Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Demotivational Posters 5
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Get Rid of those Guns !
I still struggle to come to terms with the mentality of gun culture. Shootings in the states are common yet Americans generally love the fact that their constitution protects their right to own guns. This latest shooting in Germany did come as a shock but still, not entirely unusual.
What is it about people who argue the old saying "guns don't kill people, people kill people"?
We as a species are fearful, irrational, vengeful, violent, unstable and bias in many a different way. Nothing is going to stop that. Even the most 'normal' law abiding citizen will get divorced, dumped, fired, bullied or have other issues that might even only for a few hours cause him or her to become irrational or violent. Normally the person can calm down and just get on with it but if that person, at the height of their madness reaches for a gun. Too late.
And yet we always hear about "what made them do it?" "I don't understand why he killed all these people!" "he was so normal"
I know why they do it, they are human and humans are animals plain and simple.
There have been time in my own life when if I had A gun available, I probably would have used it. But I didn't, because the passage of time allows for a cooler head to prevail.
So instead of trying to "fix" people who commit these terrible crimes, why don't we just take away the tools with which the crimes cause such damage?
The Right to Bear Arms >>
What is it about people who argue the old saying "guns don't kill people, people kill people"?
We as a species are fearful, irrational, vengeful, violent, unstable and bias in many a different way. Nothing is going to stop that. Even the most 'normal' law abiding citizen will get divorced, dumped, fired, bullied or have other issues that might even only for a few hours cause him or her to become irrational or violent. Normally the person can calm down and just get on with it but if that person, at the height of their madness reaches for a gun. Too late.
And yet we always hear about "what made them do it?" "I don't understand why he killed all these people!" "he was so normal"
I know why they do it, they are human and humans are animals plain and simple.
There have been time in my own life when if I had A gun available, I probably would have used it. But I didn't, because the passage of time allows for a cooler head to prevail.
So instead of trying to "fix" people who commit these terrible crimes, why don't we just take away the tools with which the crimes cause such damage?
The Right to Bear Arms >>
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Apple Mac's are SHIT!
The eternal Mac vs PC debate rages on and with the release of Windows 7, I am sure there will be many a blogger denouncing the Mac and defending the PC and vice versa.
I have an open mind and I am willing to accept that there must be something good about MAC's otherwise people would not buy them, right? One thing is for certain, many people love fashion and the good folks over at Apple have cashed in on those people who simply cannot be seen in public with a laptop without a glowing Apple symbol on the back of it.
Every time I ask a MAC user why they love their MAC they respond with 'its just so easy to use!'. This is a valid point. Then I ask 'what do you actually use it for?'.
99% of the time, the answer is 'Um, well I check my email, surf the web and look at photos'.
Wow.
I guess what I am actually saying is, the vast majority of people who use MAC's are simpletons, but there are a few who use it for very good albeit singular purposes such as video editing with Final Cut Pro, or sound mixing with Garageband.
I use my home PC running the much lambasted Vista SP2 (64bit). I have a 2.0ghz (not much) AMD Chip, 4gb of RAM and a fairly respectable 256mb video card. On any given day I multitask between Photoshop, Premiere, Firefox, Winamp and Powerpoint.
The term 'MAC user' is a bit of an Oxymoron because I swear, a huge percentage of them are not actually used, but instead are left in the corner of the living room as a symbol of how sophisticated the owner is.
MAC? you can keep it.
I have an open mind and I am willing to accept that there must be something good about MAC's otherwise people would not buy them, right? One thing is for certain, many people love fashion and the good folks over at Apple have cashed in on those people who simply cannot be seen in public with a laptop without a glowing Apple symbol on the back of it.
Every time I ask a MAC user why they love their MAC they respond with 'its just so easy to use!'. This is a valid point. Then I ask 'what do you actually use it for?'.
99% of the time, the answer is 'Um, well I check my email, surf the web and look at photos'.
Wow.
I guess what I am actually saying is, the vast majority of people who use MAC's are simpletons, but there are a few who use it for very good albeit singular purposes such as video editing with Final Cut Pro, or sound mixing with Garageband.
I use my home PC running the much lambasted Vista SP2 (64bit). I have a 2.0ghz (not much) AMD Chip, 4gb of RAM and a fairly respectable 256mb video card. On any given day I multitask between Photoshop, Premiere, Firefox, Winamp and Powerpoint.
- I am a power user.
- I am very productive on my PC.
- I can customise it any way I like.
- Its costs half the price of the MAC and it goes twice as fast.
- It is not a fashion statement, nor would I want it to be.
The term 'MAC user' is a bit of an Oxymoron because I swear, a huge percentage of them are not actually used, but instead are left in the corner of the living room as a symbol of how sophisticated the owner is.
MAC? you can keep it.
Macbook Wheel : New Technology reported by the Onion.
Mac. Nobody gives a shit.
This is a Mac, it will never fall on its side. Nobody dies on a Mac.you always have steady speed and it does not let you
customize so you don't ruin it. Anyone can drive a Mac.
I have never heard the argument said better. Mac's Suck
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
New Zealand from Space : Hi Resolution Image
Ireland From Space : St Patricks Day
Monday, March 9, 2009
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