Archive for April, 2005

The thing about the below link is this: it’s not ONLY USBank that uses these less than ethical practices on a daily basis.

I’ve been screwed twice by Bank of America (second time really wasn’t my fault - they bought my bank) in a similar manner.

http://www.moderngeek.com/usbank/

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April 21st, 2005 2 Comments

“Last Disk” [to the tune of Last Kiss by Wayne Cochran]

Oh where, oh where is my BSD?
I just loaded Beta 5.3
It’s gone to heaven, so I’ve got to be good,
So I can see the OS when I leave this world.

I’d started to load it in my roommate’s Dell,
the hard drive was taking it pretty well.
During the load, it crashed the heads,
the distro was stalled, *BSD was dead.
I couldn’t stop, so I yanked the cord.
I’ll never forget, the sound , oh Lord–
the screamin’ drives, the speaker’s blast,
the painful scream that I– heard last.

Oh where, oh where is my *BSD?
That load took it away from me.
It’s gone to heaven, so I’ve got to be good,
So I can see *BSD when I leave this world.

When I woke up, the sparks were pourin down.
There were admins standin all around.
Some burned-out chips had fallen on the tiles,
but somehow I found my disc of files.
I lifted the CD, the devil winked and said,
“Load me darlin just a little while.”
I held it close, I kissed the label–our last kiss.
I found the love that i knew i had missed
well now it’s gone, even though I loaded it right
I lost my *BSD and the Dell– that night.

Oh where, oh where is my *BSD?
I tried to load it yesterday.
It’s gone to heaven so I’ve got to be good,
So I can see *BSD when I leave this world.

When I next went to Slashdot, where so many had trolled.
Any so many times “BSD’s Dead!” was told.
Tears fallin’ on the keyboard, I checked “Anonymous”
and I eulogized *BSD, in memory, of us….

When I logged on next, my post was modded down.
In my heartbreak and sorrow, treated like a clown….
No matter what the mods do, it’s in my heart and head
We’ll always know “*BSD IS DEAD!”

Oh where, oh where is my *BSD?
I tried to load it yesterday.
It’s gone to heaven so I’ve got to be good,
So I can see *BSD when I leave this world.

[edit 4/26/05: Thanks to for the correction - I knew it wasn't written by pearl jam, but I found this posted anonymously on a website, and I couldn't remember who really DID write the song...]

Lemming of the Day

April 19th, 2005 6 Comments

OK, here are the rules.

You go find a song that everybody knows and put the lyrics into the Babelfish (http://babelfish.altavista.com/). Translate them from English to German, then German to French, and then French to English. Then post here with 3 clues. See who gets the song right first.

Here’s the clues

1) Not everyone knows it, but everyone who knows me well probably has heard it.
2) It’s a BNL song.
3) Some of the lyrics translated -perfectly- from english to german to french to english

In old housing which this one, where we maintained, food fallows broken glass of it, is in fallow and is famished broken hearts and bones broken of this one, where did we maintained to live why paint you to them walls? Why did you clean the floor? Why vergipsten it on the drilling which I punched in the door? Is this one, where we maintained to you to live why held that mousetrap? Why did you hold Dishrack? these things used to be my that I estimate that they wish them still, me are back in old housing to Forty-two staircase of the road of curved landing, curved owner of house proximity laneway filled in fallow with hooks. This one is, where we maintained to live. Why did they pave the lawn? why did they modify lockings? Why was I to break to him, I only came me to speak this one am, where we maintained to live as are the neighbor downwards? How is it reheated this year to him? I turned myself your television apparatus and stomped on the floor which is right for the recreation that I know that we do not buy here to more us one old house on Danforth live it me like and their body me I am hot hold fortunately here, with those is however, where we maintained to live in old housing broke in fallow violently the telephone of the memories of the wall only, the memories fading outside which mix it in the blunted lists me wish return

interesting..

April 19th, 2005 4 Comments

The Camarilla in the news

who saw this coming?

April 13th, 2005 4 Comments
You scored as Buddhism. Your beliefs most closely resemble those of Buddhism. Do more research on Buddhism and possibly consider becoming Buddhist, if you are not already.

In Buddhism, there are Four Noble Truths: (1) Life is suffering. (2) All suffering is caused by ignorance of the nature of reality and the craving, attachment, and grasping that result from such ignorance. (3) Suffering can be ended by overcoming ignorance and attachment. (4) The path to the suppression of suffering is the Noble Eightfold Path, which consists of right views, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right-mindedness, and right contemplation. These eight are usually divided into three categories that base the Buddhist faith: morality, wisdom, and samadhi, or concentration. In Buddhism, there is no hierarchy, nor caste system; the Buddha taught that one’s spiritual worth is not based on birth.

Buddhism

79%

Christianity

75%

Hinduism

58%

Islam

50%

Judaism

46%

Paganism

46%

agnosticism

42%

atheism

33%

Satanism

29%

Which religion is the right one for you? (new version)
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I want..

April 1st, 2005 5 Comments

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/744f/

hmmm

April 1st, 2005 6 Comments

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4399187.stm

Ukraine’s security service chief has said the death of former Interior Minister Yuri Kravchenko last month was almost certainly suicide.

Then, a few lines later…

Kravchenko was found dead with two gunshot wounds to the head on 4 March in his country house outside Kiev.

Are we sure the soviet union fell apart?