The Nerd42 Nation

I can't see!

2006-05-01T09:14:00.000-07:00

I am attempting to use a terminal at a community college. This type of computer desk was designed for taking tests and not alloing the person beside you to see what's on your screen.

The troulble is that the way it does this is that it puts the screen so far away as to make it impossible to see what you're doing. Hence, the many spelling errors and typos that are no doubt in this piece - I can't see what I'm wrigint at all.

This concerns me. Why do we seem to have engineers who are so blubberingly mind-blisteringly stupid as to design something like this desk? Furthermore, one begins to wonder about the sanity of the teachers and administrators or whatever at schools who actually decided it was KO to use these. Where do they think this is? Mars? Furthermore, this encourages the most terrible posture in all possible universes.

Monkeys again!!!

For Narnia and the North!

2005-12-15T14:44:00.000-08:00

I went to see the new Chronicles of Narnia movie. I would write a review but I'm not going to so I don't know why I bother to say it. I'm reminded of CS Lewis saying never ever to shut one's self in a wardrobe for fear that some kids might read his book and try it and get suffocated - they left that little detail out of the movie, because when they go through they totally shut the door behind them so now ALL OF AMERICA'S CHILDREN ARE GOING TO DIE FROM SUFFOCATING IN CLOSETS!!!

lol

I haven't posted on here in a long long time because, frankly, nobody reads this crap. Nobody wants to go and read somebody else's blog, no matter how interesting it is. And I am not not not not getting a Xanga. Buncha high teenage girls mispelling crudely typed crap about how they just broke up with their boyfriends and how much they hate their parents. Bleh.

I've been spending alot of my time on Uncyclopedia these days - the nemesis of Wikipedia. It's an entire encyclopedia of misinformation, parody and utter lies.

I guess I should warn people that some of the content can be rather offensive, since anyone at all can edit the thing without registering or anything, but anyways my Uncyclopedia user page can be found here.

I might not post on this blog again ... unless it's to say I'm starting another web site or something. Peoples can keep in touch with my via h2g2 from now on.

oh, and one more thing, I watched every last Strong Bad email from HomestarRunner.com, a nice little Flash toon.

Yawn. why do I even bother?

Environmentalism = Religion

2005-09-23T07:51:00.000-07:00

Very similar to the point I made in my last post, Michael Crichton seems to be beginning to realize what the Republicrats have always known, that environmentalism is a religion. Now if only everybody would realize that terrorism is not ...

Monkey Conspiracy Update: it begins ... AT THE ZOO!!!

2005-08-26T18:44:00.000-07:00

Here is the ultimate proof that monkeys are taking over the world! This story from the UK Independent, is the final and clinching proof that the whole entire world has finally gone bananas. (ooh, that pun BURNS!)

Reading this article was like watching a series of outtakes from the end of a crappy film. Here are some of the highlights, or rather lowlights, of this laughter-provoking journey into the depths of left-wing insanity that this publication has the gall to call a news article, even if it is a feature story. I find, in the words of my favorite (left-wing) author Douglas Adams, that this is "the product of a mind that is not merely twisted but actually sprained."

"Look at the humans, Daddy! Zoo introduces new species"

By Cahal Milmo
Published: August 27, 2005

"Jo Cook had good reason to be wary of the latest arrivals in the large-mammal section of [the] London Zoo yesterday. Since evolving from primordial slime, the species they represent has been responsible for destroying 844 other species, and some 800 million of its own kind." [square brackets added]
Gee, ya think? That sounds pretty scary, but in my humble opinion, Black Widows are scarier. You know, I need to get as good as this person is at assuming things. If I ever get a job as a writer, I'll send in fair and balanced stuff that says things like, "Ever since God rested on Day 7 of the Earth, he's been extremely busy keeping up with events. Thankfully, he now has European newspapers that can keep him up to date with the latest assumptions his idiot creations are making down there in defiance of journalistic impariality." No wonder Europe is so far to the Left - their newspapers are not merely slanted to the left but actually bent downwards.

"Fortunately, the new humans' enclosure at the zoo, next to five bemused langur monkeys and four nonplussed sloth bears, was populated by five of the more left-wing ..."
ah-hem, actually that last bit read "agreeable" ... to continue ...

"specimens of the genus Homo sapiens. Rather than destroying the planet, their main activities seemed to be playing "Connect Four" and listening to Radio 2. Three more human specimens will enter today."
And you know what!? Those are the kinds of activities that destroy the planet!!! Radios are powered by electricity right? We're talking about an energy company there, and we all know how much energy companies want to destroy the planet! Why, they want to destroy the planet so badly that they're willing to eventually put themselves out of buisiness for lack of planet to destroy! And their "Connect Four" game was probably manufactured in a factory somewhere that was undoubtably connected somehow to something somewhere that produced toxic emissions, so THIS EXHIBIT AT THE LONDON ZOO IS DESTROYING THE PLANET!!!

"Ms Cook, 28, a senior mammal keeper who normally looks after bears and apes, had just returned from delivering hula-hoops to ensure the "behavioural enrichment" of her new charges. She said: "They are far more demanding than my usual animals. We have to keep them occupied and entertained. I gave them a football to do some exercise. It is important to keep the weight off them."
I would venture a guess that she's probably not the thinnest zookeeper in the world herself.

"The spectacle of five of the planet's most advanced great ape species hanging about in swimwear on Bear Mountain, the 91-year-old Grade II-listed terraces that once housed polar bears and grizzlies, is the opening salvo in a campaign by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), which runs the zoo, to highlight humanity's status as a "plague species". Nearly 15,600 separate species are believed to be threatened with extinction caused by human activity."
Let's fire some more opening salvos, shall we? Try responding thus: "Yeah, especially Jews. Dirty Jews probably kill more animals than even, say, Christians. Yeah, I'd bet it's mostly the Christians who are to blame. The Muslims probably aren't, they're probably more closely related to the monkeys than the Zoological Society of London is." After "plague species" no doubt we'll get into "plague races" and "plague religions." Honestly, to single humans out like that sounds like "discrimination" to me.

"To underline the point, displays outside the enclosure comparing humans with chimpanzees and gorillas note that more humans are born every hour than the existing population of the two other apes."
Hmm ... I wonder why that is! Let's try asking one of the monkeys! Hold on, I'm going to take a bus down to my local zoo and ask a monkey why that is...

OK, now I'm back. The monkey refused to comment until it could speak with it's lawyer. According to the chart next to its enclosure, that won't be for a very very long time indeed, like millions of years of natural selection away or something.

Hey, wait a second ... That's the answer!!! Natural selection! That could be why there are more human babies born every hour than there are apes and chimps alive. Nature selected, and humans came out on top! Take that, monkeys!!!

Or, it could be because human beings are fundamentally different from the animals. But no - that's way too far-fetched. I mean, that would imply the existance of, like, a God, or something. One that reads European newspapers and laughs and laughs and laughs.

"Managers were unapologetic about their selection of eight largely trim and shapely specimens, including an international kick-boxer and a professional dancer, to ensure maximum publicity by cavorting around the enclosure during open hours over the bank holiday weekend."
I'm sure the Zoo is an equal oppourtunity employer. :)

"Simon Rayner, ZSL's communications manager, who dreamt up the idea, said: "The point is to jolt people into recognising the impact of human beings on their environment and that of other animals. We are saying, 'Look, here are humans stripped down and treated exactly the same way as other animals'. We are the same and the way we treat all animals has consequences."
So, we should stop putting out rat traps! This holocaust against rats has killed more rats than (INSERT ACCURATE STATISTIC HERE) combined!!!

SAVE THE POOR CUTE LITTLE MOUSEYS!!!

"The point was largely lost on 11-year-old Rory McDonald, from Purley, Surrey, as he gazed past the electric fence and moat at the cart-wheeling human exhibits. He said: "Cool, I want to have a go? It looks like Baywatch up there. And they even get a better view of the monkeys."
I think the point was mostly lost on all intelligent life forms present.
I can easily imagine a Star Trek character beaming down next to that boy, looking around, flipping open his communicator with a little beep noise, and sending a short message to Jim Doohan's ghost saying, "Beam me up, Scotty. There's no intelligent life here."

"Justine Appleby, 34, a science teacher from Hertford, who was with her two young sons, said: "I did a double take when I saw them. For a split second, I found myself thinking, 'Blimey, what kind of animals are they?' It's actually quite a powerful message."
Yeah. It makes you think, "Hey! This is a waste! I came to the zoo to look at animals, not people!" Captain Obvious strikes again!

"The exhibits will spend eight hours a day in their elevated nest and spend each night in their own beds. So far, life as zoological curiosities was proving highly acceptable, right down to the gourmet vegetarian lunch provided by the zoo's on-site catering firm."
Figures. The turds. Kind of defeats their purpose, doesn't it.

I can imagine one of them saying, "OTHER animals in the zoo get meat! Why can't I!?"

"Simon Spiro, 19, a veterinary science undergraduate at Pembroke College, Cambridge, shivered slightly as he sat in his boxer shorts and felt fig-leaves in a brisk wind. He said: "I leapt at the chance to do this. We've been sitting around, getting to know each other, discussing a bit about the philosophy of being behind bars. I'm fascinated by how we perceive animals and how they see us, so this is an opportunity to be on the receiving end."
Of free vegetarian catering, you turd? Animals in the London Zoo get FREE FOOD just like you and don't have to worry about predators. Boo, hoo. Get over it.

Real life is not like Planet of the Apes or The Twilight Zone. Animals may love living in the zoo, there's no way to tell because animals are not intelligent and neither is any human being who was involved with this stupid stupid project.

The Monkey Conspiracy is quickly becoming powerful indeed, to be able to put humans in zoos already. I thought that was the kind of thing they'd only try after they'd taken over the world, but apparently their boldness knows no bounds.

I just have one question for the Zoological Society of London about these "human specimens" though, "Did they eat their own poop?"

Weird Links about NEW Gloggle Mail!

2005-08-25T11:25:00.000-07:00

In the midst of people expecting great things from Google's new "G-Mail" feature, (which STILL isn't open to the general public yet) people who need information fast are so frantic that they are mistyping Gloggle more and more every day.

This site offers an extensive list of the most popular Gloggle mispellings out there. Also, check out Googlism.com and try looking up your own name. It's pretty crazy stuff.

A more useful link might be to HeroMachine.com which created the Hero Portrait Generator, which you can use to make a picture of your own original heroes! Comic-book, fantasy, sci-fi, martial-arts and sports styles are all availible with this nifty little tool. Great for making wallpapers!

If you give a mouse a cookie...

2005-08-15T06:50:00.000-07:00

If you give a mouse a cookie, he's going to ask for a glass of milk.

Today, Israel is pulling settlements out of the gaza strip. As the newspapers rejoice what how "historic" this "first step" is, let's review the history of Palistinian attempts to establish their own state.

David Horowitz's essay, "Why Israel Is The Victim And The Arabs Are The Indefensible Aggressors In the Middle East" documents how time after time there have been compromises and generous offers and consessions made to Palestinian leaders which were then spat on and answered with increased terrorism and suicide bombings. IRIS, (Information Reguarding Israel's Security) also has a pretty good refresher course on "Who's Who among Palestinian Terror Groups." Their page on the PLO is particularly consise and well done.

But no better case is made for Israel than that made by their wonderful peace-loving Palestinian neighbors themselves. Check out "Does this Jewist Settler Appear Peace Loving?" I would say it does more damage to the Palestinian cause than to the Israeli cause, just like the all the rest of the Palestinian terrorism.

I, of course, understand that not all the Palestinians are the evil bomb-making Jihad-high maniacs that many Zionist groups would make them out to be, but if you look at the record of which group the vast majority of the terrorism in Israel is coming from, it's the same group that is rejoicing today because it's strategy of terror has worked.

Special thanks to President Bush for making this great day possible! May Allah bless you. (unless you're a Jew that is!)

"Batman Begins" Movie Review

2005-08-12T08:12:00.000-07:00

Batman Begins was excellent. I think it was much better than Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2, which it was obviously produced to compete with. Although not appropriate for youngsters, 13-year-olds and up will enjoy this exciting suspense-filled action adventure flick that explores the concept of justice vs. revenge against a world filled with evil - Gotham's crime rate being easy to compare to the condition that the general world is in today.

Batman's philosophy of dealing with evil, "I'm not going to kill you but I don't have to save you either," was interesting to say the least... I'm not sure whether I'd agree with that bit, but the general idea of absolute Good vs absolute Evil in the film's characters shows that every once in a while, Hollywood can still produce a moral.

I am looking forward to a possible sequel in which Batman takes on his arch nemesis, the Joker, for which there was a bit of a teaser in the film's conclusion. ("This guy has a taste for the theatrical like you," "he leaves a calling card" ... (a joker card)) I've always wondered where Robin came from and might try downloading scans of the original comics to find out...

Definate thumbs up for the Bat!

http://3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592.com/

2005-08-02T07:42:00.000-07:00

Check this out: http://3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592.com/

Pi to one MILLION decimal places. Cool!

Bad News + "Oh, No! The Monkeys are Back!!!"

2005-08-01T11:42:00.000-07:00

So I'm gone for a few months and look what happens! Bad news everywhere.

There's a terrorist attack in London and guess whose fault it is? Bush's we're told. If US troops weren't in Iraq, we wouldn't have made these loonies mad and they wouldn't have blown up those trains. That's logic there. Honestly, I'm pretty sure if we didn't have troops in Iraq, we'd be seeing this happening on the New York and Washington DC subway systems instead. Supposedly, any action taken by the United States "provokes" violent nutcases to violence, when actually violent nutcases are already violent. Actions such as those taken in Iraq are done to stop the violence. Honestly, if the terrorists don't like having United States troops marching around the Middle East, they should have thought of that on September 10, 2001. In my opinion, it's not really the complicated situation many seem to percieve it as. It's a war, and I would compare the train bombings to the London Blitz.

I was also terribly saddened to learn that James Doohan, the actor who played Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott of the Starship Enterprise on Star Trek, died on July 20th.

As I was at camp at the time, it reminded me of a camp song that is the only Star Trek camp song that I know of in existance:

The Grand Old Captain Kirk;
He had 500 men.
He beamed all of them up to the ship,
And beamed them down again.
So when they're up, they're up.
And when they're down, they're down.
And when they're only halfway up,
They're scattered all around.

And lastly, there have been many Monkey Conspiracy-related items piling up in my absense which I must attend to:

Puerto Rico faces monkey menace. See!? It's spreading! Just as I predicted!!! DOWN WITH THE MONKEYS!!!

Monkey attacks top orienteer. What? Are monkeys going to start attacking celebrities next?

TIME Magazine ran Let's Have No More Monkey Trials, an opinion column with the sub-head, "To teach faith as science is to undermine both." It's a typical TIME piece, (i.e. it supports DemaCommunism) but it also has the gall to complain that SOMEBODY ELSE is undermining religion.

I FART IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THIS COLUMN. It is so full of crap that words fail me to write a rebuttal that is anywhere near consise because each and every sentence seems to drip with utter absurdity. Ooh-ooh-ee-ee-aah-aah!

I shall return.

2005-05-31T11:25:00.000-07:00

This is May 31, 2005. I'm hoping to post this by 1:30 PM CST simultaneously to my blog at "http://nerd42nation.blogspot.com/" and my h2g2 Journal at "http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/U203906".

I regret to announce that I plan to be mostly absent from regular online correspondance starting June 1st until sometime near the end of the summer, if not later.

This is because I am a Boy Scouts of America employee and on June 4th I am going to begin serving on staff at a Boy Scout camp where there is no internet connection. However, I am returning at the end of the season and will hopefully continue to be an active participant in the various online communities I am a part of at that point.

Until then I wish you all a very fond farewell, and even though nobody will probably read this anyway.

So Long and Thanks for all the Fish!
Sincerely,
Nerd42

Star Wars Episode III; Revenge of the Sith Movie Review/Spoilers

2005-05-24T16:18:00.000-07:00

I went to see the third (or sixth, however you want to look at it) STAR WARS flick on Monday. It was impressively filled with exciting special FX for all mindless drones to OOH and AAH at. NOT for little kids, but worth seeing if you're over ... 13? 8? I don't know, I suppose if I had kids it would kind of depend on their maturity level rather than their age on this one.

I do not recommend seeing the film if you have no clear idea of what evil is. (like if you voted for John Kerry for example) It will only confuse you further.

SPOILERS TO FOLLOW:

One thing I was struck by, on the positive side, was when a man said, "and have the Protocol Droid's mind wiped." So THAT'S why C-3PO said, "I'd forgotten how much I hate space travel" in Episode IV. Before I'd thought that was ridiculious. How could a robot in good working order forget things?

However, the thing that made the largest impression on my mind was when Obi Wan said, "Only the sith deal in absolutes."

I deal in absolutes.

So I am a Sith then? Cool! Just call me Darth Gandark!

Actually, however dramatic of a line it made, that couldn't be true. To use the word "only" IS to deal in absolutes. To define the Sith as evil and the Jedi as good is to deal in absolutes. Anakin was "absolutely" not allowed to marry under the Jedi Code. In fact, for the Jedi to have a Code of any kind is for the Jedi to deal in absolutes, even if the only absolute in it was to fobid dealing in absolutes!

Nintendo Rumors: There's just NO WAY!

2005-05-21T18:49:00.000-07:00

OK, first, watch this movie!

That was WAY COOL wasn't it?

Other info on it can be found here which links to here and here.

I do NOT believe that the trailer is real. How would they control the thing anyway? Make games in a helmet? That wouldn't work, or at least would be really inconvienient. Make games and then burn them to DVDs in 30 seconds? Cool idea but no.

We're talking science fiction here, people. Everybody go home.

[LATER EDITS FOLLOW]
P.S. I have posted the video to my own web site because the above link may have been taken down and/or been overloaded with so many people downloading. So, since this video is SO COOL, send anyone wanting to watch it to: "http://nerd_42.tripod.com/FakeNintendoON.wmv" and tell them that the original file name was "NintendoON.wmv" but I wanted to make sure nobody was confused that this was fake because of my hosting it. The person or people responsible for creating this video either must have or are sure to get a job that will pay them BIG MONEY. Anybody who likes video games MUST SEE THIS!

P.P.S. I have also discovered that the little squeaky noises in the background of the video are actually somebody saying the word, "Nintendo" over and over again. Anybody with multimedia editing software should look this file over for any hidden or secret messages and post them here! Thanks!

Friday the 13th; I join the Third Party Browser Revolution!

2005-05-13T05:08:00.000-07:00

I have now officially joined the Third Party Browser Revolution!

The other day I finally went and downloaded and installed the Mozilla FireFox browser. This is the first time since that one time I tried Netscape that I am trusting my surfing to anything other than Microsoft Internet Explorer.

I have discovered that Mozilla FireFox is much better than IE. Such a useful proggy I have not seen in many many moons. I especially like being able to open web pages in "tabs" while still having the option of opening them in new windows.

My home page is now "about:mozilla" which is an offline easter egg in many browsers. Try clicking it to see what yours will do. IE gives you a blue screen - to signify that if you ever try to change browsers you will get the Blue Screen of Death. Download Mozilla FireFox and find out what it does for yourself! A blank screen is "about:blank" which is also handy for the no-nonsense surfer.

Also thought I'd mention that today is Friday the 13th. This date has no signifigance whatsoever and of course if you have terrible luck today it's just a coincidence.

[LATER] I have also downloaded the Trillian Instant Messaging proggy. If you need me, I'm on both Yahoo and AIM as "nerd4242" and my MSN EMail is nerd42@msn.com.

Monkey Conspiracy Update

2005-05-09T09:01:00.000-07:00

Suburban has now been taken over via their new Trunk Monkey feature. Another great human company bites the dust! If the Monkey Menace is not stopped, then one by one, all will fall!

There's more and more monkey buisiness in the news these days, this time from Pakistan:

Authorities in an Indian city are planning to crack down on drunk and disorderly monkeys.

Officials in Shimla city are calling for monkeys to be deported or sterilised if they don’t move back into the forest. Wildlife officers have been asked to act following a series of thefts, muggings and car crashes caused by monkeys. Forestry official A K Gulati, said a supreme court decision to ban the feeding of monkeys had had no effect on their behaviour or numbers.

Check back with the Nerd Nation often for the latest on the Monkey Conspiracy and how to avert it!

I feel sorry for the other (Popultion of the Earth minus one - and that one's only me) that isn't reading my super popular blog. This is important stuff you're missing here! (crickets chirp)

Fine! You will all deserve your Monkey Overlords!

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Movie Review

2005-05-02T05:28:00.000-07:00

Even though I am a huge fan of the books, I think the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Movie wasn't that great, for several reasons:

1. There were singing dolphins. Bad bad bad.
2. The Earth sequences were terrible. The acting was phenominally bad in the Arthur/Mr. Prosser sequence - and it was cut ridiculously short.
3. Zaphod's heads were stacked one on top of the other. Too weird, not funny.
4. Much if not most of the material wasn't in the books at all and was just made up out of somebody's sense of Hollywoodism.
5. Deep Thought is invented by the Magaratheans instead of, as it was in every other version, by the mice.
6. The Earth gets put back just the way it was in the end for no appearant reason.
7. Zaphod's head stays severed - what happens to it? He never gets it back.
8. The essential parts of the story aren't adiquately seperated from the nonessential parts of the story - leaving pretty much every facet of the series inadequaztely explored.

So I don't recommend seeing it unless you've read all the books, or seen the TV series and are already a fan. Otherwise, you'll reach the conclusion that this whole hitchhiker thing is just stupid.

I did like the Improbability Drive special effects, and Slatty was OK. The mice were cute, and it was a bit of a shock to see Arthur entering his rebuilt house. That was really strange.

So overall it gets 2.5 out of 5 from me, which is odd, seeing as how I'm such a great fan of the books.

[Later] I would also like to take this oppourtunity to announce that I plan to return to h2g2 this year sometime - possibly in the early fall. I didn't leave it because I lost interest - I just had to concentrate more on studies.

Super Gay?

2005-04-20T08:43:00.000-07:00

I heard something rather interesting lately. One person said, "That's gay." The other said, "No, that's Super Gay."

I was just shocked by this! In my previous view of the world there were only four main sexual orientations. Now, I guess, there's a fifth. The list now reads:

1. Homophobic.
2. Straight.
3. Nonsexual.
4. Gay.
5. Super Gay.

Now, of course there are possible combinations. For instance, I am a Homophobic Straight. It is possible to be a Homophobic Nonsexual. It might even be possible to be a Homophobic Self-Hating Gay. But Super Gay? I hadn't even considered the possibility.

As an honest-to-goodness Class A Homophobe, I feel it is my obligation to pass this information on to all my homophobic friends. We now have a whole new group to stomp on with the boot of social oppression.

I think I ought to tell all of my fellow Eagle Scouts in the Boy Scouts of America, which everyone knows is a covert homophobic paramilitary youth organization similar to the Hitler Youth.

I'll have to tell them that now we not only have Gays to discriminate against, we also have to concentrate our efforts to discriminate against Super Gays.

What? This angers you?

How DARE you be intolerant of my homophobic lifestyle! If I want to be a homophobe, that's nobody's business but mine. Homophobes are people too!

And another thing. Homophobes all have this disease caused largely by their homophobia. It's called WWJD and everyone knows it isn't caused by homophobia. Many of them pass it on to their children. It's becoming a worldwide epidemic.

We demand money for WWJD research!
We demand the special privilege of having our marriages designated as "Homophobic Marriages!"
We demand Homophobic Rights!
We demand to be able to parade up and down the streets in full view of everyone with our clothes ON!

After all, homophobia is just another kind of alternate lifestyle.

Of course I don't really demand any of these things. This is an example of conservative humor. Rush calls it "Demonstrating Absurdity by Being Absurd."

What I would like to seriously point out is that there is no such thing as a homosexual marriage. It is a contradiction in terms. "Homosexual Marriages" do not exist.

They may exist according to the government. But also the borders don't exist according to the government so just because the government says so doesn't mean something does or does not exist.

Marriage is a social contract between one man and one woman. The purpose of marriage is for the benefit of children. Not necessarily the production of children but the benefit of children. Marriage ensures a stable society in the eyes of the children. It is so that the children have a stable environment to live and grow up in. So they understand when they see adults that “love” each other that here is a man and a woman who get married like their parents did.

In an anarchical society, (i.e. one that embraces homosexuality) children only see adults running around from bed to bed with no solid support system to provide for the children. To let gay people adopt/molest children would be a crime against humanity that most of us are incapable of. So what will happen then?

Why, we’ll have big posters that say, “HILLARY IS WATCHING YOU,” of course.

Covering the New Pope

2005-04-20T05:24:00.000-07:00

I'm not Catholic but because the Pope has millions of people who believe that he speaks for God, not to mention his own miniature country, it was worth my while to simply know more about the world so I listened to the radio coverage of the event.

Yesterday I heard the news networks complaining about how conservative the new Pope is.

Then I heard the right-wing radio people complaining about the news networks complaining about how conservative the Pope is.

Now it's my turn to complain about how the right-wing radio people are complaining about the news network's complaining about how conservative the new Pope is.

The right-wing radio people seem to think it's sacreligious to describe men of the cloth in "liberal" and "conservative" terms. That is crap because they clearly are.

Don't let anyone fool you for a minute into thinking that there wasn't lots of inner-church politics going on in the selection of the new Pope. I'm sure some of those cardinals must have come away more than a a little angry. But fortunately of course none of them will go public. Ironically, that'd be against their religion.

The more liberal catholics think this choice of a new Pope will alienate the church from the more "modern" world, when it is in fact the world that is alienated from the church, as it should be.

It isn't the church that must be kept out of the government (by not labeling the different factions with what they in fact are) it's the government that must be kept out of the church. (by not demanding that churches do not adopt right-and-wrong doctrines that carry over into politics) That's your little First Ammendment lesson for today. Goodbye now!

Titanic Anneversary

2005-04-14T05:06:00.000-07:00

The Titanic sank April 14, 1912. This is the anneversary. What do you say for the anneversary of a tragedy? "Happy Sept 11th?" I don't think so but we haven't the words in the English language to express sadness and remembrance of a tragic anneversary. Or have we? What other words are there?

Bloody Murder!

2005-04-01T05:06:00.000-08:00

This is no April Fools Day joke. In response to recent events, I would like to officially scream bloody murder.

BLOODY MURDER!

OK, now that that's over with, I will try to calm down and discuss this calmly and rationally. Yesterday morning, Terri Schiavo was finally murdered after days of starvation torture. Not just regular starvation either - for she was denied water as well as food just like a torture camp in World War II. Her husband is a murderer and should serve the penalty for murder.

But he never will. Why? Because he got lawyers involved. He found a way to legally kill his wife. That she may or may not have been a vegetable has little or nothing to do with it, because those are the facts of the case. Terri Schiavo was treated worse than any of us would treat a dog. Without water the body's organs slowly dry up and the skin turns to paper!

I guess the United States is an evil country after all. The liberals must be right - oh wait they WANTED this to happen. OK never mind. Terri Schiavo never tried to kill anybody yet the liberals wanted to kill her and save Saddam. WE ARE NOW OFFICIALLY THE CULTURE OF DEATH.

I delayed writing a post on this until after her death because I had nothing to say that the right-wing media was not already saying. But now after her death they are neglecting to report the graphic details of what it means to be water-starved - no matter how many painkillers they pump you up with! This is DISGUSTING!

This was one of those cases in which I was on the verge of supporting action outside the law. For example, if some vigilanties were able to extract Terri from her Death Room using only non-lethal weapons and without perminantly harming anyone, that might have been a good idea. I can't see the Governor of Florida ordering Florida National Guard troops to stop such a mission of mercy. But I didn't say so, this time at least. The more unconstitutional power the corrupt judges amass the closer to that point I will probably come, and this was the tip of the iceburg.

The events have also caused me to reflect upon my continual theme, that of the constnat nature of truth. We don't really know if Terri was in a perminant vegetative state because there were never tests done. So Terri Schiavo was like Schrodinger's Cat, but the box will never quite be open. We just started shooting holes thru the box.

Another question:
"How else might Terri Schiavo be like Schrodinger's Cat?

The Matrix Online Launches and Other Entertainment Stuff

2005-03-22T05:11:00.000-08:00

The Matrix Online officially opened today. Looks pretty cool.

I saw Pixar's the Incredibles recently. Another reason to wish one had superpowers.

But mostly I've been playing Command & Conquer Red Alert 2/Yuri's Revenge. It's about an alternate history where the Allies and the Soviets are at war instead of both being at war with Germany in World War II, but with futuristic technology and Mind Control powers. Really cool, because if you're the Yuri team, and somebody sends soldiers to blow up your base, you can Mind-Control them and send them to blow up their own. You can play on either side and I thought it was just hillarious when the Soviet victory movie said, "Today Soviet troops paraded down Wall Street as the stock market closed forever."

St Patrick's Day

2005-03-17T09:07:00.000-08:00

Not much happening lately that's worth commenting on. It's Saint Patrick's Day.

Maybe Saint Patrick didn't really drive all the snakes from Ireland in a physical sense, but in a spiritual sense. Information on Saint Patrick could be interesting. h2g2 also has a nice entry on it.

Legends say he used the symbol of the three-leaf clover to demonstrate the idea of the Trinity of God, being in the three parts of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. That was very clever.

Interesting question to ask today: What is luck and does it exist?

PI / Pie Day 2005! 3.14

2005-03-14T11:59:00.000-08:00

Yup! Today is PI Day, being 3-14-2005!

PI to the 42nd digit: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169

For those of you stupid people who don't know any math, PI is 3.141592654 ... Nobody's ever figured out how many digits it goes to, but its been calculated to the millions!

PI is the relationship between the radius of a circle, (one-half the distance from one side to the opposite side) and the circumfrence. (the distance around the outside of the circle) It's used for finding one or the other, because the radius multiplied by PI equals the circumference.

PI is usually abbreviated for practical purposes as "3.14" or in other words Three and Seven Fiftieths, and today being the 14th day of the 3rd month, (Marth 14) is 3-14...... thus PIE DAY!!!

I've also heard that its Albert Einstein's birthday.

My favorite kind of pie is Coconut Custard. Anybody else like PIE out there? Consider this post your very own virtual imaginary piece of yummy pie!

LaHaye's at it again!

2005-03-10T05:17:00.000-08:00

Creator of Left Behind Tim LaHeye's Babylon Rising is about a Christianized Indiana Jones. Not much originality in that sense, except for the villian Talon who is actually kind of creepy, but not as creepy as Patriot, the villian from Virtu@lly Eliminated.

It was a nice read, but its the same thing as the Indiana Jones movies only with extra Jesus.

I do believe in Biblical prophecy but I think Left Behind was a little WHACKED. I certainly don't believe in people "dissappearing" and leaving their clothes behind. People going into heaven naked??? I don't think so.

I suggest reading it if you like that sort of thing, but not really going out of your way.

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2005-03-09T09:06:00.000-08:00

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Terror's Antidote

2005-03-09T05:09:00.000-08:00

Bush thinks that democracy is terror's antidote. But is it really?

I think it helps certainly. But people voted for Adolf Hitler. It isn't just democracy that will solve the problem. We (here in the US) don't live in a democracy, by the way, we live in a Democratic Republic. People can vote for terror - especially if their mosque is telling them to.

No, I think Terror's Antidote is Christianity - real Christianity, not the Demacommie-approved kind. I'm not overly concerned with Islamic culture seeming to disappear from a modern world - it's not a modern culture. Christianity is. Evangalism is an important asset in assimilating people into the modern world.

Face it - as long as they continue to believe in the popular interpretation of Islam - ie that America is the Great Satan and Israel is the Little Satan - they aren't exactly going to up and establish peace and freedom. I'm not saying Bush's plans aren't going to work unless we evangalize the entire population of iraq, but I am saying that for any modernization effort to be successful in many middle-eastern countries, a major shift in the religious demographics needs to take place.

I read a headline recently - I think it was in TIME magazine - about Christian evangalism in Iraq. "Will they inspire more bombs than belief?" It doesn't matter. What matters is if even one - just one Muslim is converted or thinks more positively about Christians and Westerners in general, any such trip is worthwhile.

So, for you athiests out there, an interesting question to ponder. I'd like to see some posts on this one.

Does Christian evangalism in Iraq put atheism/agnosticism ahead or push it back?