Holiday Wish list
Wish Lists
01.) Chapters Wish List
02.)

Tech
03.) Some kind of doomsday device. -USB Doomsday Device Hub
04.) FreeLoader Pro Solar Charger
05.) Squishy Bowl Set
06.) Third Hand Adjustable Parts Holder with Magnification
07.) LED Umbrella
08.) Pac-Man HotHead Potholder

Books
09.) Book of Secrets
10.) The Zombie Survival Guide
11.) Forbidden Knowledge
12.) Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius : 28 Build-It Yourself
13.) How to Survive a Robot Uprising

Transformers
14.) Autobot Ratchet Toy Line: Universe Classics 2.0 Subgroup: Deluxe Figure
15.) Transformers Ironhide (Universe Classics 2.0, Deluxe Figure, Autobot)
16.) Transformers Sideswipe (Universe Classics 2.0, Deluxe Figure, Autobot)
17.) Transformers Silverstreak (Universe Classics 2.0, Deluxe Figure, Autobot)
18.) Transformers Smokescreen (Universe Classics 2.0, Deluxe Figure, Autobot)
19.) Transformers Autobot Cosmos (Universe Classics 2.0, Legend Class, Autobot)
20.) Transformers Beachcomber (Universe Classics 2.0, Legend Class, Autobot)
21.) Transformers Brawn (Universe Classics 2.0, Legend Class, Autobot)
22.) Transformers Onslaught (Universe Classics 2.0, Ultra Class, Decepticon)
23.) Transformers Inferno (Universe Classics 2.0, Voyager, Autobot)
24.) Transformers Cliffjumper (Classics, Deluxe Figure, Autobot)
25.) Transformers Mirage (Classics, Deluxe Figure, Autobot)
26.) Transformers Ramjet (Classics, Deluxe Figure, Decepticon)
27.) Transformers Optimus Prime (Tftm 20Th Anniversary) (Classics, Masterpiece, Autobot)
28.) Transformers Jetfire (Classics, Voyager, Autobot)

DVD
29.) Transformers 2: revenge of the fallen (2 disk special edition please)
30.) GI Joe: Rise of Cobra
31.) Watchmen
32.) Dollhouse S1

Wii
33.) Wii Nunchuk
34.) Wii Sports Resort
35.) Metroid Prime Trilogy for Wii
36.) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games for wii
37.) Bakugan: Battle Brawlers for wii

War Hammer (This is an either or option I don’t need both)
39.) Foundation Paint Set
40.) Games Workshop Paint Set

Computer
41.) ddr2 ram 1-4gb simms

Stuff
42.) Nerf Vulcan
43.) A new pair of gothy pants - XL

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reposted from techie
Me: "What you're asking for is physically impossible."
DBA: "Let's have a meeting on that."

So... I spent over two hours of my life (one making a ppt slide show and another showing it) to explain to someone that, lacking the ability to make a duplicate Riker, I cannot cause a physical component to be in two places at once. Especially when the purpose of the outage is to REPLACE the part.

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as we lay silent
when did everything break down?
It seems like yesterday when everything was right,
Its not how its suppose to be,
the end of history and all we love,
theirs a flaw in the mirror,
so blind not to see,
lifting fog getting clearer.
It's you and me.

As we Lay silent,
the world is dying,
theirs no denying,
we are in the final days
the final days.

We stand at the precipice,
pretending it does not exist,
it's such a crime.
Now the end drawing nearer,
and still all we see,
full of lies hate and fear,
and our final defeat.

As we Lay silent,
the world is dying,
theirs no denying,
we are in the final days
the final days.

We cannot afford the luxury,
of our complacency,
there's no time.

As we Lay silent,
the world is dying,
theirs no denying,
we are in the final days
the final days.

As we Lay silent,
the world is dying,
theirs no denying,
we are in the final days
the final days.

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my day at work.
it's comforting in an odd sort of way, knowing that I am one of the few smart people left on this planet, and for the most part I've been good about selecting smart people to be friends with. I'm glad I don't actually know anyone as utterly retarded as the people that call for my help.

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he's back
Captain America #600
Creative team: Story by Ed Brubaker, Mark Waid, Roger Stern, and more. Art by Butch Guice, Alex Ross, Luke Ross, and more.

Comic Book Resources has a preview of Captain America #600. According to CBR:

As detailed this morning by ROBOT 6, news broke [yesterday] that Steve Rogers, the original Captain America who was murdered two years ago in "Captain America" #25, is confirmed to return in "Captain America: Reborn," a Marvel Comics miniseries by Ed Brubaker and Byran Hitch & Butch Guice that begins July 11. The story is preceded by "Captain America" #600, also written by Brubaker, which in a highly unusual move, went on sale [yesterday] -- as opposed to Wednesday, when comics traditionally ship to Direct Market retailers.

The news was made plain by Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada in a short piece in New York's Daily News, in which he said, "The original Captain America is finally coming back..."

For more on this story, CBR's Jonah Weiland and Kiel Phegley spoke with Quesada.

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And now, for some off-topic:

"If programming languages were religions"
(Inspired by "If programming languages were cars")


C would be Judaism - it's old and restrictive, but most of the world is familiar with its laws and respects them. The catch is, you can't convert into it - you're either into it from the start, or you will think that it's insanity. Also, when things go wrong, many people are willing to blame the problems of the world on it.

Java would be Fundamentalist Christianity - it's theoretically based on C, but it voids so many of the old laws that it doesn't feel like the original at all. Instead, it adds its own set of rigid rules, which its followers believe to be far superior to the original. Not only are they certain that it's the best language in the world, but they're willing to burn those who disagree at the stake.

PHP would be Cafeteria Christianity - Fights with Java for the web market. It draws a few concepts from C and Java, but only those that it really likes. Maybe it's not as coherent as other languages, but at least it leaves you with much more freedom and ostensibly keeps the core idea of the whole thing. Also, the whole concept of "goto hell" was abandoned.

C++ would be Islam - It takes C and not only keeps all its laws, but adds a very complex new set of laws on top of it. It's so versatile that it can be used to be the foundation of anything, from great atrocities to beautiful works of art. Its followers are convinced that it is the ultimate universal language, and may be angered by those who disagree. Also, if you insult it or its founder, you'll probably be threatened with death by more radical followers.

C# would be Mormonism - At first glance, it's the same as Java, but at a closer look you realize that it's controlled by a single corporation (which many Java followers believe to be evil), and that many theological concepts are quite different. You suspect that it'd probably be nice, if only all the followers of Java wouldn't discriminate so much against you for following it.

Lisp would be Zen Buddhism - There is no syntax, there is no centralization of dogma, there are no deities to worship. The entire universe is there at your reach - if only you are enlightened enough to grasp it. Some say that it's not a language at all; others say that it's the only language that makes sense.

Haskell would be Taoism - It is so different from other languages that many people don't understand how can anyone use it to produce anything useful. Its followers believe that it's the true path to wisdom, but that wisdom is beyond the grasp of most mortals.

Erlang would be Hinduism - It's another strange language that doesn't look like it could be used for anything, but unlike most other modern languages, it's built around the concept of multiple simultaneous deities.

Perl would be Voodoo - An incomprehensible series of arcane incantations that involve the blood of goats and permanently corrupt your soul. Often used when your boss requires you to do an urgent task at 21:00 on friday night.

Lua would be Wicca - A pantheistic language that can easily be adapted for different cultures and locations. Its code is very liberal, and allows for the use of techniques that might be described as magical by those used to more traditional languages. It has a strong connection to the moon.

Ruby would be Neo-Paganism - A mixture of different languages and ideas that was beaten together into something that might be identified as a language. Its adherents are growing fast, and although most people look at them suspiciously, they are mostly well-meaning people with no intention of harming anyone.

Python would be Humanism: It's simple, unrestrictive, and all you need to follow it is common sense. Many of the followers claim to feel relieved from all the burden imposed by other languages, and that they have rediscovered the joy of programming. There are some who say that it is a form of pseudo-code.

COBOL would be Ancient Paganism - There was once a time when it ruled over a vast region and was important, but nowadays it's almost dead, for the good of us all. Although many were scarred by the rituals demanded by its deities, there are some who insist on keeping it alive even today.

APL would be Scientology - There are many people who claim to follow it, but you've always suspected that it's a huge and elaborate prank that got out of control.

LOLCODE would be Pastafarianism - An esoteric, Internet-born belief that nobody really takes seriously, despite all the efforts to develop and spread it.

Visual Basic would be Satanism - Except that you don't REALLY need to sell your soul to be a Satanist...

Thanks to jfs and other people on #aegisub for the suggestions. Keep in mind, this list is a joke, and is not meant to offend anyone. Also, if you're a Muslim, please don't kill me. ;)

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Not actually about my wife and I, but about married life in general.
girl:
You're a slob, It's such a bore,
Your underwear strewn on the floor.
Boy:
and you're a packrat, most extreme,
our house is full of magazines.
girl:
the toilet's broke, and yet I bet,
his majesty ain't fixed it yet.
boy:
you're one to talk, sleepyhead,
and get your fat ass out of bed.

(chorus)
both:
oh but in the eyes of god,
we said our vows before the pews.
"not until death may we part"
boy:
so until then I'm stuck with you.

girl:
you swore that you'd be true to me,
but gave be infidelity.
boy:
why should I give a tinker's cuss?
she was your sister, what's the fuss?
girl:
well then, let's propose a truce.
what's good for gander is good for goose.
Boy:
hey now that's different, you took to bed,
my favorite dog and all my friends!

(chorus)
both:
oh but in the eyes of god,
we said our vows before the pews.
"not until death may we part"
so until then i'm stuck with you.
oh but in the eyes of god,
we said our vows before the pews.
"not until death may we part"
girl:
this is my curse, i said "i do."
better or worse I'm stuck with you.

girl:
you poked my eye, i wear a patch.
i should've given you one to match.
boy:
did you forget, you got me back?
you chopped my thumb off with an axe.
girl:
you drowned my kittens one by one.
you looked like you were having fun.

boy:
you stabbed my mother, in the chest
with a korean bayonet!

(chorus)
both:
oh but in the eyes of god,
we said our vows before the pews.
"not until death may we part"
so until then i'm stuck with you.
oh but in the eyes of god,
we said our vows before the pews.
"not until death may we part"
boy:
this is my curse, i said "i do."
lest you die first i'm stuck with you.

girl:
and now i lie here in the grave.
i pray to god my soul to save.
and in the darkness of the tomb,
i'm glad i'm lying next to you.

boy:
and as i lay here 6 feet down
my body buried under ground.
in this dank, and dreary cold,
i'm just glad i'm not alone.

(chorus)
both:
oh but in the eyes of god,
we said our vows before the pews.
"not until death may we part"
so until then i'm stuck with you.
oh but in the eyes of god,
we said our vows before the pews.
"not until death may we part"
girl:
i'm not sad i said, "i do."
both:
i'm just glad i was stuck with you.

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does this sound like a good opening to a book?
The music in the club that night was the usual darkwave, but tonight held an electric current. I don’t usually go clubbing with my geeky friends that I play D&D with but this new guy this “” was…different. He was brought in because he knew one of the boys from work and was looking for a game. He was pretty cool, he’s been traveling around for a while now, and truth be told kind a handsome in an Eastern Europe nobility kind a way. I figured if he wanted someone to play his tour guide, any maybe more, I wasn’t going to say no. He said he didn’t know any of the gothy haunts in Toronto and yet when I walked him into the club it was as if a lot of people here knew him. My friends started asking him about New York and Voltaire, he knows Voltaire? Oh wow this guy is connected in the goth scene.
The night starts to become a blur of music, booze, glow sticks, eyeliner and the macabre. Then I notice this other guy, oh wow, I thought going clubbing with “” was good, this guys was…something else. He came up to me and we got a booth, and talked. To this day I still don’t know what we talked about; I do know that I would have followed him right home to bed. When he got up and started walking out of the club I followed him out, it was like I was a moth flowing a candle on a dark night. “” Saw me leaving, I felt bad bringing him here and leaving without saying goodbye but I didn’t stop to talk to him I couldn’t stop, I wanted the goth boy from the booth, nothing was going to stop me from following him. Where he went, I went. As he walked down streets, I followed him. When he walked down the dark ally, I walked down the dark ally. When he kissed my lips, I kissed him back, when he felt up my leg, I clawed at his back, when he bit my neck, I tried to scream.
It hurt and yet felt good at the same time, I was dying and I wanted it to stop but I couldn’t fight it. I could feel the shadows of the world coming up around me to claim me. Then suddenly a shimmer of silver flew through the street lights, and a flash of crimson, a scream of pain…my scream, I could scream again, I kicked and flailed away from him. Someone had hit him with a silver knife. It was “” he was standing there at the front of the alley; his eyes looked cold, angry, ready to kill. He looked me in the eyes and quietly said, “Get behind me, and put some pressure on your neck.” I realized I was still bleeding and I did what he asked.
The vampire spoke, “You interrupted my dinner blood bag, and stabbed me with a cheep toy, explain to me why I shouldn’t kill you…”
“” retorted, “You know, vampires think their the top of the food chain, the ultimate evolution of man simply because your nearly invincible, the truth is your not. In fact you’re only really a danger to someone who isn’t prepared for example, that wound will keep bleeding because its made of silver, and this…” he moved his hand and out from his sleeve came this bright white light, “is sunlight…”
The vampire screeched and begin you smolder, like melted plastic, smelled like melted plastic too, the vampire just started turning to ash, like so much black powder in a trench coat and leather pants.
“”’s attention then turned to me, “let me see that bite, its ok, your safe.” I was ready to pass out, so I did what he asked, and then suddenly I felt…warm, like the biggest teddy bear in the world was giving me a hug, I felt more alert and alive. “” looked a little paler, which is hard for a goth to do.
He looked me in the eye, “Are you ready to move, he scream will be heard by the others like him and your in no condition to take on and group of angry vampires.”
I was angry, and needed some answers “No I’m not ready to go, I have a bleeding neck wound and was just attack by a vampire, and not a fake vampire like George in the bar, I mean a real one, so your goanna tell me what going on here right the hell now!”
“” Frowned a little; he brought my hand up to my neck, I wasn’t bleeding anymore, all I could feel is two little puncture scars, but I knew I was bleeding from there a moment ago. “Jessica, listen what attacked you was indeed a vampire, I’ve well, I’ve patched you up for now, provided you don’t pick at it or get jumped by another one and get a good nights sleep you’ll be fine. As for the rest of it, and I know there is stuff you do need to know and I promise I will tell you but we need to move. Come with me and I will take you somewhere safe for the night, you can get some sleep, relax on my couch and in the morning after some coffee and breakfast I’ll explain everything.”
So we ran, I could hear at least three people behind us, running after us. All the street lights seemed to change in our favor just as we got close, “” took us to the front door of a old apartment building, no elevators, but the security door opened for us, I guess it was broken, we took off up the stares to the top floor, “” opened the door to an apartment and walked to the big full sized window, he opened it and grabbed my arm. “Come on, just hold on we can get to safety.” This was crazy; he wanted us to jump out the window, from the 4th floor. No way, I thought I want off this crazy train. “You nuts! This is reality, and in reality people don’t fly!”
“” smiled this big toothy grin; “What’s reality compared to me?”
He took my hand and we walked from that window right into his living room

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OMG
Ladies, do you trust your teenage children enough to seriously consider the possibility that someone broke into your home, logged into your blackberry, and added porn sites to your bookmark list?

If so, I can help you.

But first, I need your credit card details.

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this is why I love Niel Gaiman
I recently saw Neil Gaiman give a talk at which someone asked him how he felt about piracy of his books. He said, "Hands up in the audience if you discovered your favorite writer for free -- because someone loaned you a copy, or because someone gave it to you? Now, hands up if you found your favorite writer by walking into a store and plunking down cash." Overwhelmingly, the audience said that they'd discovered their favorite writers for free, on a loan or as a gift. When it comes to my favorite writers, there's no boundaries: I'll buy every book they publish, just to own it (sometimes I buy two or three, to give away to friends who must read those books). I pay to see them live. I buy t-shirts with their book-covers on them. I'm a customer for life.

People who study the habits of music-buyers have discovered something curious: the biggest pirates are also the biggest spenders. If you pirate music all night long, chances are you're one of the few people left who also goes to the record store (remember those?) during the day. You probably go to concerts on the weekend, and you probably check music out of the library too. If you're a member of the red-hot music-fan tribe, you do lots of everything that has to do with music, from singing in the shower to paying for black-market vinyl bootlegs of rare Eastern European covers of your favorite death-metal band.

Same with books. I've worked in new bookstores, used bookstores and libraries. I've hung out in pirate ebook ("bookwarez") places online. I'm a stone used bookstore junkie, and I go to book fairs for fun. And you know what? It's the same people at all those places: book fans who do lots of everything that has to do with books.

If I could loan out my physical books without giving up possession of them, I would. The fact that I can do so with digital files is not a bug, it's a feature, and a damned fine one. It's embarrassing to see all these writers and musicians and artists bemoaning the fact that art just got this wicked new feature: the ability to be shared without losing access to it in the first place. It's like watching restaurant owners crying down their shirts about the new free lunch machine that's feeding the world's starving people because it'll force them to reconsider their business-models. Yes, that's gonna be tricky, but let's not lose sight of the main attraction: free lunches!

Universal access to human knowledge is in our grasp, for the first time in the history of the world. This is not a bad thing.

For me -- for pretty much every writer -- the big problem isn't piracy, it's obscurity (thanks to Tim O'Reilly for this great aphorism). Of all the people who failed to buy this book today, the majority did so because they never heard of it, not because someone gave them a free copy. Mega-hit best-sellers in science fiction sell half a million copies -- in a world where 175,000 attend the San Diego Comic Con alone, you've got to figure that most of the people who "like science fiction" (and related geeky stuff like comics, games, Linux, and so on) just don't really buy books. I'm more interested in getting more of that wider audience into the tent than making sure that everyone who's in the tent bought a ticket to be there.

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quote of the day:
A demon is just as afraid of you as you are of it-provided, of course, that you are eight feet tall, composed of living fire, and capable of destroying a small village with a single angry thought. Otherwise, it doesn't find you frightening at all.

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I want to make this kitty my VP

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movies
Who ever reads this...

google "the man from earth" its a movie from 2007 I think...

anyway go watch it. I just did it's awesome, the creators want you to download it from the net. do so, its so good.

we can talk about it here, but go, hunt watch "the man from earth"....what are you still reading for, shoo!

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I think he would be more usefull then some of the people I work with...

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my responce to "interview with a witch"
original video:



So, after watching this nonsense, I want to start by making a few things known.

1. The bible cannot be used in a factual conversation. First the bible was written by a group of mortal men of the events around their life, so although it might (key here is might) be originally divinely inspired it was rewritten by Constantine, and then rewritten by King James so everything in it is potentionaly suspect.

2. If your insistent on using the bible then I insist we use the original in Hebrew, because if we do use that then "God" admits that their are other gods, in Genesis: 1-4 the word "Elohiem" is used when describing who made the world, thats Gods plural not one. With that in mind what makes this the gods on anyone but the Jews and their decadents, of which I am not one. Therefore his laws do not apply to me only the laws of the one that created me count.

3. I just want to put this out there for you. If God created all and that means he also created your devil then why would he fight him, unless he created something that he cant unmake, and if thats the case then he is not all powerful, and if he isn't all powerful but says he is then he is guilty of hubris and by his own words "he who is without sin cast the first stone" cannot judge me.

4. If I did stand before him and he was to send me to hell, then sir if you ask what I would do, I will tell you, I would stand proud with my brothers and sisters and know that through I may be in hell, heaven would be a far worse place without them. See I love my fellow man regardless of weather they follow my faith, I'm sorry you are so blind.

5. As the girl you tried and failed to move to tears said, "I would not allow him to pay for me, I believe in personal responsibility." I didn't ask your savor to do squat for me, and to be honest I would be upset if someone did that. My Gods teach me to stand tall on my own, that if I have done wrong that I alone should bear the burden of that. To do other wise is to believe that I am not responsible for my actions, for example it might make me believe that trying to force my beliefs are better then someone else's and thus I should force them on others.

6. Next time you want to argue your faith with someone, come pick on someone like me. A 5'9 250lbs pagan who has earned the right to call himself a warrior and knows that one day his deeds will earn him a place in Valhalla (like your English ancestors did, you know the ones, the ones that prayed "oh god save us from the wrath of the Northmen") Don't pick on a young girl who is just starting on the path of her faith.

And to the young girl in the video, congratulations on getting through that with grace and beauty, you are what is right with paganism.

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