tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55166996739262337622024-02-19T02:33:50.881-08:00Digital liquorpop culture on the netAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08020889148670522297noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516699673926233762.post-55723655013184192402015-11-25T23:29:00.001-08:002015-11-25T23:29:19.781-08:00Skype<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Just a moment, we're improving your Skype experience..."<br />
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No Skype, you are not improving my experience, you are updating yourself without asking first.<br />
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Is it just me or is Skype getting worse and worse?Riiaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868587382416401525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516699673926233762.post-88983636235097461352014-11-17T07:12:00.002-08:002014-11-17T07:12:45.821-08:00Movie Review: Sinister<h2 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Movie Review: Sinister</h2>
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This movie's summary on<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1922777/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1"> IMDB</a> says: A true crime writer realise that the murder he is researching could be the work of a serial killer.</div>
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Here is my summary: A blogger realise that the movie he is watching might be a load of crap. Turns out he is right. </div>
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Why did I think this movies stinks? 75% of this movie is just Ethan Hawk flailing about in the dark 'investigating' a noise he heard in his house. 20% of the movie is Ethan Hawk slurping whiskey in his study. The last 5% is stuff happening. They can really condense the movie into a 10 minute short and not loose any plot points.</div>
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The only scares in the movie are red herrings - a sudden screaching noise startles you but it turns out to be nothing. </div>
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Crappy movie. Crappy review. We are even.</div>
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Ok ok ok, this is a few years old, but I only saw it for the first time today: <a href="http://www.takethislollipop.com/">http://www.takethislollipop.com/</a> <br />
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They grab your Facebook profile and make a horror movie with your content. This really gives you an idea how much of your information is actually available for the world to see.<br />
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Go check it out. If you are years behind like I am.Riiaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868587382416401525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516699673926233762.post-89519946957393764412014-06-27T02:16:00.001-07:002014-06-27T02:16:39.849-07:00Joy!It is with the greatest of joy that I can announce my wife and I have a baby on the way.<br />
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Currently, the baby is the size of a raisin. From the picture above, the doctor can already see the head, the tiny little butt and a heartbeat. I will have to take his word for it, because all I see is static.<br />
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She is convinced it will be a boy and I say it is going to be a girl. So game on. Who will be right?Riiaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868587382416401525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516699673926233762.post-44706907230505313642014-03-04T05:32:00.003-08:002014-03-04T05:32:37.181-08:00Movie Review: Beneath (2013)<h2 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">They say that a movie review should be fair and objective. I
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This movie is shit. Avoid.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The crap thing about this horror movie, if you put a 1000
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">These dumbasses died so quickly and easily I suspect that
they might be mentally handicapped . Call me old fashioned, but, I don't think we
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Triumph the Insult Comedy Dog</h2>
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<span style="border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The idea is simple – Triumph the Insult Comedy Dog is a cigar smoking socket puppet that goes around calling celebrities assholes to their face. What a joy to see a stunned celebrity after getting the Triumph treatment on the red carpet.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Triumph did not initially started out on the red carpet but worked his way up by crashing the exclusive<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhPXmovwL3E" style="border: 0px currentColor; color: #cc0000; cursor: pointer; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Triumph at the Westminister Dog show">Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a>in New York. Here he made fun of the ridiculous lengths owners went to get the pets perfect for the show. Of course he got kicked out (It would not be the last time he got kicked out of an event).</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">He went on to become a regular on the Conon O’Brien show where he got the opportunity to pitilessly mock Conan and the guests on the show.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Although crass and insensitive, some celebrities have embraced Triumph, like the band Bon Jovi. They let Triumph in at one of their shows, where he made fun of them and their fans. They took all his insults with a pinch of salt and even let him come on stage with them to do a song. The band could be seen roaring with laughter in the background while Triumph sang this to the tune of ‘You give love a bad name’:</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I gained a lot of respect to Bon Jovi for being such good sports while getting roasted by Triumph.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Somebody that did not to do well with Triumphs insults was<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6tD_rGGJPY" style="border: 0px currentColor; color: #cc0000; cursor: pointer; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Triumph messing with Slim Shady">Eminmimim</a>. How do you spell that? Anyways, as Triumph started making fun of Slim Shady, he and his whole crew got up and walked out of the MTV music awards.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Too smoothing things over later, the two did a music video together called<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ass_Like_That" style="border: 0px currentColor; color: #cc0000; cursor: pointer; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Slim Shady and Triump's music video"><em style="border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ass like that</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a>where they free insulted each other.</span></div>
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User <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/guizdp/about">guizdp</a> took the time to recreate some scenes from the legendary old skool game Donkey Kong. </div>
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I used to play this on the old Nintendo hand held games. </div>
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One day I got it in my head that the games wants to be dissasembled. Why would I do a stupid thing like that? Because I was 9 years old. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I like bizarre web comics and movies and none is more bizarre than the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thumbs!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>series. This series of short movie was made by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Oedekerk" style="border: 0px currentColor; color: #cc0000; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Steve Oedekerk</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">, the man who wrote the screenplays for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Adams_(film)" style="border: 0px currentColor; color: #cc0000; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Patch Adams</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutty_Professor_II:_The_Klumps" style="border: 0px currentColor; color: #cc0000; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Nutty Professor II</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Neutron:_Boy_Genius" style="border: 0px currentColor; color: #cc0000; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnyard_(film)" style="border: 0px currentColor; color: #cc0000; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Barnyard</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">,and um,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Pow:_Enter_the_Fist" style="border: 0px currentColor; color: #7e7e7e; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kung Pow: Enter the Fist</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></div>
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These comical short movies employs dressed up thumbs as actors on very small sets. The attention to detail on the little sets is astonishing.</div>
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The first movie was a spoof of Star Wars called<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i style="border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle</i>. The movie was made to promote the animated<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i style="border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Star Wars:</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i style="border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i style="border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Clone Wars</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>series that was about to debut on Cartoon Network.</div>
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Judging from the ratings it got on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206341/" style="border: 0px currentColor; color: #cc0000; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206341/</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/thumb-wars/" style="border: 0px currentColor; color: #cc0000; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/thumb-wars/</a> the short film was a big success. On both websites the movie beats Stars Wars: Phantom Menace in terms of audience popularity.</div>
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Thumb wars were followed up by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i style="border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Godthumb</i>. Later four more films joined the series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i style="border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bat thumb, Frankentumb, Blairthumb</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i style="border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thumbtanic</i>.</div>
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<em style="border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bat thumb<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em>is a spoof of Tim Burton's Batman with Micheal Keaton starring as Batman. Here is the movie as published on Google movies:</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Xbox One was recently announced and the
message from Microsoft to gamers was loud and clear: “Fuck You!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN-US">Back in the day…</span></h4>
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<span lang="EN-US">When Microsoft released the Xbox 360 in
2005 to compete against the Sony PlayStation 3, they were clearly the underdog.
The Sony PlayStation2 was the most successful console ever and to make their
mark would not be easy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">To compete, the Xbox 360 was priced lower
than the PS3 and MS went out of their way to produce good games and
entertainment for the system. In the end, the 360 competed very well against
the PS3 and both of them sold more or less the <a href="http://visual.ly/console-fanboyism"><span style="color: blue;">same</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Unfortunately now…</span></h4>
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<span lang="EN-US">Now, with their foot firmly in the market,
all goodwill MS had towards gamers has dried up as demonstrated by the press
conference announcing the new Xbox titled the ‘Xbox One’. Or “<strong>XBone</strong>” as gamers scathingly
refer to it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Microsoft’s contempt for gamers clearly
showed when they said that you can’t lend or borrow games anymore. Should you
lend a game from someone, you will have to pay to play the game.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Another blow to gamers – your Xbox will
need a connection to the Internet or else you cannot play games. For people who
don’t have Internet or people who has a bad connection at home this is a
problem. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Then there is the prying eye. The Kinect must be
on or the Xbox won’t function. The fact that the camera must always be switched
on has some frightening implication…</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">For one, MS recently applied for a <a href="http://kotaku.com/5958307/this-kinect-patent-is-terrifying-wants-to-charge-you-for-license-violation"><span style="color: blue;">patent</span></a>
– when you watch a movie you will only be licensed for a certain number of
people to watch it. Should the Kinect detect more people in the room, the movie
will be paused until you pony up some more cash.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It is also suspected that the Kinect will
collect data on you so that MS can target advertising at you. Although MS says
that their Terms of Agreement states that they won’t collect data on you there
is another clause that you have to remember – “Terms and Agreements are subject
to change without prior notice.” </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">After you have bought your Xbox One, MS can
invade your home and there is nothing you can do about it.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">However, there was a silver lining, the E3
conference was still coming up and it was expected that Microsoft would clarify
or reverse some of the restrictions they are going to place on the Xbox One. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">E3 has now come and gone and MS is still
going ahead with the draconian limitations.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Sony has made a meal of the ‘bone’ that
Microsoft has thrown them. It seems clear that they want to capitalize on the
negativity the XBone has generated by announcing that not only will their console
be cheaper, it will have none of the restrictions. To delight of pretty much
everyone, they have been releasing videos on YouTube mocking the new Xbox.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Is Microsoft worried? <a href="http://www.destructoid.com/ms-says-gamers-will-buy-everything-including-xbox-one-254678.phtml"><span style="color: blue;">No</span></a>.
Microsoft’s Phil Spencer simply said: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">we
believe an all-in-one system that does the best games and TV and entertainment
will be something that's really unique.”</i> Or in other words, the target
market is no longer gamers.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">There you have it, since the Xbox 360
introduced gaming to main stream, the focus of the Xbox has shifted from gaming
to entertainment. The Xbox is now an entertainment system and no longer a gaming
system. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The race for the next generation has
started and it looks like Sony is leading the pack at the moment. Will
Microsoft be able to pull it together and be competitive? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I really hope that Microsoft softens their
anti-consumer stance, but until they do, all I have to say to them is, “Microsoft,
you and your Xbox can go <strong>fuck</strong> yourselves!”</span></div>
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Riiaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868587382416401525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516699673926233762.post-83722228404500278602013-06-06T03:59:00.000-07:002013-06-06T04:03:38.035-07:00A thing of beauty. The most violent beat down since Under Siege.<div class="MsoBodyText" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in 0in 6pt; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Look, I don’t condone stealing and piracy is bad, mkay? But the records companies, RIAA and the MPAA are soulless monsters with 2 obsessions: money and the money they don’t have yet.<br /><br />These assholes and their lawyers think they can police the world and seeing the guys over at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://thepiratebay.org/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pirate bay</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>stand up to these bullies is a thing of beauty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">For your reading pleasure, please find them<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://static.thepiratebay.org/whitestripes_response.txt" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: "Times New Roman";">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>tearing the Web Sherriff a new asshole. (The Web Sherriff’s email is printed after the ‘>’ characters and the Pirate Bay responses is just below that.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Web Sherriff attacks<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://static.thepiratebay.org/whitestripes_resp2.txt" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" title="Web Sherriff receives another ass whipping.">again</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Not content with the beat downs already received the Web Sherriff is back<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://static.thepiratebay.org/websheriff_resp4.txt" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: "Times New Roman";">again</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">. At this point it is like watching Steven Seagal beat the ever-loving crap out of Tommy Lee Jones in Under Siege.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Finally, here is the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://static.thepiratebay.org/interweb.pdf" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: "Times New Roman";">invoice</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Pirate Bay sent Web Sherriff for their dry cleaning and wasting their time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">To find many more of their scuffles with lawyers / record companies from all over the world go their<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://thepiratebay.org/legal" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: "Times New Roman";">legal page</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">, where they take down many more bullies.</span></div>
Riiaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868587382416401525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516699673926233762.post-45082288243096142013-05-22T03:31:00.004-07:002013-05-22T03:37:41.148-07:00The world jeers the Xbox One!<h2>
The world jeers the new Xbox!</h2>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Last night Microsoft revealed the new Xbox called, Xbox One.
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So far the world’s reaction the event is largely negative. For
one thing, the design of the Xbox is shit. It looks like a Beta video machine
from the 80’s. User@taherrangwala cheekily tweeted: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Second issue the world has with the new Xbox is the stupid
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">But, the issue that is overshadowing the whole event was
Microsoft’s announcement that you will have to pay a licence fee if you want to
play a second hand game. Any game will be tied to a console the first time it’s
used. After that, anybody else that wants to play the game must first pay a
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">To do some damage control Larry Hryb, one of the big wigs at
Xbox, went on his </span><a href="http://majornelson.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-and-used-games/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">blog</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> to
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customers to trade in and resell games at retail…”<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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not really mean much and has not soothed gamer’s fears that they will have to pay
to play old or borrowed games.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Larry is being roasted alive on his blog by the commentators. A lot of gamers
speculate that they will rather buy the new Playstation then the Xbox on
condition that they don’t get screwed by Sony, since it is believed that Sony
might also implement a similar kind fee.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is a shame that Microsoft fucked up the announcement of the
new Xbox. I was looking forward to hear all about the new Xbox and its new
innovations. Unfortunately, all we got is news that Microsoft wants to screw us
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">What Microsoft should keep in the back of their minds is
that EA Games has won the award for the </span><a href="http://consumerist.com/2013/04/09/ea-makes-worst-company-in-america-history-wins-title-for-second-year-in-a-row/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">worst
company in America for the second year in a row</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">! There are so many horrible
companies in America such as Halliburton, AT&T, Ticketmaster, etc but the people
have decided that a gaming company is even worse than them. Why did they choose
EA? There are a lot of reasons but the chief reason is EA’s insistence on
treating their customers like milk cows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Watch out MS, next year you might win the Golden Poo! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">You can join the world and harass Microsoft on Twitter with the currently trending tag <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23XboxOne&src=hash">#XboxOne</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Watch user Darkbeatdk delightedly taking the piss out of the new Xbox:</span></div>
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Riiaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868587382416401525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516699673926233762.post-4191669565283570412013-05-20T07:34:00.003-07:002013-05-20T07:38:39.632-07:00Review: Cut the rope <h2>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Review: Cut the rope </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">– Caution: Addictive personalities
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This creation from Zeptolab got me hooked and FAST!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I first downloaded the free game on my
Samsung tablet and needless to say did the same on my phone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The game consists of 3 seasons and within each season there
are different levels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To unlock these
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</span>Below is an illustration of the different games and levels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In each game you can obtain a maximum of three stars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you obtain only one star and get the candy
into the weird looking frog’s mouth then you can proceed to the next game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">At first I thought that in some of the games it is just NOT
possible to obtain 3 stars, BUT behold if you’re clever enough and kind of a
good strategist you will find a way to obtain all the stars!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being bit of a perfectionist and very
competitive nothing less than 3 stars was acceptable for me hence the hours of
fun me and the hubby had in bed at night! Yes, cutting the rope, and not the
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First time gaming for the "Not so Geeky Girl"</h2>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When I was a little girl, I played the odd Mario Brothers, Pacman and other well known games from the early nineties.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It was only when meeting my husband at the ripe age of
almost thirty, that I got re-introduced to gaming, this time on an Xbox 360.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought he was a bit nerdy for playing
games, but then I got hooked myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NO!
I am not nerdy, okay maybe just a little!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We started off with Call of Duty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it was a nightmare to get use to the controller.
I couldn’t even bring myself to walk forward let alone shoot the enemy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily my nerdy husband had the patience to
teach me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We played Xbox Arcade games
to teach me how to use my controller, and that changed everything for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wasn’t afraid of the controller anymore,
and I could now kick some serious arse in Call of Duty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just a pity that when you play Call of Duty
split screen and you don’t finish the whole game, you will start from scratch
the next time!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Darn – and for the “not
so geeky gaming girl” this meant: chuck it in the fuck-it bucket!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Next mission: Gears of War 3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved it!! It gave me such a kick to kill
aliens, all that built up frustration and anger (from being a bean counter – NO
THAT IS NOT NERDY!) was now aimed at aliens and no longer my husband! BUT then,
my profile got corrupted and there was no more Gears of War 3 </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>apparently it was a common problem when you
played split screen co-op, thank you Epic Games for ruining that for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See below a news article.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See I did not seek an excuse to rather go
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corrupting profiles</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Epic “working every second” to resolve the
problem</span><a href="http://mygaming.co.za/news/author/quinton-bronkhorst" title="Posts by Quinton Bronkhorst"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0066cb; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Quinton Bronkhorst</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">October 11, 2011</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">If you were planning on a split-screen co-op session of Gears of War 3
any time soon, you might just want to hold off on that a bit. </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">According to an increasing number of reports over on </span></i><a href="http://forums.epicgames.com/threads/830449-Freezing-profile-at-load-screen" target="_blank" title="Epic forums"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0066cb; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Epic’s forums</span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">, some kind of serious bug
is hanging the game at load, and rendering one or both of the profiles present
unable to play at all after that.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">The bug seems to turn up in multiple game modes, including Horde,
campaign, and versus multiplayer.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">For the moment, Epic’s official line is that “Getting this resolved is a
priority for Epic. We are collecting information internally, sourcing as much
as possible from the community and exploring potential fixes. We do not have
any recommendations to share with players just yet.”</span></i></div>
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The worst bit? Gears of War 2 had exactly the same bug</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Source: mygaming.co.za<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-no-proof: yes;">Luckily I forgave Epic games and
we started with Gears of War 1, because Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 was just too
evil, no not the gruelling zombies, but they are very stingy giving away
achievements AND you find yourself backed up in a corner too much for my
liking.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-no-proof: yes;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-no-proof: yes;">I am now on a journey discovering
the weird and wonderful world of gaming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And because there is not so many games that will attract a girls
attention in a gaming store, I might just one day write my own game.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-no-proof: yes;"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-no-proof: yes;">Okay hubby, “I got you back like a butt crack” lets continue
with our gaming!</span><br />
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- <em>By Yvette de Villiers</em></div>
Riiaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868587382416401525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516699673926233762.post-68511398576868019582013-05-03T06:46:00.000-07:002013-05-03T06:47:53.835-07:00End of the cube insight<h2>
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<span lang="EN-US">Peter Molyneux’s <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>new brain child Curiosity, which is less of a
game and more of a social experiment is quickly coming to an end.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">All the game is, is a gigantic cube
floating in the air, hidden inside, an earth shattering secret. The cube
consists of billions of smaller little cubes. By clicking on a cube the cube disappears
and reveals the layer below it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Everybody in the world is helping each
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<span lang="EN-US">Unfortunately, only one person will see the
secret. The person to break the last cube will get access to a live changing
secret. What they do with the secret is up to them. Will they share it with the
world or keep it to themselves? Will the secret even be worth it?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">There is so much hype around this secret that
is not possible to ever live up to the hype, however Peter M is confident that whoever
is on the receiving and of that secret – his or her live will change forever.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Currently they project that the cube will
be broken by the 9th of May. However as the race heats up and people’s curiosity
piqued the end date might just move forward!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">You can download the game on <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pm22cans.curiosity&hl=en"><span style="color: blue;">Android</span></a>
or <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/curiosity-whats-inside-cube/id557549271?mt=8"><span style="color: blue;">iOS</span></a>.</span><br />
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Riiaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868587382416401525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516699673926233762.post-11636054566880617612013-04-29T07:57:00.000-07:002013-04-29T07:57:20.207-07:00The baddest dudes on the Internet <h2 class="blog-title rip" id="title_1061419">
The baddest dudes on the
Internet </h2>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br />Russian Business Network might sound
innocuous, but believe me, they are very bad dudes. Russian Business Network
could be described as the I.T. department of the Russian mob. They use the
Internet to commit their crimes, which include: identity theft, child porn,
phising, spamming, scamming, hacking, cracking, malware, viruses, Trojans, etc.
The lists go on and on…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Russian Business disappeared around 2007 /
2008 but some experts don’t believe that they are entirely gone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">This is their story.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emblem of the Russian Business Network</td></tr>
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Who or what was the Russian Business Network? </h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alleged home of the RBN in St. Petersburg, Russia.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Russian Business Connection (RBN) was an
organisation that provided webhosting, Internet related services and tools to
aid their customers. It does not sound too bad; unfortunately their customer’s
main goal was to rob your ass blind.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The main service they provided was ‘<a href="http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/evidence/ROK7997/russian-business-network/media-russian-hosting-network-running-a-protection-racket-researcher-says">Bulletproof
webhosting’</a>. For around <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101202461_pf.html">$600
a month</a> you could host anything on their servers.
<i>Anything.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Their servers were rife with porn, child porn,
scam sites, phishing sites and other undesirable stuff.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Normal Internet Service Providers would take
down illegal content the second that it is brought under their intention. The
RBN did not give a shit what you were doing as long as you paid them.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">They would even sell you the tools and
services that you needed to operate your scam site. The services included
mailing lists, <a href="http://rbnexploit.blogspot.com/2009/08/rbn-real-host-latvia-and-zeus-botnet.html">malware
for your website</a>, access to bot-nets, spam blasts, etc.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">But so what if some dude in Russia is running
a scam site in Russia? I don’t surf Russian websites. The problem is they don’t
wait for you to come to them. They come to you.</span><br />
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Spamming</h3>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Take a quick look at your spam folder. If you
are Internet savvy you hardly pay any attention to the emails here.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">However, not everybody got your shit-spotting
skills and some people actually fall for this. Emails that promise you easy
money, easy girls, etc. leads to websites that are dirtier than the dumpsters
behind a stripclub.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The website might look legit but while you are
browsing around, hidden scripts on the site are trying every grubby trick to
install software on your computer. We commonly refer to this type of software as
malware or Trojan horses.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Once the bastard is on your computer, the
malware opens a backdoor on your computer and signals its masters that a new
disciple has joined the cult.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">What does it mean to have a backdoor open on
your computer?</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Let me explain via the way of
metaphor.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">It is little Billie's first time in a jail
shower, the soap slips and Billie bends over to pick up the soap. Billy is your
computer. The big hairy guy called Bubba moving in behind Billy is the
RBN.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">I would explain further using Billy as a
metaphor, but I think you get the idea.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">After opening a backdoor on your computer a
number of things can happen. How about installing a key stroke logger to get
some of your usernames and passwords? They will make your machine part of
a botnet. Now <i>your</i> computer is sending out spam mails for
them!</span><br />
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Hacking</h3>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Another nifty way to help you part with your
identity and / or cash is to infect a website that you already know and
trust.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">During 2007 <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/bank-of-india-site-hijacked-launching-exploits/487">hackers
placed some malicious code on the Bank of India website</a>. The code directed
the user's browser to some RBN servers that silently installed keystroke loggers
on their computers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">When logging on to your online bank account,
you seriously don't want someone to be logging your keystrokes. (Once again, I
refer you to Lil' Billie)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Terrorism</span></h3>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">RBN's primary concern is stealing your stuff,
but they have also tried their hands at cyber terrorism. Disagree with Russia
and they will <a href="http://rbnexploit.blogspot.com/2008/08/rbn-georgia-cyberwarfare.html">mess
up your country</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">During 2008 Georgia mentioned something about
breaking away from Russia and governing themselves. That did not sit too well
with the Russia and the RBN.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">They <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/coordinated-russia-vs-georgia-cyber-attack-in-progress/1670">hacked
the website of the Georgian government</a> and replaced the photos of the
president with photos of the president in similar poses as Hitler, because you
know, people talking about freedom and peace must obviously be Nazis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The situation deteriorated and soon the
Russian army started marching on Georgia. In sync with the Russian army the RBN
used the vast botnets at their disposal to launch massive denial of service
attacks on the Internet infrastructure of Georgia. The attack killed Georgia's
Internet and halted most electronic communication.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">It is speculated that the RBN and the Russian
government worked together to launch the cyber-attack on Georgia.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">This brings us to the question - If they
commit their crimes so openly why did the Russian government not do anything to
stop them? The crimes they commit were always outside the borders of Russia and
they probably paid a few handsome bribes to officials. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/nov/15/news.crime">One
rumour</a> suggests that a highly placed RBN member had an uncle in
politics.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">These days the Russian Business Network is not
as active as they used to be, but experts think it is because they are keeping a
lower profile and moved most of their business to China.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">According another conspiracy theory* some of
the top hackers have been hired by big corporations as security consultants. But
that’s ridiculous, stuff like this does not happen in real life. It doesn’t,
right?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">*This one is hearsay; I don’t have a source to
back it up.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span>Riiaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868587382416401525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516699673926233762.post-51462844606848511542013-04-29T07:25:00.002-07:002013-04-29T07:25:33.720-07:00Why Space Marine? Why?<h2>
Review: Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine</h2>
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<span lang="EN-US">I have just finished playing Space Marine.
I had a lot of fun but I feel a bit let down by some bad decisions by the game
developers.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">First of all, while the character art is
awesome, the game world is a lack luster affair. Not much detail has been put
into the world and all the levels look the same. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">But the greatest sin committed by the
developers they left for last. There is no end boss battle! Instead, the final
battle was replaced with a series of fucking quick time events! They took the
thing we love and replaced it with the thing we hate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Seriously, there must have been more than a
hundred people involved with the development of this game. Did nobody at one
stage put their hand up and say that this is a stupid idea?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Jokes aside though, Warhammer is non-stop
action rollercoaster with very little to hold you back from getting into the
action. You don’t need to hunt far for ammo pickups and you always have at
least one weapon on you that won’t run out of ammo. Health is also no problem
since it regenerates when not in battle.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">If you are a fan of any of the Warhammer
games you should definitely get this game. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Play 1942</h2>
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<span lang="EN-US">1942 was developed by Capcom in 1984 as an
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<span lang="EN-US">It is a fast action packed top down
scroller based on the World War 2 battles in the Pacific Ocean. You pilot a
fighter airplane that battles Japanese airplanes and warships.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Since Capcom is a Japanese company, I
wonder how they felt making a game where the object is to kill as many Japanese
as possible? I guess, the ton of money the game made helped to soothe the pain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Riiaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868587382416401525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516699673926233762.post-76203450940342387212013-03-27T02:25:00.001-07:002013-04-22T06:43:54.222-07:00The inside of a website<h2>
The inside of a website</h2>
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<span lang="EN-US">Usually one of the first things you learn
when you start programming is “Hello World”. “Hello World” is simply a small
application that outputs the words “Hello World” onscreen.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The masochists at mycplus.com wrote the
famous “Hello World” application in <a href="http://www.mycplus.com/featured-articles/hello-world-programs-in-300-programming-languages/"><span style="color: blue;">300
different programming languages</span></a>!</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It is quite an accomplishment and you have
to wonder where they got the documentation to do the code in obscure languages
such as </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Fjölnir
and MUF.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">I suppose I can Google it, but there is no way that I am Googling MUF on my
work PC. Stupid joke out of the way, let’s continue.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Relevant to this blog would be the three languages
HTML, PHP, SQL and possibly Java Script.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When somebody types <a href="http://digitalliquorrsa.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://DigitalLiquorRSA.blogspot.com</span></a>
in their web browser their web browser sends a request to the Blogspot server
for the website called Digital Liquor.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The Blogspot server will then use the SQL language
to query their database to get the content of my site. They will then use PHP
to build the website and send it back to the web browser that will then use
HTML to display the website on your computer. Java Script will then handle your
interactions with the page such as clicking on buttons.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">There! Easy! Anybody can do it.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">For the full list of programming languages
go the <a href="http://www.mycplus.com/featured-articles/hello-world-programs-in-300-programming-languages/"><span style="color: blue;">My
CPlus article</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Riiaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868587382416401525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516699673926233762.post-76628564329552934752013-03-26T05:16:00.000-07:002013-03-26T05:16:29.307-07:00Help the fight against cancer<h2 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-US">Help the fight against cancer</span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-US">I have previously written about <a href="http://t.co/UmRCc9EpCE"><span style="color: blue;">Community Grid</span></a>, the gigantic network of
computers that crunches numbers day and night to help fight cancer. What makes
the grid so powerful is the fact that anyone can add their home / office
computer to the grid. When the computer is idle, the computer will request work
from the grid servers and help with the data processing.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Every day the grid process so much data
that one computer on its own would have taken many thousands of years to
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<span lang="EN-US">Following in the footsteps of the Community
Grid, charity organization Cancer Research UK has also turned to the <a href="http://www.cellslider.net/"><span style="color: blue;">internet for help</span></a>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Clinical trials for breast cancer research
have produced tons of valuable data. Only problem is, there are simply too much
data for the scientist to analyze!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">At this point you might wonder – “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I don’t even have a white lab coat! How can
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<span lang="EN-US">It is not very complicated and anybody can
help the scientists analyze their data! The data consists of millions of images
of tumors. Each image may or may not contain cancer cells. If the image does,
all you have to do is guess plus or minus the number of cells that have been
stained yellow and then give an estimate on their brightness. You don’t have to
be spot on; ball park figure is all they are looking for.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">They yellow that you see is the level of
the oestrogen receptor protein present in the cell. This will give scientist an
idea of how well a certain patient responded to their cancer treatment. This in
turn will help doctors to give personalized treatments to patients. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">With nearly a million images analyzed, the
project is a big success but there is still terabytes worth of data to be
analyzed. So <a href="http://www.cellslider.net/"><span style="color: blue;">jump in</span></a> and go and
analyze some images to help make the world a better place!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.cellslider.net/"><span style="color: blue;">Click
here to join the CellSlider community</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Riiaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868587382416401525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516699673926233762.post-81542572308455293722013-03-25T05:08:00.000-07:002013-03-25T05:10:14.974-07:00Play Arcade Classic Asteroids<h2>
Play Arcade Classic Asteroids
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<span lang="EN-US">It’s no secret that games are becoming more
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<span lang="EN-US">Although, technological superior and very
advanced, I don’t feel that you need all those bells and whistles to have fun
playing a game. Nowhere is it more evident than with the game Asteroids.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The original game only used 2 colours and a
handful of different sound effects. The entire game was 8 kilobytes big. In comparison,
the game God of War 3 is 35 gigabyte! If Asteroids is a tennis ball then God of
War is Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">That said Asteroids is still just as much
fun as the day it was released by Atari in 1979! Asteroids was such a good
seller that Atari could barely keep up with the demand. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Give the game a change and soon you will
find yourself unable to stop playing. My highest score so far has been 10 630.
Not very impressive if you consider that the world record is </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/04/asteroids-record/"><span style="color: blue;">41,338,740</span></a>! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN-US">John McAllister two and a half days of playing to get that score!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">How long will you last?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Takeshi’s Castle is an insane Japanese game
show. People are forced to run an obstacle course from hell for a shot at the
prize. Only nine people ever have won the prize, but, if you don’t die during
the show – consider yourself a winner.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">While we laughed as someone crushed his neck
by falling off a spinning mushroom, somewhere in the world somebody sat up and
said: “not crazy enough!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Using footage from Takeshi, the creators, shuffled
the scenes and provided their own audio for the show. What was already balls-to-the
wall insanity is now a work of art. The fact that they have not won the Noble
Prize for Literature is a travesty!</span> </div>
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Riiaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868587382416401525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516699673926233762.post-38624188856005419182013-03-18T00:40:00.000-07:002013-03-18T00:48:15.641-07:00Play Ghosts'n Goblins<div align="Center">
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O man, I forgot how hard these old skool arcade games were! We are really spoiled these days, what, with out check points, save games, cheats, armor, etc. Ghosts'n Goblins reduced my to tears in just a few short minutes.<br />
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This classic arcade game was developed by Capcom in 1988 and now thanks to the magic of HTTP and TCP/IP you can play it for free online. Special thanks go to <a href="http://www.classicgamesarcade.com/">ClassicArcadeGames</a> for providing such an awesome service to the world!<br />
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<strong>How to play the game:</strong><br />
To play the game press <strong>Enter</strong>. To move use the arrow keys. Use <strong>Z</strong> and <strong>X </strong>to jump and attack.<br />
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Friday Time Waster</h2>
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The 80’s were a simpler time. Kids didn’t know drugs. Kids didn’t know crime. Kids didn’t know being inside a house on fire is a bad thing.</div>
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The good people at Hasbro Toys made a series of Public Service Announcements using G.I. Joe’s to tell kids to not be inside a house on fire. Then the internet age came along and the good people at Fensler Films reedited those PSAs to tell kids that being inside a house on fire is freakin’ hilarious.</div>
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Needless to say, Hasbro did not like the new edits and sued the pants of Fensler. They managed to get Fensler to remove the offending cartoons from the Fensler website. What they forgot, however, is that this is the internet, and what happens on the internet, stays on the internet. For ever.</div>
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When the script was written for a live action G.I. Joe film, the producers tried to include a reference to one of the most famous Fensler films – “Pork chop sandwiches”. When Hasbro’s legal team heard about it, they summarily put a stop to it. Despite the best efforts of their lawyers, the spoofed cartoons can still be found all over the internet to this very day.</div>
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I now proudly present to you “Pork chop sandwiches”, the cartoon that made some high priced lawyers shit their pants:</div>
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The new Gears of War game called Judgement will be released in March.<br />
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This time around the iconic Marcus Fenix is not featured, instead it follows the adventures of Cole and Baird and the trial of their Kilo squad.<br />
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The game takes place just before the event of Gears of War 1. It is just after Emergence Day, the day that the Locust hordes swarmed up from below the surface of the planet and Baird and co is accused of treason. <br />
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A bonus feature of the game to unlock is the Aftermath mode. In Aftermath mode we get to see what Cole and Baird did during Gear of War 3 while we where busy following Marcus Fenix and Dom.<br />
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See more of the Aftermath mode here:<br />
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Personally, I am not too crazy about games where they mess around with the time lines. I want to see what happened after the last game, not what happened at some point in the past. I want to see them move the story forward. That being said, the lucky bastards at Lazy Gamers have already played the new GOW and they say it's fucking awesome!<br />
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For their thoughts on the game visit their <a href="http://www.lazygamer.net/xbox-360/gears-of-war-judgement-hands-on/">website</a>.Riiaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868587382416401525noreply@blogger.com0