I've messed up a lot of systems doing deliberate and not so deliberate stupid things, but I think my latest effort is a personal best. This brilliant guy extented Doom to work as a tool for process administration. The monsters represent processes. Killing a monster does a kill -9 and wounding it does a renice. I installed this on my workstation, ( Read more... )

I know how trite is is to simply repost links circling the blog-world and how annoying my constant ranting on the moral decadence of the modern world probably gets, but this really riles me!
France's National Library has airbrushed Jean-Paul Sartre's trademark cigarette out of a poster of the chain-smoking philosopher to avoid prosecution under an ( Read more... )

"Whoever wants the main freedom must dare to kill himself. He who dares to kill himself ( Read more... )

Last night I conducted an experiment in thrift with miliardo and, non-LJ friend, Brad. Inspired by this article that was on slashdot last week and bored, we purchased a Brita water filter in a attempt to perform a Christ-like miracle- and looking for a good party trick- turning five buck crap into expensive tasty goodness. We used a .75L of Relska vodka ( Read more... )

Taken from jaysunrocks

My journal is called _____ because _____.
My subtitle is _____ because _____.
My friends page is called _____ because _____.
My username is ____ because _____.
My default userpic is _____ because_____.

My journal is called Some Random User’s Journal because I’m boring.
My subtitle is non-existent because see aboveMy friends page is ( Read more... )

This video contrasts Bush’s abysmal performance in this year’s first presidential debate with a speech he made when running for governor ten years ago. The difference is striking. And while you might be able to dismiss the discrepancy as a fluke the video is still interesting and worth a view. Link [archive.org 4.45MB]. Torrent [supernova.org ( Read more... )

…because degenerate western notions of a human life being more important than progress have not (completely) infected their culture ( Read more... )

And anyone that has seen the original Star Wars knows it. On the new DVD version Lusas has them both firing at once. If you recall, this will be the second time the time of the shots has been changed for a release. If it's too much to ask that you leave alone something that you did right the first time around, can't you at least make up your mind ( Read more... )

Ok, well it's not as hip as is use to be, but I've finally got myself a gmail account. Though I won't be checking it much till they add POP3 or IMAP, (Warning if you try to mail me at my Gmail address. Your best bet is somerandomuser [at] livejournal.com. I'll keep that pointing at whatever my main one is at the moment.) I am now somerandomuser [at ( Read more... )

I just finished watching the first episode of Battle Programmer Shirase. Picture all the great stereotypical Hollywood computer movie cliches combined with all the great stereotypical anime cliches, that’s how amazing the show is. The description stolen from anime-planet“Shirase Akira is a genius hacker who has earned the nickname "Battle ( Read more... )