If you like really stupid movies, you will LOVE Borat ... stupid, stupid, stupid.
If, on the other hand, you prefer to exit the theatre with all the brain cells you had upon entering it, I suggest you take in Casino Royale instead.
Friday, November 17
Friday, November 17
Monday, November 13
Friday, November 10
Have you listened to the Gnarls Barkley new release yet? ...
GNARLy!!!
Thursday, October 19
Friday, October 6
A little inspiration for the 80's soiree this weekend ...
"This is like ... you know like ... totally RAD!"
Something about the beginning of this video makes me think "Pepto Bismol" ... ??? ...any clue ??? ...
Wednesday, October 4: Budweiser Clydesdales
My Aunt sent me this one ... needs no explanation ...
Tuesday, September 26
A simple subliminal for Paleontologists, Archaeologists and Bibliographers searching for clues to the origins of the human species, before natural selection and evolution played their parts in transforming (the vast majority of) us into the civilized, thinking human beings that we are today ...
And while I am on the subject of mindless boobs and harebrained poppycock ...
Friday, September 15
I was researching Gnocchi ... Thats right, I was researching italian dumplings (Don't ask), and I came across this great site. (It just so happens one of the "characters" herein is named Gnocchi). So funny. Had to share.
'Screw this insect channel. We want Steve Irwin back.'
Wednesday, August 30
DUELING PACHELBEL !!!
Barney's fun tip #1: Hey kids, if you start playing all three videos in synchronicity, leaving just a second between startups, exhilarating chaos ensues
Thursday, August 24
The results of my real estate course final exam came in the mail yesterday ...
I DID IT!
Now I just have to get through the state exam ... The pressure is on again ...
Monday, August 21
Had final exam yesterday (it blew) ... am feeling dizzy ...
Monday, July 10
A passionate recapture of the 2006 FIFA World Cup ...
Es ist ein sch�ner Tag
Wednesday, June 21
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Monday, June 12
DO NOT ATTEMPT!!! I tried the previous strategy on my neighbor, and it DOES NOT WORK ... I REPEAT ... IT DOES NOT WORK ...
June 6, 2006
With all the talk of rapture today, I thought some light humor might be in order ... .....................................................................................................
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Jesus is coming ... LOOK BUSY
DISCLAIMER: KEEP IN MIND THIS WILL PROBABLY NOT REALLY WORK IN THE EVENT OF AN ACTUAL RAPTURE
Friday, June 2
Did someone make this bumber sticker just for me?
QUIT HONKING I'm on the phone , damn it
Tuesday, May 30
This is the road I was on ... not pretty is it ? Yes, it took this for me to realize it was time for a change.
Friday, May 26
Had to give up the Jeep ... was spending too much money for gas on my 50mi daily round trip to and from work. I am now proudly "wrepresenting (pronounced vrepresenting) Deutchland".
"V DUB"
First 'Telecloning' Experiment Works ... Sort Of By Bill Christensen
posted: 31 March 2006 on Technovelgy.com 10:31 am ET
In science fiction, teleportation is not always perfect. Improperly maintained teleporters can result in "poor fidelity" during transmissionand a mess on the floor of the transporter room.
In one celebrated instance, the use of the teleporter even involved creating a copy.
In the Star Trek episode "The Enemy Within," first broadcast in 1966, the transporter aboard the Enterprise malfunctions, creating a copy of Captain Kirk. The copy demonstrates less than 100 percent fidelity, however; it embodies only his most selfish and angry qualities.
The first experimental demonstration of quantum telecloning has just been accomplished by scientists at the University of Tokyo, the Japan Science and Technology Agency and the University of York. Telecloning is a combined achievement; it combines quantum teleportation with quantum cloning into a single step.
In ideal quantum teleportation, the original particle is destroyed and its exact properties are transmitted to a distant particle. In telecloning, the original is destroyed and its properties are sent to two distant particles with an accuracy of less than 100 percent. The Heisenberg principle limits cloning fidelity; researchers would otherwise be able to make enough clones to learn everything about the original particle.
In their telecloning experiment, researchers cloned a beam of laser light, transmitting its electric field amplitude and phase - but not its polarization - to two distant beams with 58 percent fidelity. The theoretical limit on the experiment was 66 percent.
This demonstration may cause problems in another field of application for quantum teleportation. Until now, quantum cryptography had offered a perfectly secure communication standard. Now, however, an enemy within your communication center might arrange to send a copy of the message to a distant eavesdropper.
XPod Would Sense Your Emotions Then Pick Music By Bill Christensen
posted: 20 January 2006 on Technovelgy.com
09:04 am ET
Research on the XPod, a mobile music player that senses activity and emotion, will be presented at Proceedings of the International Conference on Mobile Technology, Applications and Systems later this year.
The XPod concept is based on the idea of automating much of the interaction between the music player and its user. The XPod project introduces a "smart" music player that learns its user's preferences, emotions and activity, and tailors its music selections accordingly. The device is able to monitor a number of external variables to determine its user's levels of activity, motion and physical states to make an accurate model of the task its user is undertaking at the moment and predict the genre of music would be appropriate. The XPod is relying on its user to train the player as to what music is preferred and under what conditions. After an initial training period, the XPod is able to use its internal algorithms to make an educated selection of the song that would best fit its user's emotion and situation.
(From XPod Mobile Music Player pdf)
According to their concluding remarks, the XPod does a reasonable job of automating music choice for a user's activity.
Science fiction writers have been wrestling with the problem of how computers made of cold steel and silicon can understand human beings and their emotions. For example, take this classic exchange between astronaut Bowman and HAL9000 in Arthur C. Clarke's 2001:A Space Odyssey:
"Hal, switch to manual hibernation control."
"I can tell from your voice harmonics, Dave, that you're badly upset. Why don't you take a stress pill and get some rest?"
"Hal, I am in command of this ship. I order you to release the manual hibernation control."
"I'm sorry, Dave, but in accordance with special subroutine C1435-dash-4, quote, When the crew are dead or incapacitated, the onboard computer must assume control, unquote. I must, therefore, overrule your authority, since you are not in any condition to exercise it intelligently."
"Hal," said Bowman, now speaking with an icy calm. "I am not incapacitated. Unless you obey my instructions, I shall be forced to disconnect you."
In this example, perhaps if HAL had suggested a relaxing track from Bowman's iTunes library, rather than a stress pill, the whole movie might have turned out differently.
Wednesday, March 22
Another funny ... This one from Chelle
Wednesday, March 15
Terrific Tee from PrankPlace
Thursday, March 9
The Associated Press
Updated: 3:45 p.m. ET March 9, 2006
Dubai to give up control of U.S. ports
WASHINGTON - Bowing to ferocious opposition in Congress, a Dubai-owned company signaled surrender Thursday in its quest to take over operations at U.S. ports.
DP World will transfer fully the U.S. operations ... to a United States entity, the firms top executive, H. Edward Bilkey, said in an announcement that capped weeks of controversy.
See rest of story
Tuesday, March 7:
Thank you, Amber for this email. Luvs it.
Ten Thoughts to Ponder ...
Number 10 Life is sexually transmitted.
Number 9 Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die .
Number 8 Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him Without an erection, make him a sandwich.
Number 7 Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a Person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.
Number 6 Some people are like a Slinky.....not really good for Anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.
Number 5 Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
Number 4 All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
Number 3 Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars And a substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents?
Number 2 In the 60s, people took acid to make the world weird. Now The world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
AND THE NUMBER 1 THOUGHT: We know exactly where one cow with Mad-cow-disease is located among the millions and millions of cows in America but we haven't got a clue as to where thousands of illegal immigrants and terrorists are located. Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of immigration
Friday, March 3
Pic of my Monday to Friday hangout (building to the left) on a beautiful Friday. I went to the parking garage next door to take this photo during lunch time. I'm concerned my mug shot is now posted on the Homeland Security bulletin board with reference to suspicious persons wanted for questioning.
"But I didn't order a Gibson ..."
