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I know is common knowledge there are always some strange listings on eBay. Anyway, I just came across this one listing that I don't really know what to think of right away. Here's what it is all about:
"A woman from the state of Arkansas (USA) is offering the opportunity to name her seventh child to the highest bidder, starting at $150. The unemployed mother of six has posted an auction on eBay in hopes that she will receive enough money to buy a "trustworthy" car and to relieve her sister's burden of supporting her cash-strapped family".
So, anybody here thinks this is a good idea? I mean, how would you feel if you all of a sudden found out that some stranger bought out the rights to name you at birth, and all this time you were under the assumption that it was mom and dad the ones who gave you your name?
In your eyes, would you see this as a betrayal to the parental trust and bond you have with your parents? After all, common sense of the heart says it should be your parents (or some other close family member) that should have the right to name you.
Here's that eBay listing in question: http://cgi.ebay.com/YOU-PICK-MY-BABYS-LEGAL-FIRST-NAME-to-help-my-family_W0QQitemZ250476640067QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a51923743&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
"A woman from the state of Arkansas (USA) is offering the opportunity to name her seventh child to the highest bidder, starting at $150. The unemployed mother of six has posted an auction on eBay in hopes that she will receive enough money to buy a "trustworthy" car and to relieve her sister's burden of supporting her cash-strapped family".
So, anybody here thinks this is a good idea? I mean, how would you feel if you all of a sudden found out that some stranger bought out the rights to name you at birth, and all this time you were under the assumption that it was mom and dad the ones who gave you your name?
In your eyes, would you see this as a betrayal to the parental trust and bond you have with your parents? After all, common sense of the heart says it should be your parents (or some other close family member) that should have the right to name you.
Here's that eBay listing in question: http://cgi.ebay.com/YOU-PICK-MY-BABYS-LEGAL-FIRST-NAME-to-help-my-family_W0QQitemZ250476640067QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a51923743&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
This made my day : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-cgB6rfg5o&feature=related
Dude, 10 meters high ! I once made a mistake like this one too, but it was from 1 meter and my back hurt that I just pissed on myself...
[EDIT] I just returned from a smelly tastey bbq. mnom mnom mnom said my mouth !
Dude, 10 meters high ! I once made a mistake like this one too, but it was from 1 meter and my back hurt that I just pissed on myself...
[EDIT] I just returned from a smelly tastey bbq. mnom mnom mnom said my mouth !
So, the Sennheiser headphone finally arrived. I am a bit late opening up the package and reviewing it because I just finished one of those 30-hour hospital shifts.
The packaging is decent. Not overly impressive, but sufficient. The headphone also comes with a gold-plated 1/4" adapter, which is nice, except that I don't have any use for it.
The ear cups fit over my ears very comfortably. I wore it for about an hour, and I wasn't bothered by it at all. This is in contrast to the old wireless Sennshiser headphone that I own.
The cord is extremely long. I think it's more than three meters. I guess the manufacturer doesn't want anyone to complain that the cord is too short. Storing such a long cord can be annoying sometimes.
Finally, when I tested the sound, I have to say that I am somewhat disappointed. The bass isn't necessarily loud, but it doesn't go as low as I would like. Compared to my $25 speakers with subwoofer, the low-frequency sounds don't come out as low in the headphone.
Otherwise, the sound is clear and crisp. Maybe I haven't broken in the headphone yet. This is only after a few hours of listening.
I guess for $20, I can't really complain much about the sound quality.
Overall, I am satisfied with my purchase. It's impossible to beat the price of this headphone. Any other headphone around $20 sound like a group of rabid squirrels being overrun by feral cats.
The packaging is decent. Not overly impressive, but sufficient. The headphone also comes with a gold-plated 1/4" adapter, which is nice, except that I don't have any use for it.
The ear cups fit over my ears very comfortably. I wore it for about an hour, and I wasn't bothered by it at all. This is in contrast to the old wireless Sennshiser headphone that I own.
The cord is extremely long. I think it's more than three meters. I guess the manufacturer doesn't want anyone to complain that the cord is too short. Storing such a long cord can be annoying sometimes.
Finally, when I tested the sound, I have to say that I am somewhat disappointed. The bass isn't necessarily loud, but it doesn't go as low as I would like. Compared to my $25 speakers with subwoofer, the low-frequency sounds don't come out as low in the headphone.
Otherwise, the sound is clear and crisp. Maybe I haven't broken in the headphone yet. This is only after a few hours of listening.
I guess for $20, I can't really complain much about the sound quality.
Overall, I am satisfied with my purchase. It's impossible to beat the price of this headphone. Any other headphone around $20 sound like a group of rabid squirrels being overrun by feral cats.
A few things have happened this week...
I've joined a mod team, along with Habboi. The mod is called Pipe Dreams and I joined it because it has some pretty crazy ideas, new ideas which havent been done before. So this naturally got me interested, at the moment we're gathering momentum and putting ideas down, so hopefully the mod will take off soon.
Apart from that I'm now drumming in a band, the guys who are in the band are also in my college course so I ended up writing all the drum parts for their songs. Long story short they didn't like stand in drummers so they persuaded me to join. I'm now playing at an arts theater on the 29th of this month, Manchester Academy sometime in September and then Liverpool Academy later this year.
All venues are rather large, bigger than anywhere I've played before so this will be pretty interesting. The band have played in Manchester Academy before, but only as an acoustic, so It's good we're going back with a bigger sound. They said you get the whole VIP treatment, which includes the VIP tag, dressing room and they even give you a bottle of water to go on stage with.
It'll be recorded but It's still some time until the actual show, so I'm gunna get my drumming hat on and start burning my fingers.
I've joined a mod team, along with Habboi. The mod is called Pipe Dreams and I joined it because it has some pretty crazy ideas, new ideas which havent been done before. So this naturally got me interested, at the moment we're gathering momentum and putting ideas down, so hopefully the mod will take off soon.
Apart from that I'm now drumming in a band, the guys who are in the band are also in my college course so I ended up writing all the drum parts for their songs. Long story short they didn't like stand in drummers so they persuaded me to join. I'm now playing at an arts theater on the 29th of this month, Manchester Academy sometime in September and then Liverpool Academy later this year.
All venues are rather large, bigger than anywhere I've played before so this will be pretty interesting. The band have played in Manchester Academy before, but only as an acoustic, so It's good we're going back with a bigger sound. They said you get the whole VIP treatment, which includes the VIP tag, dressing room and they even give you a bottle of water to go on stage with.
It'll be recorded but It's still some time until the actual show, so I'm gunna get my drumming hat on and start burning my fingers.
WEll.. I just ended a 3 year relationship over the internet. Wtf.
I had every intention of doing it face to face, but i was waiting for the right time to do so. Guess i waited too long and missed that opportunity on friday, when it should've been done. So go the hell ahead and ridicule me. What's done is done, and she's still alive...
I do feel terrible for dragging on so long.
Life lessons learned; speak up now, or pay later.
As for me, i'll be fine in another day or so, i have some items to return and i'll probably have to explain myself to her family. Fun.
I had every intention of doing it face to face, but i was waiting for the right time to do so. Guess i waited too long and missed that opportunity on friday, when it should've been done. So go the hell ahead and ridicule me. What's done is done, and she's still alive...
I do feel terrible for dragging on so long.
Life lessons learned; speak up now, or pay later.
As for me, i'll be fine in another day or so, i have some items to return and i'll probably have to explain myself to her family. Fun.
I just saw Moon at the theatre last night. What an incredible movie that was. Kinda slow paced from the start, but the story kept getting more intriguing as it went along, and I never could have predicted how it would end. Plus, the emoticon robot puts Wall-E to shame. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Just a screenshot of what it's like on this server I found. It uses some mod where it randomly selects the class AND the weapon load out. Example:
Pyro is credit to team!
The good parts to this mod are:
-Anyone can backstab.
-If you happen to be a scout w/ the minigun or flamethrower, you win.
-You can collect up to 200 shotgun shells.
The downsides are:
-You cannot build as there is no PDA.
-If you have the medigun, you can heal but cannot activate uber (unless you're actually a medic).
-The only special weapon is the flare gun but it has the model of the engy's pistol.
-You cannot taunt unless you have the specific class' weapon.
The server ip is: 202.131.91.90:27060
The good parts to this mod are:
-Anyone can backstab.
-If you happen to be a scout w/ the minigun or flamethrower, you win.
-You can collect up to 200 shotgun shells.
The downsides are:
-You cannot build as there is no PDA.
-If you have the medigun, you can heal but cannot activate uber (unless you're actually a medic).
-The only special weapon is the flare gun but it has the model of the engy's pistol.
-You cannot taunt unless you have the specific class' weapon.
The server ip is: 202.131.91.90:27060
It has been close to 5 years since I've last logged in. Wow that's an ugly avatar; what was I thinking back then?
Hey guys, I'm thinking of getting back, this time making Half-life 1 Single-Player levels. Let's hope I stick around long enough this time.
Hey guys, I'm thinking of getting back, this time making Half-life 1 Single-Player levels. Let's hope I stick around long enough this time.
I'm in Portugal at the moment. I was annoyed about being told about it the day before I left, but It's not so bad. It's the first holiday I've been dragged behind a speedboat on a rope before, and that was pretty fun. It's annoying that the layout of te keyboard is different though, and the fact that there are almost no bins on the streets. Carrying your rubbish halfway across town to get rid of it can get annoying.
Weird but it made my day. Bandwidth reached 100% at around 4pm and it's currently 10:01pm. SO far, internet hasn't slowed down to the crawling 7kb/s I usually get when capped. And the better news for me is that since today is the 31st, my bandwidth get's refreshed tomorrow. 
I just bought a pair of SENNHEISER headphones for $19.99.
The reviews at Newegg are pretty positive. I already own a pair of SENNHEISER , but that one was just uncomfortable after wearing it for more than an hour.
This one looks more comfortable.
The reviews at Newegg are pretty positive. I already own a pair of SENNHEISER , but that one was just uncomfortable after wearing it for more than an hour.
This one looks more comfortable.
Register for the mystery beta program! Beta is far, far away, but I need to get up a small database of testers so I can get a range of people to test.
This is, of course, for my big project that I've been working on.
If you're interested, please comment with the following:
Preferred engine (pick one)
[list]
[li]Source[/li]
[li]Goldsource[/li]
[/list]
Computer specs:
[list]
[li]CPU[/li]
[li]Graphics card[/li]
[li]Amount of RAM[/li]
[li](Windows only) Operating System(s), 32-bit or 64-bit[/li]
[/list]
Does Hammer 3 work on your computer? (pick one)
[list]
[li]Not at all[/li]
[li]Not enough to be usable[/li]
[li]Enough to be usable[/li]
[li]Perfectly[/li]
[li]Don't know[/li]
[/list]
If you have access to multiple computers you can list them all (include the Hammer 3 info for each one). By registering you agree to keep the beta secret, and not distribute the files to anyone else.
Again, it's not going to happen any time soon, but keep your fingers crossed!
This is, of course, for my big project that I've been working on.
If you're interested, please comment with the following:
Preferred engine (pick one)
[list]
[li]Source[/li]
[li]Goldsource[/li]
[/list]
Computer specs:
[list]
[li]CPU[/li]
[li]Graphics card[/li]
[li]Amount of RAM[/li]
[li](Windows only) Operating System(s), 32-bit or 64-bit[/li]
[/list]
Does Hammer 3 work on your computer? (pick one)
[list]
[li]Not at all[/li]
[li]Not enough to be usable[/li]
[li]Enough to be usable[/li]
[li]Perfectly[/li]
[li]Don't know[/li]
[/list]
If you have access to multiple computers you can list them all (include the Hammer 3 info for each one). By registering you agree to keep the beta secret, and not distribute the files to anyone else.
Again, it's not going to happen any time soon, but keep your fingers crossed!
Time for another journal me thinks.
So as most of you know me and Huntey dragged our asses to Crewe, where we met up with a slightly sexily damp Urby and then stayed with him for a while.
The event consisted of alcohol, JFK reloaded, GTA4, Archie and chlamydia.
But after that (since we did that on the second day of Hunteys arrival to Wales) we got up to some more stupid shit which left us feeling rough.
The following day after returning from Urbys we had a party, so that night we dragged our asses around town because the party was a fail. We ended up in a pub with a lot more people, which turned out just as awesome!
Friday night, one day before Hunteys departure, we went camping with a lot of my mates, because I was driving Huntey back to the train station the following morning I wasn't drinking unfortunately.
But I still had some good lols.
We never took a tent and 3/4 tents were full, the other one had a couple shagging in it, so 3 of us ended up sleeping in my car, me, Huntey and "10"... A mysterious guy who we didn't know and picked up on the way to camping, and he was irradiating the fact that he was a virgin.
Well anyway, I got about 1 hour of sleep because Huntey woke me up going mental because the clock on my car read "17:05" and his train was at "12:12" now, naturally you would look around aswell, Huntey didn't.
Despite being still pretty much darkness and morning dew over everything, and that general morning feel, Huntey decided to wake my ass up, I then couldn't get back to sleep and had to sit there for 3 hours watching him snore. f u.
8am we decided to make a move... With 1 hour of sleep I drove to SUBWAY! Where we bought food and drink which sort of woke me up, but I was still struggling to stay awake. I then drove to Rhyl and said my goodbye's to Huntey and a manhug took place.
I was then stuck in 30 minutes of traffic getting out of Rhyl, and nearly falling asleep at the wheel.
Oh, and we saw my mate running down a street with no pants on.
So as most of you know me and Huntey dragged our asses to Crewe, where we met up with a slightly sexily damp Urby and then stayed with him for a while.
The event consisted of alcohol, JFK reloaded, GTA4, Archie and chlamydia.
But after that (since we did that on the second day of Hunteys arrival to Wales) we got up to some more stupid shit which left us feeling rough.
The following day after returning from Urbys we had a party, so that night we dragged our asses around town because the party was a fail. We ended up in a pub with a lot more people, which turned out just as awesome!
Friday night, one day before Hunteys departure, we went camping with a lot of my mates, because I was driving Huntey back to the train station the following morning I wasn't drinking unfortunately.
But I still had some good lols.We never took a tent and 3/4 tents were full, the other one had a couple shagging in it, so 3 of us ended up sleeping in my car, me, Huntey and "10"... A mysterious guy who we didn't know and picked up on the way to camping, and he was irradiating the fact that he was a virgin.
Well anyway, I got about 1 hour of sleep because Huntey woke me up going mental because the clock on my car read "17:05" and his train was at "12:12" now, naturally you would look around aswell, Huntey didn't.
Despite being still pretty much darkness and morning dew over everything, and that general morning feel, Huntey decided to wake my ass up, I then couldn't get back to sleep and had to sit there for 3 hours watching him snore. f u.
8am we decided to make a move... With 1 hour of sleep I drove to SUBWAY! Where we bought food and drink which sort of woke me up, but I was still struggling to stay awake. I then drove to Rhyl and said my goodbye's to Huntey and a manhug took place.
I was then stuck in 30 minutes of traffic getting out of Rhyl, and nearly falling asleep at the wheel.
Oh, and we saw my mate running down a street with no pants on.
I'm just bored and I'm lately playing a lot of simulation games. I'm tired of city building and tycoon types so I switched to other games. I've played :
Euro Truck Simulator
The Incredible Machine 2, 2000
Crazy Machines 2
Test Drive Unlimited
I downloaded a demo of microsoft simulator X and I think I want to learn it( hey, maybe one day I'll be in an aircraft where the pilots die and I will know how to drive a plane :)) )
I think I want to get a 18 wheels game...
Has somebody played these games ? What do you think of them ? Can you tell me about other similar games ?
Euro Truck Simulator
The Incredible Machine 2, 2000
Crazy Machines 2
Test Drive Unlimited
I downloaded a demo of microsoft simulator X and I think I want to learn it( hey, maybe one day I'll be in an aircraft where the pilots die and I will know how to drive a plane :)) )
I think I want to get a 18 wheels game...
Has somebody played these games ? What do you think of them ? Can you tell me about other similar games ?
The human resources person at my school threw an interesting curve at me today. I went to talk to her about getting hired at the school in the technology department. They seem to be hiring and the position isn't yet filled. When I went to talk to her, she told me she already put my application in for me. I thanked her but now I'm worried I won't get the job because it's not updated, but I don't know if she had put in a good word for me.
Well, here's to hope. Cheers.
Well, here's to hope. Cheers.