtaken the US as the world greatest emitter of carbon dioxide according to a a Dutch report, though on a per capita basis, the US is still the leader.
Carbon Emissions 2006
China - 6,200m tonnes (population 1.3 billion) - 4.7 tonnes per individual
USA - 5,800m tonnes (population 303 million) - 19 tonnes per individual (Thanks Madonna!)
UK - 600m tonnes (population 60 million) - 10 tonnes per individual
As for rising demands for petrol and diesel in China, well, China has secured supplies in Iran. Guess what is it in exchange for? Hahaha. Oh well, playing with fire.
With Third World nations like China and India being exempted from the Kyoto Protocols, and these nations wanting to attain developed status, after all, every nation would want their 'place in the sun'* and good lives for their citizens, things definitely do not bode well. Quoting from an article on the Christian Science Monitor:
"China is the dominant player. The country is on track to add 562 coal-fired plants - nearly half the world total of plants expected to come online in the next eight years. India could add 213 such plants..."
This is gonna be fun!
Awesome!
*Guess which nation originally also wanted its place in the sun and what happened...
A dubious distinction? Well, it is a matter of time. Now, China is building 562 new coal power plants. With its cheap abundant coal deposits, it will be logical for a nation like China to want to rely on coal. It does not have to rely on the Middle East for power.
China has overtaken the US as the world greatest emitter of carbon dioxide according to a a Dutch report, though on a per capita basis, the US is still the leader.
Carbon Emissions 2006
China - 6,200m tonnes (population 1.3 billion) - 4.7 tonnes per individual
USA - 5,800m tonnes (population 303 million) - 19 tonnes per individual (Thanks Madonna!)
UK - 600m tonnes (population 60 million) - 10 tonnes per individual
As for rising demands for petrol and diesel in China, well, China has secured supplies in Iran. Guess what is it in exchange for? Hahaha. Oh well, playing with fire.
With Third World nations like China and India being exempted from the Kyoto Protocols, and these nations wanting to attain developed status, after all, every nation would want their 'place in the sun'* and good lives for their citizens, things definitely do not bode well. Quoting from an article on the Christian Science Monitor:
"China is the dominant player. The country is on track to add 562 coal-fired plants - nearly half the world total of plants expected to come online in the next eight years. India could add 213 such plants..."
This is gonna be fun!
Awesome!
*Guess which nation originally also wanted its place in the sun and what happened...
Unbelievable!
Is the BBC going to report on the apology? Well, wherever the apology is, it can't be seen on the main page of the news website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/ or their main site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/
It is hidden under the UK news section with a small headline, 'Papers feast on BBC royal apology': http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6896871.stm
Even then, the article has only a very small bit on that:
"The BBC's apology to the Queen is covered by several newspapers, including the Times and the Daily Mail.
The Times' report appears with two sets of images from the promotional video of the documentary about the Queen.
The first shows the BBC's version of her confrontation with the American photographer, Annie Leibovitz.
The other shows how the sequence of events actually unfolded. The Mail says the Queen was said to be livid at the way the footage was manipulated. "
With such a title, it is surprising to find that 75% of the article is not about the apology but rather about the national curriculum in British schools! How convenient.
Bravo BBC!
Addendum
I just found that the blog, Biased BBC, has detailed coverage.
The Times has also got a detailed report.
Addendum II
The BBC news site finally has a report on the front page. A new deveopment:
"The controller of BBC One has insisted he is not planning to resign over the Queen documentary blunder.
Peter Fincham spoke out after he allowed journalists to see a television trailer which appeared to show the Queen storming out of a photo shoot.
He said showing the footage, which had misrepresented the sequence of events, was a regrettable "human error". "
Best of it all, this report was filed under, get this, ENTERTAINMENT!
I wonder what happened to accountability there.
Is the BBC going to report on the apology? Well, wherever the apology is, it can't be seen on the main page of the news website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/ or their main site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/
It is hidden under the UK news section with a small headline, 'Papers feast on BBC royal apology': http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6896871.stm
Even then, the article has only a very small bit on that:
"The BBC's apology to the Queen is covered by several newspapers, including the Times and the Daily Mail.
The Times' report appears with two sets of images from the promotional video of the documentary about the Queen.
The first shows the BBC's version of her confrontation with the American photographer, Annie Leibovitz.
The other shows how the sequence of events actually unfolded. The Mail says the Queen was said to be livid at the way the footage was manipulated. "
With such a title, it is surprising to find that 75% of the article is not about the apology but rather about the national curriculum in British schools! How convenient.
Bravo BBC!
Addendum
I just found that the blog, Biased BBC, has detailed coverage.
The Times has also got a detailed report.
Addendum II
The BBC news site finally has a report on the front page. A new deveopment:
"The controller of BBC One has insisted he is not planning to resign over the Queen documentary blunder.
Peter Fincham spoke out after he allowed journalists to see a television trailer which appeared to show the Queen storming out of a photo shoot.
He said showing the footage, which had misrepresented the sequence of events, was a regrettable "human error". "
Best of it all, this report was filed under, get this, ENTERTAINMENT!
I wonder what happened to accountability there.
The McLaren Summons
Was it a new hero in the making? The new golden boy of Formula 1? It does appear now that Lewis Hamilton's driving and results are too good to be true. From the reports, the stolen technical data aspect makes perfect sense. From a report in the Guardian:
"McLaren are being summoned for an alleged breach of article 151c of the international sporting code which covers "any fraudulent conduct or any act prejudicial to the interests of any competition or to the interests of motorsport in general". Penalties can range from a reprimand to expulsion from the championship. Under formula one technical regulations, teams must design and manufacture their complete car and this dispute is about whether McLaren could have had any interest in adapting Ferrari technology in the design of their current MP4-22 model."
I don't think FIA will bar McLaren. There is simply too much money involved. Hamilton should be safe.
On a somewhat unrelated topic, I have always wondered about Lance Armstrong. Patriotic Americans may attribute it to a Francophile anti-Americanism. Somehow...
Addendum
The best bit of this? McLaren's defence is based on the premise that the document is exposed only to a single rogue employee! And of course, the single rogue employee is Mike Coughlan, their chief designer! Woo!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article2056456.ece
Was it a new hero in the making? The new golden boy of Formula 1? It does appear now that Lewis Hamilton's driving and results are too good to be true. From the reports, the stolen technical data aspect makes perfect sense. From a report in the Guardian:
"McLaren are being summoned for an alleged breach of article 151c of the international sporting code which covers "any fraudulent conduct or any act prejudicial to the interests of any competition or to the interests of motorsport in general". Penalties can range from a reprimand to expulsion from the championship. Under formula one technical regulations, teams must design and manufacture their complete car and this dispute is about whether McLaren could have had any interest in adapting Ferrari technology in the design of their current MP4-22 model."
I don't think FIA will bar McLaren. There is simply too much money involved. Hamilton should be safe.
On a somewhat unrelated topic, I have always wondered about Lance Armstrong. Patriotic Americans may attribute it to a Francophile anti-Americanism. Somehow...
Addendum
The best bit of this? McLaren's defence is based on the premise that the document is exposed only to a single rogue employee! And of course, the single rogue employee is Mike Coughlan, their chief designer! Woo!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article2056456.ece
Manufactured News
BBC manufacturing news items? Well, in this Independent report, the BBC was apparently:
"were simply reduced to issuing a grovelling apology to the Queen, after being caught red-handed in a flagrant case of spin.
The source of their embarrassment and public repentance was a badly-edited trailer that implied the monarch had stormed out of a sitting with the photographer Annie Leibovitz. "
The BBC had:
"gave the impression Her Majesty had abruptly halted the photoshoot when Leibovitz asked her to remove her crown. Scenes of the pair clashing over the request were followed by footage of the Queen walking down a corridor and telling her lady-in-waiting: "I'm not changing anything. I've had enough dressing like this, thank you very much."
But those images, far from being filmed after the clash, were taken as the Queen made her way to the sitting. The trailer, which had been shown at the launch of BBC1s autumn season, had been edited incorrectly, executives conceded."
Bravo BBC! Anti-monarchy bias now?* Leftist institutional bias? Should the BBC not be reporting the news rather than manufacturing it?
And this report is from the Independent, a somewhat leftist newspaper with the infamous what many may consider as "pro-Palestinian" columnist Robert Fisk.
*I am not an admirer of the monarchy nor do I care for it but...
BBC manufacturing news items? Well, in this Independent report, the BBC was apparently:
"were simply reduced to issuing a grovelling apology to the Queen, after being caught red-handed in a flagrant case of spin.
The source of their embarrassment and public repentance was a badly-edited trailer that implied the monarch had stormed out of a sitting with the photographer Annie Leibovitz. "
The BBC had:
"gave the impression Her Majesty had abruptly halted the photoshoot when Leibovitz asked her to remove her crown. Scenes of the pair clashing over the request were followed by footage of the Queen walking down a corridor and telling her lady-in-waiting: "I'm not changing anything. I've had enough dressing like this, thank you very much."
But those images, far from being filmed after the clash, were taken as the Queen made her way to the sitting. The trailer, which had been shown at the launch of BBC1s autumn season, had been edited incorrectly, executives conceded."
Bravo BBC! Anti-monarchy bias now?* Leftist institutional bias? Should the BBC not be reporting the news rather than manufacturing it?
And this report is from the Independent, a somewhat leftist newspaper with the infamous what many may consider as "pro-Palestinian" columnist Robert Fisk.
*I am not an admirer of the monarchy nor do I care for it but...
12 July 2007
11 July 2007
Boeing 787
The Boeing 787 was just unveiled earlier this week. I wonder when the first flight is scheduled as the airliner is due to enter service in May 2008. That is in ten months' time!
From Boeing's website:
"First flight of the airplane is expected in late August or September. A total of six airplanes will be included in the flight test program, which will conclude in May 2008 with the certification of the airplane followed shortly by the first delivery of a 787 to ANA."
The Boeing 787 was just unveiled earlier this week. I wonder when the first flight is scheduled as the airliner is due to enter service in May 2008. That is in ten months' time!
From Boeing's website:
"First flight of the airplane is expected in late August or September. A total of six airplanes will be included in the flight test program, which will conclude in May 2008 with the certification of the airplane followed shortly by the first delivery of a 787 to ANA."
Live Earth: The Hypocrisy
The cool dude and head honcho at IZReloaded is pretty sharp. He was aghast at the waste of Live Earth, the extravagant ego-boosting event where hypocritical rock stars with huge carbon footprints pranced and strutted on stage:
"I'm all for saving the Earth, but after spending the night watching Live Earth, I realised that it may have done our dear planet a great harm. Flying the music stars all over the world and getting millions to head to the concerts and watch them on TV cannot be environmentally friendly aye."
Good guy. He exposes the event for what it is, the mountains of waste generated, the amount of power consumed. Now, the mainstream media is also beginning to realise that Live Earth is just a stage for rock stars like Madonna, with oversized egos and huge carbon footprints and new reports and articles have appeared. The pictures of the mountains of waste generated is appalling. The power usage is of course invisible...
The cool dude and head honcho at IZReloaded is pretty sharp. He was aghast at the waste of Live Earth, the extravagant ego-boosting event where hypocritical rock stars with huge carbon footprints pranced and strutted on stage:
"I'm all for saving the Earth, but after spending the night watching Live Earth, I realised that it may have done our dear planet a great harm. Flying the music stars all over the world and getting millions to head to the concerts and watch them on TV cannot be environmentally friendly aye."
Good guy. He exposes the event for what it is, the mountains of waste generated, the amount of power consumed. Now, the mainstream media is also beginning to realise that Live Earth is just a stage for rock stars like Madonna, with oversized egos and huge carbon footprints and new reports and articles have appeared. The pictures of the mountains of waste generated is appalling. The power usage is of course invisible...
Carcass
Carcass is back from his posting in Korea. He was almost going to be a tanker before he injured himself. Now, he is stuck on a desk job somewhere on the continental US. More funny conversations on the chat channel on DuneMUD:
[22:11] Amenophis lafs.
[22:14] Krx : carcass... so, except for trying to be a smartass towards
someone who loged on after a year of zero gameplay.. any other hobbies?
[22:15] Carcass : yeas
[22:15] Carcass : i'm an asshole to people who logged on after a day of zero
gameplay
[22:15] Krx : cool, just thought I'd check...
[22:15] Marlboro : Psst, Carcass, what about the Thai Ladyboys and Silver?
[22:15] Carcass : i save them for the asian players
[22:15] Carcass : where is blackice?
[22:16] Marlboro : Oh, he's finally gotten a job.
[22:16] Carcass laughs.
[22:16] Marlboro : No longer in Missouri
[22:16] Carcass nods.
[22:16] Marlboro : or Texas.
[22:16] Carcass : MO i think
[22:16] Marlboro : Sold his guns and knives
[22:16] Marlboro : Yes, St Louis
[22:16] Marlboro : He was in Kanas for a bit.
[22:16] Marlboro : Kansas
[22:16] Marlboro acks.
[22:17] Marlboro : Silver has abought a house in Melbourne.
[22:17] Carcass : i'veheard
[22:17] Carcass : all the kuolings are doing well
[22:18] Marlboro laughs.
[22:18] Marlboro : They certainly are.
[22:18] Carcass : i hear he's taken a job prostituting himself at a truck
stop
[22:18] Marlboro : Not surprising really. Cheap Asian labour. Deprives
Draelon from his man-ho job.
[22:18] Carcass laughs.
[22:19] Marlboro : He's renovating his place.
[22:19] Marlboro : What about you Carcass?
[22:19] Carcass : been working on my place
[22:19] Carcass : almose done with the upstairs
[22:19] Marlboro : Besides getting married, what else?
[22:20] Marlboro : Little Carcasslings?
[22:20] Carcass shakes his head.
[22:20] Carcass : just the dogs
[22:20] Marlboro : You're doing the dogs?
[22:20] Carcass : no, not your mom
[22:20] Marlboro gasps in astonishment.
[22:20] Apollo gasps.
[22:20] Krx lafs.
[22:20] Marlboro grins evilly.
[22:21] Marlboro : I got a tip for you, Carcass. Doing dogs give puppies not
Little Carcasslings.
[22:21] Carcass thinks carefully.
[22:21] Marlboro grins evilly and gives Carcass a high five.
[22:21] Carcass : what do you get when you do singaporians?
[22:21] Marlboro : At least, you are quick on the uptake. Fast retort.
[22:21] Carcass : dog chow mein?
[22:21] Marlboro laughs.
[22:21] Marlboro cheers Carcass enthusiastically.
[22:22] Marlboro grins evilly.
[22:22] Marlboro : The last person who did a Singaporean got Silver.
[22:23] Carcass : fell sorry for her
[22:23] Marlboro nods solemnly.
[22:27] Marlboro : It's like Carcass is joining the Taliban.
[22:27] Marlboro fears Carcass.
[22:27] Apollo : Belt Bomb division?
[22:27] Carcass laughs.
[22:27] Marlboro : That would have to be a huge belt.
[22:27] Carcass : the taliban are a bunch of illiterate koran thumpers,
which is hard when you can't read the koran
[22:27] Marlboro : enormous belt.
[22:28] Apollo : Ouch.
[22:28] Marlboro : They live in camel shacks
[22:28] Marlboro : how how y'all live in trailers
[22:28] Carcass : news article on msnbc, they are still trading daughters to
pay for debets
[22:28] Carcass : er, debts
[22:28] Marlboro : like how y'all live in trailers
[22:28] Carcass shrugs.
[22:28] Marlboro pokes Carcass in the ribs.
[22:28] Apollo lives in a van down by the river.
[22:29] Marlboro : Did you know that Carcass once single-handedly fought off
a bunch of Talibans with his bare hands?
[22:29] Carcass : i showed them a comic book
[22:29] Carcass : they were terrified of archie and jughead
[22:29] Marlboro : In one hand!
[22:30] Marlboro : Psst, Jughead is gay.
[22:30] Marlboro : Archie's lover actually.
[22:30] Marlboro : Did you not know?
[22:31] Carcass : that's why they were scared
[22:31] Marlboro : What now, Carcass?
[22:31] Marlboro : Is that what you will be doing for the rest of your life?
[22:31] Marlboro : That career?
[22:32] Marlboro : Oh, I didn't make that up about Jughead and Archie being
gay. It's reported.
[22:32] Marlboro : It's something that appears in many blogs and websites
now and then.
[22:33] Carcass laughs.
[22:33] Carcass : urban legend
[22:33] Carcass : archie is giving it to old girl left and right
[22:33] Carcass : he plays gay to get chicks
[22:34] Marlboro laughs.
[22:34] Marlboro : And also why Jughead is the way he is...
[22:35] Carcass : i'm off to bed, fool
[22:35] Carcass : good night marlie
[22:35] Marlboro : Bye Carcass!
[22:36] Marlboro : Good talking to you again.
[22:36] Marlboro : Don't be too rough to your Thai Ladyboys man!
[22:36] Carcass : silver is on, enjoy him
[22:36] Carcass : w;ave evillly
Carcass is back from his posting in Korea. He was almost going to be a tanker before he injured himself. Now, he is stuck on a desk job somewhere on the continental US. More funny conversations on the chat channel on DuneMUD:
[22:11] Amenophis lafs.
[22:14] Krx : carcass... so, except for trying to be a smartass towards
someone who loged on after a year of zero gameplay.. any other hobbies?
[22:15] Carcass : yeas
[22:15] Carcass : i'm an asshole to people who logged on after a day of zero
gameplay
[22:15] Krx : cool, just thought I'd check...
[22:15] Marlboro : Psst, Carcass, what about the Thai Ladyboys and Silver?
[22:15] Carcass : i save them for the asian players
[22:15] Carcass : where is blackice?
[22:16] Marlboro : Oh, he's finally gotten a job.
[22:16] Carcass laughs.
[22:16] Marlboro : No longer in Missouri
[22:16] Carcass nods.
[22:16] Marlboro : or Texas.
[22:16] Carcass : MO i think
[22:16] Marlboro : Sold his guns and knives
[22:16] Marlboro : Yes, St Louis
[22:16] Marlboro : He was in Kanas for a bit.
[22:16] Marlboro : Kansas
[22:16] Marlboro acks.
[22:17] Marlboro : Silver has abought a house in Melbourne.
[22:17] Carcass : i'veheard
[22:17] Carcass : all the kuolings are doing well
[22:18] Marlboro laughs.
[22:18] Marlboro : They certainly are.
[22:18] Carcass : i hear he's taken a job prostituting himself at a truck
stop
[22:18] Marlboro : Not surprising really. Cheap Asian labour. Deprives
Draelon from his man-ho job.
[22:18] Carcass laughs.
[22:19] Marlboro : He's renovating his place.
[22:19] Marlboro : What about you Carcass?
[22:19] Carcass : been working on my place
[22:19] Carcass : almose done with the upstairs
[22:19] Marlboro : Besides getting married, what else?
[22:20] Marlboro : Little Carcasslings?
[22:20] Carcass shakes his head.
[22:20] Carcass : just the dogs
[22:20] Marlboro : You're doing the dogs?
[22:20] Carcass : no, not your mom
[22:20] Marlboro gasps in astonishment.
[22:20] Apollo gasps.
[22:20] Krx lafs.
[22:20] Marlboro grins evilly.
[22:21] Marlboro : I got a tip for you, Carcass. Doing dogs give puppies not
Little Carcasslings.
[22:21] Carcass thinks carefully.
[22:21] Marlboro grins evilly and gives Carcass a high five.
[22:21] Carcass : what do you get when you do singaporians?
[22:21] Marlboro : At least, you are quick on the uptake. Fast retort.
[22:21] Carcass : dog chow mein?
[22:21] Marlboro laughs.
[22:21] Marlboro cheers Carcass enthusiastically.
[22:22] Marlboro grins evilly.
[22:22] Marlboro : The last person who did a Singaporean got Silver.
[22:23] Carcass : fell sorry for her
[22:23] Marlboro nods solemnly.
[22:27] Marlboro : It's like Carcass is joining the Taliban.
[22:27] Marlboro fears Carcass.
[22:27] Apollo : Belt Bomb division?
[22:27] Carcass laughs.
[22:27] Marlboro : That would have to be a huge belt.
[22:27] Carcass : the taliban are a bunch of illiterate koran thumpers,
which is hard when you can't read the koran
[22:27] Marlboro : enormous belt.
[22:28] Apollo : Ouch.
[22:28] Marlboro : They live in camel shacks
[22:28] Marlboro : how how y'all live in trailers
[22:28] Carcass : news article on msnbc, they are still trading daughters to
pay for debets
[22:28] Carcass : er, debts
[22:28] Marlboro : like how y'all live in trailers
[22:28] Carcass shrugs.
[22:28] Marlboro pokes Carcass in the ribs.
[22:28] Apollo lives in a van down by the river.
[22:29] Marlboro : Did you know that Carcass once single-handedly fought off
a bunch of Talibans with his bare hands?
[22:29] Carcass : i showed them a comic book
[22:29] Carcass : they were terrified of archie and jughead
[22:29] Marlboro : In one hand!
[22:30] Marlboro : Psst, Jughead is gay.
[22:30] Marlboro : Archie's lover actually.
[22:30] Marlboro : Did you not know?
[22:31] Carcass : that's why they were scared
[22:31] Marlboro : What now, Carcass?
[22:31] Marlboro : Is that what you will be doing for the rest of your life?
[22:31] Marlboro : That career?
[22:32] Marlboro : Oh, I didn't make that up about Jughead and Archie being
gay. It's reported.
[22:32] Marlboro : It's something that appears in many blogs and websites
now and then.
[22:33] Carcass laughs.
[22:33] Carcass : urban legend
[22:33] Carcass : archie is giving it to old girl left and right
[22:33] Carcass : he plays gay to get chicks
[22:34] Marlboro laughs.
[22:34] Marlboro : And also why Jughead is the way he is...
[22:35] Carcass : i'm off to bed, fool
[22:35] Carcass : good night marlie
[22:35] Marlboro : Bye Carcass!
[22:36] Marlboro : Good talking to you again.
[22:36] Marlboro : Don't be too rough to your Thai Ladyboys man!
[22:36] Carcass : silver is on, enjoy him
[22:36] Carcass : w;ave evillly
Whining and Complaining
A funny conversation on DuneMUD:
[20:27] Mreh : Get the picture?
[20:28] Mreh : It doesn't matter -what- I try to do, fun or otherwise.
Someone complains.
[20:28] Dav grovels before Mreh.
[20:28] Mreh : And now, I'm minimizing this window and ignoring it for a few
hours.
[20:28] Saffron : well, it is a non-zero sum game... i have -1 and everyone
who thinks it's funny that i died so much has a +!
[20:30] Dav : need people my size to party with.
[20:38] Saffron : now i can't even fight the same things i was fighting
before... awesome
[20:51] Mreh : Holy fucking crap! Why do you not stop complaining?
[20:51] Mreh : Tell me, Saffron, in as few words as possible. What the hell
do you want?
[20:52] Mreh : What can I give you, that is completely risk free, that will
reward you to the point where you no longer feel you have lost something on this day?
[20:52] Saffron : i'm wimpying from lv5 gp tower mobs now, i was fighting
level 7s earlier today.... so something is messed up
[20:52] Mreh : Because, really? "I can fight these guys forever, without
incident or cause for alarm or concern." is such a great challenge that you can sit there and fight all day, accumulating guild experience.
[20:54] Saffron : and you seem to be taking my venting complaints as personal
affronts, which they were never intended to be
[20:56] Mreh : If you want to vent, open chat is not really the place for it.
[20:56] Mreh : And I'm not taking anything as a personal affront.
[20:56] Mreh : I see you, doing very little more than complaining, non-stop.
[20:57] Mreh : Complaining about a random bane, which comes up -very- rarely,
having a negative effect on your character, on this day, while experience values are more than doubled.
[20:58] Mreh : I then LOGGED MY CHARACTER IN, partied with you, earned you
experience while you sat idle for a lot of the time, and then logged out.
[20:58] Saffron : ok, well I didn't know it was a biorythm
[20:58] Saffron : i'm in the dark in most respects, I MUD because it relaxes
me, but I ate more than my share of shitpie today
[20:59] Mreh : If you really -really- want to see, taste and consume shit pie,
just ask. I'll arrange it.
[20:59] Saffron : I kept killing while we were partying
[20:59] Mreh : In the words of some very famous lyricists, "You ain't seen
nothin' yet."
[20:59] Saffron : and i didn't bot into the next rooms when done
[20:59] Mreh : I do hope you're not accusing me of botting.
[20:59] Saffron : why are you threatening me?
[21:00] Saffron : why does me having a bad day cause you to have a bad day and
want to make mine worse?
[21:00] Mreh : I was having a really great day.
[21:04] Saffron : no, i wasn't
[21:04] Saffron : i was responding to you saying i was idling
[21:08] Mreh : I have no problem at all with you idling.
[21:10] Skruideli idles idly into idleness.
A funny conversation on DuneMUD:
[20:27] Mreh : Get the picture?
[20:28] Mreh : It doesn't matter -what- I try to do, fun or otherwise.
Someone complains.
[20:28] Dav grovels before Mreh.
[20:28] Mreh : And now, I'm minimizing this window and ignoring it for a few
hours.
[20:28] Saffron : well, it is a non-zero sum game... i have -1 and everyone
who thinks it's funny that i died so much has a +!
[20:30] Dav : need people my size to party with.
[20:38] Saffron : now i can't even fight the same things i was fighting
before... awesome
[20:51] Mreh : Holy fucking crap! Why do you not stop complaining?
[20:51] Mreh : Tell me, Saffron, in as few words as possible. What the hell
do you want?
[20:52] Mreh : What can I give you, that is completely risk free, that will
reward you to the point where you no longer feel you have lost something on this day?
[20:52] Saffron : i'm wimpying from lv5 gp tower mobs now, i was fighting
level 7s earlier today.... so something is messed up
[20:52] Mreh : Because, really? "I can fight these guys forever, without
incident or cause for alarm or concern." is such a great challenge that you can sit there and fight all day, accumulating guild experience.
[20:54] Saffron : and you seem to be taking my venting complaints as personal
affronts, which they were never intended to be
[20:56] Mreh : If you want to vent, open chat is not really the place for it.
[20:56] Mreh : And I'm not taking anything as a personal affront.
[20:56] Mreh : I see you, doing very little more than complaining, non-stop.
[20:57] Mreh : Complaining about a random bane, which comes up -very- rarely,
having a negative effect on your character, on this day, while experience values are more than doubled.
[20:58] Mreh : I then LOGGED MY CHARACTER IN, partied with you, earned you
experience while you sat idle for a lot of the time, and then logged out.
[20:58] Saffron : ok, well I didn't know it was a biorythm
[20:58] Saffron : i'm in the dark in most respects, I MUD because it relaxes
me, but I ate more than my share of shitpie today
[20:59] Mreh : If you really -really- want to see, taste and consume shit pie,
just ask. I'll arrange it.
[20:59] Saffron : I kept killing while we were partying
[20:59] Mreh : In the words of some very famous lyricists, "You ain't seen
nothin' yet."
[20:59] Saffron : and i didn't bot into the next rooms when done
[20:59] Mreh : I do hope you're not accusing me of botting.
[20:59] Saffron : why are you threatening me?
[21:00] Saffron : why does me having a bad day cause you to have a bad day and
want to make mine worse?
[21:00] Mreh : I was having a really great day.
[21:04] Saffron : no, i wasn't
[21:04] Saffron : i was responding to you saying i was idling
[21:08] Mreh : I have no problem at all with you idling.
[21:10] Skruideli idles idly into idleness.
09 July 2007
07 July 2007
04 July 2007
03 July 2007
'Judgement' VNV Nation
1. Prelude
2. The Farthest Star
3. Testament
4. Descent
5. Momentum
6. Nemesis
7. Secluded Spaces
8. Illusion
9. Carry You
10. As It Fades
From my initial impressions, this is the strongest VNV Nation release in recent years. Apt adjectives to describe this effort will include soaring, uplifting, majestic, ominous...
Highlights include 'The Farthest Star' and 'Testament'.
Outstanding.
Two months after its release, Borders finally brought this in. I waited, resisting from making an order from an overseas supplier.
I wish VNV Nation will resist a single from this album.
02 July 2007
Singapore Open Gaming XVII
Ken announces the next Singapore Open Gaming session:
Time: 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Date: 07.07.2007, Saturday
Venue: Queen's Road, RC Room
Game Yells:
Die Macher (Ken, Mark, Seok Hui)
Age of Empires III Descent - Quest III (Yien, Gary)
Twilight Struggle (Bernard, Alexis)
Age of Empires III
Lowenherz
Oh dear, I have got something on. I should still be able to make it but... Damn. I have missed over 10 sessions now!
Ken announces the next Singapore Open Gaming session:
Time: 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Date: 07.07.2007, Saturday
Venue: Queen's Road, RC Room
Game Yells:
Die Macher (Ken, Mark, Seok Hui)
Age of Empires III Descent - Quest III (Yien, Gary)
Twilight Struggle (Bernard, Alexis)
Age of Empires III
Lowenherz
Oh dear, I have got something on. I should still be able to make it but... Damn. I have missed over 10 sessions now!
01 July 2007
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