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May 29th, 2007
One of the best lessons an entreprenuer can demonstrate is dedication, dedication couple with hard work is a very potent combination. Entreprenuers by and large have a desire to achieve, and they will, because they will not be told otherwise. They push and struggle to overcome problems, and through that work create a successful business.
Most are overachievers and workaholics. Many will take charge of a business and live with it night and day until its standing on its own, they have almost a paternal quality in this manner. They are held by themselves to be fully responsible for anything they assume within the venture, including that entity as well. Many work not for money, but for respect, or title.
Entrepreneurs tend to be optimistic, pessimism is generally not found in this breed. they belive that they can make the impossible possible. This breed leans towards excellence and strive to outdo themselves. Organization skills are second nature, some tend to have a vast social network they can tap.
The bottom line is profit, perhaps not a liquid one, but one with which to measure the success of their efforts.
May 26th, 2007
Ever wonder if other planets have eclipses? Well, its not possible on Venus or Mercury. Why? Because they have no moons. Mars has two smaller moons, named Diemos and Phobos. These moons are relatively small, they are less than 50 kilometers in diameter, its speculated that solar eclipses wouldn’t be able to occur on Mars.
However, its important to note, that the farther you get from the sun, the smaller it will look. For example, Jupiter is 5 light years form the sun, Pluto is 38 light years, Neptune is 20 light years, Uranus is just 15 light years, and Saturn is 10 light years from the sun.
In that light smaller moons could blot out the sun from view and in fact some do! Titan, one of Sauturns moons can remove the Sun’s presense for several hours. 5 other moons are capable of similiar : Io, Europa, Callisto, Triton, and Ganymede.
May 23rd, 2007
Theres a natural ingredient in black tea that makes it something like a dye. If you want highlights, a bunch of shine, and yet still darken you hair, this mya be something worth trying for you. Just brew 2 strong cups of black tea, and just use it to rinse the shampoo out of you hair after you wash it. Careful! Very strong black tea could stain your skin a bit.
Alone, Black tea isnt terribly effective for dye jobs, theres a few other ingredients needed for it to be truly effective. These other ingredients have a great side effect, they make your hair thicker, prevents fall out, and your hair will grow faster!!
Perhaps you wanna try it:
~~ A cup of Black Henna
~~ 2 cups of plain yogurt
~~ 10 black tea teabags
~~ a cup of water
**a cup of water
Soak the teabags in plain water, til the brew is very strong. Then simply use this water to mix up the henna and yogurt together. Apply to hair, cover, and let it sit in your hair for 6-8 hours. Wash your hair normally, and you will see the dramatic and wonderful change.
Since henne coats and seals the hair shaft, it actualy protects your hair. Doing this 2 times a week or so and your hair will be noticeably healthier. I
May 20th, 2007
It would be outstanding to go back in time and be a witness to some historical events. Civil War era, world War Two, the building of Rome. This list would be gigantic. You could do this, in a limited way, by speaking to people who lived through it, such as people who lived through the Great Depression.
Everytime you spend time with someone who has lived through historical events, you have a chance to bear witness, ina roundabout way, to the events that occurred during a specific era in our history. I myself will be able to account both the gulf wars to my son, as an example.
Sit down with a person that lived in the past century, and ask them about an event that you are excited about. Hear it from their perspective, ask how the world reacted, and what the event changed for them. You may feel like you were actually there.
My mother remembers the Kennedy assassination. She can remember what she was wearing that day, the temperture, the whole deal. Its fascinating really. America was just devastated by it. Perhaps a greater shock than even the events of September 11th…
So, if you want experience history, find a person who lived or actually experienced a significant historical event and sit down and talk to them. Take notes, record the conversation because in time, the “witnesses” will eventuallay be history also.
May 16th, 2007
the world produces more than enough food to sustain itself. In fact large quantities are wasted each year. The quantity of food isnt what makes world hunger, its world economy that does. People in other nations cant afford it, and a failed harvest is terrible because import costs are prohibitive.
But, you may wonder, the food will rot in our warehouses, why not just GIVE it to them. Simple. It would destroy the economy of an already struggling nation. In a nation where food is a great concern , the economies revolve around it, and their people will likely work in a food related industry. Farmers are very populous in a country like that. Others would work in a packaging or processing plant, etc.
Now take that same economic model, and add free food to it. Why would you buy food, if you could get free food? People wouldnt, and as a consequence, noone would farm, noone would be hired to package. Business would be bankrupted. Noone with jobs, and the government would have no tax money, degradation and war would soon follow.
Giving food to a third world nation would actually make them poorer…
May 13th, 2007
The quality of a pearl is determined by various things: the type of pearl, how thick it is, its shine, how clean it is and surface texture, its size, its color, and its shape.
Pearls are one of the very few organic gems. It is the sole gemstone that has been grown inside an animal. Interestingly, a pearl found in the rough, without ever being touched by man, is already beautiful. It needs no help from man to achieve its own glory.
Now, a pearl isnt perfect, it has certain oddities and abberations, becuz it is organic, and not a cut stone. Simply put, a near perfect string would cost you a fortune.
In recent times, man has become proficient at producing freshwater pearls, and as a consequence they have beomce affordable so that the avergae person now has a chance to possess them. They are still an organic creation nonetheless and will have all the variance one woudl expect.
May 10th, 2007
| Feature |
Xbox 360 Core |
Xbox 360 Premium |
Wii |
Playstation 3 Basic
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Playstation 3 Premium |
| CPU |
3.2GHz PPC “Xenon” (3 Core) |
729MHz “Broadway” |
3.2GHz PPC Cell (7 Active, 1 Redundant) |
| GPU |
500MHz “Xenos” |
243MHz “Hollywood” |
550MHz RSX |
| RAM |
512MB GDDR3 |
88MB 1T-SRAM |
512MB (XDR & GDDR3) |
| CPU-RAM Bandwidth |
22.4GB/s |
4GB/s |
25.6GB/s (XDR), 22.4GB/s (GDDR3) |
| DVD/DVD-Video |
12x Read |
6x Read (No Video DVD*) |
8x Read |
| Next-Gen Optical |
HD-DVD Optional (Q4) |
No |
2x Blu-ray Disc |
| Proprietary Optical |
Xbox 360 DL DVD |
GameCube Disc, Wii Optical Disc |
Playstation 3 BD, Playstation 2 DVD, Playstation CD |
| Internal Memory |
20GB HDD Optional |
20GB HDD |
512MB Flash |
20GB HDD |
60GB HDD |
| External Memory |
Memory Card - 64MB |
SD, USB Storage, GameCube Memory Card |
No |
Memory Stick, Compact Flash, & SD/MMC |
| Wired LAN |
1x 100Mb/s |
Optional via USB Adapter |
1x 1000Mb/s |
| Wireless LAN |
Optional |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| USB |
3x USB2.0 |
2x USB2.0 |
4x USB2.0 |
| Wired Controller Ports |
4x via USB |
4x GameCube |
4x via USB mini-B |
| Wireless Controller Support |
4x |
4x |
4x |
| Controller Motion Sensing |
No |
3-Axis Rotation, 3-Axis Position (Full Motion) |
3-Axis Rotation, 3-Axis Acceleration |
| Controller Rumbling |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Output |
Composite, S-Video, Component, VGA |
Composite, Component |
Composite, S-Video, Component, SCART, VGA |
All Basic Outputs + HDMI |
| Maximum Video Resolution |
1080i |
480p |
1080p |
| Audio Output |
Dolby Digital, DTS |
Dolby Pro Logic II |
Dolby Digital, DTS |
Its my opinion that the PS3 is the best machine. It is superiors in storage capacity and possesses Blu Ray technology. If you consider that the ps3 has free online gaming then in the long run its cheaper than the xbox360.
On the other hand, the xbox is made by microsoft, who have an intimate knowledge on how windows works, meaning PC peripherals used for console gaming will likely be best supported by xbox. thats just my opinion.
The wii gets points for pure innovativeness. No more joystick, no more control pad. No we actually might getexcercise while dominating the electronic battleground. The game base is still thin for the wii console, but its family centric nature gives it an edge in that market.
thats just my 2 cents.
May 7th, 2007
Cyberarmy is real and very much in existence. Just because you cant see something doesnt make it any less real. We breathe air, but we do not see it. But, you say to me, I can feel the air.
And without realizing it you can feel the effects that Cyberarmy produces. First you must understand their goal. Freedom, privacy, and unfettered trafficing in data. They believe in free exchange of ideas, and the freedom to voice your mind.
But you wont see them, they arent in a chat room visibly. They are busy working on things like lobbying for new RPC’s. Or educating the masses on privacy and rallying people to the cause of self governance. Cyberarmy believes in the users are best suited to regulate the medium they use.
They educate and empower users to better undertake the tasks and overcome the challenges that a medium as large as the internet presents. Meanwhile working to keep privacy a factor in the information age, and an age where rights are stomped upon.
Some salute them, others would call them hackers. Without taking the time to understand what this particular group does, its certainly not fair to pass judgement, alot of the members of this organization are prominent members of society, security consultants, programmers, attorneys, the boy next door… It could be a relative, or a co worker.
They maintain an extensive library of manuals, tutorials, and documents for anyone who wants to learn, study, or simply view a given bit of data. They have strong ties to the Open Source community.
I personally applaud the brave and hard working people who seek to make the world better, with no glory in their own name.
May 4th, 2007
Roger is a word used in phonetic alphabet to stand for the letter R. These alphabets use names to represent letters; these alphabets are known as “radio alphabets” or “phonetic alphabets,” among other names, and are used for many different languages. Roger was the phonetic for “R” used prior to 1954 in the US Navy.
R indicated *message recieved* and saying roger indicated you recieved the message and understood the broadcast. Such a practice is common in the military, and the use of roger is a very well known example.
Wilco however has nothing to do with phonetics, its a combination of “will comply”. It was common to acknowledge to receipt of the message before comfirming that you will comply, hence “roger wilco”
This combination was first noticed in WWII.
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