In yet another unsurprising move by the highly out of date Church; the Vatican prevented filming of the real Bernini statue they needed for the "Angels and Demons" movie. Of course, like the DaVinchi Code movie expect more unintelligent and irrelevant banning. Already churches across the globe are doing what they can to stop their brainwashed sheep from evolving into free-thought human beings by downplaying and degrading this work of art and need I remind them...fictional story! I read all of the Dan Brown books and I was raised a Catholic for god's sake, so forgive my strong message here, but this needs to be said!
To not give away much of the story, the concept mentioned in "Angels and Demons" revolves around a murdered scientist who discovers the secrets to matter and antimatter, hence the notion of angels and demons. As with the DaVinchi Code, much of the side information revolving around the fictional story is true. For example, recently CERN (the real life scientific establishment mentioned in the book) just created a brand new partical accelerator to hopefully fit together the Unified Theory of Matter. Scientist there as I write this are studying exactly what is in the book. The scientist mentioned in the story, need I also mention, was a highly religious individual and by using science his discovered that ::gasp:: the bible's mention of creation of something from nothing might actually be true to some degree. Of course, you can't get such facts through the head of over-religious bigots even though such information might actually aid in their undermining goal of world domination.
Since the church is both used to slowing the progress of society and are also pissed their minions aren't as naive as they used to be (in the dark ages) they will continue to bash this story and the movie, thus at least piss off common-sensical individuals like myself and millions upon millions of others. Too bad for them they can't kill people for their free thought (because that is just the most holy thing you can do) as they used to. Just like the radical and terrorist Islamics, radical Christians will soon be extinct as society draws further and further away from fairy tales and assumptions that they know know are just there to make humanity think in unison.
A message to all organized religions: Just be places of worship and moral fiber like you are meant to be! This means actually abiding by the morals of being good to others as you so many times state but historically never do! If you run your worship with this in mind, you will never have the need to force your religion on others since they will be attracted to you. If what you have to offer really isn't for humanity then watch it fall into the pages of history as a misguided fad.
Labels: angels and demons, DaVinchi Code, religion
posted by princetrunks @ 9:14 AM
As of today I was able to complete a two day battle against this new and powerful Malware bug. The main program that spawned a load of problems on my work computer is the ituyszy.exe malware. It's only been reported to be around this month. This thing was a killer; not anymore!
This blog post hopefully might help you if you are dealing with this crazy computer virus.
Here's a list of what it did:- Slowed down my computer (that's easy)
- Spawned bogus Windows Command Center messages
- Spawned Bogus Windows Toolbar messages about supposed current Spyware in the computer...
- ..all to get you to buy bogus Spyware, Adware software on a fake site that pops up over and over again on Internet Explorer.
- Deleted my background image with a bogus linked image to its stupid site.
- Disabled my task manager!
- Deleted all System Restore Points, except when it was installed!
- Prevented a hard delete of it via DOS.
After at least a day or so of scans, debugs and other failed attempts to delete it....
Here's a list of what I did to stop it:
- Put the computer into Safe Mode; since the malware slowed the whole system and this speeds things up a bit.
- downloaded Spybot - Search & Destroy w/ the latest libraries.
- Used Spybot's "Immunity" function to slow the progression of the malware.
- Ran the Spybot search which is 100x faster than the other garbage that I downloaded that wanted you to pay for their slow programs.
- Did their "fix problems" function to correct the problems caught.
- While it was searching and fixing I went and located the cause of all the multiple programs being run... C:\Windows\system32\iftuyszv.exe.
- I dragged and dropped the bastard program into my desktop and renamed it to hopefully screwing up its next commands. Still can't delete it though since it and its being run and the task manager was still down.
- Restarted the computer (still in Safe Mode)
- Deleted iftuyszv.exe... well, what ever new name I gave it.
- The task manager was still down so you then "Run" regedit.exe (Windows-Run)
- Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
- Deleted the variable DisableTaskMgr
I restarted the computer and I was able to run things again. The only thing is that there still seemed to be a few extra items still stuck in the computer that slowed it down but with access to the Task Manager again, things are a bit easier to finish debugging and I can then use other programs that are slower but can maybe dig deeper and fully delete the damage.
Labels: adware, anitvirus, debugging, malware, spyware
Back in March of 2007,
U.S. News created a headliner that I was waiting for a while to see. The topic, Is College Worth It? In it, they finally questioned the multi thousands of dollars it takes to get a degree in a shaky and simply pathetic job market. (This post might upset many parents and generation X'ers but the question had to be asked and as of this posting date...it must be addressed even more with the state of the economy.)
College many years ago was originally meant to serve as an extra curricular in life's path. It was for people who wanted to become scholarly and to help progress the movement of human knowledge, science and technology. The same holds true today with many colleges doing just that but their M.O. sure has changed. From Kindergarten to 12th Grade, kids are wired with the fantasy that in order to be successful in life, they need to know what "job" they need to get and they need to work hard for college to get that job.
Frankly, colleges today and the whole school system is nothing but a factory for cubical slaves and dynamically changing resumes. Many kids are driven into the notion that if they go through college, they will get the so-called "good-job" and make tons more money than their non-graduated class-mates. Granted many people who don't go to college usually set for low-end jobs that barely go over $30K a year while the graduates will make it to a job paying $60K-150K a year, whether that job will last in today's market is another story but lets give them the benefit of the doubt.
This looks very good for college if you only take that info into notion, which many kids are cornered into believing, hence they feel that their $60K investment for $60K a year or more is really worth it.
Lets look though at the riches people in the world; Bill Gates, Michale Dell, Donald Trump, Warren Buffet, etc. They must have triple Ph D's based on what college teaches, right? Wrong! Most of the richest, most successful people in the world never went to or graduated college and not one of them has a job! The thing is the topic that is not really mentioned at all in school is being in business for yourself. Kids in school are taught that you can make it in a business but its more of a lottery chance of winning in that field, or so they say.
What about business colleges? Usually business ownership is not mentioned all too much there, too. Most of the time business majors fall into the trap of becoming business "managers" FOR a company, but never the actual OWNER of the company.
One thing you are taught in business school or just by simple common sense that doesn't require a degree, is the topic of ROI (Return On Investment). With today's job market the ROI is not in college's favor at all. Why pay $60K and 4+ years of school work to get a degree, get a job and then watch that job fall no matter your position? No business owner in their right mind would dare such a risky investment. It's simply not worth it! But... if you do good in school and get lots of scholarships, college would be a great choice still because of the networking potential for your own eventual company and the lessened financial stress. It would then let you start off in a much better place than others but please don't sell out to a job.
Working for someone is extremely limited and many young kids and teens see the stresses having a job has done to their families. The internet has made it much easier to run your own company while at work. Also, if you are a business owner making $500K a year and with time to spare the difference between a ditch digger making $30K a year and a computer consultant making $80k/year is 3 weeks pay!
I'll use my example: I graduated college as a Computer Science major in New York. I upgraded my job from an ice cream scooper at Friendly's to a programmer and web master at a large photography outlet (would have been a big company in the city but those positions where outsourced to India while in college.)
On Long Island, a $40K salary won't even get you out of your birth house. As of today I run an anime and video game business and in one week's time I make 2x-3x my job's income a week in only two days work, not 40 hours with 10 hours wasting expensive gas with the rest of the masses. I also work with a ::gasp:: network marketing company that will eventually build more residuals than even my conventional business will. Did it take a college degree to do these business venture?...nope. My anime website turned business was originally made in my 12th grade web design class I took to pass the time since I was technically already graduated at the end of 11th grade. My job and my businesses don't even deal with a single thing I was taught in college. So to be blunt, college was a money-trap scam... for me.
Why isn't this talked about much, why is it taboo?There are a few reasons.
First reason is that college professors can't teach what they don't know. Ever heard the statement 'A' students teach 'B' students who work for 'C' students.? Sad but it's mostly true. College professors for the most part teach out of theory and not experience. Yes, some were in the field but they most likely are not anymore and they used teaching as a fall-back. They don't know how to be successful (financially- and-time-for-their-family-speaking) so how in the world could they teach us?
Second reason this isn't mentioned. Well, how do you think many schools are payed (outside of tuition)...state and federal grants from tax payers. Who pays the most to Uncle Scam...I mean Sam? Employees do. Yes, a business owner will pay tons in taxes too, but the US constitution has benefits for people who run their own company. Why?, it creates jobs and is the only way to restore any economy. People who don't understand it call them "loopholes" for the rich but any person in the US can access them, rich or poor. Letting out such knowledge in high school and college will lower their pay both from taxes and tuition from all the entrepreneurs bailing out of the college scene for a better chance at life.
Third reason is that it unfortunately has become a status symbol for parents to have their kids in college. They love to brag to their friends and their neighbors about their kids like they do their highly pesticided lawn. This has caused a generation or two of parents who force their kids into a college degree that really isn't in the best interest of the kids. Observe the multitude of students attending Suffolk Community College near my house with Liberal Arts majors and you'll see this in action. Yes, its great to brag about Jeff's wonderful degree he got in law but he sells insurance during the day and bar tends at night to hopefully pay the college debt.
As a parent, I'd be upset they wasted their time and money. When my father left his job to run his own automotive business from home, his family was shocked and asked him stupid questions like "You should have a job and make some real money." or, "Is it legal what you are doing?" His parents lost their bragging rights to the neighbors but my father was able to run a business from home that he could support a stay-at-home wife with 8 kids and no mortgage...on Long Island! Those are worthy of bragging rights!
Basically you all have gotten my views on college and hopefully people will start to see the obvious that they are being doped into a failed system which hopefully will let colleges just be their for the betterment of humanity and not cubical factories!
Let me know your opinions and comments.
Labels: business, college, investments, money
Hi everyone,
Yes another site and another blog. This one is for me to ramble about events and topics related and not related to otaku items. On top of talking about topics regarding anime, videogames, japan and tech gadgets; I'll also talk about current events, the economy, health and more. Hope you enjoy and participate by leaving comments. Like many bloggers, I might not talk in a politically correct way. I hope not to offend anyone but I am entitled to my opinion and experiences...and same for you. I'm both a webmaster and a business owner so you will hear stuff that might not be the status-quo either. Again, I never intend to offend ^_^
Labels: blog, chuck gaffney
In yet another unsurprising move by the highly out of date Church; the Vatican prevented filming of the real Bernini statue they needed for the "Angels and Demons" movie. Of course, like the DaVinchi Code movie expect more unintelligent and irrelevant banning. Already churches across the globe are doing what they can to stop their brainwashed sheep from evolving into free-thought human beings by downplaying and degrading this work of art and need I remind them...fictional story! I read all of the Dan Brown books and I was raised a Catholic for god's sake, so forgive my strong message here, but this needs to be said!
