March 30, 2004
yellow[alien]probedBeen wanting to write this forever and found some time while glibc was compiling on my freshly installed Gentoo Linux box, which is running a pure 2.6 kernel and udev rather than devfs. So, yeah, that bored the ass outta you non-technies.
1. FireFox (Free)
Firefox, coupled with the tabbrowser extension, makes for, by far, the best browsing experience ever. Once you get a taste of tabbed browsing and the horrendously fast Gecko rendering engine, among other little nuances that make Firefox so fun, you will wonder why you ever used MSIE in the first place.
Firefox empowers you to accomplish your online activities faster, more safely and efficiently than any other browser, period. Built with Tab browsing, popup blocking and a number of other seamless innovations, Firefox stands out ahead of all other browsers available today.
2. Thunderbird (Free)
Thunderbird is a small, standalone, email client that is based on the Mozilla Mail/News package just as Firefox is based on the Mozilla Browser. No more worrying about catching a virus thanks to Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Outlook Express.
3. FileZilla (Free)
FileZilla is a nifty, free, FTP client that even has built in support for FTP over SSH, otherwise known as SFTP. I used to swear by CuteFTP Professional but FileZilla gets the job done and is open source and, best of all, free! Gotta thank my homie *deviot for getting me hooked on this baby.
4. PuTTY (Free)
PuTTY is one of the best SSH clients available today. While I am really stuck on SecureCRT, seeing as I have been using it for about 6 years, I am slowly weaning myself off of it. PuTTY is so much more powerful for an SSH client and does not contain the bloat that SecureCRT has; plus, it is free!
5. iTunes (Free)
iTunes is the best music software; period, the end. aving used Winamp since damn near the first day it was released it was hard to switch to iTunes . However, after using it for the past few months I will never go back to Winamp. Smart playlists are the best thing ever introduced in MP3 software … like, ever!
This is what I previously wrote about my first impressions of iTunes, before I got a really good feel for the program.
6. Trillian Pro ($25)
Trillian Pro is the best multi-client instant messenger available on the planet. The idea of running 4 different clients just so I can talk to the people that I need to is really stupid hence why I just use Trillian Pro and have one huge buddy list. While there are other programs that do the same thing I just do not find then to be as user friendly or feature rich as Trillian Pro.
7. Symantec Anti-Virus (Free; for me)
Everyone need virus protection; Symantec Anti-Virus is right there for ya. If you do not use virus protection software like Symantec Anti-Virus then that is tantamount to going to picking up a scrappy looking hooker and fucking without a condom; if you catch a disease then you completely deserved it!
I think that about sums up this episode of “software everyone needs.” Got any items to add to the list?[s]
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March 28, 2004
yellow[alien]probedSo ever since my mommy sent me a video with the first episode of The Apprentice on it I’ve been avidly watching the show! IMHO it is the best reality TV series to hit the airwaves since Survivor took us all by storm. It offers a completely disctinct set of personal interaction than does its grandfather but is far more intriguing because it really does not matter if you piss off your cohorts on the team as, ultimately, The Donald decides who to fire each week.
Week 1: David fired
Week 2: Jason fired
Week 3: Sam fired
Week 4: Bowie fired
Week 5: Kristi fired
Week 6: Jessie fired
Week 7: Tammy fired
Week 8: Ereka fired
Week 9: Omarosa fired
Week 10: Heidi fired
Week 11: Katrina fired
For those not following, the teams were divided up by gender. The first four weeks were dominated by the ladies as they whooped up on the fellas and got four men in a row fired. Week 5 introduced a “corporate restructure” and ever since then the women have been systematically eradicated with only 1 woman remaining and 4 men. There are only 2 more shows prior to the live finale so it ought to be interesting to see how things play out.
So, who’s left?
Versacorp
Amy
Nick
Protege
Bill
Kwame
Troy
What is interesting about this is that the men originally started out on Versacorp but now own Protege. Amy, being the only female left, is out of “place” in Versacorp.
Anyhow, for those that have been following the show what are your thoughts on it and who do you think will win and become The Apprentice?
Me? I’m hedging my bets on Nick.[s]
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March 26, 2004
yellow[alien]probedThese are some of the most hilarious quotes I’ve ever run across on bash.org , the Internet’s best place to waste time:
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I was in biology class once, and the teacher said there was sugar in sperm
And a girl asked why doesn’t it taste sweet then
When she realised what she said her face became red like a spanked monkey ass
Then the teacher said, because you taste sweetness with the front of your tongue, not the part of your tongue back in your throat
The girl started crying and left class ^^
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I tried setting my hotmail password to penis.
It said my password wasn’t long enough.
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that one is too long to list in its entirety
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you know what’s ALWAYS bothered me? cold cereal mascots
I mean that is just some FUCKED UP SHIT
the Trix rabbit, for example
I dunno man… if I were him I’d be fucking KILLING some kids
I remember a commercial where the fuckin rabbit WENT INTO A FUCKIN STORE AND BOUGHT A BOX OF TRIX WITH HIS OWN FUCKIN MONEY.
fuckin kids came outta NOWHERE and basically fuckin mug the poor stupid bitch rabbit
“silly rabbit Trix are for kids”
Fuckin rabbit just sits there and looks depressed.
FUCK NO that wouldn’t fly with me
I’d have pimp-slapped EVERY ONE OF those fuckin bitches
and made them go get me the REST of a “complete breakfast” and eat Trix right in front of them bitches and THEN beat the shit out of them some more.
and wtf is with the disguises? All the dumb rabbit does is hide his ears and all of a sudden he’s a fuckin kid?
I dunno about you, but if I SAW a 6 foot fuckin RABBIT with his ears tucked under a baseball cap, I wouldn’t immediately think
“Hey, there’s a cool lookin human kid, let me go over and share some of my cereal with him”
NO.
I’d be thinking
“that’s a 6 foot fuckin RABBIT with his ears tucked under a baseball cap… what the FUCK was I just smoking?”
another thing… wtf is up with cereal being “A part of this complete breakfast”
last time -I- checked, cereal WAS breakfast
they show a big ass bowl of frosted flakes next to a waffle, a pancake, toast, a banana, a fuckin grapefruit… who the FUCK eats a breakfast that big
not me
I don’t even EAT breakfast nomore
I mean, I eat when I get up
but the whole thought “BREAKFAST IS ONLY SERVED UNTIL SUCH AND SUCH TIME”
bitch, you make my fucking sausage and egg sandwich when I pay you the fucking money
don’t give me that shit.
Back to stupid cereal mascots…
Lucky Charms.
FUCKING LUCKY CHARMS
Lucky can turn the fucking MOON into a marshmallow, and he can’t escape a bunch of fucking 6 year olds?!?!?
C’mon now, Lucky.
I KNOW your bitch ass has got to have a “Blow the fucking kids up” spell SOMEWHERE
or make “kid marshamllows” and EAT those bitches.
“They’re after me Lucky Charms!”
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KILL THEM, BITCH!
I dunno why I went off on this rant here
it’s just always bothered me.”
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[@Gentleman_Junkie] Sure your ass will hurt, but its better than getting pregnant…
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Dude..
The other day, I was smoking some weed and got into the car to go and drop my sister off to the bus stop. I thought some prick stole my steering wheel….
But I was in the backseat
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anal sex is like hacking
you go in through the backdoor and hope you dont meet a log
and my favorite one of them all:
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good porn would be a chick taking it up the arse while configuring a dns server
the guy could do a zone transfer to her secondary
if you know what i mean
… and on that note, it is time to go get something to eat![s]
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yellow[alien]probedi’m just a normal man
i wouldn’t hurt nothing at all
but here we are
our leaders have a plan
i’d only kill if it’s for them
now here we are
i drove in a car and flew in a plane
to come to your house and kick your door in
now it’s down to this, it’s just you and me
i’ll blow your fucking head off for my country
i go to church and tithe
i go to work in a suit and tie
but this is war
i’m really not sure why
but the tv says that you are wrong
now here we are
my feet hurt from the sand
but still i march on gun in hand
cause this is war
this isn’t what i planned
i wanted to be so much more
but this is war[s]
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March 23, 2004
yellow[alien]probedI was driving home today and listening to The Punisher Soundtrack for the second time. What was different about this listen is that I was paying attention to the lyrics of the songs that really struck a nerve with me.
I came across Smile Empty Soul - Finding Myself and the lyrics slammed in to my heart like a jackhammer penetrating concrete and filled me with oddly melancholy thoughts. The combination of the lyrics and vocals were soothing yet saddening at the same time.
While I was not brought to tears a thought did cross my mind; what, if any, song, and by what artist, brought you to tears? I know there has to be that one song that you reminisce and, for whatever reason, it knocked you down emotionally and landed you in a teary eyed surprise.[s]
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March 20, 2004
yellow[alien]probedBack when we came up with the ideas of adding various levels of membership to deviantART we never envisioned that we would have to deal with an issue of removing senior membership from a deviant who has been graced with these privileges. Of course, at that point, we never could foresee deviantART being as popular as it is today or having as many problems as it does.
However, one thing we thought we could count on would be senior members. It would seem, at this point, that vision is slowly fading.
Why do I say that?
On a daily basis we are running in to interactivity that is completely in contradiction of what we would characterize as a senior member. We, as in the deviantART staff, are probably partially to blame for this because we never officially defined what senior membership means. The main reason we did this was so that no single individual could ever endeavor to reach senior membership without us really seeing it as an obvious attempt at such.
It seems that as every day passes I encounter interactivity of some sort that completely defies senior membership. Whether it be deviation submissions that are in complete violation of our rules or harassing and so-called violent comments, the fact that it happens daily is disturbing. Not only that but there are certain senior members who repeatedly abuse the privilege of being called seniors.
What did deviantART do to deserve such behavior?
It is ironic that I write such a rant like this because of a deviantART policy that *I* instituted. Well, based on what I have witnessed over the course of the past month I have decided to reverse my thoughts on the matter.
Senior membership is no longer indefinite. Not only will we ban a senior member for violating policy, as has been done on occasion, but if necessary we will remove senior membership privileges as well. We are growing weary and tired of having to deal with immaturity from the standard users on a daily basis and much less from those who we thought that we could rely upon.
We place special trust with senior members and abusing that trust is no longer going to be allowed to happen. If you disappoint us then you will be excommunicated without question.[s]
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