Wednesday, June 20, 2007

TIME TO JOIN E-MAILERS ANONYMOUS

*You wake up at 3 a.m. to go to the bathroom, and check your email on the way back to bed.
*You turn off your modem and are suddenly filled with a feeling of emptiness, as if you just pulled the plug on a loved one.
*You spend half of a plane trip with your laptop in your lap...and your child in the overhead compartment.
*You decide to stay in college for an additional year or two, just for the free Internet access.
*You find yourself typing "com" after every period.com
*You move into a new home and decide to netscape before you landscape.
*You start tilting your head sideways to smile.

Umalo...

Ratni ministar unutrasnjih poslova B&H, Bakir Alispahić, uspio je od Ministarstva poljoprivrede Federacije i Ministarstva zdravstva dobiti za svoju firmu dozvolu za uvoz 10.000 pakovanja ledenog čaja s ekstraktom marihuane (C'ICE SWIS CANNABIS ICE TEA ). Jedno pakovanje sadrži preko 5% sirupa od pupoljaka kanabisa i njegovog ekstrakta. Carinici su ga svrstali pod tarifnu oznaku koja se daje proizvodima koji u sebi sadrže vodu sa šećerom ili drugim aromama. Medjutim, EUFOR je blokirao carinsko skladište u Sarajevu u kojem je smješteno 40.000 konzervi od 250 ml caja, a uzorke je poslao na analizu u dva nezavisna laboratorija...

Demokratski...

Policijske službe i Obavještajno-sigurnosna agencija (OSA) BiH uskoro će moći prisluškivati sve telefonske razgovore u fiksnoj i mobilnoj mreži, čitati SMS i e-mail poruke, potvrdio je Mijo Krešić, zamjenik ministra sigurnosti BiH: Imamo sve zakonske preduslove. Uskoro ćemo instalisati najsofisticiraniju opremu za zakonito presretanje telekomunikacija. Jedan centar će biti smješten u Državnoj agenciji za istrage i zaštitu BiH, a koristiće ga sve policijske strukture u BiH, drugi će biti u OSA i koristit će se samo za potrebe ove agencije. Ovu najsavremeniju prislušnu opremu poklonice im Europska komisija i Velika Britanija.
E bas vam hvala...

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Shape of my heart

When insults had class

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." - Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening.But this wasn't it." - Groucho Marx
"I didn't attend the funeral,but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." - Oscar Wilde
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend... If you have one." - George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill... followed by Churchill's response:
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second, if there is one." - Winston Churchill
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." - Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator." - John Bright
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." - Irvin S. Cobb
"He is not only dull himself;he is the cause of dullness in others." -Samuel Johnson
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul Keating
"He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" - Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." - Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." - Oscar Wilde
Lady Astor once remarked to Winston Churchill at a Dinner Party, "Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee!" Winston replied, "Madam if I were your husband I would drink it!"

Goldmember

Saddam Hussein je stvarno bio čovjek od zlatnog kalašnjikova. Australski Ratni muzej primio je zlatnu pušku Tabuk – irački ekvivalent poluautomatske puške AK-47 – od australske vojske, koja ju je dobila od američkih snaga u znak "zahvalnosti" za ucestvovanje u ratu.Pušku su pronašli pripadnici 101. divizije američkog ratnog vazduhoplovstva tokom čišćenja zgrada oko sjevernoiračkog grada Kirkuka.

Monday, June 18, 2007

XYu - Cesarica

Mysterious language of science

"IT HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN"... I didn't look up the original reference.
"A DEFINITE TREND IS EVIDENT"... These data are practically meaningless.
"WHILE IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE DEFINITE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS"... An unsuccessful experiment, but I still hope to get it published.
"THREE OF THE SAMPLES WERE CHOSEN FOR DETAILED STUDY"... The other results didn't make any sense.
"TYPICAL RESULTS ARE SHOWN"... This is the prettiest graph.
"THESE RESULTS WILL BE IN A SUBSEQUENT REPORT"... I might get around to this sometime, if pushed/funded.
"IN MY EXPERIENCE"... Once
"IN CASE AFTER CASE"... Twice
"IN A SERIES OF CASES"... Thrice
"IT IS BELIEVED THAT"... I think.
"IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT"... A couple of others think so, too.
"IT MIGHT BE ARGUED THAT" ... I have such a good answer for this objection that I now raise it. [Thanks to Brendan Keefe.]
"CORRECT WITHIN AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE"... Wrong.
"ACCORD1NG TO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS"... Rumour has it.
"A STATISTICALLY-ORIENTED PROJECTION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE FINDINGS"... A wild guess.
"A CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF OBTAINABLE DATA"... Three pages of notes were obliterated when I knocked over a glass of beer.
"IT IS CLEAR THAT MUCH ADDITIONAL WORK WILL BE REQUIRED BEFORE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PHENOMENON OCCURS"... I don't understand it
"AFTER ADDITIONAL STUDY BY MY COLLEAGUES"... They don't understand it either.
"THANKS ARE DUE TO JOE BLOGGS FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE EXPERIMENT AND TO CINDY ADAMS FOR VALUABLE DISCUSSIONS"... Mr. Bloggs did the work and Ms. Adams explained to me what it meant.
"A HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT AREA FOR EXPLORATORY STUDY"... A totally useless topic selected by my committee.
"IT IS HOPED THAT THIS WILL STIMULATE FURTHER WORK IN THIS FIELD" ... This paper isn't very good, but neither are any others on this miserable subject. [Thanks to Brendan Keefe.]
"IT IS HOPED THAT THIS STUDY WILL STIMULATE FURTHER 1NVESTIGATION IN THIS FIELD"... I quit.

Jos jedan smak svijeta

Isaac Newton je predvidio je da će se kraj svijeta dogoditi 2060. godine,a podatak se bazira na rukopisima slavnoga fizičara koji su u nedjelju predstavljeni na Jevrejskom Fakultetu u Jeruzalemu.
Newtonove zabilješke prvi su put prikazane u javnosti od 1969., u sklopu izložbe organizovane pod nazivom "Newtonove tajne".U pismu iz 1704. Isaac Newton, engleski fizičar i astronom, zaljubljenik u teologiju i alkemiju, jedan je dio posvetio proracunu kraja svijeta na temelju biblijskog fragmenta iz knjige Danijelove.
U posjedu knjižare Fakulteta nalazi se još niz rukopisa slavnog znanstvenika, puno poznatijeg po racionalnim otkrićima (teorija zemljine gravitacije).

Komunizam i renesansa

Daniel Ortega je treći latinoamerički socijalistički predsjednik koji je u manje od dvije nedjelje posjetio Fidela Castra tokom njegova oporavka. Castro se nedavno susreo i s venezuelanskim predsjednikom Hugom Chavezom i bolivijskim predsjednikom Evom Moralesom.Tema sastanka s Ortegom bila je uglavnom podrška nikaragvanskim naporima da unaprijede energetsku mrežu, ali i globalno otopljenje.Kuba, Venezuela, Bolivija i Nikaragva sklopile su savezništvo nazvano Bolivarska alternativa za Amerike (ALBA). Njihova organizacija protivi se američkoj vanjskoj politici u regiji.Savezništvo je nazvano prema borcu za nezavisnost iz 19.vijeka Simonu Bolivaru.
Tvrdi se da se zdravstveno stanje 80-godišnjeg Castra znatno poboljšalo tokom posljednjih par mjeseci. Njegova bolest i lokacija su državna tajna.

Emily Haines

Protesti Indijanaca

Kanadske vlasti pokušavaju ušutkati glasove za prava urođenika na zemlju. Sve ide prema tome da će 29.juna biti protesti sirom zemlje. Slušajući Shawna Branta, taj bi dan mogao biti i nešto drugo: opsti dan akcije za prava kanadskih urođenika.Nakon što je grupa Mohawk Indijanaca iz rezervata Tyendinaga nedavno blokirala željezničku prugu između Kingstona i Toronta, Brant se predao policiji Ontarija. Brandt je postao simbol nove ratobornosti koja se širi urođeničkim zajednicama u Kanadi. On kaze - kako vrijeme prolazi, zemlja nestaje. Šume se sijeku, planine smanjuju, predgrađa se šire. Pregovori samo pridonose stvarnom gubitku zemlje. Kamenolom u zaljevu Quinte nalazi se na zemlji koju Mohawk Indijanci nikada nisu ustupili, to je činjenica koju je priznala i federalna vlada. Jedino je pitanje kakvu će kompenzaciju uzeti za lopovluk. Problem se pojavio zato što su za vrijeme dok su dvije strane razgovarale, kamioni odvozili 10,000 pošiljaka novo iskopanog šljunka iz kamenoloma svake godine – procijenjeno je da su ukupno odvezli oko 100,000 tona. Dok su pregovarali o zemlji, zemlja je nestajala. Dok stručnjaci razgovaraju zemlja se odvozi, a dovozi se toksičan otpad.Konačna uvreda stigla je kada je federalna vlast predložila budžet sa gotovo ničim novim što bi popravilo siromaštvo Prvih Naroda. To je potaknulo vođu Skupštine Prvih Naroda, Phila Fontainea, da za 29. juna sazove nacionalni dan akcije. Iako Fontaine ne poziva na blokade, mnogi prvi narodi ih već planiraju sirom zemlje, razgovarajući o koordiniranom ciljanju na ključne infrastrukture, od željeznice do cesta. Ideja je ista kao opsti štrajk, objašnjava Brant s osmijehom.
Taj dan će urođenici djelovati, a mi ostali kukati o zakašnjelim vozovima i saobracajnim zastojima.

Priznanje Berberu

Slikar Mersad Berber proglašen je počasnim članom Ruske akademije umjetnosti. Ceremonija primanja u članstvo Akademije održana je prije par dana u Moskvi u okviru svečanosti obilježavanja 250. godišnjice osnivanja te akademije.Sama proslava godisnjice uvrštena je u 63 svečana datuma u čijem obilježavanju ucestvuje i UNESCO.

Podrska Feralu

Gradjani Medveščaka su organizovali potpisivanje peticije kojom izražavaju svoju podrsku poznatom političkom i kulturnom tjedniku Feral Tribune.
Feral Tribune je morao zaustaviti izlaženje zbog finansijskih dugova. U gotovo 15 godina izlaženja pokazao se kao primjer nezavisnog novinarstva za što su dobili mnoge međunarodne nagrade.
Građani mogu uplatiti svoj novac na žiroračun Feral Tribune i tako pomoći smanjenju pola miliona duga.

Saturday, June 16, 2007

Easy

Things I learned from movies

1. All grocery shopping bags contain at least one stick of French bread.
2. Once applied, lipstick will never rub off - even while scuba diving.
3. The ventilation system of any building is a perfect hiding place. No one will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building without difficulty.
4. Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer, it will not be necessary to speak the language. A German accent will do.
5. The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window of any building in Paris.
6. A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.
7. When paying for a taxi, never look at your wallet as you take out a note - just grab one at random and hand it over. It will always be the exact fare.
8. A single match will be sufficient to light up a room the size of a football stadium.
9. Medieval peasants had perfect teeth.
10. One man shooting at 20 men has a better chance of killing them all than 20 men firing at one.
11. When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other.
12. A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.

Friday, June 15, 2007

Sade

Bloopers

MySpace Graphics
Actual student bloopers collected by teachers:
*The Bible is full of interesting caricatures. In the first book of the Bible, Guinessis, Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree. One of their children, Cain, asked, "Am I my brother's son?"
*Moses led the Hebrew slaves to the Red Sea, where they made unleavened bread which is bread made without any ingredients. Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandments. He died before he ever reached Canada.
*Solomom had three hundred wives and seven hundred porcupines.
*The Greeks were a highly sculptured people, and without them we wouldn't have history. The Greeks also had myths. A myth is a female moth.
*Actually, Homer was not written by Homer but by another man of that name.
*Socrates was a famous Greek teacher who went around giving people advice. They killed him. Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock. After his death, his career suffered a dramatic decline.
*Eventually, the Romans conquered the Greeks. History calls people Romans because they never stayed in one place for very long.
*Julius Caesar extinguished himself on the battlefields of Gaul. The Ides of March murdered him because they thought he was going to be made king. Dying, he gasped out: "Tee hee, Brutus."
*Nero was a cruel tyranny who would torture his subjects by playing the fiddle to them.
*Joan of Arc was burnt to a steak and was cannonized by Bernard Shaw. Finally Magna Carta provided that no man should be hanged twice for the same offense.
*In midevil times most people were alliterate. The greatest writer of the futile ages was Chaucer, who wrote many poems and verses and also wrote literature.
Another story was William Tell, who shot an arrow through an apple while standing on his son's head.
*Queen Elizabeth was the "Virgin Queen." As a queen she was a success. When she exposed herself before her troops they all shouted "hurrah."
*It was an age of great inventions and discoveries. Gutenberg invented removable type and the Bible. Another important invention was the circulation of blood. Sir Walter Raleigh is a historical figure because he invented cigarettes and started smoking. And Sir Francis Drake circumcised the world with a 100 foot clipper.
*The greatest writer of the Renaissance was William Shakespeare. He was born in the year 1564, supposedly on his birthday. He never made much money and is famous only because of his plays. He wrote tragedies, comedies, and hysterectomies, all in Islamic pentameter. Romeo and Juliet are an example of a heroic couplet. Romeo's last wish was to be laid by Juliet.Writing at the same time as Shakespeare was Miguel Cervantes. He wrote Donkey Hote. The next great author was John Milton. Milton wrote Paradise Lost. Then his wife died and he wrote Paradise Regained.
*Christopher Columbus was a great navigator who discovered America while cursing about the Atlantic. His ships were called the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Fe.
*Thomas Jefferson, a Virgin, and Benjamin Franklin were two singers of the Declaration of Independence. Franklin discovered electricity by rubbing two cats backwards and declared, "A horse divided against itself cannot stand." Franklin died in 1790 and is still dead.
*Abraham Lincoln became America's greatest Precedent. Lincoln's mother died in infancy, and he was born in a log cabin which he built with his own hands.
*The sun never set on the British Empire because the British Empire is in the East and the sun sets in the West.
*Queen Victoria was the longest queen. She sat on a thorn for 63 years. She was a moral woman who practiced virtue. Her death was the final event which ended her reign.
*The nineteenth century was a time of a great many thoughts and inventions. People stopped reproducing by hand and started reproducing by machine.
*Charles Darwin was a naturalist who wrote the Organ of the Species. Madman Curie discovered radio. And Karl Marx became one of the Marx brothers.
*The First World War, caused by the assignation of the Arch-Duck by an anahist, ushered in a new error in the anals of human history.

Europa za pravo na privatnost

Od 2004. Europski parlament se nateze s americkim Departmentom of Homeland Security (DHS) oko broja informacija koje tajne agencije prikupljaju o putnicima na prekookeanskim letovima. Black budget agencije znaju tridesetak informacija o svakom putniku (istoriju letova koje je putnik propustio, čime se hranio, mjesto na kome je sjedio, broj kilometara provedenih u letu… ili takve 'vitalne informacije', kakva je putnikova e-mail adresa).
Iz tih informacija može se konstruisati prilično iscrpan licni profil koji se dodiruje takvih privatnih pitanja kakva su rasna ili etnička pripadnost, politička mišljenja, religijska ili filozofska uvjerenja, pripadnost sindikatima, zdravstveno stanje ili informacije o seksualnom životu...
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF),organizacija za odbranu 'digitalnih prava', podnijela prijavu protiv DHS-a po pitanju ko točno može pristupiti proslijeđenim informacijama,te kako i gdje se one cuvaju.Informacije se čuvaju četrdeset godina i proslijeđjene su nepoznatom broju federalnih, državnih, lokalnih i stranih agencija.
- Vlada se priprema dati 'ocjenu rizika' vezanu za milione građana, procjenu koja će ih označiti do kraja života – rekao je EFF-ov viši savjetnik David Sobel. Niko neće biti u prilici saznati informacije o 'ocjeni' ili osporiti njenu tačnost. Bruce Schneider,specijalista za sigurnost je rekao:
- Postoji nešto ne-američko vezano uz vladin program koji koristi tajne kriterije kako bi sastavljao dosijee o nedužnim građanima i potom te dosijee prosljeđivao raznovrsnim agencijama, sve to bez ikakvog nadzora. Takvu stvar bi očekivao od bivšeg Sovjetskog Saveza ili Istočne Njemačke ili Kine. Sve to ne čini nas nimalo sigurnijima od terorizma.

Thursday, June 14, 2007