Archmaille

haha!  Mac admits it’s weak just like the rest of the OS’s out there.  For years the Machintosh corporation loved to tote around that “they didn’t get virus’ like Windows users do” etc. etc. when the reality was simply that there weren’t enough Mac systems out there to get virus’ all the time.  No point in targetting someone for attack when you’ve only got 1% of the market share.  Well with Windows Vista offering free Antivirus, and Free Antispyware software in mid 2009… and at a recent hacker convention the Mac computers being compromised a full day before Windows or Linux systems could be hacked into… Mac is starting to feel a little vulnerable.  Here are a couple of spoof commercials to help lighten the mood

MAC: Uhhhh PC
PC: What is it MAC
MAC: Well I’ve got this rash and it hurts when I pee.
PC: Oh thats a virus MAC, not to worry, I’m sure your anti-virus will get rid of it
MAC: My what?
PC: Don’t you use protection MAC?
MAC: ???? Protection thats for PC’s, I’m a MAC we don’t get viruses!!!!
PC: Well you have one, and well your probably going to die from it.
MAC: BUT……
PC: Yep you whored yourself around around without being safe and now look at you.
MAC: ……..
PC: OH PC’s are stuffy, Vista has annoying popups, BLA BLA BLA….. I hope you suffer!
MAC: Can’t you help me PC!!! I’ll be better I swear!
PC: Well I guess I could ask my DAD Bill gates, If he could pay for a doctor visit.
MAC: REALLY! Wow that’s swell PC!! I love you PC.
PC: I love you to MAC.

And I love this one… because it shows typical Mac response to the issue.

Mac (Muffled): Hello, I’m a Mac
PC: Hello, I’m a PC.
PC: Hey Mac, I see you’re all better now, but…
Mac (muffled): But what? I feel great!
PC: But why are you wearing 2 large body condoms?
Mac: Oh, this is Apple’s new iDoubleBag program to fight off nasty viruses, because you never can be too safe, you know.
PC: Uh, I thought Macs didn’t get viruses.
Mac: Well, it turns out that viruses just didn’t know we were out there. Now that Leapord has sold so many copies, I’m feeling a little exposed.
PC: Honestly, you look pretty ridiculous.
Mac: Yeah, well, it is a bit stuffy in here, and I do feel a bit sluggish.
PC: I think that’s because you’re running out of air.
Mac: Yeah….well…..(Thud)
PC: Uh, Mac?

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Sometimes the best protection is freedom. Watching a little bit of dr. phil (yeah, I don’t know what is wrong with me, I’m sitting here at Rose’s house in Concordia and there isn’t much else to do so I’m sitting here on the laptop with writers block… I hate the laptop, first off I don’t get my Logitec Wave keyboard, secondly it’s a single core processor, third it’s only got 512mb of RAM… so I can’t feel comfortable when writing and it’s causing terrible writers block… ugh) Now here I am writing about things that I am seeing on television…. yup, I’ve become a pathetic blogger

Anyways, I’ve actually found a very cool site from watching the shows… It’s called FreeRangeKids.com which is actually just a redirect to their wordpress hosted blog. Nothing wrong with that, the writer of the blog is a mother who has been training her child to fend for himself, and even at the age of 9 he’s been able to ride the subway, travel to and from school, and live a normal life.

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Hello everyone! I just wanted to stop by and wish everyone a happy thanksgiving! Also have a great Black Friday, get yourself some good deals on great tech gadgets… and don’t forget to get a few gifts for yourself

Don’t waste all of your budgets though, you’ve got to prepare yourself for Cyber Mondays! Some businesses like Newegg.com have already started their savings week… but don’t miss out on your chance to get great Christmas gifts on the cheap

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Yeah, so I don’t know how much I believe this little quiz… yeah sure things like medications are not “natural” but everything gets broken down and reused eventually. Even prosthetic limbs have to be recyclable… at least in part you know? A lot of body parts and things made for people who need replacement parts (worded like that it sounds like we’re all a bunch of cars :-P) are made of Titanium, and other things that could be reused you know?

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Earlier last week there were reports out of Beijing of a students hospitalization because of a Panda biting incident. Apparently the college student from Southern China just needed a hug. While visiting the zoo in Beijing the unnamed student jumped the six and a half foot tall fence surrounding the Panda habitat to hug one of the fluffy cuddly creatures only to find that they’re not so cuddly after all. The panda bit the student repeatedly on the arms and legs reports a zoo employee.

The official Xinhua News Agency reports the hospitalized student later said the panda was so cute and cuddly he never expected to be bitten. Guess he’ll think twice next time before jumping into a penned up animals home. Domesticated as they may be they’re still animals, and uh… well they still bite.

Surprisingly enough this is not the first time these Panda’s have struck fear into the hearts of the Beijing populous. Not surprising because pandas look so cute and cuddly I’d never suspect them of biting anyone. Pandas may look docile but can be vicious when they feel threatened. But surprising because this is not the second, but third time these pandas have bitten visiting tourists. The first attack was… well more of an attack from a drunken tourist who stumbled into the Pandas enclosure, after being bitten by the Panda the man reportedly bit back. The same Panda Gu Gu later in 2007 mauled a 15 year old boy who climbed the 1.4 meter (approx four and a half foot) tall fence. The fence had been raised to six and a half feet, but that still didn’t stop this college student who just wanted a hug and was viciously bitten on the arms and legs on November 22, 2008. The panda in this incident was named Yang Yang… and was not as ferocious with his attacks as Gu Gu was. I think we can all learn a lesson here though, no matter how cute, fuzzy, and warm a panda may appear to be… don’t look to them for a hug. You might pick something less vicious than a panda bear such as a Bengal Tiger… At least the death would be a quicker one than being gnawed upon by a vegetarian bear. On second thought, if you’re really that depressed go see someone for counseling, get a dog, or sign up for a dating site Wild animals don’t tend to be the best option for your affectionate needs.

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Working Replica of Noah’s Ark Opened In SCHAGEN, Netherlands.
The massive central door in the side of Noah’s Ark was opened the first crowd of curious townsfolk to behold the wonder. Of course, it’s only a replica of the biblical Ark , built by Dutch Creationist Johan Huibers as a testament to his faith in the literal truth of the Bible.

The ark is 150 cubits long, 30 cubits high and 20 cubits wide. That’s two-thirds the length of a football field and as high as a three-story house. Life-size models of giraffes, elephants, lions, crocodiles, zebras, bison and other animals greet visitors as they arrive in the main hold. A contractor by trade, Huibers built the ark of cedar and pine. Biblical Scholars debate exactly what the wood used by Noah would have been.

Huibers did the work mostly with his own hands, using modern tools and with occasional help from his son Roy. Construction began in May 2005. On the uncovered top deck - not quite ready in time for the opening - will come a petting zoo, with baby lambs and chickens, and goats, and one camel.

Visitors on the first day were stunned. ‘It’s past comprehension’, said Mary Louise Starosciak, who happened to be bicycling by with her husband while on vacation when they saw the ark looming over the local landscape.

‘I knew the story of Noah, but I had no idea the boat would have been so big.’ There is enough space near the keel for a 50-seat film theater where kids can watch a video that tells the story of Noah and his ark. Huibers, a Christian man, said he hopes the project will renew interest in Christianity in the Netherlands, where church going has fallen dramatically in the past 50 years.

Now that I am old and gray…give me the time to tell this new generation (and their children too) about all your mighty miracles. Psalm 71:18

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I think I’m going to spend the rest of this week going around poking all the deer I can find with sticks. Not sharp pointy sticks, dull, long, crooked sticks… with multiple branches… and some leaves… possibly set ablaze. Yeah, that would make me happy for about thirty-seven minutes… and 15 seconds… and 81 milliseconds. After that I’d be angry again and restart my petition to tax the deer! They’ve been freeloading off of our land for too long, living free and clear without paying taxes, or benefiting society… except for their tasty steaks. But seriously, just because it’s legal to kill someone once a year, or well more like all year round if you count bow season, knife season, sword season, small nuclear device season, apache helicopter season… but ya know that doesn’t give you any reason that you shouldn’t be participating in the system. I mean seriously, what would the national deficit go to if deer were helping pay it down.

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It took me a little bit of time to find this… so I’m sharing it with all of you. But if you’re looking for real time election results maps check out NPR (National Public Radio) website! They have the information you want in real time as the votes come in. Here in Missouri there is still 49 minutes that the polls are open, and anyone in line within that time period will be given the right to vote. So we’re looking for election results by about 9 or 10 PM for Missouri. I’m still trying to find a good map that shows third party candidates also, and if I do I’ll update you. I just want to see what kind of impact Bob Barr and Ron Paul have made on the community. If we can see a 5% vote for the Libertarians then we’ll see them on the ballot next year again!

I am a little bit excited about this election. Not for this year, as I know either McCain or Obama will win… which is just terrible for our country. However if Obama wins, and it looks like he may there are two possibilities. Either A) people get sick of politics and may get Ron Paul next year on the Republican Ticket, or B) he gets assassinated and leaves us with very few if any changes as he won’t have the time to turn America into socialist Russia like Obama would like. Either way with Obama as our president Paul looks to stand a much better chance for next election. A lot of fools went from Paul to Obama… and others from Paul to McCain next election though we’ll get the silly people who vote straight Republican no matter what the candidate is, several people who voted for “change” with Obama and got more of the same, and many of the Libertarian or independent votes. Either way we’ve got to start now, we’ve got to start early and get Ron Paul in the election for next year as president! A lot hinges on this years election in getting Paul in office and truly making some change.

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