From MeFi (again)

I think that nothing speaks to your character than your last words - it says something about who you are,what you believe, because at that point you aren’t lying - nothing matters but death. I provide links, but I put some of my favourites here:

“I feel nothing, apart from a certain difficulty in continuing to exist.”    — Bernard de Fontenelle (1657—1757), French philosopher. Remark on his deathbed.

“I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot.”    — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68), Spanish general and political leader. Said on his deathbed, when asked by a priest if he forgave his enemies.

“Nonsense, they couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.”    — John Sedgwick (1813-64), US general. In response to a suggestion that he should not show himself over the parapet during the Battle of the Wilderness.

“On the contrary !” — Henrik Ibsen (1828—1906), Norwegian dramatist. His nurse had just remarked that he was feeling a little better.

“I am just going outside and may be some time.” — Captain Lawrence Oates (1880—1912), British soldier and explorer. Before leaving the tent and vanishing into the blizzard on the ill-fated Antarctic expedition (1910-12). Oates was afraid that his lameness would slow down the others.

“Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I said something…” — Pancho Villa (1877—1923) clutching a comrade.

“Oh my, it’s very beautiful over there.” — Thomas Edison (1847—1931).

“You might make that a double.” — Neville Heath (1917-46), British murderer. Comment made when offered a drink before his execution.

“I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.” — Winston Churchill (1874—1965).

“Let’s cool it brothers . . .” — Malcolm X ( -1966), Black leader, spoken to his assassins, 3 men who shot him 16 times.

“Don’t worry it’s not loaded.” — Terry Kath ( -78), American rock musician, while playing Russian Roulette.

“Do you really think the IRA would think me a worthwhile target ?” — Lord Mountbatten of Burma (1900-79), british admiral and colonial administrator.

“Why yes — a bulletproof vest.” — James Rodges, murderer, on his final request before the firing squad.

“And now, in keeping with Channel 40’s policy of always bringing you the latest in blood and guts, in living color, you’re about to see another first — an attempted suicide.” — Chris Hubbock, newscaster who shot herself during broadcast.

Above from here. more more

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Can’t forget the Yoda Dance.

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Air Guitar Hall of Fame

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And last, and least - http://www.sideshowworld.com/

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Have a good weekend folks

Midnight

mommy’s little hatemongers

I was watching the television and a segment came up on these two here and it got me thinking. Is this what homeschooling is all about? Is it the handing down of idiocy from one generation to the next with NO repurcushions. Shouldn’t you at least be qualified to teach before you teach at home?

Parents should play an important role in education. But this “schooling” ( and yes, make the quote unquote hand gestures in your head) is completely justified and not in any way illegal.

What’s next?

From: http://www.cleverdonkey.com/ViewArticle.asp?ID=106&Cat=Commentary

Rule Number One: If the home team is playing at home, and does not sell out by 72 hours prior to game time, then the local affiliates cannot show this game. The purpose of this rule is to get more people to the stadium to watch the game, which benefits the team owner. You see, the NFL divides up TV revenues among the teams, but the individual team owners get to keep all their stadium/ticket/concession revenues.

Rule Number Two: If the home team is playing at home and manages to sell out prior to 72 hours prior to game time, and the local affiliate shows the game, no other NFL games can be shown on other channels while the home team game is on.

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Good idea, or not? Still necessary?

Midnight

I don’t pretend that this is fact, but it is certainly interesting none the less. If this implication is true, it could be quite damaging:

http://www.halturnershow.com/KeystrokeLoggersInAllNewComputers.html

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GOVERNMENT AND COMPUTER MANUFACTURERS CAUGHT INSTALLING HARD-WIRED KEYSTROKE LOGGERS INTO ALL NEW LAPTOP COMPUTERS!
Devices capture everything you ever type, then can send it via your ethernet card to the Dept. of Homeland Security without your knowledge, consent or a search warrant each time you log onto the internet!
Freedom Of Information Act Requests For Explanation From DHS, refused.

I was opening up my almost brand new laptop, to replace a broken PCMCIA slot riser on the motherboard. As soon as I got the keyboard off, I noticed a small cable running from the keyboard connection underneath a piece of metal protecting the motherboard.

I figured “No Big Deal”, and continued with the dissasembly. But when I got the metal panels off, I saw a small white heatshink-wrapped package. Being ever-curious, I sliced the heatshrink open. I found a little circuit board inside.

Being an EE by trade, this piqued my curiosity considerably. On one side of the board, one Atmel AT45D041A four megabit Flash memory chip.

On the other side, one Microchip Technology PIC16F876 Programmable Interrupt Controller, along with a little Fairchild Semiconductor CD4066BCM quad bilateral switch.

Looking further, I saw that the other end of the cable was connected to the integrated ethernet board.

What could this mean? I called the manufacturer’s tech support about it, and they said, and I quote, “The intregrated service tag identifier is there for assisting customers in the event of lost or misplaced personal information.” He then hung up.

A little more research, and I found that that board spliced in between the keyboard and the ethernet chip is little more than a Keyghost hardware keylogger.

The reasons a computer manufacturer would put this in their laptops can only be left up to your imagination. It would be very impractical to hand-anylze the logs, and very CPU-intensive to do so on a computer for every person that purchased a laptop. Why are these keyloggers here? I recently almost found out.

I called the police, as having a keylogger unknown to me in my laptop is a serious offense. They told me to call the Department of Homeland Security. At this point, I am in disbelief. Why would the DHS have a keylogger in my laptop? It was surreal.

So I called them, and they told me to submit a Freedom of Information Act request. This is what I got back: .

Under the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) the only items exempt from public disclosure are items relating to “law enforcement tools and techniques” and “items relating to national security.”

The real life implications of this are plain: Computer manufacturers appear to be cooperating with the Department of Homeland Security to make every person who buys a new computer subject to immediate, unrestricted government recording of everything they do on those computers! EVERYTHING!

This information can be sent to DHS, online, without your knowledge or consent, without a search warrant or even probable cause! That’s why this device is hard-wired directly into the ethernet card, which communicates over the internet!

I am not certain how long this information will be permitted to remain online for all the world to see before the government takes some type of action to attempt to have it removed from public view. I URGE you to take copy of this page immediately and spread this information to everyone you know immediately! The more people who find out about this, the more can protect themselves and raise a HUGE outcry to force government and computer manufacturers to immediately CEASE installing these devices in new computers!

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Please, let us get past the conspiracy and the part that yells BULLSHIT. It has already been proven that Color Laser printers have had ID dots for the last 10 years - so this is not totally outside the realm of possible. I think implications of such a device is what we should discuss. If this is possible should we be worried?

Midnight

I predict that we’re hearing the last from Cindy Sheehan.

Cindy opposes Hillary.