Saturday, November 30, 2002

(Sorrey if I sepoll list lke shit. I just got fery drunk1!2)

I had somethign really inmportant tos ay, but I gforget. Damnit. I jkust saw Antitrsust. A good movie, uet ha d alot of crap in it. Over all, I think I'm satisifited with it...
posted by Mikkel , 10:09 PM Þ 

Fantastic stuff


http://www.touchgraph.com/TGGoogleBrowser.html
posted by Claus Eggers , 5:02 PM Þ 

it looks like interval is the frequency


int d = { initial distance }
int h = { however many times you wish the distance to be travelled to be halved }
int x = 0; // x co-ordinate
int y = { initial y co-ordinate }
array int c = [ x,y ]; // xy co-ordinate

int i; // for loop counter

for( i = 0; i < h; i++)
{
x = x+(d/2);
y = y*2;
c = [ x,y ];
d = d/2;
}
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 2:49 PM Þ 

curve of constant acceleration

to make a perfect curve would, if you tried to work it out using an idea i've just had, be mind-bogglingly impossible ..... you get into a situation that's already been covered much more eloquently by a well-know maths genius whose name i've completely forgotten, who noticed and then wrote that :

if you measure the distance between your current position and the position you want eventually to arrive at, divide it in half, then repeat again and again, you will never reach your destination

...... anyway ...... you could break down your distance axis and time axis similarly ..... the distance between points on one of the axis ( what's the plural of axis ) would have to increment by double between points ( work out which initial value will eventually double itself to reach your desired number ), the distance between points on the other axis would decrease by half every time ...... then join the dots accordingly ......... it's up to you how refined you make the curve ......

it'd be pretty simple to code ....... someone's bound to have come up with a much more elegant / eloquent theorem
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 2:08 PM Þ 

Another example of my previous point.
Scary. Property = center of civilization. or something. It's stupid.
(has this been posted before? I'm very tired)
posted by Barrie , 8:46 AM Þ 

i just noticed someone (akin?!?) changed my post.

:P
posted by alex_tea , 8:27 AM Þ 

Jim Allchin, Microsoft's operating system chief has described Open Source Software as "unamerican":

Open source is an intellectual-property destroyer. I'm an American, I believe in the American Way. I worry if the government encourages open source, and I don't think we've done enough education of policymakers to understand the threat.

Has anyone else figured out that "crimes" that have to do with PRIVATE PROPERTY are far more severe in our society than personal crimes? Someone will get 2 years for assault, but 12 years for burglary. Just shows what our society values and perpetuates - an idea of the wealthy's property being the most important thing to protect.
This is why open source is so dangerous and powerful. People like Allchin must think it's practically communist, and he'd be pretty right on that mark.
posted by Barrie , 8:20 AM Þ 

are there any maths heads out there?

in this equation (simple sine wave thing) what does the variable 'interval' specify? is it frequency? or wavelength? or something else?


var m = 40; // min value
var M = 80; // max value
var a = M - n; // amplitude
var interval = 3; // ???

y = (a/2) * sin(x/interval) + (m + (a/2));


also, i need help with some differentiation. i never did a level maths, and i wish i did now.

anyway, i want to make a curve of constant acceleration. i know the target (y) and the time in which it must reach this target (x) so i can make a nice straight line, but i want it to be a curve. is there anyway to do this?

thank you.
posted by alex_tea , 6:52 AM Þ 

On the comments about Godspeed (you may skip the next two paragraphs to get to the third if you wish... no one's stopping you):
They may indeed be poor musicians (I do actually think the drummers are noticably talented), and they may record badly (though the last album was very crisp), and they may just be crummy students or whatever.
But what they write has impacted me more than any other music I have ever listened to. There's an emotion in their work (and I disagree about it all being the same stuff - I hear very different emotions all over... that's just my perception of it) that I can completely connect to. If that makes me a talentless hack, whatever. You can't ignore what you love.

This is why I hate it when people say bands "suck," "are shit," "are garbage," etc. I have even giving up saying that, say, Christina Augilera or whoever sucks. I don't *like* them, ie the music is not in my taste. I may find the music completely unappealing, uninteresting, and insulting, but I will never say that it "sucks."
Why?
Because there is always someone who likes the music. No individual has any impact on what someone else likes - I can't make a Ladytron fan, for example, enjoy Godspeed. Or whatever. Therefore, saying a band or artist or whatever that someone else likes sucks or is garbage or is uninspired crap is *insulting* to the other person *as* a person. It is a direct attack on their tastes and likes - something the other has no business with (unless, say, someone's playing irritating music at work - it should be shut off for the good of both people) or right to insult.
And I'm not into insulting other people's tastes. Taste is as personal as the colour of someone's skin, and I don't think it should be treated as something to be criticized (except, say, the radio example above).
(note: this isn't an attack on anyone here... just in case someone takes this as an angry post... it's not - and having opinions about bands or artists is very right and much different than saying they "suck")
posted by Barrie , 2:40 AM Þ 

this is what you want.
posted by b , 2:35 AM Þ 
Friday, November 29, 2002

Hel was the youngest child of Loki, sister of the Midgardsworm and the Fenris the Wolf (her mother was Agnrboda). She ruled her realm, also called Hel, or Niflheim. This was where the people who did not die in battle went (as the ones who died ended up in Valhalla). Not a nice place really. But this had about nothing to do with 'good' or 'bad' in our convoluted somewhat christian mindsets.

There are some great stories. I like these better than the christian stories. Ever heard the story about how Thor and Hymir went out fishing for the Midgardsworm? Or the competition between the Aesier and the Giants? Great literature, if you can call it that. Fascinating.
posted by Mikkel , 10:51 PM Þ 



Hell Bank notes are used in funeral ceremonies in many far-eastern countries to provide money and goods in the afterlife for the dead person. The term "hell" just designates the place where the dead go, and does not carry the negative connotations that it does in the Christian world.
posted by Irdial , 5:26 PM Þ 

ESR has blog.
posted by Irdial , 5:05 PM Þ 

Would you like a deal? Yes, indeed.
Give me a deal and I'll give you Sounds of Evil Plots Hatching©.


Somehow I imagine these things work the other way round in Reality. However, I'm convinced that most of my time is not spent in Reality.
So. Things to add to the wish list: Portable DAT recorder. Field mike. Sound editing software.

And a question I forgot from a couple of days ago.
Can I post pictures from my hard drive then? Or am I dreaming here?
posted by Alun , 1:57 PM Þ 

I've never recorded even one decent 'song' so they've got at least that on me.

I had a long conversation with my esteemed colleague "H", and we concluded (obliquely) that people who dont make music are actually making the best music today.

Yes, indeed. Would you like a deal?
posted by Irdial , 1:27 PM Þ 

The worst thing about the flash, is that everytime you come to blogdial, everyone knows you are "not working".
posted by Irdial , 1:26 PM Þ 

Godspeed? Godspeed straight to hell. Do not collect $200.

AAAAAAARRRRRRGH!!!
I agree!!!!!! (To an extent. Terms and conditions apply. Always read the small print and consult your doctor.)

I have the Slow Riot E.P/L.P. and liked it, but then listened to more and realized it was the same stuff. One idea milked to complete dehydration. But, hey, I've never recorded even one decent 'song' so they've got at least that on me. For now.(cue: sounds of evil polts hatching) (now there's an album title)

Someone has seen my fate for this opinion already.


Watch the Kenya bomb story. As soon as it happened it was all Al Quaeda's fault. Then some Palestinian group claimed responsibility. But "they" have almost completely ignored this and still scream Al Quaeda. Is there any need for evidence any more? Also, (as well known for years) sources in the US have been and are still funding and aiding gun-running to the IRA. The US is now a legitimate target for a war on terror! All those with misanthropic feelings please vent them in this direction!
posted by Alun , 1:07 PM Þ 

Why oh why is it buy nothing day - TODAY!?!?!?!
I have been planning shopping for weeks TODAY! it is not fair....I have not been shopping for ages, I need a new discman, drugs, and girl-stuff...
I have only heard one Ladytron song (cant remember the title) but really liked it (it stayed in my head for days), very melodic, beautiful and pure in some kind of way. If the album is like that - very melodic and 'pure', I want it! But I cant imagine the Ladytron album to be better than the Metro Area Album! so disco...

One of my best portraits ever taken at a club:
anyway, i'm in a particulary misanthropic mood, almost to the point of homicide, although i'd rather not hurt anyone. or kill anyone. so i'll just invert that anger... :(
Dear Alex! please do not write like that - the world is cruel, yes, BUT it is also wonderful!!!! Listen to your favorite beautiful song, kiss some one you love, hug a friend - or as I often do: Cook your friends a dinner! There is not much that is better than cooking food - you use all your senses, it is relaxing and remember to put ekstra love in the food - even if it's pasta with pesto - it will be a joy to eat! And eat with your fingers if possible, it is fun and a pleasure as well. Have a nice weekend!

It's weekend party party party party party party!!!!!
posted by Alison , 11:49 AM Þ 

There was a sound of another person being hung high...I must have been mistaken.

Now, on to "Godspeed You Black Emperor".

Naturally, after hearing about them so much from different quarters, the final straw came when my sister told me to check them out.

What a load of unrefined garbage.

That group, sound like a bunch of talentless students who were of the type that used to produce the most tiresome and uninspired "knock-off prog-rock"; dreadful, baleful, directionless soulless, ill concieved, rubbish.

That they are paraded around like something worthwhile is astounding. Even thier words are grey in shade, as witnessed by the spiretless, spineless, dour and moping interviews that can be read online.

That group are so bad, I had to check that I had bought the correct CD, and that some other, older garbage had not been mistakenly put into the jewel case.

Godspeed? Godspeed straight to hell. Do not collect $200.

Uninteresting "compositions" poorly mixing strings and electic guitars. Apalling production that is worse than what can be found on any demonstration tape. Poor musicianship, full stop. Everything about this group shouts "turn off immediately"; a total dead end, an enthusiasm sponge, designed to suck the life out of you, and render you completely inert.

Yes indeed. "Bad®"
posted by Irdial , 11:30 AM Þ 

The Latest Kissinger Outrage

Why is a proven liar and wanted man in charge of the 9/11 investigation? [...]

Slate
posted by Irdial , 10:56 AM Þ 

(Barrie: Bush has appointed Kissinger as the head honcho of a commitee that is to investigate 9/11.)

I've spent around, uh, circa 5 usd this week. I think I've enough beer to hold out till after midnight with the spending more money.

The reason for Buy Nothing day being this limited, timewise, is that today is Black Friday. The reason for this name will come in a bit. In America, this weekend is traditionally a 3 day weekend, starting today, due to Thanksgiving. All the big Amerikkkan chains (K-mart, Wal-mart, what have we-mart) are generally losing money throughout the year. But, since christmas presents season starts now, they have thought up a clever scheme to make money. People have nothing to do with a friday off, so they might as well go be good consumers for the moneygrubbing whores that run their country (I swear I'm not as bitter as I make out to be. Goddamn fuckers). The *-Marts hold big sales, and even more people are dragged like zombies into their own downfall as they go spend all their freaking cash on stuff they don't need. Ah, but the name. As I mentioned, the stores are losing money, but this single day is enough to outweigh 11 months of "in the red," turning the budgets "black." See? If you buy nothing, and enough do the same, they will stay in the red, and the fuckers will die the death they push on the world.

Granted, it doesn't matter as much in the rest of the world, but it's still a viable statement, and I sure as hell won't be buying anything today. Not that I buy much anyway.

Speaking of Music that makes you want to destroy, check out Desaparecidos - Read Music / Speak Spanish. Especially the track The Happiest Place on Earth (which awesomely has been laid out on the labels website for free download) for a wickedly scathing commentary on America. And great singing/playing. Rock.

(Had to post this with Phoenix/Mozilla, cause MSIE is a fucking piece of trash)
posted by Mikkel , 9:17 AM Þ 

alex: you're sounding disturbingly like myself in a misanthropic mood. This is a dangerous and unhealthy thing.
I have not as yet heard ladytron, so I'll reserve my judgement (not that my or anyone's judgement matters but... whatever).
Music that makes you want to destroy? Godspeed ("motherfucker=redeemer" is the sound of thousands of people in a mass uprising destroying everything in their path), the last track on Sigur Ros' new album (), Acid Mothers Temple (though that's more like rocking out with your guitar on fire and flangers set to deep fat fry), Mogwai's "Like Herod" or "My Father My King," most Monster Magnet too (though that also falls into the Acid Mothers Temple category).
What about music that makes you want to make sweet, sweet love, or in the same sitting, stare at the wall wistfully in a deep state of melancholy? "[`rhubarb']," "st michel mont mixs," "4," or any number of Aphex Twin tracks. DNTEL's "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan," Beef Terminal's album "20 GOTO 10," 54•40's "Alcohol Heart."
I could go on if I wasn't insanely tired with work yet to be done.
posted by Barrie , 7:17 AM Þ 

posted by mary13 , 7:02 AM Þ 

yes. i quite like QOTSA. not amazingly, i prefer something like Q and not U, who are quite honestly amazing.

band names as pronouns. are they plural or singular? personally i like to refer to band names in a plural way. This band *ARE* ... Ladytron are cool. Led Zeppelin are old. Saying things singularily makes me shiver. Ladytron is awesome. Led Zeppelin is a band from the seventies. Always confused me that one...

anyway:

http://www.zpub.com/un/wanted-hkiss.html
Incredibly, Henry Kissinger—the man who rivals Pol Pot for the dubious honor of being the person responsible for the death of the largest number of innocent people in South East Asia (and far surpasses Pol Pot in criminality when one factors in Kissinger's various levels of responsibility for wholesale slaughter and repression in other parts of the world)—still wields significant power in the United States; but his role as eager facilitator of mass murder, totalitarian repression and other atrocities is never discussed in polite society.

Remarkable linked by the BBC from this article.
posted by alex_tea , 6:28 AM Þ 

Kissinger? What the fuck did I miss? WHAT'S GOING ON?
HURRBHLBHBHALBHAGHALHGLAG
Also: Queens of the Stone Age is a very good band. Good rockers are hard to come by these days (one of the reasons digging up LED FUCKIN' ZEPPELIN is always a good idea).
posted by Barrie , 6:17 AM Þ 

i stand firmly against mr kirby. i fucking love ladytron. so dont kill me, i'd actually not enjoy being a martyr! haha. but really, they just seem so fucking sonderful. not like some lame kraftwerk wannabies but with original magic and whatever it is that makes music so good. just so excellent. perfect. argh, how I love them! how can you not like them? i don't like much music at the moment, well music i see on the tv or hear on the radio. i need to buy / leech more music (morr music?). recently i have been listening to crass, fugazi, q and not u, boards of canada, push button objects, mask series stuff...

i want to see something that makes me feel some emotion, makes me want to create or destroy, not just this senseless numb feeling i get from watching hours of mtv (about 8 different channels, all of them shit). seeing fugazi, q and not u and erase errata a couple of weeks ago did this but only for a while. although that could be my fault. short attention span.

buy nothing day: i've bought nothing all week. tomorrow is a friend's party, so i feel obliged to buy a card, and i need a travel card to get there... may i be excused? please? granted it wont have the same impact. temporal boycotts confuse me though, surely people jsut work around the day, nuying more a previous or later day? does it really have that much effect?

anyway, i'm in a particulary misanthropic mood, almost to the point of homicide, although i'd rather not hurt anyone. or kill anyone. so i'll just invert that anger... :(

oh, as i got cable tv this week, i have been exposed to a whole new level of crap. the best being "Riots: Mobs out of control" the worst piece of social documentary I have ever seen, taking riots out of social / political context and trying to analyse them. There's so much senstationalist tripe out there.

sorry about all that.
posted by alex_tea , 6:08 AM Þ 

posted by mary13 , 1:52 AM Þ 
Thursday, November 28, 2002

Common sense is the quintessence of the experiences and prejudices of its time. It is a most unreliable advisor when one is confronted with a perfectly new situation.
Gustav Naan
posted by Irdial , 7:47 PM Þ 



The caption reads:

"Alun Kirby, found hung by the neck, for disrespecting Ladytron. A member of the crowd said: 'We warned that boy; he had to pay' "
posted by Irdial , 7:39 PM Þ 

HENRY FUCKING KISSINGER?

Yes indeed, its almost as if they appointed him for the laugh, like the logo for TIA; "they" dont evey TRY to look like its a fair game. Audacious!
posted by Irdial , 7:36 PM Þ 

a curious sense of doom settled over Blogdial, thick like the fog that descends after a clear cold autumn evening ...
posted by mary13 , 7:12 PM Þ 

My thoughts exactly Mikkel. What the fuck is that all about? I look forward to seeing Tory Blur shaking his hand and talking about special relationships.

Anyone that shows disrespect to Ladytron will be hung by the neck by me personally, and that aint no bullshit Charlie Brown.
I exert my right to freedom of speech without threat of hanging by the neck.
I am suspicious when bands get promoted by slick posters and stickers on lamp-posts that try to make out this band is the latest wierd and wonderful crossover breakthrough wow quick tell yer mum its a happening thang. But. Judge the music, not the posters. And I listened to he streams and felt like I'd heard it before. Like I'd already got several variants of this music sat in my record collection that don't grab me by the ears either so I don't need another.
But maybe Ladytron will get lucky and be this years Daft Punk, or maybe even electronic Las Ketchup girls.
Maybe my ears are fucked. Maybe my soul is rotten to the core. Who knows?
But after 30 seconds of Ladytron I was BORED.
So tell me what I'm missing, why dontcha?
posted by Alun , 6:39 PM Þ 

also, I forgot to say this earlier:

JESUS CHRIST, BUSH! HENRY FUCKING KISSINGER?
posted by Mikkel , 5:37 PM Þ 

Is someone about to lose a lot of money?

What precisely do you mean by that?

Anyone that shows disrespect to Ladytron will be hung by the neck by me personally, and that aint no bullshit Charlie Brown.
posted by Irdial , 5:23 PM Þ 
posted by Irdial , 3:46 PM Þ 
posted by Alison , 2:52 PM Þ 

Fusker does not spoof referers... It would be impossible/inconvenient to do. Since the referers are sent by the browser, I have no control over them. I could have Fusker work as a proxy that actually loaded the images from the site with appropiate referers, then stored them locally and showed them to the user, but that would definitely be illegal, no grey areas.

Actually, deep linking is for some reason illegal in Denmark. Well, because the judges didn't pay attention to the case so now we have stupid precedent. You can't legally link to mp3 files. How's that, eh.

Notice that I consequently misspell referer. The nuts who created the HTTP spec misspelled it and the error made it into the recommendation, so now it's the standard. Tsk tsk.
posted by Mikkel , 2:49 PM Þ 

Went to see the Michael Moore film Bowling for Columbine last night.

All I can say is, GO AND SEE IT.


Ladytron? Currently the subject of a massive poster campaign all along my bus route. Is someone about to lose a lot of money?

Uh-oh! Here I go stealing bandwidth again...

Isn't it the same thing as file-swapping (but less so)... in that the more people see your images, then some may visit the original site etc etc etc in a large karma circle.
The internet needs a new sub-folder, where all those users that don't want to share even a link can all bugger off to and charge each other for the pleasure of doing so.

....Ev'rything free in America
For a small fee in America!...
posted by Alun , 2:18 PM Þ 

"As you play the album you'll believe Ladytron are the only band you've ever really liked"
(Mixmag ***** Album of the month)

Ladytron
posted by Irdial , 1:24 PM Þ 

Shorl is cool...
posted by Irdial , 1:18 PM Þ 

Thinking about it, does Fusker spoof the referrer for sites that get Fusked?
posted by Irdial , 1:11 PM Þ 

In some flaked out jurisdictions, its illegal to link to a site, let alone link to images in a site. Do a search for "deep linking" to read more of this insanity, or the DECSS fiasco with 2600 being prosecuted (sucessfully) for linking to sites. Sometimes, when someone finds that they are being hit by a popular image, they replace the image with something like this:


which is linked from http://leech.kthxbye.de/leech.gif .

Anyway, the solution that Mikkel gives solves this problem completely, but then, you have to know what you are doing to make it work...
posted by Irdial , 1:07 PM Þ 

Boogiejack is as ignorant as he claims the "thieves" are.

A webserver is configurable. If you do not configure it, it's the same as hiring a guard for your front door, but not giving him any instructions as to who he should not let in, resulting in everybody being let in. He can easily fix the problem of peopled deeplinking by checking the referer fields on the requests. These state which website the link is on. In the case of the image Alison posted below, the request header looks something like this:
GET /images/news/america.gif HTTP/1.0
Referer: http://www.ibmpcug.co.uk/~irdial/blogger.html

All mr Boogie has to do is have his server check requests and deny access for those with referers that do not start with "http://www.boogiejack.com/". Voila. As it stands, he is using the law to cover for his ignorance. Actually, I just tried posting an image here, but it appears that he is already checking referers. In which case, I'm puzzled as to why he rants and raves about theft. Of course, there are browsers & proxies that fakes referers, but those are in the minority and require that every user visiting the page with the "stolen" image use them... *scratches head*
posted by Mikkel , 12:55 PM Þ 

Now here is where you may think - oh, timid old Davros, he's not l33t, but please read here and let me know what you think;

http://www.boogiejack.com/copyband.html

What's the blogdialesque opinion here?
posted by captain davros , 11:19 AM Þ 

wow - so easy!!! I'm giving it a try, thank you very much
posted by Alison , 11:18 AM Þ 

In your browser, right click on the picture that you want to post on BLOGDIAL and then either select "properties" (ie) or in Mozilla, right click and select "copy image location".

Paste it between the quotes....d0n3!
posted by Irdial , 10:00 AM Þ 

Thank you Irdial for the pic's information, but I have now one more question, how/where to find the URL of a picture, if I just find it on a homepage? ...
5 danes, with 3 active... well well... and I am the only female... almost all danish households have a computer - maybe thats why?
Personally I just thinkIrdial - are the best! That is my reason for writing here, I consider Blogdial to be the best interactive room in cyberspace (of what I know), really.

Love the sloganizer: I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Alison Ohhh my....
posted by Alison , 9:38 AM Þ 

posted by captain davros , 12:13 AM Þ 
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posted by mary13 , 10:20 PM Þ 

fantastic post, claus .......... i always wondered what mr plant had been singing about ..... although you could make anything fit his mighty squall
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 6:35 PM Þ 



one of the reasons for not posting for longer than a while is the fact that my head's been buried in finalising a teeny app that does not much but is cute in its own way ... any & everyone can download it here ...... it runs on all windows os as far as i've been able to test it ; no mac yet, but it's OpenSource, and all the files are loaded into the main app directory, so anyone who can and wishes to port it elsewhere, please feel free to do so ... any glitches or ideas can be posted to me here

all it does is allow the user to create a list of events that he/she wishes to be reminded about ..... it doesn't have the functionality of a calender because all i wanted was a tool to remind me about approaching birthdays ... additional features may follow
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 6:29 PM Þ 

By my count we are five Danes here, two of them are not active (at all).
posted by Claus Eggers , 6:20 PM Þ 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-ah! The Vikings are comming!

Sorry Barrie, the Devil made me...
posted by Claus Eggers , 6:15 PM Þ 

Found this essay. Interesting thoughts.

Arguments for the Perceived Impending Revival of Imperialism

Or: Find the Emperor


In recent years there have been many criticisms of the capitalist systems by which most of the world's economies - even in China - operate. Since September 11, 2001, these have been accompanied by dire warnings from people on both sides of the anti-capitalist debate to suggest that the collapse of capitalism is, for better or for worse, imminent.

I disagree.

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1246980
posted by Mikkel , 4:20 PM Þ 

Hehe. There certainly is quite a Danish presence here, I must say. How many are we by now?
From Eriksen's Improvised Dictionary (2002):
Ørefigen \*Ohr-fiyn\, n. [Da. øre + figen.]
   Literally "ear-fig," this means the idea of beating someone
   across the chin. Now somewhat uncommon, and mostly
   used by members of ones grandparents generation.

:)
posted by Mikkel , 4:03 PM Þ 

Easy, Breezy, Beautiful Irdial.
I'd Walk a Mile for an Irdial.
Iirdial is good for you.
For Mash, Get Irdial.
Nobody Does it like Irdial.
Good Irdial Has
Danish Written All Over It.

The Advertising Slogan Generator
posted by Irdial , 3:05 PM Þ 

to post pictures:
<img src="url of picture">
posted by Irdial , 2:58 PM Þ 

you guys are really sweet - love your cat Captain D... And Mikkel you sould have an 'ørefigen' (how to translate in english?) But how do I post pictures in Blogdial? Can anyone help me, please?
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posted by captain davros , 11:36 AM Þ 

More filesharing for OS X: http://www.hillmanminx.net/iswipe/ - iSwipe does OpenNap, Gnutella, FastTrack, Web, etc. Works pretty well for me.



Heh heh ;)

I wanna go home. Work sucks.
posted by Mikkel , 11:00 AM Þ 

Smiling is infectious,
You catch it like the flu.
When someone smiled at me today,

I started smiling too.
I passed around the corner,
and someone saw my grin.

When he smiled I realized,
I'd passed it to him.
I thought about that smile,
then I realized its worth.

A single smile just like mine,
could travel the earth.
So, if you feel a smile begin,
don't leave it undetected.

Let's start an epidemic quick,
and get the world infected!
INSTANTLY WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE SMILE STARTER, YOU MUST SEND IT ON


WHY!?!?! FUCK WHY!?!?!?! I hate those emails, with cute cats and babys! I really hate them from all my heart. Wonderful things like smiling is spontaniuos. Why fucking FORCE it !?!?!?
Does anybody know about some kind of program that trashes mails with cute contencs (cute pic's of dogs, cats, babys and flowers)? Not that I dont like it - I love kittys, plants, flowers and even babys can be really cute and fantastic in real - but not in cyberspace, please please eliminate all 'cute' stuff from cyberspace -NOW
posted by Alison , 10:53 AM Þ 

Circle the wagons boys!

WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) - Attorneys for the Bush Administration asked a federal court on Monday to order that documents on hundreds of cases of autism allegedly caused by childhood vaccines be kept from the public.

Department of Justice (news - web sites) lawyers asked a special master in the US Court of Federal Claims to seal the documents, arguing that allowing their automatic disclosure would take away the right of federal agencies to decide when and how the material should be released.

Attorneys for the families of hundreds of autistic children charged that the government was trying to keep the information out of civil courts, where juries might be convinced to award large judgments against vaccine manufacturers.

The court is currently hearing approximately 1,000 claims brought by the families of autistic children. The suits charge that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, which until recently included a mercury-containing preservative known as thimerosal, can cause neurological damage leading to autism. [...]

Yahoo News
posted by Irdial , 8:28 AM Þ  

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thank you davros!
posted by mary13 , 5:43 AM Þ 
Tuesday, November 26, 2002

1,044,025 stars for Celestia now available for OSX
posted by Irdial , 11:50 PM Þ 

Somone was asking for a filesharing app that would do the trick in OS X. XNap 2.4-pre-1 now (finally) seems to work. Get it at http://xnap.sf.net/
posted by Claus Eggers , 10:53 PM Þ 

P.S. Joel Veitch's animations are now gracing the advertisment breaks on channel 4. My first TV exposure in months and thats the first thing I saw. What a coincidence-packed world we live in.
posted by Alun , 4:08 PM Þ 

Your webspace is here.
Your camera is waiting for you in Dixons. :]
posted by Irdial , 2:04 PM Þ 

Holy Shiat!

"Suddenly we were electrified by the most awesome, incredible sight we had seen in our entire lives."
posted by Irdial , 2:03 PM Þ 
posted by b , 1:32 PM Þ 

If only I had a digital camera...
And some webspace...

Saw this morning an advert for the GAP, complete with Happy Ethnic Minority Face®, tastefully amended with the prefix POVERTY.
It worked for me.
CultureJammers Are Go!
posted by Alun , 1:28 PM Þ 

"The old web was that to which the limited men distribute the limited information by the limited method."

Ya
posted by Irdial , 1:02 PM Þ 

http://fusionanomaly.net/
posted by b , 12:57 PM Þ 

Mr Blair said there was no appeasing fanatics, whose enemy was "anyone who isn't them". - BBC

"You are either with us, or with the terrorists" - GWB
posted by Irdial , 12:22 PM Þ 
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 12:17 PM Þ 

Genies do not go back in bottles.

But can they be shot dead?
Same thing. Taking out of circulation. Erasing from memory. Removal of technology and the capability to reproduce that technology. Preventing re-invention. Tough task. Social re-education that certain risks outweigh benefits may be a way. However, I believe this depends on individuals acting as part of a unified society. We currently act as individuals within a massive number of tiny societies, each with its own agenda. You'd have to shoot the metaphorical genie in front of each one of those groups or there would always be some thinking... 'Hey...nice shiny lamp... I could get rich/fat/safe/famous/high/powerful/fucked off the back of that baby... wonder what happens if I rub it a little...'
posted by Alun , 12:14 PM Þ 

Parliament might have been denied its debate and the cabinet might have been silenced, but there are other means of holding the government to account. If, by 4pm today, his lawyers have failed to agree that he will not attack Iraq without a new UN resolution, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament will take the prime minister to court. For the first time in history, the British government may be forced to defend the legality of its war plans in front of a judge.
See you in court, Tony.
posted by Alun , 12:07 PM Þ 

Genies do not go back in bottles.

But can they be shot dead?
posted by Irdial , 12:06 PM Þ 

"Everything I learned about politics that I never wanted to know."

NYT
posted by Irdial , 11:49 AM Þ 

Saw John Parrish last night at the Union Chapel. Excellent 8-piece line-up, and tight as anything.
Lovely layers of sound wash over me.
Cleanse my mind and set me free.

Re: The Lifeboat. Watched a program on Churchill the other day, which was excellent. One striking thing was the tanks used by both sides in 1939, almost indistinguishable in technology from those of the first world war. But by 1945... especially on the German side. From atomic theory to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. From propeller biplanes to jet rockets and ballistic missiles. And the serious development of 'calculating machines'. So now 'we' are at war again, and the pressure is on. The predictions on the Lifeboat website may be no more than could be made by anyone with a day spare to think about it, but, scarily, they are not exactly far-fetched.

P.S. This bit may be incorrect "The Fermi Paradox refers to the question mark that hovers over the data point that we have seen no signs of extraterrestrial life.". However, the rest of that statement may not be too bad...
This tells us that it is not the case that life evolves on a significant fraction of Earth-like planets and proceeds to develop advanced technology, using it to colonize the universe in ways that would have been detected with our current instrumentation. Actually, it doesn't tell us anything about the size of the fraction, significant or otherwise. Maybe it says things about our detection, current stage of technology... Even 1 space-colonizing civilization would be significant. And it could be us if we could stop our petty arguments over property.
one Great Filter — an evolutionary step that is extremely improbable — somewhere on the line between Earth-like planet and colonizing-in-detectable-ways civilization Feasible, plausible idea. Ignoring random comet-strikes and the like, if we can't sort out moral problems such as distribution of wealth (e.g. solve famines, dissolve territorial boundaries, put religion into a non-provocative context) then we have no chance of maintaining a civilized control over technology (i.e. using technology in the context of and for the benefit of humanity rather than the benefit of shareholders) and an Extinction Event may be just a single 'accident' away.
The second excerpt I agree with also.
However, technology control, at present, is virtually impossible for numerous reasons ranging from the individual to governmental. The problem may be that no novel technology, particularly one which appears potentially unlimited and powerful, will be abandoned before it has been shown to have no (monetary) worth to current society.
I can't think of an example of a non-superceded technology which still has 'usefulness' which has been voluntarily mothballed by humankind for any reason, least of all ethical concerns. I concede that, until atomic energy was available (harnessed? - yeah, right) we had probably not reached the capability of generating our own Extiction Event. Now we have a range to choose from.
Whatever. Genies do not go back in bottles.
posted by Alun , 11:42 AM Þ 

"Finland proposes extensive data retention while the country's largest Telco executives arrested for data misuse."

EFFI
posted by Irdial , 11:27 AM Þ 
posted by Irdial , 1:23 AM Þ 
Monday, November 25, 2002

DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE TUNED IN, BUT THIS AMUSED ME WHEN I GOT HOME THIS EVENING...

ResonanceFM_Admin wrote:

Dear Ben!

Due to the clash of programme interests, with a pensioners show on before your show, we have moved your show 30 minutes on to start at 4.00pm on Mondays. I hope that is not a problem with you.

Thanks for your understanding,

best wishes ....knut

SO NEXT WEEK @ 16:00h [UK]
........
02.12.02
Kozo Inada
"one hour as a[] to g[]"

http://snd.jp.org

........
http://www.resonancefm.com
posted by Ben , 6:57 PM Þ 
posted by Alison , 1:29 PM Þ 


Easily shocked? Well if you shop regularly with Boys Stuff, probably not. But Dolly, the very latest in inflatable "comfort", could shock anyone (well, apart from the odd Welshman.) This is the last sexual taboo - and we're going to help you break it.
posted by Irdial , 12:03 PM Þ 

Illigal drug helps legal disease - WOW what a suprise!!!

By the way - loved the calender by Yugo Nakamura, very beautiful
posted by Alison , 11:58 AM Þ 

Rum, Sodomy, The Lash, and "Piracy"!

Academy seizes computers from nearly 100 mids
By JESSICA R. TOWHEY, Staff Writer
Officials at the Naval Academy have seized nearly 100 midshipmen's
computers that allegedly contained illegally downloaded music and
movies, sources said.

The raid occurred Thursday while students were in class, and a source
familiar with the investigation said the computers were being held by
the administration.

Cmdr. Bill Spann, academy spokesman, confirmed that an investigation
into what material is on the computers is under way, but declined
further comment.

He did say punishment for illegally possessing copyrighted material
ranges from a court-martial to loss of leave and other restrictions.

Computers are given to each midshipman upon entering the academy. During
their four years at the school, mids pay back the value of the computers
through deductions from their monthly paychecks.

Amanda Collins, a spokesman for the Recording Industry Association of
America, said yesterday that the Naval Academy was among the colleges
and universities around the country that were sent two letters from
entertainment industry and educational associations asking them to
address Internet piracy and establish policies against it.

[...]

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/live/11_23-19/NAV
posted by Irdial , 9:24 AM Þ 

I saw the best movie yesterday I have seen in such a long time. Pedro Almodóvar's Talk to her It was absolutly brilliant!!!
The movie has the best way to show us the need of love - giving, taking, recieving, dreaming, wanting, feeling it, the hole essence of life. But in a very very subtile and beautiful way, way different than other movies - no klichees at all. No loving couples as we are use to in so many movies, but love shown in another perspective - from the friendship of 2 men and their love... Their complicated and very fucked up love (some might even consider it sick) - to women in koma and eachothers as friends. It is truely a must see movie that captures LIFE - perfect!

My party went great and the dj's played their best. I walked on clouds when I walked home in the rain - and I didnt even do drugs that night! High on music and friends.

Did Chris Dixon learn a lesson?
posted by Alison , 8:47 AM Þ 

........
25.11.02
Dave Phillips
"one hour as an animal"

psychoacoustic tests of various inner and outer aspects of the life and sentiments of non-human animals

davephillips@freesurf.ch

http://www.tochnit-aleph.com
http://ohne.educations.net

........

15:30 today [uk]
http://www.resonancefm.com
posted by Ben , 7:00 AM Þ 
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