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Last week my 22 year old buddy from school called drunk and told me I was his idol.. hahaha.. twas a first.. Never been an idol before.. yay me! Well.. cept for eddo of course.. and ya know.. that kinda sucked.. Don't think I wanna be idolized..

Last Remaining Light Audioslave Roll me on your frozen fields Break my bones to watch them heal Drown me in your thirsty veins Where I watch and I wait And pray for the rain Curl like smoke And breathe again Down your throat Inside your ribs And through your spine And every nerve Where I watch and I wait And you too the herd And if you dont feel me now Sun will rise Still I'm in grief of the coming night In the last remaining light Seven moons and seven suns Heaven waits for those who run Down your winter and underneith your waves When you watch and you wait And pray for the day And if you dont believe the sun will rise Stand alone and greet the coming night And in the last remaining light And if you dont believe the sun will rise Stand alone and greet the coming night And in the last remaining light Light Light Light [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhjGuNNsj_E]YouTube - "The Last Remaining Light" - Audioslave[/ame]

Whirlpool Galaxy Deep Field Credit & Copyright: Jon Christensen [attach=full]1882[/attach] Explanation: Follow the handle of the Big Dipper away from the dipper's bowl, until you get to the handle's last bright star. Then, just slide your telescope a little south and west and you might find this stunning pair of interacting galaxies, the 51st entry in Charles Messier's famous catalog. Perhaps the original spiral nebula, the large galaxy with well defined spiral structure is also cataloged as NGC 5194. Its spiral arms and dust lanes clearly sweep in front of its companion galaxy (left), NGC 5195. The pair are about 31 million light-years distant and officially lie within the angular boundaries of the small constellation Canes Venatici. Though M51 looks faint and fuzzy to the human eye, the above long-exposure, deep-field image taken last month shows much of the faint complexity that actually surrounds the smaller galaxy.

When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky. ~ Buddha

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. ~ Og Mandino Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.~ Carl Jung

Voodoo Chile Ben Harper (Jimi) Well I stand up next to a mountain I chop it down with the edge of my hand Well I stand next to a mountain I chop it down with the edge of my hand I pick up all the tiny pieces and make an island Might even raise just a little sand., yeah 'cos I'm a voodoo child God knows I'm a voodoo child I didn't mean to take up all your sweet time, I'll give it back one of these days I said I hate to take up all your sweet time I'll give it back one of these days And if I don't see you no more in this world I'll meet you on the next one But don't be late, Don't be late 'cos I'm a voodoo child God knows I'm a voodoo child [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZNGAR7U7hY]YouTube - Ben Harper - Voodoo Child[/ame]

Little Girl Blue Janis Joplin Sit there, hmm, count your fingers. What else, what else is there to do ? Oh and I know how you feel, I know you feel that you?re through. Oh wah wah ah sit there, hmm, count, Ah, count your little fingers, My unhappy oh little girl, little girl blue, yeah. Oh sit there, oh count those raindrops Oh, feel ?em falling down, oh honey all around you. Honey don?t you know it?s time, I feel it?s time, Somebody told you ?cause you got to know That all you ever gonna have to count on Or gonna wanna lean on It?s gonna feel just like those raindrops do When they?re falling down, honey, all around you. Oh, I know you?re unhappy. Oh sit there, ah go on, go on And count your fingers. I don?t know what else, what else Honey have you got to do. And I know how you feel, And I know you ain?t got no reason to go on And I know you feel that you must be through. Oh honey, go on and sit right back down, I want you to count, oh count your fingers, Ah my unhappy, my unlucky And my little, oh, girl blue. I know you?re unhappy, Ooh ah, honey I know, Baby I know just how you feel. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVpDOIPx_sY]YouTube - Janis Joplin - Little Girl Blue (This is Tom Jones, 1969)[/ame]

Ethics programs in robot killers.. how sweet.. takes a real man to kill by remote control.. just like a video game.. wonderful. Robot warriors will get a guide to ethics When and what to fire will be part of hardware and software 'package' [attach=full]2323[/attach] Smart missiles, rolling robots, and flying drones currently controlled by humans, are being used on the battlefield more every day. But what happens when humans are taken out of the loop, and robots are left to make decisions, like who to kill or what to bomb, on their own? Ronald Arkin, a professor of computer science at Georgia Tech, is in the first stages of developing an "ethical governor," a package of software and hardware that tells robots when and what to fire. His book on the subject, "Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots," comes out this month. He argues not only can robots be programmed to behave more ethically on the battlefield, they may actually be able to respond better than human soldiers. "Ultimately these systems could have more information to make wiser decisions than a human could make," said Arkin. "Some robots are already stronger, faster and smarter than humans. We want to do better than people, to ultimately save more lives." Lethal military robots are currently deployed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Ground-based robots like iRobot's SWORDS or QinetiQ's MAARS robots, are armed with weapons to shoot insurgents, appendages to disarm bombs, and surveillance equipment to search buildings. Flying drones can fire at insurgents on the ground. Patriot missile batteries can detect incoming missiles and send up other missiles to intercept and destroy them. No matter where the robots are deployed however, there is always a human involved in the decision-making, directing where a robot should fly and what munitions the robot should use if it encounters resistance. Humans aren't expected to be removed any time soon. Arkin's ethical governor is designed for a more traditional war where civilians have evacuated the war zone and anyone pointing a weapon at U.S. troops can be considered a target. Arkin's challenge is to translate the 150-plus years of codified, written military law into terms that robots can understand and interpret themselves. In many ways, creating an independent war robot is easier than many other types of artificial intelligence because the laws of war have existed for over 150 years and are clearly stated in numerous treaties. "We tell soldiers what is right and wrong," said Arkin. "We don't allow soldiers to develop ethics on their own." One possible scenario for Arkin's ethical governor is an enemy sniper posted in building next to an important cultural setting, like a mosque or cemetery. A wheeled military robot emerges from cover and the sniper fires on it. The robot finds the sniper and has a choice; does it use a grenade launcher or its own sniper rifle to bring down the fighter? Using geographical data on the surrounding buildings, the robot would decide to use the sniper rifle to minimize any potential damage to the surrounding buildings. For a human safely removed from combat, the choice of a rifle seems obvious. But a soldier under fire might take extreme action, possibly blowing up the building and damaging the nearby building. "Robots don't have an inherent right to self-defense and don't get scared," said Arkin. "The robots can take greater risk and respond more appropriately." Fear might influence human decision-making, but math rules for robots. Simplified, various actions can be classified as ethical or unethical, and assigned a certain value. Starting with a lethal action and subtracting the various ethical responses to the situation equals an unethical response. Other similar equations governor the various possible actions. The difficult thing is to determine what types of actions go into those equations, and for that humans will be necessary, and ultimately responsible for. Robots, freed of human masters and capable of lethality "are going to happen," said Arkin. "It's just a question of how much autonomy will be put on them and how fast that happens." Giving robots specific rules and equations will work in an ideal, civilian-free war, but critics point out such a thing is virtually impossible to find on today's battlefield. "I challenge you to find a war with no civilians," said Colin Allen, a professor at Indiana University who also coauthored a book on the ethics of military robots. An approach like Arkin's is easier to program and will appear sooner, but a bottom-up approach, where the robot learns the rules of war itself and makes its own judgment is a far better scenario, according to Allen. The problem with a bottom-up approach is the the technology doesn't yet exist, and likely won't for another 50 years, says Allen. Whenever autonomous robots are deployed, humans will still be in the loop, at least legally. If a robot does do something ethically wrong, despite its programming, the software engineer or the builder of the robot will likely be held accountable, says Michael Anderson at Franklin and Marshall University. Robot warriors will get ethics guide - Discovery.com- msnbc.com Brainwashing, or else?? .. they don't do that.. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5IIXeR5OUI&feature=related]YouTube - Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World[/ame]

I never claimed or said I believe anything about either one.. I said.. I don't know, maybe they do, I don't pay attention to either one. At my school for the last 3 years there have been constant issues of racial crap being scrawled all over the place.. it's not just the school.. the entire city, predominantly Catholic, has had many incidence of hate crimes from crap being spray painted on peoples houses to fires and vandalism.. The kkk still exists.. skinheads are real.. what's their entire identity based on? .. sh t still happens everyday in modern America to try to intimidate the black community.. Do you think there's a chance after white Europeans went into Africa and started kidnapping people they possibly enslaved some to enslave others and threatened and intimidated some black people to do all the slave herding for them, or else? Possible.. Where are you getting this information that blacks are responsible for the slave trade and whites merely bought them? By acknowledging it happened and continues to be an issue in our society gives them an excuse? Whatever.. You made this fukking post genius.. you move the fukk on..

So you think people want to hear that you want to make babies on this ladies face? Well.. I didn't.. perhaps I haven't reached that age yet to understand what thoughts should be kept to oneself and that I should care you want to make babies on her face..

What is? Is that the magical age? Sure I do.. I'm thinking that's probably not the case in most instances.. but.. even if.. if I kidnap someone and sell them to you you're ok? It's not the US or my nose I need to look past.. I find people mistreating others through violence and intimidation or participating in it by being accepting and indifferent to it repulsive no matter who or where it's done.. I guess I just tend to be concerned with my own country first and foremost rather than try to convince myself some things we do/have done are acceptable because so and so did this.. I agree with the self fulfilling prophesy in many cases.. that aint exclusive to black people.. Is this a contest to see who suffered worse at the hands of white Christian racists ?

I guess a possible reason could be that they are pushing for societal acceptance of a race that didn't kidnap, torture, and buy and sell another race of people like livestock only to continue to try to exclude them from society to this day..

Someone finds salvation in everyone, another only pain Someone tries to hide himself, down inside himself he prays Someone swears his true love until the end of time Another runs away, separate or united, healthy or insane And to be yourself is all that you can do, yeah ~ Chris Cornell

Be Yourself Audioslave Someone falls to pieces, sleeping all alone Someone kills the pain, spinning in the silence To finally drift away Someone gets excited In a chapel yard and catches a bouquet Another lays a dozen, white roses on a grave Yeah and to be yourself is all that you can do Hey, to be yourself is all that you can do Someone finds salvation in everyone, another only pain Someone tries to hide himself, down inside himself he prays Someone swears his true love until the end of time Another runs away, separate or united, healthy or insane And to be yourself is all that you can do, yeah (All that you can do) To be yourself is all that you can do (All that you can do) To be yourself is all that you can do (All that you can do) Hey, be yourself is all that you can do Even when you've paid enough Been pulled apart or been held up Every single memory of the good or bad Faces of luck Don't lose any sleep tonight I'm sure everything will end up alright You may win or lose But to be yourself is all that you can do, yeah To be yourself is all that you can do Oh, to be yourself is all that you can do (All that you can do) Hey, to be yourself is all that you can do (All that you can do) To be yourself is all that you can Be yourself is all that you can Be yourself is all that you can do [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUVeDjt9nJ4]YouTube - Be Yourself by Audioslave (Lyrics+Song)[/ame]

Really.. the race issue aside.. what I see is someone trying to influence others to exclude and harm someone else financially because of different functioning melanocytes due to a combination of evolution and geography.. pretty retarded when ya look at it like that.. which, I do.. because I'm right and actually thought enough about it to avoid hating someone because they don't look/think/act like me.. I don't see Al and Jesse calling to harm someone financially or otherwise because their melanocytes don't have as much genetic protection in their DNA because they didn't evolve on the equator from the beginning of human life.. Could be wrong.. maybe they do.. I don't pay attention to either one..

That works.. but I guess white supremist would be the politically correct term, eh? Don't wanna offend anyone.. they sure as hell don't.. hahahaha Prolly just call them an idiot though.. good label for all occasions of stupidity

I agree.. however.. publicly declaring your spending habits because you are a racist redneck who thinks minute biological differences in human beings are the end all/be all of life.. that's another story. A pathetic story of sheer idiocy better left untold.. They must not have yet reached that age where they?re moved to utterance of thoughts properly kept silent? Right, RoyalOrleans?

You have not yet reached the age, RoyalOrleans, have you, where you’re moved to utterance of thoughts properly kept silent?

Got me Wrong Alice in Chains Yeh, it goes away All of this and more of nothing in my life No color clay Individuality not safe As of now I bet you got me wrong So unsure you run from something strong I cant let go Threadbare tapestry unwinding slow Feel a tortured brain Show your belly like you want me to As of now I bet you got me wrong So unsure you run from something strong I haven't felt like this in so long Wrong, in a sense too far gone from love That dont last forever Somethings gotta turn out right You sugar taste Sweetness doesnt often touch my face Stay if you please You may not be here when I leave As of now I bet you got me wrong So unsure we reach for something strong I haven't felt like this in so long Wrong, in a sense too far gone from love Strong, I havent felt like this in so long Wrong, in a sense too far gone from love That dont last forever Somethings gotta turn out right [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRx7QdT8EZA]YouTube - Alice In Chains-Got Me Wrong (studio version)[/ame]

What the hell are you uttering about?

Nutshell Alice in Chains We chase misprinted lies We face the path of time And yet I fight And yet I fight This battle all alone No one to cry to No place to call home Oooh...oooh... Oooh...oooh... My gift of self is raped My privacy is raked And yet I find And yet I find Repeating in my head If I cant be my own Id feel better dead Oooh...oooh... Oooh...oooh... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3px0m1Y9Tuc]YouTube - Alice In Chains - Nutshell - Unplugged - HD Video Lyrics in Closed Captions[/ame]

Best of You Foo Fighters I've got another confession to make! I'm your fool... Everyone's got their chains to break! Holding you... Were you born to resist, or be abused Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you. Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you. Are you gone and on to someone new I needed somewhere to hang my head Without your noose.. You gave me something that I didn't have But had no use... I was too weak to give in, too strong to lose My heart is under arrest again But I break loose My head is giving me life or death But I can't choose I swear I'll never give in .. I refuse. Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you. Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you. Has someone taken your faith - it's real The pain you feel Your trust - you must confess Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you. Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you. (Ahhhhhhhh!!!) (ohhhhhhhh oh oh... Ohhhhh oh oh! ohhhhhhhh oh oh... OHHHHHHH!!!) Has someone taken you faith - it's real! The pain you feel! The Life! The Love! You die to heal The hope, that stops, the broken hearts! Your trust, you must confess! Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you. Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you. I've got another confession my friend I'm no fool Im getting tired of startin' again somewhere new Wouldn't wanna resist, or be abused... I swear I'll never give in and I refuse... Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you. Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you. Has someone taken you faith - it's real! The pain you feel! Your trust, You must confess Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you. (Ahhhhhhhohhhhhhhhhhhhh!) [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFt9OSisCQw]YouTube - Foo Fighters - Best of You + Lyrics[/ame]

I Wouldn't Wanna be Like You Alan Parsons If I had a mind to I wouldn't want to think like you And if I had time to I wouldn't want to talk to you I don't care What you do I wouldn't want to be like you If I was high class I wouldn't need a buck to pass And if I was a fall guy I wouldn't need no alibi I don't care What you do I wouldn't want to be like you Back on the bottom line Diggin for a lousy dime If I hit a mother lode Id cover anything that showed I don't care What you do I wouldn't want to be like you [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4O8g86SU60]YouTube - The Alan Parsons Project-I Wouldn't Want to be Like You[/ame]

Prolly put it down to, perhaps, you actually thinking what you think about me and this thread amounts to jack sh t and you thinking I will somehow be affected by you telling me to fukk myself? American Idiot GreenDay Don't want to be an American idiot. Don't want a nation under the new mania And can you hear the sound of hysteria? The subliminal mind f ck America. Welcome to a new kind of tension. All across the alien nation. Where everything isn't meant to be okay. Television dreams of tomorrow. We're not the ones who're meant to follow. For that's enough to argue. Well maybe I'm the fagg t America. I'm not a part of a redneck agenda. Now everybody do the propaganda. And sing along to the age of paranoia. Welcome to a new kind of tension. All across the alien nation. Where everything isn't meant to be okay. Television dreams of tomorrow. We're not the ones who're meant to follow. For that's enough to argue. Don't want to be an American idiot. One nation controlled by the media. Information age of hysteria. It's calling out to idiot America. Welcome to a new kind of tension. All across the alien nation. Where everything isn't meant to be okay. Television dreams of tomorrow. We're not the ones who're meant to follow. For that's enough to argue. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRFfpBOX-Pk]YouTube - Green Day - American Idiot (with lyrics)[/ame]

I don't remember saying you asked me a goddamned thing, RoyalOrleans. You a speak only when spoken to kinda guy?