It's kind of fascinating to see how it's dying...

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from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cyberjoke3000

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http://www.moanmyip.com/ - sexy girls moaning your IP address.

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"Knock knock." "Who's there?" "Control Freak. Now you say, 'Control Freak Who?'..."
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Who Says Punctuation Doesn't Matter?
Dear John Letter #1 Dear John: I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever happy -- will you let me be yours? Jane

Dear John Letter #2: Dear John: I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we're apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be? Yours, Jane

A guy ordered a drink in an airport cocktail lounge and suddenly realized that sitting across from him was Bill Gates. Barely concealing his enthusiasm, he introduced himself, "Hello, Mr. Gates. My name is Larry. You don't know me, but I'd like to ask you for a small favor." A wary Gates asked, "And what might that be?" "I'm meeting with a potential client here in a few minutes and if I can sign this deal, it could change my whole life. All I ask is that you walk over and greet me like an old friend. Perhaps my client will be impressed enough to swing the deal." Relieved, Gates said, "Sure. I can do that for you." A few minutes later, as the man sat talking with his client, Gates finished his drink, walked over to them, and said, "Hey, Larry! I thought that was you. How've you been?" And the guy replied, "F*¢k off, Gates! I'm in a meeting here!"

stolen from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cyberjoke3000/

http://www.themishmash.com/2007/11/i-miss-bozo-the.html
LMAO!

http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2007/11/11/the-absolutely-scariest-colors-imaginable/

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/energy-laptop-1108.html

I don't care for the energy-saving (after all, a laptop does not use that much energy), but forcing myself to exercise while using a computer would be great!

Pacman - the text adventure game! Actually, very amusing!

Stolen from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cyberjoke3000.

A family adopted a stray cat but, to their distress, the cat used their new sofa as a scratching post. "Don't worry," the husband reassured then, "I'll have him trained in no time." For several days, the husband patiently taught that cat a lesson by quickly depositing him outdoors whenever the cat scratched the sofa. The cat learned quickly. For the next twelve years, whenever he wanted to go outside, he would add another scratch to the sofa!

http://www.skelliewag.org/110-resources-for-creative-minds-121.htm. A list of links to more lists or links... but still a pretty good resource. At least it's good for procrastination - browsing these lists is something you can do instead of the actual creative work!

Public domain humor, stolen from http://jesterhat.net.

Signs and notices

- "How To Repair Your VCR." - The title of a how-to video tape.

- "Great New Taste!" and "Same Great Taste!" - On opposite sides of a drink cooler in a grocery store.

- "Ears pierced while you wait." - A sign in a shop.

- "Free Parking ($1.50 per day)" - A sign at a parking lot in Ocean City, Maryland.

- "If you can’t read or write, phone this number."

- "Lunch and Learn Seminar: ’Who’s controlling your life?’ (get your manager’s permission before attending)" -- The contents of a flyer for corporate seminar.

- "We are sorry, but these toilets are out of order. Please use floor." -- A sign on a shopping center’s restroom door, indicating that the restroom was closed. The sign was intended to give directions to the nearest open restroom, but the staff had forgotten to fill in the blank.

- "Shoe Rental: Adults: $2.00. Seniors and Children: $2.00." -- A sign in a bowling alley in Katy, TX.

- "Do not open this door when locked." -- A sign on a gym door.

- "Speed Limit 5 Miles per hour" / "No vehicles beyond this point" -- Two signs on the same sign post at a camp site.

- "A reminder to all lady Lancers that you are not to wear t-shirt tank tops on campus. If you do so, you will be asked to remove them." -- An announcement that appeared in a Hilltop High School (Home of the Lancers) bulletin.

http://www.dumbledorepride.com/

ROTFLMAO!

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/22/1851226 : New Password Recovery Technique Uses CPU and GPU Together.

Yeah right... password recovery :P

So, LiveJournal/6Apart fucked up again, assuming the role of the Thought Police . Maybe it's time to embrace the good old GJ again...

Well, at least now I'm *not* upset anymore that I can't afford the LJ permanent account! :)

( Are you a Nerd, Geek or Dork ? )

Yesterday the most prominent Russian spammer Vardan Kushnir, the head of the universally hated American Language Center was murdered at his home. The cause of death was a closed brain-skull trauma and multiple head injuries.

The list of suspects includes about 20000000 Russian-speaking Internet users.

Source: http://www.bg.ru/article?id=4978

Spammers, beware !

This post is all about Harry Potter.

2 years of waiting... and it's all over in one day... *whimper*

( Here be spoilers ! )

I seriously doubt the concept of going out of your way to raise your kids, especially in respect of stuffing them with knowledge and forcing them to attend all kinds of clubs/courses as early as possible...

Of course all my life is defined by being lazy and not going out of my way for *anything* (hmmm was it like that all the time, or just during the recent years ?) But it just seems to be so not worth the efforts... So, children learn faster than adults, therefore, the more they learn while they're small, the better they can succeed later in life. However it's a faulty logic because it depends on your definition of "success" ! I had learned to read at 4 and was strongly encouraged (forced) to always get the highest grades at school. I've never had any problems with finding a good job (i.e. decent salary + good conditions + sufficiently interesting) and doing well with it. But I grew up as a neurotic and depressed loner, and my personality problems just don't go away no matter what I try. Am I successful ? Maybe it was my fault that I didn't spend *all* my free time on studying, so I could still be a depressed loner but with a salary 10 times higher ?

Isn't it better to be an average kid with average grades, and then with an average job (even a job which requires the horror of horrors - physical work ! ;) but to become an extroverted, friendly, light-hearted and happy person ?

Of course one can have the worst of both worlds, and become a depressed and *stupid* loner. Maybe the intelligence, education and personality are just not correlated.

A personality defect test.

Spiteful Loner You are 71% Rational, 0% Extroverted, 71% Brutal, and 28% Arrogant.

You are the Spiteful Loner, the personality type that is most likely to go on a shooting rampage. You are a rational person and tend to hold emotions in very low-esteem; not only that, but you are also rather introverted, meaning you probably bury any emotions you feel deep inside yourself. Combine these traits with your hatred of others and your brutality, and it seems that you would be quite likely to shoot innocent people in a rampage. Not only that, but you are also a very humble person--not a braggart at all--meaning you could possibly have low-self esteem. This is only yet one more incentive to go on a shooting rampage, because you wouldn't care if you died as a result. Granted, you probably haven't gone on a shooting rampage and probably never will, but all the motivations are there. In conclusion, your personality is defective because you are too introverted, brutal, insecure, and rather unemotional. No wonder no one hangs around you, you morbid, cold-hearted freak! To put it less negatively: 1. You are more RATIONAL than intuitive. 2. You are more INTROVERTED than extroverted. 3. You are more BRUTAL than gentle. 4. You are more HUMBLE than arrogant. Compatibility: Your exact opposite is the Televangelist. Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Capitalist Pig, the Smartass, and the Sociopath. * * If you scored near fifty percent for a certain trait (42%-58%), you could very well go either way. For example, someone with 42% Extroversion is slightly leaning towards being an introvert, but is close enough to being an extrovert to be classified that way as well. Below is a list of the other personality types so that you can determine which other possible categories you may fill if you scored near fifty percent for certain traits. The other personality types: The Emo Kid: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Humble. The Starving Artist: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Bitch-Slap: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Humble. The Brute: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Hippie: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble. The Televangelist: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Schoolyard Bully: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble. The Class Clown: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Robot: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Humble. The Haughty Intellectual: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Spiteful Loner: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Humble. The Sociopath: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Hand-Raiser: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble. The Braggart: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Capitalist Pig: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble. The Smartass: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant.

Link: The Personality Defect Test written by saint_gasoline on Ok Cupid

Overall it's a very good game, but not as good as the 1st "Dark Fall". The 1st one felt really creepy and intriguing, I almost wanted to *live* in this haunted hotel... even started to get emotionally attached to the characters (no matter that they appeared in the game only through their journals, letters, photos and notes). The 2nd game is much less creepy, and the environment (initially: year 1912, lighthouse and its keepers) is much less interesting. I even resorted to using hints several times at the beginning, feeling too bored to spend efforts on it. Afterwards, when the game started to expand and became non-linear, I terribly regretted using the hints (and continued till the end all by myself). There's a couple of nice plot twists, and every time a new game area appears, it's very exciting. The sci-fi angle works well, too.

The graphics is 3D-rendered, the indoors graphics is good, but the outdoors graphics is somewhat mediocre, especially the huge homogenous gray area which is supposed to be sea... and the character models are incredibly ugly. But then, probably I've been spoiled by the modern rendering achievements. Luckily, there are very little of the actual characters in the game; like the 1st one, it revolves around exploring the deserted locations, reading documents, and looking for clues.

The navigation is a little annoying, seeing that the game employs the dreaded 2D-1st-person Myst-like interface. All the time you have to find a right angle from which to proceed or to look at things. Once I was almost stuck in one room as it took a lot of time to find the right angle which allowed to click on the door to exit... But one can get used to it. At least there's no pixel-hunting, the hotspots are big, and clearly marked with the cursor change.

All the puzzles are very good - fair, logical, fitting to the environment. They require a lot of note-keeping, which is good.

The only bad thing is the ending which is extremely disappointing - the game ends abruptly and practically without any conclusion.

The game plays smoothly and without any bugs, it's especially nice that it works fine under Linux with Cedega. After solving the initial problem of non-existent fonts, I didn't have any trouble with it.

It was a pleasant and rewarding experience...