| Wireless/3G Internet |
[May. 21st, 2009|09:41 pm] |
Anyone using wireless/3G internet?
I love 3 for mobile service, and I've started paying for internet access through them. I plug my mobile phone into the PC, and that is my main net connection. I cant get any other connection at present unfortunately.
Problem is, between 5pm-11pm it gets almost unusably slow. During the late night, morning, and afternoon it goes at max speed. So I can download my fave tv shows then, but I can hardly even web browse in the evening.
Has anyone found a good, fast, reliable 3G/wireless ISP? I don't mind buying a modem, but I can't agree to any contract. It has to be month by month.
I've looked at whirlpool, and it doesn't help much. The technical details are great, but as for performance, I get no info.
-L |
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| Headphone Jack Maintanaince: 3.5mm Stereo |
[Jan. 16th, 2009|07:41 pm] |
On headphones, the 3.5mm jack(or plug) is the current standard for stuff like discmans, mp3 players, computer sound output, and most small hi-fi systems.
( Click for picture of 3.5mm jack(plug) )
Every time I get a pair of headphones, eventually, near the jack, the wires get damaged. Then I can only hear one ear-piece unless I wiggle the wires a bit, and hold them in the right spot. Usually I don't care because I might have a spare (like one that comes with a phone or something). Recently I've been using my mp3 player a lot more, and I'd like to get some decent headphones, but I DO NOT want the expensive headphones rendered useless just by the loose/damaged connection near the jack that always occurs.
So, what are my options? I don't want to use heavy-duty cables, because that defeats the purpose of the small/light/portable headphones. Are there any non-molded plastic plugs, so that I could chop off, and re-wire the cables to a new jack? Can I get a small bluetooth plug and headphones? Are there any tricks to keeping the cables strong? Are there any brands that you've found have taken heaps of punishment over many years?
So, I'd love to hear about headphone options that are out there, or ones that have worked for you.
Cheers =D |
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| Eye in the Pyramid image for stencil |
[Jan. 6th, 2009|08:01 pm] |
Heys,
I want to get into stenciling, and the first thing I thought of was the Eye in the Pyramid. So does anyone have some clear pictures that I can print and then stencil? I had a quick look on Oli's LJ and couldn't find a clear picture, just the banner. I'd love to do the official DMF one.
Maybe when Oli gets home I'll ask him to whip up a logo that will work well as a simple stencil.
Cheers,
-gleep |
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| Roller Derby Dolls tv documentry (ABC2) |
[Dec. 16th, 2008|08:36 pm] |
For those interested in chicks on skates, and with digital TV, ABC2 is showing a doco on Roller Derby Dolls. It is on tomorrow, Wednesday 16th at 8:05pm, ABC2(digital).
If you don't have digital TV, you can download it via BitTorrent on diwana.org. You might need an invite, just email me, or leave your email here and I'll send you and invite code. |
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| "Terminator Salvation" New Terminator Movie! |
[Dec. 12th, 2008|09:05 pm] |
New Terminator movie is coming, "Terminator Salvation." It is set in the future! I had no idea this movie was even in production. It is to be released on June 4th in Australia.
It is written by James Cameron(good) but it directed by McG(bad). McG has mostly directed music videos... and Charlies Angels. I won't bother worrying about if he can do Terminator justics, and just hope for the best :)
Some linkages:
Official news
Wikipedia article
IMDB entry |
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| Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster |
[Dec. 8th, 2008|03:10 pm] |
January 28, 1986. I was seven years old. I loved science, especially anything to do with space, I wanted to grow up to be an astronaught. Watching the news that night, I realised science wasn't the magnificent and infalable thing of my dreams. I turned around to my dad, who always had answers to my scientific questsions, and he couldn't explain why the Challenger space shuttle had exploded. I was shattered, very confused and absolutly lost. |
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| $38 Suit LOL |
[Dec. 4th, 2008|04:35 pm] |
I just picked up a suit for $38.00! :)
I got it from Rivers, they have a sale on this suit, they had heaps of boxes of them. $24 for the jacket, $14 for the pants. Yeah you get what you pay for, it is not an especially stylish suit, the pants are fairly thin, but what the hey, $38 is a bargain for any new suit :)
Might be the kind of cheap thing to keep for going to an event that might require being well dressed to begin with, where you just know your nice $500 suit would get ruined at the after party.
They have a few stores around Melbourne. They have "retail concept" and "clearance" stores, I went to a retail concept store, so it might be worth phoning in advance if you plan to visit the clearance store. |
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| Simpsons Censorship |
[Nov. 7th, 2008|06:28 pm] |
Woah, I was just watching The Simpsons, and they cut a huge scene. It was part of the "That 90s Show" episode, where we flashback to watch Homer and Marge in the 1990s. Homer is a in a grunge band (he is is basically Curt Cobain) and Marge is studying at college. Near the end of the episode Homer is all messed up, and trying to inject himself with a drug, Marge stops him, then rehabilitates him. It turns out the drug was insulin, Homer needed it for his diabetes. They cut the whole injection scene! Then the joke continued, Marge mentions that Homer really did need the injections, which didn't make sense without that scene.
Lame! Are drug references banned at that time of day (6:00-6:30pm)? Anyway, it was really lame to cut that part, as it occured within the last 2 minutes of the episode, and ruined the ending. Gah! |
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| President McCain! WOAH! |
[Nov. 5th, 2008|03:37 pm] |
I heard on the news, Obama just conceeded defeat! McCain won! What a come-back... I didn't expect that, sheesh.
Well, here is to 4 more years of war :-/
EDIT: This is a joke |
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| Federal Police Commissioner: Drug Harm Minimisation not Law Enforcement |
[Oct. 16th, 2008|05:33 pm] |
Mick Keelty, Australia's police commissioner, suggests that the best drug strategy is looking at why people do drugs, and how demand for drugs can be reduced. The "Just Say No" is a failed policy, HARM MINIMISATION is the way of the future! This is an amazing shift in his attitude. ABC radio has been suggesting it couldn't have happened under the Howard government, and now the Rudd government is in a difficult position. I really hope the government embraces the idea, although it seems contrary to Rudd's alcohol stance.
I'm searching for more news about it, I'll put a transcript of the confrence in here when I find it. There were lots of audio grabs on the radio which are not reflected in this article, but it was the only refrence I could find:
"Australian police chief seeks to tackle drugs demand"
Australia's federal police commissioner says Australia needs to focus on curbing the demand for illegal drugs.
Mick Keelty has told a conference in Canberra that the scale of the drug problem has increased dramatically in the last five to 10 years.
Commissioner Keelty says there have been large seizures of drug imports recently, but it's not just a matter of reducing supply.
" We really need to work together and stem that problem at this end of the source and this end of the source is about our youth demanding and paying such a high price for these drugs."
--radioaustralia.net.au |
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| September 11 Humor |
[Sep. 11th, 2008|02:58 pm] |
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) omg_too_soon is a great community. There are heaps of post there today for the anniversary of September 11. Check it out, hilariously tasteless comedy >:D |
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| Art Exhibition: Hamad Khalaf "Acts of War" |
[Jun. 10th, 2008|10:10 pm] |
Hamad Khalaf is a Kuwaiti artist, who was involved in cleaning up after Iraq War I. He began collecting some of the 'rubbish' and then began to paint on them. He painted in the ancient Greek vase style, of the Greek myths. On a boot, the story of Oedipus; on a drink bottle, Dionysos; on a gas mask, the head of Medusa.
( Two more pictures under the cut )
The exhibition is currently in Melbourne, and is running until July 6th at Uber Gallery, St Kilda. |
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| Dr. Octagon |
[Jan. 22nd, 2007|08:09 pm] |
I've been listening to Kool Keith's "Dr. Octagon" albums this week. The original Dr. Octagonecologyst(1996), the accompanying The Instrumentalyst: Octagon Beats(1996) and the recent The Return of Dr. Octagon(2006). The latest one is my fave, it's got some of the most bizarre themes and lyrics I've ever heard, alien abduction, androids, weird medical procedures, animals doing weird things (dogs wearing lingerie, gorillas driving tractors), banana smuggling, wtf?. Then it's got sensible lyrics about environmentalism, de-forestation and furniture made of stolen wood! The album is produced by One Watt Sun, it features heaps of dirty synth bass, breaks and scratching, good stuff! Also features one track with Princess Superstar. Here's a few samples:
Kool Keith - Trees.mp3
(2:46 mins | 192kbit mp3 | 3.8 meg)
Kool Keith - Aliens.mp3
(2:55 mins | 192kbit mp3 | 4 meg)
Kool Keith - Perfect World.mp3
(2:37 mins | 192kbit mp3 | 3.6 meg)
Kool Keith - A Gorilla Driving a Pick Up Truck.mp3
(3:35 mins | 192kbit mp3 | 4.9 meg)
Kool Keith: Official Site & Wikipedia entry
Albums: Dr. Octagonecologyst & Return of Dr. Octagon
Full album torrents: Dr. Octagonecologyst & The Return of Dr. Octagon
Princess Superstar: Official site & Wikipedia entry. |
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| Eris the Bitch |
[Oct. 16th, 2006|12:57 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | discord, eris, mythology | ] |
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| |  surprised | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Tereze Dede Gjoni - Vajtim (Death Lament) | ] |
So I was reading up on Erisian art (their ain't much), but did find some more text about her. She wasn't so nice, in-fact she was horrible and everyone hated her. Havn't they considered creative chaos? :D
"But abhorred Eris (Strife) bare painful Ponos (Toil), and Lethe (Forgetfulness), and Limos (Starvation), and the Algea (Pains), full of weeping, the Hysminai (Fightings) and the Makhai (Battles), the Phonoi (Murders) and the Androktasiai (Man-slaughters), the Neikea (Quarrels), the Pseudo-Logoi (Lies), the Amphilogiai (Disputes), and Dysnomia (Lawlessness) and Ate (Ruin), who share one another's natures, and Horkos (Oath) who does more damage than any other to earthly men, when anyone, of his knowledge, swears to a false oath." - Hesiod, Theogony 226
These kids of hers were stored in Pandoras box! Note the "But abhorred" part, I think this must be another act of revenge, like when she wasn't invited to Peleus' wedding. I'll have to look up the full text, she's getting more interesting :)
"Beware of all the fifth days [of the month]; for they are harsh and angry; it was on the fifth, they say, that the Erinyes assisted at the bearing of Horkos, whom Eris bore, to be a plague on those who take false oath." - Hesiod, Works and Days 804
Here we have an awesome side to her, her followers go plague anyone who's taken a false oath! Justice, or revenge?
"Herakles was making his way through a narrow pass. He saw something that looked like an apple lying on the ground and he tried to smash it with his club. After having been struck by the club, the thing swelled up to twice its size. Herakles struck it again with his club, even harder than before, and the thing then expanded to such a size that it blocked Herakles's way. Herakles let go of his club and stood there, amazed. Athena saw him and said, 'O Herakles, don't be so surprised! This thing that has brought about your confusion is Aporia (Contentiousness) and Eris (Strife). If you just leave it alone, it stays small; but if you decide to fight it, then it swells from its small size and grows large." - Aesop, Fables 534 (from Chambry 129)
*snicker* That sounds like the Eris I know :P
This and more from Theoi Project. |
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| Thought Experiment Solved: Kavka's Toxin Puzzle |
[Oct. 14th, 2006|06:48 am] |
Several weeks ago I posted a list of paradoxes and thought experiments, one of them was Kavka's Toxin Puzzle. Can one intend to drink a deadly toxin, if the intention is the only thing needed to get the reward? Well there may be an answer to this one, thanks to an epileptic kid playing Space Invaders with his tongue!
"A St. Louis-area teenage boy and a computer game have gone hands-off, thanks to a unique experiment conducted by a team of neurosurgeons, neurologists, and engineers at Washington University in St. Louis.
The boy, a 14-year-old who suffers from epilepsy, is the first teenager to play a two-dimensional video game, Space Invaders, using only the signals from his brain to make movements...
...They then asked the boy to do various motor and speech tasks, moving his hands various ways, talking, and imagining. The team could see from the data which parts of the brain and what brain signals correlate to these movements. They then asked the boy to play a simple, two-dimensional Space Invaders game by actually moving his tongue and hand. He was then asked to imagine the same movements, but not to actually perform them with his hands or tongue. When he saw the cursor in the video game, he then controlled it with his brain."
There have been many similar studies, two types I'm aware of are: subjects moved a robotic limb by thinking about moving the missing limb; or by concentrating on a screen cursor to move that cursor. The difference with this study is the kid has a fully functioning tongue, but in the experiment he thinks about moving it but doesn't move it.
I believe this proves that true intention without resultant action is possible. Kavka's Toxin Puzzle solved, it is possible to get that reward without drinking the toxin.
-gleep :P
Linkage: MedicalNewsToday.com article, Kavka's Toxin Puzzle @ wikipedia.org. |
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| Adam Smith "The Wealth of Nations" & Implied Anarchy |
[Oct. 5th, 2006|12:00 pm] |
Adam Smith[1723-1790] was one of the founders of modern economics and key proponent of capitalism and the free market. His most famous work, "The Wealth of Nations," was considered a major advancement in the field of economics. As I discovered yesterday, it also gets to the core problem of poverty under capitalism, distribution of wealth and the states role in that distribution. Quoted from Book Five, Chapter One:
Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor, and the affluence of the few supposes the indigence of the many. The affluence of the rich excites the indignation of the poor, who are often both driven by want, and prompted by envy, to invade his possessions. It is only under the shelter of the civil magistrate that the owner of that valuable property, which is acquired by the labour of many years, or perhaps of many successive generations, can sleep a single night in security. He is at all times surrounded by unknown enemies, whom, though he never provoked, he can never appease, and from whose injustice he can be protected only by the powerful arm of the civil magistrate continually held up to chastise it. The acquisition of valuable and extensive property, therefore, necessarily requires the establishment of civil government. Where there is no property, or at least none that exceeds the value of two or three days labour, civil government is not so necessary.
Even one of the most significant proponents of capitalism and the free market recognises the only thing stopping fair distribution of wealth within that system is the threat of violence from the state. In that same chapter he notes that in some economic models where financial equality exists, inherently law and thus law enforcement are not required.
Full text. |
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| CIA Art Plot: Abstract Expressionism as Anti-Socialist Realism |
[Sep. 20th, 2006|03:21 pm] |
During The Cold War the CIA promoted the Abstract Expressionism art movement as a cultural attack on Socialist Realism art.
The general idea was that AE would be promoted to the American people as form of freedom through expression, while SR would be promoted as being rigid and totalitarian. Thus through art movements, the people of America would be convinced of the evils of socialism.
When the CIA came up against opposition in the conservative America government, they turned to the private sector. Nelson Rockefeller and others tied to the CIA at The Museum of Modern Art were given vast amounts of money to promote AE in America. A CIA front organisation The Fairfield Foundation influenced European galleries. Critics and the media were pushed into giving attention to AE.
The National Gallery of Australia purchased Jackson Pollock's "Blue Poles" for $1.3mil, the highest price ever paid for a piece in this country. Questions on that issue were asked in parliament. Of exhibitions, Australian critics claimed we were being told what to like by America.
All of this is now well documented and not disputed. I'm amazed at the crazy ideas the CIA can come up with and put into practice. Man, how I'd love to work on projects like this, real Illuminati work! :)
-gleep
Further reading:
The CIA and the Cultural Cold War Revisited
Jackson Pollock CIA Agent with Abstract Agenda?
Jackson Pollock - Before Blue Poles - The National Gallery of Australia |
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| 'They're Made Out Of Meat" by Terry Bisson |
[Sep. 9th, 2006|02:44 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | comedy, story | ] |
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| |  amused | ] |
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| | SNOG - Are You Normal Enough? | ] |
"They're Made Out Of Meat"
Terry Bisson
"They're made out of meat."
"Meat?"
"Meat. They're made out of meat."
"Meat?"
"There's no doubt about it. We picked several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, probed them all the way through. They're completely meat."
"That's impossible. What about the radio signals? The messages to the stars."
"They use the radio waves to talk, but the signals don't come from them. The signals come from machines."
"So who made the machines? That's who we want to contact."
"They made the machines. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Meat made the machines."
"That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're asking me to believe in sentient meat."
"I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. These creatures are the only sentient race in the sector and they're made out of meat."( Read the rest... )
LOL, I love it!
-gleep |
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| Interests Meme |
[Sep. 7th, 2006|11:33 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | collage, meme | ] |
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| | pleased | ] |
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| | Meshuggah - Catch 33 | ] |
This meme is most awesome, stolen from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) leggz. It creates a visual collage of all your livejournal interests! Here is mine, it takes a while to load as I've got 100 intrests/pictures:
( My Interests Collage! ) If you make your own, use Internet Explorer, as other browsers may not be able to scroll through different pictures. If you have lots of interests, give yourself at least half an hour to completly customise it.
-gleep :D |
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| Defining a Planet |
[Aug. 25th, 2006|12:24 pm] |
The International Astronomical Union's 26th General Assembly has concluded. The hot topic this time was the definition of a planet. Potentially our solar system would re-define Pluto as a dwarf-planet, or going the other way, define "Xena", Ceres and Charon as three new planets in our solar system, along with reconsideration of many more celestial bodies.
After a week of debate and yesterdays vote, the verdict is out, the following definition was adopted:
- A "planet" is a celestial body that: (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit.
- A "dwarf planet" is a celestial body that: (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, (c) has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit, and (d) is not a satellite.
- All other objects except satellites orbiting the Sun shall be referred to collectively as "Small Solar System Bodies".
This means Pluto is now classified as a dwarf-planet along with Xena and Ceres. Charon remains a moon. I feel somewhat sad that Pluto is no longer a planet, but from a scientific standpoint, this definition was the better choice.
Result of the IAU Resolution votes
On a cosmology note, if you havn't already, try adding The Astronomical Picture of the Day to your LiveJournal friends. Each day you'll receive a picture from somewhere in the universe on your friends page. :)
Excelsior!
-gleep ;) |
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| Paradoxes [wikipedia.org] |
[Aug. 24th, 2006|10:11 am] |
List of Paradoxes
Paradoxes and Thought Experiments are so much fun! I had a look for some today and found a list of over 100 of them on wikipedia, here are a few that I found interesting:
- Kavka's Toxin Puzzle: Can one intend to drink the deadly toxin, if the intention is the only thing needed to get the reward? (I love this one, it does my head in!).
- Moore's Paradox: "It's raining, but I don't believe that it is." (The definition of my core beliefs.)
- Nihilist paradox: If truth does not exist, the statement "truth does not exist" is a truth, thereby proving itself incorrect. (Ouch! Conflicts & doesn't conflict with my core beliefs!)
- Paradox of Value: Why is water cheaper than diamonds, when humans need water to survive, not diamonds? (Please offer your own theories on this one, I'll post mine later.)
- Abilene Paradox: People can make decisions based not on what they actually want to do, but on what they think that other people want to do, with the result that everybody decides to do something that nobody really wants to do, but only what they thought that everybody else wanted to do.
- Zeno's Dichotomy paradox: Achilles wishes to move from A to B. To achieve this he must traverse half the distance from A to B. To get from the midpoint of AB to B Achilles must traverse half this distance, and so on and so forth. However many times he performs one of these "traversing" tasks there is another one left for him to do before he arrives at B.
- Paradox of Hedonism: When one pursues happiness itself, one is miserable; but, when one pursues something else, one achieves happiness.
- Ship of Theseus: When every component of the ship has been replaced at least once, is it still the same ship? (Is my body the same body I was born with?)
- Fermi Paradox: The extreme age of the universe and its vast number of stars suggest that extraterrestrial life should be common. So, where are they?
-gleep 8D |
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| IRC Represented In Audio *OR* Virtual Jam Session |
[Jul. 12th, 2006|01:49 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | internet, irc, mp3, music | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  contemplative | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Peaches "Impeach My Bush" | ] |
I think it'd be fun if in an IRC session, each user was represented by an instrument. So each time they type a line, a guitar riff, a drum break, a harp strum, a flute note plays. Ideally the instrument that represents each user would represent their online personality. Then the content of their message could effect the properties of the sound. If it was a very long sentance, the sound could be played several times, louder or stretched. Then punctuation could be tied to the enveloping. An explanation point would mean a short attack and decay, a long sustain and short release, a question mark would mean a attack, decay, sustain are all long, with a short release. Then with the integration of a dictionary it would be possible to get accurate sounds representing emotions and content.
I think with time, users might learn what a type of online conversation sounds like. A yelling match would have a certain sound, as would a in-depth discussion.
Another option would be to use key words. Then with a keyword, your loop could be started, stopped, and altered, lending itself to a virtual jam session :)
Groove on it,
-gleep
P.S. Peaches has a new album, "Impeach My Bush" |
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| The Internet is Nothing But a Typewriter and Television Wrapped Together With a Telephone Cord! |
[Jun. 12th, 2006|06:35 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | In the Dark | ] |
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| |  appalled | ] |
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| | Thomas Edison | ] |
I recently began to think this information superhighway thing was kind of neat, and perhaps it would take off. Well after being called a 'crazy pinko commie liberal' I realised I must be wrong. I'm certain any day now the thousand of people who have tried out the Internet will see it for the short-term gimmick that it is.
I got myself an electrical mail box and is this thing ever ridiculous? Yes it is. My post box has never failed me when the weather was fine, and I can receive brownies from Nan as well as my subscription to Penthouse Black Label International Edition without having the size if my unmentionable questioned. Electrical mail is just a post box with a telephone cord wrapped around, clogged full of soggy Target catalogues!
Next the wild world of web pages, aparently now I can read about anything, even the footy results. That sounded enthralling but what I found was appalling. I go on the Internet's web pages system and they don't even list Alberton Shire's Football Club results! As for other information, what the devils wrong with my 1971 edition Funk and Wagnalls? Six out of eight remain un-waterlogged, and it's not like the government(at least while the Libs are in power) are going to change how many leagues are in a furlong! If I want a bit of light reading I've got The Bible and My Struggle on my bedside table. Forget Mr Web's Internet and visit the newsagent to pick yourself up a copy of The Herald Sun.
After my unpleasant experience with Internets, Webs, etc I though, why do I even need a computer? They are basically an expensive typewriter with a TV attached. I own both of those already, I could save a lot of money by sticking with what I've got. Without the Internets what are they good for? Word Processing and playing solitaire. Again, I've got my typewriter and Nan gave me a pack of cards two Christmas ago, neither of which require electricity.
That brings me to my next point, alas it will have to wait for another day as the Sun is setting and it is becoming difficult to see.
-gleep |
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| I'm Me Again! |
[Jun. 12th, 2006|03:50 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | livejournal | ] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Happiesville | ] |
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| | pleased | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | KLF - Justified and Ancient | ] |
I just renamed my LiveJournal account to my proper alias gleep! w000t glad to get rid of that stinky goonicles nickname that I never liked anyway.
Friends don't have to do anything, all friends lists and past posts will automatically reflect this change.
-gleep |
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| MEME: Movie Quotes |
[May. 16th, 2006|05:35 pm] |
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| [ | Current Music |
| | Radio National | ] |
Pick 15 of your favourite movie quotes, list them in your journal. Ask friends to guess from which movie they're from.
- Dune"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when my fear is gone I will turn and face fear's path, and only I will remain."
 AJ
- Dogma"I think it's better to have ideas. You can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier. Life should malleable and progressive; working from idea to idea permits that. Beliefs anchor you to certain points and limit growth; new ideas can't generate. Life becomes stagnant."
- Natural Born Killers"How sexy am I now, huh? Flirty boy! How sexy am I now?"CORCH
- Aliens"Me and my squad of ultimate badasses will protect you! Check it out! Independently targeting particle beam phalanx. Whoa! Fry half a city with this puppy. We got tactical smart missiles, phase-plasma pulse rifles, RPGs, we got sonic electronic ball breakers! We got nukes, we got knives, sharp sticks..."AJ
- The Fifth Element"Look at all these little things. So busy now. Notice how each one is useful. What a lovely ballet ensues so full of form and color. Now, think about all those people that created them. Technicians, engineers, hundreds of people who'll be able to feed their children tonight so those children can grow up big and strong and have little teeny weeny children of their own, and so on and so forth. Thus, adding to the great chain... of life." ANTH
- Contact"No words. No words to describe it. Poetry! They should've sent a poet. So beautiful. So beautiful... I had no idea."
- eXistenZ"I'm not sure here, where we are, is real at all. This feels like a game to me. And you, you're beginning to feel a bit like a game character."
- Delemore Delemorte"The Living Dead and the dying living are all the same. Cut from the same cloth."
- Being John Malcovich"Do you know what a metaphysical can of worms this portal is?"
- The Cell"Do you believe there is a part of yourself, deep inside in your mind, with things you don't want other people to see? During a session when I'm inside, I get to see those things."
- Freeway"Well look who got beaten with the ugly stick. Bob, is that you? My God, I can't believe such an itty bitty gun could make such a big mess out of someone! You are so ugly Bob!"
- Dark City"There is no ocean, John. There is nothing beyond the city. The only place home exists... is in your head."CORCH
- Excalibur"You have broken what could not be broken! Now, hope is broken. "
- Conan the Barbarian"What is steel compared to the hand that wields it? Look at the strength in your body, the desire in your heart, I gave you this! Such a waste. Contemplate this on the tree of woe. Crucify him!"CORCH
- Starship Troopers"Figuring things out for yourself is practically the only freedom anyone really has nowadays. Use that freedom."CORCH
Some easy, some hard. Guess away! :) |
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| Pirate Baby's Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006 |
[Apr. 28th, 2006|11:53 pm] |
Pirate Baby's Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006
The above are images from one of the coolest animations I've ever seen. It's in the style of an arcade Beat 'em Up(Double Dragon, Final Fight). As always the story begins with our heroes girlfriend being kidnapped, this time by Pirate Baby! So they're off to the rescue, along the way fighting countless enemies and several bosses, but not with-out the help of some special friends. Then, to defeat Pirate Baby!
It was created by Paul Robertson, a Melbourne artist!
It's got an awesome metal soundtrack by Cornel Wilczek.
The full video is 12 minutes long and 112 megabytes in size. Download here or via BitTorrent.
Enjoy,
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| Numbers Stations |
[Apr. 18th, 2006|07:37 pm] |
I'm trying an experiment in blogging, this post is intended to be accompanied by a soundtrack. Download this track(5meg) before proceeding. I've attempted to time reading to the music, so wait until you've got the entire song and it's playing, or the effect will be ruined. Download completed? Cool! Press play, wait 15 seconds then start reading...
Just this week I became aware of a man-made phenomena known as "Numbers Stations." These are shortwave radio stations that broadcast for a brief period(30 seconds to 30 minutes), a voice reading out a series of seemingly random numbers. They are heard to be male, female, children and artificial voices and in many different languages. They exist all around the world, but are primarily found across Europe and the Americas. The transmissions are usually accompanied by an introduction and closing, such as a vocal indicator like "ACHTUNG! ACHTUNG!", "END TRANSMISSION", a musical piece or an empty set of numbers like a series zeros. Some of these stations transmit at regular intervals on a fixed frequency, while other pop up seemingly at random.
The music you're listening to is Boards of Canada's track "Gyroscope". They have sampled transmissions from Numbers Stations in the background of this track. The voice reading the numbers is what you'd hear over the radio if you happened to stumble upon a transmission. Eerie?
Number Stations have been around since World War I and even after the Cold War have not lapsed. The transmissions are of a high power, which would require very large and obvious antenna. Their purpose is somewhat of a mystery, but the primary theory is that these are transmission from intelligence agencies to spies in the field, another is they are communications between drug smugglers. After intense cryptanalysis the number series seem to be random, suggesting encryption with the use of one-time pads.
There have been a few instances where the spy theory has been confirmed. In 1988 a Czech agent in London was caught in the act of decoding transmissions. In his apartment was found notes with numbers in sets of 5, and several one-time pads. In 1998 a spokesperson for The Department of Trade and Industry in the UK, which regulates the airwaves there, stated that "These [numbers stations] are what you suppose they are. People shouldn't be mystified by them. They are not for, shall we say, public consumption." In 2001 a Cuban analyst in the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency was arrested on spying charges, she was accused of receiving transmissions from Cuban Number Stations. Since the Iraq conflict began, two new Numbers Stations have appeared, suspected of being operated by MI6, they are located in England and Egypt.
Not only are the transmissions intriguing, but some consider the sounds and noise patterns auditorilly stimulating. Sampling the transmissions for music tracks has been done by several musicians including Stereolab, Wilco, Porcupine Tree and of course Board of Canada. The movie Vanilla Sky used samples to add an atmosphere to some scenes.
( Samples and further information )
It's so very fascinating and eerie!
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