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Twitter gets a karma bot! Ladies and gentlemen, meet plusplusbot! For those of you thinking, “Jeez, what the hell is Derek on about this time,” read on:
Did someone go out of their way to help you? Is a web site being particularly slow and flaky? Make your feelings known with plusplusbot. You can ++ (pronounced “plusplus”) or — (”minusminus”) anything. Think brownie points (but archived forever).
Why plusplus and minusminus?
An Explanation: Programming: The Increment Operator.
Geek zone ahead:
If foo has the value 4, then the expression foo++ has the value 4, but it changes the value of foo to 5.
The decrement “–” operator does the opposite. Are we all clear on that?
Plusplusbot++ A mighty swell bot.
Mirror Wars > Abu Ghraib.
- Torture
- In addition to state-sponsored torture, individuals or groups may inflict torture on others for similar reasons; however, the motive for torture can also be for the sadistic gratification of the torturer, as was the case with Mirror Wars.
There is bad and then there is Mirror Wars: Reflection One. Let’s see what good_word has to say:
This was a B movie trying to be more - which it could have been. I watched it because it had two of my faves - Malcolm McDowell and Rutger Hauer. I ask them why such good actors, especially Malcolm, would degrade themselves by being in this movie.
How could a movie suck so much?
- It could have been a good story but it had some major inconsistencies…
- …despicable dub-in. Did they hire bums off the street to do this?
- Rutger Hauer is technically in this, but he’s in two scenes. And just what he is, I wasn’t sure.
- There is a dogfight eventually, but it consists of 2 CGI F-15s shooting 3 CGI missiles at the plane, and the plane “dodging” them.
- We see him, the good guy pilot, fall in love with an American animal rights person who looks 100% Russian (pretty, but doesn’t even remotely look American)
Alas, we have a masochist in the crowd who suggests that you submit yourself to the travesty titled Mirror Wars:
Did you see a lot of Russian movies lately? Are you interested in seeing one? Then don’t miss “Mirror Wars”! Well, here’s another reason - you see lots of airplanes up close. And, given a good Russian tradition to really fly aircrafts instead of painting exercises, there are plenty of moments where you’ll cheer “WOW!”
It takes all kinds.
Sisters.
A sign of good parenting? EK = Middle daughter. NS = Oldest daughter.
- NS: You need to get a life.
- EK: You need to die.
I love my kids. I really, really do.
How-to Photograph Insects, or Creepy-Crawlies.
Even if you have never wondered how photographers manage those fantastic insect shots, the following will be of interest to you. Maybe.
To photograph any insect, carefully capture it with a net or seize it carefully from the backside or topside, depending upon the insect,
Check.
Then chill it in a container that has protected ice.
Check? For how long?
Long enough for it to cease action (that is, to go into hibernation).
This cannot be good for the insect. Not that I care. You know, just saying. Anyway, the insect chills in the fridge for a bit and then gets photographed.
I bet you are thinking, “what happens if BusHitler, his oil cronies, and SUVs send a sudden burst of Global Warmening my way; causing my little critter to thaw before I am done?”
If the insect should warm too quickly, it will fly to a sunny window. You can recapture it, rechill it, photograph it; then finally give it its freedom sooner than if it had been caught in an early fall or spring freeze!
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the proper bug shooting technique: Induce temporary hibernation. Yeah, that’ll show ‘em who’s boss! Try to fly off and ruin my shot! Ha! Sleep!
ME Alpha 0.1: The Early Years 0 - 6.
What follows is secondhand information from a fairly reliable source: My parents. Ready? “Derek, you were a wonderful child.”
ME Pre-beta 0.4: STA (Surveillance and Target Acquisition)
Questions, questions, and more questions!
- School? What’s that?
- Times table? Why?
- Homework? Why?
- What’s your name? You wanna be friends?
- Why are you hiding in the closet?
- The pledge of what?
- May I go to the restroom?
- How?
- Why?
- What’s that?
- Who?
- Why does he run around pretending to be Wonder Woman? She is a girl and he is a boy, right? Oh. ????????
- Girls?
- Where is she from!? Japan? Where’s that? :: Target Acquired.
I remember the day. She was over there and I was over there. She walked from there to there, said, “hi,” and then walked back over there, and then into the house. Well dressed, measured steps, and beautiful straight black hair.
Love at first sight. NOTE TO SELF: Go to Japan. Marry Japanese girl.
ME Beta 1.0 b01: Jr. and Sr. High.
Whew, just made it!
ME 1.0: The Hard Work Begins.
School, work, military, “You are what,” military + Kids + wife, “You slut!”; America -wife; Japan with Wife 2.0, work (Nova) + kids + wife 2.0 for 17 years, and last Nova folds leaving me unemployed.
ME 2.0: New Horizons.
………Coming Soon……….
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