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.: Thursday, March 21, 2002 :.

Grammar And You
Degeneration of the Nations

First off, i'm probably pretty guilty of this, though not to the extremes that some people take it.

The Internet, great place, you can get the info, play the games, and chat the chat. It's great, we associate the net with the ability to quickly gain access to materials and information that would previously have required a sh1t load of research. Unfortunately the whole speed aspect of things has degraded grammar quality, And folks, grammar is key to clarity. Oh how i hate the BRB, the K, The WE, and probably worst of all, the LOL. Whats worse is that kids coming into high school that have grown up with the internet and instant messaging are actually using these abbreviations in their writing. They don't know any different, and hence, beleive that this is the way that things are actually written (its hard to beleive for those of us who have been using the Net and other forms of communication before the advent of instant messaging). Not that these problems aren't solved through English Courses in school, but its just really weird for me to think that some 14 year old kid will actually include these abbreviations in a formal Assignment.

On A somewhat related Note, SENTENCES ARE NOT NICKNAMES. More and more people are using sentences for nicknames on MSN messenger. WTF (<-- i hate myself) is up with that. A nickname is name, something like, 'Bob the Borderliner', 'Nokalocke', or 'Charlie Chuckenstuck'. A nickname is not 'Tommorow i think i'll go to the mall and pick up a new sweater'. Stop it!, You Annoy Me!

Peace Out,



.: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 :.

Warcraft III

Alright, getting out of school with 4th spare i've got a bit of time on my hands, and lately i've been putting that time into Warcraft III. I've ranted about this game in the past, and i'll continue to do so, as it kicks the monkey's uncle. As of yesterday i was ranked 28 out of 1000 for team based games. Not to shabby eh? Anyway, thats probably slipped a bit by now, as I haven't played since last night, and odds are that someone has been (i'd say the probability on that is a 1.0) and passed my XP level on the ladder. My alias? take a wild guess, its probably not to much of a shocker, Nokalocke. Just thought i'd post that on here as i never really do good at those types of games, but i've been opening some cans lately. If you don't beleive me, I've got screenshots to prove it, and i'll probably post them later on tonight.

Peace Out.



.: Sunday, March 17, 2002 :.

PO'd update time
or: A cry to the file-sharing Community

I'd like to take a little bit of time to rant about file 'sharing', or lack there of.

I'm not promoting the use of programs such as morpheus, winmx, or kazaa for the downloading of illegal materials, but rather looking in the direction of those materials which are legal to freely distribute.

Anyway, as any child that has progressed past kindergarten should be aware, 'sharing' implies two or more people exchanging goods on a fair, and even grounds. ie, no one person does all the receiving, each person gives a little to get a little. I've become increasingly annoyed at all the BS with people on the aforementioned programs. For crying out loud, don't cancel the people in your upload list! where do you think the files your getting are coming from? Your in somebodies upload list somewhere! If you don't like having a lot of people leeching files off of you, put a reasonable limit on how many people can be downloading from you at a time, like 5, not 1, 1 is BS. If your on a high speed connection, don't limit the upload speed to 2kb/s, make it more like 15kb/s, your not going to notice any change in performance.

What i'm really trying to say here is have a little respect, if people don't allow others to upload files from them, then there can't be anybody downloading. If your one of these people, have some heart, and brains for that matter, and start helping the community, not raping it.

Peace Out.





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