I always find it amusing how you can see the leaps in technology just by viewing the video game industry. We went from:
Pong/Pitfall to
Mario/Zelda to
Sonic/Tails (lol sorry had to) to
Ocarina Of Time/Goldeneye to
Halo 1 & 2/Pikim/Vice City.

Looking at the specs of the video game consoles has always interested me.

Playstation 2
Processor: 128-bit "Emotion Engine" clocked at 300 MHz
Media: Proprietary 4.7-GB DVD and original PlayStation CDs

GameCube
Processor: "Gekko" IBM Power PC microprocessor clocked at 485 MHz
Media: Proprietary 1.5-GB optical disc

XBox
Processor: Modified Intel Pentium III clocked at 733 MHz
Media: 8-GB built-in hard drive & proprietary 4.7-GB DVD

Compare this to consoles of yesteryear.

It's also interesting to see when the consoles had leapt ahead 2 generations that the once-seemingly powerful consoles of yesteryear were now handhold consoles! Basically the PSP is a mix between the PS1 and PS2 systems. The Advance/Advance SP/DS are all souped up NES/SNES systems. Will XBox bring their own to the scene? I'm sure Gates has that well under wraps.

Gameboy Advance SP
Processor: 32-Bit RISC with embedded memory
Media: GB/GBA/GBASP cartridges

Nintendo DS
Processor: ARM9 and one ARM7 33Mhz processors
Media: 1 DS slot, 1 Game Boy Advance / SP slot
802.11b wireless

PlaystationPortable (PSP)
Processor: PSP CPU clocked at 333MHz
Media: UMD Drive (Read only) 1.8GB
802.11b wireless

Evidence of the atrocities at Zimbabwe

Ever feel like just hiding out? Try the new public "Hiding Box"

On another note I'm so ready for this weekend.

Women sick after receiving silicone injections at "Silicone Party"
In other news...Women are having Silicone Parties...??

COCAINE BRICKS CONTAINING INTERNAL HEROIN BRICKS IN NOGALES, ARIZONA

Man hiding heroin IN cocaine! They'll never figure THAT one out! Check out some of the other ones. Man drug trafficking is getting desperate when you have to hide heroin in spools of Peruvian thread.

White Collar Crime determined with....bagels.

"Healthy Human Flesh Alternative"

Ok this is sick...now as Americans we're accepting or catering to cannibals?

Movie Whore Test: Check all the movies you've seen!

1. (x)Napoleon Dynamite
2. (x)Saw
3. (x)White Noise
4. ( )White Oleander
5. (x)Anger Management
6. (x)50 First Dates
7. (x)Scream
8. (x)scream...it's on here twice because?...
9. (x)Scream 2
10.(x)Scream 3
11. (x)Scary Movie
12. (x )Scary Movie 2
13. (x )Scary Movie 3
14. (x)American Pie
15. (x)American Pie 2
16. (x)American Wedding
17. (x)Harry Potter
18. (x)Harry Potter 2
19. (x)Harry Potter 3
20. (x)Resident Evil I
21. (x)Resident Evil 2
22. (x)The Wedding Singer
23. ( )Little Black Book
24. (x)The Village
25. (x)Donnie Darko
26. ( )Lilo & Stitch
27. (x)Finding Nemo
28. ( )Finding Neverland
29. (x)13 Ghosts
30. (x)Signs
31. (x)The Grinch
32. (x)Texas Chainsaw Massacre (remake)
33. (x)White Chicks (My first movie date with Jess lol)
34. (x)Butterfly Effect
35. (x)Thirteen going on 30
36. (x)I, Robot
37. (x) Dodgeball
38. (x)Universal Soldier
39. (x)Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events
40. ( ) Along Came A Spider
41. (x) Deep impact
42. ( ) KingPin
43. (x) Never Been Kissed
44. (x)Meet The Parents
45. (x)Meet The Fockers
46. (x)Eight Crazy Nights
47. ( )A Cinderella Story
48. (x)The Terminal
49. ( )The Lizzie McGuire Movie
50. ( )Passport to Paris
51. (x)Dumb & Dumber
52. (x)Dumb & Dumberer
53. (x)Final Destination
54. (x)Final Destination 2
55. (x)Halloween
56. (x)The Ring
57. ( )The Ring 2
58. (x)Harold & Kumar go to Whitecastle
59. (x)Practical Magic
60. (x)Chicago
61. (x)Ghost Ship
62. (x)From Hell
63. (x)Hellboy
64. ( )Secret Window
65. (x)I Am Sam
66. (x)The Whole Nine Yards
67. ()The Whole Ten Yards
68. (x)The Day After Tomorrow
69. (x)Child's Play
70. ( )Bride Of Chucky
71. (x)Ten Things I Hate About You
72. (x)Just Married
73. (x)Gothika
74. (x)Nightmare on Elm Street
75. (x)Sixteen Candles
76. (x)Bad Boys
77. (x)Bad Boys 2
78. (x)Joy Ride
79. (x)Seven
80. (x)Ocean's Eleven
81. (x)Ocean's Twelve
82. (x)Identity
83. ( )Lone Star State Of Mind
84. (x)Bedazzled
85. (x)Predator I
86. (x)Predator II
87. (x)Independence Day
88. ( )Cujo
89. (x)A Bronx Tale
90. ( )Darkness Falls
91. ( )Christine
92. (x)SLC Punk
93. (x)Children Of The Corn (HE WANTS YOU TOO MALACHAI!)
94. ( )My Boss' Daughter
95. (x)Maid In Manhattan
96. ( )Frailty
97. ( ) Best Bet
98. ( )How to Lose A Guy In 10 Days
99. (x)She's All That
100.( ) Calendar Girls
101.( ) Sideways
102.(x)Mars Attacks
103.(x)Event Horizon
104.(x)Ever After
105.(x)Forrest Gump
106.(x)Big Trouble In Little China
107.(x)X-Men 1
108.(x)X-Men 2
109.(x)Jeepers Creepers
110.( )Jeepers Creepers 2
111.(x)Catch Me If You Can
112.(x) The Others
113.(x)Freaky Friday
114.(x)Reign Of Fire (OMG a movie when Christian Bale didn't suck as Batman!)
115.(x)Cruel Intentions
116.(x)PI
117.(x)Swimfan
118.(x) Miracle
119.(x)Old School
120.(x)Ray
121.(x)The Notebook
122.(x)K-Pax
123.(xxxxxxx)Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
124.(xxxxxxxxxxxxx)Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
125.(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
126.(x)A Walk to Remember
127.( )Boogeyman
128.(x)Hitch
129.( )Back Door Sluts 9 (Now if it was front door...)
130.(x)South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
131.(x)The Fifth Element
132.(xx) Star Wars Episode I
133.(xx)Star Wars Episode II
134.(xxx)Star Wars Episode III
135.(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)Star Wars Episode IV
136.(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)Star Wars Episode V
137.(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)Star Wars Episode VI
138.(x)Beverly Hills Cop
139.( )Swimming With Sharks
140.(x) Trainspotting
141.( )People Under The Stairs
142.(x)Blue Velvet
143.(x)Sound Of Music
144.(x) The Parent Trap (Old and New!)
145.(x)The Burbs (Oh God yes)
146.(x) Meet Joe Black
147.(x) Wild Things
148.(x) A Clockwork Orange
149.( )The Order
150.(x)Spiderman
151.(x)Spiderman 2
152.( ) Amelie
153.(x) Mean Girls
154.(x)Shrek
155.(x)Shrek 2
156.(x)The Incredibles
157.(x)Collateral
158.(x)The Fast & The Furious
159.( )2 Fast 2 Furious
160.( )Sky Captain & The World of Tomorrow
161.( )Closer
162.(x)The Sixth Sense
163.(x)Artificial Intelligence(A.I.)
164.(x)Love Actually
165.( )Shutter
166.( )Ella Enchanted
167.(x)Princess Diaries 1
168.(x)Princess Diaries 2
169.(x)Constantine
170.(x)Million Dollar Baby
171.( )Life Of David Gale
172.(x)25th hour
173.(x)Vanilla Sky
174.(x)Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Did you see my blog title and layout??)
175.(x)Boogie Nights
176.(x)Braveheart
177.( )The Anarchist Cook Book
178.( ) My House In Umbria
179.(x) Double Jeopardy
180.(x) Monsters, Inc
181.(x)Kill Bill Vol. 1
182.(x) Kill Bill Vol. 2
183.(x) Eight Legged Freaks
184.(x ) The Exorcist I
185.( ) The Exorcist II
186.( ) The Exorcist III
187.(x) Titanic
188.(x) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
189.(x)Underworld
190.(x)Cast Away
192.(x)Waterworld
193.(x)Wizard Of Oz
194.(x)Super Troopers
195.(x)The Breakfast Club
196.(x)Robin Hood: Men in Tights
197.(x)Billy Madison
198.(x)Philadelphia
199.(x) Pirates of the Carribbean
200.(x) Edward Scissorhands!
201.( ) Phantom of the Opera
202.(x) the Bourne Identity
203.(x) The Bourne Supremecy
204.( ) Sahara
205.(x) S.W.A.T.
206.( ) Unleashed
207.(x) Minority Report
208.(x) Taking Lives
209.( )Romper Stomper

You're a movie whore if you have seen over 85!!

How many did Pete see?: Roughly 164. I'll recount later to make sure I didn't botch it up. As if we all knew I wasn't the movie master :P

"In a ridiculous publicity stunt, the first two innings of a minor league baseball game between the Kansas City T-Bones and the Schaumburg Flyers will be played 'virtually' -- two video gamers will play MVP Baseball 2005 on an Xbox while the game is broadcast over the video screen and play-by-play is called by the announcers. When the real teams take the field in the third inning, they'll start where the virtual game left off."

3 Boys Missing in NJ

"The place from which they disappeared is a few doors from a school and in a neighborhood that is safer than most in Camden, which last fall was ranked most dangerous in the United States in a reference book that compares crime statistics."

Well at least we win in something?

OMG! I’m going to have to clear off my bed because the Prince is back! Teddy Ruxpin, that magical bear that sang to me, danced with me, talked to me, slept with me, told me where to put the bodies, and even gave me an alibi for the Bangkok police, is back!

Created 20 years ago, the new Ruxpin—Ruxpin Reloaded?—will use digital cartridges containing animation and audio. It would be so cool if you could hook old Ted up to your PC via USB cable and it would also be cool if he would stop following me home even after all these years. He just sits outside and stares. And stares. And stares...

Your Inner Gangsta by crash_and_burn
What is yo name?
Yo gangsta name be	Platinum Ringa
You ride around in a	2004 Chrysler Pacifica
Yo gang	The Adjective Nouners
Yo shoes be	White high-top Air Force 1s
Yo dubs be dis big, fool	1,619
How much money you got?	$4.13621228685998e+26
How gangsta are you, bitch?: 79%
Quiz created with MemeGen!

Your love is... by ChibiMarronchan
Your name is...
Your kiss is...	breath taking
Your hugs are...	to die for
Your eyes...	twinkle in the moonlight
Your touch is...	the only thing I desire
Your smell is...	amazing
Your smile is...	encouraging
Your love is...	everlasting
Quiz created with MemeGen!

What Makes You.. by SheBangs12
Your name?
Your gender?	MaleFemaleOther
What makes you sexy?	Your hands
What makes you pretty?	Um, babe, you aren't!
What makes you loveable?	Everything
What makes you fun?	Your positive attitude
What makes you irresistable?	Your talant
What makes you cute?	Cute? You? Hahaha.
Quiz created with MemeGen!

Ok this made me feel like an idiot.

Head Count
Do the math in your head.
Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000.
Now add 30. And another 1000.
Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10.
What is the total? Scroll to the bottom to find out.

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Studies have shown that 98% of the population ends up with the number 5000. The math above actually adds up to 4100. Don't believe us? Get out the calculator!

Saddam Hussein loves Doritos, hates Froot Loops, admires President Reagan, thinks Clinton was "OK" and considers both Presidents Bush "no good." He talks a lot, worries about germs and insists he is still president of Iraq.

Here's one of my favorite Podcasts to listen to. The Catholic Insider, with Father Roderick Vonhögen, Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Funny office pranks that I will never try.

"Disassemble a musical birthday card and carefully tape it underneath a coworkers chair so that when the chair is leaned back, the card activates. It took more than four hours for one coworker to discover the source of the intermittent noise!"

"Subtle in execution, but so hot when it yields results. Change the AutoCorrect on a coworker’s Word settings such that when he types in, say “facilitate,” it gets auto-corrected to “faliatiate”. Don’t have the patience to wait for him to type facilitate? Change “the” to “teet”, and so on."

LOL

It's 6:36pm on a Friday night and I'm still at work.

Stab me with the thumbtack in my cubicle. NOW.

My pirate name is:

Captain Roger Read

Even though there's no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you're the one in charge. Even through many pirates have a reputation for not being the brightest souls on earth, you defy the sterotypes. You've got taste and education. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from fidius.org.

YARRRRRR!

Some Fark posts concerning the Katie Holmes/Tom Cruise engagement had me cracking up:

"It's simple... Tom Cruise used his clear level scientology powers to brainwash Katie into thinking she was a man in love with Tom Cruise. Katie soon to rip her face off, reminiscent of Mission:Impossible, to reveal she is really, Nicole Kidman."

"Xenu must be proud."

"f*ck L. Ron Hubbard and all of his clones" (Tool Aenema reference lol)

"
-Odds they'll see a divorce court in the next 5 years: 97%
-Odds they'll see a divorce court in the next year: 45%
-Odds that Katie will have a revelation and decide that Scientology is for nut bags about that same time: 98%
-Odds that they'll have any children that are not adopted: 5%
-Odds that Katie will get stuck caring for any kids they adopt after the divorce: 92%
-Odds that all this is about Tommy Boy's desire to look straighter and Katie's ambition to land potential Oscar winning screen roles and not about love: 65%
-Odds that Tommy Boy's exs are shaking their head and laughing: 100%"

"Katie, stop. You're giving the state of Ohio a *worse* image."

Oh Tom...can't I have the old Mission Impossible Tom back?

Teddy Ruxpin gets with the times, goes digital.

Holy shit....wait until Dozey does the same thing...although I haven't seen HIS butt in years...he was like the poor man's Ruxpin.

Extroverted (E) 61.9% Introverted (I) 38.1%
Sensing (S) 54.76% Intuitive (N) 45.24%
Feeling (F) 54.05% Thinking (T) 45.95%
Perceiving (P) 51.35% Judging (J) 48.65%

ESFP - "Entertainer". Radiates attractive warmth and optimism. Smooth, witty, charming, clever. Fun to be with. Very generous. 8.5% of the total population.

Free Jung Personality Test (similar to Myers-Briggs/MBTI)

So I saw something new down in the cafeteria this morning. No sooner did Coke sweetened with Splenda arrive then a new Coca-Cola product is on the market: Coca-Cola zero. Coke Zero is basically a different-tasting Coke than other Diet Coke. The drink will be sweetened partly with a blend of aspartame and acesulfame potassium. Aspartame is a key ingredient in Diet Coke, but a spokesman for the Atlanta-based company said Coca-Cola Zero will "have a unique taste." Sitting here sipping it, it tastes like regular coke without all the sugar. Not bad and a better calorie option as opposed to C2 coke which I did like but scoffed at 12g of sugar still with only 45 calories. If the sugar had been cut even more I'd have been satisfied.



And for your reading pleasure here's the Coca-Cola slogans over the years. My personal favorite is still Always Coca-Cola. And if I lived in 1907 I'm sure I'd be loving "Coca-Cola is full of vim, vigor and go - is a snappy drink."

* 1886 - Drink Coca-Cola.
* 1900 - Deliciously refreshing.
* 1900 - For headache and exhaustion, drink Coca-Cola.
* 1904 - Delicious and refreshing.
* 1904 - Coca-Cola ... satisfies.
* 1905 - Coca-Cola revives and sustains.
* 1905 - Wherever you go ... you will find Coca-Cola.
* 1906 - The drink of quality.
* 1906 - The great national temperance beverage.
* 1907 - Coca-Cola is full of vim, vigor and go - is a snappy drink.
* 1908 - Get the genuine.
* 1909 - Whenever you see an arrow, think of Coca-Cola.
* 1911 - Enjoy a glass of liquid laughter.
* 1917 - Three million a day.
* 1920 - Coca-Cola ... good things from 9 chimes poured into a single glass.
* 1922 - Thirst knows no season.
* 1923 - Enjoy thirst.
* 1925 - It has the charm of purity.
* 1925 - With a drink so good ... 'tis folly to be thirsty.
* 1925 - Six million a day.
* 1926 - Coca-Cola is the shortest distance between thirst and refreshment.
* 1927 - It had to be good to get where it is.
* 1927 - Around the corner from anywhere.
* 1927 - At the little red sign.
* 1928 - Coca-Cola ... pure drink of natural flavors.
* 1929 - The best served drink in the world.
* 1929 - The pause that refreshes.
* 1932 - Ice-cold sunshine.
* 1932 - Thirst come, thirst served.
* 1933 - Bounce back to normal.
* 1933 - Don't wear a tired, thirsty face.
* 1935 - Coca-Cola ... the pause that brings friends together.
* 1937 - America's favorite moment.
* 1938 - The best friend thirst ever had.
* 1938 - Thirst asks nothing more.
* 1939 - Coca-Cola goes along.
* 1939 - Coca-Cola has the taste thirst goes for.
* 1939 - Whoever you are, whatever you do, wherever you may be, when you think of refreshment, think of icecold Coca-Cola.
* 1940 - Within easy reach of your thirst.
* 1940 - America's year round answer to thirst.
* 1941 - Work refreshed.
* 1941 - Coca-Cola belongs.
* 1942 - The only thing like Coca-Cola is Coca-Cola itself.
* 1942 - Coca-Cola has that extra something.
* 1942 - The best is always the better buy.
* 1942 - It's the real thing.
* 1943 - Universal symbol of the American way of life ... Coca-Cola.
* 1943 - With a taste all its own.
* 1945 - The happy symbol of a friendly way of life.
* 1945 - Why grow thirsty?
* 1946 - The world's friendliest club ... admission 5¢.
* 1946 - Yes.
* 1947 - Coca-Cola ... continuous quality.
* 1947 - Continuous quality is quality you trust.
* 1947 - The quality of Coca-Cola is a friendly quality you can always trust.
* 1948 - Where there's Coke there's hospitality.
* 1949 - Coca-Cola ... along the highway to anywhere.
* 1950 - Thirst, too, seeks quality.
* 1951 - For home and hospitality.
* 1951 - You taste its quality.
* 1952 - What you want is a Coke.
* 1952 - Coke follows thirst everywhere.
* 1953 - Drive safely ... Drive refreshed.
* 1953 - Midsummer magic.
* 1955 - Bright and bracing as sunshine.
* 1956 - Coca-Cola ... makes good things taste better.
* 1956 - The friendliest drink on earth.
* 1956 - Gives a bright little life.
* 1956 - Coca-Cola puts you at your sparkling best.
* 1957 - Sign of good taste.
* 1958 - The cold, crisp taste of Coke.
* 1959 - Cheerful life of Coke.
* 1959 - Relax refreshed with ice-cold Coca-Cola.
* 1959 - Be really refreshed.
* 1959 - The cold, crisp taste that so deeply satisfies.
* 1961 - Coca-Cola refreshed you best.
* 1963 - The big bold taste that's always just right.
* 1963 - Things go better with Coke.
* 1963 - Go better refreshed.
* 1964 - Coca-Cola gives that special zing ... refreshed best.
* 1965 - Enjoy Coca-Cola.
* 1965 - For extra fun - take more than one! Take an extra carton of Coke!
* 1966 - Coca-Cola has the taste you never get tired of.
* 1968 - Tells your thirsty to go fly a kite.
* 1968 - Wave after wave - drink after drink.
* 1968 - For twice the convenience, bring home two cartons of Coke.
* 1968 - It's twice time.
* 1970 - It's the real thing.
* 1971 - I'd like to buy the world a Coke.
* 1972 - Coke ... goes with the good times.
* 1975 - Look up America, see what we've got.
* 1976 - Coke adds life.
* 1979 - Have a Coke and a smile.
* 1982 - Coke is it.
* 1985 - We've got a taste for you (new Coke). America's real choice (Coca-Cola Classic).
* 1986 - Catch the Wave (new Coke). Red, white and you (Coca-Cola Classic).
* 1988 - Can't beat the feeling (Coca-Cola Classic).
* 1989 - Can't beat the real thing (Coca-Cola Classic).
* 1991 - Can't beat the real thing (Coca-Cola Classic).
* 1992 - Can't beat the real thing.
* 1993 - Always Coca-Cola.
* 1999 - Enjoy
* 2001 - Life tastes Good
* 2002 - Reward your curiosity (Vanilla Coke)
* 2003 - Coke is Real
* 2005 - Chill!

Here's the latest count on how many mp3's I've got...I think I'll agree finally that I may have too much music.

Rough estimate of mp3s/mp4s/mp2s: 15,949 at 66.74 GB of disk space.


Will that stop me?






Nope.

The first rule of Fight Club is "You do not talk about Fight Club."

The second rule of Fight Club is "You do NOT talk about Fight Club."

Someone yells stop, goes limp, taps out, the fight is over.

Only two guys to a fight.

One fight at a time, fellas.

No shirt, no shoes.

Fights will go on as long as they have to.

If this is your first night at Fight Club...you have to fight.