News Archive - February 2004

2-29-2004

Net Enigma. Spam Buster, bitch!

Oscar is being handed out tonight.  Better see some big wins for that Billion dollar movie, Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.  Anything less than best picture and director is unacceptable.

2-28-2004

Net Enigma.

Alright, not many updates lately but that's been mostly because I got sucked into the Joe & Jared show that has been developing in the forums.  But, I need to get away from that quagmire of indecency.

Or, better yet, I need more, sane people to start frequenting the boards.  If you do I promise to lay down the law over there.

Month Away

We're a month away from the start of the "128 Hottest Chicks We Didn't Think of...the first time."  The final roster for the game hasn't been set yet and we don't have 100% of the game programmed up, but I have faith that it'll all come together for April.

I'm working on a couple twists for this time around to keep you all interested.  I think it's going to be a really good time.  So stop back as we get closer because I'll be revealing rules and details, as well as the roster.  Trust me, you won't be disappointed!

New Music

Finley pointed me to this web site last night and I have to say, the music from this band, Secret Machines, is really awesome.  Some of it has a definite Pink Floyd feel to it but it's entirely different than the other dreck out there today.  Check it out.

2-27-2004

Net Enigma. "...scientists are working around the clock to figure out exactly what the hell you just said." - Darko

Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ opens Wednesday in theaters everywhere.  Shown with subtitles (so I may be able to understand it), the entire film's dialog uses Aramaic and Latin.  CNN had a story on their web site about how this movie may save the dying Aramaic langauge.

There are already a ton of different languages in the world, do we really need to hang on to one as antiquated at Aramaic?  Even the scholars that would normally hold onto this type of thing don't seem to be coming out of the woodwork. 

I don't know.  I speak English and I took German in high school (in a pinch I might be able to find the bathroom with that!).  I wish that I knew Spanish since that's such a widespread language these days, but it's one of those things I don't really have time to learn. 

Oh, and in college I learned Ebonics...and we all know THAT'S the language of the future anyway, yo!

I Do

Those two words were said by a log of gay and lesbian couples in California last week.  Even though it's still being debated about how legal those marriages will be in the long run.  Some states are taking this as a wake-up call and are running to pass laws banning gay marriages, some states, like MA, are running to approve them.

Whatever.  In the grand scheme of things it doesn't effect me one way or the other.  I live in fucking Ithaca!  I see it every day. 

The only thing that I have to say about it, is if you're going to get married, at least dress up for it, don't show up in your fucking pajamas.

2-16-2004

Net Enigma. Batter up!

WHOLLY CRAP!  A-Rod is coming to the Yankees!  Can you believe that?  He's moving to third base in place of an injured Aaron Boone and Alfonso Soriano is going to Texas.  I mentioned after last season that I wouldn't be surprised to see Soriano disappear after the sad showing he had in the post-season...but to send him off for Rodriguez is insane!

The left side of the Yankees' infield is going to be unbeatable this coming season, not to mention that we get a guy that hit .289 last season in Texas.  That, my friends, is solid!

Now, if the pitching situation shapes up, the Yankees will be a lock for post-season 2004.

2-11-2004

Net Enigma. Quality that lasts!

Reports are coming in of a really cool collectible from this years Super Bowl, one that I'm sure true fans everywhere would love to have in their collection of sports memorabilia.

Name Change

I'm contemplating a name change for this web site.  Now, I know that NetEnigma has been gaining in popularity lately, but what if I could bring in a guaranteed 2 million viewers a month?  Wouldn't that be insane in April when we run the next "128 Hottest" contest?  It would rock!  So, now all I have to do is come up with the cash to buy this new domain name that's coming up for sale....

2-3-2004

Net Enigma. It's whatcha hearin'.  Listen!

QOTD

"And how is less than a second of boob worse than seeing NASCAR drivers getting smeared all over a wall, or people getting shot on the news, or even one fleeting glimpse of Rosie O'Donnell?" - Rudy P.

Jury Duty

Other than the fact that Tia Carrere is one hot babe, this movie, starring Pauly Shore is utter tra....Oh, wait, not THAT Jury Duty.  Tompkins County jury duty.  I went, I didn't get interviewed and therefore, not picked. 

Am I happy, sad, indifferent?  Eh, whatever.  It was interesting to see the process that they went through to seat the jury.  Would I have been pissed if I got picked?  After seeing the process, no, probably not.  Would I really want to have to sit through a week of testimony just so I could vote "guilty" in the jury room?  No, probably not.

And before you ask me about that "innocent until proven guilty" thing...yeah, whatever.

2-3-2004

Net Enigma. Get over it!

Janet Jackson's tit popped out on live TV on Sunday.  Whoopity-DO!  Why is everyone at CBS, MTV, NFL and AOL (Goddamn that's a lot of fuckin' acronyms) jumping up to apologize for it?  Why is the FCC investigating?  Give me a break.

America is in a panic calling this an "outrage" and "indecent."  Everyone is trying to distance them selves from this saying they didn't know anything about it, things will change, heads will roll, it'll never happen again.  To all those people, shut up.

It was a boob.  Every woman has them, everyone has seen one, it's not going to cause the moral decay of society as we know it.  If you want to worry about something, worry about the Meth labs in rural NY, the coke traffic in Miami, ricin in the Senate mail room and the Canadians.  I'm sure civilized nations in Europe are laughing at us for being so uptight.  At least I hope they're laughing, cause I am.

Here's something to think about;  Would you rather see Jackson's boob on TV or, the next time you walk into McDonald's, see a 400lb welfare-collecting, trailer-park-living, grease-trap-of-a-woman breast feeding her devil spawn while you're trying to eat?

Spring Cleaning

So it's not really spring and Net Enigma was never really clean, but I have moved some stuff around.  Want to see Net Enigma's Advent Calendar of Porn 2003?  Head over to the December 2003 news archive page.  Want to see anything else older than...um, yesterday?  Hit the News Archive page and go from there.  That's what I did.  What a stressful 5 minutes of work.

He's Guilty!

I don't know who "he" is yet, but after I get put on a jury later today I'll vote that way and then let you know.

Ever done jury duty before?  I haven't.  All the time I lived in Deposit, 3 years in York, nothing.  I'm in Ithaca just over 2 years and they're already calling me.  Whatever.  I don't want to actually get on a jury so I'll just tell them right off the bat that I'm for capital punishment and that I figure the detectives are good enough that if the defendant made it this far, he probably did it.  That ought to get me passed over by every self respecting defense lawyer*.

* Over-paid, loop-hole-finding suit

2-2-2004

Net Enigma. Craziness 3.0

Update: Two clips of Janet Jackson's halftime boob slippage is now available.  Both are about 1MB:

Slow motion

Full motion with sound

Right-click and download.

Okay, I can't claim that I'm a geek anymore.  This dumbass takes the cake and we all pale in comparison.

Cause I, gotta have you naked by the end of this song...

According to some news reports Timberlake didn't mean for this little boob slippage to happen at last night's Super Bowl halftime show.  But, hey, I think boobs are a good things. 

And it's a glaring testament to the uptight prudes in America that a little tit becomes an "outrage" that CBS has to apologize for.

But, maybe the question we should be asking, are we sure that's Janet showing off a tit or is it really Michael, just looking for another little boy to get with?

And, by the way...

Patriots win in a last second field goal.  I didn't much care, nor did I really watch much of the game.