The latest XP bug is quite a serious one, so it seems
Be wary of any picture you open coz it might install crap you dont want
check the article & try not to freak out :s
Just stay away from the dubious sites! :)
Its just AMAZING
What Next?
I just read the blog that started the latest hype.. I never realised that my rant was about such a hit item.. Kinda sad I followed everyone on this, but I was unaware of the dimensions of this whole thing!
So, now, a backlink on my own post :) I had planned this some hours after I read it, but after reading the whole lot of 5 posts by Mr Russinovich I have no more to add that to link to his first post and advise everyone to read the whole 5 posts..
And ofcourse.. I still stand by my earlier point: The disrespect that these big firms show towards their customers is saddening.
If we take a short look at the media business, its beginning to look like a monopoly, where we can choose to take it like a man or just not use the product..
This is why most countries ban pure monopolies by one firm or group.
big brother IS watching you
Democracy seems to have failed us on this part..
Im glad I live in Europe!
The remixes are GREAT & so is the rest of this site
Amazing concept!
kirby rules
I do wonder if the musics remixes are cool too :)
Ik heb HANDBOEIEN en PEPPERSPRAY!
Voelt iedereen zich VEILIG?
Incredible, things you read in todays papers..
some austrian attacking snowballing kids with Pepperspray and his Fire extinguisher
Is This Really Happening??
Following up on my Copy Protection rant..
This is all about how Sony pissed on his consumers by installing spyware on their computers.
We only need one thing from those companies at the moment.. RESPECT!
Who Whoow :D
I have all Opeth official CDs except "My arms your hearse" and "Morningrise" (altough I might have the later at home, i'm not entirely sure.. I considered buying it, that I'm sure)
Oh My
I just went trough my stats..
amazing..
most people found my blog using the keyword 640..
W T F ? ? ?
And other funny stats..
Seems my blog is more popular that I realized.. Or at least that I'm in more search engines than I realized..
Mini s reading my blog and doesn't seem to realize that I'm madly in love with her, whatever is in my past blogs. She d like me to delete all girl names in my past blog pages.. (almost 2 yrs atm..)
I really DO love her madly :D
I just had the pleasure of buying a new CD (2 actually) of which one had "copy protection". Now .. I own an iPod and love using it and I don't really have any decent CD players in Gent. Do you see where this is going? I am now wondering what the CD industry is trying to do with their idiotic policy. I don't really feel a lot of respect towards me, the consumer, on whose money they all live, party, do drugs, hookers, tats & whatnot! EVERYTHING they do is about me, well not about me, but about the group of people I belong to. The people who BUY their stuff. Some people (probably members of the aforementioned industry) might ask why I buy Cd's to put on my iPod. The Industry has judged that if I want music for my iPod, I should buy my music over the internet and directly download it to my pod. Now for those who try to press that measure upon me.. There are a number of reasons why I DONT download buy my music but prefer to buy old fashion Cd's instead!
1. I like the art.. The cover, the back, the picture on the disk.. I like to check out the booklet and if they are so kind to bring out a special edition, I like to buy that special edition (like that Yummy edition I got from the Gorillaz, Demon Days.. Just great.. with DVD & ..)
2. I wont lose a CD, I might lose the data on my iPod / Hard disk (crashes ..)
3. I don't own a credit card.. Try to buy ANYTHING online without that!
4. I like to be able to put it on on a normal CD player back home
5. My provider has limited download. I buy LOADS of music.. I don't want to be stuck, wanting music but not being able to download because of the limit. I need it for data. As for paying to get a higher limit? Please refer to 6.
6. I don't have unimaginable loads of money! If they charge me a €1 a track price, Ill pay €22 for a full CD instead of the €17 I buy Cd's for. Now I do imagine them giving a full CD discount and even dropping the price a bit to even go under the CD price (which would only be fair, I mean, they don't have to ship it, print art, the boxes, ....) I still have to spend money on hard disks to put my songs on, because iPods crash. Its a hard disk you walk around with, its only normal things go wrong sometimes! So I need a hard disk in my computer big enough to store my music on. AND, if I want to have a backup, I need another hard disk and time to configure a raid setup. OK, raid might not be necessary but I d at least have to burn it on a CD or whatever which ALL translates to More Cost! I have to pay More money to get the same music, without all the fancy hardware involved with a real CD! Sounds like a ripoff!
7. I just Loathe the attitude
So, I prefer Cd's and I have some heavy arguments to do so. (and even if I didn't have decent arguments.. I AM free to decide what to do with my own money, no?)
I got myself some new Cd's :) I got into my car, took one of the Cd's and put it in, desperately curious to hear their New music :) After putting it in I checked out the CD case once more and noticed the Copy Protection. This would mean I'm fucked. Luckily I know a lil about computers and realise that this copy protection is Utter Crap :) So I got home and uploaded my freshly bought music to my beloved iPod. If I bought the music, I have the right to listen to it, no? Next step is to put the nice Cd's with the rest of my music, safely at home where only dust can harm it. The way I like it, babey!
As you might notice, that copy crap didn't prevent me putting it on my iPod. It might have prevented it if I wouldn't have the tech knowledge I gathered trough life so far. I put it into 2 PCs so far, one of them a win2k box with some updates but certainly not all of the most recent. Result on the w2k box? The music didn't play & told me to install updates.
In the end, what did the copy protection do..
As a tech user I was able to put it on my pod without problems, as I would an unprotected CD
As average person, with a normal computer, on the other hand.. It PREVENTED me LISTENING to my newly bought CD!
To me, right now, it looks like their protection 's only use is bothering the average person who buys a CD.
And where did the time go when data parts on Cd's contained nice extra content? A movie, a wallpaper, an interview .. instead of some lame "copy protection"
Now.. every rant is quite cheap f you only comment and don't put anything positive in, a solution, a positive point, ..
I don't think its feasible, developing a foolproof copy protection with current technology. Outlawing certain technology to make it possible is pure Nazi thinking. (I'm now thinking about the proposition in the USA to outlaw devices that convert analog media to digital content - technology for the chosen few, withholding it from the masses.. I can understand we want to do this with weapons - but harmless hardware?) Auto-running a program to prevent ripping the media using a computer is abusive towards the client, the consumer and will not solve anything. Licencing over internet will exclude people without internet, ..
What is the solution then? A shift in philosophy towards the whole thing. Offer a reason to buy the official goods instead of illegally copying it. POSITIVE action instead of pestering everyone who loves music.
A renewed respect towards the client, the consumer, the People!
More important now :)
I had a Very Nice waking this morning :)
I wont go into it but Vi is just Great :D
hehehe :D
im sitting down on the floor
its quite Not thrilling I have to admit.. really.. But its for the good cause :)
Mini is bussy repairing my dreadlocks :) I had tons of loose hair, wich I was heavilly doubting to actually just cut away & hope they d grow into my locks in the end but .. this is a much better solution! Its painful, uncomfortable and takes a lifetime, but still.. :p
I have to admit she Is great
living together has some .. tougher sides
sides I might not have expected
but .. all n all she s pretty Great :D
I got my Burton iPod Shield Jacket yesterday from the shop :D FINALLY
I had a gruelling 3 month wait, unbearable. I wasnt going to wear my old jacket again, I tought.. WRONG Fuckin 2 months of cold during wich I had to because I just didnt have My New Jacket!
Anywho, its great! The iPod controlls are just Great & .. im happy :) hehe It was funny how my burton dealer / house lord dude reacted to finally being able to see the jacket & put an iPod in it & .. I am the only one so far who bought such a jacket from him :)
Im considering buying a nintendo DS.. I already decided that I d buy another console some years ago & i think that the DS really is the one I need :) Ive been looking at the different games & Im quite persuaded! I hope I can afford one soon!
I hope they call me to work tomorrow
They always want me to work an hour later or so & I gave to Say.. I cant really handle that kind of .. stress :s Not stress,, but.. I just cant do that :/Its too short notice
AT LAST we know how the world came to be & all that other shit :)
I NEED that book!
Great Emu site! I can finally play my old NES games again without having to plug in my telley :)
But remember kids.. Only download what you legally bought in the days of yore! LOL
Anywho, going to rejoin my lovely girlfriend :)
yummie
But I'm better now
had a lot of sleep & it saved me :)
Vi is still sick tough..
Should I add how cute she is, lying there? :)
Tough I d rather have her healthy again :s
I feel like gaming so I might take out War of the Ring & finally play it.. Nearly 12 months after I got it :( But its not just me, other people are having trouble with it too! Checkout a BGG list I started yesterday :) Games you hate to teach
Teaching boardgames (& other crap with extensive rules..)
Some people should REALLY read this!
(I love my Mini)
Omg, great tools!
My snowboard looks like new!
Im getting started on .net
wich is kinda wierd since I dont really have the TIME
I have much better things to spend my time on :s really
like studying
on the other hand
I have .. at least 3 projects in .net
* Jeeps
* Duisterhoop (the RoD tool)
* An asp website for RoD, database driven & online maintainable
..
but Im finding that the differences are quite big
really
so .. should I get myself going
or should I just wait till after the exams
the later makes sense! Considering I have an ASP course then, wich will partially cover VB too & all in .net
so :s whats the deal, whats the plan.. Where do we go from here
I saw Domino in the cinema today.. Nice picure!! really cool!
and Im missing out on sleep too
:s
maybe I should just join Mini in bed :s
Ooh :) & I saw a girl I met on a snowboardtrip today.. Someone I really liked back then & love seeing again (in a friendly way ofcourse, nothing more :p) I hope I see more of her in days to come :) She s studying to be a journalist.. interesting profession. I wouldnt mind studying that eiteher. Actually I discussed that with Kaishi yesterday. But I fear I wont be able to write correct enough to get anywhere (know what I mean :s) The "as long as the msg gets along" approach just does Not work as a journalist (and since I try to live by the rule - LOL)
anywho..
My finger hurts!
read some on .net & Sleep!
This is my new RSS software
& I love it :)
Further on.. I installed my programming languages on my laptop today
I cut my finger so I had it stapled by a doktor yesterday (what a thrill)
and school was quite ok
sleep now :)
& muchos graciaz for the upgrades :D
just one question :s WHY DUTCH :p
is really a GREAT site
gotta love the group!
One of my favs..
I keep going back & everytime I go there, amazement hits me anew!
is some FINE whisky
J had some absinthe & the boss did it The Right Way!! Incredible!!
Lots of nice stuff..
Zombie Hunting
Zombie infection simulation - Bothersome :s
Quite nice :D
I had another set of interesting lessons these last days.. Sadly enough, interesting and painfull often go hand in hand :/
I had a very good day today, I did a lot of work! quit resourcefull
yet on the other hand I had a wierd mood.. I was over energettic wich resulted in losing a lot of time :/
I really have a problem in getting to bed at a timely hour
and it BOTHERS me
..
I d love to get to bed at an hour that d be ideal for mini too
so we could go to bed at a time that d suit her better
instead of trying to stay awake & falling asleep before the TV :/
..
Im awake too long & I sleep too long. Its by biorythm & its A PROBLEM! And really one Id like to solve really soon!
I now have an orchid next to me and.. its beauty .. soothes my soul.. Im a lot happier now that its so close to me. So within my sight!
I remember being a kid & my dad importing a container of orchids from Thailand (had a lot of shit with it too, but thats another thing) And I remember when they FINALLY arrived in the .. green house? .. the sight they gave. It looked like a wall of alien white flowers.. wonderfull! I'm going to try to find out what type of orchid it was and I'll probably get one of those quite soon!
We also need some more herbs.. Right now we only have Basil, but we should really get some more! Pitty we dont have all THAT much space for hundreds of plants :)
I might want a green house in the yard in some years! I just LOVE fresh carrots, fresh from the earth!
..
...
Those moments really lay far behind me now
..
This is probably what old people feel when they remember past times / their youth
...
sad
.
Its SO FUCKING LATE
:/
Interesting day
Felt like killing some moro who harassed me on MY OWN TOILET!
Its a shared one & the wanker was a guest at one of our nice neighbours (nothing bad about those nice folk)
but the loser.. he s just unbearable!
No Patience!
Had some words about the ski too
I feel like everyone feels he s doing me a fav by letting me organise the whole wad for them! No respect :s Is it wrong of me to at least expect a minimum of respect, not for me but at least for what I'm trying to do?
Lotz of positive iPod action
Sleep now
tomorrow bussy day! :/
School, Dokter, Library, Store, RoD meet, ..
sleep
Its nice to see overseas news reports
kinda shows how there s always a perspective thing..
Im glad they dont report news here the same way :s
The media is really trying to have people think what they want..
1984? or 2015?
This is my FAV site! I TOTALLY support these guys! Check em out!!
I repaired my linux a lil bit more
replied a WHOLE WAD of emails
Pitty I didnt get to bed as early as I should have :(
but I did Good work!
Yet I have NO clue where gift gets his wrong config info :/
The snow trip is closer again & the Sunday Chocolate date is too :)
Bouyah!
sleep
tonights night out .. with dirkie..
painfull
Im kinda drunk
I drunk lotza different kindz o alcohol..
its not healthy
I kinde feel for Vi :s
But it was Nice :)
Sleep
just came to an unsatisfying end.. Im stuck with a bad Nic (apparently its broken) and a disk I cant properly install for the simple reason that I dont have a screen nor keyboard here to add the damn thing to my bios. Its unnerving.
I already forsaw this, I should say, but sadly enough my measures to solve the problem arent really "on demand" I told John about my potential problem & he told me I could use his hardware in time of need.. I cant seem to get to him at the moment so the ONLY thing thats left for me at the moment is WAIT
Im repairing my broken portage setup, but again, the only thing I can do is WAIT. Wait for the software to emerge.
This seems to have worked out ok
so now I can get into configuring that time client..
I might emerge some more first tough
Might but wont I guess :)
Live and direct
and I present.. Upgrading my Linux Fileserver
A daunting task..
no really
I hope this doesnt go wrong
I already updated the kernel.. so far so good
but now I need to change the nic & install a new hd (250G :D)
And since my Nic is the only way of accessing my box.. This could go HORIBLY wrong
no really!
lol
So lets get to it :D
but im eating cheeze so everything will be alritgh tomorrow..
Actually Im not really drunk ya know! Im something between drunk & tired.. With some effort I can be completely ok but Id rather float away on a magical rainbow
its really cheap if you can do than without the help of ANY alien product!
Tomorrow s RoD
& I got a CT scan today.. it was kinky! all the nurses & stuff..
Or at least thats what some would say! to me, a nurse is just some woman in wierd uniform.. I only care about mini! Whom I LOVE dearly!
and now its off to input the last chars & dash off to bed!
Sleep is close & bliss
The bodybouncer
a novelty in sex aides :s
scary shit :)
and Incredibely expensive
FUNNY animations tough
Hell of a way to start school!!
bweuh
Gent is having the expected result on my school motivation tough! Like tomorrow.. I'll go 2 hours, 2 hours are canceled, 2 hours I'm not going & the last 2 hours I AM! so 2x two hours.. normally Id miss at least one of those 2.. just because.. and long term, I d miss them both bc gent to lede & back = 3 hours transport & waiting & ...... and 3 hours of .. for 2 hours of school is SHIT!
So viva Gent :)
DAWN IS BACK
He s A LOT thinner
He s got a bald spot on his head
but in the end.. he s back & he s ok
He s together with volvo now & .. they re reaquainting :s Dawn s quite paranoid!
Bootleggers is going OK.. Ups n Downs but all n all its FUN :) I completed the missions today.. Wierd fieling!
I had to freshen my Visual Basic 6 skillz :s painfull
yet, I wrote a nice accounting cool :)
Il ready for the wet works now
And now sleep
and tomorow work @ JH
Sunday Sauna :D IF all goes well (wich it d better!)
Now sleep!
Wonderful poster :)
I tried to describe it yesterday to Tom & John between my 4th & 5th glass o whisky..
A bit later I discovered that 5 really is one too much :) - lol!
No, seriously
its not that Im an insomniac, but I promissed Mini Id go to sleep the same time as her..
& .. I lay awake for about 50m when I gave up..
So now I'm reading some fine Securityfocus articles about SSH in hopes of tiring
I got the internet over Wireless now & I got my vnc to work over an ssh connection.. interesting day :) Now all I need is a DynDNS adress & Ill be able to acces my computer from virtually Anywhere :)
We got it from Dirk & its AMAZING!
Great!
It even works without any special config
its an AMAZING thing!
I PASSED SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!
Finally!
We went for food this evening & it was GREAT
Dawn is stil MIA :'(
We re off!
The black one is dawn, the spickled white one is Volvo
Our beloved hamster Dawn is missing in action :(
:'(
I found this great set of books.. A kind of food enceclopedia, its great! & there s this recipe in here..
Brazillian Chocolate Milk
6 persons:
50g chocolate
Salt (a pinch)
cinnamon (kaneel, a pinch)
Powdercoffee (5 teaspoons - 25g)
Hot Water (1/4l)
Hot Milk (1/4l)
Vanilla sugar (Vanillesuiker,1 package)
Melt chocolate
+ sugar, salt, cinnamon, Powder coffee
+ 1/8 boiling water
Let it boil, stir!!
+ 1/8 water, 1/4 milk
Let it boil, stir!!
+ vanilla sugar
Dont let the chocolate skin come
Drink while hot
You ll feel a new person!
I SO feel like trying this :)
But mini s baking Brownies :D
& she s starting on bootleggers :D
RoD BBQ was great, altough it killed Mini 's knee to the degree she could barely walk today. We even missed the cleanup because of it :( Pitty bc I wanted to go! Altough I have to admit.. My back is KILLING me :/
& I now know the True Absithe story :) Its a whirling story about a peasant, Absinthe, PANIC and a delirium..
Its great to know the simple truth about the matter!
Nothing worse than powerfull dissapointment
yet it teaches lessons.. Important lessons!
and I'm really having a dificult period right now
The evening before an exam, blackboard is down, unbelievable!
Just when I needed it, this piece of shit software they run an HoGent is DOWN! Its just too much to be true!
I'm going to keep on trying
although I'm quite tired!
The sauna I visited on that swell kwartee some years ago..
Ive been talking about it ever since & .. well I saw a commercial (*puke*) and .. Here s the adress :D
Ill probably go there soon :)
hehe
I just installed the Google bar & discovered the new Spell Checker option.. Lets get some crap here & give it a test.. Any mistakes in this text.. Don't kill me, Direct your complaints to Google! :)
.. Well, It changed "google" to "Google" and "dont" to "don't"
.. Not really things Id care about :s
Didn't correct the above Id thought that should be I'd.. Understandable yet.. moehaha, its a fault!
and the fact my Laptop works again
pitty tough its keeping me up at night :s
& away from my Mini
Passion Fruit puree
Grenadine
Lemonjuice
Stirred over ice
Topped with Gini
Its HEAVEN!
We went to the wiskey pub again & had a second taste set.. Interesting! Now, since its interesting to keep track of what we already drunk.. I'll probably try to post everything on my blog :D
They told us they first give a mild one, the second a medium one and as third they tend to give a turf, a really strong one..
The first time we went, we tasted the following 3 .. (with appreciation)
Auchentoshan 10j
This one is a really soft and was an immediate hit! We both liked him so much we bought it the next day.. We were in a store where they sold it & .. whats the use in waiting, we tought :) So this is the only whisky so far on our shelf, but it most certainly wont stay the only one :)
Old Pulteny 12j
This one was a bit stronger, with a pinch of apple in the taste.. Mini Loved this one, but I didnt really like it.. The least of the 3.. Not my thing!
Caol Ila 11j
This one is a Turf (if we can believe what they tell us there :)) a strong whisky with a salty taste, harbour aromas, .. Something Strong, Something Special, Something you love or hate :) Mini HATES it :) its just too strong, too much of an attack on the senses! Me on the other hand :) I love it! (I even had it yesterday when I passed by with John.. I'll probably buy a bottle of it later on)
Today we went back for seconds and got another selection of three, ranging from mild to turf..
The Balvenie Doublewood 12j
A nice whisky, with an amazingly sweet taste.. Mini described it as .. ehrm .. sweetwood (?is this english?) and she Loved it! To me it turned out to be too sweet! It really was too much, the aftertaste was all sweetness.. but thats taste for ya.. Mini LOVED it :) Now, I have to admit it was a special one.. The aftertaste was one of cherry, because of the second keg its stored in. I was simply amazed when I tasted it! It would certainly be a fav if not for..
Edradour 10j
About the same story here.. A nice whisky but again.. So Sweet! The bottle tels us that it has almond taste with a honey ending and thats indeed what it is.. But its not my thing.. I dont like my whisky sweet.. Mini on the other hand loved it even more!
Ardbeg 10j
This one was a turf, as we were told and as my only point of comparison is the Caol Ila, I can only say its softer. The taste was rich yet not as complicated and heavy. Mini liked it better yet she still didnt like it & I .. kinda missed something. It was nice but I prefer the Caol!
In clicking some links on google I do have to appreciate the place we go to. The first belgian Whisky club.. Its amazing, the amount of whisky they have, but not only that.. Caol Ila, Edradour, .. Everytime it turns out that these very nice single malts are actually quite rare and produced in small quantities only.. Its great to be at a place where one can simply taste these aparently rare whiskies!
So there we are.. These are the ones we tasted & what we tought about it..
and I can surely say that The Glengarry is a GREAT place to meet whiskies!
Im incredibly happy my laptop is back :)
its costing me sleep tough
reinstalling the lot.. But its SO NICE to have it back :D
YAAY
Now all I need is Viona & everything will be GREAT :D
There seems to be a new form of commercial..
Using blogs to comment & thus advertise whatever in the process..
Why? How? ..?
Why you can probably all understand.. It gets read, ppl get curious, ITS FREE..
But Why does it work? Why doesnt everyone delete it (only some) & why do you feel compelled not to delete it when your blog gets raped like this? The answer is simple and mostly psychological..
The usual shape of the ad is..
Complement - friendly flattering words about the blog, about the blogger
Friendly & personal ending
small commercial message with link
Now why does this work?
Line one is to flatter you, the owner of the blog and the friends
Why flatter you? because you ll get curious about the link the friendly stranger sent you
you friends? My, a friend of a friend is a friend, no? So lets check out his link, the link he took the effort of posting there.. Not just an url, no a link.. How friendly!
Line two is to create a bond, everyone can send nice words, but this person cares, he sends his regards, he s friendly, he s a friend you just havent met. He s a nice person! One of the good people! So .. the link.. Same story bout your readers.. This nice person, friend, sent you a link, why not try it..
The Third line is most obvious, the ad.. nice, a link, other color, small apealing ad, ..
But most of all Psychology!
VI. Tricks Of The Trade
These are the psychological secrets of the experts, the tricks of the trade factors that can affect your judgement in objectively evaluating information.
Rule 1: Wow! You re Just Like Me " Watch out when you re asked about your hobbies, hometown, values, favorite foods, etc., only to be followed with the obligatory Me too, what a coincidence. " Another aspect of this rule is that if someone is nice to us, we not only like him more but also are more likely to agree with him. If he s agreeing to everything you say, whether or not it makes sense, watch out. " Rapport creates trust. It allows the other to build a psychological bridge to you. You feel more comfortable and your gullibility increases. Take note if your movements, rate of speech or tone are echoed.
Rule 2: Beware the Stranger Bearing Gifts When someone gives us something, we often feel indebted to him. When you are presented with a request, make sure that you re not acting out of a sense of obligation. This rule can take many forms it s not limited to gifts. You could be offered information, a concession, or even someone s time.
Rule 3: It s Half Price! But Half of What? This principle states that facts are likely to be interpreted differently based upon the order in which they re presented. In other words, we compare and contrast. An example of this principle are price markdowns. An item that s been reduced from $500 to $200 certainly seems like a better bargain than something that sells for $150. The contrast on the sale item makes it more attractive, even if it s not as nice as the item that sells for less. The key is to only consider each decision by itself. This can best be accomplished by letting time pass between decisions and by independently determining the value of the object.
Rule 4: Just Do This One Little Thing For Me? Beware if you are asked to commit to something, even in a small way. This request is usually followed by a slightly greater request, and over time your sense of commitment is built up to the point where you feel locked into your decision. When you make decisions, notice if your best interests are being served.
Rule 5: The Bandwagon Effect This principle states that we have a tendency to see an action as appropriate if other people are doing it. Do we think that something is funnier if others are laughing? Absolutely. The key to avoiding the influence of this rule is to separate your level of interest from other people s desire. Just because you re told that something is the latest, best, hottest, or biggest seller doesn t make it right for you.
Rule 6: Rare Doesn t Always Mean Valuable This principle states that the harder something is to acquire, the greater the value we place on its attainment. In essence, we want what we can t have and want what is hard to obtain even more. The key to avoid this rule being used on you is to ask yourself this question: would I still want it if there were a million just like it and no one wanted any of them?
Rule 7: I m on Your Side This technique is used to gain credibility. When used effectively, you would swear that you ve just made a new best friend who has your best interest at heart. For example, let s say that you re in a mattress store and considering buying the Super Deluxe a top-of-the-line bed. The salesman tells you that if you want it he ll order it for you, but he feels you should know something first. He tells you that while the consumer would never realize it, this manufacturer uses recycled materials on the inside. He has thus gained your complete confidence. He s risking a sale to tell you something that you d never find out otherwise. Now you ll be inclined to trust anything he says.
Rule 8: Well, Can You at Least Do This? If you re asked to do a rather large favor for someone only to decline his request for help, beware. A smaller favor, the one he really wants you to do, may follow. We are more likely to agree to a smaller request if we re first presented with a larger one. There are three psychological motivations at work: " You feel that in contrast to the first request, the smaller one is no big deal. " You feel bad for not coming through on his original favor, and this seems like a fair compromise. " You don t want to be perceived as unreasonable. A small little favor isn t going to kill you.
From:
Instant Fact: How To Get The Truth Out of Anyone! Compiled By: John J. Webster
Never Be Lied To Again By David J. Lieberman, Ph.D. St. Martin s Press, New York 1998
DD: 158.2 ISBN: 0-312-18634-7
In short, because he s friendly you ve got a dozen of reasons to feel in debt to him, to tolerate his ad, as a small favour!
SO.. this is why this shit works! The fuckers are all playing us!
Im all pro free speech.. But that doesnt include abusing my blog for this shit, for ads!
Movie Time!
Observing older people I knew it was bound to happen.. But its still baffling to see it happen to you.. Growing older, it seems friends grow appart & well.. loose eachother! The only way to keep seeing people regularly is to hide away in some sort of an organisation.. To have a reason to see eachother except .. just because you like eachothers company!
and now, at my 23 and with mostly older friends, its happening.. I know I wont be believed telling this to people or saying this out loud.. Everyone invloved will deny it, but in the end I fear I will be right! I ve seen this happen before in a way & that time I didnt care.. I kept my good friends, still have some people I occasionally talk to and enjoy talking to and others I just .. dont see anymore, and dont worry about it either! But I dont want this to happen with these friends!
Ofcourse everyone has his onw priorities & ofcourse I can understand getting older & needing time for your house / girl / .. and everything else even! But in the end, its just Extremely sad to see it happen & actually understand it happening! And it seems like I'll have a front row seat to it!
And .. you know.. Its my fault for a big part.. I moved to Gent, 30m drive from where we roam.. and without any decent means of transportation.. And I realised this when I took my decision.. But .. I needed my own space & here is the only logical place with school & shite! But even in .. being an active part of the process.. I can still grieve it! Its a pitty & Id like to stop it / not have it happen! But thats just beyond what I can do!
So I'll be observing
From my first row
Hoping that I am wrong about what I'm seeing
Yet fearing that I'm not
!
Im normally on an all english blog policy.. Why? thats something I wont go into now.. This will be the 2nd time I post Dutch but these were two special circomstances..
This is an article from a Gent newspaper about the place where the friend got attacked by a bouncer some weeks ago (I posted this) It ends with the possibility that the person who was stabbed (and because of wich we stood in the blistering cold for 1h 20m being harrased by the police) was possibly stabbed by one of the bouncers!!!
This is the second time I experience (second hand) violence and unacceptable behaviour from this place! I liked it there, but I DO NOT know if I want to go there again.. EVER! :/
Verklaringen steekpartij Tijuana tegenstrijdig
GENT
De betrokkenen bij de steekpartij in de nacht van vrijdag op zaterdag in dansclub Tijuana, vlakbij de Veldstraat, leggen tegenstrijdige verklaringen af. Volgens de echte portier - de tweede aanwezige buitenwipper werkt officieel niet voor de club - was het slachtoffer dronken. De man, een 33-jarige Nigeriaan, mocht daarom niet binnen. Volgens sommigen brachten een vijftal allochtonen hem iets verderop een messteek toe. Andere getuigen zagen dan weer al schermutselingen aan de poort van de discotheek zelf.
De getroffen man vermoedt dat de officieuze portier hem heeft gestoken, maar daarvan zijn geen bewijzen. De Nigeriaan is intussen aan de beterhand. Hij kreeg een steek in de buiksteek. Daarbij werden geen vitale delen getroffen.
(NLZ)
its amazing!
(this one is worth reading / translating..)
I got up earlier for my today exam & .. I feel like shit!
Really..
Now I know why staying up late for an exam beats getting up for it :s
bitchass shit thing
bweuh
Ik heb net een hele hoop fuckin onzin geleerd voor t examen zoda ik nu
volgens mijn laatste test zelfs in staat ga zijn nen datapad te tekenen
en in te vullen. wat ik met deze kennis ga doen is me totaal voorbij
gegaan maar ik moet er voor zover ik nu kan in schatten geen kopzorgen
over hebben. Strax vul ik het for the good or bad voor de laatste keer in!
Ik ben quite utterly fucked up. T laatste stukske HsT met daarop t
schetsen en invullen van nen Datapad was quite teveel gewoon. Ik ben in
de fase da ik vragen stel bi j alles en gewoon stress bereikt heb. Het
typische fucked up whatever
Ik kan me zelfs ni bij t typen van dezen hoop onzin houden..
Maar da kan ook aan t Zone Out before the Joey moment liggen
.. denk da ik nog maar eens t datapad gaan uittekenen..
of mss ook niet - wat een gezeik
seves op de blaarmeersen meer Zoned Out.. manman evil
ik kijk er al naar uit
manman
en t grappige is da ik momenteel aan zinnen begin te typen zonder da ik
ook maar enig idee heb over t onderwerp, t midden, t einde of
whateverthefuck
Na nogeens franticly & haast puur op reflex die onzin ingevuld te hebben
ben ik wederom geslaagd
maar moet rekenen da ik tegen nu geen interesse noch zin noch vertrouwen
heb in de recht evenredigheid tussen leren & punten
Naar mijn ervaring is er geen verband en als dan toch een verband van
een averecht evenredig verband sprake
Chance da Joey er is :) da is mss nog ne carreer move.
Anywho
De reden waarom ik mail..
basically is er iets zwaar fout met t leven in een stad..
het hele stad gevoel is ni meer dan e laagske, maar eens daarna is t ni
..
Neen, zo iets is nimeer van toepassing voor deze moment
de fuckin ass klodder pippos die hier deze morgen me een drilboor
stonden en nu ook al lawaai maken zorgen da ik mezelf zelfs nimeer kan
horen denken
hopelijk geeft t examen wa een betere sfeer maar ik vrees ervoor
de hele voormiddag belooft een degrlijk fucked up gevoel
anywho
7.30 & ik moet nog beslissen of deze rommel ooit mn pc gaat verlaten en
of da t naar u, mn blog of beide gaat zijn.. Mss ff herlezen of mss ook
gewoon niet
Ik hoop in elk geval da niemand dit heeft hoeven doorworstelen
en nattuurlijk ook Leve Ice Tea Punch
so fuck you
& tot later
g
--
Those who are skilled in combat do not become angered,
those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid.
Thus the wise win before the fight, while the ignorant fight to win
I just finished a flash rehearsal & .. it was surprising
Now I can Zone Out for another 30m
& .. the rat race can start
..
What a piece of shit moment
I think Ill zone out to some Joey
its about the best thing to zone out to
& takes only 30m
Otherwise Id take Sopranos but I dont have 60m
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaarggghh
hlllllllllllllll
I am on a mental high
adrenaline coursing trough my body, widely awake at an hour I d rather be sleeping. But this piece of shit exam still lies before me less than 2 hours ahead.
My trust in succeding this loathesome test is lower than ever yet I should be more confident since time does give me strength.. or I learned it X times already, no reason to fail now.. If it werent that I had failed all before this one.. Kind of the same over & over, no?
I now again understand useless shit as how to hand code a floating point decimal according to official standards, the inner workings of an alu en in a broader scape, the whole datapad. I can even tell you what hamming is & wich bits are off if you tell my the byte string. Its utterly useless & just plain boring, yet I now can
Still I do not trust in my chances of succeeding, this fucking piece of shit exam!
I feel like puking.. proverbially ofcourse
I should study some more so that I can zone out and take a shower before leaving home.. But Id rather throw this new and beloved Ice Tea glass out of the window.. Yet I will & I wont (Study & Throw)
On to a new and utterly bothering day - to normalfolk standards at least
AARGHL LOATHESOME SHITE!
I HATE IT!!
Any result to this exam & exam period will only be relief and nothing more or less..
Yes I might feel happy / dissapointed / .. but the main and all consuming feeling wil be .. RELIEF!
And now its time for the last (and useless? I cant think this way, Its Usefull & I need to keep up.. Keep the goddamn faith, but where the HELL do I keep finding the strength year after year to feed this self chosen torture of uselessness.. Anywho, Lets not get depressed or loose courage in any way.. Only 5 more hours & I'll never have to take this exam again!) studying effort..!
I Hate The Course I Have Exams about in 3 Hours!
I ACTIVELY LOATHE IT, I HATE IT AND THERE IS NO FUCKING REASON I SHOULDNT
AAAAAAAAAARGHL
HATE HATE HATE
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARHHHHLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
BULL SHIT
BULL SHIT
BULLLL SHIIIITEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was Mini s BDay today.. kinda fun :)
got her a bunch o flowers.. She was INCREDIBLY happy :)
So I guess thats nice :)
The telenet guy came & gave us a new modem..
wich will hopefully solve our problem :)
I hope it solves both problems wich we ve been experiencing.. It would be a good thing
Robinson (Survivor I think) is back, wich is a good thing :)
And I FINALLY got my HomeBank working again, and this time on my linux (exciting isnt it) It wasnt easy & I actually learnt something by doing it, so YAY
I also discovered that having Slack was good for my Linux knowlege! Gentoo users just dont need to know ANYTHING about installing stuff, tnx to the (lovely) Portage system..
Im actually TIRED right now :s
We ate pizza, it was NICE
and now studying :)
Pitty they dont rip WCTR :/
WCTR is the reason a lot of ppl want it (including me :s)
Anywho, better than nothing..
GREAT game I found earlier today.. Its great fun, its amazing really..
choose bug size, eating habit, behavioral triggers, weapons, .. and set it free to roam and so what its instinct tells it to do.. and watch it live or die. Lotza other bugz around to kill or be killed by your bug..
Great thing.. Create something then watch it live or die
First test it on your private testing grounds, make it perfect & set it loose upon the grid :) (yeah, its multiplayer, lotza other ppl & lotza other ppl's bugz :D)
Great game, really!
and surprisingly difficult!
Studying was ok :) As planned.. 2 pieces o PC crap, one piece o economics..
As planned.. Tough, if I think of it I mightnt be happy.. Will I EVER feel happy about it? :s
now sleep
bc of Studying (comp arch for the Xed time - aarghl)
and external reason
One of them being Stitch having to cancel for Opeth
And me .. Socially being pressed to do the same..
AAAAAAAAAAAARGHL
and it feels like SHIT
but I need to coz if I sleep any longer I'll just be up till 6 in the morning again!
I got some usefull shit done today....
My sleeping hours are almost back to normal
My giFT client is working with both openFT & FastTrack.. Ares might work & Gnutella.. I just DONT have a clue why it doesnt.. Anywho, been downloading at incredible speeds (compared to kazaa, that is..) and have lots of new HsT & Porn
Update.. I just discovered that Ares does work :) Im not surprised as I already read that with some ppl it takes a while to connect.. YAAY
We got a plant :) 2 actually! A kitched herb thingie & an orchid (Very nice, tough thats only My opinion.. Mini Doesnt Agree..
I cut some of my dreadies :) (well actually Vi cut em for me..) Some portions got clipped & its for the best! Really, its better this way!
I also cleaned out some of my big Linux disk.. Wich was needed since it was quite full! My download dir was a real mess.. Its taking lots of viewing all sorts of potentially pornographic material & then most of the time just deleting the lot.. Poor Me!! No, really its hell.. Its the stuff I didint feel like doing of a whole year all in one directory! Not Good
I am now down to the "listen to all those audio files & delete the crapy versions & doubles" this is NOT a social activity!
Pictures! Ive got pictures of WhatNot :) Dreadies, Plant, Mini, .. Comming to you computer anytime soon, .. that means later! :)
Its amazing, but I still get fucked up on random occasions about my dad.. Amazing isnt the word, but I think you get the point.. :/
A friends brother had an accident this week :( Really one of the good guys, but as I heard he was on his bike & bc of some accident a tree got in his way :/ He s apparently quite fucked up in the head :( Coma & stuff.. Again one of the good people getting fucked over. I really feel for him & his family..p
And about NOW.. Sleep :)
im actually typing this on my linux box :D Using VNC to remote to my box, typing on Bios laptop! Nice Nice Nice. Fullscreened vnc, feels like im ON my box instead of on a windows! I'll just have to figure how to customise this to have it a lot smoother & shite.. Ill start by re customising my E for best VNC behaviour. For example, the "scrolling over the left edge to go to the left desktop" isnt really doable with vnc.. Impossible to stop at the right time! Pitty tough, I LOVE that option!
I saw "Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision" at Kaishi s place.. I was anxious to see it but I have to see Im quite dissapointed with it.. Its not as good as I had expected.. FFin british retro journalism. But other than that ist .. Interesting.. A young HsT in action.. forced into daily life for the camera.. With Ralph Steadman.. Interesting & Cool!
A lot of drawings I hadnt seen before.. Nice drawings too.. its nice.. AND.. 20 years before the "F&L in LV" movie..
I love to see more HsT stuff..
and now, non blog stuff :)
VNC Finally Works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can FINALLY use the full potential of my box!
that you dont read the info the compile process spews out & the first lines can be interesting.. They proved to be the solution to my vnc problem.. I had to add "server" to my use list :/
Kaishi s got an Ubercool BBC documentary with HsT.. I BADLY want it!
Mini had a hard day today.. Poor Me :/
A job well done! inspiring blog
Don't miss visiting this site about cartoon animals
Much info about cartoon animals
Is this a real person?
or am I the target of a new style ad campaign.. I dont see why anyone would think im interested in a webpage about cartoon animals! This really looks like a new style of advertising, a new type of spam! Its really over the top, what are these people thinking?
VNC still isnt working, for some reason I dont have Xvnc installed..
& I got my docking station back!
WTF???
Spam by replying to blogger posts??
This is disgracefull!!
WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE THINKING?
That by poluting even my personal internet diary they will sell a book?
a fucking ebook I can download for free if I really wanted?
They re fuckin lucky im going to bed now or I d fucking put a download up for their stupid book, a free download, do understand me! Fuck those wankers! I d rather drop dead than buy their crap & if I would ever need help earning money I d rather drop dead than spend a penny on their utterly retarded book!
If pissing people off by poluting their personal space is their best selling technique, I m glad I dont need their garbage!
..
After cooling down a bit & indeed reading the GREAT and FREE and COOL and UBERNICETOOGOODTOBETRUEWHATEVERTHEFUCK book, im persuaded!
This Is Simply Too Much!
Can anyone give me the adress to a cheap hitman? It ll be worth it!
Motherfuckers!
en emerging tightvnc
Wich I would have done earier if VNC wasnt blocking Tight.. I really dont get it! VNC installs RealVNC but only the viewer! Tough the info contains the server info too! :/
It tought I was using VNX while it was X11vnc
& the later is used to serve existing desktops while the first creates a new virtual one.. No screen = no X11 to serve.. Figures :)
Volvo was whatever
I missed my Mini :'(
She got to talk to Ashes tough.. Thats cool :)
I talked to Ashes too, but only 2m bc I had to leave for Volvo
I ve brrn drooling over the new Hammer & Burton boards :) Omg they re lovely :D Downloaded a lot of bgs & pics too :)
DAMN I need to go snowboarding (indeed, NEED & not Want!!)
Only 3 more days of volvo..
& now sleep!
or "How to fit three bugs in 512 bytes of security code."
For those without the proper knowlege.. From the article conclusion:
"512 bytes is a very small amount of code (it fits on a single sheet of paper!), compared to the megabytes of code contained in software like Windows, Internet Explorer or Internet Information Server. Three bugs within these 512 bytes compromised the security completely - a bunch of hackers found them within days after first looking at the code. Why hasn't Microsoft Corp. been able to do the same? Why?"
From /.
Its amazing, the things the "geniouses" at MS can do!!
We had a fun night with cocktails & lotza experimenting, jazz, porn & evil shite. Mini, Me & Kaishi.. Evillll!!
At about 4 I contacted a mate from Volvo & some time later we were to meet eachother @ Korenmarkt for more EVIL shite @ tijuana..
After an evil walk including a near encouter with the cops, some dancing & the thing with the people on the bikes.. we arrived @ The Place
And THATS when we learned shit had gone sour.. Seems that our friends had been assaulted by some guys.. Our close workmate had been taken aback & thrown aganst the wall, head first. Blood all over his face & clothing. Only one of our friends (out of 3) had seen the whole thing and Luckilly it was the one guy that was totally sober. Things were hectic! It took a while for the rush & chaos to subside but after some minutes we were able to contact the police & get the proverbial ball rolling. Our friends told their stories and were able to identify the agressive dunghead that screwed our friend (& evening). Our hurt mate was taken to the hospital where he recieved the much needed care and the 2 other friends left for the police station. As for us.. We could only get in the way of things so we went for a drink..
After several hours we are recieving news that the dingbat was identified by two seperate witnesses (one of our friends & another one the police found some way or another) so all will end in some kind of justice
But in the end.. Is there really any possibility for justice in this case?? I mean, we re talking 'bout an innocent guy here, minding his own bussines and trying to have some fun. Being ripped out of his vibe by some asshole who, for no apparent reason, slams the poor guys head against a wall. Baffled at first, bleading trough fresh headwounds.. This is a bad thing! No one expects to run into this kind of mess, let alone have it happen to him!
a disgrace!
Where s our safety!
Only minutes after I had a slight monologue about safety on the street and how I can not live with the "right" point of view..
Incredible :)
.. Im getting the feeling that Im just going to delete all this after im done with it :s a slight feeling of deja vu.. ... wierd thing! I tought it was just a dream but I finally remember the images as this new place of me & Vi in Gent.. Im kinda getting used to this :)
And now sleep!
Hehe Im not complainin.. I do hope tough that it ll be ok tomorrow, I need the money!
So we went to the movies, a whole lot of shopping, I tried a mudsicle (I think it was called) and was surprised by the nice taste.. I mean.. Amaretto (ok so far) + Orange Juice (wha??? omg, going south here) + Milk (puking yet? :s) Anywho, amazing - the taste!
Ate some good steak & stuff..
Going to give our animals some egg, lets see if they like it :D
I saw a nice Grey Parrot today! A Psittacus apparently. They re great! I think I might get myself a parrot some years from now! great animals :)
Viva Sopranos!!
We tried a new kind of Aldi thing.. Caffee Glace :) in a box.. its amazing
& nice
Lots of milk too!
I got Mini s computer work.. It wouldnt see other computers on the network. But it was easilly remedied.. Now she can use the linux shares too.. a whole lot of data in there :D
Now (probably) sleep
And Im SO cursing my computer :'( It looks FUCKED & Im quite sad about it.. sad, Angry, ...
Happily.. My Linux :D
1st day at volvo was as expected
I forgot my HsT book at home
Linux is too cool
I want to sleep now
I just organised our bill system & shit
I should REALLY write ashes :( I put it off waaaaay too long & she kinda begged for it today :( I feel sad I didnt write sooner.. But with all the moving & .. ! :s Bad excuse, I know!
I NEED internet banking :'( I think Ill have to install it on my linux box :D
sleeeep
zzz
Car acted up
laptop hd crashed
vnc serv errors: XOpenDisplay failed (IP:0.0)
Loveley!
.. ok day
Vi to aalst, I tried to get her crutches back but the place was closed
I got myself a cellphone (here we say GSM but thats not globally understood, so it seems) with ehrm.. bills comming each month instead of the no commitment form
I got my car insurance ok
I called the other insurance ppl
I also payed the internet
..
But I didnt get to studying
just Could Not put myself to it
I also feel like sleeping
but :s I feel bad about living at night..
Damn social weight
& damn closed stores
I saw One Point O with Bio earlier.. ok movie
And I broke a chair today.. It just collapsed.
Its no surprise tough :)
The chair had it comming
pff..
Fucking SHIT
Im looking forward to September
I d love to go walking for 2 weeks this summer.. Cross the french border to Spain & then spend some extra days in Barcelona..
If only it wasnt such a shithole city.. underneath all its beauty..
I should clean.. but I should also study
So I get frustrated
& end up doing .. not much
Wouldnt mind going to sleep when its dark either.. its been a while!
Sleep!
Damn I want those GTA Radio Stations (comments & commercials included!!)
hehe
Pitty its only XBox version at the time :/
The great ppl @ Rockstar Games are giving their Classics away For FREE :)
GTA, GTA2, .. 3 games so far
Great Great Great
this week I followed 2 objects.. Wraith books (rpg)
I won one & the other I was outbid at the last moment..
cant say much against it, I use the same technique (its only common sense..)
I just didnt want to give That Much for those books..
Ofcourse if I had had certainty about the shipping..
a nice eBay moment :)
Amazing..
I tought it was crap.. But its actually Good :)
Amazing!
Surprizing
& very sweet
Tough I wasnt in for that dose of angst :s I cant let the Angst overwhelm me.. If I do, thinking itself will become My Enemy :s .. Angsty isnt it? :D
Im happy I found My Love :)
Whats it with these Angsty movies?
I d like to see a nice one ya know..
this is the 2nd one like that Im seeing in less than 4 hrs
Jup, Im home now, just saw Cypher.. Suprpisingly good Movie
I LOVE living with Vi! Tough sometimes she doesnt seem to be able to believe it :s I love her :)
Earlier tonight I ate vietnamese.. A very good restaurant, the food and certainly the hunger after eating the horible food made me really feel like I was a starving kid in Vietnam. It wasnt awfull, but I wont be going there anytime soon again. I should have known! Never trust a restaurant barely equipt to handle a group of 10. They even gave me a slight war experience with the exploding plate! It was Horrible, really! I hope I never have to eat there again!
But the movie was nice :)
The compagny was nice also!
We played Werewolf about 10 times, it was Fun! Everyone liked it :) It is ofcourse a very likeable game - heh Tom & Vi are going to print & plastic a decent version of the game. & I just found a NICE version. Tom can print the fancy version if he cares :D tough I wouldnt mind making a version myself & using that.. We ll see.. He ll probably forget it tough - lol
I just put on Vanila Sky.. Will I sleep today or sleep.. or see the movie I mean!
My jaw hurts :s
& I need So Much Stuff in gent! A printer amongst things.. I DEFINITELY need my linux box!! MOOVIIEES!!! I dont really like having to pay BUTLOADS of money to watch ONE movie a night.. Maybe two, if I pay 2x a butload! Really feels good to watch some movies out of the collection again. Just as much movies as I ve got time for, nothing to care about, just watch them as it were my own private video store! Its a way of live :)
Vanilla Sky will probably be CRAP! Im so losing my time watching this crap! Isnt this one supposed to be GOOD? And how can he leave Cameron behind for mothface? And whats with dissing the snowboarding? The only good thing I can imagine someone (female) would say about this one is Cruize (or wtf do you write his name) .. & ok.. so Diaz goes a LIL crazy.. lol I Really Dont like the roach girl.. She s had better (looking) roles!
I need to do some stenciling & printing.. I hope to do it in something else than the regular windows 'stencil' font. I noticed text on a wall & I hope I can pull it off with another font.. I saw some tricks :)
Blah
The movie is boring me
It all depends on the individual, doesnt it..
I feel like doing WHATEVER else..
Sleeping for example
Tough Im getting curious bout the new face.. bweuh
GOTTA love our cat! I mean.. The hamsters are Funny! But the cat - at least - is intelligent! It plays with stuff a hamster cant even comprehend.. and then is amazed at the sheer physics of the whole thing.. Hamsters make living places, thats cooler than a cat.. Thats true!
..
Pets
:s
Just too funy a concept :)
Cant wait to get some wireless on my Linux box (or linux on my laptop :s hehe)
Tnx to Bio for (by accident) lending me his WiFi card :)
Oh My :)
This is Great :D
a language based on "memory manipulation"
Sounds just plain WIERD :D
Worth the interest (for 10m or so..)
A friend just got frauded by an escrow.com clone.
lost A LOT of money & he just understood this evening.. kinda hellish to hear that kind of shit!
Sleep now
ever SO right!!! Pure wisdom in this quote!
HILLARIOUS Joke :D
Doesnt work THAT good in real life tough :(
But I WILL keep trying :)
I loved it
Its once again the broody BATMAN atmnosphere both Batman & Batman returned had & wich those other two lacked..
It was Great :)
Tough I Missed The TimBurton Batmobile!! :)
I love those noir movies.. I hope with Sin City & Batman Begins the tendens is alive again for many more to come in the genre
& ofcourse.. Let the Sin City & Batman movies come, Bring Em On :D (and they will, Imdb already speaks of a Sin City 2 & 3 :))
Now Sleep
tomorrow exam english :)
This 'slow draw' ID technique is almost entirely the province of the female customership, but male patrons, not to be outdone by the fairer sex, unfailingly provide us with their own dazzling array of irritating habits at the door. Guys, please do us both a favor and take your fucking ID out of your wallet. I'm not going to read it through that transparent plastic window, as you hold it up three feet from my face. When you do this, I'm usually unable to see your card's expiration date -- if it's a New York State ID -- and I need to feel your license and run it through the validator to see if you've altered it, or if you're on the banned list. When you pull this move on a doorman, and he curtly orders you to "Take it out," rest assured that you're the arrogant asshole in the situation, not him.
Don't hand me your ID and proceed to walk past me, either. You haven't been admitted yet, and I'm not going to chase you down to give it back the way some of you, evidently, expect me to. When you present your license, do me the courtesy of permitting me to do my job, allowing me time to examine what you've given me and look at your face to ensure it matches the picture on the card. This shouldn't be difficult for you to do -- it takes less than five seconds -- and the simple act of demonstrating some common consideration for me as a fellow human being -- one who's being paid to do a job, whether you approve of me or not -- will assure a smooth, mutually beneficial transaction for us both.
This is INCREDIBLY foreign, in a country (Be) where we cant serve beer to -16 but also are not legally entitled to ask for someones ID.. We had quite a problem with this rule (in our YH) untill we (I?) decided that we werent Obliged to sell anything to anyone and could state any condition. We can ask and then deny alcohol (because they didnt want to show their ID, ..) but we cant DEMAND it..
Interesting read, once again!
Is this English???
it apparently is..
It amazes me, words in dutch & english that are the same.. I can live with apartheid.. considering the origin. But angst, gratis, .. What more???
I just found this Real funny blog by a bouncer..
Great read!
Only one thing.. why dont I get emails like that?? The only people that read this & I dont know personally I had to BEG to get a picture (Yeah, im talking about you, Shelli :p)
On the other hand, who needs it, I ve got Mini wich is really all I ever wanted!
but still, it d be flattering, an unknown woman throwing herself at my feet tru email.. It would be damn flattering for Mini also..
FUCKING HAY FEVER!!!
for the last 2 weeks ive woken up to pure agony, the first hour a day hell untill the fuckin medicine starts working
and today At Last, Its RAINING :)
yaaaaaaaaaaaaay
I hope the museum is better than the site
coz if its not they made a Real Dull mess of it all
How Typically English!
*sigh*
I COULD play guildwars now..
But I wont :) Study Study Study!
Now only to rerfain from continuing "The queen of the damned" (anne rice..)
Study Study Study
I miss my lil one :(
I went to help someone with his pc earlier.. he was happy but I am quite unsatisfied.. :s
Next week :), after the Study Study Study when I'll have more time for whatnot :D
Its amazing.. the quests keep comming at an insane tempo (should you choose to accept it) all sorts & types, some a lot of xp, some much less, some a long walk, some right out the door
I teamed up with someone earlier, it was good fun :) surprisingly cool! we did a quest and then chilled trough 2 quests at once, it was fun :)
& just when Im about to take a rest, be free of quests, I get several new requests, its addictive :)
& the lil details.. Cant remember them, but its small stuff, like this army dude for example, an npc with some army stuff.. named Viggo.. Viggo Mortensen? (Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings) in a fantasy game like this one its hard to believe that to be a coincidence :s Earlier on this girl Vicky Mallone (ore something alike), selling apples.. a sister maybe of the famous Molly Mallone? (the song, where she cries mussles & cuckles, sweet Molly Mallone)
its amazing :)
& now I'm not toughing it in 2 days! It ll be hard but .. maybe I'll just prove to myself I can :D
I love my girl!!!
We ve got a vacuum cleaner now :D
tnx to mom.. she couldnt keep herself from buying it
A Germatic PS-1600W.3!!!
And RED not to forget :)
Stitch had an INCREDIBLE amount of luck
I had an INCREDIBLE amoiunt of Bad Luck (unbelievable)
Check his side... Do notice the 6!!!!!! towns he had.. normally its 4 or 5 towns! (there s only 9 in game)
On the other side.. my side.. The remaining 3 towns (you Start off with 2) The bad luck, it was UnImAgInAbLe! !!
So Yeah, he was all like..
& I was all like..
At least I'm having sex!
:D
..
its a part of life
..
things happen, and the body isnt able to sustain itself, it seases to function, its what we call death!
late last year.. it ll haunt me forevermore.. it leaves marks.. the social crap vs my own feelings.. Disrespectfull ppl making me behave out of respect for them.. I'm the one giving in, im resilient, I can relativate
Death surounds us
There are but two possibilities..
to live with it as a constant partner in all you do, persuading you to live every moment to its utter extacy, coz every moment has a touch of extacy for those who want it.. Crossing the street IS interesting! if you want it to be.. no? live it as if it were your last.. it ll be an interesting & thrilling 5s walk!!
or to try to reject it.. living in constant fear, having it dull your experiences, refusing all and any pleasure because of the taint of death.. because there is no escaping. Its all around us, surounds us, its our very essence from the day we re born!
So what will it be? the fear or the acceptance?
life s a thrilling ride for those prepared to marvel at its bringings!
I made my choice a while ago, So why the pondering?
Viona had a dog.. charelken..
I was prepared to care for that dog, I was prepared to live with that dog.
it had the sweetest character I ever saw in a dog
.. a very high tollerance for whatnot, a very humourous habit when wanting to play for bringing you the thing he wanted to play with & .. :) it was a great dog.. 11yrs old.. its a respectable age.. shitzu was his brand if I remember rightly.. Its a Pitty! He would come into the old room when me & mini were sleeping & .. walk around, being somewhere around when we woke.. he was fun, funny, friendly, patient, had a mind of his own, .. I liked that dog!!
But then the fuckin car came.. & now he s dead!
Its a pitty!
But everyone & everything has its & his time.. & I just gues it was his time.. And time cant be helped :(
Time..
in the end its all we have for sure :)
in the end.. its all we need
purem
my sk00l had an anthrax scare today
it ended up being some poor guys coke :(
he's prolly gonna get expelled :/
or at least kicked outta the faculty
and then executed
morris
haha
They mistook some coccaine for anthrax?
purem
yeah
morris
hehe
Poor guy
All he wanted, was to do his lines.
purem
ya
it's bad enough that he lost his coke, but he had to go and quarintine like 600 people into that building for like 4 hours
heh
morris
:/
purem
rough day
morris
Coke heads around the world now lable their coke with "Not Anthrax" stickers.
purem
"COCAINE INSIDE"
about tomorrow s exam..
I should have studied it before
but I Do Not At All regret studying for Economics..
as I will the whole next week
& the week after
TOP PRIORITY!!
& im also quite .. terrified about the whole Gent thing
I WANT it, I NEED it.. but to be hones, it scares me :)
I miss my dad..
I deleted it in a fit of anger because of iTunes screwing up iPod by deleting All My Musci
this was a while ago & I was Extremely curious what iTunes could do for me and my 20g of music (remember this, 20g, it gets important later on!!)
So there I went, I downloaded it, Reinstalled it & to my utter surprise, my old playlist shite was still on..
lets delete that, I tought so I did :)
I remembered configuring the whole deal to not delete the whole shite again, so I was in the clear!
I took my pod from the docking station as it was playing my newest cds.. Gorillas, System of a Down, ..
It would only take some minutes to see some data on itunes, so after that I could just go on studying..
So, I connected it
Itunes looked kinda surprised at the wad of data presented & I tought for a while it was crashing.. Untill at last, I could see my songs on the iTunes iPod display..
Then it went into almost crashing agan & it all kinda amused me.. the hatefull software having a hard time..
It felt good!
Untill it came on again..
I was already starting to have a bad feeling about it & about the disc acces it was generating..
but so it came on again & .. guess what :)
the iTunes display for my iPod was Empty!
Wtf, I tought.. This is most unexpected, so I went to my pod with the explorer.. quaisy feeling in my stumach..
and YES INDEED
THE Bitch Had Done It Again!
So now I'm going to format my Pod (been wanting to do that for a while) & upload the 3000 songs on my Linux to it..
leaving me with about 2000 MP3'S SHORT
AARGHL - Fuckin Bitch!!!!
& all this because I was too curious about Ffin Playlists!
The lesson? Fuck the lesson! I dont care!
At least its Clean now.. Clean & without faults!
tough.. with the calmth I am feeling atm, it seems as if I already took the posibility of this happening into account
Still..
The new gorillaz album is already playing again, this time on my laptop.. It realy soothes the pain.. Grrr
I should get me some new disks & permanentely convert my entire cd collection to mp3 for cases like tis one. I cant begin to think about all the music I lost & ll have to rip again! Things like All my SoaD cds.. (& I have all the officials, so thats a work) not to speak of the rest ofcourse!
AARGHL
& to correct all those tags again
& ......
Depressing
The whole Afrekening tags to correct, only my iPod had the correct names
Its a work of HOURS gone to waste!
& OFCOURSE during my exams!!
At least studying is going Relatively well
& I cant let my iPod trouble for later coz Ill be needing it tomorrow to ease & get ready for my exam in the afternoon
Ofcourse, in the end, this isnt turning out to be as great a shit as I feared.. Im actually happy I could solve some shite this way.. The last time it deleted, it left some garbage behind & thats all solved now.. The first mp3s are already back on.. and the iTrip files & a playlist & ... Bouyah :)
Maybe I should try having a bonsai..
Or maybe I shouldnt?
http://www.bonsai-in-belgium.be/ginkgobonsai/
http://www.ginkgobonsai.be/
(looks like 2x same site)
Sleep now!
Me & my Sweety are 6 months together about now..
.. well.. somewhere bewteen the 28th & the 1st anyway :)
So, 6 months :)
I dont consider this a milestone.. simply because in a way it feels like 2 days :) We re only just getting comfortable around eachother.. Learning stuff about one another :) (tough the stuff left to learn these days is about the dificult moments.. but as long as there s a lesson to be learnt :))
Anyhow!
We Belong Together :)
Im Surfing the Wiki & all this indredibely funny stuff keeps comming up :D
Wiki: Albert Hofmann LSD - My Problem Child
Dr. Hofmann discovered the psychedelic effects of LSD after accidentally ingesting some through his fingertips on April 16, 1943. Three days later, on April 19 (later known as Bicycle Day), Hofmann deliberately consumed 250 µg of LSD, and experienced far more intense effects (see: LSD for details). This was followed by a series of self-experiments conducted by Hofmann and his colleagues.
D: Yeah, I can Believe that :D Sounds like fun :D
He became director of the natural products department at Sandoz and went on studying hallucinogenic substances found in Mexican mushrooms and other plants used by the aboriginal people. This lead to the synthesis of psilocybin, the active agent of many "magic mushrooms".
D: RESEARCH is what they called it then a days, Research is what it took to be near the source of it all :D
Wiki: LSD
"LSD" is an abbreviation of the German chemical name of the compound, Lysergsäure-diäthylamid.
It was first synthesized in 1938 by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann in Basel at the Sandoz Laboratories as part of a large research program dealing with ergot alkaloid derivatives as cure for head aches. Its psychedelic properties were unknown until Hofmann, acting on a hunch, returned to work on the chemical 5 years later.
D: So what did they put on the box under Side Effects? :)
Many clinical trials were conducted on the potential use of LSD in psychedelic psychotherapy, generally with very positive results. LSD first became popular recreationally among a small group of mental health professionals such as psychiatrists and psychologists during the 1950s, as well as by socially prominent and politically powerful individuals such as Henry and Clare Boothe Luce.
D: Sorry hun, I need to work late today.. The collors are SO bright - What did you say? - Nevermind, I was thinking aloud, need to go!
Studies in the 1950s in using LSD to treat alcoholism professed a 50% success rate. Alcoholics Anonymous, on the other hand, has a success rate of 5% or less.
D: THIS kind of shit they Never tell us :s
Hillarious link..Urban Legends involving LSD :D
Gotta LOVE disinformation & Panic :D
Wiki: MK-Ultra The CIA mind controll research
The experiments often took a sadistic bent. Gottlieb was known to torture victims by locking them in sensory deprivation chambers while dosed on LSD, or to make recordings of psychiatric patients' therapy sessions, and then play a tape loop of the patient's most self-degrading statement over and over through headphones after the patient had been restrained in a straitjacket and dosed with LSD.
D: Brutal :/
Gottlieb himself took LSD frequently, locking himself in his office and taking copious notes.
I can (again) imagine the dude sitting in his room, ready for another Trip :D
In one case, a selection of volunteers were given LSD for 77 days straight.
D: AUCH!
LSD was eventually dismissed by the researchers as too unpredictable in its effects. Although useful information was sometimes obtained through questioning subjects on LSD, not uncommonly the most marked effect would be the subject's absolute and utter certainty that they were able to withstand any form of interrogation attempt, even physical torture.
D: hehehe - I CAN TAKE A N Y T H I N G ! ! ! :D
Canadian experiments
The experiments were even exported to Canada, when the CIA recruited Albany, New York doctor Ewan Cameron, author of the psychic driving concept which the CIA found particularly interesting. In it he described his theory on correcting madness, which consisted of erasing existing memories and rebuilding the psyche completely. He commuted to Montreal every week to work at the Allan Memorial Institute, and was paid $69,000 from 1957 to 1964 to carry out MKULTRA experiments there. The CIA appears to have given him the potentially deadly experiments to carry out, as they would be tried on non-US citizens.
D: .. :s & these guys are a big force in the world???????
In addition to LSD, Cameron also experimented with various paralytic drugs, as well as electroshock "therapy" at 30 to 40 times the normal power. His "driving" experiments consisted of putting subjects into drug-induced coma for months on end (up to three in one case) while playing tape loops of noise or simple repetitive statements. His experiments were typically carried out on patients who had entered the institute for minor problems such as anxiety disorders and post-partum depression, many of whom suffered permanently from his actions.
D: SCARY!
Wiki: Mescaline
D: Aparently.. mescal isnt popular enough to have extensive Wiki info..
Nazi Human Experimentation Very similar to the above, only difference being they LOST the war..
At Auschwitz concentration camp, Josef Mengele carried out medical experiments.
Mengele's experimentation included placing subjects in pressure chambers, testing various drugs on them, freezing them to death, and various other usually fatal traumas.
..
The full extent of his work will never be known because the two truckloads of records he sent to Dr. Otmar von Verschuer at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute were destroyed by the latter. Subjects of Mengele's experiments were almost always murdered afterward for dissection, if they survived the experiment itself.
D: The fact that it happened is an outrage ofcourse.. But even worse is that here s nothing left of it all! All those people actually Died In Vain just because one probably scared loser burnt it all :/
The LIST of experiments *nausea*
At Buchenwald numerous healthy inmates were deliberately infected with typhus virus in order to keep the virus alive;
D: OMG :s
Wiki: Compulsory Sterilisation
This is one of the "unhuman experiments" Nazi Germany did.. Do note that it was also done in the other half of the civilized world.. America & parts of Europe!!
.. From drugs to inhumane experiments.. What a trip :)
In the end, one thing to remember is ofcourse.. Wiki is BY the people & there isnt any assurance that its CORRECT! Ppl have tested it by putting up nonsense & checking back x days later.. It was unaltered! So Wiki is NOT by defenition right - Pitty!! :(
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EVIL lyrics :D Simple but Truely EVIL :D hehehe
Another GREAT article brought to you by the american PPl :)
I feel like i'm reading the "ask tinny" column in about ANY teenage magazine :D
Hillarious! The creativety, the solutions..
could you incorporate something about his Internet sexuality into your sexual relations? Could you, for example, communicate on computers via instant messaging within your home, then turn that into an actual sexual encounter?
GOTTA apreciate the creativety!!
:)
On general request..
Last year in spain.. THIS is what I looked like after one day at the beach!
Heaven :D
I bought some cds today..
Gorillaz - Gorillaz
Gorillaz - Demon Days
System of a Down - Mezmerize
& they re all GREAT :)
I love 'em!!
I posted my Stencill stuff to my Dev Art scraps..
Checkit
I learned lessons & am underway to an improved RoD logo & a flame :)
probably on cardboard this time
I gave it a try & already learned a valuable lesson :)
Dont try to have small lines that keep the holes together.. They only tear during cutting
& there MUST be better tools then a normal Stanley knife
This is my first try.. lets see what it does..
Next I'll do will probably be a manga typed face
.. I'm calling Mini at 3.30 ..
... I'll sms her first :)
I was supposed to play Mage today.. With Vleer, Bio, Stitch & Jack..
Bio & Jack were 45 minutes late
Vleer & Stitch canceled LAST MOMENT (even after Bio & Jack arived!)
We arranged to play Mage about a month ago!
Incredible!
WHY do I even BOTHER??
FUCKIN hell!
I'm considering stopping that Mage thing.. Completely!
I mean, ppl dont even care to show up..
I have to say tough.. Vleer not turning isnt a surprise.. Its him.. & Stitch.. I doubted his being here on a Sunday from the very moment we agreed on Sunday!
Still.. The consideration still stands!
Positive is I got to play Warcraft - the Boardgame
But then again, we didnt even FINISH that!
Had a painfull collision with Bio.. REALLY Painfull.. Im not really sure if it was painfull misjudgement or dumb luck.. Agonising!
Jack had some of those painfull moments too!
Im looking to make Pray Stencils..
Starting off too difficult tough!
But I want to make something Nice to put on my snowboard bag..
I Hope it works on my bag.. (Burton Space Sack)
I also found a cool site today.. Stickers to put on snowboards.. Original Snowboard Art Looks OK :D Curious tough about the durability of it all
And in seeing that site I came upon the idea to have a friend make a Vynil sticker for the top of my snowboard.. :) I'll probably ask him to make the RoD logo .. 20cm wide.. ... or something else..
The picture I wanted in a Stencil would have been the BME elf but I recon that one might be too dificult to adjust to be a Stencil.. So I might end up drawing something myself! :)
Viva Sopranos!
Im a lil worried about my girl tough!!
She s not feeling 100%
She s got an exam tomorrow morning
& she couldnt get to sleep earlier :/
I want to call her ..
She was going to wake up but Im afraid I wake her an hour before she wants to.. & an hour can be VERY important! :/
I'll probably SMS her & have her sms me / whatever if I can call her..
I might go to aalst tomorow to get me the CD my brother gave me for my BDay.. Probably will.. & I might also get me some new "How to draw Manga" books.. There s two new ones.. They look worth buying.. Good books!
& I might go get my present from Vi when I go to Gent on wednesday.. I feel like .. :) I Really do :D
The plan would be to put the rest of my money on the bank.. I think.. ...
I dont think there s anything that has a high enough priority right now to spend it on.. I think..
Except cds.. The 2 Gorillas cds.. But Ill go get those with my brother's present cheque :)
& I LOVE the Maus book Mini got me :D Its GREAT!! (I finished it today, cant wait to read it a second time..)
I m Incredibely gratefull for the weather on the 27th
If I were a lil more of a romantic soul..
Id say it was my dad's present to me this year.. A wonderfull day!
And if it were, I d only have one thing to say..
Thank You!
Oh yeah, I saw this one too..
a remake of .. House of Wax (1953)
altough it seems like its a Rough remake..
Im curious if it has something to do with
The Exotic House of Wax (1996)
:)
