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Archive for February, 2003

Political punches

I love cartoons. And I’m not talking about the Phantom or Modesty Blaise here but rather the real comic strips like Far Side, Ernie or Grimmy. But why are the newspaper comic strips so appealing? Well for one they present an idea or concept in a very simple way. The deliver a very complex analysis […]

Holy crap the US has invaded!

Not Iraq but iSONEWS. Or at least the DNS has been hi-jacked.

The domain and web site were surrendered to U.S. law enforcement pursuant to a federal prosecution and felony plea agreement for conspiracy to violate criminal copyright laws.
David Rocci, a.k.a “krazy8,” pled guilty in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia […]

New version of DC++k out

DC++k is updated to v. 1.181-k. I have been experiencing some difficulties so far like random crashes but it might be just me. Overall this is a very good DC++ client that adds a lot of needed features. Like for example …
Removing the extended information tag
Not sending the bzipped file list
Removing DC++ identifying lock and […]

Weapons of mass destruction seem taboo …

.. and Command and Conquer: Generals got black listed temporarily in Germany. Yeah, they are a bunch of sissy ballerinas, aren’t they. They also imposed the same thing for UT2k3. What happens is basically that the games can not be sold to minors or publicly advertised or displayed. I quote:

Solche kriegsverherrlichenden Computerspiele wie ‘Command & […]

Master of Orion III on shelves

Master of Orion III is OUT. Wow. That has certainly been a long haul. Hope it’s worth it (it has been SEVEN YEARS since the last MOO). Anyway, if you aren’t familiar with MOO here is what it is all about:

“Space is big. Really big.” So begins The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. But like […]

Icq scams …

This is getting really boring now. A couple of weeks ago I received an email from Icq (or so it seemed) that required me to change my password (right in the HTML coded mail). Something didn’t smell right, but for security reasons I changed my password via the Icq webpage instead so that I would […]

New applications up for review

Yep, I’m always on the lookout for snazzy new programs that might work better than the old snazzy program that I’m replacing. Ahh, this quest for change and perfection never ends.
Lazy as I am, I haven’t updated the Software page in a very long time. The idea of maintaining a software listing was great but […]

Time to boycott Fileplanet?

Anyone else getting fed up with their subscription service? I think it’s a disgrace to the entire idea of the internet to have this sorry excuse for a file distribution network running. Many internet web sites use Fileplanet to propagate their downloads but they obviously do not care whether or not the visitors can actually […]

Freelancer

Freelancer seems to be out btw. Might be worth getting for all those Elite, Privateer and Wing Commander fans out there. I haven’t played it yet, but I’ll be back with some more info when I have. It’s good to see a game that isn’t bloated over 2-3 CD btw like so many titles these […]

Movie crop of the week ..

Yes, there is Bowling for Columbine of course. But I also indulged myself with some fiction as usual. Lots of rentals this week thanks to Brafilm.com. Hehe. Suckers …
These are movies that I have wanted to see for a long time but for various reasons have passed me by.
Monster’s Ball
Battleangel rating: 4/5 || Comments: A […]





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