Saturday, March 16, 2002

Anthony Manning.

Buy the Ram Narayan at Sona Rupa for £4.99 if you don't have it.

You won't regret it.
posted by Mess Noone , 11:40 PM Þ 


yes i'm a fan of soda too........ doesn't combat weeks of coffee grounds though !
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 11:19 PM Þ 

i have a good friend who says "i measure my success on my ability to make choices..."

i also have a very good grandma who says (on Brittney) "that is shit. what is she doing? do young people really spend money on that?" the disgust in her voice... its priceless.

she also says that to keep your drains clean, put two tablespoons of baking soda down the drain, then slowly pour 1 cup of white vinegar in after. will not clean big clogs, but is good maintenance, so do it once a month.
posted by mary13 , 10:33 PM Þ 


eeeek! anthony you are right though. i wonder how many
times he has taken it on the casting couch.
posted by john , 10:10 PM Þ 


ahh .... phuture ..... such sweetly incoherent swirling-vision memories ; ]

moby's just your average advertising executive plaything ....... he knows no better, poor worm .......
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 10:01 PM Þ 


Mess, the possibility depends on what type of work you're looking for, what level of income you're expecting, what level of subsistence you'd be willing to put up with before achieving that income, where you're living at the moment and how the quality of life in London compares to it, how well you adapt to having to break into new social circles, how great your appetite for adventure for the sake of it is, etc etc etc etc etc etc ....................... as a practical starting point, contact a selection of estate agents to get an idea of rental rates, where in the vicinity you'll be able to afford to live, what sort of property you'll get for your money ........ sanity is a relative issue ....... you'll be surprised at how far your nervous system can stretch according to circumstances : this is one of the entertaining side points of the capital experience, and one that i'd recommend to anyone who enjoys seeing things just for the sake of it - whether you want to experience that as a continuous strain upon your system is something you can only judge once you're within it, and you will be able to judge only by making that leap ......... it's noisy, smelly, rude, infuriating, exciting, life-enhancing, dangerous, mischievous .... i chose to move far away, but am glad that i had the oppurtunity to at least be able to make the choice
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 9:55 PM Þ 

moby is stupid.
(just a reminder)


mikkel loves barrie-tee hee :)
*and yes, the irony driven laptop crew. or jetset as they
sometimes call themselves. hey, if you don't know your history
or where you came from then how could you know where you
are going? phuture spank spank will always be the dividing line
for me. how people react to that track for some resaon is a good
indication of what they are thinking. i was in my friends store(an awesome
used shop here in vancouver; our local store) and i played him spank spank
and some kid comes over with his panhandle record stack in hand and says:
"oh, booty house, that stuff is played". no fool, YOU are played. and you are
being played. you can take your wanna be minimal tech-house 'glitch®'
crap and shove it down your pants and up your ass. i'd like to watch if that's
ok you f-ing sheeple idiot. and if that dosen't tickle your fancy i may just have
to back slap you like the tramp you are. of course i just looked at him and
smiled though without saying anything.

if it's ok i want to continue my rant at this idiot when i think of more insults
to throw at him.

oh and btw: they have copies of cameroon massiv and insync pluto. but noone
listens to them because they are too busy buying total poo.
posted by john , 9:43 PM Þ 
posted by Niclas , 9:25 PM Þ 

I have a real and serious question for all london residents or london ex-residents who may be reading this.

I need help on this.

Is living in london (after just having completed a degree, and being in a situation where you would be looking for work and somewhere to live) possible?

The preservation of my sanity is an issue here also, please do not forget.

I very much hope someone can help.
posted by Mess Noone , 8:25 PM Þ 


alert !!

this is an urgent message for those of you who may have been or might be likely to be suckered into believing what purports to be an old wives' tale, namely, that by flushing your used coffee grounds down the sink you will keep your drains in tiptop condition ........ this is a lie ........ i have been following this advice for the past month or so : i viewed this this as a useful way of recycling my waste, and limiting the amount of chemicals i throw down the pipes : others may well, and i cannot blame them, for i now have the benefit of hindsight, view this as dumb naivety ........... my lesson has now been learned as i have just spent the better part of two ( 2 ! ) hours unblocking the main sewer trap, when i could and should have been flushing my own system with beer ......... don't do it !!!
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 7:39 PM Þ 


http://www.britneyunderground.com/

I love you Barrie! :D

As for techno, there's a buttload of EXCELLENT quality stuff at http://www.monotonik.com/
posted by Mikkel , 4:10 PM Þ 

yeah, i could definitely do without the whole post-modern, irony-driven laptop crew (ie, cex, peaches, kid606, et al).
where's the techno?
posted by Ken , 12:19 PM Þ 

I still have to d/l that masonna album, buddy-boy (mikkel). I expect ear-shredding goodness. The swacks and swacks of Merzbow I've d/led from audiogalaxy (great, but flawed) have server my ears well... or is that "not well?" Oh well. hehehe! Drunk.
I feel evil for haven't buying any music for so long. I feel... empty! *cries* someone console me. Somehow. Or not. ghaghalgh...
posted by Barrie , 3:29 AM Þ 
Friday, March 15, 2002

i just had a gig here with mathew/safety scissors. i'm not too up on his
music at all but we got along well with him. he is super nice and not all
such an 'i'm a star' type. recommended person to talk to. anyway where's
the irdial this year?? and where is the real deal. mills is there and lars
sandberg but shit i wanna see terrace or random xs., arno peeters, atkins;
or reade truth!!!! you know what i mean.
posted by john , 8:58 PM Þ 

Oh sonar and those sweltering nights in Barcelona. What I wouldn't give to swap dreary old London for balmy Barcelona for the weekend.... Its Friday but its strange. I don't feel that I have a rant inside me today. So a few facts/thoughts instead. I'm reading Myself When I Am Real, Gene Santoros biography of Charles Mingus. It's really well done, very engaging. I have been a dedicated Mingus fan for years.... such soul... only the heartless could evade captivation. I also just received RH Blyths four volumes of Haiku, which I just LOVE. These are truly great poems. One will soon be on my back as a tattoo, dedicated to my wife. My existing tattoo, ai (love) will become just a title. Despite Ewan McGregors dreadful acting, The Pillow Book is a great film for lovers of body art. And the classic Japanese book of the same name, by Sei Shonagon, is an enlightening read. And I will be marked at Into You, check out their art, its pretty good if you want to be a canvas.
Clothing-wise today, I have on trousers from AJ Black which were described at the time of purchase as Phat Pants, to much laughter. Only now do I find out the risks. Finally, for those of you planning a big night out heres some advice I saw as I strolled along the grassy verge at the edge of the information superhighway...Just because you've fucked a guy is no reason to let him bum cigarettes after sex.
posted by Alun , 3:54 PM Þ 

SÓNAR 2002 PRE-LINE UP (14.03.02):

CONCIERTOS
PET SHOP BOYS (UK)
YO LA TENGO (USA)
TUXEDOMOON (MEX)
LAMB (UK)
RADIOBOY (UK)
ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM (USA)
S.I. FUTURES (UK)
JANEK SCHAEFER (UK)
YASUNAO TONE (USA)
CRISTIAN MARCLAY (USA)
WAGON COOKIN' (E)
TITO + ZBIGNIEW KARKOWSKI (E)
PANSONIC + PEACHES (FIN/GER)
COLOMA (GER)
TIGA (CAN)
CROSSOVER (USA)
AGUSTÍ FERNÁNDEZ + AXEL DÖRNER (E)
G:EL (FR)
BALAGO (E)
M83 (FR)
DOCTOR L (FR)
CONGOSOUND (E)

DJ SETS
JEFF MILLS (USA)
CARL COX (UK)
RICHIE HAWTIN (USA)
ARTHUR BAKER (UK)
ROGER SANCHEZ (USA)
FUNK D'VOID (UK)
OSCAR MULERO (E)
ALISON GOLDFRAPP (UK)
MR SCRUFF (UK)
MR. LEN (USA)
NACHO MARCO (E)
SIDERAL (E)
BROOKS (UK)
SOUL OF MAN (UK)
D' WACHMAN (E)

SHOWCASES
MUSORK (USA) presents
AGF (GER) (live)
TIMEBLIND (live)
FULL SWING (Dj)
GOLD CHAINS (live)

PLUG RESEARCH (USA) presents
CHESSIE (live)
SAFETY SCISSORS (live)
DNTEL (live)

MORR MUSIC (GER) presents
ISAN (live)
MANUAL (live)
LALI PUNA (live)
THOMAS MORR (Dj)

NINJA TUNE (UK) presents
BONOBO (live)
DK (SOLID STEEL) (Dj)
CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA (live)

ESCUADRÓN SUDACA (VE) presents
BMH (live)
JUNZ & LOPEZ (Dj)
WYZ (live)

KARAOKE KALK (GER) presents
THORSTEN LÜTZ (Dj)
DONNA REGINA (live)
JÖRG FOLLERT (Dj)

LEAF (UK) presents
MURCOF (MEX) (live)
MANITOBA (live)
TONY MORLEY (Dj)

WMF (GER) presents
HIGHFISH (Dj)
NIKAKOI (live)
KOTAI (live)

HELSINKI (FI) presents
AAVIKO (live)
OL BASTARDS (live)
DIDIER & ANOMALOUS (Dj)

STAALPLAAT (NL) presents
MASSIMO (IT) (live)
GOEM (HL) (live)
386 DX (RUS) (live)

KEEP DIGGIN' (UK) presents
KIRK DIGEORGIO (Dj)
IAN O'BRIEN (Dj)
MARK SHADE (Dj)

STRAIGHT AHEAD (CH) presents
SEQUEL (Dj)
DOMENICO FERRARI (live)
EARTHBOUND (Dj)

TIGERBEAT6 (USA) presents
KID606 (live)
CEX (live)
WOBBLY (live)
DJ RUPTURE (Dj)

BPITCH CONTROL (GER) presents
ELLEN ALLIEN (Dj)
MODESELEKTOR (live)
FEADZ (Dj)

SONARLABS
DAMIAN LAZARUS plays CITY ROCKERS (UK)
DJ ANIMA & DJ TRIPLE R play TRAUM (GER)
PRETO & TYPE play NYLON (PT)
CITY CENTRE OFFICES presents STATIC (GER) and SHLOMIE SVIRI (UK)
FRANÇOIS K. plays WAVE MUSIC and CLICKTRACKS (USA)
MARCUS MAEDER & TELEFORM play DOMIZIL (live) (CH)
WATCH TV & DAVID LAPOF play HITOP (E)
posted by Ken , 2:27 PM Þ 

wow
posted by john , 10:19 AM Þ 

hi there
a bit of fun for you
http://www.foulds2000.freeserve.co.uk/bushv5.htm
you may need flash 5 movie player--but you get to see the leaders of the
free world as they realy are
phill Minns
posted by Irdial , 10:16 AM Þ 
posted by alex_tea , 1:47 AM Þ 
Thursday, March 14, 2002

ATTN IE users

on the hobby-hacker c drive thing. just turn off or set to
prompt running java (and activex if you want) on ie. then use
your trusted sites to enable java scripting on blogger so you
can still post. but you guys probaby already knew this.

i've been listen to blackdog bytes again all morning. i forgot just how
fantastic a record this is. it's been a while...
posted by john , 7:17 PM Þ 

Record companies regularly deduct 15 percent off the top of sales as an allowance for "breakage" — a survival from the days of shellac records that now simply serves to reduce artist royalties by that amount. Despite being illegal, payola is rife, keeping interesting artists off the air in favor of the manufactured hitmaker of the week. And now, record companies — who have allied themselves with the just-as-bad motion picture industry – want to make it a felony for you to own a computer that is capable of copying music from a CD to your portable player without paying them money, even though courts have held that such copying is entirely legal.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,47296,00.html
posted by Irdial , 6:16 PM Þ 

Something worthwhile:

Mined Magazine

Po Box 25319
London
NW5 4ZD

mined@tankmagazine.com

20 pounds sterling. order a copy send them the money.
If you are not fully satisfied, we will refund the purchase.
And save you futher life by cutting your throat.
Paper is good again!
posted by Irdial , 5:15 PM Þ 

http://www.hobby-hacker.de/mcc-hobby-hacker/layout4/?ids=hcw-10134

go to this page with IE, and see the contents of your c:\ listed...

"But - no fear! We have and the data on neither will store nor for something will use or will pass. It is only one note you such a thing also from persons to occur could you heels want. With us there is Tools the this prevents!"
posted by Irdial , 1:12 PM Þ 

Any of you Euro based people get Cracked Sky?
posted by Irdial , 1:08 PM Þ 
posted by Ken , 12:49 PM Þ 

Who put the ram in the ram-a-lama-ding-dong?

On that note, I just got a Masonna album. Holy FUCKing shit!
posted by Mikkel , 11:36 AM Þ 

alex tea = gary glitter ?

no, can't be.

he never mispent a youth. ahem.
posted by Mess Noone , 9:17 AM Þ 

I just installed an ethernet card into my Mac SE/30. Soon it will be hooked up to cable, cable being the perfect overkill internet connection that this machine needs.
Old school mac + cable modem = KILLING MACHINE.
posted by Barrie , 4:48 AM Þ 

ok now we HAVE to know your real name sir alex!!

team google#78 reporting:

Which Colossal Death Robot Are You?
posted by john , 1:07 AM Þ 

when i search for my name all i get is a load of embarrasing stuff from my mispent youth.

i'm really glad you lot don't know my real name, cos there's a profile on lycos that's tear jerkingly bad.

try it in google groups as well.. oh dear...

as for panopticons. we had a lecture on this on tuesday. in relation to the internet / cyberpower... all very interesting...
posted by alex_tea , 12:22 AM Þ 
Wednesday, March 13, 2002


Which Colossal Death Robot Are You?
this one is funnier if you read it with your best arnie s. voice...
posted by mary13 , 11:51 PM Þ 

thanks for getting back. the real problem was my lazy blind
grab at my adapter pile and numed brain that day. i'll
let you know how much it costs although the waldorf tech
guy in la said about 100$. but we'll see.

bad goth art, that's funny. it looks painted though.
posted by john , 10:08 PM Þ 

Qow, Photoshop goes bad goth art. No wonder it's not for distribution. 6am, sadly I know nought about fixing things like that...only that once you get it fixed be sure to leave a dedicated AC adapter plugged in and use that only! They aren't that expensive (esp. probably not compared to getting it fixed!) so try not to share them between gadgets, that's my advice! Hope it's not killed too dead.

I get confused between amps and volts and watts and things, being a bit dim with the old maths. I used to share an AC power supply between my DR550 drum machine and my zx spectrum. Ran fine on the DR550, got so hot on the spec that it burnt out. Could have got on fire and burned my house down if I wasn't lucky with it, so I never messed about swapping psus again.



posted by captain davros , 8:44 PM Þ 

posted by Irdial , 7:04 PM Þ 

i fried my:

and am getting ready to send it off to be serviced. the problem was
plugging in a 30v adapter into the 12v dc slot. oops. anyway, i wanted
to see if anyone here(perhaps dav??) knew much about this piece and replacing
the voltage regulator/int. power supply, perhaps more, on the do it yourself tip.
anyone know anything??
posted by john , 6:48 PM Þ 

from that steve mann documentary:

william gibson and steve mann discussing the panopticon and surveillance. "If everyone was surveilling the surveillance the surveillance would become neutralized."
posted by Josh Carr , 3:48 PM Þ 


http://www.aftonbladet.se/noje/0203/12/brit-82602-0.jpg

http://www.aftonbladet.se/noje/0203/12/brit2-82602-0.jpg

Comedy Gold!
posted by Mikkel , 12:31 PM Þ 

Steve Mann documentary:
http://cbc.ca/cyberman/AllNEW.htm
posted by mary13 , 5:07 AM Þ 

According to Merriam Webster:

Inflected Form(s): plural graf·fi·ti
Etymology: Italian, incised inscription, from graffiare to scratch, probably from grafio stylus, from Latin graphium
Date: 1851
: an inscription or drawing made on some public surface (as a rock or wall); also : a message or slogan written as or as if as a graffito

Does this mean scratching a record is audial graffiti? Or is just playing a record enough?
posted by mary13 , 2:20 AM Þ 

i am pretty sure this is:
posted by john , 12:00 AM Þ 
Tuesday, March 12, 2002

mmm, they do serve many porpoises...i mean purposes.
porpoises are cute too but not as edible as the bunny. nor
do they make as good slippers as does the cute furry bunny.
are bunnies as intelligent as the porpoise? or are they stupid?
gee, i know they are supposed to be horny little devils though;
however i do not know this from experience mind you. i have never
slept with a bunny, nor do i plan to. has anyone here ever slept
with a bunny before? am i annoying you yet? well, am i? i could go on
about the bunny and it's mating habits however i will stop here.

?????????!!
posted by john , 11:54 PM Þ 

what is graffiti?
posted by Josh Carr , 9:37 PM Þ 


they taste great too
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 8:00 PM Þ 

bunnies are cute and cuddly creatures.
posted by john , 7:02 PM Þ 
posted by Irdial , 6:28 PM Þ 

there is nothing more calming and gentle than
bunny rabbits hopping thru a sunny meadow.
posted by john , 5:06 PM Þ 
posted by Irdial , 3:20 PM Þ 
posted by Alun , 2:31 PM Þ 

Is this you?

Reminds me of Amelie.
posted by captain davros , 1:35 PM Þ 
Monday, March 11, 2002

posted by Irdial , 11:51 PM Þ 

Someone searched on my name, using Lycos:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:Dkga0T2BBXYC:www.historie.syd-fyn.dk/logs/default_06_b.htm+%22Claus+eggers+s%F8rensen%22&hl=en

the good thing is, that it was me.
posted by Claus Eggers , 9:04 PM Þ 

Fuck essay-writing. I'm off to see Neotropic.
posted by Mess Noone , 8:17 PM Þ 

Another interface to OpenNap:
http://www.vextv.com/
Runs in IE using XML. Pretty impressive....
Till it crashed IE.
posted by Irdial , 7:56 PM Þ 

everything is a mess. noone wants me and my girl together.

The world is in such a mess noone can bank on the future.
posted by Mess Noone , 7:17 PM Þ 

Oh yeah!
That essaay is STILL causing trouble. Good.

via email:
a.

WORDS OF WIZ FROM THE WOZ. culled from H3o chatpage...

a

Subject:Re: =?X-UNKNOWN?Q?Re=3A_ART-DEATH_

I'm pleased to hear that art is still alive, but as for history, well
that's another story...
As we spare a thought for Andy Warhol's archivists whocontinue to sort
through the 4,118 paintings, 5,103 drawings, 19,086 prints and 66,512
photographs (to say nothing of the films) that bear his name (if not
always his fingerprints), consider this -

Yesterday's Observer reported that in 1986, the BBC sponsored a massive
digital/multimedia version of the Domesday Book (first compiled in 1086)
containing 250,000 place names, 25,000 maps, 50,000 pictures, 60 minutes
of moving image and "an unknown number of words", all stored on 12"
laser discs which are now found to be unreadable.

same thing applies to the digital records of NASA's early space probes

while we can observe the first printed book in the British Library, and
the original Domesday Book in the Public Record Office in Kew, as for
email, no one has a clue as to the first message sent, nor of course its
content

The Darwinian consequences; only the analogue masters will be retrievable in the future; this means that everything else will be erased from history. Perhaps in the future, people will spend thier time trying to exactly reproduce the sound of S-Club 7 from oral descriptions given by double octagenarians. Probably not. This means that our decendants will live free of everything that was recorded post Rock & Roll. And the muso-genetic influences of these terrible days of bullshit music will be cut out of the gene pool.

The future will be clean my friends, hygenic, the evil of post rock boy band music hermetically sealed in digtial specimen tubes, rendered impotent, forever. No chance of a small pox like re-emergence. It will all die.

This is not conditional on you believing it or not by the way.

There have been many articles confirming this, from Scientific American on down.

Yes, this is A Good Thing®.

Just when I thought that I was out of it, they pull me back!
posted by Irdial , 5:46 PM Þ 
posted by mary13 , 5:41 PM Þ 

And every newsgroup too.

Red Rag?
posted by captain davros , 5:18 PM Þ 

Typing "Mess Noone" at Google gives you lots of results where the person forgot the space between "no" and "one", when trying to say "no one".

Incredible~ every error saved, every utterance, every word, every typed thought.
posted by Irdial , 5:02 PM Þ 

People with Macs wouldnt go to that page to get the Supertrick.
People who dont do filesharing wouldnt go to that page to get the Supertrick.
So I posted the thing so that people could block those sites.

If you have problems connecting after you edit your hosts file, restore it from your backup.

Yes, backup!
posted by Irdial , 4:59 PM Þ 

yo, more servers to block:
127.0.0.1 server01.popupmoney.com
127.0.0.1 adserv.internetfuel.com

i am collecting them now.
posted by john , 4:46 PM Þ 

Worryingly, when I typed in my name, interviews with my Dad popped up.
posted by Mess Noone , 4:34 PM Þ 

that's cool anthony. maybe you can come and teach at my
school. you will notice i have my phd. i am a doctor; a doctor of love.
stark naked love; the struggle continues.
posted by john , 4:06 PM Þ 

Akin,
Why is the SUPERTRICK only reserved for those who do NOT fileshare? Am I missing something that will inherently limit my ability to offer and receive files?
posted by Josh Carr , 2:56 PM Þ 

hehe, thats not me, though. The genealogies aren't me... ;)
posted by Mikkel , 2:48 PM Þ 

MIKKEL ERIKSEN

Født 1760.

Død 1792 (begravet 16. mars 1792) på Kvelde i Hedrum, VF.

Mikkel og Karen bodde på gården Kvelde i Hedrum. Mikkel giftet seg på nytt med Anne Halvorsdatter og fikk ytterligere to barn. Mikkel var sersjant i 1786.

BARN:

248a. BERTE MARIA MIKKELSDATTER født 1783 (døpt 12. oktober 1783) på Kvelde i Hedrum, VF, død 1783 (begravet 26. november 1783) på Kvelde i Hedrum, VF.

248b. ERIK MIKKELSEN født 1784 (døpt 29. september 1784) på Kvelde i Hedrum, VF, død 1784 (begravet 17. oktober 1784) på Kvelde i Hedrum, VF.

248c. LARS MIKKELSEN født 1784 (døpt 29. september 1784) på Kvelde i Hedrum, VF, død 1784 (begravet 17. oktober 1784) på Kvelde i Hedrum, VF.

248d. ERIK MIKKELSEN født 1786 (døpt 27. august 1786) på Kvelde i Hedrum, VF.

248e. LARS MIKKELSEN født 1789 (døpt 10. mai 1789) på Kvelde i Hedrum, VF.
posted by Irdial , 2:35 PM Þ 

egosurf vi.
To search the net for your name or links to your web pages. Perhaps connected to long-established SF-fan slang `egoscan', to search for one's name in a fanzine.

My name isn't very unusual, so a large part of the results that come up when searching for me are actually related to me. :)

In other news, I'm back in Denmark.
posted by Mikkel , 1:58 PM Þ 


mmmmm .... if you search google for anthony manning you'll notice that i'm also a serious maths scholar ..... there are a lot of us around ; this one steers clear of all things dark metal ; ]

thanks for the sona rupa link, i'd not seen that before ..... the zakir hussain label looks very interesting
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 1:01 PM Þ 
posted by Irdial , 11:09 AM Þ 

An interview with Anthony Manning. Scroll down for a glimpse of the Irdial man's parallel career.

System of a Down, indeed! ;)
posted by Mess Noone , 10:05 AM Þ 

it's peanut butter jelly time.

http://home.attbi.com/~etrata/other/banana.swf
posted by Ken , 9:55 AM Þ 

WinMX... how do you make it go faster?
posted by mary13 , 5:43 AM Þ 

wow that trick is awesome. thanks akin!!!
posted by john , 3:21 AM Þ 
posted by Irdial , 12:19 AM Þ 
Sunday, March 10, 2002

For those of you (who?) who do not do file sharing, but want to protect your boxes, do this:

SUPERTRICK

There is a way to disable access to certain websites by editing the Windows HOSTS file.

This file is located here:
Windows 95/98/Me c:\windows\HOSTS
Windows NT/2000/XP c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS
(you may need administrator access for Windows NT/2000)

NOTE: HOSTS is the name of the hosts file and not another directory name. It does not have an extension (extensions are the .exe, .txt, .doc, etc. endings to filenames) and so appears to be another directory in the example above.

If you do not have a HOSTS file yet, download one HERE.

CAUTION: Please make an backup copy before trying to edit the HOSTS file.

You can open the HOSTS file by right-clicking on it and selecting "open with". Then select Notepad.

Add the following lines to the end of the HOSTS file:
127.0.0.1 www.brilliantdigital.com
127.0.0.1 desktop.kazaa.com
127.0.0.1 shop.kazaa.com
127.0.0.1 www.bonzi.com

You can use this same method to block other websites.

How exactly does the HOSTS file work?

The short answer is that the Hosts file is like an address book. When you type an address like www.yahoo.com into your browser, the Hosts file is consulted to see if you have the IP address, or "telephone number," for that site. If you do, then your computer will "call it" and the site will open. If not, your computer will ask your ISP's (internet service provider) computer for the phone number before it can "call" that site. Most of the time, you do not have addresses in your "address book," because you have not put any there. Therefore, most of the time your computer asks for the IP address from your ISP to find sites.

If you put ad server names into your Hosts file with your own computer's IP address (which is 127.0.0.1), your computer will never be able to contact the ad server. It will try to, but it will be simply calling itself and get sort of a "busy signal". Your computer will then give up calling the ad server and no ads will be loaded, nor will any tracking take place. Your choices for blocking sites are not just limited to blocking ad servers. You may block sites that serve advertisements, sites that serve objectionable content, or any other site that you choose to block. Also would it be possible to redirect a website to another website by using that website's IP adress in stead of your computers IP adress.

Some other websites you might want to block:

127.0.0.1 ad.adsmart.net
127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 ad.linkexchange.com
127.0.0.1 ad.linksynergy.com
127.0.0.1 ad.nl.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 ad.no.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 ad.preferences.com
127.0.0.1 ad.sma.punto.net
127.0.0.1 ad.uk.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 ad.webprovider.com
127.0.0.1 ad08.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ad-adex3.flycast.com
127.0.0.1 adcontroller.unicast.com
127.0.0.1 adcreatives.imaginemedia.com
127.0.0.1 adex3.flycast.com
127.0.0.1 adforce.ads.imgis.com
127.0.0.1 adforce.imgis.com
127.0.0.1 adfu.blockstackers.com
127.0.0.1 adimage.blm.net
127.0.0.1 adimages.earthweb.com
127.0.0.1 adimg.egroups.com
127.0.0.1 admedia.xoom.com
127.0.0.1 adpick.switchboard.com
127.0.0.1 adremote.pathfinder.com
127.0.0.1 ads.admaximize.com
127.0.0.1 ads.bfast.com
127.0.0.1 ads.clickhouse.com
127.0.0.1 ads.enliven.com
127.0.0.1 ads.eu.msn.com
127.0.0.1 ads.fairfax.com.au
127.0.0.1 ads.fool.com
127.0.0.1 ads.freshmeat.net
127.0.0.1 ads.hitcents.com
127.0.0.1 ads.hollywood.com
127.0.0.1 ads.i33.com
127.0.0.1 ads.infi.net
127.0.0.1 ads.jwtt3.com
127.0.0.1 ads.link4ads.com
127.0.0.1 ads.linksponsor.com
127.0.0.1 ads.lycos.com
127.0.0.1 ads.madison.com
127.0.0.1 ads.mediaodyssey.com
127.0.0.1 ads.msn.com
127.0.0.1 ads.musiccity.com
127.0.0.1 ads.ninemsn.com.au
127.0.0.1 ads.seattletimes.com
127.0.0.1 ads.smartclicks.com
127.0.0.1 ads.smartclicks.net
127.0.0.1 ads.sptimes.com
127.0.0.1 ads.tripod.com
127.0.0.1 ads.web.aol.com
127.0.0.1 ads.x10.com
127.0.0.1 ads.x10.com
127.0.0.1 ads.xtra.co.nz
127.0.0.1 ads.zdnet.com
127.0.0.1 ads01.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads02.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads03.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads04.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads05.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads06.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads08.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads09.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads1.activeagent.at
127.0.0.1 ads10.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads11.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads12.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads14.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads16.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads17.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads18.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads19.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads2.zdnet.com
127.0.0.1 ads20.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads21.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads22.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads23.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads24.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads25.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ads3.zdnet.com
127.0.0.1 ads3.zdnet.com
127.0.0.1 ads5.gamecity.net
127.0.0.1 adserv.iafrica.com
127.0.0.1 adserv.quality-channel.de
127.0.0.1 adserver.dbusiness.com
127.0.0.1 adserver.garden.com
127.0.0.1 adserver.janes.com
127.0.0.1 adserver.merc.com
127.0.0.1 adserver.monster.com
127.0.0.1 adserver.track-star.com
127.0.0.1 adserver.webads.nl
127.0.0.1 adserver1.ogilvy-interactive.de
127.0.0.1 adtegrity.spinbox.net
127.0.0.1 antfarm-ad.flycast.com
127.0.0.1 au.ads.link4ads.com
127.0.0.1 banner.media-system.de
127.0.0.1 banner.orb.net
127.0.0.1 banner.relcom.ru
127.0.0.1 banners.easydns.com
127.0.0.1 banners.looksmart.com
127.0.0.1 banners.wunderground.com
127.0.0.1 barnesandnoble.bfast.com
127.0.0.1 beseenad.looksmart.com
127.0.0.1 bizad.nikkeibp.co.jp
127.0.0.1 bn.bfast.com
127.0.0.1 c3.xxxcounter.com
127.0.0.1 califia.imaginemedia.com
127.0.0.1 cds.mediaplex.com
127.0.0.1 click.avenuea.com
127.0.0.1 click.go2net.com
127.0.0.1 click.linksynergy.com
127.0.0.1 cookies.cmpnet.com
127.0.0.1 cornflakes.pathfinder.com
127.0.0.1 counter.hitbox.com
127.0.0.1 counter1.sextracker.com
127.0.0.1 counter10.sextracker.com
127.0.0.1 counter11.sextracker.com
127.0.0.1 counter12.sextracker.com
127.0.0.1 counter13.sextracker.com
127.0.0.1 counter14.sextracker.com
127.0.0.1 counter15.sextracker.com
127.0.0.1 counter16.sextracker.com
127.0.0.1 counter2.sextracker.com
127.0.0.1 counter3.sextracker.com
127.0.0.1 counter4.sextracker.com
127.0.0.1 counter5.sextracker.com
127.0.0.1 counter6.sextracker.com
127.0.0.1 counter7.sextracker.com
127.0.0.1 counter8.sextracker.com
127.0.0.1 counter9.sextracker.com
127.0.0.1 crux.songline.com
127.0.0.1 desktop.kazaa.com
127.0.0.1 dialer.offshoreclicks.com
127.0.0.1 ehg-commjun.hitbox.com
127.0.0.1 erie.smartage.com
127.0.0.1 etad.telegraph.co.uk
127.0.0.1 fp.valueclick.com
127.0.0.1 gadgeteer.pdamart.com
127.0.0.1 global.msads.net
127.0.0.1 gm.preferences.com
127.0.0.1 gp.dejanews.com
127.0.0.1 hc2.humanclick.com
127.0.0.1 hg1.hitbox.com
127.0.0.1 image.click2net.com
127.0.0.1 image.eimg.com
127.0.0.1 images2.nytimes.com
127.0.0.1 jobkeys.ngadcenter.net
127.0.0.1 kansas.valueclick.com
127.0.0.1 leader.linkexchange.com
127.0.0.1 liquidad.narrowcastmedia.com
127.0.0.1 ln.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 m.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 macaddictads.snv.futurenet.com
127.0.0.1 maximumpcads.imaginemedia.com
127.0.0.1 media.preferences.com
127.0.0.1 mercury.rmuk.co.uk
127.0.0.1 mojofarm.sjc.mediaplex.com
127.0.0.1 nbc.adbureau.net
127.0.0.1 newads.cmpnet.com
127.0.0.1 ng3.ads.warnerbros.com
127.0.0.1 ngads.smartage.com
127.0.0.1 nsads.hotwired.com
127.0.0.1 ntbanner.digitalriver.com
127.0.0.1 ph-ad05.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ph-ad07.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ph-ad16.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ph-ad17.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 ph-ad18.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 php.offshoreclicks.com
127.0.0.1 rd.yahoo.com
127.0.0.1 realads.realmedia.com
127.0.0.1 redherring.ngadcenter.net
127.0.0.1 redirect.click2net.com
127.0.0.1 regio.adlink.de
127.0.0.1 retaildirect.realmedia.com
127.0.0.1 s2.focalink.com
127.0.0.1 sh4sure-images.adbureau.net
127.0.0.1 shop.kazaa.com
127.0.0.1 spin.spinbox.net
127.0.0.1 static.admaximize.com
127.0.0.1 stats.superstats.com
127.0.0.1 stats3.porntrack.com
127.0.0.1 statse.webtrendslive.com
127.0.0.1 sview.avenuea.com
127.0.0.1 thinknyc.eu-adcenter.net
127.0.0.1 tracker.clicktrade.com
127.0.0.1 tsms-ad.tsms.com
127.0.0.1 v0.extreme-dm.com
127.0.0.1 v1.extreme-dm.com
127.0.0.1 van.ads.link4ads.com
127.0.0.1 view.accendo.com
127.0.0.1 view.avenuea.com
127.0.0.1 w113.hitbox.com
127.0.0.1 w25.hitbox.com
127.0.0.1 web2.deja.com
127.0.0.1 webads.bizservers.com
127.0.0.1 webxprod.qualcomm.com
127.0.0.1 ww.websitefinancing.com
127.0.0.1 www.adforce.com
127.0.0.1 www.admex.com
127.0.0.1 www.adserver.com
127.0.0.1 www.adserver.net
127.0.0.1 www.adsmart.com
127.0.0.1 www.adsmart.net
127.0.0.1 www.ad-up.com
127.0.0.1 www.alladvantage.com
127.0.0.1 www.bfast.com
127.0.0.1 www.bonzi.com
127.0.0.1 www.brilliantdigital.com
127.0.0.1 www.burstnet.com
127.0.0.1 www.cj.com
127.0.0.1 www.cometcursor.com
127.0.0.1 www.cometsystems.net
127.0.0.1 www.commission-junction.com
127.0.0.1 www.cydoor.com
127.0.0.1 www.eads.com
127.0.0.1 www.fastmetasearch.com
127.0.0.1 www.flycast.co.uk
127.0.0.1 www.flycast.com
127.0.0.1 www.free-banners.com
127.0.0.1 www.freestats.com
127.0.0.1 www.gator.co.uk
127.0.0.1 www.gator.com
127.0.0.1 www.gator.net
127.0.0.1 www.imaginemedia.com
127.0.0.1 www.lastconsole.com
127.0.0.1 www.netdirect.nl
127.0.0.1 www.oneandonlynetwork.com
127.0.0.1 www.PostMasterBannerNet.com
127.0.0.1 www.qksrv.net
127.0.0.1 www.radiate.com
127.0.0.1 www.sexlist.com
127.0.0.1 www.sexspy.com
127.0.0.1 www.sextracker.com
127.0.0.1 www.sexyplugin.com
127.0.0.1 www.simplecounter.net
127.0.0.1 www.slutzoo.com
127.0.0.1 www.targetshop.com
127.0.0.1 www.teknosurf.com
127.0.0.1 www.teknosurf2.com
127.0.0.1 www.teknosurf3.com
127.0.0.1 www.valueclick.com
127.0.0.1 www.web3000.co.uk
127.0.0.1 www.web3000.com
127.0.0.1 www.webferret.com
127.0.0.1 www.webhancer.com
127.0.0.1 www.webhancer.net
127.0.0.1 www2.burstnet.com
127.0.0.1 www4.trix.net
127.0.0.1 www80.valueclick.com
127.0.0.1 z.extreme-dm.com
127.0.0.1 z0.extreme-dm.com
127.0.0.1 z1.extreme-dm.com

If you have any additions, mail them to me at info@refosearch.tk.
posted by Irdial , 11:46 PM Þ 

There is a way to install KaZaa without the spyware. Someone has created a custom installer to do this. Download it, and follow the instructions on this site:
http://www.refosearch.tk/
posted by Irdial , 11:39 PM Þ 

I'm getting pissed because I can't contact Fflint Central or RSI recordings. Not that anyone knows who they hell they are. Blarg.
Also, it's real nice when someone (probably drunk) screams around the corner and hits my van really fucking hard, and then drives away like the scared little shit they are. I felt like kicking some serious ass last night. I travelled around and found their license plate number. It's pretty easy to find the car that hit you when it's missing the side panel that is now in my possession. Stupid fucking idiots. They are soooo fucked.


Would you survive a horror movie? Find out @ She's Crafty
posted by Barrie , 10:56 PM Þ 

I am in London from the 4th to the 6th to see Current 93 in a tiny church; wish I could extend the trip to catch that show but it's unlikely. :(
posted by Mess Noone , 9:48 PM Þ 

Mr. Manning, do you know of Sona Rupa? I don't mean to advertise, but they have a good selection and quick and easy online ordering.

That's where I got the AMMP stuff.

Do you have The Raga Guide?

I'm just getting started on this stuff, but what an inspiring world of music...
posted by Mess Noone , 9:47 PM Þ 

cypherpunks no longer workie!

- i am ill and angry....
:)
no really but that sucks.
posted by john , 9:32 PM Þ 

Someone clever said:
"Trying to charge the filesharing community is like trying to get a Muslim to eat bacon. Other than that, I can't comment on ToadNode as I haven't tried it, nor do I plan to."

HAHAHAHAHA!
Toadnote, you can lick my sack. Then MAYBE I'll pay $5. But probably not even then.
Commence licking...

I'd rather pay $5 for a shanky assed hooker than use Toadnode.
posted by Irdial , 8:29 PM Þ 


mess, there are still things going on, but because i live down in dartmoor now i don't really keep up to date : navras have a form on their site that you can fill out to be kept informed of their activities, the south bank centre list events a few months in advance, as do the barbican ......... Sitar Maestro Vilayat Khan and Pandit Kishan Maharaj are playing at the Royal Festival Hall April 14th ...... i saw vilayat khan five years ago ; he was truely astonishing ..... he was playing in the main hall at the barbican, which holds a fair few hundred people, and within minutes had the audience murmuring their appreciation - you could feel the place loosening & sinking into its collective seat as he played, a palpable sense of joy sweeping around the room ..... if you can get to see him you won't regret it ............ i had to leave before he finished, to my eternal dismay, in order to catch the last train home, so might try & make it up there ..........

posted by a hymn in g to nann , 8:13 PM Þ 
posted by Irdial , 6:47 PM Þ 
posted by Claus Eggers , 5:16 PM Þ 

Is there anything remotely similar still ongoing in London right now?

Looks like we may be moving down south next year.
posted by Mess Noone , 4:26 PM Þ 

.......... uurrrr indeed ........

one of the most surreal events i went to was a 12-hour concert at the royal festival hall, 8pm to 8am, made up of a series of 2-hour duets ....... as the evening progressed the ragas became slower & slower & less & less "involving", until, at around 6am, the whole of the auditorium was asleep ! ........ in india these events stretch on for days ; ]
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 12:44 PM Þ 
posted by mary13 , 6:25 AM Þ 

akin, what are you doing up at 4 in the morning?

maybe i don't want to know... ;)
posted by mary13 , 4:32 AM Þ 
posted by Irdial , 4:18 AM Þ 

Theoretically this should work as a post on this blog, but no dice.
http://www.8op.com/members-asp/panel-sample.asp
posted by Irdial , 1:37 AM Þ 
posted by Irdial , 1:34 AM Þ 

And I'm jealous, Anthony Manning. I wish I had opportunities like that. Maybe soon...
posted by Mess Noone , 12:04 AM Þ 
posted by Mess Noone , 12:03 AM Þ 
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