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Archive for June, 2008

05
Jun

Just in case you need more proof that we live in a crazy world . . .

In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female.
Having sexual relations with a male animal is punishable by death.
(Like THAT makes sense.)

In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals, but is prohibited from looking directly at them during the examination. He may only see their reflection in a mirror.
(Do they look different reversed?)

Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a
corpse. This also applies to undertakers. The organs of the deceased must be covered with a brick or piece of wood at all times.
(A brick??)

The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.
(…so they’ll never know they went blind?)

There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time…
Reason: Under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry.
(Let’s just think for a minute; is there any job anywhere
else in the world that even comes close to this?)

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05
Jun

AMAZINGLY SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES

1. IF YOU’RE CHOKING ON AN ICE CUBE, SIMPLY POUR A CUP OF BOILING WATER
DOWN YOUR THROAT. PRESTO! THE BLOCKAGE WILL INSTANTLY REMOVE ITSELF.

2. AVOID CUTTING YOURSELF WHEN SLICING VEGETABLES BY GETTING SOMEONE ELSE TO HOLD THE VEGETABLES WHILE YOU CHOP.

3. AVOID ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE TOILET SEAT – USE THE SINK.

4. FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SUFFERERS ~ SIMPLY CUT YOURSELF AND
BLEED FOR A FEW MINUTES, THUS REDUCING THE PRESSURE ON YOUR VEINS.
REMEMBER TO USE A TIMER.

5. A MOUSE TRAP PLACED ON TOP OF YOUR ALARM CLOCK WILL PREVENT YOU
FROM ROLLING OVER AND GOING BACK TO SLEEP AFTER YOU HIT THE SNOOZE
BUTTON.

6. IF YOU HAVE A BAD COUGH, TAKE A LARGE DOSE OF LAXATIVES. THEN YOU’LL BE AFRAID TO COUGH.

7. YOU ONLY NEED TWO TOOLS IN LIFE – WD-40 AND DUCT TAPE. IF IT
DOESN’T MOVE AND SHOULD, USE THE WD-40. IF IT SHOULDN’T MOVE AND DOES,
USE THE DUCT TAPE.

8. REMEMBER – EVERYONE SEEMS NORMAL UNTIL YOU GET TO KNOW THEM.

9. IF YOU CAN’T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU’VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.

DAILY THOUGHT: SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES – NOT REALLY GOOD FOR
ANYTHING, BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE
STAIRS.

04
Jun

35 interesting things that you learn about computers in the movies…

  1. minority report computerHigh tech equipment is often driven by a computer with a DOS prompt. (re: RoboCop)
  2. High tech companies don’t do offsite backups of the data (re: Terminator 2)
  3. All media devices are readily available – ie If someone hands you
    a DAT tape with important data on it your PC will have a DAT drive.
  4. No matter what you ask a computer to do it will respond with a
    percentage complete bargraph – especially when searching for data it
    can accurately give you the time remaining until it finds that data.
  5. Data searching will always involve displaying all the searched
    data on the screen until a match is found – this is true of text and
    graphics such as fingerprints.
  6. Telephone calls can be easily redirected through places all over
    the world, and upon a tracea globe will be displayed complete with
    lines travelling between each place.
  7. Deleting of data always takes just a little less time than it takes the bad guys to knock down the door.
  8. Alltechnology is plug and play – every computer can have any piece of technology attached.
  9. High tech graphical interfaces are often driven by hundreds of keystrokes which do not appear anywhere on the screen.
  10. IP addresses automatically supply the feds with the physical address (ie log on and they know where you are!)
  11. Word processors never display a cursor.
  12. You never have to use the spacebar when typing long sentences. Just keep hitting the keys without stopping
  13. All monitors display 2 inch high letters.
  14. High-tech computers, such as those used by NASA, the CIA, or some
    such governmental institution, have easy-to-understand graphical
    >interfaces.
  15. Those that don’t will have incredibly powerful text-based command
    shells that can correctly understand and execute commands typed in
    plain English.
  16. Corollary: You can gain access to any information you want by simply typing “ACCESS ALL OF THE SECRET FILES” on any keyboard.
  17. Likewise, you can infect a computer with a destructive virus by
    simply typing “UPLOAD VIRUS.” Viruses cause temperatures in computers,
    > >just like they do in humans. After a while, smoke billows out
    of disk >drives and monitors.
  18. All computers are connected. You can access the information on the villain’s desktop computer, even if it’s turned off.
  19. Powerful computers beep whenever you press a key or whenever the
    screen changes. Some computers also slow down the output on the screen
    so that it doesn’t go faster than you can read. The *really* advanced
    ones also emulate the sound of a dot-matrix printer as the characters
    come across the screen.
  20. All computer panels have thousands of volts and flash pots just
    underneath the surface. Malfunctions are indicated by a bright flash, a
    puff of smoke, a shower of sparks, and an explosion that forces you
    backward. (See #7, above)
  21. People typing away on a computer will turn it off without saving the data.
  22. A hacker can get into the most sensitive computer in the world before intermission and guess the secret password in two tries.
  23. Any PERMISSION DENIED has an OVERRIDE function.
  24. Complex calculations and loading of huge amounts of data will be
    accomplished in under three seconds. In the movies, modems transmit
    data at two gigabytes per second.
  25. When the power plant/missile site/whatever overheats, all the control panels will explode, as will the entire building.
  26. If you display a file on the screen and someone deletes the file,
    it also disappears from the screen. There are no ways to copy a
    >backup file — and there are no undelete utilities.
  27. If a disk has encrypted files, you are automatically asked for a password when you try to access it.
  28. No matter what kind of computer disk it is, it’ll be readable by
    >any system you put it into. All application software is usable by
    all >computer platforms.
  29. The more high-tech the equipment, the more buttons it has.
    However, everyone must have been highly trained, because the buttons
    aren’t labelled.
  30. Most computers, no matter how small, have reality-defying
    three-dimensional, real-time, photo-realistic animated graphics
    capability.
  31. Laptops, for some strange reason, always seem to have amazing
    real-time video phone capabilities and the performance of a CRAY-MP.
  32. Whenever a character looks at a VDU, the image is so bright that it projects itself onto his/her face.
  33. Computers never crash during key, high-intensity activities. Humans operating computers never make mistakes under stress.
  34. Programs are fiendishly perfect and never have bugs that slow down users.
  35. Any photograph can have minute details pulled out of it. You can zoom into any picture as far as you want to.
04
Jun

Best Gaming Mouse – Top 10

If you’re looking for the best gaming mouse then you may be surprised by just how much choice you have.

Best Gaming Mouse

The best gaming mice don’t come cheap so you want to be sure you’re
not making the wrong choice and wasting your money. To help you out
here’s my top 10 best gaming mice.

10. Logitech G3

Logitech G3 Gaming Mouse2000dpi laser engine with adjustable sensitivity | 6 buttons | Ambidextrous
Starting to show its age a little, the G3 is still a good mouse with
the same optical engine as its bigger brother, the G5. If you’re on a
budget this is definitely worth considering.

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9. Microsoft Habu

Microsoft Habu Gaming Mouse2000dpi laser with adjustable sensitivity | 7 buttons | Right-handed
Produced in collaboration with Razer, this is Microsoft’s best gaming
mouse. Basically a Copperhead with a different suit, this is a good
attempt by Microsoft to break back into the gaming peripherals market.

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8. Razer Copperhead

Razer Copperhead Gaming Mouse2000dpi laser engine | 7 buttons | Ambidextrous
Available in 3 colours (red, green or blue) the Copperhead is a
long-standing favourite. Compact and light with a 1ms response time to
movements, it also features glowing siderails and mouse wheel. It can
store up to 5 button profiles in its onboard memory allowing you to
customise the mouse for different games and switch at the press of a
button.

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7. Logitech MX518

Logitech MX518 Gaming Mouse1800dpi laser engine with adjustable sensitivity | 8 buttons | Right-handed
With a small and light design, this is a popular mouse for gamers with
smaller hands. It also boasts 8 buttons so allows more control to be
moved from the keyboard.

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6. Logitech G5

Logitech G5 Gaming Mouse2000dpi laser sensor with adjustable sensitivity | 7 buttons | Adjustable weight cartridge | Right-handed
Recently updated to include a second thumb button and a fetching
black/blue lightning pattern on the shell, the G5 was considered, until
recently, the best gaming mouse by many gamers, despite its high price.
It is comfortable and well built, and the weight cartridge allows up to
36grams to be added to give the mouse a heavier feel according to your
taste.

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5. Razer Deathadder

Razer Deathadder Gaming Mouse1800dpi infrared sensor with adjustable sensitivity | 5 buttons | Right-handed
It’s a close call between the Deathadder and the G5 as to which is the
better gaming mouse of the two, and I think it’s a question of personal
taste as to which you choose. Released to rave reviews, the Deathadder
is IMHO the better looking of the two, and its infrared engine just
beats the G5’s laser for performance. It also feels slightly more
comfortable to hold than the G5, which can make a difference in long
gaming sessions. It doesn’t have the variable weights of the G5 and is
a few buttons short, but it is cheaper.

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4. Saitek Cyborg

Saitek Cyborg Gaming Mouse3200dpi laser sensor with adjustable sensitivity | Adjustable shape | 4 buttons plus 4-way hat switch | Right-handed
The Saitek Cyborg has a unique party trick – it can adjust it’s size,
increasing in length to suit the size of your hand. It also boats a
3200dpi laser sensor, 2 programmable buttons and a programmable 4-way
hat switch. In addition, the strength of the wheel’s click can be
adjusted.

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3. Microsoft Sidewinder

Microsoft Sidewinder Gaming Mouse2000dpi sensor adjustable sensitivity | 5 buttons | Variable weights | LCD display | Right-handed
Just pipping the Cyborg to third place, the Sidewinder offers a good
list of features. You get a decent laser sensor and programmable
buttons, but on top of that you get variable weights and
interchangeable feet to alter the gliding characteristics of the mouse.
There’s also an LCD display to indicate the current dpi setting, and
the Sidewinder allow macros to be recorded and assigned to buttons
on-the-fly.

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2. Razer Lachesis

Razer Lachesis Gaming Mouse4000dpi laser sensor with adjustable sensitivity | 9 buttons | 5 button profiles | Ambidextrous
The Razer Lachesis boasts the highest dpi rating available today, with
a high-tech 4000dpi laser sensor. It also has nine programmable buttons
and five different profiles that can be stored in the onboard memory
and swapped on-the-fly. Add to that a very comfortable ambidextrous
shape and Razer’s trademark lighting and you have the makings of a
great gaming mouse.

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1. Logitech G9

Logitech G9 Gaming Mouse3200dpi laser sensor with adjustable sensitivity | Variable weights | Interchangeable grips | 5 button profiles | Right-handed
The Logitech G9 may fall behind the Lachesis in the dpi stakes, but it
has other features that make it a betterall-round gaming mouse. Similar
to the Saitek Cyborg, the shape of mouse can be changed by swapping the
grips, with further customisation available through the addition of
extra weights. The wheel can be switched between smooth and clicky
movement and the colour of the LED display can be adjusted. The G9 may
be expensive, but you do get a lot of quality for your money, making it
my recommendation if you want the best gaming mouse.

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