It was early Thursday morning in Germany, actually around 2 am, I was still awake and playing my favorite online game (World of Warcraft) and all of a sudden, trade chat had been quiet for most of the night, someone said "Steve Jobs died". Not wanting to believe it, I rushed to Google and checked, the first 2 online news-stations that i tried to loads websites of were unreachable due to the traffic they were having, so I went to the Apple site and saw that he really died. Tabbed back into the game, and around 5 minutes later someone asked in trade chat "really?". So I replied sadly yes, pointing them to the Apple site aswell as Wikipedia which both had the news of his passing. Cause of death was not listed yet.
As I had to get up early in the morning for work, I threw myself into bed, and when I awoke, my brother just spread the news to my father.
Onwards to work, I noticed that today started with rain (yes, I managed to get wet on the way to the bus station, which is 3 streets away from work!), and it is still raining now. At first, I didn't think much of it, but come to think of what I read at 2 am this morning, I figured the rain today is not just usual rain...it must be an iCloud crying over the passing of its master...
R.I.P. Steven Paul Jobs
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Cloud (#9) Computing and other Things
Ever since getting my new Acer Aspire PC, I feel like on Cloud #9, since it is a lot faster and more stable than the 8 year old PC that I previously used. Only disadvantage is Windows 7 being a memory-hog eventhough it is supposed not to... had to reboot after a month because 3 of the 4 GB of RAM were completely occupied already.../sigh.
Other than that, programs run smoother now, and i actually have enough processing power to use more than 2 applications at a time.
The whole week was particularly fun, and enjoyable, since I met (and hugged!) 2 of my favorite old people that I know through my work, and also managed to talk to one of my favorite young people on the online game I like and play the most. :)
Other than that, programs run smoother now, and i actually have enough processing power to use more than 2 applications at a time.
The whole week was particularly fun, and enjoyable, since I met (and hugged!) 2 of my favorite old people that I know through my work, and also managed to talk to one of my favorite young people on the online game I like and play the most. :)
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Both Sides Of The Story
Now, while digging through my mp3s, I found plenty of songs that I transferred to my latest toy [Samsung
Corby GT-S3650, stocked up with some MicroSD memory, now has identical features as an iPhone & iPod together, for roughly 1/6th of the price of those!).
Among those songs was also one that made me think again...whether stuff people do is right or wrong. Surely, everyone is always "right", but we won't know for sure if that is true until we've heard "Both Sides Of The Story".
Both sides of the story
In May of 2011, Barack Hussein Obama II said "Justice has been done." (about killing Osama Bin Laden).
- But Osama Bin Laden's family, wifes and children would probably see it as an injustice that had been done.
Back in 2001, everyone blamed the attacks on the WTC & Pentagon on Osama Bin Laden, who - to the western world, or well, atleast the caves I hail from and to the common people who don't give a rat's arse about war/fighting/killing/politics in the middle east - was more of an "Osama Bin Who. Who, ontop of all that, was said to be living in caves. (The Saudi Bin Ladin group, of whose founder he was a son, and for which he even worked and organized projects in the construction business, was a pretty wealthy Saudi Family, so surely, even after spending a lot of his money to help fight the Russians so they leave Afghanistan, he did not always live in caves, nor had to do it. He did live a simple life, evenhough his wealth, and believe it or not, even owned real, actual.. HOUSES. So it's not all cave business that's going down there.)
- Osama Bin Laden, on the other hand, said in an interview shortly after September 11th:
Some time after, many people probably already noticed that this Osama looked different, the real Osama's son, Omar Bin Laden, was interviewed and when asked about the videos of Osama Bin Laden, he just chuckled and said "some of them don't even look at all like my father". He should know.
The USA attributes all kinds of health problems to Osama Bin Laden, of which none were true, according to Osama's first wife and his son.
And lastly, why does the USA keep saying he is dead, died of xxx disease, died from wounds...etc, back in 2001/2002 alreasy, yet they always put out new videos of him. (Is he maybe the Elvis amongst terrorists? Maybe, maybe not. I am just damn sure that I *DON'T* want to hear him sing for one thing, and second, he seems to have a lot less impersonators than Elvis that actually *look* like him.)
According to Omar Bin Laden, on rumours about his father being dead for years already, he replied, that the world would know if he was dead, and that, at the time of the interview, he was probably alive and somewhere in the hinterlands of Pakistan.
And then there was another and apparent "high-tech-terrorist", Julian Assange, who was just looking for truth in some filthy old documents, and he found that the USA should have known the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden since 2008 already. Finding out stuff like that from Government Documents apparently makes this guy a traitor. Despite not even being an American. Despite him telling the truth.
Side notes:
- The USA spent more money investigating Bill Clinton's incident with Monica Lewinsky than investigating 9/11.
- There are more Hells Angels than there are Al'Quaeda (members).
Now remember, before you judge something (or someone), remember to look at both sides of the story.
Corby GT-S3650, stocked up with some MicroSD memory, now has identical features as an iPhone & iPod together, for roughly 1/6th of the price of those!).
Among those songs was also one that made me think again...whether stuff people do is right or wrong. Surely, everyone is always "right", but we won't know for sure if that is true until we've heard "Both Sides Of The Story".
"We always need to hear both sides of the story
Both sides of the story
And the lights are all on, the world is watching now
people looking for truth, we must not fail them now
be sure, before we close our eyes
don't walk away from here
'til you hear both sides"
In May of 2011, Barack Hussein Obama II said "Justice has been done." (about killing Osama Bin Laden).- But Osama Bin Laden's family, wifes and children would probably see it as an injustice that had been done.
Back in 2001, everyone blamed the attacks on the WTC & Pentagon on Osama Bin Laden, who - to the western world, or well, atleast the caves I hail from and to the common people who don't give a rat's arse about war/fighting/killing/politics in the middle east - was more of an "Osama Bin Who. Who, ontop of all that, was said to be living in caves. (The Saudi Bin Ladin group, of whose founder he was a son, and for which he even worked and organized projects in the construction business, was a pretty wealthy Saudi Family, so surely, even after spending a lot of his money to help fight the Russians so they leave Afghanistan, he did not always live in caves, nor had to do it. He did live a simple life, evenhough his wealth, and believe it or not, even owned real, actual.. HOUSES. So it's not all cave business that's going down there.)
- Osama Bin Laden, on the other hand, said in an interview shortly after September 11th:
- “I have already said that I am not involved in the 11 September attacks in the United States.”
- “Neither I had any knowledge of these attacks nor I consider the killing of innocent women, children, and other humans as an appreciable act. . Islam strictly forbids causing harm to innocent women, children, and other people. Such a practice is forbidden ever in the course of a battle.”
- “All that is going on in Palestine for the last 11 months is sufficient to call the wrath of God upon the United States and Israel.”
- “Whoever committed the act of 11 September are not the friends of the American people. I have already said that we are against the American system, not against its people, whereas in these attacks, the common American people have been killed. According to my information, the death toll is much higher than what the US Government has stated.
- “The United States should try to trace the perpetrators of these attacks within itself; the people who are a part of the US system, but are dissenting against it. Or those who are working for some other system; persons who want to make the present century as a century of conflict between Islam and Christianity so that their own civilization, nation, country, or ideology could survive.”
- “They can be any one, from Russia to Israel and from India to Serbia.”
Some time after, many people probably already noticed that this Osama looked different, the real Osama's son, Omar Bin Laden, was interviewed and when asked about the videos of Osama Bin Laden, he just chuckled and said "some of them don't even look at all like my father". He should know.
The USA attributes all kinds of health problems to Osama Bin Laden, of which none were true, according to Osama's first wife and his son.
And lastly, why does the USA keep saying he is dead, died of xxx disease, died from wounds...etc, back in 2001/2002 alreasy, yet they always put out new videos of him. (Is he maybe the Elvis amongst terrorists? Maybe, maybe not. I am just damn sure that I *DON'T* want to hear him sing for one thing, and second, he seems to have a lot less impersonators than Elvis that actually *look* like him.)
According to Omar Bin Laden, on rumours about his father being dead for years already, he replied, that the world would know if he was dead, and that, at the time of the interview, he was probably alive and somewhere in the hinterlands of Pakistan.
And then there was another and apparent "high-tech-terrorist", Julian Assange, who was just looking for truth in some filthy old documents, and he found that the USA should have known the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden since 2008 already. Finding out stuff like that from Government Documents apparently makes this guy a traitor. Despite not even being an American. Despite him telling the truth.
Side notes:
- The USA spent more money investigating Bill Clinton's incident with Monica Lewinsky than investigating 9/11.
- There are more Hells Angels than there are Al'Quaeda (members).
Now remember, before you judge something (or someone), remember to look at both sides of the story.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Injustice Has Been Done
It is now 2 months and 2 days since the day the Americans, peace loving as they are, invaded Pakistan with helicopters and landed on someone's yard, without even a search warrant, gunnning down (until proven guilty) innocent people.
Then the leader of those so-called heroes comes out and says "Justice has been done" (by killing human beings). Is it really that just to break about all rules that were possible to break? And what about the reaction of the US citizens, celebrating Osama Bin Laden's death, aswell as condemning him and his deeds. But what did he actually do? How can it be proven, and does it need to be proven now that he is off the table (and into the ocean)?
I've found a bit of time to fiddle around with the FBI's most wanted poster and created my very own version of it, which is somewhat more truthful than the original version.
View the original FBI wanted poster here:
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/7938/oblorig.jpg
View my altered, but more truthful version here:
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/7491/obltru.jpg
Against popular belief, Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden is not only a terrorist, but he is also a human being, a husband and a father. Legally married to 4 wives. He has 20 known children. If you believe the media hype about the porn found in his compound, do so. I for one do not believe it, seeing as his youngest wife is 29 years of age, what the hell would he need porn for?
Then the leader of those so-called heroes comes out and says "Justice has been done" (by killing human beings). Is it really that just to break about all rules that were possible to break? And what about the reaction of the US citizens, celebrating Osama Bin Laden's death, aswell as condemning him and his deeds. But what did he actually do? How can it be proven, and does it need to be proven now that he is off the table (and into the ocean)?
I've found a bit of time to fiddle around with the FBI's most wanted poster and created my very own version of it, which is somewhat more truthful than the original version.
View the original FBI wanted poster here:
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/7938/oblorig.jpg
View my altered, but more truthful version here:
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/7491/obltru.jpg
Against popular belief, Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden is not only a terrorist, but he is also a human being, a husband and a father. Legally married to 4 wives. He has 20 known children. If you believe the media hype about the porn found in his compound, do so. I for one do not believe it, seeing as his youngest wife is 29 years of age, what the hell would he need porn for?
Monday, June 27, 2011
Nobel Peace Prize my ass...
It has been a little over a month and a half since Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden has (apparently, as without a body/DNA proof no one knows for sure, not even former Navy Seals) been brutally murdered in a raid on his compound in Abbottabad. He while (apparently) unarmed, was (apparently) shot straight into the face and his body was (apparently) dumped into the sea.
Now, I haven't been there to see it for myself, nor to ask if it was really him who got shot there, or whether it was just "an old man in his bed who was sitting there with his wives" as Jesse Ventura suggested, I can't tell. I also have no answer to Ventura's question, but I did have to laugh out loud hearing his answer. "Why did they bury him at sea?" - "I guess 'cause the Navy caught him."
Anyhow, all jokes aside, the killing (that apparently took place) of Osama Bin Laden was not only viewed live by the "Washington High-Tech-Terrorists". It was also initiated by one of the Über-Terrorists that sits among them. Yep, right, that guy that won the nobel PEACE prize 2 years ago.
As can be found on nobelprize.org: The Nobel Peace Prize 2009 was awarded to Barack Hussein Obama II "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".
So giving the order to assassinate someone in another country who was not charged or found guilty of any crime nor was given a trial for it (well yeah, hard to be charged or to be put on trial if there's no crime, eh?) is an "extraordinary effort to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"...ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!? (Seriously though, my ASS has done more of an extraordinary effort to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples - honestly - I bought foreign toilet paper.)
I am also terribly pissed off at all the fake Bin Laden pictures/videos/audio files, does the media/government think we are blind aswell as deaf and dumb? I mean... come on. I know that people can gain and loose weight, and that it can be affected by illnesses, of which Bin Laden was said to have plenty. (But according to his own son, Omar bin Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, he was only having kidney stones and recurrences of malaria he contracted when fighting in Afghanistan against the Russians.) But I very well know that neither of those actually would change Bin Laden to look like a fat McDonalds-Arabia worker. Also, why would Bin Laden, who was having some gray strains in is hair/beard already back in 2001 (which was 10 years ago) now go and dye his hair, beard and eyebrows black? (Especially considering that he is someone who once said: “Islamic beliefs are corrupted by modernization.”)
Now, I haven't been there to see it for myself, nor to ask if it was really him who got shot there, or whether it was just "an old man in his bed who was sitting there with his wives" as Jesse Ventura suggested, I can't tell. I also have no answer to Ventura's question, but I did have to laugh out loud hearing his answer. "Why did they bury him at sea?" - "I guess 'cause the Navy caught him."
Anyhow, all jokes aside, the killing (that apparently took place) of Osama Bin Laden was not only viewed live by the "Washington High-Tech-Terrorists". It was also initiated by one of the Über-Terrorists that sits among them. Yep, right, that guy that won the nobel PEACE prize 2 years ago.
As can be found on nobelprize.org: The Nobel Peace Prize 2009 was awarded to Barack Hussein Obama II "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".
So giving the order to assassinate someone in another country who was not charged or found guilty of any crime nor was given a trial for it (well yeah, hard to be charged or to be put on trial if there's no crime, eh?) is an "extraordinary effort to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"...ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!? (Seriously though, my ASS has done more of an extraordinary effort to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples - honestly - I bought foreign toilet paper.)
I am also terribly pissed off at all the fake Bin Laden pictures/videos/audio files, does the media/government think we are blind aswell as deaf and dumb? I mean... come on. I know that people can gain and loose weight, and that it can be affected by illnesses, of which Bin Laden was said to have plenty. (But according to his own son, Omar bin Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, he was only having kidney stones and recurrences of malaria he contracted when fighting in Afghanistan against the Russians.) But I very well know that neither of those actually would change Bin Laden to look like a fat McDonalds-Arabia worker. Also, why would Bin Laden, who was having some gray strains in is hair/beard already back in 2001 (which was 10 years ago) now go and dye his hair, beard and eyebrows black? (Especially considering that he is someone who once said: “Islamic beliefs are corrupted by modernization.”)
Friday, June 24, 2011
2 things that piss me off: the weather and GEMA
Today's weather was pissing me off in any way it could. Firstly, despite it being only 14.5C if you stood in a sunny place, it was so hot that you wished to be naked. Then cleaning a balcony in a 7 story house I was freezing from the wind up there. And short after getting off the bus and on the road to my next and final work-place for today, it started raining heavily.
The only thing that annoys me even more than our silly weather is our silly GEMA (German Society for Musical Performing Rights and Mechanical Reproduction Rights) due to which I am incapable of watching nearly anything on youtube while being German/in Germany. (Sure there's ways around, but for some reason (maybe because I run fucking XP) my Tor quit working, and HSS puts a quite heavy load not only on my computer but also slows down the connection to the point that would make watching stream-videos close to impossible. Even more annoying if you actually own several versions of those songs played in the videos on CD/DVD/LP.
Now, in an ideal world, I would have a Mac instead of a PC for somewhat more stability and reliability and speed. In an ideal world, the only time Internet would be down is when there is a maintenance someplace.
The only thing that annoys me even more than our silly weather is our silly GEMA (German Society for Musical Performing Rights and Mechanical Reproduction Rights) due to which I am incapable of watching nearly anything on youtube while being German/in Germany. (Sure there's ways around, but for some reason (maybe because I run fucking XP) my Tor quit working, and HSS puts a quite heavy load not only on my computer but also slows down the connection to the point that would make watching stream-videos close to impossible. Even more annoying if you actually own several versions of those songs played in the videos on CD/DVD/LP.
Now, in an ideal world, I would have a Mac instead of a PC for somewhat more stability and reliability and speed. In an ideal world, the only time Internet would be down is when there is a maintenance someplace.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Why I hate 1991
I dislike 1991 for several reasons, one of them being that it seems to be the year that has struck a lot of my heroes (famous and non-famous) with pretty devastating illnesses.
It also took away some other pretty influential figures:
July 1st: Michael Landon, who was an American actor, writer, director, and producer, who starred in three popular NBC TV series that spanned three decades. He is widely known for his roles in Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, and Highway to Heaven.
October 24th: Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry,who was an American television screenwriter, producer and futurist, best known for creating the American science fiction series Star Trek.
November 24th: Farrokh Bulsara a.k.a. Freddie Mercury, who was a British musician, best known as the lead vocalist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen.
And it was also the year in which Mendax was discovered to be hacking into an Australian university, into the USAF 7th Command Group in the Pentagon and into other organisations such as Nortel. "Mendax" being Julian Paul Assange.
Shit year was shit. And I was just 7 years old, so I had no clue. :(
It also took away some other pretty influential figures:
July 1st: Michael Landon, who was an American actor, writer, director, and producer, who starred in three popular NBC TV series that spanned three decades. He is widely known for his roles in Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, and Highway to Heaven.
October 24th: Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry,who was an American television screenwriter, producer and futurist, best known for creating the American science fiction series Star Trek.
November 24th: Farrokh Bulsara a.k.a. Freddie Mercury, who was a British musician, best known as the lead vocalist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen.
And it was also the year in which Mendax was discovered to be hacking into an Australian university, into the USAF 7th Command Group in the Pentagon and into other organisations such as Nortel. "Mendax" being Julian Paul Assange.
Shit year was shit. And I was just 7 years old, so I had no clue. :(
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