Saturday, April 22, 2006

Does anyone remember this???



A show called C.O.P.S, which used to b on on summer mornings when i was about eight. I have asked my friends do any of them remember it, and they say no.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Religion. Tom Cruise and the Scientologists.

Movie & TV News @ IMDb.com - Studio Briefing

If my increasing suspicion of religion needs any justification, one only needs to point to Scientology. Tom Cruise has probably done irreprable damage to his credibility within the last year for his zealous defence of the religion.
(Anyone who argues that Scientology isn't a real religion, then consider how Christianity, Judaism or Islam would have been regarded in their first fifty years of existence. Jews were enslaved for decades by the Ancient Pharoahs of Egypt, Christians were repeatedly thrown to the lions by the Romans, and a few hundred years later, Christians from England went half way across the known world to butcher Muslims in the Crusades. All these acts took place because a new religion was deemed crazy, and downright wrong).

In a career that was defined by constantly hitting the top of the box office, and promotional posters that only needed to include his face, Tom Cruise could do no wrong in Hollywood. In roles, such as The Color of Money, Born on the Fourth of July, or The Last Samurai, he even showed he could act when he wanted to. He has had to bat off allegations that he is gay throughout his career, but that is probably to maintain his teenybopper fanbase (his sexuality is of no interest to me, whatsoever).

However, last year, he fired his publicist, prior to the release of The War of the Worlds.

Since then, he has constantly flouted his devotion to Scientology, starting by denouncing his friend, Brooke Shields, for using anti-depression medication to overcome post-natal depression.
He has since gone on to openly attempt to convert his new girlfriend, Katie Holmes to the ways of Scientology, and these have become increasingly dictatorial, by the sounds of things. He insisted they wed in a Scientology ceremony, despite Holmes' parents wishes to have a traditional Christian wedding (they are practising Catholics), and insisted the birth of their child be 'silent', meaning she has to endure excrutiating pain, without screaming.

Now, you may be wondering why I am using this to denounce religion. Well, Tom's stringent adherence to stupid practices, is no different than the numerous examples of stupidity exhibited by zealots in any religion.
Politicians in the Southern States of America who want to win the votes of the Christian conservatives support Christian anti-abortionists, who claim that God is the only person who can take a person's life, but yet are also advocates of the death penalty.
In the Phillipines, they practice traditional Catholicism, not the watered-down version we in the West are accustomed to, which entails an Easter Ritual complete with repeatedly whipping yourself in order to repent for any sins.
If a baby had died before being baptised in medievil Britain/Ireland, it would be buried outside the cemetery (in fact, this practice went on up until the 20s in some places) because it had not been cleansed of The Original Sin (which, by definition, renders inaccurate any claim that babies are 'innocent'), and the same punishment applied to children born out of wedlock.
Taliban regimes would stone a woman to death, if she got raped, because she had presented the temptation to the man.
Judaism believes that defacing a child's penis (circumcision) somehow brings them closer to God, (I have actually been having trouble finding the spiritual function of circumcision, which may prove its fallacy).

Faith is very important to a lot of people, and I do not have a problem with that. However, Religion stifles faith, and sets limits on faith. Who can say that by not having sex before getting married will give you a free pass to Heaven. How do we know that the Rastafarians are not correct in saying that smoking cannabis brings one spiritually closer to and Higher Being?

If everyone was encouraged to believe in what they think is spiritually accurate, as opposed to being indoctrinated into one absolute belief, and encouraged to believe everything else is wrong, the world would be a considerably more peaceful place.

Sunday, April 09, 2006

Ghosts! The proof is out there.

The existance of ghosts has been confirmed once and for all. I have procured several of my own photographic evidences confirming the existence of other-worldly beings.... Read on!....

All the following pictures were taken in the same room of a very old house in Farnham Surrey, that was condemned before my student friends took it at a cut price rent. This was one freaky party.



Above Ollie's head, on the extreme right, you can see an inexplicable floating object which looks like something on the lens. However, if you look at the reaction of the other attendees of this party, it is clear there is a sense of panic in the room. Ollie was complaining at the time of feeling a sharp tug on his hair (and you can see him feeling around his right ear).





This one makes it even more convincing. John, in the red t-shirt, was helping me with a picture, by blowing his cigarette smoke into the air. As we did so, a face appeared in the smoke, so we had to immediately take a photograph of it. The fear is present in both John and Pughie's faces.





This was just a normal photograph of LB, or so we thought. It transpires that we took this picture IN THE SAME SPOT as the cigarette smoke face. When we got this photo developed there was a tormented screaming face in the developed photograph.
This picture must quell the doubts of any Thomas's...






This picture was a dud, we thought the flash wasn't working, but, as always happens, it flashed when we were randomly pointing at a table. Those are my hands to the right, and it was supposed to be me in the photo. However, the 'person' in the foreground was a complete mystery to us. It looks like someone just sitting at the table, but look closely at his elbow... it is GOING THROUGH THE TABLE...


Well, the proof is out there. To me it is pretty conclusive, but it is entirely up to you whether you believe it or not...

The Lunchtime Sardine Club

Meet Ollie Newton, the brains behind experimental post-rockers, The Lunchtime Sardine Club. Apparantly he hates playing Russian Roulette, because he always loses...


Running Macs and Windows on the one machine

Apple's Dual Boot Solution Has Arrived - Softpedia

There are MANY people out there who are sick to death of Windows, especially it's frailties when it comes to Spyware, and viruses (virii??). Obviously the alternative is to switch to Macs, but most people are so unfamiliar with them, the thought of spending £500-£1500 on something they may not know how to use is intimidating.

Well the solution is just around the corner. The Keifer Sutherland-narrated ads have been doing the rounds on T.V. letting everyone know that the Intel chip is now being manufactured for Macs. Well, the next obvious step (for hackers at least) was to use Windows on the machines. In order to curb the influence of the hackers, Apple has announced that all their next generation computers (Mac OSX 10.5... the Leopard) will come with Windows built in.

This would be the perfect opportunity for anyone who is unsure about making the switch, but wants to have a viable alternative to Windows. I am sure within about a month of using the Mac system, most people will have begun shunning their Windows.