Posted in Anime, tagged Anime, dystopian, philosophy, post-apoc on December 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
There are a lot of Japanese movies and television I watch in an attempt to keep my listening skills up to par with the language. As a result I also watch a lot of anime.
Enter Ergo Proxy.
After an unspecified ecological disaster the world is razed lifeless and only small pockets of humanity survive inside [...]
Posted in Geek Stuff, Technology, tagged information security on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If one familiarizes themselves with how packets are structured, it soon becomes apparent that there are all sorts of places to squeeze extra information in that does not alter the packet in any way that prevents communication and yet allows for the transmission of information that will be “invisible” to most.
For example let’s pretend this [...]
Posted in Geek Stuff, tagged hacks on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I reached my breaking point with Experts Exchange today. Nothing quite like desperately trying to find answers to your technical questions and then clicking a search result only to have the answers blocked. I had a feeling the security they use to block content was crap, and it is.
This hack isn’t anything new, over a [...]
Posted in Movies, tagged iron sky, nazis, sci-fi on December 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
No not that one.
Iron Sky is its name. My interest has been perked. I like the premise, and Nazis and sci-fi go together like bread and butter.
Posted in Video Games, tagged tf2 on December 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Pretty good changes, though note these are not the class packs for either. However also in the post is news of the coming Scout pack, which will likely get me playing again for at least a few days so that I may enjoy the hilarity of entire teams of scouts versus other entire teams of [...]
Posted in Politics, tagged bailout, china on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As we throw not only conservatism but also capitalism out the window with the coming bailout, you have to wonder when will it end? If the auto bailout passes, I guarantee it won’t stop there.
While we are busy nationalizing industry, we can look to Communist China for what we need to be doing.
Update: Related. You [...]
Posted in Random Thoughts on December 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I first saw this over at hackaday…
http://hackaday.com/2008/12/01/real-life-lancer/
Some guy took an AR15 and attached a chainsaw to it. Hawt.
