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Mar. 31st, 2006 06:31 pm
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One that I heartily agree with.
Many of you know that I think that paparazzi are vermin, and that my opinion on the whole cult of celebrity lays somewhere below contempt. So you can imagine my opinion of Gawker.com. Never mind that the site owners are just plain assholes, I believe that everyone, even celebrities, have the right to go about their daily business in relative privacy. Who freaking cares about where Billie Joe Armstrong had lunch? Or what handbag the star slut of the week bought at the trendy boutique of the week.
George Clooney has a solution. Once drawn from the pages of The Art of War.
Have fun. Get creative. Fight the system!
Many of you know that I think that paparazzi are vermin, and that my opinion on the whole cult of celebrity lays somewhere below contempt. So you can imagine my opinion of Gawker.com. Never mind that the site owners are just plain assholes, I believe that everyone, even celebrities, have the right to go about their daily business in relative privacy. Who freaking cares about where Billie Joe Armstrong had lunch? Or what handbag the star slut of the week bought at the trendy boutique of the week.
George Clooney has a solution. Once drawn from the pages of The Art of War.
George Clooney is known as a prankster, but his plan to undermine a Web site that posts celebrity sightings is no joke, his publicist said Friday.
Clooney has suggested swamping Gawker.com's "Gawker Stalker" feature with false notes about stars' whereabouts, spokesman Stan Rosenfield said.
In an e-mail Rosenfield recently distributed on Clooney's behalf to other high-powered publicists, the actor calls for publicity firms and their clients to join the effort against the site that some have called a threat to celebrities.
"There is a simple way to render these guys useless," Clooney said in the message. "Flood their Web site with bogus sightings. Get your clients to get 10 friends to text in fake sightings of any number of stars.
"A couple hundred conflicting sightings and this Web site is worthless. No need to try to create new laws to restrict free speech. Just make them useless. That's the fun of it. And then sit back and enjoy the ride," Clooney writes, signing the note, "Thanks, George."
Have fun. Get creative. Fight the system!
Taking a run through craigslist.org for new job postings (something I do several times a day) and I see that they're back.
GOSPEL PIANIST NEEDED FOR BLACK-LED SAN JOSE CHURCH
I know I've posted about this before, but this ad appears at least once a week, and has been appearing for as long as craigslist has existed. I find it amusing to imagine why they are endlessly searching. Personally, I'm picturing the stereotypical Church Ladies from Hell, the real powers in the congregation, who find endless fault with each new candidate. They've left a string of broken pianists in their wake.
On the other hand, maybe the listing is a secret message. Minor variations in wording and punctuation send different messages.
Or they could be worshiping some strange deity that requires the blood of piano players who know black church music.
GOSPEL PIANIST NEEDED FOR BLACK-LED SAN JOSE CHURCH
I know I've posted about this before, but this ad appears at least once a week, and has been appearing for as long as craigslist has existed. I find it amusing to imagine why they are endlessly searching. Personally, I'm picturing the stereotypical Church Ladies from Hell, the real powers in the congregation, who find endless fault with each new candidate. They've left a string of broken pianists in their wake.
On the other hand, maybe the listing is a secret message. Minor variations in wording and punctuation send different messages.
Or they could be worshiping some strange deity that requires the blood of piano players who know black church music.
A fun site for us older kids...
Mar. 28th, 2006 11:46 amA Visit to Yesterland - The Discontinued Disneyland
I will never forgive them for pulling out the Monsanto Microscope. Coolest ride ever.
I will never forgive them for pulling out the Monsanto Microscope. Coolest ride ever.
A request.
Mar. 25th, 2006 11:34 pmI understand that not everyone who reads my journal has one of their own. I get people peeking in from the Traveller Mailing List, Usenet, and the UMA Lemmings. For that reason I allow anonymous posting.
But if you do make a comment, please sign your name, and if you feel it necessary, how you came to be looking at my scribblings. "Fred from the TML" or "I liked what you said in alt.atheism, and decided to check you out - Gladys" are fine.
Call it an idiosyncrasy, but i like to know who is commenting.
Thank you.
(And everyone be amazed. I'm drunk, and didn't misspell a single word. Maybe I should get buzzed before writing?)
But if you do make a comment, please sign your name, and if you feel it necessary, how you came to be looking at my scribblings. "Fred from the TML" or "I liked what you said in alt.atheism, and decided to check you out - Gladys" are fine.
Call it an idiosyncrasy, but i like to know who is commenting.
Thank you.
(And everyone be amazed. I'm drunk, and didn't misspell a single word. Maybe I should get buzzed before writing?)
Picture book, of people with each other, to prove they loved each other, A long time ago
Thanks toeleri for pointing out this fascinating site. It's pictures developed from lost, antique cameras. Some of the oldest date back to the 1920s or so. Utterly amazing.
Thanks to
eleri for pointing out this fascinating site. It's pictures developed from lost, antique cameras. Some of the oldest date back to the 1920s or so. Utterly amazing.
A brief announcement
Mar. 24th, 2006 02:30 pmI freaking hate Word. It sucks. Just the simple act of typing a cover letter triggered more stress than I got from being fired in the first place. No, seriously. I was screaming at the screen.
I don't care how thinks my letter should look, stop changing things to fit what some pencil neck at MickeySquash thinks my letter should look like. I do not want my email address hot linked. When I remove something, like that annoying hyperlink, it is not an invitation to reinsert it every time I type on that line.
Thank Ghu for OpenOffice.org. Since the export to .doc is now clean, I'm doing all my work in that from now on.
Thanks to iTunes for what could be a good marching song for the open source movement.
I don't care how thinks my letter should look, stop changing things to fit what some pencil neck at MickeySquash thinks my letter should look like. I do not want my email address hot linked. When I remove something, like that annoying hyperlink, it is not an invitation to reinsert it every time I type on that line.
Thank Ghu for OpenOffice.org. Since the export to .doc is now clean, I'm doing all my work in that from now on.
Thanks to iTunes for what could be a good marching song for the open source movement.
Oh, by the way..
Mar. 24th, 2006 11:32 am.. the previous entry was inspired by this essay.
and he's right. Classic Traveller had the best cover of all time. Those words still give me chills.
and he's right. Classic Traveller had the best cover of all time. Those words still give me chills.
OK, I'm confused.
Mar. 24th, 2006 07:07 amSuddenly my journal has mirror-imaged itself. The bar with my picture and the navigation bar is on the right instead of the left. Not sure how I change it back.
The Fog of War
Mar. 23rd, 2006 09:01 amI'm in another Ultracorps beta test. This one titled "The Can Be Only One!" Six players, 100 turns. So far one player has been eliminated, and another seems to have abandoned the game (he's not conquered a single world, and his last log in was over a dozen turns ago.)
I'm in the lead in most categories. Currently I'm leading in worlds owned (12) and a close second in the other three main categories (Firepower, Wealth, and Population.) My main rival is Ckat.
We're facing each other over a small gulf. The game allows me to see into systems to check they stats of ships present and the like. So I could see that he had two massive fleets at two of the worlds. I was busily building up my own fleet strength. Then last turn, his fleets vanished. I don't have the sensor net I'd like yet (other priorities, you understand) so I had no idea where they had gone. So I had to assume he'd launched an invasion. This caused me to reshuffle fleets; creating a few fast units that raced to reinforce weak worlds on the frontier. I also reorganized my construction queue to provide more defensive units for likely targets and began building the bloody sensors.
But I also made one more decision. Knowing that Ckat had left a couple of good targets basically uncovered, I launched an invasion of Batcave (the home world of the one player eliminated) using my fleets Angel of Retribution and War Pigs. Also, Battle Fleet Screaming for Vengeance is attacking a neutral world on the edge of Ckat's territory. This will give me a quick base to retreat to if things go south on me.
Well, this morning we had a new turn. As it happens, Ckat hadn't launched an invasion. He instead took two neutrals. But it's too late to recall my fleets. So I may have launched a premature war based on faulty intelligence analysis. Which means that I need to get everything ready for a second wave ASAP.
Needless to say, I love this game.
And iTunes wins with the music.
I'm in the lead in most categories. Currently I'm leading in worlds owned (12) and a close second in the other three main categories (Firepower, Wealth, and Population.) My main rival is Ckat.
We're facing each other over a small gulf. The game allows me to see into systems to check they stats of ships present and the like. So I could see that he had two massive fleets at two of the worlds. I was busily building up my own fleet strength. Then last turn, his fleets vanished. I don't have the sensor net I'd like yet (other priorities, you understand) so I had no idea where they had gone. So I had to assume he'd launched an invasion. This caused me to reshuffle fleets; creating a few fast units that raced to reinforce weak worlds on the frontier. I also reorganized my construction queue to provide more defensive units for likely targets and began building the bloody sensors.
But I also made one more decision. Knowing that Ckat had left a couple of good targets basically uncovered, I launched an invasion of Batcave (the home world of the one player eliminated) using my fleets Angel of Retribution and War Pigs. Also, Battle Fleet Screaming for Vengeance is attacking a neutral world on the edge of Ckat's territory. This will give me a quick base to retreat to if things go south on me.
Well, this morning we had a new turn. As it happens, Ckat hadn't launched an invasion. He instead took two neutrals. But it's too late to recall my fleets. So I may have launched a premature war based on faulty intelligence analysis. Which means that I need to get everything ready for a second wave ASAP.
Needless to say, I love this game.
And iTunes wins with the music.
More job hunting!
Mar. 22nd, 2006 03:57 pmDispatcher
Resume emailed out.
I'm finding it interesting; reading the job solicitations makes me wonder if the biggest need in Santa Clara County isn't for copy editors. I'm seeing so many basic spelling and grammar errors that a simple re-reading of the copy before hitting send would have caught. And these are for some fairly high-powered jobs! An add for attorneys claimed that the new hire would work in a "fast-paced, exsighting office."
Spell check, people!
Resume emailed out.
I'm finding it interesting; reading the job solicitations makes me wonder if the biggest need in Santa Clara County isn't for copy editors. I'm seeing so many basic spelling and grammar errors that a simple re-reading of the copy before hitting send would have caught. And these are for some fairly high-powered jobs! An add for attorneys claimed that the new hire would work in a "fast-paced, exsighting office."
Spell check, people!
May the candles on your cake...
Mar. 13th, 2006 12:00 pmA post in ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
customers_suck about people being jerks about a birthday celebration led to a long list of comments about the horrible things that happened on birthdays. A link was given to Wikipedia's date entries (and as an aside, I am loving Wiki more and more..)
So, why can't I celebrate my birthday anymore?
1187 - Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, at the Battle of Hattin.
1712 - 12 slaves are executed in New York for starting an uprising that killed 9 whites
1918 - Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family
1941 - Mass murder of Polish scientists and writers, committed by Nazi Germans in captured Polish city of Lwów.
1998 - Lin "Spit" Newborn and Daniel Shersty are murdered by neonazis in the desert just outside Las Vegas.
2002 - A Prestige Airlines cargo Boeing 707 crashes just short of the runway in Bangui, Central African Republic killing 25
So, what awful things happened on your birthday?
customers_suck about people being jerks about a birthday celebration led to a long list of comments about the horrible things that happened on birthdays. A link was given to Wikipedia's date entries (and as an aside, I am loving Wiki more and more..)So, why can't I celebrate my birthday anymore?
1187 - Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, at the Battle of Hattin.
1712 - 12 slaves are executed in New York for starting an uprising that killed 9 whites
1918 - Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family
1941 - Mass murder of Polish scientists and writers, committed by Nazi Germans in captured Polish city of Lwów.
1998 - Lin "Spit" Newborn and Daniel Shersty are murdered by neonazis in the desert just outside Las Vegas.
2002 - A Prestige Airlines cargo Boeing 707 crashes just short of the runway in Bangui, Central African Republic killing 25
So, what awful things happened on your birthday?
Way too much time on their hands...
Jan. 29th, 2006 06:03 pmNot only have these folks posted the first 200 million digits of pi, they've made a searchable database out of it!
http://www.angio.net/pi/bigpi.cgi
For example, I did my birth date:
The string 07041966 was found at position 146,810,040 counting from the first digit after the decimal point. The 3. is not counted.
http://www.angio.net/pi/bigpi.cgi
For example, I did my birth date:
The string 07041966 was found at position 146,810,040 counting from the first digit after the decimal point. The 3. is not counted.
If you are a fan of comics..
Jan. 22nd, 2006 05:31 pm..the four-color superhero kind, especially Silver Age/Comics Code Authority era stuff, you have to visit this site.
Superdickery.com
It's pretty big, so budget a couple of hours and have some good booze at hand for the "Jimmy O;sen Gets Super Powers" drinking game.
Superdickery.com
It's pretty big, so budget a couple of hours and have some good booze at hand for the "Jimmy O;sen Gets Super Powers" drinking game.
The Ultracorps test has ended. Here are my final stats:
# Worlds Owned: 8 (tied for 187th)
# Firepower: 476.61 (197th)
# Net Worth: 29,867 (172nd)
# Victories: 11
# Defeats: 8
# Win Ratio: 6.37 (tied for 221st)
# Population: 6,399 (199th)
I've learned a few valuable lessons from this limited play test:
1. Expand! Building up a good base of worlds early is vital. You need those resources.
2. Build. Especially cheap units like the Super Space Fighter, WarMeks, and Cargo Carriers. Building and outfitting fleets, even ones that are filled with cannon fodder, allow you to grab more worlds while you are still surrounded by neutrals.
3. Don't skimp on defense. Once I have several worlds, and a few good fleets, I can focus on building static defenses for my core worlds.
4. Buy the big licenses early. Getting the ability to build MegaBots, HC-4 Space Runways, and the Infinita; even before I can feasibly pay for them, would be nice.
5. Build Sensors! Having a good sensor net on my frontier would have been nice. Along with that, build a couple of reaction fleets. Fast units like the TK Bike v2, the Hurax Stealth Fighter or the X-5 Raider. Combined with a good sensor net, I can respond to incoming invaders and give them a shock.
# Worlds Owned: 8 (tied for 187th)
# Firepower: 476.61 (197th)
# Net Worth: 29,867 (172nd)
# Victories: 11
# Defeats: 8
# Win Ratio: 6.37 (tied for 221st)
# Population: 6,399 (199th)
I've learned a few valuable lessons from this limited play test:
1. Expand! Building up a good base of worlds early is vital. You need those resources.
2. Build. Especially cheap units like the Super Space Fighter, WarMeks, and Cargo Carriers. Building and outfitting fleets, even ones that are filled with cannon fodder, allow you to grab more worlds while you are still surrounded by neutrals.
3. Don't skimp on defense. Once I have several worlds, and a few good fleets, I can focus on building static defenses for my core worlds.
4. Buy the big licenses early. Getting the ability to build MegaBots, HC-4 Space Runways, and the Infinita; even before I can feasibly pay for them, would be nice.
5. Build Sensors! Having a good sensor net on my frontier would have been nice. Along with that, build a couple of reaction fleets. Fast units like the TK Bike v2, the Hurax Stealth Fighter or the X-5 Raider. Combined with a good sensor net, I can respond to incoming invaders and give them a shock.
