Reason for coming back: it's easier to upload pics at blogger.com with Picasa and Hello. At livejournal, it's a mite more restrictive.
Of course, if livejournal trumps again, I might move house yet again.
So, for now, moving over to: http://pinolobu.blogspot.com |
Who is bound for splitsville?
By KEVIN WILLIAMSON -- Calgary Sun
Nick, Jessica marriage going strong
OVER ... Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have separated.
Every now and again, a news event is so devastating and emotionally wrenching that it unites the world in collective grief. And for those people who think tsunami is raw fish, that event is the break-up of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston.
Even Katie Couric confessed to millions yesterday on Today that she called her newsdesk this past weekend -- not about the widespread devastation in Asia, but to confirm if Hollywood's golden couple had called it quits.
With the Pitt/Aniston split sure to dominate magazine covers for some time -- it's the cover story of this week's People -- the next question isn't why they broke up (or what Angelina Jolie had to do with it), but who will be next?
The following is a rundown of a handful of celebrity couples and their chances at sticking it out together in the land of Botox and breast implants.
JENNIFER GARNER & BEN AFFLECK
# HOW THEY HOOKED UP: Not on the set of Daredevil when Garner was still married. Really. Rather, sparks between them didn't fly until last summer when she was filming Elektra. Honestly.
# ARE WE SICK OF THEM?: Shockingly, not yet. Garner doesn't preen for the media like Jennifer Lopez did.
# WILL IT LAST?: Sure -- and Affleck's beloved Red Sox will win the World Series. Oh. What was that? Nevermind.
JENNIFER LOPEZ & MARC ANTHONY
# HOW THEY HOOKED UP: The tears hadn't dried on poor Affleck's rosy cheeks before Lopez was yachting with Anthony.
# ARE WE SICK OF THEM?: Since marrying Anthony, Lopez has dropped the "J.Lo" tag -- and mostly out of sight.
# WILL IT LAST?: Is the Pope Muslim?
NICOLE KIDMAN & STEVEN BING
# HOW THEY HOOKED UP: Quietly. They've been dating since November.
# ARE WE SICK OF THEM?: We're not going to have a chance to get sick of them. Reports say Kidman's best friend Naomi Watts and ex-husband, Tom Cruise, want Bing gone. After all, the film producer is best known for denying paternity of Elizabeth Hurley's son until a DNA test proved he was the father.
# WILL IT LAST: Who knows? The Bewitched actress has a history of making bewildering choices. Exhibit A: Lenny Kravitz.
WILL SMITH & JADA PINKETT SMITH
# HOW THEY HOOKED UP: She auditioned to play his girlfriend on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1990, but lost the role.
# ARE WE SICK OF THEM?: Do they have to be so, so ... happy all the time?
# WILL IT LAST?: It looks like they'll be staying jiggy wit' it.
KEVIN BACON & KYRA SEDGWICK
# HOW THEY HOOKED UP: While making the TV movie Lemon Sky in 1988. They were married the same year.
# ARE WE SICK OF THEM?: Not at all -- they've been together for 17 years and Bacon has transformed himself from Footloose two-stepper to an accomplished actor.
# WILL IT LAST?: Unless he works with Angelina Jolie.
ELLEN DEGENERES & PORTIA DE ROSSI
# HOW THEY HOOKED UP: Much to the dismay of their partners.
# ARE WE SICK OF THEM?: Not the half that's on Arrested Development.
# WILL IT LAST?: De Rossi removed a tattoo of her ex-lover's initials. Sounds like love to us.
TOM HANKS & RITA WILSON
# HOW THEY HOOKED UP: On the set of Volunteers in 1985.
# ARE WE SICK OF THEM?: Unlike Smith, despite his enormous stardom, Hanks isn't annoying at all.
# WILL IT LAST?: As Forrest Gump might say, "Hanks knows what love is, Jen-hey."
JESSICA SIMPSON & NICK LACHEY
# HOW THEY HOOKED UP: At a Mensa meeting. Yes, we're kidding.
# ARE WE SICK OF THEM?: Until she turns up in her Daisy Dukes, anyway.
# WILL IT LAST?: Hey, marriage isn't brain surgery. Which works in their favour.
ref:
http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2005/01/11/893932.html |
gynocologist is the best profession. where else can u tell a woman to take off her pants, touch her breasts, insert your finger and let her husband pay for what you did?
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WINNER
"Jangan kasi abis", "Podot" the Chairman, Nov 2004?. How it came about: U7 gave "ex-Millionaire" local "Spanish Fly" then he showed it to our Chairman who then said "jangan kasi abis", "..... kita experimen sama GRO"
RUNNER UP
"Yang penting dia mau saya punya", ditto
3rd PLACING
"Maan nopo gisom karaha", Sopok aka RM aka LM, 17th Oct 2004
NOTE:
From now on, quotes which are non-to-subtly offensive will be rejected. Recent contenders that have fallen by the wayside includes "pinggang balabak" or "tutuhai nopo gisom kosoliwan gamau" which the judges deem to be unsuitably offensive. I'm sorry, but if I want a really offensive comment, nobody can beat this which I heard in the UK more than 10 years ago: "F**king Jesus."
Past winners:
1997 - "ACIAM"
1995 - "Mesyuarat ditangguhkan dalam keadaan kelamkabut kerana gegaran yang melanda Bangunan Yayasan Sabah" - minit mesyuarat by Saino Sibadogil, Pegawai Kerajaan Sabah.
1993
"Sudahlah dangerous, bahaya lagi", forgot name
"It's big, but the head is not that big", Robert Godomon commenting on Kua's private parts
1986
"Orang yang tidak mempunyai motto adalah orang yang rugi" - ini adalah motto yang disumbangkan oleh Yazrin Yassin, Majalah Sekolah SBPS 1986
"[lights match] Api, kutiup [blows match] ia mati" - is the only line in the sajak by Syadan Ginu, entitled Mampu. What a stupid poem.......
1985
"Oooh? Kau lebih tinggi daripada saya ya?" - a teacher orientating Patrick Majatig, SBPS. Dia berhabis mau cari kesalahan si Patrick supaya dia boleh buli (seperti kebiasaan orientasi), tapi dia tak dapat cari apa-apa, jadi ini saja yg dia ingat mau cakap!
1982
"Mau tau dalam hati", Aunt Maliana
"Sudah kena baru sorry kah?" - Linjawan, the school bully to Merdika Ombulun when Merdika accidentally hit him with a sepaktakraw ball. Of course lah, lepas kena baru sorry, mana ada orang sebelum kena cakap sorry? BODOH punya worang...porah.....
1981
"gumangarau ih Dulahamid" lamented Singkun Sintau to DLD because apparently he, Kopu and the late
Dulahamid had not been paid wages for building our house in 1981... so dulahamid was quite angry, hence
Singkun conveyed that message and subsequently received prompt payment... the next thing i remembered
was that they then started mogolimpasa at rumah lama.. the late "Dodu" and "Kaki" entertained...
"COBALAH...ORANG BERUNGIS...ORANG BAJAU"
"NGARAN NOPO TI KARA NGA SIKUK" - BY UNCLE MARCUS
1980 - "DIA PUN ADA PERASAAN BAH ITU" - Solemn comment by Ah Siong upon being asked to comment after everybody laughed at him because he received a love letter from Gobou which among others include the
following line: "KITA BESINTA-SINTA AH?"
1979 - "SOBULUM SAYA MENURUSKAN USAPAN SAYA INIH" is the opening line by one Mr Bolingi (surname unknown) during Pertandingan Syarahan Agama 1979 at St Philip "hall". Remember, at that time the old church
which was already demolished would not be ready until the next year. Mr Bolingi proceeded to give a fiery speech, replete with animal noises, but perhaps it was too fiery for the judges, who only gave him a consolation prize.
1982 - "MADA' OKUNO POMONSOI TIOLO!!!!!!!!!", Singkun Sintau, expressing his extreme disgust of Encik Tukang Salleh @ Haddis Salleh's house design.
1997 - "KUMOLUAR KONOPO LO WINDOW NGA... TAKANO ILOH "X" - Jasper
1974 - "MADA OKU DAA NGAA... OSONONG DI TALAID"
2002 - "KAU BINATANG KAH?" - KOTA BELUD
1980 - "JANGAN DUDUK SYITU" - UNCLE GUMBOOK - BUKIT AMAN
1979 - "KOTOTOLI MILAKUS" - BY UNCLE GUMBOOK SEMASA KOYOK UNCLE MARCUS SEMASA MAGNUM DI KEDAI LAMA MENDIANG UNCLE KIM CHAI, TAMPARULI TOWN
1980 - "MOGUHOD OKU" - GALUS DAHANIN @ DAHAMIN @ ALFRED LAMBUT@ LAMBUT - SEMASA MOGOLIMPASA DI RUMAH LAMA
1977 - "BADAI LONIA" - ATTEMPT BY A GUY CALLED BADAI TO ROMANCE EMMA LONIA ROBERT AT RUMAH LAMA
1978 - "TUJUAN SAYA MENULIS SURUT INI" - A LETTER WRITTEN BY A ROAD CONSTRUCTION WORKER, MAYBE A FILIPINO DOING KERJA PENGASPALAN AT THE NEW KIULU-TAMPARULI ROAD, NEAR OUR HOUSE - THE LETTER ADRESSED TO LONIA... BUT TOO MANY GRAMMATICAL ERROR TO THE EXTENT THAT THE FIRST PARA WAS A DISASTER... SURUT INSTEAD OF SURAT! |
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Actually this was only an idea that came up in the US military brainstorming session, and was dropped before it reached approval stage.
But what's interesting is that their brainstorming session can come up with this idea...
As our EQ course leader said: "brainstorming sessions can have a lot of storm, but very little brain....."
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From: MOF Resource Centre
Utusan Malaysia
AS cipta bom dorong musuh jadi gay
WASHINGTON 16 Jan. - Ahli-ahli saintis Amerika Syarikat (AS) merancang mencipta sejenis bom yang akan mendorong tentera musuh menjadi gay dan mengadakan hubungan seks sejenis hingga mengabaikan tugas-tugas ketenteraan. Menurut satu dokumen yang sebelum ini dirahsiakan, pakar-pakar tersebut mencipta bom kimia yang luar biasa itu sebagai satu alternatif kepada senjata nuklear.
Kumpulan pakar di Makmal Wrigh Tentera Udara AS di Dayton, Ohio, merancang menggunakan sejenis hormon dipanggil pheromones, yang boleh membuat manusia tertarik hati sesama sendiri. ``Bom itu boleh mencetuskan tingkah laku homoseksual di kalangan askar-askar musuh yang bukan sahaja meninggalkan kesan yang menjijikkan tetapi juga boleh menjejaskan moral,'' jelas laporan itu.
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Original article from Boston Herald
Pentagon sexes up the battle: But ‘Gay Bomb’ goes bust in the lab
By Jules Crittenden
Saturday, January 15, 2005
We asked. They told. The Gay Bomb, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed yesterday, was a real proposal - an idea floated by Air Force researchers to render enemy troops ineffective by rendering them homosexual. It was 1994. Some creative thinkers at a Wright Patterson Air Force Base lab were brainstorming on possible non-lethal weapon projects.
Someone hit on this: "Category # 3: Chemicals that affect human behavior so that discipline and morale in enemy units is adversely affected. One distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the chemical also caused homosexual behavior."
It is unclear what substance would jack up the sex drive and break down the inhibitions of normally heterosexual troops. Presumeably, the idea was that rampant homosexual activity would cause shame and confusion, destroying unit cohesion.
The Pentagon didn't bite.
'Gay Bomb' is not our term,'' said Marine Capt. Daniel McSweeney, who spent all day fielding calls after the unorthodox proposal was brought out of a Pentagon closet by a watchdog group called the Sunshine Project.
``It was not taken seriously. It was not considered for further development,'' he said. ``By way of context, the Department of Defense received literally hundreds of proposals for non-lethal weapons. Admittedly, some of them were non-traditional.''
Others that have been proposed have included hitting enemy troops with LSD-like substances that would leave them stumbling around and hallucinating, or spraying troops with an insect sex hormone to make bugs swarm them. But McSweeney said, ``The United States observes chemical weapons treaties.''
Besides, noted Charles Heyman of Janes Information Group, there has always been the fear of blowback - the threat that a weapon meant for the enemy will end up disabling one's own soldiers.
``You don't know what the effect will be on your own troops. It's incredibly dangerous,'' Heyman said about spraying chemicals.
Now in development by the U.S. military are some equally creative but less startling non-lethal ideas: the Mobility Denial System, a slippery gel; the Active Denial System, using millimeter-wave technology to heat up the enemy's skin. Already deployed is the Vehicle Lightweight Arresting Device, a spiked netting designed to entangle tires. But, McSweeney said, no Gay Bomb.
ref:
http://news.bostonherald.com/national/view.bg?articleid=63615
Jan. 17th, 2005 @ 03:09 pm
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the vaunted MySQL/InnoDB combination
Yahoo Finance and Google are heavy users of InnoDB
SelectBourse migrated from Microsoft SQL Server to InnoDB - SelectBourse
[3] is a company specializing in online stock trading in the Paris
and New York stock exchanges [2].
Mytrix, Inc. [5] is a company specializing in statistical research
on the Internet and the development of Internet-related technological
solutions. Their main project is an independent, highly sophisticated
Internet statistics system. Mytrix operates one of the biggest database
sites in Russia.
Peter Zaitsev, CTO of Mytrix writes: "Currently Mytrix provides extended
statistics for more than 200 000 web resources, accounting for more
than 70 million events per day. The raw gathered data is stored in
a self-implemented data warehouse, and statistics of it are stored
in MySQL databases. MySQL is used for extensive analysis of the data.
For a couple of years MyISAM tables were used to store the processed
data. We found that the InnoDB support for transactions, row level
locks, and fast automatic crash recovery gives us an advantage, so
we have migrated to InnoDB."
"Totally we have about 30 servers (mostly Dual PIII with 1-2 GB of
RAM) which have in total more than 1 TB of data stored in MySQL databases.
The number of tables is more than 100 000 (small tables were used
with MyISAM to overcome concurrency problems in table level locking
used with MyISAM). The tables contain more than 20 000 000 000 rows
in total."
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Q: What is InnoDB and why does it have anything to do with mysql? [4]
A:
"InnoDB provides MySQL with a transaction-safe (ACID compliant) storage
engine with commit, rollback, and crash recovery capabilities. InnoDB
does locking on the row level and also provides an Oracle-style consistent
non-locking read in SELECT statements. These features increase multi-
user concurrency and performance. There is no need for lock escalation
in InnoDB because row-level locks in InnoDB fit in very little space.
InnoDB also supports FOREIGN KEY constraints. In SQL queries you
can freely mix InnoDB type tables with other table types of MySQL,
even within the same query."
"InnoDB has been designed for maximum performance when processing
large data volumes. Its CPU efficiency is probably not matched by
any other disk-based relational database engine."
"Fully integrated with MySQL Server, the InnoDB storage engine maintains
its own buffer pool for caching data and indexes in main memory.
InnoDB stores its tables and indexes in a tablespace, which may consist
of several files (or raw disk partitions). This is different from,
for example, MyISAM tables where each table is stored using separate
files. InnoDB tables can be of any size even on operating systems
where file size is limited to 2GB."
"InnoDB is included in binary distributions by default as of MySQL
4.0. For information about InnoDB support in MySQL 3.23, see section
15.3 InnoDB in MySQL 3.23. Starting from MySQL 4.1.5, the new Windows
installer makes InnoDB the MySQL default table type on Windows."
"InnoDB is used in production at numerous large database sites requiring
high performance. The famous Internet news site Slashdot.org runs
on InnoDB. Mytrix, Inc. stores over 1TB of data in InnoDB, and another
site handles an average load of 800 inserts/updates per second in
InnoDB."
"InnoDB is published under the same GNU GPL License Version 2 (of
June 1991) as MySQL. For more information on MySQL licensing, see
http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/. "
ref:
[1] http://www.innodb.com
[2] http://www.innodb.com/userstories.php
[3] http://www.selectbourse.com/
[4] http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/InnoDB_overview.html
[5] http://www.mytrix.com/
Jan. 17th, 2005 @ 09:27 am
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Double-Tongued Word Wrester records undocumented or under-documented words from the fringes of English. It focuses upon slang, jargon, and other niche categories which include new, foreign, hybrid, archaic, obsolete, and rare words. Special attention is paid to the lending and borrowing of words between the various Englishes and other languages, even where a word is not a fully naturalized citizen in its new language.
Jan. 10th, 2005 @ 10:24 pm
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NNDB is an intelligence aggregator that tracks the activities of people we have determined to be noteworthy, both living and dead. Superficially, it seems much like a "Who's Who" where a noted person's curriculum vitae is available (the usual information such as date of birth, a biography, and other essential facts.)
But it mostly exists to document the connections between people, many of which are not always obvious. A person's otherwise inexplicable behavior is often understood by examining the crowd that person has been hanging out with.
Eventually, we will have synopses and analyses of creative works by the people in the database, including their books, films, and recordings.
Jan. 8th, 2005 @ 11:40 pm
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