I took a stroll down memory lane,
All that I could remember,
Was all that I overcame.

posted by 00k at 1:49 AM

I checked out a random book from the library that looked okay... and here is a review.

"Everyone in Silico" - by Jim Munroe

This book is just a weird little story that takes place some time in the future, I don't remember the exact year but somewhere around 2050. You follow around a few somewhat average but nonetheless interesting people; a bi girl Nicky that genetically engineers all kinds of animals as some form of art, a "coolhunter" named Doug who's job is to watch and see what's popular with the people in his town in order to market it, some kind of activist guy Paul that has a lot of money, and an old lady Eileen that used to be some kind of civilian secret operative. The setting is interesting, I like books and movies that take place in the future just because of all the good ideas people have about how it'll be. This book doesn't go into too much detail about how things are but it does have a few neat ideas here and there as to be expected. Anyways a little about the story. You follow around all the characters separately for a while and then some of them just meet, others establish ties. The big thing though is the state of the world. Some characters are trying to change the world they live in, others are trying out moving to a different world, living online - Something Microsoft dreamed up called "Self". You can pay Microsoft to store your body somewhere and upload your soul and your mind to this big network they have established in San Francisco. It's supposed to be like paradise. Since the world everyone lives in now is so jacked, the idea of living in a fresh new world where you can just create your environment and alter it as easily as in any computer program is pretty appealing. You find out at the end what the trade-off is and you're reminded that there is no perfect escape from reality of course. It was an overal fun read though. I have no real regrets. A bit bizarre... sometimes too vague... a tiny bit unoriginal (Matrix, Snowcrash)... otherwise pretty okay "in my book", pun intended.

posted by 00k at 8:58 PM

Today is the big day! Today I format and reinstall XP. I've put it off long enough, put up with enough errors and bad handling, figured I should get it done before I start school tomorrow. Wish me luck America! That's how Bernie Mac talks... to "America". Well... what other countries matter anyways.



You really gotta give credit to the guy that sits around and takes artsy pictures of a harddrive, that's love. Of course you can't credit him because I'm not going to tell you where I stole this picture from. My Friend Google, she helps me to be a bad person and I love her for it!
posted by 00k at 12:18 AM

I don't much care for polls. Oh well... I don't much care for much :)

WORLDNET DAILY POLL
What do you think of increased surveillance measures?

"I am only one, but I am one.
I cannot do everything, but I can do something.
And because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
What I can do, I should do. And what I should do,
by the grace of God, I will do."

- Edward Everett Hale
posted by 00k at 10:52 PM

Now here's a fun list I happened acrossed (grammar?). Supposedly this is a sampling of keywords Echelon/Carnivore will filter for. Filter and store, filter and store. Some people say "Spam the CIA!". I say, "But then I'll be in their database!", to which they reply,"How do you know you're not ALREADY THERE??" and then I am sad, but at the same time I feel important.

Take special notice of the word "DEADBEEF" in there. That's kinda like zombeef! Oooh! They also mention redheads. Interesting!

Explosives, guns, assassination, conspiracy, primers, detonators,
initiators, main charge, nuclear charges, ambush, sniping, motorcade,
IRS, BATF, jtf-6, mjtf, hrt, srt, hostages, munitions, weapons, TNT,
rdx, amfo, hmtd, picric acid, silver nitrite, mercury fulminate,
presidential motorcade, salt peter, charcoal, sulfur, c4, composition b,
amatol, petn, lead azide, lead styphante, ddnp, tetryl, nitrocellulose,
nitrostarch, mines, grenades, rockets, fuses, delay mechanism, mortars,
rpg7, propellants, incendiaries, incendiary device, thermite, security
forces, intelligence, agencies, hrt, resistance, psyops, infiltration,
assault team, defensive elements, evasion, detection, mission,
communications, the football, platter charge, shaped charges, m118,
claymore, body armor, charges, shrapnel, timers, timing devices,
boobytraps, detcord, pmk 40, silencers, Uzi, HK-MP5, AK-47, FAL, Jatti,
Skorpion MP, teflon bullets, cordite, napalm, law, Stingers, RPK, SOCIMI
821 SMG, STEN, BAR, MP40, HK-G3,FN-MAG, RPD,PzB39, Air Force One, M60,   RPK74,
SG530, SG540, Galil arm, Walther WA2000, HK33KE, Parker-Hale MOD.  82, AKR,
Ingram MAC10, M3, L34A1, Walther MPL, AKS-74, HK-GR6, subsonic rounds, ballistic
media, special forces, JFKSWC, SFOD-D, SRT, Rewson, SAFE, Waihopai,
INFOSEC, ASPIC, Information Security, SAI, Information Warfare, IW, IS,
Privacy, Information Terrorism, Kenya, Terrorism Defensive Information,
Defense Information Warfare, Offensive Information, Offensive
Information Warfare, NAIA, SAPM, ASU, ECHELON ASTS, National Information
Infrastructure, InfoSec, SAO, Reno, Compsec, JICS, Computer Terrorism,
Firewalls, Secure Internet Connections, RSP, ISS, JDF, Passwords, NAAP,
DefCon V, RSO, Hackers, Encryption, ASWS, Espionage, USDOJ, NSA, CIA,
S/Key, SSL, FBI, Secret Service, USSS, Defcon, Military, White House,
Undercover, NCCS, Mayfly, PGP, SALDV, PEM, resta, RSA, Perl-RSA, MSNBC,
bet, AOL, AOL TOS, CIS, CBOT, AIMSX, STARLAN, 3B2, BITNET, Tanzania,
SAMU, COSMOS, DATTA, E911, FCIC, HTCIA, IACIS, UT/RUS, JANET, ram, JICC,
ReMOB, LEETAC, UTU, VNET, BRLO, SADCC, NSLEP, SACLANTCEN, FALN, 877,
NAVELEXSYSSECENGCEN, BZ, CANSLO, CBNRC, CIDA, JAVA, rsta, Awarehouse,
Active X, Compsec 97, RENS, LLC, DERA, JIC, rip, rb, Wu, RDI, Mavricks,
BIOL, Meta-hackers, ^?, SADT, Steve Case, Tools, RECCEX, Telex, OTAN,
monarchist, NMIC, NIOG, IDB, MID/KL, NADIS, NMI, SEIDM, BNC, CNCIS,
STEEPLEBUSH, RG, BSS, DDIS, mixmaster, BCCI, BRGE, SARL, Military
Intelligence, JICA, Scully, recondo, Flame, Infowar, Bubba, Freeh,
Donaldson, Archives, ISADC, CISSP, Sundevil, jack, Investigation, JOTS,
ISACA, NCSA, ASVC, spook words, RRF, 1071, Bugs Bunny, Verisign, Secure,
ASIO, Lebed, ICE, NRO, Lexis-Nexis, NSCT, SCIF, FLiR, JIC, bce,
Lacrosse, Bunker, Flashbangs, HRT, IRA, EODG, DIA, USCOI, CID, BOP,
FINCEN, FLETC, NIJ, ACC, AFSPC, BMDO, site, SASSTIXS, NAVWAN, NRL, RL,
NAVWCWPNS, NSWC, USAFA, AHPCRC, ARPA, SARD, LABLINK, USACIL, SAPT, USCG,
NRC, ~, O, NSA/CSS, CDC, DOE, SAAM, FMS, HPCC, NTIS, SEL, USCODE, CISE,
SIRC, CIM, ISN, DJC, bemd, SGC, UNCPCJ, CFC, SABENA, DREO, CDA, SADRS, DRA,
SHAPE, bird dog, SACLANT, BECCA, DCJFTF, HALO, SC, TA SAS, Lander, GSM, T
Branch, AST, SAMCOMM, HAHO, FKS, 868, GCHQ, DITSA, SORT, AMEMB, NSG, HIC, EDI,
benelux, SAS, SBS, SAW, UDT, EODC, GOE, DOE, SAMF, GEO, JRB, 3P-HV, Masuda,
Forte, AT, GIGN, Exon Shell, radint, MB, CQB, CONUS, CTU, RCMP, GRU, SASR, GSG-
9, 22nd SAS, GEOS, EADA, SART, BBE, STEP, Echelon, Dictionary, MD2, MD4, MDA,
diwn, 747, ASIC, 777, RDI, 767, MI5, 737, MI6, 757, Kh-11, EODN, SHS, ^X,
Shayet-13, SADMS, Spetznaz, Recce, 707, CIO, NOCS, Halcon, NSS, Duress, RAID,
Uziel, wojo, Psyops, SASCOM, grom, NSIRL, D-11, SERT, VIP, ARC, S.E.T. Team,
NSWG, MP5k, SATKA, DREC, DEVGRP, DF, DSD, FDM, GRU, LRTS, SIGDEV, NACSI,
MEU/SOC,PSAC, PTT, RFI, ZL31, SIGDASYS, TDM, SUKLO, SUSLO, TELINT, fake, TEXTA,
ELF, LF, MF, SIGS, VHF, Recon, peapod, PA598D28, Spall, dort, 50MZ, 11Emc Choe,
SATCOMA, UHF, SHF, ASIO, SASP,  WANK, Colonel, domestic disruption, 5ESS,
smuggle, Z-200, 15kg, DUVDEVAN, RFX, nitrate, OIR, Pretoria, M-14, enigma,
Bletchley Park, Clandestine, NSO, nkvd, argus, afsatcom, CQB, NVD, Counter
Terrorism Security, SARA, Rapid Reaction, JSOFC3IP, Corporate Security, Police,
sniper, PPS, ASIS, ASLET, TSCM, Security Consulting, M-x spook, Z-150T, High
Security, Security Evaluation, Electronic Surveillance, MI-17, ISR, NSAS,
Counterterrorism, real, spies, IWO, eavesdropping, debugging, CCSS,
interception, COCOT, NACSI, rhost, rhosts, ASO, SETA, Amherst, Broadside,
Capricorn, NAVCM, Gamma, Gorizont, Guppy, NSS, rita, ISSO, submiss, ASDIC, .tc,
2EME REP, FID, 7NL SBS, tekka, captain, 226, .45, nonac, .li, Ionosphere, Mole,
Keyhole, NABS, Kilderkin, Artichoke, Badger, Emerson, Tzvrif, SDIS, T2S2, STTC,



DNR, NADDIS, NFLIS, CFD, quarter, Cornflower, Daisy, Egret, Iris, JSOTF,
Hollyhock, Jasmine, Juile, Vinnell, B.D.M., Sphinx, Stephanie, Reflection,
Spoke, Talent, Trump, FX, FXR, IMF, POCSAG, rusers, Covert Video, Intiso, r00t,
lock picking, Beyond Hope, LASINT, csystems, .tm, passwd, 2600 Magazine, JUWTF,
Competitor, EO, Chan, Pathfinders, SEAL Team 3, JTF, Nash, ISSAA, B61-11,
Alouette, executive, Event Security, Mace, Cap-Stun, stakeout, ninja, ASIS, ISA,
EOD, Oscor, Merlin, NTT, SL-1, Rolm, TIE, Tie-fighter, PBX, SLI, NTT, MSCJ, MIT,
69, RIT, Time, MSEE, Cable & Wireless, CSE, SUW, J2, Embassy, ETA, Fax, finks,
Fax encryption, white noise, Fernspah, MYK, GAFE, forcast, import, rain, tiger,
buzzer, N9, pink noise, CRA, M.P.R.I., top secret, Mossberg, 50BMG, Macintosh
Security, Macintosh Internet Security, OC3, Macintosh Firewalls, Unix Security,
VIP Protection, SIG, sweep, Medco, TRD, TDR, Z, sweeping, SURSAT, 5926, TELINT,
Audiotel, Harvard, 1080H, SWS, Asset, Satellite imagery, force, NAIAG,
Cypherpunks, NARF, 127, Coderpunks, TRW, remailers, replay, redheads, RX-7,
explicit, FLAME, JTF-6, AVN, ISSSP, Anonymous, W, Sex, chaining, codes, Nuclear,
20, subversives, SLIP, toad, fish, data havens, unix, c, a, b, d, SUBACS, the,
Elvis, quiche, DES, 1*, NATIA, NATOA, sneakers, UXO, (), OC-12,
counterintelligence, Shaldag, sport, NASA, TWA, DT, gtegsc, owhere, .ch, hope,
emc, industrial espionage, SUPIR, PI, TSCI, spookwords, industrial intelligence,
H.N.P., SUAEWICS, Juiliett Class Submarine, Locks, qrss, loch, 64 Vauxhall
Cross, Ingram Mac-10, wwics, sigvoice, ssa, E.O.D., SEMTEX, penrep, racal, OTP,
OSS, Siemens, RPC, Met, CIA-DST, INI, watchers, keebler, contacts, Blowpipe,
BTM, CCS, GSA, Kilo Class, squib, primacord, RSP, Z7, Becker, Nerd, fangs,
Austin, no|d, Comirex, GPMG, Speakeasy, humint, GEODSS, SORO, M5, BROMURE, ANC,
zone, SBI, DSS, S.A.I.C., Minox, Keyhole, SAR, Rand Corporation, Starr,
Wackenhutt, EO, burhop, Wackendude, mol, Shelton, 2E781, F-22, 2010, JCET,
cocaine, Vale, IG, Kosovo, Dake, 36,800, Hillal, Pesec, Hindawi, GGL, NAICC,
CTU, botux, Virii, CCC, ISPE, CCSC, Scud, SecDef, Magdeyev, VOA, Kosiura, Small
Pox, Tajik, +=, Blacklisted 411, TRDL, Internet Underground, BX, XS4ALL, wetsu,
muezzin, Retinal Fetish, WIR, Fetish, FCA, Yobie, forschung, emm, ANZUS,
Reprieve, NZC-332, edition, cards, mania, 701, CTP, CATO, Phon-e, Chicago Posse,
NSDM, l0ck, spook, keywords, QRR, PLA, TDYC, W3, CUD, CdC, Weekly World News,
Zen, World Domination, Dead, GRU, M72750, Salsa, 7, Blowfish, Gorelick, Glock,
Ft. Meade, NSWT, press-release, WISDIM, burned, Indigo, wire transfer, e-cash,
Bubba the Love Sponge, Enforcers, Digicash, zip, SWAT, Ortega, PPP, NACSE,
crypto-anarchy, AT&T, SGI, SUN, MCI, Blacknet, SM, JCE, Middleman, KLM,
Blackbird, NSV, GQ360, X400, Texas, jihad, SDI, BRIGAND, Uzi, Fort Meade, *&,
gchq.gov.uk, supercomputer, bullion, 3, NTTC, Blackmednet, :, Propaganda, ABC,
Satellite phones, IWIS, Planet-1, ISTA, rs9512c, South Africa, Sergeyev,
Montenegro, Toeffler, Rebollo, sorot, cryptanalysis, nuclear, 52 52 N - 03 03 W,
Morgan, Canine, GEBA, INSCOM, MEMEX, Stanley, FBI, Panama, fissionable, Sears
Tower, NORAD, Delta Force, SEAL, virtual, WASS, WID, Dolch, secure shell,
screws, Black-Ops, O/S, Area51, SABC, basement, ISWG, $ @, data-haven, NSDD,
black-bag, rack, TEMPEST, Goodwin, rebels, ID, MD5, IDEA, garbage, market, beef,
Stego, ISAF, unclassified, Sayeret Tzanhanim, PARASAR, Gripan, pirg, curly,
Taiwan, guest, utopia, NSG, orthodox, CCSQ, Alica, SHA, Global, gorilla, Bob,
UNSCOM, Fukuyama, Manfurov, Kvashnin, Marx, Abdurahmon, snullen, Pseudonyms,
MITM, NARF, Gray Data, VLSI, mega, Leitrim, Yakima, NSES, Sugar Grove, WAS,
Cowboy, Gist, 8182, Gatt, Platform, 1911, Geraldton, UKUSA, veggie, XM, Parvus,
NAVSVS, 3848, Morwenstow, Consul, Oratory, Pine Gap, Menwith, Mantis, DSD, BVD,
1984, blow out, BUDS, WQC, Flintlock, PABX, Electron, Chicago Crust, e95, DDR&E,
3M, KEDO, iButton, R1, erco, Toffler, FAS, RHL, K3, Visa/BCC, SNT, Ceridian,
STE, condor, CipherTAC-2000, Etacs, Shipiro, ssor, piz, fritz, KY, 32, Edens,
Kiwis, Kamumaruha, DODIG, Firefly, HRM, Albright, Bellcore, rail, csim, NMS, 2c,
FIPS140-1, CAVE, E-Bomb, CDMA, Fortezza, 355ml, ISSC, cybercash, NAWAS,
government, NSY, hate, speedbump, joe, illuminati, BOSS, Kourou, Misawa, Morse,
HF, P415, ladylove, filofax, Gulf, lamma, Unit 5707, Sayeret Mat'Kal, Unit 669,
Sayeret Golani, Lanceros, Summercon, NSADS, president, ISFR, freedom, ISSO,
walburn, Defcon VI, DC6, Larson, P99, HERF pipe-bomb, 2.3 Oz., cocaine, $,
impact, Roswell, ESN, COS, E.T., credit card, b9, fraud, ST1, assassinate,
virus, ISCS, ISPR, anarchy, rogue, mailbomb, 888, Chelsea, 1997, Whitewater,
MOD, York, plutonium, William Gates, clone, BATF, SGDN, Nike, WWSV, Atlas,
IWWSVCS, Delta, TWA, Kiwi, PGP 2.6.2., PGP 5.0i, PGP 5.1, siliconpimp, SASSTIXS,
IWG, Lynch, 414, Face, Pixar, IRIDF, NSRB, eternity server, Skytel, Yukon,
Templeton, Johohonbu, LUK, Cohiba, Soros, Standford, niche, ISEP, ISEC, 51, H&K,
USP, ^, sardine, bank, EUB, USP, PCS, NRO, Red Cell, NSOF, Glock 26, snuffle,
Patel, package, ISI, INR, INS, IRS, GRU, RUOP, GSS, NSP, SRI, Ronco, Armani,
BOSS, Chobetsu, FBIS, BND, SISDE, FSB, BfV, IB, froglegs, JITEM, SADF, advise,
TUSA, LITE, PKK, HoHoCon, SISMI, ISG, FIS, MSW, Spyderco, UOP, SSCI, NIMA,
HAMASMOIS, SVR, SIN, advisors, SAP, Monica, OAU, PFS, Aladdin, AG, chameleon
man, Hutsul, CESID, Bess, rail gun, .375, Peering, CSC, Tangimoana Beach,
Commecen, Vanuatu, Kwajalein, LHI, DRM, GSGI, DST, MITI, JERTO, SDF, Koancho,
Blenheim, Rivera, Kyudanki, varon, 310, 17, 312, NB, CBM, CTP, Sardine, SBIRS,
jaws, SGDN, ADIU, DEADBEEF, IDP, IDF, Halibut, SONANGOL, Flu, &, Loin, PGP 5.53,
meta, Faber, SFPD, EG&G, ISEP, blackjack, Fox, Aum, AIEWS, AMW, RHL, Baranyi,
WORM, MP5K-SD, 1071, WINGS, cdi, VIA, DynCorp, UXO, Ti, WWSP, WID, osco, Mary,
honor, Templar, THAAD, package, CISD, ISG, BIOLWPN, JRA, ISB, ISDS, chosen,
LBSD, van, schloss, secops, DCSS, DPSD, LIF, PRIME, SURVIAC, telex, SP4,
Analyzer, embassy, Golf, B61-7, Maple, Tokyo, ERR, SBU, Threat, JPL, Tess, SE,
EPL, SPINTCOM, ISS-ADP, Merv, Mexico, SUR, SO13,
Rojdykarna, airframe, 510, EuroFed, Avi, shelter, Crypto

Well... it seemed like a long day for me. I'm tired. I got all my school books and supplies. I will probably update my school section tomorrow with what I'm taking and all that stuff. Also got my official transcript which I'm going to scan.

I've been working on the website today... updated a few things to the new style and made a few things better. Soon I'll get everything switched over to the new style... I've just been lazy about it. I also did the archive for this blog so it's not all one big page to load. Tomorrow I go after all the crappy code Blogger makes.

I set up my brothers PS2 to our network, so now his area is on a hub with the hub connected to the main switch. I couldn't imagine it being any easier to set up... I'm glad something worked how it should the first time for a change... that's rare for me. I got a new headlight for my car. Got a new CD burner yesterday that I'm really happy with. Thirty-two speed where my old one was only twelve. Makes a good difference. Been burning lots of cd's.

Was recommended what turns out to be a pretty good program by terminal, called Picasa. It's a big image library program... actually works really well and I think it'll help me largely because I have so many pics on my pc. It sorts pics by dates... makes little logical categories for them... let's you view thumbnails better than the Windows way. Haven't messed with it much, but I foresee greatness. Thanks terminal!

I believe that's it for today.
posted by 00k at 11:53 PM

I've stopped using Blogger, because it's shitty and I don't need it. I'm doing it all by hand now. Rawr. We'll see if it makes me post less. If it does I'm going to go back to blogger. But I'm not going to like it. Some day I will write my own script to do all this stuff... a good clean simple one. And I will be a modern day hero to the common man. I will work day and night, and when it's done, noone will care. And I will celebrate alone, and proclaim my victory and describe my accomplishment to everyone I see, and noone will care. But that isn't the point. The point is that I won't have to use shitty blogger any more, because I hate blogger.
posted by 00k at 12:35 AM

Just finished "Prey", the new Michael Crichton novel. I really liked it, and I really like Michael Crichton.

Michael Crichton's Official Website:
http://www.michaelcrichton.net

Prey Publishers Website:
http://www.harpercollins.com/hc/prey/index.asp

When I first read the inside flap of this book I wasn't particularly interested in it. It sounds pretty corny after all, a black cloud of killer nanoparticles that's out of control in Nevada...

In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles -- micro-robots -- has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive. It has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour. Every attempt to destroy it has failed. And we are the prey.

Just sounds kinda silly. But then I got it for Christmas. So I read it anyway. And I'm glad I did. I thought in the end that a few things were lacking from the story. But otherwise I have no complaints. It's a fun book, with enough real-sounding stuff in it to get you thinking, but enough fantastic stuff in it to keep you fictionally amused (that's not a real term I just don't know any real terms to describe that). If you've read a lot of Crichton you'll notice a few of the usual same things, same sort of characters, same kind of general ideas. But it's what Crichton is known for in my mind, and I'm okay with good and the same over not as good but different. Reminds me of Sphere, Jurassic Park, and Andromeda Strain. Leaves you with a general fear of nanoparticles.

It made head lines.
posted by 00k at 10:25 PM

These didn't turn out very well. The second pic is what that same clocktower looks like in daylight.

And because that's so dark...

And a fun pic from 2 years ago when they had a display off the tower seen above -

Happy New Years anyways :)
posted by 00k at 12:48 AM