Friday, June 30, 2006
Static could be morse code, binary, 8 bit. A 1 frame poiece of static could be a page of text... or anything. a program.
If you can program static, you could be talking to a lot of people.
The DaGoebel code.
Static contains the Contact like instructions.
No... it contains a language
Probably not an original thought.
Self esteeme strikes again.
Law and Order episode. Kid killed execution style at keyboard.
All he did was type an idea, and he was vanished.
Certain information can't be discussed and somwhere, right now, somebidy is guessing, and blogging the truth about something, by fluke.
The next day, the blog is gone, and even Google cache turns up only an error.
Strike that - it woulnd't be in google to begin with.
Sometimes I fear creative writing, and that is a shame. I fear that some scenario I make public, can somehow be used against me.
We don't know how the future is going, but a change in the USA may happen someday. The split is increasingly irritating to both sides.
It's to late to say "go back where you came from" was a good idea. We're stuck with the dilution of America by Americans now. Like the metric system, it can take over 100 years to weed out the originals. There are still close relatives alive today that owned slaves. Its too soon to not be bitter, on both sides.
But it will.
Everything we say NO to, we say yes to in a few years.
Or vis versa.
We're learning, on the 1000 year plan, we're doing ok, but the polution needs priority soon.
Ok, probabky its already quute late. We should have been thinking of renewals since the 50s...
Like Y2K, it's not going to be my problem when the earth dies.
I hope.
A lot of gas stations still have orice signs that don'tr fit 3 digit prices, That seems like an obvious oversight, or sneaky built in obsolecence. Maybe they DID know about Y2k. A lot of people made a fortune off it.
Planned upgrades that cost are the best kind, in any business.
Let the next guy worry.
But there are a lot of proud determined people to keep the attention alive, and break the mold.
Changers. The people who force change with vocal minorities. Both sides have them. Each year, a few thopusand things change.
SOme for your side, and some for their side. Then, every few years, parties switch and catch up.
I'd like to think somebody has an overall plan, but I suspect its a lot of litle ones by separate people. Fashion and Movies can guiude the decade..
===break.
If you can program static, you could be talking to a lot of people.
The DaGoebel code.
Static contains the Contact like instructions.
No... it contains a language
Probably not an original thought.
Self esteeme strikes again.
Law and Order episode. Kid killed execution style at keyboard.
All he did was type an idea, and he was vanished.
Certain information can't be discussed and somwhere, right now, somebidy is guessing, and blogging the truth about something, by fluke.
The next day, the blog is gone, and even Google cache turns up only an error.
Strike that - it woulnd't be in google to begin with.
Sometimes I fear creative writing, and that is a shame. I fear that some scenario I make public, can somehow be used against me.
We don't know how the future is going, but a change in the USA may happen someday. The split is increasingly irritating to both sides.
It's to late to say "go back where you came from" was a good idea. We're stuck with the dilution of America by Americans now. Like the metric system, it can take over 100 years to weed out the originals. There are still close relatives alive today that owned slaves. Its too soon to not be bitter, on both sides.
But it will.
Everything we say NO to, we say yes to in a few years.
Or vis versa.
We're learning, on the 1000 year plan, we're doing ok, but the polution needs priority soon.
Ok, probabky its already quute late. We should have been thinking of renewals since the 50s...
Like Y2K, it's not going to be my problem when the earth dies.
I hope.
A lot of gas stations still have orice signs that don'tr fit 3 digit prices, That seems like an obvious oversight, or sneaky built in obsolecence. Maybe they DID know about Y2k. A lot of people made a fortune off it.
Planned upgrades that cost are the best kind, in any business.
Let the next guy worry.
But there are a lot of proud determined people to keep the attention alive, and break the mold.
Changers. The people who force change with vocal minorities. Both sides have them. Each year, a few thopusand things change.
SOme for your side, and some for their side. Then, every few years, parties switch and catch up.
I'd like to think somebody has an overall plan, but I suspect its a lot of litle ones by separate people. Fashion and Movies can guiude the decade..
===break.
Over to the Dark side
Star Trek had a message of hope for the future, but Star Wars is right now. Every single day, thousands of kids decide to go to trhe dark side.
Society makes the dark side easier to join, free, and instant community. Faster than baseball team members or ski partners. Crime brings you together. Trust and a caring relastion is how it looks.
I have thought of the dark side on more than one occasion. As a obcessive judge oif myself, I know I couldn't take it. I'd be afraid a lot. I don't like being told off by a boss, I'd be crusged being arrested.
Or the much worse scenario, I'm the one the good guys approach to be the spy.
I've watched to many movies, but that's a bad scenario.
I'm weak. I would be torn up and sick, but I'd tell to save myself. I always have. Ill help you as much as possible, without putting much effort in, but I won't risk me to save you.
Is that wrong?
So I refrain. I have to live vicariously through crime TV for what cxould have been.
I bet a lot of people dream. It's probably right behind the "what if I won the lottery" dream for standards.
Or maybe just me.
Is that so bad? I never cross the line, but I sure like to think about it.
That is what scares me. I'm me. There are a lot of people out there who are not me. I wonder what percentage of the population have commited one crime... and speeding doesn't count.
Most wil admit shoplifting. I didn't.
Most will admit at least skipping clases. I only ever did for Yearbook work
I can't do any crime that hurts another, and I'm for making frauid the highest crime.
Stealing through trickery is worse than stealing through purse snathing. It changes you forever, and you lose the illusive, but socially dependant sample of trust.
Trust is in trouble in this decade.
We've lost trust in email, which may overall be a good thing, but we've lost trust in contests and bank letters and so much more.
We've lost a bit of trust when it seems eviul is the norm.
Nobody cares.
So the Darkside offers much. Money without labour, pride, friends, scary stuff and dicipline. A better job training in many ways than the army... in a gang.
Gangs are the new church.
If only they could use that power for good, and not evil.
What if weed became legal, and gang run.
People would still die.
Still, oddds probably better than the army.
I am not saying kids should join a gang. I still believe crime is wrong, and happiness can be achived without it.
Star Wars style. Either or.
Just say No.
At least, not today.
The NOT TODAY philosophy got me through my depression years.
T SHIRT:
I'm not with the dark side. I just shop there.
I'm not with the dark side, I just party there
I'm not with the dark side, but I love the free tours.
THE DARK SIDE ROCKS
TRY THE DARK SIDE. FISRT ONE'S FREE
You don't have to be my son, to join my on the dark side
THE DARK SIDE
JUST SAY NO
DARTH OUTAKE:
I don't understand. We never had sex.
ON THE NEXT MAURY
DARTH FAILED THE PATERNITY TEST
RED [LIGHT] SABERS ROCK
If you use (steal) a TShirt idea, give me credit. If you make T Shirts for a living, I want to talk to you.
Society makes the dark side easier to join, free, and instant community. Faster than baseball team members or ski partners. Crime brings you together. Trust and a caring relastion is how it looks.
I have thought of the dark side on more than one occasion. As a obcessive judge oif myself, I know I couldn't take it. I'd be afraid a lot. I don't like being told off by a boss, I'd be crusged being arrested.
Or the much worse scenario, I'm the one the good guys approach to be the spy.
I've watched to many movies, but that's a bad scenario.
I'm weak. I would be torn up and sick, but I'd tell to save myself. I always have. Ill help you as much as possible, without putting much effort in, but I won't risk me to save you.
Is that wrong?
So I refrain. I have to live vicariously through crime TV for what cxould have been.
I bet a lot of people dream. It's probably right behind the "what if I won the lottery" dream for standards.
Or maybe just me.
Is that so bad? I never cross the line, but I sure like to think about it.
That is what scares me. I'm me. There are a lot of people out there who are not me. I wonder what percentage of the population have commited one crime... and speeding doesn't count.
Most wil admit shoplifting. I didn't.
Most will admit at least skipping clases. I only ever did for Yearbook work
I can't do any crime that hurts another, and I'm for making frauid the highest crime.
Stealing through trickery is worse than stealing through purse snathing. It changes you forever, and you lose the illusive, but socially dependant sample of trust.
Trust is in trouble in this decade.
We've lost trust in email, which may overall be a good thing, but we've lost trust in contests and bank letters and so much more.
We've lost a bit of trust when it seems eviul is the norm.
Nobody cares.
So the Darkside offers much. Money without labour, pride, friends, scary stuff and dicipline. A better job training in many ways than the army... in a gang.
Gangs are the new church.
If only they could use that power for good, and not evil.
What if weed became legal, and gang run.
People would still die.
Still, oddds probably better than the army.
I am not saying kids should join a gang. I still believe crime is wrong, and happiness can be achived without it.
Star Wars style. Either or.
Just say No.
At least, not today.
The NOT TODAY philosophy got me through my depression years.
T SHIRT:
I'm not with the dark side. I just shop there.
I'm not with the dark side, I just party there
I'm not with the dark side, but I love the free tours.
THE DARK SIDE ROCKS
TRY THE DARK SIDE. FISRT ONE'S FREE
You don't have to be my son, to join my on the dark side
THE DARK SIDE
JUST SAY NO
DARTH OUTAKE:
I don't understand. We never had sex.
ON THE NEXT MAURY
DARTH FAILED THE PATERNITY TEST
RED [LIGHT] SABERS ROCK
If you use (steal) a TShirt idea, give me credit. If you make T Shirts for a living, I want to talk to you.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Only One Rule
There should be one rule. We are not allowed to do anything that could result in instant death for the planet.
We do we allow Nuclear power again? They work, they solve a problem, they're safe, except for the reality that an error can mean the end of life on the planet.
Whoops.
We do we allow Nuclear power again? They work, they solve a problem, they're safe, except for the reality that an error can mean the end of life on the planet.
Whoops.
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Microsoft Windows Movie Maker
I'm going to have to do a video about Microsoft Movie maker, but for the short version, I say DON'T IGNORE IT.
I've never used the MAC iMovie, but for Windows XP (and ME) users, Windows Movie Maker is an amazing tool. Shot down without a trial like so many Microsoft products, the MS bashers would have you believe it's crap. Pirate or buy Adobe Premier, or use any one of the nice video editing programs that came with your video card or video camera.
Windows Movie maker is actually better than good, and not just for kids or home users. Well, ok... pros may like stuff you can do in others enough to justify them, but for a lot of people, the FREE and EASY MM is perfect.
It will AMAZE even the pros how powerful it is with a very quick learning curve. Tonight, a nerdy friend and I spent well over an hour trying to edit one clip in uLEAD's newest V10 of their suite. We had to give up. It just didn't work, and in the end, I decided we needed to try it on a different computer to see if the anomoly was specific to me. Instead we gave up and went to Move Maker.
The bad news.
My camera shoots MPEG4 but saves in .MOV format. Microsoft is the McCoys to Apples Hatfield, and won't read an Apple invented .MOV format.
I can't edit my camera movies in Windows.
Silly.
Sad.
The conversiuon tools I've found so far are either costly, or sucky or both.
Get with it. Shale, makeup and let me edit .MOV MPEG'S in Movie Maker.
See my video. Ask me if it's not there.
I've never used the MAC iMovie, but for Windows XP (and ME) users, Windows Movie Maker is an amazing tool. Shot down without a trial like so many Microsoft products, the MS bashers would have you believe it's crap. Pirate or buy Adobe Premier, or use any one of the nice video editing programs that came with your video card or video camera.
Windows Movie maker is actually better than good, and not just for kids or home users. Well, ok... pros may like stuff you can do in others enough to justify them, but for a lot of people, the FREE and EASY MM is perfect.
It will AMAZE even the pros how powerful it is with a very quick learning curve. Tonight, a nerdy friend and I spent well over an hour trying to edit one clip in uLEAD's newest V10 of their suite. We had to give up. It just didn't work, and in the end, I decided we needed to try it on a different computer to see if the anomoly was specific to me. Instead we gave up and went to Move Maker.
The bad news.
My camera shoots MPEG4 but saves in .MOV format. Microsoft is the McCoys to Apples Hatfield, and won't read an Apple invented .MOV format.
I can't edit my camera movies in Windows.
Silly.
Sad.
The conversiuon tools I've found so far are either costly, or sucky or both.
Get with it. Shale, makeup and let me edit .MOV MPEG'S in Movie Maker.
See my video. Ask me if it's not there.
Call me... its free now and your parents don't know.
Wow. I'm not sure why, but I just had a thought that shocked me. A sudden realization that just came to me in the middle of thinking something else. Kids can now make secret phone calls to anyone in the entire country, and Canada... and nobody knows.
Free.
The scenarious of how bad that can be, and probably is, flood my mind. My friend uses it to call her boyfriend at night, so the folks in then next room don't see the line in use.
Hell, I've wanted to do that a few times. Calls that don't go through proper channels.
Unknown calls.
Think of the bad stories you've heard about kids being bated and mislead online... now they can call each other, free.
Real conversation. Scary stuff.
I mean, real conversation in general is a good goal. Getting people to talk instead of type is a good thing. It's a step in the right direction, slowing down our eventual evolution to being alone and living 100% virtually.
I still can't think of a down side of that future. It makes a more pleasent level playing field. You create who you want to be, and live that life, in personal relationships the real world could never hope to compete with.
Red Dwarf had an episode called BETTER THAN LIFE where a virtual world was hard to turn off, and we have that now. We don't need the virtual reality headsets. We're happier with less realism.
So calling people seems like a good attempt to keep people talking -m real world style. I find you can learn a lot more from a personal voice conversation than text. Its harder to fake.
But with SKYPE being free, and so easy to use, it could stand to take over everything as the tool for IM and voice IM. But real calls still scare me.
It means teenagers canprank in different states... with no caller ID.
It means young girls and boys can call out to perverts anyware in the USA.
It means people who are not perverts will still experiment.
On the adult side of things, it means employees can make calls not logged. They can even work two jobs at once. My recruiter client constantly complains that employees often try to work for more than one company at a time.
I think long distance works best if it's a pay system. Just a bit. ENough to make you think about the call. An investment. In fact, if all calls cost again, you can bet each call would be more worthy.
But Skype lessens the who concept. There is no more local calling area.
The Internet. Allows friends to spread apart,
and brings strangers closer together.
Jeff Quote.
SKYPE NOTES
From my point of view, I like Skype. It lets nerds who prefer email over live phone calls, a nice compromise. It's a phone, but we dnon't have to take our hands off the mouse.
SYMPATICO UNPLUGGED
Let me tell you about an amazing product I discovered today.
Nope. Sorry.... thye blog loses out. I just spent the last hour or so creating a video of me talking about it. Shared on http://frogstar.tv
Ask me about it, if you can't find it.
Free.
The scenarious of how bad that can be, and probably is, flood my mind. My friend uses it to call her boyfriend at night, so the folks in then next room don't see the line in use.
Hell, I've wanted to do that a few times. Calls that don't go through proper channels.
Unknown calls.
Think of the bad stories you've heard about kids being bated and mislead online... now they can call each other, free.
Real conversation. Scary stuff.
I mean, real conversation in general is a good goal. Getting people to talk instead of type is a good thing. It's a step in the right direction, slowing down our eventual evolution to being alone and living 100% virtually.
I still can't think of a down side of that future. It makes a more pleasent level playing field. You create who you want to be, and live that life, in personal relationships the real world could never hope to compete with.
Red Dwarf had an episode called BETTER THAN LIFE where a virtual world was hard to turn off, and we have that now. We don't need the virtual reality headsets. We're happier with less realism.
So calling people seems like a good attempt to keep people talking -m real world style. I find you can learn a lot more from a personal voice conversation than text. Its harder to fake.
But with SKYPE being free, and so easy to use, it could stand to take over everything as the tool for IM and voice IM. But real calls still scare me.
It means teenagers canprank in different states... with no caller ID.
It means young girls and boys can call out to perverts anyware in the USA.
It means people who are not perverts will still experiment.
On the adult side of things, it means employees can make calls not logged. They can even work two jobs at once. My recruiter client constantly complains that employees often try to work for more than one company at a time.
I think long distance works best if it's a pay system. Just a bit. ENough to make you think about the call. An investment. In fact, if all calls cost again, you can bet each call would be more worthy.
But Skype lessens the who concept. There is no more local calling area.
The Internet. Allows friends to spread apart,
and brings strangers closer together.
Jeff Quote.
SKYPE NOTES
From my point of view, I like Skype. It lets nerds who prefer email over live phone calls, a nice compromise. It's a phone, but we dnon't have to take our hands off the mouse.
SYMPATICO UNPLUGGED
Let me tell you about an amazing product I discovered today.
Nope. Sorry.... thye blog loses out. I just spent the last hour or so creating a video of me talking about it. Shared on http://frogstar.tv
Ask me about it, if you can't find it.
