Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Duck. And. Cover.
British Royal Navy Submarines Now Run Windows
For reference HMS Vigilant is a Vanguard Class SSBN, they carry 16 Trident II SLBMs. Now operated by Windows.
Microsoft's Ian McKenzie announced today that the Royal Navy was ahead of schedule for switching their nuclear submarines to a customized Microsoft Windows solution dubbed 'Submarine Command System Next Generation (SMCS NG)' which apparently consists of Windows 2000 network servers and XP workstations....The installation of the new system apparently took just 18 days on the HMS Vigilant.
For reference HMS Vigilant is a Vanguard Class SSBN, they carry 16 Trident II SLBMs. Now operated by Windows.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Catch up
Posted to Sci Fi Channel 1 by supernatural66 on December 08, 2008
It almost seems silly when replayed this quickly…
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Did Coldplay rip off Joe Satriani...You Decide
There has been a bit niggling agro stuff between Joe Satriani and Coldplay. Bascially Joe is saying that Coldplay's Viva La Vida (2008) is a rip off of his own If I Could Fly (2004)...here you decide:
And no I didn't realise that it had already been posted.
And no I didn't realise that it had already been posted.
Monday, December 08, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
ummm… what?
Reviewing Chinese Democracy is not like reviewing music. It's more like reviewing a unicorn. Should I primarily be blown away that it exists at all? Am I supposed to compare it to conventional horses? To a rhinoceros? Does its pre-existing mythology impact its actual value, or must it be examined inside a cultural vacuum, as if this creature is no more (or less) special than the remainder of the animal kingdom? I've been thinking about this record for 15 years; during that span, I've thought about this record more than I've thought about China, and maybe as much as I've thought about the principles of democracy. This is a little like when that grizzly bear finally ate Timothy Treadwell: Intellectually, he always knew it was coming. He had to. His very existence was built around that conclusion. But you still can't psychologically prepare for the bear who eats you alive, particularly if the bear wears cornrows.
An overly elaborate review for an over the top album
Friday, November 14, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Sunday, November 09, 2008
This is freaking cool
For a band that doesn’t want to sell their songs in electronic format, this is a pretty snazzy way of getting their new film clip out there.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Come to the gun show. Bring the kids.
What kind of moron allows his 8 year old son to fire a SMG? Can't help but feel that this boy is dead because of his parents' stupidity.
Boy shoots self with Uzi submachinegun in fairground game (Full Article)
Boy shoots self with Uzi submachinegun in fairground game (Full Article)
AN eight-year-old boy has died after shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun at a fair in Massachusetts.
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The boy had been attending the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo at the Westfield Sportsman's Club in Massachusetts.
Police said Christopher “was shooting the weapon down range when the force of the weapon made it travel up and back toward his head, where he suffered the injury".
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Monday, October 06, 2008
Friday, October 03, 2008
Battle Bears!!!
I can’t comment about the quality of the game itself. However – if this video is any indication, then they guys who are making the game are nuts.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
People are crazy.
There's a production company called Bat in the Sun Productions who made some fan films.
One in particular grabbed my notice - One called 'Patient J'. It's about half an hour long, and it's about a doctor interviewing Patient J1928 at the Arkham Asylum. There are some tipoffs that it's on a shoestring budget, but apart from those it's really quite good.
There's allegedly a Quicktime version on their website, but it doesn't load for me. (Follow the link from the 'films' page - my URL-fu is too weak to send you directly).
I watched it on Google Video., but I'll also try to embed it.
One in particular grabbed my notice - One called 'Patient J'. It's about half an hour long, and it's about a doctor interviewing Patient J1928 at the Arkham Asylum. There are some tipoffs that it's on a shoestring budget, but apart from those it's really quite good.
There's allegedly a Quicktime version on their website, but it doesn't load for me. (Follow the link from the 'films' page - my URL-fu is too weak to send you directly).
I watched it on Google Video., but I'll also try to embed it.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
JOSH-M-O
I finally transferred out of the UDA section at work, so I am once again going to be exposed to the gorgeous public via telephony. But the lads at UDA missed me a little, and so (during a bout of boredom), constructed a replacement.
It's kind of flattering, albeit a little creepy.
It's kind of flattering, albeit a little creepy.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
And it's only August...
Well – it was when the photo was taken.
And it's only August..., originally uploaded by JamesA.
And it's only August..., originally uploaded by JamesA.
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
R@ping the corpse
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Words of Wisdom
Clarkson's highway code on cyclists:
Trespassers in the motorcars domain, they do not pay road tax and therefore have no right to be on the road, some of them even believe they are going fast enough to not be an obstruction. Run them down to prove them wrong.
Now THAT'S a PM!
While we have KRudd the Dudd, Russia has a real PM, one who takes on wild animals instead of just trying to get his face on the news for trying to make people happy.
Full article hereDeadeye Putin saves TV crew from Tiger
By Guy Faulconbridge in Moscow,September 01, 2008 06:32pm, Article from: ReutersPRIME Minister Vladimir Putin has been feted by Russian media for saving a TV crew from an attack by a Siberian tiger in the wilds of the Far East.
Monday, September 01, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
The hypocrite has landed
The Pope has arrived, the guy who had seclared the accumulation of excessive wealth a sin arrived as follows:
Other passengers got their first glimpse of the 81-year-old about an hour earlier, when he was flown from his summer residence in the small Italian town of Castel Gandolfo to Rome's Fiumicino Airport by helicopter.
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On the opposite side of the helicopter, three plain clothes security officers carried the Pope's luggage, which included several suit bags, three suitcases, and two briefcases. The entire group, led by the Pontiff, then boarded a waiting B777 plane.
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Other passengers got their first glimpse of the 81-year-old about an hour earlier, when he was flown from his summer residence in the small Italian town of Castel Gandolfo to Rome's Fiumicino Airport by helicopter.
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On the opposite side of the helicopter, three plain clothes security officers carried the Pope's luggage, which included several suit bags, three suitcases, and two briefcases. The entire group, led by the Pontiff, then boarded a waiting B777 plane.
[quoted text from here]
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