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General | Posted 16 years agoA lie called "Desertification"
General | Posted 16 years agoThe scientific definition of a Desert is "A region where evaporation exceeds precipitation", and Deserts are the byproduct of three forces;
1- Sunlight
2- Wind
3- The Oceans
These are natural processes too vast in size and scope to be affected by humanity, and yet the myth persists that "Deserts" are created by Human activity.
To fully comprehend how ridiculous the idea of "Desertification" is, one needs only examine the two primary case studies.
1- The Dust Bowl
The American Midwest is a Savannah region, which is dry, but precipitation still exceeds evaporation.
That the topsoil became dry and loose, and ultimately gave way to dust storms, is blamed in "Overgrazing".
This is not a practical mechanism, because the same grazing practices had been used for decades --- the cattle ate the grass, the fields were rained-on every year (which also held-down the topsoil), and the grass grew back.
The only change was a drought, a process produced exclusively by nature.
The claimed "solutions" to the Dust Bowl were improvements in farming and grazing practices, but what is often played-down (an sometimes totally omitted) is that the Dust Bowl just happened to end during a torrential rainfall.
Mankind doesn't make the rain either.
2- The "expansion" of the Sahara Desert
The massive destruction of crops and livestock, and significant loss of Human life in the Sahara is also blamed on the same Land Management practices that reputedly caused the Dust Bowl.
Naturally, the UN-prescribed solution is to spend a tremendous amount of money on irrigation, land management, and educational seminars to teach those "stupid peasants" that they're "doing it wrong".
What isn't mentioned, however, is that these people moved into the Southern Sahara during a period of torrential rainfalls. These were part of an alternating cycle of rainfall and drought, which are common on the edges of deserts, and normal for the Sahara.
Because little vegetation grows in the Sahara, it's extremely fertile; during said routine rainfall, it's also arable along it's edges.
In short, the Sahara didn't expand south --- it was ALWAYS THERE.
What REALLY caused the disaster was the inability of the locals to perceive that nature is not static. Otherwise, they might have prepared for lean years with adequate irrigation and/or water storage (or at least a plan to "get out of Dodge").
How much do you want to bet that such preparations aren't being taught by any of those UN-sanctioned seminars?
The lesson here is that Biology doesn't shape the Climate; the Climate Shapes Biology.
1- Sunlight
2- Wind
3- The Oceans
These are natural processes too vast in size and scope to be affected by humanity, and yet the myth persists that "Deserts" are created by Human activity.
To fully comprehend how ridiculous the idea of "Desertification" is, one needs only examine the two primary case studies.
1- The Dust Bowl
The American Midwest is a Savannah region, which is dry, but precipitation still exceeds evaporation.
That the topsoil became dry and loose, and ultimately gave way to dust storms, is blamed in "Overgrazing".
This is not a practical mechanism, because the same grazing practices had been used for decades --- the cattle ate the grass, the fields were rained-on every year (which also held-down the topsoil), and the grass grew back.
The only change was a drought, a process produced exclusively by nature.
The claimed "solutions" to the Dust Bowl were improvements in farming and grazing practices, but what is often played-down (an sometimes totally omitted) is that the Dust Bowl just happened to end during a torrential rainfall.
Mankind doesn't make the rain either.
2- The "expansion" of the Sahara Desert
The massive destruction of crops and livestock, and significant loss of Human life in the Sahara is also blamed on the same Land Management practices that reputedly caused the Dust Bowl.
Naturally, the UN-prescribed solution is to spend a tremendous amount of money on irrigation, land management, and educational seminars to teach those "stupid peasants" that they're "doing it wrong".
What isn't mentioned, however, is that these people moved into the Southern Sahara during a period of torrential rainfalls. These were part of an alternating cycle of rainfall and drought, which are common on the edges of deserts, and normal for the Sahara.
Because little vegetation grows in the Sahara, it's extremely fertile; during said routine rainfall, it's also arable along it's edges.
In short, the Sahara didn't expand south --- it was ALWAYS THERE.
What REALLY caused the disaster was the inability of the locals to perceive that nature is not static. Otherwise, they might have prepared for lean years with adequate irrigation and/or water storage (or at least a plan to "get out of Dodge").
How much do you want to bet that such preparations aren't being taught by any of those UN-sanctioned seminars?
The lesson here is that Biology doesn't shape the Climate; the Climate Shapes Biology.
My Youtube channel is back! ... Again
General | Posted 16 years agoHopefully, for good this time --- constantly re-starting my channel is getting boring.
Anyways, here's my new channel, "Blacktail Defense";
http://www.youtube.com/user/BlacktailDefense
Hopefully, without any copyrighted music in my videos, my channel won't suddenly vanish this time!
Anyways, here's my new channel, "Blacktail Defense";
http://www.youtube.com/user/BlacktailDefense
Hopefully, without any copyrighted music in my videos, my channel won't suddenly vanish this time!
You've got to hear this to believe it!
General | Posted 16 years agoA little while ago, on a whim, I was looking for music from the mid-1990s PS1 game "Black Dawn" --- an arcade-ish Combat Flight Sim with a totally kick-ass sound track --- and I stumbled upon these;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ImwFkpXGB4&feature=PlayList&p=8A98BDF161F507FF&index=0&playnext=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL0Xfr25MdY&feature=related
I never would have imagined this would ever happen!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ImwFkpXGB4&feature=PlayList&p=8A98BDF161F507FF&index=0&playnext=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL0Xfr25MdY&feature=related
I never would have imagined this would ever happen!
Youtube channel gone again...
General | Posted 16 years agoNo warning. No explanation. Just "poof".
I didn't even get "three strikes" this time, either.
I didn't even get "three strikes" this time, either.
My You tube channel... is BACK ON THE AIR!
General | Posted 16 years agoIt's starting...
General | Posted 16 years agoFor those who haven't been following the news, a Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) just touched down in Afghanistan. It only took them NINE YEARS to get there.
Recall that the Russians lost 1700+ Armored Cars in Afghanistan over 10 years. That's more than FIVE TIMES the size of an SBCT.
And let's not for get how the LAV III (which the Stryker is a watered-down knock-off of) has fared in A'stan;
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/ht...../20080717.aspx
As you can see by the news stories below, they're already starting to do a great job... of re-enacting the destruction of several Soviet Motorized Brigades (which the SBCT is the "Americanized" form of);
http://blog.thenewstribune.com/mili.....n-afghanistan/
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/arch.....8/2058294.aspx
Not to worry, though --- they have the Afghan Army backing them up;
http://www.truthout.org/092109H
...and the military "leaders" in Afghanistan have some excellent policies;
http://www.johntreed.com/Afghanrules.html
Recall that the Russians lost 1700+ Armored Cars in Afghanistan over 10 years. That's more than FIVE TIMES the size of an SBCT.
And let's not for get how the LAV III (which the Stryker is a watered-down knock-off of) has fared in A'stan;
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/ht...../20080717.aspx
As you can see by the news stories below, they're already starting to do a great job... of re-enacting the destruction of several Soviet Motorized Brigades (which the SBCT is the "Americanized" form of);
http://blog.thenewstribune.com/mili.....n-afghanistan/
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/arch.....8/2058294.aspx
Not to worry, though --- they have the Afghan Army backing them up;
http://www.truthout.org/092109H
...and the military "leaders" in Afghanistan have some excellent policies;
http://www.johntreed.com/Afghanrules.html
4000 comments!
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Yeah! XD
More MRE reviews!
General | Posted 16 years agoI've tried a few more MREs ("Meal, individual, Ready to Eat" field rations) since last time, and here's my report from the "field";
BARBECUE SAUCE WITH BEEF
Quality: 2/10
This one was kind of... strange.
The sauce was a little sweet, but mostly sour, due to all the vinegar the manufacturer dumped into it. There were also a few bits of tomatoes and green bell peppers in the sauce, but they did NOTHING for flavor or texture.
The beef was ground (which sucked --- I was hoping it would be shaven or shredded), and didn't tase particularly good either. The texture was hardly worth mentioning.
I didn't like this entree.
BEEF POT ROAST WITH VEGETABLES AND GRAVY
Quality:10/10
This was unbelievably good!
It contained an ACTUAL slice of Beef Pot Roast (and a generously thick cut at that), with gravy, potatoes, mushrooms, tomatoes, and carrots. It tasted just like real, home-made Beef Pot Roast, and the texture was the best of any MRE I've yet eaten (tender!).
It's a must-have.
BREADED CHICKEN BREAST PATTIE WITH RIB MEAT IN TOMATO SAUCE WITH PASTA
Quality: 7/10
It was a little like Chinken Parmesean --- not incredible, but good.
There was more breaded chicken meat than sauce, and very little pasta. The pasta was a bit disappointing as well, being little shells (flat noodles or spirals would have been more appealing, but hey --- it's a field ration).
This wasn't a bad meal, but it could have been a lot better without much effort.
And what's up with "Rib Meat"? I don't recall finding any inside, unless it was -chicken- rib meat...
There was one more MRE I tried, but I can't remember what it was called, nor even what was in it.
It was good, though.
Also, I've recently determined that the MREs I've tried so far are NOT authentic MREs! The meals are the essentially the same as the GI stuff, but the packaging and accessories of these "civilian MREs" are different.
I did, however, acquire a -real- US-military-issue MRE, complete with opaque tan wrapper, "Soldier-with-M16" logo, and that infamous notice that says;
...which I purchased from a surplus store for about $7.
I'll let you know what it's like once I've tried it!
BARBECUE SAUCE WITH BEEF
Quality: 2/10
This one was kind of... strange.
The sauce was a little sweet, but mostly sour, due to all the vinegar the manufacturer dumped into it. There were also a few bits of tomatoes and green bell peppers in the sauce, but they did NOTHING for flavor or texture.
The beef was ground (which sucked --- I was hoping it would be shaven or shredded), and didn't tase particularly good either. The texture was hardly worth mentioning.
I didn't like this entree.
BEEF POT ROAST WITH VEGETABLES AND GRAVY
Quality:10/10
This was unbelievably good!
It contained an ACTUAL slice of Beef Pot Roast (and a generously thick cut at that), with gravy, potatoes, mushrooms, tomatoes, and carrots. It tasted just like real, home-made Beef Pot Roast, and the texture was the best of any MRE I've yet eaten (tender!).
It's a must-have.
BREADED CHICKEN BREAST PATTIE WITH RIB MEAT IN TOMATO SAUCE WITH PASTA
Quality: 7/10
It was a little like Chinken Parmesean --- not incredible, but good.
There was more breaded chicken meat than sauce, and very little pasta. The pasta was a bit disappointing as well, being little shells (flat noodles or spirals would have been more appealing, but hey --- it's a field ration).
This wasn't a bad meal, but it could have been a lot better without much effort.
And what's up with "Rib Meat"? I don't recall finding any inside, unless it was -chicken- rib meat...
There was one more MRE I tried, but I can't remember what it was called, nor even what was in it.
It was good, though.
Also, I've recently determined that the MREs I've tried so far are NOT authentic MREs! The meals are the essentially the same as the GI stuff, but the packaging and accessories of these "civilian MREs" are different.
I did, however, acquire a -real- US-military-issue MRE, complete with opaque tan wrapper, "Soldier-with-M16" logo, and that infamous notice that says;
US GOVERMENT PROPERTY
COMMERCIAL RESALE IS UNLAWFUL...which I purchased from a surplus store for about $7.
I'll let you know what it's like once I've tried it!
Scary-ass roads!
General | Posted 16 years agoEver wonder what I have nightmares about?
Wonder no more;
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/200.....f-roading.html
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/200.....-in-world.html
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/200.....ld-part-2.html
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/200.....ld-part-3.html
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/200.....part-4_06.html
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/200.....ds-part-5.html
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/200.....ds-part-6.html
Is it just my imagination, or is that a tour bus in the river?;
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/S...../s640/rrr5.jpg
Wonder no more;
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/200.....f-roading.html
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/200.....-in-world.html
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/200.....ld-part-2.html
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/200.....ld-part-3.html
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/200.....part-4_06.html
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/200.....ds-part-5.html
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/200.....ds-part-6.html
Is it just my imagination, or is that a tour bus in the river?;
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/S...../s640/rrr5.jpg
Now Youtube has screwed ME over...
General | Posted 16 years agoSee for yourself;
http://www.youtube.com/index?ytsess....._Mcz1NqgnAY1Qg
It seems Youtube's Administraitors have decided to selectively enforce their copyright rules.
They suddenly decided to stop allowing me to dispute copyrights in my movies (which is a breach of contract on their end), and slap me with "Copyright Strikes".
Get three, and your account is erased --- and they slapped me with all three in a 24-hour timespan.
(In fact, they even chewed me out for videos whose copyrights I had ALREADY successfully disputed!)
They snubbed me every time I E-mailed Youtube's Admin to remind them about the US Copyright Code's "Fair Use Doctrine", and that under their OWN TOS my videos were all Fair Use.
I've E-mailed them since as well. They haven't replied.
Their rules imply that "what the Copyright Code says, goes", but lo and behold, using a copyrighted audio track in a video created to criticize the US military for the purpose of public discourse (which Section 107, Part 1 the Copyright Code defines as "Fair Use") gets you in trouble.
Nevermind that the Law permits it, or that the TOS says it's OK --- big money trumps freedom of speech!
So, I no longer have a Youtube channel... or 110 subscribers... or 10000 channel views... or 95 uploaded videos... or a voice on the No.1 Vlogging site on the Internet.
All for the want of greed, CYA, and Moral Cowardice.
That said, can anyone here recommend a new Vlogging site?
http://www.youtube.com/index?ytsess....._Mcz1NqgnAY1Qg
It seems Youtube's Administraitors have decided to selectively enforce their copyright rules.
They suddenly decided to stop allowing me to dispute copyrights in my movies (which is a breach of contract on their end), and slap me with "Copyright Strikes".
Get three, and your account is erased --- and they slapped me with all three in a 24-hour timespan.
(In fact, they even chewed me out for videos whose copyrights I had ALREADY successfully disputed!)
They snubbed me every time I E-mailed Youtube's Admin to remind them about the US Copyright Code's "Fair Use Doctrine", and that under their OWN TOS my videos were all Fair Use.
I've E-mailed them since as well. They haven't replied.
Their rules imply that "what the Copyright Code says, goes", but lo and behold, using a copyrighted audio track in a video created to criticize the US military for the purpose of public discourse (which Section 107, Part 1 the Copyright Code defines as "Fair Use") gets you in trouble.
Nevermind that the Law permits it, or that the TOS says it's OK --- big money trumps freedom of speech!
So, I no longer have a Youtube channel... or 110 subscribers... or 10000 channel views... or 95 uploaded videos... or a voice on the No.1 Vlogging site on the Internet.
All for the want of greed, CYA, and Moral Cowardice.
That said, can anyone here recommend a new Vlogging site?
I'm on a Truck!
General | Posted 16 years agoMORE Military Failure Anagrams!
General | Posted 16 years agoNo longer content on using Internet Anagram Generators, I've downloaded "Anagram Artist 3.05" (it's free, if you like creating anagrams)
After booting it up and running the names of some military debacles through it, I've come up with even zanier anagrams than ever before!
Here's a list of what I've come up with so far:
Smoothbore Cannons =
- Moron's chosen baton
- Conmen's Arson Booth
- Cannon Homos rob set
Gas Turbine Engine =
- Austere Beginning
- Turbine Engine Sag
- Engineer Giant Bus
- Sauteing beginners
- Urine Binge Agents
Abrams Fuel Consumption =
- Famous public ornaments
- Obtains crap; Summon fuel
US Marines =
- Russia Men
- Minus Ears
- Iran muses
Ares Minus
- Res Animus
- Anus Miser
- Rim Anuses
Advanced Tactical Fighter =
- Gravitated Chicane
Peter Schoomaker =
- Teaches more pork
Stryker Mobile Gun System =
- Toys resembling musketry
Patriot Missile =
- Serial Optimist
- Pistol emits air
- Miss Irate Pilots
Humvees in combat =
- Behave, Communist
Stryker APC =
- Track's prey
Littoral Combat Ship =
- Patriotic Mothballs
Apache Helicopter =
- The archaic people
Bradley Fighting Vehicle =
- Belfry lighting achieved
Airborne Laser System =
- Rotary miserableness
Halon Fire Supressor =
- Press honors failure
- Sees painful horrors
Arleigh Burke-class Destroyers =
- Bucks hysteria, role regardless
- Glass brick, hard eyesore result
- Subs destroy shag career
- Carry deluge; sharks bite losers
- Laser set hydraulics go berserk
Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles =
- Expensive; noticed high fragility
- Go help verify this indigence taxi
Air Defense Anti Tank System =
- Tainted insane freak system
- My State's Frankenstein idea
- Is intense-marketed fantasy
- Entire mistake; fantasy ends
- Defeats yanks' main interest
- Fears daintiest enemy tanks
Stryker Brigade Combat Team =
- Bitter, gay Democrats embark
- Catty keg robbers emit drama
- Disembark megabyte tractor
- Combat tragedy-maker tribes
- Key target, car bombers admit
NETFIRES System =
- Fester in system
- System fries 'net
After booting it up and running the names of some military debacles through it, I've come up with even zanier anagrams than ever before!
Here's a list of what I've come up with so far:
Smoothbore Cannons =
- Moron's chosen baton
- Conmen's Arson Booth
- Cannon Homos rob set
Gas Turbine Engine =
- Austere Beginning
- Turbine Engine Sag
- Engineer Giant Bus
- Sauteing beginners
- Urine Binge Agents
Abrams Fuel Consumption =
- Famous public ornaments
- Obtains crap; Summon fuel
US Marines =
- Russia Men
- Minus Ears
- Iran muses
Ares Minus
- Res Animus
- Anus Miser
- Rim Anuses
Advanced Tactical Fighter =
- Gravitated Chicane
Peter Schoomaker =
- Teaches more pork
Stryker Mobile Gun System =
- Toys resembling musketry
Patriot Missile =
- Serial Optimist
- Pistol emits air
- Miss Irate Pilots
Humvees in combat =
- Behave, Communist
Stryker APC =
- Track's prey
Littoral Combat Ship =
- Patriotic Mothballs
Apache Helicopter =
- The archaic people
Bradley Fighting Vehicle =
- Belfry lighting achieved
Airborne Laser System =
- Rotary miserableness
Halon Fire Supressor =
- Press honors failure
- Sees painful horrors
Arleigh Burke-class Destroyers =
- Bucks hysteria, role regardless
- Glass brick, hard eyesore result
- Subs destroy shag career
- Carry deluge; sharks bite losers
- Laser set hydraulics go berserk
Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles =
- Expensive; noticed high fragility
- Go help verify this indigence taxi
Air Defense Anti Tank System =
- Tainted insane freak system
- My State's Frankenstein idea
- Is intense-marketed fantasy
- Entire mistake; fantasy ends
- Defeats yanks' main interest
- Fears daintiest enemy tanks
Stryker Brigade Combat Team =
- Bitter, gay Democrats embark
- Catty keg robbers emit drama
- Disembark megabyte tractor
- Combat tragedy-maker tribes
- Key target, car bombers admit
NETFIRES System =
- Fester in system
- System fries 'net
Experiencing technical difficulties...
General | Posted 16 years agoIt seems I somehow went overboard when I used CCleaner a couple of hours ago (I figured something had to be wrong, when it cleaned a whopping 115Mb), and FA's message center is acting buggy when I use it.
It's even worse on DeviantArt and Youtube --- they no longer display their message centers AT ALL!
I've already made sure Javascript is enabled, and I emptied my browswer's entire cache, with no result.
Does anyone know how I could fix this problem?
It's even worse on DeviantArt and Youtube --- they no longer display their message centers AT ALL!
I've already made sure Javascript is enabled, and I emptied my browswer's entire cache, with no result.
Does anyone know how I could fix this problem?
"Don't cure your disease, KILL YOURSELF!"
General | Posted 16 years ago...says the Oregon state healthcare system, to a woman desperately needing cancer treatments to STAY ALIVE;
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=67565
Ah, the glory of Socialized Medicine!
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=67565
Ah, the glory of Socialized Medicine!
*facepalms*
General | Posted 16 years agoCAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines trapped Taliban fighters in a residential compound and persuaded the insurgents to allow women and children to leave. The troops then moved in — only to discover that the militants had slipped out, dressed in women’s burqas.
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/new.....liban_070709w/
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/new.....liban_070709w/
Don't let Youtube screw you over!
General | Posted 16 years agoYoutube is trying to use a dirty trick to undercut all the personal channels, by forcing an "up or out" system onto them!
The motive can be summed-up in one word; "$$$".
They're trying to take the "You" out of Youtube, by brown-nosing to Media Barons in the hope of a fast buck, but they'll only end up shooting themselves (along with YOU) in the foot --- unless ordinary blokes like you and I refuse, in one great, resounding "NO!"
Here's the situation;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V025E_b5I4g&feature=channel_page
This video, assuming Youtube admin haven't censored it already, will show all you Youtube users how to send them a BIG message;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX7iOnmDg78&feature=channel_page
You can also petition against it here;
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitio...../nobetachannel
Don't let Youtube disintegrate into just another corporate shill --- tell at least three people you know about this problem!
The motive can be summed-up in one word; "$$$".
They're trying to take the "You" out of Youtube, by brown-nosing to Media Barons in the hope of a fast buck, but they'll only end up shooting themselves (along with YOU) in the foot --- unless ordinary blokes like you and I refuse, in one great, resounding "NO!"
Here's the situation;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V025E_b5I4g&feature=channel_page
This video, assuming Youtube admin haven't censored it already, will show all you Youtube users how to send them a BIG message;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX7iOnmDg78&feature=channel_page
You can also petition against it here;
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitio...../nobetachannel
Don't let Youtube disintegrate into just another corporate shill --- tell at least three people you know about this problem!
And now for something Ace Combat 04-themed...
General | Posted 16 years agoJust watch...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDT2zcNgTAk&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDT2zcNgTAk&feature=channel_page
WTF?!.....
General | Posted 16 years agoUm... just watch;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kot6JND1uQ
I can't decide what makes less sense --- what happens at the BOTTOM HALF of the screen at the end, or what happens at the TOP HALF of the screen at the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kot6JND1uQ
I can't decide what makes less sense --- what happens at the BOTTOM HALF of the screen at the end, or what happens at the TOP HALF of the screen at the end.
Blacktail Prints for sale on DevianArt!
General | Posted 16 years agoYessiree-bob, I'm offering prints for sale on DeviantArt!
Not only is there Furry Art available, but also some blatant anti-Stryker propaganda (you KNOW you love it).
http://blacktailfa.deviantart.com/prints/?utm_source=deviantart&utm_medium=userpage&utm_campaign=printstab
Not only is there Furry Art available, but also some blatant anti-Stryker propaganda (you KNOW you love it).
http://blacktailfa.deviantart.com/prints/?utm_source=deviantart&utm_medium=userpage&utm_campaign=printstab
O.O
General | Posted 16 years agoI was looking over a list of "Legendary Creatures" (which you may have noticed I name some of my aircraft designs after) on Wikipedia recently, and ran across this;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asena
...
...I don't even know what to say...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asena
...
...I don't even know what to say...
Huge quiz-survey-meme-whatever thingy...
General | Posted 16 years agoThis meme was shamelessly stolen from X-volt.
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/780196/
but it's O.K., because I stole it from a thief.
Everything you've never wanted to know about Blacktail!
ONE - Write your username without vowels: Blktl
TWO - Are you single?: Yes.
THREE - Whats your favorite number?: *
FOUR - What color do you wear most?: Blue.
FIVE - Least favorite color?: There are so many I don't like, I can't decide.
SIX - Favorite candy?:
SEVEN - What do you smoke?: Nothing, but I can't promise that I won't start a fire!
EIGHT - Are you happy with your life right now?: Hmm, let's see... good health, so-so financial condition, family's alive... I'd say yeah.
NINE - Anyone ever said you resemble a celebrity?: Someone once told me that my voice sounds like Salem the Cat.
TEN - What is your favorite class in school?: History. XD
ELEVEN - Do you shop at hollister/DC/Bluenotes?: No.
TWELVE - How do you make money?: I don't MAKE money, I EARN it --- I don't have the Federal Reserve's permission to MAKE money.
THIRTEEN - Who is your best friend?: Not at liberty to say, out of fear of retaliation against him.
FOURTEEN - Where do you go to school?: A college.
FIFTEEN - Are you outgoing?: I'm not suree what the definition of "outgoing" is...
SIXTEEN - One word to describe you?: Wurg.
SEVENTEEN - Favorite pair of shoes?: A pair of $200 Vasque leather hiking boots... which I got on sale for $60. XD
EIGHTEEN - Do you own big sunglasses?: That depends on your definition of "big".
NINETEEN - Where do you wish you were right now?: I don't wish I was anywhere else... at the moment.
TWENTY - What should you be doing right now?: Finishing this survey.
TWENTY ONE - Do you have a crush on anyone right now?: No.
HONEST SECTION:
Honestly, what's on your mind right now?: Writing this sentence.
Honestly, what are you doing right now?: Writing this second sentence.
Honestly, have you done something bad today?: Define "Bad".
Honestly, who is the last person you talked to on the phone?: My sister.
Honestly, are you jealous of someone right now?: Nobody I can think of.
Honestly, what makes you mad most of the time?: Ultra-authoritarian Admins.
Honestly, do you bite your nails?: Usually no.
Honestly, do you want to see someone this very moment?: Do you mean literally, of figuratively.
Honestly, are you keeping a big secret right now?: I'm ALWAYS keeping one big secret or another... so, yes.
Honestly, do you have a friend you don’t actually like?: No.
THE CANS:
Can you blow a bubble?: Out of what, and by what means?
Can you dance?: No.
Can you do a cart wheel?: No.
Can you tie a cherry stem with your mouth?: Possibly.
Can you whistle?: Yes.
Can you wiggle your ears?: No.
Can you wiggle your nose?: No.
Can you roll your tongue?: No.
Can you make a clover with your tongue?: What?!
ANGER SECTION:
What do you do when you’re mad?: Usually nothing.
What’s the worst thing you’ve done when you were mad?: I broke something.
Ever made anyone cry when you were mad?: Not that I'm aware of.
CRYING SECTION:
Ever really cried your heart out?: I don't know what that means...
Ever cried yourself to sleep?: Yes.
Ever cried on your friend’s shoulder?: No.
Ever cried over the opposite sex?: No.
Ever cried over the same sex?: No.
Do you cry when you get an injury?: No.
Do certain songs make you cry?: Yes. The first one that comes to mind is, "This Song is for You", by Chris De Burgh;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz0pGOESrBs
Do certain movies make you cry?: Yes.
HAPPY SECTION:
Are you usually a happy person?: Yes. XD
What makes you the happiest?: Well, this is one thing;
http://cute-n-tiny.com/wp-content/u.....02/fennec1.jpg
Does being with your friends make you happy?: Yes.
Do you believe in yourself?: Yes.
Do you wish you were happier?: Sort of --- too much "Happy" is being Manic, and being Manic is NOT good.
Is being happy overrated?: Only when you're Manic.
Can music make you happy?: Yes;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn-emBfbI-E&feature=channel_page
LOVE SECTION:
How many times have you had your heart broken?: Never.
Have you ever loved someone so much that you’d die for them?: There are people I'd die for, but whether I LOVE them is a whole different matter...
HATE SECTION:
Do you actually hate anyone?: No, but there are people I dislike.
Have you ever been on a hit list?: Possibly, but people with ill will toward me tend to have fast-acting Karma.
Are you a mean bully?: No, but I can be quite mean. >:D
Do you hate George Bush?: There's nothing in him to hate, because there's nothing in him at all --- he's a politician.
SELF ESTEEM SECTION:
Is your self-esteem extremely low?: No.
Do you think you're good looking?: No.
Do you wish you could be someone else?: No.
LOOK AT ME:
What is your current hair color?: Brown.
Current piercings?: None.
Have any tattoos?: None.
CURRENTLY WEARING:
What shirt are you wearing?: A dark blue tee.
Necklace(s)?: No.
Shoes?: No.
HAVE YOU EVER:
Hugged someone?: Yes.
Been on the phone until the sun came up?: No.
Laughed so hard you peed in your pants?: Yes.
Laughed so hard you cried?: Often!
Got in a fight with someone?: That depends on your definition of "Fight".
THE LAST:
Person you talked to in person?: My father.
Person you talked to online?: Varinki;
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/varinki/
Person you hugged?: Can't remember...
RANDOM:
Do you like surveys?: Kind of.
Do you get along with your parents?: Yes.
Do you have mental breakdowns?: I'm not sure what a mental breakdown is...
CURRENT:
Current mood: Eh...
Current music: Not listening to music at this moment.
Current hair style: Messy.
Current crush: ???
Current thing I ought to be doing: Something other than this...
Current windows open: Wordpad, this journal, and also this;
http://books.google.com/books?id=AwfE210AFj4C&dq=M2/M3+Bradley+Infantry+Fighting+Vehicle+1983-95&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=IKsd-hjKgo&sig=pF9qzQznh2xDseSOQHsYcu8Zdnw&hl=en&ei=nt8ySqaMHJWitgOw0rDLBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5
Current desktop picture: This image;
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milit.....1-2_kafv90.jpg
THE DIDS:
Did you ever get into a fist fight in school?: Yes.
Did you ever run away from home?: No.
Did you ever want to be a doctor?: No.
Did you ever want to be a fire fighter?: Yes.
THE DOS:
Do you know how to swim?: Yes.
Do you like roller coasters?: For a long time no, but now I'm merely not impressed.
Do you own a bike?: Yes.
Do you think you could handle the stuff they eat on those reality shows?: Depends on the "food".
THE DOES:
Does hair loss run in your family at all?: No.
Does your car get good gas mileage?:I have a car?!
Does your family have family picnics?: No.
THE HAVES:
Have you ever been on a plane?: Yes.
Have you ever been to the ocean?: Yes.
Have you ever painted your nails?: No.
THE HOWS:
How tall are you?: About 5'11"
How much money do you have on you right now?: Does pocket lint count?
THE LASTS:
Last person you hung out with?: Can't remember...
Last thing someone said to you?: See the last response.
Last thing you said out loud?: "Ow!"
THE WHATS:
What are you listening to?: The hum of my computer's cooling fan.
What is the weather outside?: Gray, cold, and boring.
What radio station do you listen to?: I don't.
What was the last restaurant you ate at?: A local Spanish restaurant, but that was a LONG time ago...
What was the last thing you had to drink?: Hansen's Mandarin Lime soda.
What was the last movie you watched?: The Pentagon Wars (ironically).
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/780196/
but it's O.K., because I stole it from a thief.
Everything you've never wanted to know about Blacktail!
ONE - Write your username without vowels: Blktl
TWO - Are you single?: Yes.
THREE - Whats your favorite number?: *
FOUR - What color do you wear most?: Blue.
FIVE - Least favorite color?: There are so many I don't like, I can't decide.
SIX - Favorite candy?:
SEVEN - What do you smoke?: Nothing, but I can't promise that I won't start a fire!
EIGHT - Are you happy with your life right now?: Hmm, let's see... good health, so-so financial condition, family's alive... I'd say yeah.
NINE - Anyone ever said you resemble a celebrity?: Someone once told me that my voice sounds like Salem the Cat.
TEN - What is your favorite class in school?: History. XD
ELEVEN - Do you shop at hollister/DC/Bluenotes?: No.
TWELVE - How do you make money?: I don't MAKE money, I EARN it --- I don't have the Federal Reserve's permission to MAKE money.
THIRTEEN - Who is your best friend?: Not at liberty to say, out of fear of retaliation against him.
FOURTEEN - Where do you go to school?: A college.
FIFTEEN - Are you outgoing?: I'm not suree what the definition of "outgoing" is...
SIXTEEN - One word to describe you?: Wurg.
SEVENTEEN - Favorite pair of shoes?: A pair of $200 Vasque leather hiking boots... which I got on sale for $60. XD
EIGHTEEN - Do you own big sunglasses?: That depends on your definition of "big".
NINETEEN - Where do you wish you were right now?: I don't wish I was anywhere else... at the moment.
TWENTY - What should you be doing right now?: Finishing this survey.
TWENTY ONE - Do you have a crush on anyone right now?: No.
HONEST SECTION:
Honestly, what's on your mind right now?: Writing this sentence.
Honestly, what are you doing right now?: Writing this second sentence.
Honestly, have you done something bad today?: Define "Bad".
Honestly, who is the last person you talked to on the phone?: My sister.
Honestly, are you jealous of someone right now?: Nobody I can think of.
Honestly, what makes you mad most of the time?: Ultra-authoritarian Admins.
Honestly, do you bite your nails?: Usually no.
Honestly, do you want to see someone this very moment?: Do you mean literally, of figuratively.
Honestly, are you keeping a big secret right now?: I'm ALWAYS keeping one big secret or another... so, yes.
Honestly, do you have a friend you don’t actually like?: No.
THE CANS:
Can you blow a bubble?: Out of what, and by what means?
Can you dance?: No.
Can you do a cart wheel?: No.
Can you tie a cherry stem with your mouth?: Possibly.
Can you whistle?: Yes.
Can you wiggle your ears?: No.
Can you wiggle your nose?: No.
Can you roll your tongue?: No.
Can you make a clover with your tongue?: What?!
ANGER SECTION:
What do you do when you’re mad?: Usually nothing.
What’s the worst thing you’ve done when you were mad?: I broke something.
Ever made anyone cry when you were mad?: Not that I'm aware of.
CRYING SECTION:
Ever really cried your heart out?: I don't know what that means...
Ever cried yourself to sleep?: Yes.
Ever cried on your friend’s shoulder?: No.
Ever cried over the opposite sex?: No.
Ever cried over the same sex?: No.
Do you cry when you get an injury?: No.
Do certain songs make you cry?: Yes. The first one that comes to mind is, "This Song is for You", by Chris De Burgh;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz0pGOESrBs
Do certain movies make you cry?: Yes.
HAPPY SECTION:
Are you usually a happy person?: Yes. XD
What makes you the happiest?: Well, this is one thing;
http://cute-n-tiny.com/wp-content/u.....02/fennec1.jpg
Does being with your friends make you happy?: Yes.
Do you believe in yourself?: Yes.
Do you wish you were happier?: Sort of --- too much "Happy" is being Manic, and being Manic is NOT good.
Is being happy overrated?: Only when you're Manic.
Can music make you happy?: Yes;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn-emBfbI-E&feature=channel_page
LOVE SECTION:
How many times have you had your heart broken?: Never.
Have you ever loved someone so much that you’d die for them?: There are people I'd die for, but whether I LOVE them is a whole different matter...
HATE SECTION:
Do you actually hate anyone?: No, but there are people I dislike.
Have you ever been on a hit list?: Possibly, but people with ill will toward me tend to have fast-acting Karma.
Are you a mean bully?: No, but I can be quite mean. >:D
Do you hate George Bush?: There's nothing in him to hate, because there's nothing in him at all --- he's a politician.
SELF ESTEEM SECTION:
Is your self-esteem extremely low?: No.
Do you think you're good looking?: No.
Do you wish you could be someone else?: No.
LOOK AT ME:
What is your current hair color?: Brown.
Current piercings?: None.
Have any tattoos?: None.
CURRENTLY WEARING:
What shirt are you wearing?: A dark blue tee.
Necklace(s)?: No.
Shoes?: No.
HAVE YOU EVER:
Hugged someone?: Yes.
Been on the phone until the sun came up?: No.
Laughed so hard you peed in your pants?: Yes.
Laughed so hard you cried?: Often!
Got in a fight with someone?: That depends on your definition of "Fight".
THE LAST:
Person you talked to in person?: My father.
Person you talked to online?: Varinki;
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/varinki/
Person you hugged?: Can't remember...
RANDOM:
Do you like surveys?: Kind of.
Do you get along with your parents?: Yes.
Do you have mental breakdowns?: I'm not sure what a mental breakdown is...
CURRENT:
Current mood: Eh...
Current music: Not listening to music at this moment.
Current hair style: Messy.
Current crush: ???
Current thing I ought to be doing: Something other than this...
Current windows open: Wordpad, this journal, and also this;
http://books.google.com/books?id=AwfE210AFj4C&dq=M2/M3+Bradley+Infantry+Fighting+Vehicle+1983-95&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=IKsd-hjKgo&sig=pF9qzQznh2xDseSOQHsYcu8Zdnw&hl=en&ei=nt8ySqaMHJWitgOw0rDLBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5
Current desktop picture: This image;
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milit.....1-2_kafv90.jpg
THE DIDS:
Did you ever get into a fist fight in school?: Yes.
Did you ever run away from home?: No.
Did you ever want to be a doctor?: No.
Did you ever want to be a fire fighter?: Yes.
THE DOS:
Do you know how to swim?: Yes.
Do you like roller coasters?: For a long time no, but now I'm merely not impressed.
Do you own a bike?: Yes.
Do you think you could handle the stuff they eat on those reality shows?: Depends on the "food".
THE DOES:
Does hair loss run in your family at all?: No.
Does your car get good gas mileage?:I have a car?!
Does your family have family picnics?: No.
THE HAVES:
Have you ever been on a plane?: Yes.
Have you ever been to the ocean?: Yes.
Have you ever painted your nails?: No.
THE HOWS:
How tall are you?: About 5'11"
How much money do you have on you right now?: Does pocket lint count?
THE LASTS:
Last person you hung out with?: Can't remember...
Last thing someone said to you?: See the last response.
Last thing you said out loud?: "Ow!"
THE WHATS:
What are you listening to?: The hum of my computer's cooling fan.
What is the weather outside?: Gray, cold, and boring.
What radio station do you listen to?: I don't.
What was the last restaurant you ate at?: A local Spanish restaurant, but that was a LONG time ago...
What was the last thing you had to drink?: Hansen's Mandarin Lime soda.
What was the last movie you watched?: The Pentagon Wars (ironically).
Gallery Update; 150 entries CENSORED by Admin
General | Posted 16 years agoThe following is a message I sent to FA Admin Pinkuh, concerning the the uploads she removed from my gallery;
This was her reply;
So much for "Help & Support".
But it makes perfect sense;
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2004694/
But even THAT wasn't nearly as interesting as her "reply" to my previous journal;
Funny, I could have SWORN the TOS stated; "A user may not intentionally harass, slander or disrupt another User of the site, or, through inaction, intentionally allow another User to come to be harassed."
Hypocrisy, much?
Not to worry though --- there IS a way for you to view and comment on ANY work through FA that I upload, which even the "rules" do not prohibit.
You'll see soon...
I concede that several items which you have recently removed from my gallery were indeed in conflict with the AUP, (photos of a bucket, refrigerator, anvil, dirigible hangar, etc.), and should not have been in my gallery. I will not attempt to re-load these items.
However, the same cannot be said of the overwhelming majority of what you removed.
First and foremost are all of the Animated GIF slide-shows, every one of which is designed to educate the public on important military issues that are little-known to civilians. These represented considerable effort on my part, taking anywhere from hours to WEEKS to assemble, and thus are very much "made by me" --- that doesn't even include the amount of physical and mental effort and time invested in the gathering and presentation of the information in these slide-shows, which when included represents multiple man-YEARS of "made by me".
The imagery used as the backdrop is required, because the images represent indisputable proof of what the text claims, and it is completely legal to do so under the "Fair Use" Doctrine of the US Copyright Code (Section 107; "...for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.").
Within the boundaries of Fair Use, which these presentations unquestionably are, copyrights are legally irrelevant, and thus non-existent --- you cannot claim that these images, under "Fair Use", are not my own work, because under "Fair Use" they cannot legally be claimed anyone.
Second, the news articles I uploaded fall within the same category of "Fair Use", because the critical commentary I inserted into them makes these a rebuttal to the original article, and thus "Fair Use" (Again, Section 107; "...for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.").
Thus, in the context of "Fair Use", these articles can neither legally nor logically be considered another person's work.
Likewise, because the articles themselves plainly cite the original title, author, date, and publication of the original text, these are not plagiarism.
Third, at least two of the items removed from my gallery were technical data of real vehicles that was compiled by me --- this is scientific data, and thus in no way is not "made by me", and in fact one of the items in question was my OWN interpretation of a hypothetical aircraft's performance specs (a production F-23 Black Widow II).
Said items in question were TOTALLY "made by me", and you wrongfully removed them.
Fourth, six of the items you removed (Titled "Gryker 1~3" and "Stryvin 1~3") were photomorphed images that combined the distinctive features of two different vehicles, set against a wide variety of backgrounds.
Fifth, the text article titled "The Trucktard Index, Version 1.0" is ENTIRELY my own creation --- I fail to see where this is prohibited in the AUP policy.
Please replace all indicated items, and associated favorites and comments as soon as possible.
Thank you for your time.This was her reply;
I don't really care what they "Fall under"
They are not allowed on this site.
And if you re-upload anything that I took down you will have action taken against your account.
It is against this sites RULES.
Pinkuh
[FA admin] So much for "Help & Support".
But it makes perfect sense;
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2004694/
But even THAT wasn't nearly as interesting as her "reply" to my previous journal;
I removed 150 violations from his gallery
150 of them
That is an insane amount of stuff. I looked at every single one to make sure they were violations. Every last one.
Everything that I removed was against our sites TOS/AUP.
Everything that I removed Contained content that was not By him, nor was it for him. This ranged from stuff gotten straight of the net, all the way to what looked like bad scans of an army survival guide.
I don't remove stuff to be a bitch. But if you are going to use this website and not look at the rules, or pay attention to them, or bawwwwwww that I am somehow going out of line, you won't get any pity.Funny, I could have SWORN the TOS stated; "A user may not intentionally harass, slander or disrupt another User of the site, or, through inaction, intentionally allow another User to come to be harassed."
Hypocrisy, much?
Not to worry though --- there IS a way for you to view and comment on ANY work through FA that I upload, which even the "rules" do not prohibit.
You'll see soon...
The Adminis-Traitors strike again...
General | Posted 16 years agoI've just been PM'ed by Pinkuh, who is apparently an FA 'Admin, that four of my works have been removed.
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/pin.....plz=1244102550
According to Pinkuh, who imaginitively cut-and-pasted this into all four messages;
"This image has been removed becuase it violates the AUP
This contains images in it that were not created by you.
as well the submission itself is not artistic in any way.
Because of the sheer amount of violations in your gallery you will only get this note once.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation"
Pinkuh
[FA admin]
She removed the following items from my gallery;
- MLRS rocket --- NOT a JDAM
- What's wrong with the Stryker?Ch.15 Who uses Strykers?P9
- New Stryker Upgrade!
- F-23 Black Widow II Data
The last one was an especially odd choice, given that it was a TEXT DOCUMENT, and not an "image" as stated.
There's no doubt one it was of those people who freaks-out all over the place about ANY non-furry item in FA that snitched on me.
So, it seems every single item that isn't entirely generated by my own hand is going to have to go to my Deviant Art page instead --- DA, at least, understands the legal concept of "Fair Use";
http://blacktailfa.deviantart.com/
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/pin.....plz=1244102550
According to Pinkuh, who imaginitively cut-and-pasted this into all four messages;
"This image has been removed becuase it violates the AUP
This contains images in it that were not created by you.
as well the submission itself is not artistic in any way.
Because of the sheer amount of violations in your gallery you will only get this note once.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation"
Pinkuh
[FA admin]
She removed the following items from my gallery;
- MLRS rocket --- NOT a JDAM
- What's wrong with the Stryker?Ch.15 Who uses Strykers?P9
- New Stryker Upgrade!
- F-23 Black Widow II Data
The last one was an especially odd choice, given that it was a TEXT DOCUMENT, and not an "image" as stated.
There's no doubt one it was of those people who freaks-out all over the place about ANY non-furry item in FA that snitched on me.
So, it seems every single item that isn't entirely generated by my own hand is going to have to go to my Deviant Art page instead --- DA, at least, understands the legal concept of "Fair Use";
http://blacktailfa.deviantart.com/
