2/27/03.  Mr. Rogers died today.

2/19/03.  YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS VIDEO!  Watch what happens when a bunch of people protesting war in Iraq are interviewed and shown as the dumbasses they are!  You have to check this out!  It's hilarious!

On a side note, that crybaby Wil Wheaton is threatening all those who post comments regarding that Iraq thread in his blog with legal action. So stay away from there.

You gotta love Rumsfeld:  Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld outlined three scenarios that could avert war with Iraq: Saddam Hussein leaves voluntarily and is replaced by leadership that follows international law; Saddam leaves involuntarily; or Saddam adheres to U.N. resolutions. Which one is most likely? "Only time will tell," Rumsfeld said. (from cnn.com)

I wish this year was over.  Because that would mean that I have Killer 7, PN03, and Viewtiful Joe in my Gamecube collection.  Check out the trailer for PN03.  I can't wait for this title.  Capcom has really raised the bar for future GC releases with this.

2/18/03.  From Fark:  Saddam appreciates the efforts of his buddies in the free world who protest his removal.

2/15/03.  A little late, but has anyone checked out the new simulation showing the creation of the Universe?  NASA, of course, put it together using information gathered from their WMAP probe.  Watch the video.  [5MB Quicktime].  Notice how the Universe just 'turns on' at one point.  LET THERE BE LIGHT!

2/8/03.  Kasparov vs. Deep Junior ended 3-3.  I don't know what that means really.  I'm kind of disappointed but at least Deep Junior didn't win. 

Well, Stars and I have decided on a honeymoon destination.   We booked Windswept House in Cape Breton.  Ocean, wind, rocks.  Like Scotland but cheaper.

I finally found a remotely-hosted weblog commenting system that's still accepting new sign-ups.  It's a bit slow I find due to heavy server load on their end.  But it works.  Now you can leave feedback right here in my blog.  Later.
 

What's up with North Korea lately?  I mean these guys came out of nowhere.  Now they're threatening the US with a first strike.  The funny part is that despite that idiot midget Il Jong Kim thinks his people seem to want more freedom, not less.  Imagine.  What is the UN's position?  Let's send them more aid.  Of course.  (As an aside, the US should pull out of the UN completely.  They're really a hindrance more than anything; especially in this war on terror which should be renamed the 'War on Idiots'.  When France can veto you, you know there's a problem.)  Anyway, once again, thank you Communism.  Wow, you're so awesome.  I don't know why you aren't more popular.  Jackasses. 

UPDATE:  Bush just came up with a new name:  the War on Oppressive Regimes.  That's what I'm talking about.   

FURTHER UPDATE-- BWHWHAHAHAHA!  North Korean spy busted in the US.    He sent nothing but newspaper articles back to his superiors for over eight years!  That's a talented spy!  I guess the North Koreans don't know that the US has a free press and that they don't publish state secrets in the newspaper.  Either that, or this guy is one wicked conman.  I'm not as worried now.  I wonder what Long Jongs thought when he heard that 'Friends' was renewed for another season!  lol.
  

2/6/03.  The only party I'll ever vote for.  I think Ken Wallace and I were separated at birth.  Check out his dead on views regarding the constitution.

2/5/03.  Iraq is cooked.  Powell is going to present the mother of all Powerpoints to the UN today.  He's got wiretapped phone conversations of Iraqi leaders coaching scientists on how to answer UN weapons inspectors.  He's got satellite imagery of Iraqi soldiers burying equipment.  He's got tapes of Iraqi scientists talking about where to hide illegal materials.  He's got records of purchase showing Iraqi has bought contraband material.  Best of all, he's got evidence linking Saddam to Osama.  Iraq has the bomb and is happy to use it or sell it to the highest bidder.  All I have to say to everyone is:  I told you so.  What would you do if you were President?  Not that easy is it?

  2/4/03.  This is the winner of the Pentagon's Joint Strike Fighter Competition.  It's the F-35 built by the good people at Lockheed-Martin.  I just watched an amazing documentary on the JSF Comp on PBS.     This plane has a radar signature that is smaller than that of a bird, it can land and take-off vertically, it replaces the F-16, the F-18, and the Harrier Jump-jet.  It will be the most widely deployed fighter ever built.  It's nothing short of amazing.  One of the more interesting aspects of the design process was the development of the software that makes a plane like this possible.  The software is responsible for everything from the AC, to the landing gear, to the weapons system.  The weapons system alone has to choose targets, assign priority, select weapons, launch them and do it all in any type of weather, day or night.  What I'm getting at is this:  the code was built from scratch in under five years and contains millions of lines.  There can't be any load times or slowdowns; the code has to be quick and it certainly can't ever crash.    It has to have an uptime of 100% and work well.  A man's life is at stake.  The point?  If these engineers can do that, why can't Microsoft make an OS that can copy a fucking folder without crashing?  Or a database that isn't so full of holes it resembles Swiss cheese?  Or an IM program that doesn't allow every Tom, Dick, and Harry into your system?  Or a game console that doesn't lock-up?  I mean, Lockheed-Martin isn't even a software company.  They build planes for crying out loud.