The Rear Admiral's Table

Moblin Haiku

2009-07-05T18:02:00.002-05:00

Moblin boots with haste
Moblin is buggy as hell
Moblin crashes oft

Fack Yes.

2009-05-10T19:17:00.003-05:00

Inside the mac os x kernel

2009-03-13T14:45:00.003-05:00

Have you ever said that os x has a bsd based kernel or a microkernel? Well you're wrong; you should watch this video.

Watchmen Review

2009-03-10T20:04:00.003-05:00

~3 hours
~20 minutes of big blue penis
2 fantastic breasts from Harold and Kumar

Overall it's good movie, which will provide future pursuers of higher education many hours of drinking fun.

We're So Screwed.

2009-02-26T17:45:00.003-06:00

DTV Flow Chart

2009-01-25T11:16:00.002-06:00

The consumerist has made an image that perfectly explains what people should do for the DTV transition.

http://consumerist.com/5116811/a-very-simple-flowchart-explaining-the-digital-tv-transition

Vista fixes 08

2009-01-01T20:37:00.003-06:00

I finally upgraded to vista a few weeks back and here are some helpful things I found.

By default vista didn't want to accept that my monitor could do 1280x1024@60Hz and some googling led to this post on the hardforums, unfortunately the fix is specific to nvidia.

I also had to move my router downstairs (cheapest way to get brother's xbox online) and use a wireless adapter on my main computer. needless to say this led to some serious lag spikes in videogames. The problem has been around since xp and the solution was to disable the wireless zeroconf service; the vista service is called wlan autoconfig which works. I also noticed people mentioning a program called vista anti lag written by some german guy whose site is down, I did find it on some german freeware site I never heard of though and it seems to work well. To get the program to work you have to disable your wireless card, then start the program, and then enable the wireless card.

On a completely different note I was watching Necessary Roughness on the tv and I noticed something funny. In the movie the football team of the, at the time fictional, Texas state plays their first game against Southwest; which through the hilarious vagaries of time is now known as Texas State.

Why UH was not invited to the BigXII

2008-11-24T13:22:00.004-06:00

Every time John McClain mentions Baylor on his blog there are scores of UH fans who ignorantly claim that UH should have been in the Big12 instead of Baylor. Allow me to quickly explain why UH was not invited to the Big12.

football	Baylor	Houston
1990	6-4-1	10-1
1991	8-4	4-7
1992	7-5	4-7
1993	5-6	1-9-1
1994	7-5	1-10
1995	7-4	2-9
total	40-28-1	22-43-1

Pickens ad

2008-08-28T10:28:00.001-05:00

Algorithm For A Modern Artist

2008-08-22T10:11:00.005-05:00

I realize that on a certain level the point of art is to elicit emotions. There is a line, however, and this jerk crossed it. I am no great student of art or art history, but from casual observation most art seems to follow certain patterns. Art seems to be almost structured, and I believe I have derived the algorithm which will produce what is today considered art.

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

int main () {
char c, str[256];
ifstream is;

cout << "Enter the name of an existing controversial topic: ";
cin.get (str,256);

is.open (str);  // open controversy

while (is.good()) // loop while profit from controversy is possible
{
c = is.get();  // get money from controversy
cout << c;
}

is.close();  // controversy dropped
return 0;        
}

I Suck at Fantasy Baseball

2008-05-03T19:37:00.001-05:00

That is all.

California To Citizens: All Your Thermostats Are Belong To Us!

2008-01-13T13:03:00.000-06:00

A while back I made this new flag for California as a joke, but the people of the golden state are bound and determined to make me into a prophet. First they passed some ass backwards electricity deregulation that forbade the company that sold the electricity to generate the electricity, which led to the oh so famous rolling blackouts. Now these jokers are trying to take control of people's thermostats; tacitly castrating the male population of California. Ever since the invention of air conditioning it has been the man's job to control the thermostat in his home with an iron fist and a steel will against mother and children who would heedlessly alter the perfection of the home environment.

If you live in California and want the testicles of your state to remain in their respective scrotum's tell Ivan nyet!

Naked Short Stocks

2007-12-07T10:45:00.000-06:00

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

If the Factory Didn't Put Speedholes on Your Car, It Doesn't Need Them.

2007-11-12T22:24:00.000-06:00

I don't know if this happens elsewhere, but in Waco every jackass with $20 sticks those stupid Buick portholes on their cars. its just as annoying as putting fake chrome on your car with the added benefit of telling everyone that you can't even afford a Buick.

The Cake Is A Lie

2007-10-28T03:13:00.001-05:00

Someone Has Been in My Cupboard

2007-10-22T22:41:00.000-05:00

Every day there is less and less peanut butter in the peanut butter jar and I blame Hillary Clinton. It is a vast left wing conspiracy and if she becomes president she will probably move my cheese too. Vote republican; not because you like republicans, but because you dislike democrats and their socialist european overlords.

Where Have all the Benchmarks Gone?

2007-10-02T01:41:00.000-05:00

do dodo dodo do... Seven years ago you couldn't go five minutes on the internet without reading a benchmark shootout of the latest video cards, the latest motherboards, the best cases, the best power supplies, or the best heat sinks. Today benchmarks for video cards and motherboards are few and far between and benchmarks of other computer components are all but non existent. A quick survey of sites I have frequented since the late nineties has confirmed this situation, with the exception of anandtech most of my old and trusted hardware sites seem stagnant in the hardware review/benchmark department. How am I to get my geek on if I can't find info on how the latest 120mm fan affects my quake3 performance.

One Eye.

2007-08-30T23:57:00.001-05:00

That Thing.

2007-08-29T10:44:00.001-05:00

PETA Endorses Domestic Violence

2007-08-20T19:06:00.000-05:00

Domestic Violence
n. Violence toward or physical abuse of one's spouse or domestic partner.
American Heritage Dictionary

What you see is a screen capture from a game created by PETA in order turn people off of KFC. Now there are some conclusions that I have drawn from this image.

PETA wishes to continue the negative racial stereotype that white people don't like fried chicken.
PETA endorses domestic violence against one's significant other or in this case one's rescuer.
PETA doesn't consider humans animals and therefore doesn't believe the widely accepted theory of evolution.

Feel free to draw your own conclusions, but as a white man who loves fried chicken I find number one terribly insensitive and offensive.

ATTN: Writers of all forms of fiction

2007-08-15T10:47:00.000-05:00

I was recently reading Black Light, the very enjoyable sequel to Shooter, but I noticed in this book a plot hole that I have often noticed through the years. The scenario usually goes something like this: the bad guy flew his/her privately own aircraft for some reason, and the hero needs to know about the flight or plane. Inevitably the hero's sidekick says "He had to file a flight plan, lets check that." The only problem is that in most situations; no the bad guy didn't have to file a flight plan. It may have been have been almost 10 years since I obtained my private pilots license, but I was certain that I remembered that VFR (Visual Flight Rules) flights didn't require flight plans, while IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) did. Well I went to the FAA's website and found an online copy of the Aeronautical Information Manual, a rule book for pilots, and it turns I was still correct. Except for certain situations (chapter 5 section 1-6) VFR does not require the filing of a flight plan, although it is highly recommended to file a flight plan as a safety measure.

So there you go, if you're writing something; and the bad guy is flying his plane and you want the protagonist to find some information on the flight take an extra sentence to explain the situation of the flight that required a flight plan to be filed.

Rules for Competitive Mousing

2007-03-06T22:42:00.000-06:00

Competitive Mousing Rules

Tomorrow's champion on the verge of greatness!

Section A.

Background

Competitive mousing is an exciting way for cats and their owners to bond. Originally open to small dogs as well as cats; competitive mousing has come along way from its humble origins, and is now the penultimate venue for elite mousing teams. Competitive mousing was conceived and developed by the RHG (Rodent Haters Guild); a group of vassals fed up with rodents eating noble table scraps meant to nourish their meager and common existences.

Around 1430 A.D. (thats right Anno Domini I don't cotton to that C.E. crap) peasants began domesticating and training small dogs and house cats to wage war on the rodentia pestilentia as they would have referred to it if they were literate. As with all other forms of war the industrial revolution transformed competitive mousing into a sport for the entertainment of the emerging bourgeoisie class in Europe. In 1763 the first officially recognized mousing tournament was conducted in a back alley in Prague and although crude by today's lofty standards all the basic parts were in place.

With the dawning of the modern era of competitive mousing all dogs were banned from sanctioned events, because it was felt that the training of cats required more talent on the part of the owner/trainer. In the Modern era it also became clear that a uniform set of rules was required to allow for even competition on an international level. To that end the RHG and the USNPARL (United States Non Partisan Anti Rodent League) came together to form what is today's universally (a bronzed copy of the rule book was included on both voyager missions) accepted set of rules.

Section B.

Conformity of competitors

Rule 1. All competitors must belong to the genus Felis.
Rule 2. All competitors must belong to the species Silvestris.
Rule 3. Competitors may not be shaved to achieve an aerodynamic advantage.
Rule 4. Competitors may not use artificial aids to enhance their performance.
Rule 5. Competitors claws may not be sharpened by their owners; the competitors may however sharpen their own claws.
Rule 6. Competitors will be divided into two (2) groups typical and non-typical.: Rule 6a. The typical group will be comprised of "average" cats with five (5) toes and five (5) claws on each of the front paws of the competitor.; Rule 6b. The non-typical group will be comprised of all hairless breeds and any polydactyly competitors.

Section C.

Conformity of competitors with respect to professional and sponsored competition

Subsection C1. Introduction to new section; As the popularity of this sport has grown it has become common place for competitors and their owner/trainer's to be sponsored by individuals or corporations. With that in mind the governing bodies have created this new section of the rules to assert their will on the ever more powerful professional competitors.
Rule 1. Competitors may display one (1) "logo" or other symbol of the sponsor at a time.
Rule 2. Competitors may not alter their fur in any way other than what is necessary to affix the sponsor "logo".: Rule 2a. Competitors in the non-typical group may not alter their skin other than what is necessary to affix the sponsor "logo".
Rule 3. Owners/Trainers may affix as many "logos" to their body as they wish.

Section D.

Acceptable Locations for Competition

Rule 1. The location must posses a system to contain competitors and their prey.
Rule 2. The location must provide officials with appropriate locations for executing their official duties.
Rule 3. The location may or may not provide facilities for the use of spectators at their own discretion.
Rule 4. The competitive "arena" may employ obstacles to add a higher degree of difficulty to the competitors.

Section E.

Structure of Competition

Rule 1. A predetermined number of prey will be placed in the competitive "arena".
Rule 2. All competitors of the same group will be placed in a sack.
Rule 3. The bag shall be shaken vigorously and then the competitors shall be released into the competitive "arena".
Rule 4. Competitors will place all captured prey dead or alive in their respective bins.
Rule 5. At the end of regulation time the competitor's scores will be tallied.

Section F.

Scoring

Rule 1. Dead prey will be counted as one (1) point.
Rule 2. Live prey will be counted as two (2) points.
Rule 3. In the event of a tie one half (.5) point will be subtracted for each partial carcass in the competitor's bin.

Section G.

Addendum to the rules of Competitive Mousing

Addendum to Section B. Rule 6a.

Addendum B1. Cats possessing "dew claws" on the hind legs are deemed to conform to they spirit of Section B. Rule 6a. and therefore may compete in the typical group without having said "dew claws" removed.

Addendum to Section B. Rule 6.

Addendum B2. The governing bodies reserve the right to create as necessary a third group of competition that ignores the rules of Section B. while still adhering to the spirit of the section. This "unlimited" group will be created when the governing bodies and competing populace determine that it is necessary for the group to be created in order to grow the sport or to foster a greater degree of difficulty in order maintain a competitive atmosphere.

Addendum to Section D. Rule 4.

Addendum D1. After an incident at the 1964 World Series of Mousing the governing bodies have determined that the competitive "arena" may not contain obstacles that are lethal to competitors and prey.

i.e. tiger traps, guillotines, deadfalls, etc.

Addendum D2. The exception to Addendum D1. will be bodies of water shallower than three (3) feet.

Section H.

Closing

Any dispute of the rules or suggestions for new rules may be submitted to the governing bodies at the biannual meeting of the governing bodies of competitive mousing. All submissions will be heard by the rules commission and all rulings will be considered the conclusion of a submission.

The reason for the season

2006-12-12T17:05:00.000-06:00

During this winter season the Space Pope would like to remind you

A Short Review of Harsh Times

2006-11-14T23:39:00.000-06:00

Harsh Times is the first movie that I can honestly say that I identified with the black character. This is no small feat considering I am in fact a middle class white guy from Texas. Congratulations to everyone who was involved in this movie for making a two hour lecture that is not boring.

Just Deserts Worse Than Just Desserts

2006-11-02T14:08:00.000-06:00

Synopses: Kid tries to steal account, but gets his own account stolen.
http://futuremark.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23914

br0kenrabbit says:
hi

Greg_ValveOLS says:
good evening

br0kenrabbit says:
What's ip?

br0kenrabbit says:
up?

Greg_ValveOLS says:
my name is greg a member of the valve online Support team

br0kenrabbit says:
On MSN?

Greg_ValveOLS says:
yes :)

br0kenrabbit says:
Why?

Greg_ValveOLS says:
we logged multiple ips from your account and ned to verifi your information

br0kenrabbit says:
My information?

Greg_ValveOLS says:
we believe someone may have stolen your account mmmm you havent shared youre account infomation with anyone have you?

br0kenrabbit says:
No. I don't even have it written down.

Greg_ValveOLS says:
hmmm maybe a keylogger on you r PC then maybe you need a format?

br0kenrabbit says:
Well...

Greg_ValveOLS says:
if you can verify your account information to me i can insure that only your ip have access to it Its a new security feature were trying because this happens so muchlogin names and passwords aint safe anymroe You know. L:)

br0kenrabbit says:
Well

Greg_ValveOLS says:
dont worry this connect it secure

br0kenrabbit says:
Can I be honest with you, Greg?

Greg_ValveOLS says:
k

br0kenrabbit says:
Look, I don't know how you go this MSN account name, don't really care, either.

br0kenrabbit says:
Unlike you, I DO work for Valve. Trace my ip and you'll see.

Greg_ValveOLS says:
huh?

Greg_ValveOLS says:
bs

br0kenrabbit says:
Trace it.

Greg_ValveOLS says:
how

br0kenrabbit says:
Start/run/cmd type Tracert and then my IP address and hit enter.

Greg_ValveOLS says:
oh k

br0kenrabbit says:
As an employee, I know that Valve employees will NEVER contact users over MSN. I also know a valve employee will NEVER ask a user for his/her username and password.

br0kenrabbit says:
I'm putting a temporary hold on your Steam account.

Greg_ValveOLS says:
why?

br0kenrabbit says:
Have you read the ToS?

Greg_ValveOLS says:
Tod?

Greg_ValveOLS says:
tos

br0kenrabbit says:
terms of service

Greg_ValveOLS says:
were?

br0kenrabbit says:
Greg, this is a serious infraction against the Tos. You are at risk of losing your account.

Greg_ValveOLS says:
why

br0kenrabbit says:
I just told you why

Greg_ValveOLS says:
:(

br0kenrabbit says:
I need some information from you if you want me to unlock you account. I'm going to write you up but I will only suspend you account for three days, since this is your first infraction, okay?

Greg_ValveOLS says:
k

br0kenrabbit says:
First, what is the name the account is registered to. Not the user name, the persons real name who created the account. This is for verification purposes.

Greg_ValveOLS says:
xxxxx xxxxxxx

br0kenrabbit says:
Is this you?

Greg_ValveOLS says:
ya

br0kenrabbit says:
Are you the only user of this account?

Greg_ValveOLS says:
ya

br0kenrabbit says:
Okay, and what is the username

Greg_ValveOLS says:
xxxxxxxx

br0kenrabbit says:
Okay.

br0kenrabbit says:
I see you have purchased a few of our games, thank you. :)

Greg_ValveOLS says:
some. dude

Greg_ValveOLS says:
m

br0kenrabbit says:
Do you always log on from the same IP?

Greg_ValveOLS says:
ya

br0kenrabbit says:
And who is your internet providers, your ISP?

Greg_ValveOLS says:
xxxxxxx

br0kenrabbit says:
Thank you. One moment, please, let me verify this information.

Greg_ValveOLS says:
am i gonna be bale to play 2nite?

br0kenrabbit says:
What is your city of residence?

br0kenrabbit says:
That depends on if you cooperate. You're doing fine so far.

Greg_ValveOLS says:
xxxxxx

br0kenrabbit says:
Illinios?

Greg_ValveOLS says:
yes

br0kenrabbit says:
Okay. And what is the password associated with this account?

Greg_ValveOLS says:
xxxxxxx

br0kenrabbit says:
Okay. Do not try to log into steam. If you are connected now you need to log off.

Greg_ValveOLS says:
why

br0kenrabbit says:
So I can update your account.

Greg_ValveOLS says:
can I play 2 nite

Greg_ValveOLS says:
clan fight

Greg_ValveOLS says:
wont win without me heh

br0kenrabbit says:
Heh. You'll have to wait a few minutes. Are you logged off?

Greg_ValveOLS says:
ya

br0kenrabbit says:
Okay. Give me just a moment.

br0kenrabbit says:
Try to log in now.

Greg_ValveOLS says:
k

Greg_ValveOLS says:
It says login failed wtf wtf!!@?

br0kenrabbit says:
Greg

Greg_ValveOLS says:
did u ban me???????????>WHY

br0kenrabbit says:
Greg

Greg_ValveOLS says:
what

br0kenrabbit says:
Valve will never ask for your username and password.

Greg_ValveOLS says:
what????

br0kenrabbit says:
I don't work for Valve dude, but you just got pwnt.

Greg_ValveOLS says:
omg dude wtf why?

br0kenrabbit says:
Why were you trying to steal my account?

Greg_ValveOLS says:
i wanst

br0kenrabbit says:
Then why were you asking for my information?

Greg_ValveOLS says:
i was just making a joke but not cerious honest dude just give
my acount back pllllleeease i'm only 13 and save d up for like a year to buy it

br0kenrabbit says:
Greg

Greg_ValveOLS says:
dude pleas

Greg_ValveOLS says:
what

br0kenrabbit says:
Go mow some yards, bitch.