"Fred Rogers, better known as television’s ’Mister Rogers,’ a cultural icon and kindly neighbor to generations of American children, died Thursday at the age of 74."
Yes, I know I am 20, but it is still sad to see him go. I have many fond memories from his show, as I am sure 90% of us do. It’s always weird when a childhood icon dies, like the world has become just that much more grown up. Rest in peace Mr. Rogers - May it always be a beautiful day in your neighbourhood.
For those of you like me (the few and the proud), you may have been wondering where in the world MicroSoft is coming up with their code names - whistler, longhorn, and blackcomb. Well, wonder no more...
The code name Longhorn is a reference to a rowdy bar at the Whistler ski area in British Columbia. The bar lies between two peaks, Whistler and Blackcomb. Whistler was the code name for Windows XP, the operating system launched in 2001, and Blackcomb is the code name for the operating system that will come after Longhorn.
Yay, snowed in today! We had to have gotten around 1.5 feet of snow overnight. First we figured we should go out and get Jess’s car out of the snow because she would have to go back to Kutztown. Well, that was fun, with no shovel and all. After about an hour of digging with my hands we were almost there and 2 people came with some sleds to help dig. Nice people. All and all, it took us around an hour and 15 minutes. Needless to say, my car (as seen on right) is not getting out for a while. Jess ended up not having to go back tonight, school for her is canceled (the lucky ****):roll:. So, she gets to stay another day (two more than planned), which of course I am not going to complain about:wink:. So, we get to sit around all night again and do nothing, woohoo!
Happy anniversary Jess! I can’t thank you enough for what has been the best year of my life. You have always been there for me when I need you, never letting me down. You make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside everytime I see you walk in the room. I hope that nothing ever comes between us. I love you so much!!
First, this just had to be posted. Second, "...its sexually attracted to fire." - One of my new favorite Simpsons quotes.
A promising band and their new release.
Well, a lot has happened at Circuit City over the past day or two. For those of you who read the news, you may have noticed mention that CC has restructed. They got rid of the comission system, and moved everyone to an hourly rate. I don’t think this works very well, it makes us more like Best Buy - not caring about our customers and going out of our way to help them. However, this works out for me. I got promoted to a computer tech, and I also got a raise. This is very good as far as I see it. The only setback is that I was one of the people to replace some of those who got laid off because they make too much money in the new system. As much as the people who got let go were also the ones who gave me the hardest time, it just doesn’t feel the same without them there. :neutral:
On another note, I got Unreal2 two days ago. I have to say, the game is awesome, the plot is good, but it was way too short. The first one took a very long time to beat, and that is part of what made it good, it was like a good book you just had to keep coming back to. Unreal2 is the same way - except the book ends after 20 hours of gameplay. The 20 hours you play are great, but then its over, and you are left with a small empty feeling inside. I would deffinently say to play it, but just be warned its like Red Faction - great game, but too short.
"Last week’s SQL Slammer worm infected more than 90 percent of vulnerable computers within 10 minutes, opening a new era of fast-spreading viruses on the Internet, according to a new report. The findings come from the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA), a mainly U.S. government-funded think tank devoted to developing tools and standards for measuring Internet traffic. According to a CAIDA report issued late last week, the SQL Slammer worm—also known as Sapphire—doubled in size every 8.5 seconds when it first appeared, and reached the full rate at which it was scanning for vulnerable computers—a rate of more than 55 million scans per second—after about three minutes.
This puts Slammer into the realm of what is known as a "flash worm"—which some researchers have also named a "Warhol worm," because it could infect the entire Internet in 15 minutes."
