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Other than that... nada's going on. Just been enjoying life thus far. I've uploaded a screenshot of my latest desk aswell, take a look when you've got some spare time.

I was rather excited to post the screenshot actually, I recently headed out to Fry's Electronics out in Wilsonville? ...I think it's there actually, I pay more attention on just getting there. Anyhow, I picked myself up a 21.6" Samsung SyncMaster 216BW... and this thing is unbelievable. Especially with Vista... I'm currently running my desktop at 1680*1050, on 60Hz (it's an LCD, so 60 isn't frying my eyes).

Next I need a new graphics card. I was eyeballing the nVidia 8800s, and had to hold my jaw up the entire time. Who knows, Christmas is almost here. Perhaps a gift to myself is in order.

Take it easy devART. -Austin

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]]> ~GreenRiver Lunacy Fringe (Advice Needed - Please Read) http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/9663171/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/9663171/ Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:11:29 PDT

Hey everyone, just figured I'd get this post updated. A lot's been happening, for the curious, or those simply bored... keep reading!

Anywho, turns out my girlfriend of 7 months cheated on my with a friend of mine. (For the sake of their privacy, we'll call my girlfriend Jill, and my "friend" Mark.) It was rather hard to take. At least it was a one night stand, and she was drunk. But nontheless, it killed me to discover this.

Sadly I've never been more drunk this many nights in a row. Let alone this many days in a two week span. I'm still learning how to cope with this. I made the mistake of loving this girl. I made the mistake of giving her everything I was, and she was so willing to throw it all away, like everything that we had and shared meant nothing.

I feel like her tears are invisible, because I'm not sure she really regrets it. I'm sure some of her does, since she's cried over this and whatnot. I'm just not convinced I want her back yet. People have been giving me mixed messages about what to do. Some say: "Take her back, you love her don't you?". Others say: "Just dump her, there are others out there."

But no matter what anyone says, I still can't decide. I've never felt this strong about one person before. She uses sex too casually, to make herself feel better in a bad mood. We were in a fight, and I told her to leave and come back when she had calmed down. She ended up going dowtown to a club, getting smashed, and sleeping with my ex-best friend that night.

I consider sex something very special between to lovers, unfortunatly, she doesn't. I knew she had issues with sex before getting involved in this relationship... but I was a fool for thinking she loved me enough not to do it. She must have no self respect, because if she can't stop monogamous sexual activity for herself... she sure as hell wouldn't for me.

UPDATE: Wednesday, August 16th, 2006;
Turns out, she attempted suicide a couple of days ago. She said she would call me the other day, so we could talk things out. I called her when she didn't. Strangely, her mother answered. I was told that she had attemped suicide and was currently in a lockdown ward at the hospital. She's only allowed contact with close family members, and I can't even talk to her. The two hospitals won't even divulge the information of if she's even at that hospital or not. It really is worring me.

I'm not sure how or why... but if I had to guess, I'd say because she feels like she's just fucked up too bad this time, and things can't be changed.

Let me know what you think I should do. Comments or notes appreciated.



]]> ~GreenRiver Nov 22: Kennedy shot dead in Dallas http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/7127764/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/7127764/ Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:23:46 PST

1963: Kennedy shot dead in Dallas
The President of the United States has been assassinated by a gunman in Dallas, Texas.

John F Kennedy was hit in the head and throat when three shots were fired at his open-topped car.

The presidential motorcade was travelling through the main business area of the city.

Texas Governor John Connally was also seriously injured when one of the unknown sniper's bullets hit him in the back.

The men were accompanied by their wives, who were both uninjured.

Vice-president Lyndon Johnson - who was following in a different car - has been sworn in as the new US leader.

The presidential party was driving from Dallas airport to the city centre when witnesses said shots were fired from the window of a building overlooking the road.

The president collapsed into Jackie Kennedy's arms, who was heard to cry "Oh no". Seconds later Governor Connally was also hit.

Dallas Times Herald photographer Bob Jackson was in the motorcade close behind the Democrat leader's car and heard the shots as it entered Dealey Plaza.

"As I looked up I saw a rifle being pulled back from a window - it might have been resting on the windowsill - I didn't see a man," he said.

Mr Kennedy's limousine was driven at speed to Parklands Hospital immediately after the shooting.

"This is terrible - I cannot find words" - Senator Mike Mansfield

The president was alive when he was admitted, but died at 1400 local time (1900 GMT) - 35 minutes after being shot.

Police and Secret Service agents stormed the School Book Depository building moments after the shots were fired and recovered a rifle with a telescopic sight, said to be the assassination weapon.

The mood of shock in the US was echoed by Senator Mike Mansfield in an emergency forum of the senate.

Source: BBC UK News




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]]> ~GreenRiver Take my picture? No! http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/7091280/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/7091280/ Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:30:26 PST

Well, for the uninformed, quarter grades were just released for my high school (Cleveland). With the decrease in my GPA, my dear old folks have taken the liberty of making my life a living hell. This "hell" involves the removal of just about everything that could be called 'mine'. I have been stripped of my possessions in attempts to make me what ever the hell they want me to be.

So, ladies and gentlemen, my camera is no longer mine, nor will I be able to shoot it for some time. I'm hoping I can get it back, but negotiating with Satan is really damn hard. I'm lucky enough to be able to write this... as my internet is still working... can't say for how long though.

I'm hoping they'll cool off as time goes by, and I hope I can say the same for me. I lost my head earlier today and went into a bit of a scream session; they just frustrate the hell out of me.

I'll talk to you all later if I'm still able to.




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]]> ~GreenRiver Masturbation 'Cuts Cancer Risk'!? http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/6870589/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/6870589/ Wed, 26 Oct 2005 05:56:53 PDT

Masturbation 'Cuts Cancer Risk'!?
They say cancer-causing chemicals could build up in the prostate if men do not ejaculate regularly.

And they say sexual intercourse may not have the same protective effect because of the possibility of contracting a sexually transmitted infection, which could increase men's cancer risk.

Australian researchers questioned over 1,000 men who had developed prostate cancer and 1,250 who had not about their sexual habits.

They found those who had ejaculated the most between the ages of 20 and 50 were the least likely to develop the cancer.

The protective effect was greatest while the men were in their 20s.

Men who ejaculated more than five times a week were a third less likely to develop prostate cancer later in life.

Fluid

Previous research has suggested that a high number of sexual partners or a high level of sexual activity increased a man's risk of developing prostate cancer by up to 40%.

But the Australian researchers who carried out this study suggest the early work missed the protective effect of ejaculation because it focussed on sexual intercourse, with its associated risk of STIs.

Graham Giles, of the Cancer Council Victoria in Melbourne, who led the research team, told New Scientist: "Had we been able to remove ejaculations associated with sexual intercourse, there should have been an even stronger protective effect of ejaculations."

The researchers suggest that ejaculating may prevent carcinogens accumulating in the prostate gland.

The prostate provides a fluid into semen during ejaculation that activates sperm and prevents them sticking together.

The fluid has high concentrations of substances including potassium, zinc, fructose and citric acid, which are drawn from the bloodstream.

But animal studies have shown carcinogens such as 3-methylchloranthrene, found in cigarette smoke, are also concentrated in the prostate.

'Flushing out'

Dr Giles said fewer ejaculations may mean the carcinogens build up.

"It's a prostatic stagnation hypothesis. The more you flush the ducts out, the less there is to hang around and damage the cells that line them."

A similar connection has been found between breast cancer and breastfeeding, where lactating appeared to "flush out" carcinogens, reduce a woman's risk of the disease, New Scientist reports.

Another theory put forward by the researchers is that ejaculation may induce prostate glands to mature fully, making them less susceptible to carcinogens.

Dr Chris Hiley, head of policy and research at the UK's Prostate Cancer Charity, told BBC News Online: "This is a plausible theory."

She added: "In the same way the human papillomavirus has been linked to cervical cancer, there is a suggestion that bits of prostate cancer may be related to a sexually transmitted infection earlier in life."

Anthony Smith, deputy director of the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University in Melbourne, said the research could affect the kind of lifestyle advice doctors give to patients.

"Masturbation is part of people's sexual repertoire."

"If these findings hold up, then it's perfectly reasonable that men should be encouraged to masturbate," he said.

Source: BBC UK News




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20 things about me. I was tagged by *junkster78. Here goes the list:

1. I first got interested in photography 3 years ago.
2. Max Kunowski (*junkster78) got me addicted to HTML, thanks for that ;)
3. There's probably only a few hours a day (when I'm home) I don't have music playing.
4. I hate rap... not one much for country either.
5. I met my first friend (That I still know) in kindergarten.
6. I'll just say that my grades are a little farther towards the end of the alphabet.
7. I don't really have a favourite number.
8. I've played guitar for 3 years. Taking vocal lessons from Mark Bosnian (he coached Courtney Love)
9. Yes, sometimes I put "no" on questions so I don't have to go into details, lol *ahem*(Math class).
10. My first girlfriend's name was Nichole.
11. I wear Esprit glasses.
12. I had long hair for some time, went down to the middle of my ears.
13. If so many damn friends didn't have MySpace... I wouldn't have ever joined.
14. I suck at pool... *junkster78 can second that.
15. I'm an insomniac aswell, I can never seem to sleep. 4 AM is my friend.
16. I'm listening to Bob Dylan right now.
17. I too have been "humped" (as Max so elegantly put it) by both sexes.
18. Firefox > IE. Period. Enjoy the spyware Microsoft fanboys.
19. I've walked the streets of Piccadilly Circus in London.
20. I've spent time in Alcatraz.




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]]> ~GreenRiver World of Warcraft: Spyware? http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/6746547/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/6746547/ Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:34:13 PDT

I recently performed a rather long reversing session on a piece of software written by Blizzard Entertainment, yes - the ones who made Warcraft, and World of Warcraft (which has 4.5 million+ players now, apparently). This software is known as the 'warden client' - its written like shellcode in that it's position independant. It is downloaded on the fly from Blizzard's servers, and it runs about every 15 seconds. It is one of the most interesting pieces of spyware to date, because it is designed only to verify compliance with a EULA/TOS. Here is what it does, about every 15 seconds, to about 4.5 million people (500,000 of which are logged on at any given time):

The warden dumps all the DLL's using a ToolHelp API call. It reads information from every DLL loaded in the 'world of warcraft' executable process space. No big deal.

The warden then uses the GetWindowTextA function to read the window text in the titlebar of every window. These are windows that are not in the WoW process, but any program running on your computer. Now a Big Deal.

I watched the warden sniff down the email addresses of people I was communicating with on MSN, the URL of several websites that I had open at the time, and the names of all my running programs, including those that were minimized or in the toolbar. These strings can easily contain social security numbers or credit card numbers, for example, if I have Microsoft Excel or Quickbooks open w/ my personal finances at the time.

Once these strings are obtained, they are passed through a hashing function and compared against a list of 'banning hashes' - if you match something in their list, I suspect you will get banned. For example, if you have a window titled 'WoW!Inmate' - regardless of what that window really does, it could result in a ban. If you can't believe it, make a dummy window that does nothing at all and name it this, then start WoW. It certainly will result in warden reporting you as a cheater. I really believe that reading these window titles violates privacy, considering window titles contain alot of personal data. But, we already know Blizzard Entertainment is fierce from a legal perspective. Look at what they have done to people who tried to make BNetD, freecraft, or third party WoW servers.

Next, warden opens every process running on your computer. When each program is opened, warden then calls ReadProcessMemory and reads a series of addresses - usually in the 0x0040xxxx or 0x0041xxxx range - this is the range that most executable programs on windows will place their code. Warden reads about 10-20 bytes for each test, and again hashes this and compares against a list of banning hashes. These tests are clearly designed to detect known 3rd party programs, such as wowglider and friends. Every process is read from in this way. I watched warden open my email program, and even my PGP key manager. Again, I feel this is a fairly severe violation of privacy, but what can you do? It would be very easy to devise a test where the warden clearly reads confidential or personal information without regard.

This behavior places the warden client squarely in the category of spyware. What is interesting about this is that it might be the first use of spyware to verify compliance with a EULA. I cannot imagine that such practices will be legal in the future, but right now in terms of law, this is the wild wild west. You can't blame Blizz for trying, as well as any other company, but this practice will have to stop if we have any hope of privacy. Agree w/ botting or game cheaters or not, this is a much larger issue called 'privacy' and Blizz has no right to be opening my excel or PGP programs, for whatever reason.

Source: Root Kit
Source²: Torrent Spy




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http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/6719998/ Sun, 09 Oct 2005 10:25:25 PDT


The question was addressed in a forum I regularly check, when I read the title I just had to find out more... and if it indeed was truely real.

WRITER:

Dear Guide,
I received an email last week which was quite disturbing and, to say the least, disgusting. It is about dead babies that can be bought from hospitals in Taiwan for $70 to meet the high demand for grilled and barbequed babies!

I am sure this must be a hoax, although the message comes with an attached slide show, showing how the baby is prepared, cooked and eaten.

Could you please investigate?


RESPONCE:


Dear Reader,
I think we can safely say that the Chinese as a people do not routinely eat babies or fetuses; nor do Jews, Christians, witches, aborigines or any other groups accused of doing so over the centuries. There's simply no proof of it. There has never been. What the historical record shows is that the allegation has surfaced time and time again as an ethnic and religious slur.

The claim that baby or fetus eating is an accepted practice in China (or Thailand, or Japan, or Korea, or Israel, as other variants of this same rumor claim) is more or less a modernized version of an ancient legend known as "Blood Libel." It has typically taken the form of one culture accusing another (or a subculture) of ritually sacrificing infants and in some cases eating them. The Greeks accused the Jews of it, the Romans accused the Christians, Christians accused the Jews again, and so on throughout history.

Folklorists say the driving forces behind such legends are ignorance, xenophobia (fear of other peoples and creeds) and/or one culture projecting upon another its misgivings about unsettling moral trends at home. One might speculate in the present case, for example, that the spread of horror stories in the West about the crass use of fetuses as food in Asia is fueled by qualms about the practice of abortion and the so-called "cannibalization" of fetal tissue for scientific research in our own countries. There are few more emotionally charged issues in modern life.

In any case, it's hard to tell (and under dispute) whether the horrific photographs circulating via email since December 2000 are real or fake. We do know because we found documentation on them at a site called Chinese-Art.com that they were created by a conceptual artist named Zhu Yu, who exhibited them at an underground art show after they were rejected as too controversial by curators of the Shanghai 2000 Bienniale. In the piece, which he called "Eating People," a serious of photographs indeed appears to show Zhu cooking and eating a human baby or fetus. For those who haven't seen them and aren't too squeamish to take a peek, here are two examples from this postmodern masterpiece collected from forwarded emails:

* Zhu Yu 'Eating People' #1
* Zhu Yu 'Eating People' #2

The artist himself, whose past accomplishments include an opus entitled "Canned Human Brains," has claimed in interviews that he used real aborted fetuses stolen from a medical school to create "Eating People" and that he actually cooked and ate them "for art's sake."

Should we take him at his word?

Source: About




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As we all know... 4 years ago to the day a horrendous attack upon the US took place. It left over 3,000 people dead and plenty more wounded. We shall never forget what we are fighting for and what we live to protect. We fight to protect the freedoms and liberties we as Americans take for granite every day.

Do not forget, stand strong, and stand for you country. No one can take your pride or your patriotism.

Thank you for the read, please take a look at a little tribute I did some time back. Link.




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]]> ~GreenRiver FireTune 1.06 http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/6438608/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/6438608/ Wed, 07 Sep 2005 06:00:02 PDT

I was talking to a friend of mine online a couple of days ago... He let me know about this little program, and man... it really helps out with Firefox's speeds. Check it out sometime, brief summary:

FireTune for Mozilla Firefox v1.x was developed for an easy and fast optimization of your browsing experience with Firefox. It is based on a collection of popular and well working optimization settings used and tested by the experts. Usually you have to optimize Firefox manually, which can be time consuming and difficult for the novice user. FireTune helps you here - it includes all the performance optimizations. The only thing you must do is: make your selection. FireTune does the work for you.

According to your specific computer speed and internet connection speed, FireTune will optimize several internal settings of Firefox for better performance. FireTune does NOT modify the Firefox executable, or any other Firefox binary file. Everything can be undone easily provided you saved your original profile configuration file with FireTune's profile backup feature before.

Check it out!




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]]> ~GreenRiver Men Cleverer Than Women? http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/6364946/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/6364946/ Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:49:06 PDT

* Now I'm not saying this is true, nor am I trying to persuade anyone, I just thought this was an interesting article.

Men Cleverer Than Women?
(Make sure to read this article aswell)

A study to be published later this year in the British Journal of Psychology says that men are on average five points ahead on IQ tests.

Paul Irwing and Professor Richard Lynn claim the difference grows when the highest IQ levels are considered.

Their research was based on IQ tests given to 80,000 people and a further study of 20,000 students.

'Widening gap'

Dr Irwing, a senior lecturer in organisational psychology at Manchester University, told the Today programme on BBC Radio Four the study showed that, up to the age of 14, there was no difference between the IQs of boys and girls.

"But beyond that age and into adulthood there is a difference of five points, which is small but it can have important implications," he said.

"This is against a background of women dramatically overtaking men in educational attainment and making very rapid advances in terms of occupational achievement."

The academics used a test which is said to measure "general cognitive ability" - spatial and verbal ability.

As intelligence scores among the study group rose, the academics say they found a widening gap between the sexes.

There were twice as many men with IQ scores of 125, for example, a level said to correspond with people getting first-class degrees.

At scores of 155, associated with genius, there were 5.5 men for every woman.

Nobel prize-winners

Dr Irwing told The Times the differences "may go some way to explaining the greater numbers of men achieving distinctions of various kinds, such as chess grandmasters, Fields medallists for mathematics, Nobel prize-winners and the like".

The paper will argue that there is evidence that at the same level of IQ, women are able to achieve more than men "possibly because they are more conscientious and better adapted to sustained periods of hard work".

Earlier this year, the president of Harvard University, Lawrence Summers, sparked controversy when he suggested at a seminar that one reason men outperformed women in maths and science was genetics.

Several guests walked out of the conference after hearing the comments.

Dr Summers, who has apologised repeatedly for his remarks, said later that the shortage of senior female academics was partly caused by child-minding duties, which restricted working hours.

Source: BBC UK News




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Al-Qaida's U.S. Nuclear Targets
(This is not the full article - Click the link at the bottom for the full article)

Al-Qaida's prime targets for launching nuclear terrorist attacks are the nine U.S. cities with the highest Jewish populations, according to captured leaders and documents.

As first revealed last week in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, the premium, online intelligence newsletter published by the founder of WND, Osama bin Laden is planning what he calls an "American Hiroshima," the ultimate terrorist attack on U.S. cities, using nuclear weapons already smuggled into the country across the Mexican border along with thousands of sleeper agents.

The series of attacks is designed to kill 4 million, destroy the economy and fundamentally alter the course of history.

At least two fully assembled and operational nuclear weapons are believed to be hidden in the United States already, according to G2 Bulletin intelligence sources and an upcoming book, "The al-Qaida Connection: International Terrorism, Organized Crime and the Coming Apocalypse," by former FBI consultant Paul L. Williams.

The cities chosen as optimal targets are New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Boston and Washington, D.C. and Washington top the preferred target list for al-Qaida leadership.

Bin Laden's goal, according to G2 Bulletin sources, is to launch one initial attack, followed by a second on another city to simulate the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The optimal dates for the attacks are Aug. 6, the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, Sept. 11 and May 14, the anniversary of the re-creation of the state of Israel in 1948. No specific year has been suggested, however, this Aug. 6 represents the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima attack.

The captured terrorists and documents also suggest smaller attacks may take place on American soil before the nuclear incidents. They may include some involving automatic weapons at schools and shopping malls, but will not include any airplane hijackings. Why? Because bin Laden does not want any failed efforts to overshadow "the success of Sept. 11." There will also not be any attacks on U.S. nuclear power plants. The rationale? The nuclear power plants can act as force multipliers when the weapons of mass destruction are detonated.

Source: World Net Daily




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]]> ~GreenRiver Water On Mars! http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/6091008/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/6091008/ Sun, 31 Jul 2005 16:21:30 PDT

Ice lake found on the Red Planet
A giant patch of frozen water has been pictured nestled within an unnamed impact crater on Mars.

The ice disc is located on Vastitas Borealis, a broad plain that covers much of Mars' far northern latitudes.

The existence of the water-ice patch on Mars raises the prospect that past or present life will one day be detected.

It also boosts the chances that manned missions could eventually be sent to the Red Planet - because they would probably need accessible water to survive.

Highly visible

The highly visible ice lake is sitting in a crater which is 35 km (23 miles) wide, with a maximum depth of about two km (1.2 miles).

Scientists believe the water-ice is present all year round because the temperature and pressure are not sufficient to allow it to change states.

Researchers studying the images are sure it is not frozen carbon dioxide (CO2), because CO2 ice had already disappeared from the north polar cap at the time the image was taken.

The team has also been able to detect faint traces of water-ice along the rim of the crater and on the crater walls.

Mars is covered with deep gorges, apparently carved out by rivers and glaciers, although most of the water vanished millions of years ago.

Earlier this year, the European Space Agency detected what they called a huge "frozen sea", but it is located below a crust of surface deposits.

Large reserves of water-ice are also known to be held at the poles on Mars, and probably at great depth at many locations around the planet.

Source: BBC UK News




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]]> ~GreenRiver WindowsXP SP3 Fixes & Features Preview http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/6071577/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/6071577/ Fri, 29 Jul 2005 20:40:12 PDT

WindowsXP SP3 Fixes and Features Preview
For those that can't wait in wondering what Windows XP SP3 will fix... keep reading. Below is a site which lists what is so far going to be fixed by the service pack. I want to make sure that you understand that SP3 isn't even close to beta yet, so this by no means is the final list and new fixes are added almost daily. So don't hold me to being 100% right on this one :)

This is rumoured to be released before Windows Vista. Or the previosuly know as, Windows Longhorn.

WindowsXP SP3 Fixes and Features Preview




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]]> ~GreenRiver If They Nuke Us, Bomb Mecca! http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/6000672/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/6000672/ Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:37:51 PDT

I thought this was an interesting responce to the matter, have a read...

Tancredo: If They Nuke Us, Bomb Mecca
Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo told a radio show host that the U.S. could "take out" Islamic holy sites if Muslim fundamentalist terrorists attacked the country with nuclear weapons. He made his remarks Friday on WFLA-AM.

Talk show host Pat Campbell asked the Littleton Republican how the country should respond if terrorists struck several U.S. cities with nuclear weapons.

"Well, what if you said something like — if this happens in the United States, and we determine that it is the result of extremist, fundamentalist Muslims, you know, you could take out their holy sites," Tancredo answered.

"You're talking about bombing Mecca," Campbell said.

"Yeah," Tancredo responded.

The congressman later said he was "just throwing out some ideas" and that an "ultimate threat" might have to be met with an "ultimate response."

Spokesman Will Adams said the four-term congressman doesn't support threatening holy Islamic sites but that Tancredo was grappling with the hypothetical situation of an attack deadlier than 9/11. "We have an enemy with no uniform, no state, who looks like you and me and only emerges right before an attack. How do we go after someone like that?"

"What is near and dear to them? They're willing to sacrifice everything in this world for the next one. What is the pressure point that would deter them from their murderous impulses?" he said.

Mohammad Noorzai, coordinator of the Colorado Muslim Council and a native of Afghanistan, said Tancredo's remarks were radical and unrepresentative but that people in Tancredo's position need to watch their words when it comes to sacred religious sites and texts.

Source: Fox News




Five closest Deviants to me:
• ~SykotikKittin - 0.2 km
• =junkster78 - 0.3 km
• *RivenRaven - 0.4 km
• ~strahlend - 0.6 km
• *arcwelder - 0.8 km






]]> ~GreenRiver Another Journal Post... http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/5676854/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/5676854/ Thu, 21 Jul 2005 02:11:17 PDT

Well, another funky little thing in Windows brings me back to this wonderful little space to enter text for the displayable journal on my deviantART homepage. So here goes...


1. Open your command prompt in windows, this can be done by clicking Start > Run > cmd:
2. When the window appears, enter this in the command prompt:

telnet towel . blinkenlights . nl (Remove the spaces between the periods)

...sit back and watch. Summer brings out these small little things to intertain me, in turn I share them with you lovely bunch of internet artists.




Five closest Deviants to me:
• ~SykotikKittin - 0.2 km
• =junkster78 - 0.3 km
• *RivenRaven - 0.4 km
• ~strahlend - 0.6 km
• *arcwelder - 0.8 km

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]]> ~GreenRiver Windows uses 20% of your bandwidth! Get it back! http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/5469487/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/5469487/ Sun, 29 May 2005 04:27:14 PDT
Here's how to get it back:

Click Start-->Run-->type "gpedit.msc" without the "

This opens the group policy editor. Then go to:

Local Computer Policy--> Computer Configuration--> Administrative Templates--> Network--> QOS Packet Scheduler--> Limit Reservable Bandwidth

Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the 'Explain' tab :

"By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default."

So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.

Cheers,
- Green



]]> ~GreenRiver Holding Files "Hostage" http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/5448247/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/5448247/ Tue, 24 May 2005 13:16:18 PDT
Security researchers at San Diego-based Websense uncovered the unusual extortion plot when a corporate customer they would not identify fell victim to the infection, which encrypted files that included documents, photographs and spreadsheets.

A ransom note left behind included an e-mail address, and the attacker using the address later demanded $200 for the digital keys to unlock the files.

"This is equivalent to someone coming into your home, putting your valuables in a safe and not telling you the combination," said Oliver Friedrichs, a security manager for Symantec.

The FBI said the scheme, which appears isolated, was unlike other Internet extortion crimes. Leading security and antivirus firms this week were updating protective software for companies and consumers to guard against this type of attack, which experts dubbed "ransom-ware."

"This seems fully malicious," said Joe Stewart, a researcher at Chicago-based Lurhq Corp. who studied the attack software. Stewart managed to unlock the infected computer files without paying the extortion, but he worries that improved versions might be more difficult to overcome. Internet attacks commonly become more effective as they evolve over time as hackers learn to avoid the mistakes of earlier infections.

"You would have to pay the guy, or law enforcement would have to get his key to unencrypt the files," Stewart said.

The latest danger adds to the risks facing beleaguered Internet users, who must increasingly deal with categories of threats that include spyware, viruses, worms, phishing e-mail fraud and denial of service attacks.

In the recent case, computer users could be infected by viewing a vandalized Web site with vulnerable Internet browser software. The infection locked up at least 15 types of data files and left behind a note with instructions to send e-mail to a particular address to purchase unlocking keys. In an e-mail reply, the hacker demanded $200 be wired to an Internet banking account. "I send programm to your email," the hacker wrote.

There was no reply to e-mails sent to that address Monday by The Associated Press.

FBI spokesman Paul Bresson said more familiar Internet extortion schemes involve hackers demanding tens of thousands of dollars and threatening to attack commercial Web sites, interfering with sales or stealing customer data.

Experts said there were no widespread reports the new threat was spreading, and the Web site was already shut down where the infection originally spread. They also said the hacker's demand for payment might be his weakness, since bank transactions can be traced easily.

"The problem is getting away with it — you've got to send the money somewhere," Stewart said. "If it involves some sort of monetary transaction, it's far easier to trace than an e-mail account."



]]> ~GreenRiver Cannon Beach http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/5208549/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/5208549/ Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:45:55 PDT
But anyway, There was a lot happening and I had a chance to talk with a few interesting people, I also managed to snag 220 total photographs and 3 group shots of everyone in the class.

Not to mension that the drive out there was 2 hours, and in turn was 2 hours back. But overall I had a good time and got some great memories out of it... not to mension photos. Which I will be posting.

That's all for my ramblings, I'll post something new when I feel it's worthy of a journal entry.



]]> ~GreenRiver Area 51 secrets unveiled by Google http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/5106251/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/5106251/ Sat, 16 Apr 2005 19:03:41 PDT
The American military base, in the Nevada desert, is steeped in history and rumour - allegedly being the place where all of Uncle Sam's work with extra-terrestrials and physics-defying technology takes place. The place is so heavily guarded, it's almost impossible to get within miles of it.

However, with satellite map technology, you can uncover some pretty spectacular pictures of the base, including some interesting structures in and around it that can't quite be identified.

If you want to go take a peek around Area 51 for yourself, have a look at this ilustrated guide here. It's a fascinating read.

Homeland security? We've heard of it.





]]> ~GreenRiver Internet 2 http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/5076478/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/5076478/ Wed, 13 Apr 2005 08:15:12 PDT
Source: [link]





]]> ~GreenRiver The Kinks http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/5057573/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/5057573/ Tue, 12 Apr 2005 02:15:42 PDT

I feel like today will be great, I'm just sitting around listening to The Kinks before I have to head off to school. I'd recommend grabbing "Waterloo Sunset", it's a great song...





]]> ~GreenRiver Social Chameleon http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/4806969/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/4806969/ Mon, 14 Mar 2005 00:42:55 PST

What Famous Leader Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com


I took that "what famous person are you most like" kind of tests, and apparently, I'm Bill Clinton! But anyway, thought the test was kind of interesting and thought I'd just pass it along for anyone that'd like to take the test.





]]> ~GreenRiver McDonald's At It Again http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/4764700/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/4764700/ Tue, 08 Mar 2005 21:53:41 PST
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The "It's what I eat and what I do ... I'm lovin' it" campaign includes television ads, new packaging, an updated Web site and a fresh series of Ronald McDonald videos teaching children how to eat well and stay active.

"We will use our size and strength to set an example," said Chief Executive Officer Jim Skinner, who declined to put a price tag on the campaign.

The TV spots, which will be rolled out over the next couple of months in different languages around the world, feature kid-friendly images such as snowboarding, jump-roping fruits and veggies and tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams. Hockey player Wayne Gretzky and speed skater Bonnie Blair will also spread the word.

McDonald's has pushed to convey a healthier image amid mounting criticism — not to mention obesity lawsuits — claiming fast food is not nutritious and has contributed to America's weight problem. The Oak Brook, Ill.-based company was also the target of the 2004 documentary "Super Size Me," which focused on the health decline of filmmaker Morgan Spurlock during an all-McDonald's diet.

The company introduced entree-sized salads in U.S. restaurants in spring 2003 and in Europe in 2004. McDonald's also ran a promotion for adult Happy Meals featuring salad, bottled water and a pedometer, added a fresh fruit option to its kids' Happy Meals and began heavily promoting milk.

This year, McDonald's plans to introduce new salads to their menus. Also, with trans-fatty acids regarded as the latest obesity culprit, McDonald's will keep working to remove transfats from foods, including french fries.

Last month, McDonald's Corp. settled an $8.5 million lawsuit accusing the company of failing to inform consumers of delays in a plan to reduce fat in the cooking oil used for its popular french fries and other foods.

Some critics doubt the new campaign will have much effect on public health, and instead see it as a public relations counter-attack.

"I think it's just window dressing designed to promote a more cuddly feeling towards the company than to really change their core business practices," said Michael F. Jacobson, executive director of Center for Science in the Public Interest.



]]> ~GreenRiver Microsoft & 1337 http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/4575219/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/4575219/ Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:40:09 PST
Leet words can be expressed in hundreds of ways using different substitutions and combinations, but once one understands that nearly all characters are formed as phonemes and symbols, leetspeek isn't difficult to translate.

Full Story...

I just thought it was funny :P



]]> ~GreenRiver Boys Cuffed for Artwork http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/4526145/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/4526145/ Tue, 08 Feb 2005 02:40:06 PST Boys Cuffed for Artwork :

Two Florida boys were arrested for making pencil-and-crayon stick-figure drawings depicting a 10-year-old classmate being stabbed and hanged, police said.

The children, charged with a felony, were taken from school in handcuffs. The nine and 10-year-old boys were arrested Monday and charged with making a written threat to kill or harm another person. They were also suspended from school.

One drawing showed the two boys standing on either side of the other boy and “holding knives pointed through” his body, said a police report. Another drawing showed a stick figure hanging, tears falling from his eyes, with two other stick figures standing below him. Other pieces of scrap paper listed misspelled profanities and the initials of the boy who was allegedly threatened.

The boys’ parents said they thought the children should be punished by the school and families, not the legal system.


...That was kinda' creepy o.O



]]> ~GreenRiver Iraqis Take Toy Hostage http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/4483959/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/4483959/ Wed, 02 Feb 2005 21:04:46 PST Iraqis Take Toy Hostage :

(CNN) -- A photograph posted on an Islamist Web site appears to be that of an action figure and not a U.S. soldier being held hostage.

Liam Cusack, the marketing coordinator for Dragon Models USA, said the figure pictured on the Web site is believed to be "Special Ops Cody," a military action figure the company manufactured in late 2003.

"It pretty much looks exactly like the same person," he said.

Cusack said he was contacted Tuesday morning by one of his retailers, who informed him that the alleged hostage appeared to be one of the company's action figures.

"I thought it was a joke at first," he said.

But after reading a report on a news Web site about a U.S. soldier allegedly being captured, "I looked at it and said, 'It does look like one of our action figures.'"

"Cody" is an action figure the company made for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, which supplies U.S. military bases worldwide with various items. The doll was meant to look like a U.S. soldier who might be serving in Iraq, Cusack said.

On the Islamist Web site, a group calling itself the Al Mujahedeen Brigade, posted a photograph of a man it claimed was a captured U.S. soldier named John Adam, and it threatened to behead him if Iraqi prisoners are not released by U.S. forces.

Staff Sgt. Nick Minecci of the U.S. military's press office in Baghdad told The Associated Press that "no units have reported anyone missing."

The photograph showed the figure against a black flag with white lettering reading, "God is great, there is no god but Allah." A U.S. military assault rifle was pointed at its head. It appears that "rifle" was part of the plastic weaponry that came with the action figure.

The photograph immediately raised questions.

CNN military analyst James Marks, a retired Army general, questioned its authenticity.

He told CNN in a phone interview that the flak jacket in the picture had a kind of trim along the edges that he'd never seen before, and that the open-legged pants, as opposed to gathered hems, struck him as odd.

He also questioned what appeared to be camouflage paint on the face.

"We have not used camo paint with conventional forces serving in Iraq," Marks said.

Source Of Story...
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]]> ~GreenRiver Google n' Firefox http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/4305479/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/4305479/ Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:45:28 PST A New Respect For Google :

I think this is rather funny and figured I'd pass it on to you all....

So, here it is:

Go to google.com, type Failure in the search bar and hit I'm Feeling Lucky. For those that don't know, I'm Feeling Lucky pulls up the first page of whatever Google finds for that seach. So, type that, and hit I'm Feeling Lucky. Then, just sit back and watch what comes up.

...I thought it was hilarious.

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Firefox Tweaking - INCREASED SPEEDS :

But aside from Google, I found something that Firefox users may be interested in testing out. I have found a way to possibly multiply Firefox's speeds for those who have DSL+ connections. Here's what to do:

1.Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to 100.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

Now, restart Firefox and let the speed browsing begin!



]]> ~GreenRiver DirectX 10? Displacement Mapping? http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/4212164/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/4212164/ Sat, 01 Jan 2005 13:01:47 PST NEWS :

I would just like to share this post with you all....

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Posted: Jan 1 2005, 02:10 PM by jrw on the HLFallout forums.

This is amazing!, the model is 340 polygons and uses image maps to displace the model. If future graphics cards will be supporting displacement mapping in hardware, I can only imagine the detail that future games will be incredible.


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here he explains the technique he used [link]

and this is a quicktime movie of the 340 polygon model moving ! [link]
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I think that's purely incredible... Makes me only look forward to the DirectX 10 supported graphics cards even more, along with their games :P



]]> ~GreenRiver The Fall Of Suprnova http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/4108534/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/4108534/ Sun, 26 Dec 2004 17:25:32 PST NEWS :

For those that use programs such as: BitComet, BitTornado, Azureus, etc... You may not be able to find your torrents so easily. Police are starting to crack down on illegal torrent sites such as: Suprnova.org. Suprnova has been shut down and raids are begining on other sites aswell.

Police in Finland have raided the operations of a popular BitTorrent file download site, seizing equipment and at the houses four people who ran the site. Police also raided the houses of 30 volunteers who helped moderate the site.

According to our early translation of a report of the raids, the 34 people had been arrested, but several readers from Finland have emailed us to say that this is incorrect.

Police say the site had 10,000 users, all Finnish, who downloaded illegally-copied content worth millions of euros. The site featured 6000 torrents, including film, videos, music and games.

If convicted, the site operators face jail of up to two years and are liable for claims for damages from content owners.

Full Story...




]]> ~GreenRiver Person O' The Year http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/4108118/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/4108118/ Mon, 20 Dec 2004 04:36:26 PST NEWS :

Time chose Bush "for sticking to his guns (literally and figuratively), for reshaping the rules of politics to fit his 10-gallon-hat leadership style and for persuading a majority of voters this time around that he deserved to be in the White House for another four years," Jim Kelly wrote in the magazine.

Bush was also Time's choice to appear on the cover in 2000 after winning the presidential election despite losing the popular vote.

Full Story...




]]> ~GreenRiver No, I'm not dead. http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/3968604/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/3968604/ Wed, 01 Dec 2004 22:38:13 PST NEWS :
I know you guys have been checking trunks for my corpse... But yes, I am still alive! Just haven't been very active with DA letely. Have a lot of stuff going on and work to finish But, I'm trying my best!

GROUPS :


]]> ~GreenRiver One Fingered Victory Salute http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/3729291/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/3729291/ Tue, 02 Nov 2004 12:48:26 PST One Fingered Victory Salute:
A friend of mine sent me this link to a video that I found rather funny. So, I figured I'd share it with you all. Of course, it's our great President Bush flipping off the camera.

One Fingered Victory Salute
Sovereignty <-- Another great Bush moment.
The Internets <-- The Internets?



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]]> ~GreenRiver Politically Minimalistic Wallpapers http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/3710086/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/3710086/ Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:47:22 PDT Politically Minimalistic Wallpapers
I've been on this whole political wallpaper kick. Which I think I'll keep sticking to until I can scrounge enough money to buy my new camera. So, bear with me.



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]]> ~GreenRiver Political Cinema http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/3554685/ http://GreenRiver.deviantart.com/journal/3554685/ Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:28:32 PDT Babling To Keep Active
Don't ever use this damn journal much. But, I really have nothing better to do. So, I think I'll babble on in this for a few seconds...
I just got done watching Fahrenheit 9/11, good movie. Only makes me want Kerry to win even more. 9/11 goes deeper than just an attack, some trippy stuff Moore talks about. But you can't believe everything you hear. So, I am sceptical about some of it. Anyway, good movie, rent it, watch it...



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