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Didier shows the way, the Arsenal need a predator.

theetudiant — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:53:14 +0000

So it took me a day to recover from the game. I can’t even speak for the pundit, he was a disaster. Sunday’s game hurt, and it exposed us badly, but we have time to fix things, if Arsene changes tactics away from the RVP striker style to a more powerful forward. Besides the replacement for Song come the African Nations, the biggest weakness is not the back right now, it’s the forward position. We need a leading goal scorer, someone that draws defenders like Fab, we need a Predator.

Arsene. Go get your young DM to replace Song, no more than £8m and I’m with you. And maybe get another LB or RB to protect our defense, £5m tops. But the big purchase this January is simple: a ball hungry ego maniacal forward/striker. Drop the £15m and get someone who can play now. Requirements: big strong, and selfish. Please please please do not get another RVP.

The smurfs provided a lesson for us. They came and imposed their game on us. What’s worse, they let us have our game with the confidence WE couldn’t make anything happen. That’s what hurt so much, watching the game was frustrating because you knew we could win, but we couldn’t figure out to. People will complain about the physical aspect of the game. Spare me, that’s a cop-out, we did fine. Watch the game again, especially the begining and you can see, it’s time for a serious rethink on developing the potential we have. I’m not calling for the ship to be abandoned, but a serious sit down needs to occur by the braintrust this December.

Oddly enough, our biggest weakness right now is not the defense. While the scores against us last night were unfortunate, they did not, by themselves completely expose our defense. The first, by Didier, was a top of the line touch by one of the world’s best strikers doing what he does best. Period. Don’t make it worse than it really was. He’s one of the world’s best and showed why. The third goal was Alumnia’s fault. Embarrasing actually. Everyone, but Alumnia apparently, saw it coming. Only the second goal showed a break down -more from allowing the same type of cross than the own goal. And while we had some issues here and there throughout the game, by and large the defense and Traore, were decent. The smurfs didn’t have that many opportunities, they just made the most of them.

In fact, even the midfield performed fairly well. Cole had a few moments, but by and large, Essien, Deco, Lampard and Mikel were silent and too busy soaking up the pressure from our attacks. Denilson was everywhere and his connection with Song was obvious. The problem occured up front. The smurfs out organized us. This is part and parcel of the problem we had at sunderplace: no killer instinct, loss of focus and organization. Just look at the half-time statistics, we were down 2-0, but had a 57-43 possession.

I can’t speak for you, but at one point I was standing in front of the television begging for them to just take a shot any shot. Time and time again, we blew our build-up with over passing. This has become a pattern: game after game, we forget how to shoot. The smurfs knew this and just focused on shutting down our game, letting us pass, but parking the bus in front of the goal. Why? Because they figured out the secret to beating us -let us beat ourselves. An organized team beats talent every time and that’s what we saw. That’s what every manager has said about us to date, in the EPL and C-League. So what do we do from here?

The transfer window approaches and I’m changing my tune, I want some glorified goal seekers. I’m looking for someone with a chip on their shoulder; someone that demands the ball even when they shouldn’t have it. I want a mammoth game changing addition to the front three. While I understand the idea behind RVP, Bendtner and Arshavin, we need to change course. We need someone to feed and feed off of. We need a big strong Ibra type player that Bendtner can understudy for. Right now, no one can lead the line, not Arshavin, Eduardo, Vela, Walcott, Bendtner -none, nobody. We have no one that occupies defenders, a la Didier or even (gag) Rooney. I never thought I’d say this, but we miss Ade, not him, but his role, like Henry used to play. We need that big player. One big game hunter defenders fear leaving alone to take shots because they make them pay. Add this player and yesterday’s game is very very different. So I’m starting to look at the likes of people such as Huntelaar, Balotelli and even Cole. But it’s time, the missing ingredient is the Predator, we need one. Arsene, it’s on you, if you have to sell then sell, but it’s time to step up.

the student

Global Hawk – Eye in the Sky

trident3 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:27:18 +0000

The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) used by the United States Air Force as a surveillance aircraft.

The Global Hawk air vehicle is outfitted with high resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)—that can penetrate cloud-cover and sandstorms—and Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) imagery at long range with long loiter times over target areas. It can survey as much as 40,000 square miles (100,000 square kilometers) of terrain a day.

The "R" is the Department of Defense designation for reconnaissance; "Q" means unmanned aircraft system. The "4" refers to it being the fourth of a series of purpose-built unmanned aircraft systems.

The Global Hawk costs about $35 million USD (actual per-aircraft costs; with development costs also included, the per-aircraft cost rises to $123.2 million USD each.

This is the largest and most sophisticated unmanned surveillance aircraft in the world.

Man Gets Babied From a Deadly Predator

thegoldenboysaga — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:16:54 +0000

Twilight Loathing

darkvstar — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:36:23 +0000

You would have to have been living on Mars for the last couple of years not to know about Bella and her sparkling vampire lover, Edward, from the Twilight books, written by Stephanie Meyers one summer between wiping noses, changing diapers and cooking for her Mormon husband. The works are flawed by Meyer’s total lack of experience and writerly skills. Add to that the haste in writing and the lack of a good editor and the books become painful to read for anyone with any understanding of the art of language.

But then the genre is teen romance. The books are not meant to be good. They are meant to be consumed by young readers who don’t know any better. Its like watching a porn movie. Nobody expects good dialogue or a coherent plot. Like porn, teen romance books are meant to manipulate the reader and satisfy the immature and barely formed sexual fantasies of the average hormonally challenged teenage girl. For what they are, the books are wildly successful. Girls love them. Older women, seduced by the fairy tale, have become extreme fan-atics.

Stephanie has explained the source of her inspiration. She had a dream in which she was eavesdropping on a couple, lovers perhaps, as the man told the woman he had an overwhelming urge to kill her and every moment was a struggle to overcome this urge. Classic hunter/prey sex fantasy. The man being the predator, the girl being food. The books came from Stephanie’s need to explain the paradoxical behavior that kept the hunter at bay.

Why does Edward love Bella? To quote a fan site: “A ridiculously potent scent to demand his attention, a silent mind to inflame his curiosity, a quiet beauty to hold his eyes and a selfless soul to earn his awe.” Classic drivel from romance porn story plots. It seems that Stephanie, herself, never delved any deeper into this idea. The unformed and inexperience heart of the emotionally immature has no real understanding of love except as some unexplained magical attraction. Which is just fine. People need to mate. Babies need to get made. The human species needs to continue.

We know why Bella loves Edward. He is the classic unattainable guy. The prince in Cinderella and Snow White. Vaguely drawn, remote, powerful, a cartoon prop to sing about and dance around. Made brainless and mindless and without will because of….what? Beauty? Beauty tamed the beast. Pure fantasy ala Disney cartoons. Bella is a nobody. A wall flower. Neither talented, nor remarkably beautiful, nor athletic, nor smart. She is…what?…Good? Every girl’s fantasy is to be pulled out of the faceless crowd and put on a pedestal just for being who she is. Every little girl wants to be adored as her father adored her. Every child needs to believe that innocence counts for something.

We also know why Bella should not love Edward. He is a vampire, conflicted by his nature, (he’s vegetarian fergawdsake!). To serve her fantasy, Stephanie created Edward and then emasculated him, that he might dance a ridiculous dance about Bella that is silly, offensive and utterly without logic.

You would have to have been living on Mars not to know that there are as many Twilight hater blogs as their are Twilight fan sites. The hater sites are fueled and run by the spouses and boyfriends forced to submit to reading the books and watching the movies by overly enthusiastic women. Men walk away angry. The unspoken message is that you, as a man, will never measure up until you tame the wild thing inside you, cut off your balls and deny your very nature. Twilight loathing is understandable.

But I think the hate goes deeper and touches things more visceral inside the human mind. Lets consider Edward. Here we have an 89 year old magical being who is more powerful than his human counterparts, who has managed to subdue his natural blood hunger, and like a recovering alcoholic, consume vegetables instead of blood. (Really? Dear Stephanie, could you not think of anything more original than that? Vampires are not real. If you intended to rewrite the genre, why not take it to a whole new level. Convert the mythical aversion to sunlight into an undeveloped ability to manipulate its energy. Something. Anything.) Yet, with all that age, wisdom, ability and other worldliness, we find him hanging out in a public high school, stalking virginal idiot girls.

This is like the fox hanging out in the chicken coop. Or the alcoholic hanging out in a bar. One has to question the motives. Knowing foxes and alcoholics, one would have a hard time believing their motives innocent. One would even go so far as to question that individual’s sanity. Are they a masochist, that they require the torment of being so close to the very thing that is denied them?

The real problem, I think, is Stephanie’s misinterpretation of the dream and her confusion about power and powerful things.

The universe is in a perpetual dance that seeks balance. Love is like gravity. Objects in motion alter their path to accommodate other objects in motion. Powerful things, massive things catch bodies that fall into its area of gravitational influence. Those objects not massive enough and fast enough simply get drawn in and consumed. Stephanie assumes that a vaguely defined “goodness” can keep her heroine from getting sucked into the furnace of power. A classic virginal mistake tainted by too much Sunday school propaganda. Every patriarchal religion strives to keep their women ignorant and powerless. There is nothing scarier on God’s green earth, than an educated, self aware, powerful woman, apparently.

In interpreting the dream, one must ask: what power does the woman have that prevents the predator from devouring her? The predator nature is intrinsic and cannot be subverted as Stephanie would like to believe. She created Bella but forgot to give Bella power equal to Edward’s that he might be relieved of the crushing responsibility of reining in his natural instincts so that he might be free to enjoy the relationship as much as Bella.

Edward and Bella are like those publicity stunts pulled by zoos in the Orient. Throw a lamb or a piglet into the tiger’s cage to sell tickets. Those with a religious bent love crap like this. It somehow proves the existence of god. (???) Just keep the tiger well fed and plan on replacing the lamb frequently, because instinct, even in maternally inclined big cats, is a hard thing to keep at bay.

Ah, but immature and inexperienced women do not want to be reminded that relationships are a lot of work or that predators, in the end, will eat you and that you should not date outside your own species. Where is the fantasy in that? Where is the danger? Where is the romance? They all want to be Bella. They want to be powerless and dominated. They want to be relieved of the responsibility of their own stupidity. They want men to rescue them from said stupidity. They want life to happen to them, like some cosmic car wreck, and have it all turn out fine in the end. Nobody bothered to point out that virginal and innocent lasts about five minutes and is gone from the moment you wake up in your lover’s bed for the first time, stinking of sex and sweat.

Stephanie failed to give Bella a power (wisdom, deep spiritual knowing, her own internal sparkle to match Edward’s. Something. Anything). That made Edward a sick pervert who dates his food. We usually lock those people up and keep them away from our children. The Twilight hate is well deserved.

Video del multijugador 'Aliens vs. Predator'

Viper — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:22:13 +0000

Si, hay vida después de Modern Warfare 2. Cuando aun le quedan muchas horas de juego (al menos por m

Predator - he's back and he's bummed

gilesritten — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:53:28 +0000

It seems the Predator franchise is about to be resurrected with another sequel to be released towards the middle of next year. At the helm of the project is Antal Nimród. We’ll forgive those of you who don’t know who he is, seeing as he is quite new on the scene. If you’re keen to see his work you can watch his latest film – Armored – which should be coming to cinema’s soon. His other films include Vacancy and Kontroll – for which he is best known and has won numerous awards.

Getting back to the film – not a whole lot has been revealed at this point. What we do know is that Robert Rodriguez will be producing the project. As far as I know he has also been involved in the screenplay and was responsible for bringing Antal on as director. The lead role will be played by Adrien Brody… that’s right, the skinny guy from The Pianist, King Kong and The Brothers Bloom. Apparently, and I quote Antal directly, “…if you look at the guys in Iraq and Afghanistan today, they’re not ‘yolked- out’ Schwarzenegger-looking guys. They’re all very wiry and thin guys, and I think it’s going to play well.” Well I’ll admit it should be pretty interesting. The guys got a big nose, let’s hope he’s got the balls to match. After all, he is going to be facing a group of Predators in this film. Arnie could only take down one… enough said.

At this point the name of the film hasn’t been finalised. Some are calling it “Robert Rondriguez’s Predators”. Rondriguez himself has said that he wants to call it “Predators” in the same way that the second film in Alien franchise was called Aliens.

That’s all for now.

Predator - he's back and he's bummed

gilesritten — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:13:37 +0000

That’s all for now.

1/48th Predator

ricardomattua — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:05:52 +0000

A Broco Models anuncia um lançamento deste interessante avião não tripulado, RQ/MQ-1 Predator na escala 1/48. Ainda não anunciaram a data para a venda, mas sem duvida nenhuma sera uma aquisição diferente para uma coleção 1/48.

The Words of Jim Coury

Sent 11/4/2009 11:28 EST

“Every day a smile for you “

11/4/2009 11:41a.m. EST

“u make my days so much brighter. It is a gorgeous day today. I think
I spelled that wrong. I love u honey. Can’t wait to see u.”

11/4/2009

“Hi babe – I’m trying to b good and wait till ur out of work but I cant.
I want u t know that I can’t get u out of my mind. My heart is
bursting. I want to make u happy. Our life together will b truth and
love.”

11/4/2009 4:44EST

“you just made my day! I am counting the days.”

Cal's Quick Thoughts

Cal Meacham — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:04:20 +0000

I don’t really know which has been worse, the second half of Season 13 for South Park (Whale Whores made me laugh) or the latest season of Family Guy.
Head over to Amazon.com because they have some great Criterion Collection movies (Seven Samurai, Third Man, For All Mankind, M) that are a “must buy” for the movie lover on your Christmas list.
The Third Man is out of print according to the official Criterion site so snatch up a copy if you can find one.
Invictus comes out in a few weeks and it looks like a great holiday movie (it helps that I used to play rugby).
Robert Rodriguez seems to think that he can save the Predator franchise from the streaming heap that it has become (see AVP 1 & 2)
I haven’t been a fan of Death Cab For Cutie since The Photo Album, but this is still a great song

KUNCINYA MENDEKAT PADA IBU BUMI

hagemman — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:54:59 +0000

Para petani yang melakukan metode organik tak memiliki resep tunggal untuk meningkatkan kesuburan lahan serta mengatasi gangguan hama dan penyakit tanaman. Masing-masing menemukan teknik sendiri. Kuncinya adalah mendekat pada ibu bumi, memahami keluh kesahnya, dan memberi apa yang dimauinya.

Kata kunci itu barangkali terdengar abstrak bagi sebagian orang. Namun, bagi petani yang telah menerapkannya, metode tersebut sangat nyata. Jauh lebih nyata dibandingkan dengan menggantungkan tanah mereka pada rezim pupuk dan pestisida kimia yang datang dari negeri yang entah.

Disamping teknik yang telah dikenal umum, dengan membuat kompos berbahan baku kotoran hewan atau dedaunan, sejumlah petani organik menemukan teknik dan bahan terbaik untuk pupuk sesuai dengan kondisi daerahnya masing-masing.

Misalnya, Purwanto, petani dari Dusun Klebenm Kelurahan Sidorejo, Godean, Sleman, Yogyakarta, menemukan pupuk dari fermentasi telur itik busuk – dipilih dari telur itik yang gagal menetas dari usaha penetasan telur yang dimilikinya.

Petani 34 tahun ini, selain mengolah lahan warosan mertua seluas 450 meter persegi, juga mengembangkan usaha penetasan bebek sejak tiga tahun terakhir. Setiap bulan dia menetaskan sekitar 2.500 telur dengan tingkat kegagalan sekitar 5 persen.

Limbah telur ini awalnya biang masalah karena biasanya dia membuang telur busuk itu ke sungai. Tetangganya protes karena muncul bau busuk luar biasa. “Suatu malam saya menemukan ide, kenapa telur itu tidak saya pendam di dalam sawah ? Telur kan makanan bergizi bagi manusia, pasti juga baik bagi padi,” demikian logika sederhananya.

Selama dua tahun terakhir dia mempraktikan metode temuannya itu dan sudah sekitar 4.000 telur bebek lengkap dengan cangkangnya yang ditanam di sawah. “Panenan ternyata bagus,” kata Purwanto.

Di Klaten, sekelompok petani memfermentasi limbah tetes tebu dari pabrik gula, yang sebelumnya menjadi masalah lingkungan. Sedangkan di Margoluwih, Sayegan, Yogyakarta, Kelompok Joglo Tani menggunakan air kencing kelinci untuk membuat pupuk.

Para praktisi organik ini percaya bahwa ibu bumi dan tanaman merupakan sosok yang hidup dan bernapas. Karena itu, kebutuhan terhadap unsur hara juga berlainan pada waktu, jenis tanaman, dan tempat yang berbeda. Dengan mengenal dan membaca tanda-tanda alam, para penggiat organik ini menemukan cara masing-masing.

“Saya pernah dianggap gila karena tiap hari merenung di tengah sawah, “ kata Purwanto. Waktu itu tanaman padinya yang mulai mengunging dikeroyok tikus. Beberapa resep tradisional dicoba, tapi tdak mempan. “Tikus itu hewan pintar, mereka juga belajar,” katanya.

Dia akhirnya menemukan teknik merendam sawah saat malam – ketika tikus-tikus iu menyerbu – dan cepat mengeringkan kembali saat pagi. Untuk sementara padinya aman walaupun mungkin suatu saat tikus itu akan menemukan cara menyerang pada saat tengah hari bolong.

Di Purbalingga, pelopor pertanian organik, Mbah Gatot, menggunakan gula untuk melawan tikus. Pertama-tama, dia mencari liang tikus yang masih aktif, yaitu yang masih ada bekas lalu linyas hewan pengerat itu. Lalu di bagian luar liang ditaruj beberapa sendok gula merah atau gula putih. Tujuannya agar setiap ada tikus yang lewat, rambut tikus itu tertempel gula dan terbawa masuk ke dalam liangnya. Gula akan mendatangkan semut, dan semut akan mengusir tikus. Itulah logikanya. Logika yang dipahami dan ditemukan dari hasil pengamatan sendiri, kemudian dicobakan.

Beberapa teknik itu gagal, sebagian berhasil. Tetapi, pada prinsipnya mereka berdialog, belajar, dan mencoba sendiri.

Teknik paling ampuh mengatasi tikus, menurut Purwanto, sudah dikenal oleh petani sejak lama, yaitu menggunakan preadtor tikus, misalnya ular, burung hantu, atau elang, “Tetapi, sekarang predator tikus itu dihabisi oleh predator yang lebuh rakus, manusia,” dan sebagai akibatnya, “petani yang sekarang kesuliyan melawan tikus itu,” kata Purwanto menerangkan konsep rantai makanan.

Jejaring hidup

Seperti ditulis oleh Rachel Carson dalam Silent Spring (1962), buku klasik yang menguvah cara pandang dunia Barat terhadap pupuk dan pestisida kimia, sejarah kehidupan adalah interaksi dengan lingkungan. Saling tergantung dan saling dukung. Tak ada yang tak berguna dalam jejaring alam ini, semua memiliki peranan.

Jauh sebelum manusia menjadi dominan, alam telah menemukan keseimbangannya sendiri. Manusia tidak mencipta apa-apa, termasuk tanaman pangan yang sekarang dikenal, mulai dari padi-padian, gandum, jagung, hingga umbi-umbian. Manusia hanya menyeleksi, memodifikasi, dan membiakkan dengan cepat (sesuai) yang diinginkannyaserta menyisihkan yang dianggap tak berguna.

Aneka tanaman itu sudah ada di bumi, demikian juga serangga yang tergantung padanya. Dan, seperti manusia, spesies pesaing itu juga beradaptasi. Ketika kemudian manusia menganggap spesies itu sebagai hama dan menyerangnya dengan zat kimia mematikan, mereka pun belajar untuk bertahan dengan kemampuan adaptasi yang jauh lebih canggih dibandingkan manusia karena mereka jauh lebih tua.

Contoh yang populer adalah penggunaan dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane (DDT). Pada tahap awal penggunaannya, DDT dianggap pahlawan yang mampu mengalahkan serangga pengganggu, tetapi hanya sebentar karena muncul berbagai varian baru serangga yang lebih kebal terhadap racun ini. Demikian seterusnya, walaupun jenis dan dosis racun ditambah, spesies pesaing itu tetap bertahan dan semakin kebal.

Rachel Carson mengamati, alih-alih menghabisi hama pengganggu, tracun kimia itu justru membunuh aneka spesies yang berguna bagi manusia, seperti lebah penyerbuk dan burung pemakan hama. Pada gilirannya, racun kimia yang ditujukan kepada spesies pengganggu juga menggerogoti tubuh manusia. Singkatnya, menurut Rachel, “perang dengan racun kimia tak akan pernah dimenangi manusia.”

Walaupun tak pernah membaca Silent Spring atau buku-buku sejenis itu, Purwanto tahu betul bahwa racun kimia memang bukan jawaban untuk pertanian. “Kita cukup mendekat pada alam untuk tahu bahwa metode pertanian organik adalah yang terbaik untuk kehidupan,” kata petani muda dari dusun kecil ini. Dia sangat yakin gerakan menuju organik adalah perjuangan “untuk keberlangsungan lingkungan, dan akhirnya untuk keberlangsungan hidup manusia di bumi juga.”

Sumber :

Kuncinya Mendekat pada Ibu Bumi, Ahmad Arif
Kompas, 18.09.2009

Aliens vs. Predator Multiplayer

dominiumundi — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:23 +0000

Aliens vs. Predator ha sido un juego que si bien es interesante, ahora con el agregado Multiplayer mucho más . . . sin embargo, espero que la desarrolladora ponga todo su empeño en hacer ver fabulosas a ambas criaturas, de lo contrario, sera un juego mas del monton.

Crisis on the PSN Store: Dinos Released!

CapsuleComputers — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:14 +0000

Dino Crisis means different things to different people. Some people see it as one of the most enter

The Last Battle

hudowen — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:28:45 +0000

When I ponder the war in Afghanistan, dark images from the vault of my imagination come to mind, images from the Last Battle: the Poet vs. the Machine. I choose “poet” over “man,” because I hear the storyteller, the bard who will tell the tale of his people, as Homer did in The Iliad.

The poet might be armed, but that is inconsequential. He is more of a spiritual leader like Joan of Arc. The machines might be monsters from the Transformer or Robocop movies, or swarms of metallic squid-like creatures overwhelming Zion in The Matrix finale. The poet leads tribes of hi-lo armed warriors: swords, missiles, guns—you get the picture.

Presently, the armies of the United States and Europe are stymied in Afghanistan by a rag tag bunch of religious fanatics and criminal gangs equipped with infantry weapons; without armor, body armor, air power or heavy artillery. One can say that the terrain and rules for engagement favor al-Qaeda and the Taliban, and that might be true. Even so, this is a remarkable situation.

What the enemy has is a fanatical will to win. Our soldiers fight hard, along side the Canadians and Brits, but most of the Europeans have no stomach for this fight. They spend little treasure and almost no blood. The Predator missile attacks decimate al-Qaeda leadership, but fail to destroy them or slow down the Taliban. Our armies cannot deny the Taliban anything essential to their war effort: men, weapons or money. Our generals tell us we are not succeeding, which means we are losing. Our only hope, really, is in a larger, improved Afghan army, not more hi-tech weapons.

Predator is the tip of the robotic spear. Reaper and Global Hawk are larger, longer range drones. The Navy now has Fire Scout, a robot helicopter. The Army is testing MULE, a robot vehicle the size of a Humvee armed with anti-tank missiles and a machine gun. There are presently 2,500 Pakbots on treads in Iraq and Afghanistan dismantling explosive devices. “I think we’re at the beginning of an unmanned revolution,” said Gary Kessler, who oversees unmanned aviation programs for the U.S. Navy and Marines. “We’re spending billions of dollars on unmanned systems.” The Air Force now trains more operators for unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) than pilots for its fighter jets and bombers.

Of course, a foot soldier directs Pakbot from a safe distance, and human operators guide Predador strikes from bunkers thousands of miles from the battle space, requesting permission to launch Hellfire missiles from the chain of command. But the trend is clear and, to me, unsettling. Sure, the purpose of these robot systems is to save lives. If I were the boots on the ground, I would want Pakbot and his buddies clearing the way for me.

Still, on some scarred plain in the future, I hear the voice of the poet calling his warriors to battle; not bin Laden, whose poems are not my poems, someone more like Mel Gibson in Braveheart. On the opposite field are the machines, with their unblinking camera eyes. What is the civilization behind the machines? What are its values? What, if anything, do its people sacrifice for? Will they be the good guys? And what will they do when their human foe, after much loss of blood, has beaten their robots into the ground? I wonder.

Musings of a High School Vampire: Saturday's Child

jonathon8 — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:03:55 +0000

…works hard for a living… Who works on a Saturday night? But the insatiable corporate

Cyber-Monday Super Sale! Toy Anxiety Holiday Sale!

Michael — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:00:22 +0000

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Sale is one day only – Monday, November 30th, 2009.

Ronin Chest Bursting

roninsuperart — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:44:30 +0000

I did the chest bursting secne by puting my arm under my shirt, and I pretended to make a chest burster. Then I took my shirt and placed my arm inside and pulled it out.

Watching myself in the video felt great and it was funny to watch.

This video is to my best friend Evan for him to see.

Aliens vs Predator Multiplayer Trailer for the video game

liveforfilms — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:50:18 +0000

more about "Aliens vs Predator Multiplayer Trailer", posted with vodpod

Cyberpath Techniques Compared - You Be The Judge

jimcouryadulterer — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:51:45 +0000

The cyberpath works to instill new behavior and attitudes in the victim.
The online predator trains to you behave in ways that he wants you to behave. He gradually makes you feel differently about yourself, and make you feel that everything you do, say or think – revolves around the cyberpath.

“Hi babe I’m trying to b good and wait till ur out of work but I cant. I want u to know that I can’t get u out of my mind. My heart is bursting. I want to make u happy. Our life together will b truth and love.”

“Remember what I told u, you have another home in Hamden. My wife NEVER goes there. When u get home I want u to have ur own key”

“I am counting down the days.”

“R U prepared to meet the challenges that lie ahead. It’s gonna get rough for u and me. I’m ready. Ur safety is first.”

“DONNA YOU DON’T KNOW HOW HAPPY YOU HAVE MADE ME!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!! Tell all your friends and loved ones”

“You are my girl and I am falling in LOVE with you.”

“You r the LOVE I’ve been missing for years.“

“Donna, have u ever felt like this before, having never met, never made love, just two people expressing their emotions. This has never happened to one before.”

“Hi Honey, I’m happy because you love me even though we never met, I’m sad because I’m sitting here by myself. I wish U were here. I am very concerned for U”

Erotic Hypnosis & Hypno-Seduction – The state of arousal is created to overcome resistance or, even better, to lead the victim of the seduction process to apparently take control of the situation, by performing the physical action ultimately desired by the seducer or the seductress.

“I can’t wait to shower with u so I can lather u up. Now use ur imagination.”

“We will make awesome love. We will talk and laugh. We will be HAPPY. I luve u.”

Seduction – Covert-aggressive personalities are adept at charming, praising, flattering or overtly supporting others in order to get them to lower their defenses and surrender their trust and loyalty.

The usual Cyberpath story line goes: “No one has ever really loved me, and certainly not my wife. She nags… doesn’t appreciate me… hates sex… too religious/ not religious enough… beats me/ beats kids/ kids beat me, etc…” (See: Beckstead, gridney aka Yidwithlid)

Women take this hook too often. …they will be able to make him “finally feel loved… listened to… appreciated.” His need is not “once and for all to be loved” as much as it is to get laid, be amused, play games and be distracted.

Liking, Ingratiation

Getting the prospect into a good frame of mind

“You make my day so much brighter. It is a gorgeous day today.. I Love u honey, can’t wait to see u.”

“Do u like candy. I luv candy. Chocolate is my favorite.”

Moral Appeal

This tactic entails finding moral common ground, and then using the moral commitments of a person to obtain compliance.

“Donna, it’s not just about looks. When u find someone that gives u hope, laughter, life and happiness. That to me is true love. Did I ever tell u I love ur name, Donna.”

“Donna I know I’m not wasting my time. I have never seen u but I already know ur gorgeous. U know I’m not in this just for the looks/sex. I’m here for the LOVE”

Negative Altercasting

Only a bad person would do Y.

“My wife just came home bombed. What a disgrace. Normally we would argue and call each other names, but not tonight. My kids and I just laughed at her. It’s really sad”

Positive Esteem of Others

Other people will think more highly of you if you X

“I asked one of my co-workers if it is possible to fall in LOVE with someone u never met? My guys said they have never seen me smile this much.”

“I think my kids R happy for me. This is all new to them. They don’t understand how 2 people say they luv each other when they have never met. That what makes it”

“You are one in a million. I luv u even more. Have u said anything to ur daughter yet.”

Positive Self-feeling

You’ll feel better if you X.

“Imagine when we are together. And yes, I’ll still respect you in the morning. Ur man, Jim”

“You don’t have any idea how hard it’s going to be having to wait to see you. U know when I see U what I’m going to say. Tell ur Mom, tell ur friends. U are special.”

A Cyberpath may be highly verbal about his relationships. He may share personal information in such a way that women mistake his sharing for emotional intimacy… He knows well enough that women are empathic to tales of empty and sad relationships…

The Army is getting screwed.....

jamesb101 — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:05:54 +0000

First they took away the C-27J…the Army attempt to take the load off its heavy lift Chinook Helicopters…..and gave the program to the Air Force…who will, I’m sure deep-six it, for some fast movers (fighters)…..

Now There is a problem with the E-8, J oint Stars battle surveillance aircraft…The converted B-707 can paint an area, and let field commanders see what going on in greater detail than the ‘eyes in the sky ‘ satellites or unmanned Predators or Global Hawks…..

But now the Air Force has forgotten to put the money in for the Joint-Star’s aircraft to have engine upgrades, therefore cutting down on time the five or six aircraft fleet can operate….

I do not understand why the Army has to rely on the Air Force which has a romance with speed burners….(when was the last time they got’ into it’ with a hostale air force?…the Army fights every day, 24/7, in two theaters)

It is time for Congress to send the Army to the Marine school of ’taking care of your own’, and give them back the C-27J short-haul mission, and let them get their own intel aircraft like the G-550 housed EL/M-2075 that the Israeli’s, Indian and Chilians have or the British ASTOR’s…both aircraft are proven…off the shelf, originate in the United States, and should be used solely by the Army for its troops….

Next thing you know the Air Force will want to glam the Army’s Emars aircraft too!

It is about time that they stop robbing the Army, to make the Air Force happy……

That stinks…….

And the soldiers and the commanders in the field get screwed…..

Black Friday-Cyber Monday Sale - DiabloSport SALE!

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Aliens vs. Predator - Multiplayer

stranger — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:06:14 +0000

Една от причините да очаквам Aliens vs. Predator с голям интерес е именно мултиплейъра. Да сингъла ще е як, но възможността да се мачкаш в мулти едновременно с маринки, елиънченца и предаторчета си е… изключително забавно от където и да го погледнеш.

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