Extreme Legos
That's what this lego buider is: extreme. Or serious. Whatever works.

The Rubik's cube solver totally rocks.

The moon is in Scorpio and blah blah blah
Since astrology is such a highly respected field of "study," it clearly makes sense that there the alignment of the planets determines everything about everyone. Even one's driving abilities. I mean, how can you not see the correlation?

What a waste of government money.

Hmmm...
I got some spam in my Hotmail account saying:

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I'm being spammed to get an email account that won't give me spam? Seems kinda ironic, don't you think?

They also should try and use more capitalized words. :p

From the 'and you thought RPI nerds were intolerable' file:
Check out this article about a CMU undergrad and his performance art project. Fucking hippies. This is brought to you by my office mate Niru, a grad of CMU, who is nowhere near as fuct up as this guy.

w00t
I finally have something to play. I got a pair of Neocron beta cd's a couple days ago. I guess that means that I won't be looking for news to post here nor will I be on AIM or ICQ much for a while. I'm going incognito. :) And I've got bugs to find. And I've already found a few of them that no one has reported, and I have been an unfortunate victim to several others. Love it.

I signed up to beta test this game a while back without a real understanding of what the game was all about, but upon reading their FAQ and playing it a bit, it's like a massively multiplayer online version of Deus Ex. The game is set in a futuristic time, it's in first-person view (with a toggleable third-person view), and you get to kill things with an assortment of melee weapons, assault rifles, bombs, and so on. Combat works like a typical first-person shooter, too. You can be augmented with implants and get new or improved skills as well. Plus, there are bars and strip clubs. I personally haven't visited them yet, but I'm sure that most of the beta testers are there. ;p

There are four classes in the game: Private Eyes, Spies, Tanks, and Psi Monks. Given those classes and my usual online alias, I think it's clear which class I'll be testing out the most. :)

Unfortunately, I don't think I can mention much else, since I'm under a non-disclosure agreement. Everything I've already said can be found in the FAQ.

There doesn't seem to be many beta testers at the moment. I don't run into people that often. Maybe you could still get in if you apply, and then you can watch me die to some sort of pathetic creature and annoying bug combo. Good times.

Fun with Palindromes
I got an email at work that was sent to all (700 employees worth!) with this interesting bit of trivia:
As the clock ticks over from 8:01PM on Wednesday, February 20th, 2002, time will (for sixty seconds only) read in perfect symmetry. To be more precise: 20:02, 20/02, 2002. It is an event which has only ever happened once before, and is something which will never be repeated. The last occasion that time read in such a symmetrical pattern was long before the days of the digital watch (or the 24-hour clock): 10:01AM, on January 10, 1001. And because the clock only goes up to 23.59, it is something that will never happen again.

Then another person responded to all (700 employees worth!):
I might be wrong, but I think it happened before
11:11 on 11/11 1111 (November 11) and will also happen on
21:12 on 21/12 2112 (December 21)

I'm glad people have the time to sit and think about this at work and send it to all. Meanwhile, they are both slightly wrong, especially since theoretically, it happens 24 times today (there are 24 times zones where it will turn 20:02), not to mention the fact that time is relative to specific events of history, and doesn't really mean anything.

Needless to say, I did find a good article on the subject from that bastion of good news reporting (just look at the title of the article for proof!) and journalism ethics, Yahoo!: Scientists and Psychics Hail Rare Time Symmetry.

Extended Absence
I have had a bit of time off from the rigors of this website, (actually my computer was packed for moving, and now at my new home I don't have internet access, so as of right now, I can only post from work), and it was a good relaxing time (since when is moving ever relaxing?). But I just had to come back at you today, becuase there is going to be UFO at the Olympics tomorrow: Check it out! This clearly has to be real, since it was printed at Yahoo! They even gave the person who predicted the UFO flyby a plug.

On a different note, I think I've posted it before, but its been blowing up global, so here it is again: Bush or Chimp.

Britian attacks Spain
Well, kind of. Apparently a training drill went wrong and British landing craft found their way onto the shores of Spain. Now that's funny stuff. Good thing they didn't land on French shores because France probably would have handed over their country.

Here’s an interesting website courtesy of Slashdot.org. Not sure what to think of it yet.

Almost 30 of USA's Olympians...
... work at Home Depot.

Oh Canada
The Olympic men's ice hockey teams are just so scary. In terms of talent, that is. I've watched a lot of these hockey games -- as well as some women's hockey games since it was either that or curling -- and I fear the Canadian hockey team. Even if you are just a casual NHL follower, how many of the names below do you recognize?

Personally, I know 18 of these 22 players are really good. The ones I don't recognize just happen to play on some deadbeat NHL teams no one pays attention to.

That is one hell of a roster. Makes you wonder who the hell you start and who should play on the second or third line.

Make love, not war.
That's what I always say. Actually, I never say that. Too hippie-ish. But it does relate to the contents of this here post, which I think you will thoroughly enjoy and may in fact achieve fulfillment and gratification once you're done reading it. It's true. You just wait and see. You won't be disappointed. No siree.

* Supermarket rage: Taking road rage to the next level, assuming their was a relationship between road rage and supermarkets to begin with. Not only was this woman beaten in the parking lot for having too many items in the express checkout lane, I bet she was also a Rams, Raiders, and/or Yankees fan (The incident happened in Massachusetts).

* Ethnic Cleansing, the Video Game. Helping to continue spreading the hate before "world peace" is achieved. And I guess I'm not much better for linking to it. Well, I blame Metafilter for bringing it to my attention! So there! :p Besides, who doesn't want to play a game where "the White Race depends on you to secure its existence"? Oh yeah, those of other ethnic backgrounds... Never mind. Moving right along...

* Meow. Isn't the cloned cat cute? Makes you forget about spreading the hate, doesn't it? Well, maybe not since I just brought it up again.

* Three second of hardcore porn aired on FOX. Right before the Family Guy finale, too. That's what you get for dropping Seth MacFarlane's fine work, you bastards! "Victory is mine!"

Microsoft has to show its source code
Nine state attorneys general had argued that they needed to see the Windows source code in order to verify Microsoft's claim it could not offer a simpler version of the Windows personal computer operating system, stripped of bundled crap like MSN Messager and Internet Explorer.

It seems kinda odd that, according to MS, removing IE is impossible. Look at Windows 95. No IE included. Of course, win95 is so many steps behind winXP... Gotta love that severe integration between operating system and browser.

Wouldn't it be way funny if the code was leaked across the net?

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You also have a choice of several different domain names. Would you like [email protected]? How about a fuckBillGates.com address? Or are you more of a fuckWindowsXP.com type of guy? Or maybe you have a thing against swearing (which makes me wonder why you visit this site) and would prefer a less offensive [email protected].

The choices seem endless.